Weekly Wrap: Sports On Hold, And Your Productivity Too

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🗓️ 17 April 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The coronavirus has completely reshaped the world of sports. Sam talks to ESPN senior writer and ESPN Daily host Mina Kimes and The Undefeated columnist Clinton Yates about how different professional leagues are dealing with the pandemic. Also, BuzzFeed senior culture writer Anne Helen Petersen chats with Sam about our obsession with productivity in quarantine times.

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0:00.0	Hey y'all, this is Sam's Aunt Betty.
0:03.0	This week on the show, what's going on in the world of sports and later,
0:07.8	how to forgive yourself for doing nothing while inquiring.
0:12.2	All right, let's start the show.
0:16.4	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:18.4	It's been a minute.
0:19.4	Happy weekend to my listeners and to my guests.
0:22.8	We've got two all-stars here to talk sports, sports, sports.
0:27.4	Mina Kimes, senior writer at ESPN, and host of ESPN's daily news podcast ESPN Daily,
0:33.2	and Clinton Yates, columnist at the undefeated, panelist on around the horn,
0:37.8	and new host of Baseball Tonight Live.
0:41.0	How many jobs did you have, sir?
0:43.4	I have enough to keep me alive.
0:46.0	I'm blessed to be working.
0:47.6	We all know how difficult the situation is across the nation.
0:50.4	So the more entertainment options I can provide for people while they sit at home,
0:54.6	the better.
0:55.4	Okay, I love it.
0:56.4	And so Mina and Clinton Yala work together.
1:00.0	I like this.
1:01.0	Tag team.
1:01.8	Yeah, Clinton and I used to co-host a morning radio show, a weekend morning radio show together
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