Well Played: The NFL Returns, Tom Brady’s Vlogger Era, and Who’s Serving (Looks) at the US Open

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🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Football is back, and so are Amanda and Blake (fresh off their post-Olympics mini vacation) for another episode of Well Played. They’re ready to bring you weekly episodes about the sports stories dominating your feeds. Between major sporting events like the US Open and the kickoff of the NFL season, there’s a lot to get to this week. In this episode of Well Played, we’ll cover: Whether Tom Brady’s Youtube career sparks joy or gives us the ick (spoiler: kinda both?) The power of AI in sports via Yahoo Fantasy Football’s unsolicited roast of Amanda’s team The BBC sports commentator who is seeing his doctor instead of taking full accountability for sending sexually explicit texts to his coworkers Why some are calling the Paralympics TikTok account “edgy” A quick Skimm of the NFL rule changes for kickoffs and hip-drop tackles, plus a preview of this weekend’s games Why this year’s US Open feels like Fashion Week 2.0 with a side of tennis and Honey Deuces

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to Well played presented by the skim the only
0:07.0	podcast dedicated to treating the sports world like the bingeable
0:09.7	reality TV it actually is. We are finally back after a brief post-Olimbic hiatus just in time
0:16.1	for one of the busiest times in the sports calendar. I'm Amanda Duharin and I'm
0:19.9	Blake Lumerwin and today we have a lot to cover including our NFL season preview
0:24.7	some fantasy football tips and of course some US Open and W MBA updates make sure
0:29.6	you're subscribed to the well-played podcast feed because we'll be back every Tuesday throughout
0:33.5	the season and beyond. No breaks this time. No breaks this time. We'll also
0:37.6	return next Tuesday with all the headlines that come out of this weekend's
0:41.0	slate of games so make sure you're subscribed so you do not miss that one.
0:44.5	Welcome back Blake. I love how we got a post-Olympic break, but like W MBA players didn't. They went right
0:49.2	back on the road playing basketball games, but we're good. we're refreshed, ready to dive back in.
0:53.4	We are, and also we still got the Paralympics going on, so Olympics technically aren't even
0:56.6	really over, but I don't know, the past two weeks I felt, it's only been two weeks.
1:01.4	It's only been two weeks.
1:02.4	Are you kidding? It's been like the been two weeks in my life, I think.
1:04.6	And you know what, I feel like this is the reason that the skim
1:07.3	and we started this podcast, sports have always been huge,
1:10.5	but I think they've really brought in the audience.
1:12.2	I mean, I was reading that the US Open is as packed as it's ever been.
1:15.8	We'll talk about that.
1:16.7	We're excited to be back here.
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