Daniel Estrin

Howard, thanks for being with us.

Hello, Scott.

One gambling scandal after another in sports this year from the NBA, Major League Baseball, college basketball.

Players suspended for gambling and having bets on certain occurrences in the game, which is how I'll describe prop bets.

In the year ahead, do fans need to ask, can I trust what I'm seeing?

That was a historically great World Series.

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays in a series that twisted turn and set records over seven games.

And no bigger name than Shohei Ohtani.

However, the Kansas City Chiefs haven't had a lot of great moments.

They started off the year in the Super Bowl.

They're now 6-10, not in the playoffs for the first time since 2014.

Do we have to mark the end of an era?

All right.

Sports writer Howard Brandt, we'll look forward to talking with you about all of it.

Thanks so much.

And that's a first for Saturday, December 27th, 2025.

I'm Scott Simon.

And I'm Daniel Estrin.

Elena Twarik produced today's podcast, and she had help from an extremely cute puppy named Georgie.

Also more help from Dave Mistich and Michael Radcliffe.