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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo, and every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the biggest moments in sports, and giving you the real story behind the headlines.
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I'm Michelle McPhee, and I've been unraveling the strangest criminal alliance I've ever reported on.
A Mormon polygamist and an Armenian businessman.
Multi-million dollar house, Ferraris and Lamborghinis, private jets, a billion dollar fraud.
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Chapter 2: What happened to the Lakers in the NBA Playoffs?
I know Jeannie is, I know Mark is like, we're trying to win a championship. And so you have to be realistic and assess where you're at. And we're not good enough right now.
And there probably will be some continuity. There probably won't be, but that's, that's what the next two months are for. So we'll talk about that today with Nick Wright. I'll talk about it after the break is where do you go? You can talk yourself in. I talked about this yesterday with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Well, we had a winning record. What's the standard in Los Angeles?
The standard is the Dodgers. The standard is the Rams. The standard can't be, well, you know, if Luca played, well, Jalen Williams, J-Dub didn't play for them. And he actually, unlike Luca, gives you a great effort on the defensive end. So, I mean, again, I thought the Lakers played their butt off. I watched every second of it. I thought they played their butt off. And they deserve credit.
Down 3-0, playing that well. I mean, they deserve credit. But if you're going to talk yourself into, huh, just need Luka, Oklahoma City will be better next year. LeBron will be older next year. All right, so the Cowboys are going to host the Eagles on Thanksgiving. It's going to be week 12. It's going to be on Fox. So the official schedule release is going to be Thursday. It's Tuesday.
Stuff's going to be leaking out. Fox, actually, we don't know exactly when the dates are, but they're going to have a day in which they get an international game on TV, Germany, and then they get two domestic games on TV. Network's never had three games in one day like that. That's pretty cool.
But what's remarkable about the NFL, when you watch them release the schedule, they're so intentional, they totally get it, is that the NFL has been skyrocketing for 10 years. And both New York City teams have been garbage. In fact, many of the league's best teams are Kansas City and Baltimore and Green Bay and Buffalo and Denver and Seattle and not glamorous markets.
The NFL monetizes almost everything very well. Very little things they underachieve at. But actually, one of them is big markets don't do well. Chicago until last year, a grease fire. Both New York teams, embarrassing.
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Chapter 3: What does Colin Cowherd think about the Lakers' future with LeBron?
Atlanta, irrelevant. D.C. was good for an hour. They're back to being weird. Dallas, eh. I mean, Houston for years, awful. Miami will be atrocious this year. Since 1987, the Jets and the Giants have made the playoffs at the same time twice. And the league is literally on fire. But market size matters. New York and Chicago have a combined 11.5 million TV households.
Kansas City and Buffalo combined for a couple million. Like, big markets matter. And I think this is the year that the big markets return. I put out my herd hierarchy, my post-free agency, post-draft herd hierarchy. Both teams from L.A., Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia.
And by the way, Dallas is somewhere around 11 or 12, and the New York Giants, to me, will be the most improved team in the league. Matt Hasselbeck, last week, post-draft, talking about a team that didn't make my herd hierarchy, big market, Dallas.
You got teams like Kansas City, Detroit, Baltimore, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, not even in the playoffs. All of a sudden, Seattle and New England, teams that didn't even make the playoffs, are now in the Super Bowl. You got teams like Chicago, Jacksonville, Carolina. So what you're doing here is really, really difficult to do, to kind of forecast that, because every year is different.
And so that's why I think there are teams that aren't on your list. I would say like maybe the Dallas Cowboys. I know what Schottenheimer is saying in Dallas. He's saying, guys, we can do this. Look what Seattle just did. Look what New England just did.
Yeah, I think the Cowboys, in terms of talent, now have 10, 11, 12 elite players. So the NFL schedule will continue to leak out. Interesting stuff. Dwayne Wade talked about what LeBron James is going to do. They're close. USC-Notre Dame rivalry because Notre Dame came crawling back. I'll explain that coming up as well.
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Last night, a blown call changed a game. This morning, the internet lost its mind. Highlights are trending, opinions are flying, and nobody's telling you exactly what happened. That's where Sports Slice comes in. I'm Timbo. Every episode, we're cutting through the noise, breaking down the plays, the controversies, and the stories behind the headlines.
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Chapter 4: Can the Lakers rebuild around Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves?
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Life throws hurdles big and small. The question is, how do you conquer them? On Hurdle with Emily Abadie, we sit down with the most inspiring women in sports and wellness, professional athletes, coaches, and Olympic champions to talk about the challenges that shaped them and the mindset that keeps them going. From the WNBA standout Kate Martin and rising hockey star Layla Edwards.
If a boy can do it, I don't see why a girl can't. Like, I've never understood that. Like, it didn't make sense in my brain. It's hard to be in spaces that no one looks like you, but don't ever feel like you don't belong. Don't let that be the reason you don't do it. And Olympic champs Gabby Thomas and Katie Ledecky.
The ability to show a gold medal to someone and have their face light up and smile, that means the world to me. And that's what motivates me to win more gold medals. At our level, at this scale, like being able to fail in front of the entire world. Like I can do anything. I can do anything. Because resilience isn't just about winning. It's about showing up, even when it's hard.
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Jacob Kingston grew up in an isolated polygamist sect. We were God's chosen kingdom on earth. He felt destined for greatness. So when a swaggering Armenian businessman catapults Jacob into an extraordinary world, he doesn't look back.
Ferraris and Lamborghinis, private jets.
Meeting the president of Turkey. I'm Michelle McPhee, and this is one of the most shocking criminal conspiracies I've ever come across.
When Jacob met Levant, this went to a billion dollar fraud.
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Chapter 5: What are the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants' chances in the upcoming NFL season?
Let me say that on the front end. Secondarily, I have no problem with how OKC defends. I've used this analogy before. I'll use it again. It reminds me of the Legion of Boom Seahawks where they're like, we're going to foul on play one and basically tell the refs, you're going to call a foul every play. If not, we are setting the level of physicality. So that part, I think, Dort...
can be a dirty player at times. That's in a separate bucket. But the physical defense that Dort plays or Caruso plays or any of those guys, I have no problem with it. The flopping stuff that I don't care how many times OKC fans want to send me Shay's free throws per game or where he ranks historically.
The problem with arguing Shay is not public enemy number one on the flopping and histrionics epidemic is that the games are televised and we all watch it and we know there is and there is a visceral negative reaction. Between the difference... Here's what I'll say, Colin. I think fans are less bothered by a guy going up for a shot, getting fouled, and exaggerating the contact...
I think that's in one bucket. A different bucket entirely, and this is where people get upset with Shea, is where they feel like very often he had no goal of actually making the shot. The goal was to trick the refs or draw the foul. So I don't think Adam Silver needs to actually change any rules. I think he needs to enforce the anti-flopping rules that are on the books.
And I also think that there should be, that should be ramped up and it should be done consistently because I think guys will be embarrassed if they are getting technicals or called out for flopping. And I think that would fix itself. So I want to talk, I mean, the Knicks are obviously a great story. They're playing well. Jason Temp was on the show yesterday, and it's like Mike Brown. It worked.
We can bang on James Dolan, but it worked. A lot of people didn't like it, but it worked. Offensively, they're like averaging. It's a different basketball team. Yes. But Boston's a fascinating team because I really thought after they won, when they broke through, they gave one away to the Warriors, they break through, and they were great analytically both sides.
But I've always said the gap between Tatum and Jalen Brown is much closer, and Brown's a more aggressive athlete. Tatum's just more beautiful and fluid as an athlete. And now with all the cap stuff, you watch them and you're like, Man, the Knicks matched up with them well last year. I think the Knicks are much better than them this year.
Were we all fooled by the brilliance of Brad Stevens that if you look right now at the Knicks and you look at the Celtics, there's no question who has more good players. Well, so I, and listen, Boston's not, the team that won the championship in Boston had Drew Holiday, had a healthy Chris Stapps Porzingis, had Al Horford to go along with Tatum Brown, Derek White, and Peyton Pritchard.
Now you just have Tatum Brown, Derek White, Peyton Pritchard, you don't have the rest of those pieces. And so they clearly need to retool in that regard. I disagree with you that Tatum and Brown are super close. I think Jalen Brown is a top 20 player who had a top 15 season. I think Jason Tatum is a top 10 player who will consistently be sixth or seventh in the league. That's where I see him.
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