HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons brings on Ringer editor-at-large Bryan Curtis and Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay to discuss Mayweather-McGregor media hype (5:00), politics playing a role in every sports conversation (18:00), the NFL's desire to control everything (25:00), LeBron's power in the NBA (34:00), writers weighing having a platform and getting paid (40:00), the problem with the "pivot to video" (50:00), Boston potentially renaming Yawkey Way after David Ortiz (1:01:00), and Peter Vecsey's beef with Magic Johnson (1:12:00).
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‘The Bill Simmons Podcast’ on Mayweather-McGregor, Yawkey Way, Colin Kaepernick, and ‘Pivot to Video’
Columnist Jason Gay joins Bill Simmons and Bryan Curtis to discuss LeBron's power in the NBA and the problem with "pivot to video"
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