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"No kid has ever said the words, 'When I grow up, I wanna be Chris Simms.'" JuJu Gotti is here to pitch an upgrade to Dan's bet with Nick Wright and guess the crew's favorite movies. He also has some insight on the WNBA Finals ahead of today's Postgame Livestream. Learn more abou ... Show More

"Even though some of us respect the Jets, we are still one country." 1986 Giants Football High School Football Player of the Year Cory Booker joins the show to discuss the turf at MetLife, the Top 5 Most Successful Stanford QBs, and the Nets leaving New Jersey, and I guess we can ... Show More

"ANYONE THAT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING LEBRON JAMES FOR A QUARTER CENTURY THAT THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT OR RETIREMENT TOUR ON A TUESDAY AT NOON, IS A MORON." Good gift-giver Nick Wright joins the show to talk news fakin', hand shakin', and All-Star Game makin'. Da ... Show More

Verno and KOC discuss the U.S. men’s basketball team defeating South Sudan and how Bam Adebayo’s strong play can carry over to the upcoming season with the Heat (01:22). They then discuss Luol Deng's personal involvement with the South Sudan team, and Verno explains why the men’s ... Show More

Zach and Michael Pina discuss the 1-1 NBA Finals from the city of Game 3, Indianapolis (1:52). They talk about the keys to the Thunder's victory, what the Pacers can do to adjust, and much more. Then, with an eye toward the offseason, the pair discusses the Hawks' outlook (41:16) ... Show More

Zach welcomes Michael Pina to talk tiers of the Eastern Conference (1:17). Which teams can plausibly make the NBA Finals? What teams are tanking? And where does everyone else fall in? Along the way they discuss who they disagree on the most, including the Hawks (3:43), Raptors (4 ... Show More

Verno and Jacoby go through some of the most burning questions leading up to the start of the NBA season (02:00). They talk about Joel Embiid’s comments about not playing anymore back-to-backs, which teams other than the Thunder can reach the 1-seed in the West, Donte DiVincenzo, ... Show More

Tony Kornheiser Michael Wilbon discuss Channing Frye and LeBron’s comments surrounding being the face of the NBA, Shedeur Sanders’s confident message to NFL teams, and the word to describe Dale Whitnell’s two hole-in-ones during DP World Tour. All that and more! Learn more about ... Show More

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Ryen Russillo to react (and possibly overreact) to all the NBA Playoff games (2:18). Host: Bill SimmonsGuest: Ryen RussilloProducers: Chia Hao Tat, Chris Sutton, and Steve Ceruti #ULTRACourtside could get you closer to the game! michelobultr ... Show More

Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser discuss Mike McDaniel, the LA Dodgers, and Messi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Kirk Goldsberry to discuss another big trade, which sends De'Aaron Fox to the Spurs and Zach LaVine to the Kings (2:32), and more thoughts from last night's blockbuster Luka Doncic–Anthony Davis trade (22:29). Then Bill joins up with Cousin ... Show More

Zach and Jeff Van Gundy break down Denver's win in Game 3 of the NBA Finals and look ahead to Game 4. Then (44:10) ESPN's Bobby Marks joins to detail the Chris Paul situation in Phoenix, plus other offseason rumblings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/ad ... Show More

The Ringer's Bill Simmons is joined by Zach Lowe and Jackie MacMullan to discuss NBA sleeper teams in the Western Conference (1:55), the question "Is the East finally stronger than the West?" (29:55), an update on the Ben Simmons–76ers saga (49:00), NBA rule changes (1:05:05), an ... Show More