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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons reacts to the sale of the Lakers to former Disney CEO Bob Iger and businessman Josh Kushner. Then, Cousin Sal joins the pod to help Bill break down his Youth Sports Parent Rankings and have a quick Parent Corner. (0:00) Intro (2:19) Reactions to the Lake ... Show More

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Kevin Wildes to discuss some new half-baked ideas. Then, Joe House joins the pod to help answer some mailbag questions from the listeners. Finally, Amanda Dobbins rants about being a Philadelphia sports wife to Rob Mahoney and Bill. (0:00) I ... Show More

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Mina Kimes to preview the NFL season before giving their QB rankings. Then, Billy Gil and Anthony Dabbundo hop on to react to the MLB trade deadline. Finally, David Shoemaker joins to react to SummerSlam Night 2, discuss WWE on ESPN, and tal ... Show More

HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons and Mike Lombardi discuss Adrian Peterson's future (6:00), under-the-radar teams for Romo (12:00), the next Dak Prescott (17:00), Jimmy Garoppolo trade destinations (21:00), and Patriots free agents (26:00). Learn more about your ad choice ... Show More

HBO and The Ringer's Bill Simmons launches an all-NBA-everything feed for the Ringer podcast network. In Episode 1, Bleacher Report's Howard Beck joins Bill to discuss the ongoing struggles of New York's two teams, Phil Jackson's future (16:00), Griffin-Melo trade options (23:00) ... Show More

ESPN's Ryen Russillo sits down with Bill Simmons to talk about the Boston Celtics' playoff run, the drama in Cleveland, and who will be in the NBA Finals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

On Today's Dan Patrick show, DP talks to Ross Tucker about some of his takeaways from last night's Rams/Seahawks games. Bill Plaschke calls in to discuss the MLB Playoffs and how he thinks the Giants/Dodgers Series ends up. Plus, Brady Quinn explains what this University of Georg ... Show More

Donald Trump appeared on Bryson’s “Breaking 50” video series. We discuss the video plus: the appearance of Tiger’s leg, remembering the level of his dominance, artificial intelligence’s takeover, our polarized times, theories on the cosmos, debating whose career would be most imp ... Show More

Mark Titus and Tate Frazier breakdown the NBA Media Day fallout. Will Ben Simmons be a Laker? Will Kyrie Irving retire? Was David Letterman’s KD bit funnier than Michael Porter Jr.‘s contract extension? Then they discuss Jalen Suggs’s comments about Richard Pitino and Minnesota. ... Show More