No One Paid $85 To See the Umpire
We open the show with Nick Kayal, Dawn Stensland, Sean Farash, Phil Almquist, and Jimmy Kelly setting up a packed Tuesday. The crew starts with Team USA’s 4–1 loss to Belgium, fake soccer fandom, Fox and Telemundo coverage, and whether American sports fans really care about soccer once the U.S. is out. The conversation turns into hockey toughness, football toughness, and the jokes around Dawn’s jacket color before Nick sets the table for the Big Take, Graham Platner, Matt Rooney, the cut sheet, and Fight Club. Dawn’s news brings us through the end of the PECO strike, with IBEW Local 614…
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