Joel Anderson, Josh Levin, and Ben Mathis-Lily discuss whether John Calipari overcame his college failures and why Oakland's Jack Gaelke became a folk hero. They also discuss Kim Mulkey's preemptive attack on the Washington Post and what to make of his interpreter Shohei Ohtani's bizarre stories and massive gambling debts.
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The Athletic's Kyle Tucker talks about John Calipari and the future of Kentucky basketball.
CNN talks about Oakland hero Jack Gaulke.
Transcript of Kim Mulkey's Saturday press conference. In it, she asked for articles that had not yet been published in the Washington Post.
Kent Babb's article, Mulkey claimed, was Brian Kelly's “hit piece.”
“I have never bet on baseball,” Shohei Ohtani read from a prepared statement Monday. He also said that the interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, stole the money to pay off gambling debts.
A timeline of how the Ohtani story unfolded last week on ESPN.
Nate Silver and Craig Calcaterra break down possible theories about what's going on with Ohtani.
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Josh's Atascocita: The origin of Dayton's Kobe Elvis name (and maybe other names similar to Kobe Elvis).
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In this week's bonus episode, Joel and Josh discuss NBA coaches being threatened, star players saying they felt like “props,” and other stories about the creeping influence of gambling in professional sports.
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