Get us on the chicken circuit. A podcast about where pop culture and sports culture collide… inspired by the relationship between Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Culture critic and novelist Zan Romanoff and journalist and Scamfluencers senior producer Sarah Enni discuss the Colorado Rockies' historically bad record; an NBA Finals and Stanley Cup update; reprehensible blowhard writes hockey romance novel; Zan's new obsession with tennis has us asking: just how evil is Rolex?; Republicans in Congress want sports team owners to pay more in taxes; Democratic presidential hopefuls are coming to a sports podcast near you (but not this one!); and a new women's professional softball league gets a Major League boost.

Links:

• On Dick Mountain: One Last Season For the Oldest Man in Baseball? (Bat Flips and Nerds)

• Hurricanes save season, snap 15-game ECF skid with Game 4 win (ESPN)

• President Trump welcomes Florida Panthers to the White House (Yahoo! Sports)

• Matthew Tkachuk Explains Why He Feels Bad for Maple Leafs After Beating Them in Game 7 (Sports Illustrated)

• United States defeats Switzerland to win gold at 2025 IIHF World Championship (NHL.com)

• Former NHL Enforcer Sean Avery Announces He's Writing a 'Sexy and Addictive' Romance Novel (People)

• Sean Avery used to mock Dustin Brown about his lisp and wife (NBC Sports)

• AHL's Whale Done with Sean Avery (ESPN)

• Oppenheimer' Actor and Former NHL Star Sean Avery Facing Restraining Order Amid Abuse Allegations (Entertainment Tonight)

• Mary-Kate Olsen and Sean Avery Are 'Just Friends' Despite Hanging Out Together Again in the Hamptons: Source (People)

• Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men's Tennis (Simon & Schuster)

• Court Date (Substack)

• How Rolex Paved the Way for Luxury's Love Affair With Tennis (Front Office Sports)

• House Bill Takes Aim at Tax Break for Sports Owners (The New York Times)

• The Billionaire Playbook: How Sports Owners Use Their Teams to Avoid Millions in Taxes (ProPublica)

• Ambitious Democrats Have a New Game Plan: Yak It Up About Sports (The New York Times)

• Fame and Frustration On the New Media Circuit (Vulture)

• MLB Makes Eight-Figure Investment In New Softball League (Front Office Sports)