Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin discuss the opening weekend of the world track and field championships. They also talk about why the Angels are so bad in spite of Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout and the Nationals’ Juan Soto dilemma. Finally, Puck’s Julia Ioffe joins for a conversation about Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia.

Track (4:07): Why an American hurdler got a raw deal.

Baseball (25:02): Is Juan Soto crazy to turn down $440 million?

Griner (44:43): Should we be more pessimistic about her fate?

Afterball (1:04:43): Stefan on the Amarillo Sod Poodles.

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