Grading the World

With Matt off doing adult type things, Joe and Darryl are left to discuss the Las Vegas Aces championship, Ime Udoka's suspension, Boston's racist history [again], team vs. league punishments, and Brett Favre's theft of public funds.

Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott's inhumanity, two poop sandwiches, the impending economic apocalypse, and furries.

If that doesn't get people to listen, we give up.

A sports smorgasbord (sportsgasbord?) - Flag vs. tackle football, pickleball, tennis, WNBA playoffs, and the MLB homestretch; plus "Winning Time," Tom Brady's marital troubles, and everyone on earth moving one step closer to the British throne.

The Netflix Manti Te'o "documentary," Shohei Otani's historic season, fan behavior and BYU's response to the latest racial attack, and more.

We celebrate our centennial episode with the second half of our chat with former Russian journalist and current high school math teacher Slava Malamud about leaving journalism for education, toxic hockey culture, what it takes to be an elite athlete, and the bleak news from Ukraine.

We are joined by former journalist, current teacher, and Soviet Union native Slava Malamud to talk about the Deshaun Watson settlement, the 2002 and 2014 Olympic scandals, Putin's long-running war on Ukraine and Alex Ovechkin's support of him, Brittney Griner's arrest and conviction, and whether the US is going the way of the USSR in the early 90s.

Join us next week for part two!

Help those affected by the war in Ukraine at https://www.ukrainetrustchain.org/.

Learn more about Slava Malamud at https://www.slavadoesamerica.com/ and follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/slavamalamud.

We welcome the newest addition to Team Clark, Adrian Kite Clark born August 9; congratulations to Leah and Cornelius and the entire Clark family.

Also: Deshaun Watson, Brittney Griner, Serena Williams, and Alex Coffey's Stanley Jefferson piece and Pete Rose experience.

The Deshaun Watson and Brittney Griner travesties, the deaths of Bill Russell, Nichelle Nichols, and Vin Scully, Aaron Rodgers' psychedelic journeys, and MLB trade deadline action.

With Matt working on his handicap in Myrtle Beach, friend of the show Dave Hock joins Joe and Darryl once again to talk about Kyler Murray's contract, Hockey Canada's sexual abuse problem, Kevin Durant trade possibilities, the Red Sox' collapse and the Yankees' semi-big trade, Juan Soto, and Better Call Saul.

Being lost in an unfamiliar place, close losses vs. blowouts, Tennessee football's 'violations,' superdupermegaconferences, Matt resurrects his no-draft plan, LeBron James trademarks 'Shut Up and Dribble,' an auto racing update, a plug for the SVRA and other affordable fan entertainment, James Harden's selflessness and Russell Westbrook's untradeability, Charles Barkley joins the LIV tour, and our own low-level athletic failures and successes.