HWTP SPORTS TALK

Washington Post Sports Reporter Jacob Bogage joined David to discuss baseball card fraud.

Bogage writes: Baseball card collectors suspected rampant fraud in their hobby. Now the FBI is investigating.-- The green stadium seats shown on the baseball card are empty as Stan Musial, wearing a crisp white uniform, grips a bat and digs in. His eyes gaze toward the pitcher over his right shoulder, his white teeth peeking out from under a grin. It’s almost as though on this vividly colored card, issued in 1952 by the Bowman Gum Company, “Stan the Man” has spotted a fat fastball. The card’s lone obvious blemish is a stray black print mark on the white frame. Even with the defect, it sold in an online auction in late 2017 for $2,800.

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Award-winning filmmaker Aviva Kempner tells the real story of Moe Berg, major league baseball player turned spy.  David talks with Kempner about this compelling film.  For a listing of movie theatres in your area: The Spy Behind Home Plate.

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Kim Goldman discusses her new podcast Confronting O.J. Simpson.  At the top of the hour Washington Post's Cindy Boren joins David for some hot topics.  Tune in live at 9pm ET.

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Steven Goff talked with David from Reim, France ahead of the USA annihilation of Thailand.  “….Women’s soccer, Women’s football is in an evolutionary process – it’s gaining acceptance in traditionally male dominated soccer countries such as France and many others.  It’s much more accepted in the United States so we’re seeing progress made.” 

Join us for a night of hot topic and hear Goff's full interview tonight at 9pm ET.

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Brian Tuohy author of The Fix Is Still In: Corruption and Conspiracies the Pro Sports Leagues Don't Want You To Know About, and WashPost columnist Norman Chad who will discuss MLB attendance is dropping but revenue is somehow up. How is that possible?

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Lyle Green, is a retired CFL player, and host of After The Gridiron; he played 10 seasons in the Canadian Football League with the BC Lions and the Calgary Stampeders.   Also joining us is Zach Zagger, Law360 senior reporter -- he will be discussing the recent verdicts in the NCAA hoops scanda.

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CALLING ALL BOXING FANS!  Incredible interview with Atlantic City Hall of Fame boxers Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins and Tim Witherspoon, as well as president and founder of the Hall of Fame Ray McCline. 

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Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Famer Arturo "Thunder" Gatti, who died in 2009 under suspicious circumstances, celebrated what would have been his 47th birthday on April 15.   Mike Sciarra, a close friend and brother of Arturo, remembers the boxing great and will share some stories with us tonight.  Since Arturo's death in 2009 (or as Sciarra puts it "murder"), Mike Sciarra continues to drive 3-hours to Atlantic City---every year, with no fanfare--- to place blue and white ribbons on light poles on the Boardwalk across from Boardwalk Hall where Gatti fought many of his most memorable fights.

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Join us live tonight at 9 pm ET with guests Orlando Magic executive Pat Williams (click here) and Washington Post's Sam Fortier (click here).

 

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Washington Post reporter Steven Goff joined David to discuss racism in soccer.

Goff is a Washington Post Reporter covering soccer (D.C. United, MLS, U.S. national teams, World Cup), plus some college basketball.

The beautiful game has an ugly problem: Racism-- The beautiful game has an ugly problem. Racism is a societal issue transcending soccer, but when incidents occur in the planet’s most popular sport, the scourge is magnified. Recent episodes turned the spotlight back on the matter and prompted Danny Rose, a left back for the English national team and Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, to say, “I’ve got five or six more years left in football, and I just can’t wait to see the back of it.” 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/04/07/beautiful-game-has-an-ugly-problem-racism/?utm_term=.102cf1ef3f2e