Paul interviews Visalia native David Lombardi.

Together they talk about how David went from Visalia to announcing games for the Stanford Cardinals. Now he covers the San Francisco 49ers as a beat reporter for the Athletic.

In his role as a beat reporter David has taken a "long game" approach to sports journalism with contextual analysis. Meanwhile incentives point to outlandish claims often contrary to statistical evidence, and draws predictable, erroneous narratives.