On this episode of The Long Game with LZ & Leitch, Will and LZ discuss how the unified reaction of Russian athletes to the invasion of Ukraine reveals that athletes have more power than they realize; explain how Phil Mickelson could have been a hero instead of a pariah; and lament how MLB owners choked the joy out of baseball. Then they wrap up the show with a “This Week In Sports History” segment about the “death penalty” for SMU football in 1987 and why it’s unthinkable that a college football season could ever be canceled again; and with a listener Q&A.

Watch The Long Game with LZ & Leitch every Tuesday at 12:30pm ET at twitch.tv/therecount; on Twitter @therecount; and on YouTube at youtube.com/TheRecount.

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