The Max Whittle Podcast

Marc Zumoff, TV voice of the Philadelphia 76ers on NBC Sports, is this week's guest on the US Sports Podcast. Marc talks to Max in London ahead of the Sixers' game against the Celtics, the eighth regular season tilt in the UK's capital. Marc talks about growing up a Sixers fan, his love for basketball, making up broadcasts as a kid, how he makes every show different and his role as a lead commentator.

Max is joined by Dennis Xhaet from Antwerp, Belgium as they share their biggest surprises from the NBA season so far.

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Listen to archived episodes, including John Amaechi and Adam Silver, here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/us-sports-podcast-max-whittle/id1163773727?mt=2

Hakeem Olajuwon, the NBA's all-time leader in blocks and a two-time champion with the Houston Rockets, is this week's guest on the US Sports Podcast. Hakeem talks to Max about growing up in Nigeria, his first impressions of America when he arrived at 18, David Stern's moustache in 1984, playing in the 'golden era' of basketball, facing the '86 Celtics in the Finals, winning titles while Michael Jordan was playing baseball in semi-retirement, his success during Ramadan and the toughest opponent he ever faced.

Listen to archived episodes, including Joel Embiid and Peter King, here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/us-sports-podcast-max-whittle/id1163773727?mt=2

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Max brings on NBA regular Dennis Xhaet to talk over Oklahoma City Thunder's offensive struggles, the Cleveland Cavaliers' strange start to the season, Lonzo Ball's shooting, Kristaps Porzingis, surprising teams in the East and the Bucks' trade for Eric Bledsoe. 

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Tim Rohan, writer for the MMQB and Sports Illustrated, is this week's guest on the US Sports Podcast with Max Whittle. Tim and Max worked together on the MMQB's '24 Hours with Shad Khan' story, an editorial and video following the Jacksonville Jaguars and Fulham FC owner. In London for the International Series in September, Khan practices yoga, hosts a brunch party on his yacht and takes a charter boat to Craven Cottage to watch his soccer team. Before the Jaguars defeated the Ravens at Wembley, Khan learns of Donald Trump's comments about NFL owners and how they should fire players who protest during the national anthem; Khan took decisive action and stood in unison with his players before kickoff and Tim and Max were there to capture it all through words and video. Here, they discuss everything they encountered during the story. You can read and watch 24 Hours with Shad Khan on the links below.

Sports Illustrated website: https://www.si.com/nfl/2017/10/04/shad-khan-jacksonville-jaguars-owner-london-anthem-protests-fulham

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ON_nC4v3bY

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Luol Deng of the LA Lakers joins Max on the US Sports Podcast to talk about his childhood in south London, where he thinks he ranks amongst the best players in Chicago Bulls history, his annual Deng Camp in Crystal Palace, his friendship with Chris Bosh, his struggles with the Lakers last season and how long he thinks he has left in the NBA. Before the interview, Max shares his top storylines going into the 2017/18 NBA season. 

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Gary Gramling, senior editor at the MMQB and host of the Ten Things Podcast with Andy Benoit is this week's guest with Max on The US Sports Podcast. Gary breaks down why and how he uses Simpson's references in his articles, his opinion on Hall of Fame busts, the art of story telling, his thoughts on the major storylines coming out of the NFL in Week One, his new book 'The Football Fanbook', winning Sports Illustrated's first ever Emmy-award winning piece 'A Boy Helps a Town Heal' and his memories of 9/11. 

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Host of the NFL on Sky Sports Neil Reynolds and co-host of the Brits In The End Zone podcast Andrew Charles join Max to preview the 2017 NFL season. In two varying conversations, Neil discusses his busy summer before looking at the Labour Day Weekend trades, Brock Osweiler's return to the Denver Broncos, Jay Cutler's prospects in Miami, Moritz Böhringer's future in the league, which British player in the NFL is the one to watch and his Super Bowl pick.

Andrew explains why he supports the Jaguars, Blake Bortles' future in Jacksonville, the Ezekiel Elliott situation, the fate of the Jets and Browns, Adrian Peterson's return to Minnesota and how the Falcons will recover from their devastating loss last February. 

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Mark Fainaru-Wada, co-author of the book League Of Denial and ESPN investigations reporter, is this week's guest on The US Sports Podcast with Max Whittle. Fainaru-Wada, along with brother Steve, wrote the book in 2013 described as 'the NFL, concussions, and the battle for truth'. Mark goes in-depth about the timeline of concussions in the NFL before and since the book was released four years ago, the stories he found out spending time with retired player Chris Borland, Jerry Jones' belief that there is no link between American football and brain trauma, the recent study in the New York Times that revealed 110 of 111 examined brains of deceased football players had CTE, the legacy of Dr. Bennet Omalu, youth football across the United States and the future of the sport.

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Mark Webster, host of Channel 5's NBA coverage between 2008 and 2011, is this week's guest on The US Sports Podcast with Max Whittle. Mark chats about how he got his first job covering the NBA while writing for a music magazine, the dynamic of the Channel 5 NBA show, his opinion on the state of American sports coverage in the UK on television, his thoughts on Phil Jackson, what it was like watching the OJ Simpson trial, whether there will be an NBA comeback on terrestrial TV, how the NBA has changed since he was on air and the reason he landed the job of voicing and scripting several Only Fools and Horses shows. 

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