Thee Sam D Podcast

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He’s your favorite sports podcasters favorite sports podcaster.

Thee Sam D (Sam Dusenbury Jr.) talks his talk like no other. As 15 year sports media vet Thee Sam D gives a unique insider perspectiv... more

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September 04, 2026 The Clippers Got Off Light...So Did Everybody Else
Episode 338

01:00 — Kawhi skates with a $700K bill while Uncle Dennis eats a five-year ban 02:34 — The Five Guys theory of cap circumvention: all the toppings free, none of it paid back 04:40 — The league didn't put the blame on Kawhi, so why did the media? 05:10 — The Lakers said no to Uncle Dennis, and that's the only reason Kawhi is a Clipper 06:58 — Ballmer's devil wasn't Kawhi and it wasn't Uncle Dennis, it was greed 09:00 — The penalty sheet: $30 million, a year, six months, five picks 11:43 — Peel back the layers and every one of these penalties is performative 15:12 — Pablo Torre did the work the four-letter network wouldn't do 18:00 — Uncle Dennis asked, the Clippers said yes, and only the asker gets banned 21:30 — Shams' reporting, four companies, and why Kawhi has plausible deniability 31:48 — The worst day in Clippers history was the inside-out warm-ups, not Sterling 35:55 — Kaepernick didn't blow off that workout, he refused to sign away his right to sue 39:41 — Stephen A. heard Howard Bryant explain the waiver on his own show in 2019 50:33 — Sports media is wrestling and Stephen A. is playing the heel 55:33 — Black capitalism doesn't trickle down any better than Reaganomics did 1:01:56 — Four jobs to be number two while McAfee does one show.

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1h 13min
August 25, 2026The Browns QB Decision Nobody Wanted to Make
Episode 337
02:17 — Dan Orlovsky's "Browns fans should boycott games" is an empty-calories take
05:37 — Bill Barnwell's "5-for-12" line, and the real question nobody's asking about Shedeur
07:46 — Sam's actual grade on Shedeur: a bootleg Drew Brees ceiling, not a franchise arm
14:19 — Chat check-in: fandom as mental illness, and why Browns fans show up no matter what
22:54 — Why Todd Monken's hand is forced — starting Watson is calculation, not belief
27:35 — Mapping the Browns schedule to the exact week the keys go to Shedeur
40:00 — Inside the Watson contract: the $86.2M dead-cap record and the 2029 vesting cliff
50:14 — Pivot: "the second Nasty Man" — Jed York's trailer-park arrest
56:00 — The Kyle Shanahan comparison: why the owner's story broke in 48 hours and the coach's took two weeks
1:01:18 — Jon Gruden is back in the booth...active lawsuit against the league and all
1:06:10 — Why Sam won't give the Enes Kanter grift any oxygen
1:08:09 — Dae'Quan Wright's return to LSU reopens the "college football was never amateur" argument
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1h 18min
August 18, 2026 Stephen A. Smith, Pat McAfee & The Grift Taking Over Sports Media
00:00 — Stephen A. Smith vs. The NABJ
Why Stephen A. Smith’s feud with the National Association of Black Journalists matters and what could happen when he responds.
07:00 — Stephen A. Smith’s Conservative Media Pivot
A look at Smith’s growing presence in political commentary and the financial incentives behind his increasingly conservative positioning.
11:19 — Has the NABJ Lost Its Relevance?
The conversation examines the organization’s declining influence and whether its confrontation with Smith was an attempt to reclaim its place in the media landscape.
18:54 — Pat McAfee Took Stephen A.’s Spot
How McAfee transformed ESPN’s personality-driven sports media landscape and seemingly displaced Stephen A. as the network’s biggest star.
33:21 — The Pat McAfee Grift Gets Bigger
McAfee’s music, political access, ESPN platform, and massive compensation become part of a larger argument about what actually drives success in modern sports media.
37:46 — Why Marquette King Never Got McAfee’s Shot
Marquette King’s similar attempt to combine football and music raises questions about race, access, institutional support, and who gets the opportunity to build a sports-media empire.
43:56 — Dan Orlovsky, CAA and Media Bias
Orlovsky’s unlikely rise as an NFL analyst leads to questions about his quarterback rankings and the potential influence of his representation by CAA.
59:13 — The NFL’s Quarterback Obsession
The episode closes by challenging the NFL’s fixation on quarterbacks, examining the constant movement at the position and questioning whether QB play is really as important as the league claims.

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1h 6min
August 11, 2026 Drew Brees is a Hall of Fame Grifter
Drew Brees Pyramid Scheme
Roger Craig reveal he has vascualr dementia
Ahman Green has Parkinsons
NFL will eventually go to 20 games
CBS looks to cut Tony Romo from his super max contract
Clay Travis grifts new website that marries sports and politics
Kawhi Leonard is wrongfully being blamed fo things his uncle did

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1h 35min
July 28, 2026 NFL and ESPN link up to cover up Kyle Shanahan car accident
Kyle Shanahan was in a car accident
How ESPN is not hiding their collusion with the NFL
Sports media is in shambles
Are the days of former athletes as analysts over?

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1h 29min
July 24, 2026 LeBron Chose To Work Smarter Not Harder
Philly wins leBron sweepstakes
Is LeBron still chasing the ghost of MJ?
Best starting 5 LeBron has ever been on?
Eastern conference roundup
What's left for the losers in the LeBron chase?

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1h 13min
July 21, 2026 Reacting to the ESPN layoffs plus why LeBron is still the face of the NBA
The mob ties of why Ryan Clark is no longer at ESPN
LeBron James is taking his time because of business
The NBA has failed at making another face of the league
Caleb Williams chances of being a top 5 QB

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1h 53min
July 14, 2026 Why Is Victor Wembanyama Taking A Pay Cut?
NBA Owners are playing games
Wemby contract extension
Even Austin Reaves has to take a short?
Capitalist Hov Takes Shots At Colin Kaepernick

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1h 19min
July 07, 2026 LeBron James Wishlist Revealed
LeBron James narrows field down to five teams
Rich Paul has done more for new media than any other player
The real reason why Ja Morant is in Portland
Football players need to do more for Chris Johnson
Kawhi Leonard "dumps" Uncle Dennis

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1h 20min
June 30, 2026 NBA Free Agency: Lying Season Has Returned
NBA Free Agency Rumors
Don't Believe 85% of what you see and hear
Micheal Strahan Interviews Chris Johnson...poorly
Malik Beasley was big time scamming

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1h 6min

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