Derek Thompson on the American Sports Plutocracy, the NBA’s 2016 Black Swan Event, and the WNBA’s Growing Pains
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Derek Thompson on the American Sports Plutocracy, the NBA’s 2016 Black Swan Event, and the WNBA’s Growing Pains

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 21, 20261 hr 40 min

The Ringer’s Bill Simmons is joined by Derek Thompson to discuss the finances of sports and the developing story of Mark Walter's Lakers sale. Then, they discuss the 2016 NBA cap spike before ending with their WNBA theories. (0:00) Intro (2:10) American sports plutocracy and Mark Walter (42:28) 2016 NBA cap spike (01:05:39) WNBA growing pains Host: Bill Simmons Guest: Derek Thompson Producers: Chia Hao Tat and Eduardo Ocampo The Ringer is committed to responsible gaming. Please visit https://fa...

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The Bill Simmons podcast brought to you by the Ringer podcast network where we put up the re-speed on Monday includes maybe the hardest I've ever laughed during a rewatchables. It was me and Sean Fennison, Chris Ryan. Great podcast.

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Another banger coming next week. Monday, Apollo 13. Yeah. It's been one of the more requested ones that we've had over the last few years.

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So Apollo 13, you have a few days to watch it. Go check it out. And then Monday we'll have that. Next week, I'm all football next week, just so you know.

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