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Jemele Hill and Michael Smith

Friday, January 27, 201710 takes

On today's show, PFT Commenter and Big Cat talk about Big Cat's RV trip down to the Super Bowl ( - ) and Coach K's decision to not allow Duke basketball players to wear any Duke logos until they straighten their act up ( - ). They debate Trump's Bernhard Langer voting story ( - ). The guys are joined by Michael Smith and Jemele Hill from ESPN to talk about their new Sportscenter, and their plans to include the underrepresented white male sports fan in their show ( - ), Segments include "hurt or injured" for the basketball player who got his eye taken out, "Man card" for Tom Brady's 9-year old son, "Protect the shield" from Roger Goodell, and Jimbos.

Recap

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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Winning a Masters or Daytona 500 should automatically grant you a green card and the right to vote

Langer's not even allowed to vote because he's a German national... But I think if you win a Masters, that's so American that if you have a green jacket, you should be allowed to vote. I don't care what country you're from. I want you to have a say in who our next leader is. A green jacket equals a green card. Absolutely. Or if you win a Daytona 500, I don't care what continent you're from. You're an American now.

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The US government does not grant citizenship based on winning major sports tournaments.
Loss
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Kobe Bryant will return to play for an NBA team this season

It also brings back one of my favorite segments that we haven't done in a while. And that's which team is Kobe Bryant going to play for this year? So right now, I think the Bulls, they jumped to the top of the list. Kobe to the Bulls. Let's get that topic swirling out there. If not the Bulls, then you got to think about maybe the Knicks, too. We all know that Kobe's going to play this year.

Kobe Bryant retired in 2016 and never played another professional basketball game.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
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Michael SmithMichael Smith

The new 6 PM SportsCenter will be 90% conversation and only 10% traditional highlights

We have producers who enjoy and appreciate what we do... In fact, we had to give it a percentage. The six is going to be 85% to 90% of what you've seen on His and Hers and 10% some SportsCenter. And that 10% is going to feel like His and Hers. It's just going to be something that SportsCenter would have done anyway.

The SC6 era was widely characterized by the shift toward conversational, personality-based segments, though the format eventually reverted after their departure.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
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Jemele HillJemele Hill

Kentucky basketball fans wouldn't care if Charles Manson were their coach as long as he won titles

I was like, look, let's be real about what [John Calipari's] job is, is to win basketball games and compete for national titles. And I was like, given how the Kentucky fan base is so rabid, they wouldn't care if Charles Manson was their coach as long as he won a title.

This is a subjective assessment of fan psychology and a rhetorical hyperbole.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
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Big CatBig Cat

Waffle House is garbage

I think Waffle House is garbage. It's just people go there when they're drunk, and they're like, man, Waffle House is really good.

This is entirely a matter of personal taste.
Void
Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
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Jemele HillJemele Hill

The movie Scarface is overrated

Another trash opinion, overrated movie. It wasn't a box office flop. It was. She doesn't like Scarface.

This is a subjective cinematic opinion.
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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017
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Michael SmithMichael Smith

Matt Ryan has been underappreciated for a long time

I do think Matt Ryan has been underappreciated. I thought this was a serious sports part of the podcast... No, I think Matt Ryan's underappreciated, has long been underappreciated. So I'm rooting for him because I want to see him get a bite of this apple.

Matt Ryan was the MVP of the 2016 season. Whether he is 'underappreciated' is subjective, but his statistics support him being an elite performer at the time.

Protect The Shield

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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017·Protect the Shield
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Roger Goodell is gaslighting fans into thinking Thursday Night Football is a good product

Well, it's called gaslighting, Big Cat, and it's actually like a thing that works. So Goodell is gaslighting us, which is awesome. He's doing a really good job of it. He's saying, you all enjoyed watching Thursday Night Football. It was a great product. And then if he says enough, I'm like, holy shit. Thursday night football was awesome.

While Goodell publicly praised TNF, the public sentiment and ratings at the time often suggested the quality of games was lacking compared to Sunday/Monday slots.

Hurt Or Injured

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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017·Hurt or Injured
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

Losing an eye is actually a performance-enhancing drug for basketball players

I'm going to go with hurt, not injured on this one. So if you lose an eye, you don't have to worry about depth perception. It's like when you're shooting a rifle, you close one eye... Losing an eye is a performance-enhancing drug.

Losing an eye severely inhibits depth perception, which is critical for basketball shooting and movement.

Kings Stay Kings

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Take Slip·Jan 27, 2017·Kings Stay Kings
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Big CatBig Cat

Jim Harbaugh's story about being hit by a mail truck as a kid is probably fake

Jim Harbaugh was Hit by a mail truck driver When he was 7 years old And he found the mail truck driver Nearly 50 years later In Iowa... This is a fake story. This is a fake story by Jim Harbaugh because this is... you can't come up with a story that's more Jim Harbaugh than this.

Harbaugh and the mail truck driver (Roger Moore) have both corroborated this story in multiple media outlets, including the driver himself giving interviews. While bizarre, it is documented as true.