The Sports Culture Power Rankings

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07/03/23 • 70 min

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Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by TV producer Mike Schur for a special episode: a debate on which sports have generated the best art and made the greatest contributions to culture. Topics discussed include Schur’s Field of Dreams adaptation, whether basketball or football has a greater canon, and if boxing will lose its cultural footprint.

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Previous Episode

The Quest for .400

Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by the Ringer’s Ben Lindbergh to talk about Luis Arraez’s run at a .400 batting average. The Athletic’s Steph Yang also joins to discuss the U.S. women’s national team’s World Cup roster. Finally, college golfers Maycee Kay Aycock and Sarah Marshall come on to explain why they stuck with the sport despite shooting some of the worst scores of all time.

.400 (3:14): Why it’s still a magic number in baseball.

USWNT (21:57): Will injuries doom them at the World Cup?

Bad golfers (42:26): How two women from Meredith College became sports heroes.

Afterball (1:02:08): Josh on meat judging.

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Next Episode

The End of the New York Times Sports Department

Josh Levin and Stefan Fatsis are joined by the Washington Post’s Ben Golliver to discuss Victor Wembanyama’s NBA Summer League debut. The Athletic’s C. Trent Rosecrans also joins to talk about baseball stars Elly de la Cruz, Ronald Acuña Jr., and Shohei Ohtani. Finally, legendary New York Times sports columnist Robert Lipsyte comes on to talk about the demise of the Times sports department.

Wembanyama (5:45): What happened with Britney Spears? And what about his iffy debut?

MLB (29:46): A look at the game’s most exciting players.

New York Times (51:06): A Times legend on what comes next for the paper’s sports section.

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