Aaron Rodgers pays a price, ESPN lacks credibility, and college basketball loses its shine

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11/10/21 • 60 min

On this episode of The Long Game with LZ & Leitch, LZ and Will talk about Aaron Rodgers’ vaccination deception and whether he’ll suffer consequences for it; discuss whether ESPN can be taken seriously even after publishing its investigation of Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver; and explain why the college basketball season doesn’t matter anymore. They wrap up with “This Week In Sports History,” imagining how the rivalry between tennis greats Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert would play out today, and with their “Games of the Week.”

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