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Sports With Friends

Sports With Friends

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Every guest is a friend. Or a friend of a friend. (We play Jewish Geography)

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2025
Baseball & Softball Politics & Government
Episodes
  • 546. Arsenal’s 2025-2026 Premier League Championship
    Aug 5 2026

    On May 19, 2026, Arsenal were crowned the 2025-2026 Premier League champions. It was Arsenal's first league title since the 2003–04 season. They held a parade in North London, celebrating their title. Mikel Arteta coaches them.


    Journalist Natasha Henry has worked in sports media for years, based in England. She has been an Arsenal supporter her whole life, and brings that enthusiasm to the podcast.


    In this episode, they discuss the unique relationship that exists between the fans and the club, and how that has evolved over the years. They also talk about the Louis Dunford song “Th' Angel (North London Forever)” becoming an Arsenal anthem after Arteta introduced it to the players. They discuss the stardom of Bukayo Saka, and the chances of repeating as Premier League champions, as well as trying once again to win their first-ever Champions League. They discuss how Arsenal's social media global following is six times that of the most popular USA team, the Kansas City Chiefs.


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    59 mins
  • 545. The NY Knicks 25-26 NBA Title w/MSG’s Alan Hahn
    Jul 22 2026

    On June 13, 2026, the New York Knicks defeated the San Antonio Spurs 4 games to 1 to claim their first title since the 1972-1973 season. The championship captivated New York, a city that was starved for a major pro championship.


    Game 4 saw the Spurs take the largest halftime lead of any visiting team in Finals history, then the Knicks overcame the largest deficit in Finals history to win. It was the first Finals series since 1975 in which a single point won multiple games. It was the first Finals ever in which the teams were within five points of each other in the final five minutes of each game. The average margin of victory was just four points. The Spurs built double-digit leads in all these games, but lost four of them.


    It was the most-watched NBA Finals since 1998, with an average of 20.6 million viewers per game.


    Alan Hahn is a broadcaster during Knicks broadcasts on MSG Network and a radio host on ESPN New York. He has covered the Knicks for twenty years. Hahn spent 16 years as a writer at Newsday, where he covered every major professional sports team in the New York area, including five seasons as the Knicks beat reporter. He also previously served as an Islanders reporter and NHL writer.


    In this episode, Hahn recounts the historic Knicks run. He also addresses some of the storylines and controversies over the season, including that historic Game 4 comeback and President Donald Trump attending Game 3. He also paid tribute to two historic broadcasters, Al Trautwig and John Andreise.

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    50 mins
  • 544. ESPN Basketball Analyst Jay Bilas
    Jul 8 2026

    Longtime ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas has been with the network since 1995. He is featured on ESPN’s game and studio coverage and calls the top men’s college basketball games involving the nation’s marquee teams and conferences every week throughout the season. In 2024, he joined ESPN’s NBA commentator team as a game analyst. Bilas is a nine-time Emmy nominee: Outstanding Sports Personality – Studio Analyst (2007, 2008, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) and Outstanding Sports Personality – Event Analyst (2016, 2017, 2019). In 2016, Bilas received the prestigious Curt Gowdy Award from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2022, Bilas was selected for induction into the Southern California Basketball Hall of Fame.


    Bilas is participating in Lake Tahoe’s American Century Championship. The American Century Championship is a made-for-TV event owned and broadcast by NBC Sports. The premier celebrity golf tournament, which also raises funds for local and national charities, awards a $750,000 purse. The tournament is a 54-hole modified Stableford format that features some of sports and entertainment’s greatest celebrities.


    In this episode, Bilas speaks about the current landscape of college basketball and how it differs from that of college football. He also addresses the incredible talent in the NBA and how he cherishes covering that league as well.


    Fans can get involved and play Fantasy Golf with the participants in Lake Tahoe. This year’s tournament is July 8-12, 2026. For more info, https://www.accfantasygolf.com/.

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    39 mins
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