Unable to care and therefore talk about anything besides the things we care and therefore want to talk about, this week CIB is focused on what’s in the WGAS Sportsbag, weird race talk on the internet, and the ongoing failure of our national media to simply communicate what’s happening in the world, rather than what they think we want to hear. Listen, if you must! Has something we said, or failed to say, made you FEEL something? You can tell us all about it on Facebook or Twitter, leave a comment on the show’s page on our website, or you can send us an email here. Enjoy!
Show Rundown
Open — Return of questionable Little League administration
13:00 — Who Gives a Shit News, Sportsbag Edition, starting with a brief note on Alabama basketball
16:35 — What’s with all the points being scored in the NBA
31:49 — Major League Baseball has some new rules for the 2023 season
1:00:23 — Regional sports networks are failing
1:10:34 — Scott Adams is trying to cause a race ruckus, not that he’s alone in that endeavor
1:17:47 — Angela Davis on Finding Your Roots
1:29:44 — Fox News sued by Dominion, hosts revealed to have absolute contempt for their audience and guests
1:48:20 — Wrap up! Ant-Man, Cocaine Bear, Strays, Spider-Man, The Last of Us
Relevant Linkage
USA Today: Brandon Miller, Alabama basketball, murder and controversy. Here is what we know.
CBS News: Brandon Miller's pat-down in pregame introductions 'not appropriate,' Alabama coach Nate Oats says — Miller has been patted-down in pregame introductions all season but won't be doing it anymore after his link to a fatal shooting
BBC: NBA: Sacramento Kings beat LA Clippers in 'crazy' 176-175 history-making game
The Athletic: Why are NBA stars scoring so many points? Making sense of the league’s scoring boom
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: What I Think About LeBron Breaking My NBA Scoring Record — Everything You Wanted to Know About LeBron and Me and the Scoring Record
ESPN: 2023 MLB rule changes: Pitch clock, end of shift and more
ESPN: Pitch clock violation ends Braves-Red Sox spring game in tie
FanGraphs: Diamond Sports Group’s Bankruptcy Could Rock the Baseball Revenue Boat
The Athletic: What the Bally Sports saga means for NBA, NHL, MLB broadcasts: All you need to know
The Athletic: What could a Bally Sports bankruptcy mean for RSNs’ team deals?
Awful Announcing: Diamond’s Bally Sports RSNs skip $140 million debt payment, which is expected to set up a bankruptcy filing
Scott Adams: “If nearly half of all blacks are not ok with white people—according to this poll, not according to me, according to this poll—that’s a hate group.”
This American Life (694): Get Back to Where You Once Belonged
Variety: After ‘Ant-Man 3’s’ Second Weekend Box Office Collapse, Should Marvel Get Concerned?