The Golden State Warriors repeated as NBA champions and won their third title in the past four years. Hurray. The Washington Capitals won their first Stanley Cup, and celebrated accordingly. Sports. We call in Josh Eberley to speak of the former.
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- “Sports News Read Like Real News” throwback from around this time last year told the tale of NHL fans tossing objects onto the ice. Some are more obvious, like hats for a hat trick, while others are more appealing, like dead creatures of the sea (2:08).
- The Bridge Question of the Week is: Will LeBron James leave the Cavs, and why? Leave a voicemail or text in your answer to 929-BRIDGE7, that’s 929-274-3437, and you’ll make it on the next show.
- This week’s guest is Josh Eberley, a writer for Hoop Magazine, host of the hot takes and shot fakes podcast and friend of the show who can say he’s come on The Bridge as many times as Michael Jordan came back to the NBA. We’ll chat all things NBA Finals and the major storylines from that and the season in general, the summer of LeBron and other potential offseason happenings, the Kobe Bryant revisionist history, ranking the past 17 NBA Finals and more.
- Follow Josh on Twitter -> @JoshEberley. The interview starts at the 9:37 mark.
– In the interview, we discuss:
A storyline he’ll remember most from the 2017-18 season (10:09), was the end result of the Golden State Warriors beating the Cleveland Cavaliers a surprise (12:47), if there was a situation where the Cavs could have won the Finals (14:16), what moment from Game 1 that he would change (16:56), LeBron’s hand and if the media is on the hook for hiding it (19:33), a team he wishes the Warriors ended up playing (24:06), Kevin Durant’s legacy (25:30), Steph Curry’s legacy (29:22), LeBron James’ legacy (31:20), where the best spot is for LeBron (36:36), the revolutionist history of Kobe Bryant, solved (39:53), ranking the last 17 NBA Finals on how memorable they were (48:56) and if 2018 would make the Top Ten (53:28).
- “Five Minutes in the Film Room” with Joe Baress, former star of the prestigious John and Joe Sports Show, breaks down “Deadpool 2,” which Rotten Tomatoes describes as: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Miami’s hottest bartender, while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover (55:49). You can follow Joe on Twitter @dukemich and read his movie reviews, previews and ratings at cupof-joe.com.
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