Matt and Galen talk the LeBron James decision. Galen says LeBron is simply a victim of generational warfare. Matt talks about the Miami “party”. Both agree that this was actually a good basketball decision, but that the special was…weird.
Finally, they talk about the World Cup final, and the overall effectiveness of this World Cup...
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IUSC Twitter Feed
- IUSC's Logan Roberson talks to new men's soccer coach Todd Yeagley http://bit.ly/dijuk0 #indiana
- IUSportcom's Cody Sharrett with a report on how Hoosier WRs Damarlo Belcher and Ted Bolser stepped up vs Towson http://bit.ly/9LLDLy
- IU football players Mitchell Evans and Matt Ernest switched to defense this year. IUSC's Samantha Dewig has more: http://bit.ly/9Cr1Ce
- Hoosiers obliterate UCLA 5-1, Todd Yeagley picks up first win as Hoosier coach http://bit.ly/britI0 #iu #indiana #soccer
- Indiana defeats #5 UCLA 5-1 with a dominant effort all afternoon. Will Bruin with the hat trick. #IU #Soccer
World Cup
SportsPolitik Podcast – World Cup Final / Lebroncalypse
SportsPolitik World Cup Podcast – Predictions!
Galen, Matt, and John pick up where they left off in the last podcast. Well, not exactly, because first they take a detour through complaining about the music in McAllister’s, and the general malaise of using 60’s songs on restaurant music channels, despite the 60’s being 40+ years ago. This improbably leads into a...
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We’ve Only Just Begun
The United States was mere minutes away from one of its most bitter defeats. They had already been robbed once of a win by referee Koman Coulibaly, on a goal by Maurice Edu that should have given the USA a victory over Slovenia.
Seemingly, déjà vu struck again when Clint Dempsey’s goal against...
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SportsPolitik Podcast – World Cup action
Team USA advances to the knockout stage! Preparations are made for the last few group stage matches, and the conversation spirals out of control. Galen Clavio is joined by John Koluder, Matt Zimmerman, and Wes Lawrence.
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SportsPolitik World Cup Podcast 6/21
Galen, John, and Matt break down the World Cup through the first two games of group play. Lots of talk about the Italians and their perception in the popular English-speaking press. Also discussed is the rampant Anglophilia ripping through the WC coverage, the French situation, and the lack of consistency among the top teams....
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IUSC / SportsPolitik Podcast 6/15
Wes Lawrence joins Galen Clavio to talk about the World Cup, and the conversation winds into a larger discussion on the relative approach of broadcasters to calling a game, the lack of actual in-game coaching in soccer, the lack of any real tactical geniuses in soccer, and the lack of importance of coaches in...
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SportsPolitik podcast – 06/13
Galen is joined by John Koluder and Matt Zimmerman for a discussion about the first few days of the World Cup, as well as Big Ten expansion.
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