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We’ve ombuds’d with Spike. Can we ombuds’d with Mike? We tried to stay on topic with Mike Pesca, public radio/sports podcasting legend, but we ended up hitting so many subjects outside this here website. Subjects include, but aren’t limited to:

* I just came back from Florida. What’s the deal?

* There once was a banana that everyone ate and it was called The Big Mike. Now it’s extinct.

* I went on Pesca’s podcast to discuss Giannis Antetokounmpo’s “there’s no failure in sports” moment. We analyze why his listeners hated our take.

* Is it helpful to exaggerate certain societal threats?

* Mike’s NBA vs. Senate salary comp became a random controversy

* I’m trying to outsmart Elon Musk. Good luck to me.

* Is, “Go Woke, Go Broke?” true or false?

* Mike wonders why I didn’t cover certain stories, like Jon Gruden’s Raiders ouster

* The conversation about women’s sports isn’t very nuanced

* Mike asks for my most progressive sports media opinion