but every real sports fan has had a moment when an athlete has failed and said, i can do better than that. on your mark, get set on this episode, you re about to find out all the reasons you can t do better than that. going for a touchdown, sharpshooter from this court. you re looking at the spirit of america. i grew up resenting sports. when you re a black kid who everybody knows is going to be over 6 feet tall, every conversation goes to, you play basketball. i only did it in eighth grade. i went the whole season without scoring a point, like dennis rodman, but without the rebounding and hair. when i lived in chicago, i discovered michael jordan. now i m the guy who quotes the last dance like it s a new book of the bible. i took it personally. but that s the thing about sports. we often take it personally. i m somehow a grown man and hate the dukes for no good reason. john starks! sports gives us a place to release all our unchecked f you to everybody invo
failed and said i can do better than that. marks get set on this episode, you re about to find out all the reasons you can t do better than that. woo! for a touchdown, a sharpshooter from the midcourt. we re looking at the spirit of america. i grew up resenting sports. when you re a black kid who everybody knows is going to be over six feet tall, every conversation goes to you play basketball. i only did in eighth grade. i went the whole season without scoring a point, like dennis rodman, but without the rebounding and hair. when i lived in chicago, i discovered michael jordan. now i m the guy who quotes the last dance like it s a new book of the bible. i took it personally. but that s the thing about sports. we often take it personally. i m somehow a grown man who hates adults for no good reason. john starks! sports give us a place to unload all of our unchecked f-u on everybody, from little leaguers to hall of famers. and if there is one city that revels in
bombing. that s what big papi said, famously, this is our bleeping city, and the whole city exhaled. this is our [ bleep ] city. i felt like boston strong actually meant something. i felt linked to the city in a very different way. and i don t know that anything else can do that but sports. that bring everybody together? right. it all sounds cliche, but i think it s true. maybe only for a moment, but it s a moment that resonates. yeah. but annoy some of you are watching right now thinking renee and ellen aren t exactly typical boston sports fans, jamal. i know what you want. you want more bostony boston. you want more how do you like them apples boston. you want white guys from southie. okay. basketball is a fist sport i got to do. bill russell is my favorite. bill russell? he is our first g.o.a.t. dave gillis, paul akins and