On the fourteenth episode of the sixth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Jeff Passan (Yahoo! Sports, Author) and Jeff Pearlman (Author). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL Draft, the second round of the NHL Playoffs, and the slow start to the NBA Playoffs. The book club says goodbye the long awaited book by Jeff Passan, and looks ahead to what's next. The show ends with Don talking about earwax (as gross as it sounds) and Steve complaining about not understanding Game of Thrones.
-Jeff Passan is making his twelfth appearance (0:26:42) on the podcast. Steve and Jeff talked for years about Jeff's book, "The Arm" and Jeff is finally hear to talk about it. Jeff explains why reporting out of his comfort zone creates his best work, talks about finding injured baseball players who would allow him to follow their lives and explains why procrastinating on his book proposal ended up being a blessing in disguise. Jeff also tells a story about how Jane Leavy helped him land his dream interview for the book.
-Jeff Pearlman is making his seventh appearance (01:09:36) on the podcast. Pearlman joins us to give Steve advise about being a father, talk about the future of publishing houses, and making out during Black. Jeff also talks about Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and his USFL book, and becoming a documentary film maker.
