Steve interviews Greg Bishop (00:07:19)a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Greg has a cover story in the latest edition of SI on Drew Brees. Steve gushes about Brees and Greg is polite about it. Greg explains the origins of his piece on Brees and how it developed into a story about his legacy and why he should be considered as one of the best football players ever. Greg also talks about the impact Brees has had in New Orleans, what a second Super Bowl would mean for his legacy, and responds to criticism of the piece on twitter and from Deadspin. Also, Steve gushes about Brees more.
Also, Sean McIndoe (00:37:40)from The Athletic joins us to talk about his new book, "The Down Goes Brown History of the NHL: The World's Most Beautiful Sport, the World's Most Ridiculous League." Steve and Sean talk about the complicated history of the NHL and dig into the first 75 years of the league. Sean also talks about the 1992-93 NHL season, Eric Lindros, Scott Stevens in the modern NHL, and ends with a few seconds on the 2018 Buffalo Sabres.
Steve starts the show with a few plugs and rambles a tad on the surging Buffalo Sabres. The book club has an announcement about a book by one of the most important radio hosts in history. The show ends with one last thing about the Elf on a Shelf.
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