The Kyrie Irving, Anti-Vaxxer Edition

Joel Anderson, Stefan Fatsis, and Josh Levin talk about anti-vaxxers in the NBA. The Washington Post’s Molly Hensley-Clancy joins to discuss allegations that the NWSL’s Washington Sprit have a misogynistic work culture, and Will Bardenwerper comes on for a conversation about his Harper’s piece on the potential death of minor league baseball in small towns.

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• Matt Sullivan’s Rolling Stone piece on NBA anti-vaxxers.

• At the Brooklyn Nets’ media day, Kyrie Irving asked reporters to respect his privacy.

• The NBA denied Andrew Wiggins’ request for a religious exemption to vaccination.

• Follow Molly Hensley-Clancy on Twitter.

• Read Hensley-Clancy’s Washington Post stories about the abusive former coach, the misogynistic work culture, and the ownership fight at the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League.

• Follow Will Bardenwerper on Twitter.

• Bardenwerper’s Harper’s feature on the Appalachian League and the future of minor league baseball.

• It’s never too late to order a copy of Wild and Outside, Stefan’s 1995 book about minor-league baseball.

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On this week’s bonus segment, Joel, Stefan, and Josh talk about Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker’s NFL-record 66-yard field goal, which Stefan wrote about in Slate.

Podcast production and edit by Kevin Bendis.

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