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Thursday, December 26, 2024

The NFL Player Set to Inherit a Potato Empire

  • New Orleans Saints center Connor McGovern is in line to inherit the largest potato producer in the United States.
  • Alex Schiffer peels back his reporting on McGovern and his unique family.
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Saints center Connor McGovern may actually be losing money by playing in the NFL instead of pursuing a career in the family business. The McGoverns own R.D. Offutt, the largest potato producer in the U.S. Front Office Sports reporter Alex Schiffer joins the show to peel back his reporting on McGovern and his family.

Plus, longtime NBA executive Scott Perry discusses the Philadelphia 76ers, who are off to a rocky start and are now handling the fallout from Joel Embiid pushing a reporter. We also look at the NFL trade deadline, the beef between Kevin Durant and Stephen A. Smith, and how college football is providing a lifeline to the movie theater industry.

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