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2023 Year in Review: Prime Time, Swifties, and Messi Mania

  • With Taylor Swift in the NFL, Deion Sanders at Colorado, and Lionel Messi in Miami, there were a slew of cultural phenomena in 2023.
  • Eric Fisher and David Rumsey join the show to talk through their favorite stories, including the above and more.
CU football head coach Deion Sanders comes out of the locker room for the Rocky Mountain Showdown on Sept. 16, 2023 at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colo.

With Taylor Swift taking over the NFL, Prime Time in Colorado, or the ongoing saga between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, it is easy to say that a lot has happened this year. No one is more aware of that than our two newsletter co-authors, Eric Fisher and David Rumsey.

As we continue our review of 2023, Fisher and Rumsey join FOS Today to share their favorite stories of the year—and with so much to talk about, make sure you check out this jam-packed episode.

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