Sports on Earth's Shaun Powell discusses a wild NBA offseason, including LeBron James' return to Cleveland, Carmelo Anthony remaining with New York, the year-round association news cycle and why you should never fall in love (with a player!) during summer league.

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Episode 41: Shaun Powell

Sports Illustrated writer Andy Staples discusses the O'Bannon trial, including the NCAA's best (and worst) defenses, the no-nonsense, no-courtroom-coffee style of federal judge Claudia Wilken, what an O'Bannon victory would mean and why recent proposed college sports reforms may be too late to save amateurism.

Episode 40: Andy Staples

THe CBS Sports national college football writer discusses the O'Bannon v. NCAA trial, breaking down the first week of evidence and testimony, previewing NCAA president Mark Emmert's upcoming turn on the witness stand and explaining how both "Seinfeld" and Tonya Harding somehow became part of the case that could permanently change college sports.

Episode 39: Jon Solomon

On the 44th anniversary of Dock Ellis' famous -- and infamous -- LSD no-hitter, "No-No: A Dockumentary" filmmaker Jeffrey Radice discusses all things Ellis, including clubhouse boxing with Muhammad Ali, pitching under the influence, writing an autobiography with a future poet laureate and race relations in 1970s baseball and America.

Episode 38: Jeffrey Radice

"Brazil's Dance With the Devil" author Dave Zirin discusses the cultural, economic and political roots of ongoing World Cup protests in Brazil, why he felt safer in a Rio de Janeiro favela than outside a Starbucks, the case for abolishing FIFA and what world soccer's governing body has in common with Justin Bieber. (Warning: some strong language, possibly NSFW.)

Episode 37: Dave Zirin

A FIFA corruption double-header! Sports on Earth's Chuck Culpepper discusses the problems with Qatar's plans to host the 2022 World Cup; Sports on Earth contributor and sports conspiracy-ologist Brian Tuohy discusses new allegations of match-fixing before the 2010 World Cup, graft and gambling in international soccer and the chances of rigged matches in Brazil.

Episode 36: World Cup Controversies

Oregonian sports columnist and Portland radio host John Canzano discusses his recent five-part series on the questions and controversies surrounding NBA officiating, including make-up calls and beefs between coaches and referees; the league tracking what broadcasters say about officiating; players receiving referee mug shots in their pregame scouting reports and more.

Hruby Tuesday: Episode 35

Yahoo Sports legal analyst Rand Getlin discusses how a new class action painkiller abuse lawsuit is bad news for the NFL, Los Angeles Clippers owner-in-exile Donald Sterling's potential scorched-Earth war against the NBA, the NCAA's long odds of winning the upcoming O'Bannon trial and how a mostly-ignored recent district court ruling could reveal what the NFL actually knew about concussions.

Episode 34: Rand Getlin

"The Hoops Whisperer: On the Court and Inside the Heads of Basketball's Best Players" author Idan Ravin discusses the psyches of Kevin Durant and Chris Paul, the significance of LeBron James' lost headband, what basketball has in common with music theory and how an unhappy corporate lawyer who never even played college hoops became a personal skills trainer to the NBA's biggest stars.

Episode 33: Idan Ravin

Slate and ESPN the Magazine writer Amanda Hess discusses a series of lawsuits filed by NFL cheerleaders alleging sub-minimum wage pay, forced unpaid work, illegal fines for things like gaining five pounds and working conditions that include feminine cleaning instructions and "jiggle" tests.

Hruby Tuesday: Episode 32

Sports on Earth's Shaun Powell discusses the outrage over Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's alleged racist remarks, his long history of dubious behavior, how hypocritical NBA owners, players and fans have enabled Sterling and what league commissioner Adam Silver can and can't do going forward.

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