Hall Calls and Play Calls with Marc J. Spears and Jourdan Rodrigue

My Main Man Michael Smith

Andscape's Marc J. Spears, one of the recipients of the 2023 Naismith Hall of Fame Curt Gowdy Media Award, looks back on how it all got started. Then, he offers his impressions of Wemby and other intel from Summer League.

(1:45) What the Hall of Fame honor means to him

(6:30) His basketball origin story involves a neighbor calling the cops on him in 5th grade

(9:30) How a class speaker and a letter to a sports columnist opened his eyes to journalism in 7th grade

(16:00) Impressions of Victor Wembanyama after his Summer League appearances

(25:45) Other Summer League standouts

(37:30) How the Damian Lillard situation will play out

The Athletic's Jourdan Rodrigue, host of the new podcast series "The Playcallers," describes what she learned about the generation of offensive minds that have overtaken the NFL.

(49:00) How she became obsessed with football

(52:30) A discussion about the podcast and what she hopes people get from it

(1:02:00) How the idea for the podcast came about

(1:12:00) How will the 49ers QB situation play out involving Trey Lance and Brock Purdy?

(1:16:30) What Jourdan learned about Matt LaFleur

(1:22:00) What it was like being around Mike McDaniel

(1:25:45) Where is Sean McVay emotionally at this point?