ESPN Failure Ryan Clark Joins Elle Duncan As Netflix Leans Into WOKE Sports Coverage | Don’t @ Me w/ Dan Dakich
Is Netflix speedrunning its way into becoming ESPN 2.0? On this episode of Don’t @ Me, Dan examines the platform’s strategy and what it means for everyday sports fans. First, Netflix dropped a bag on former ESPN anchor Elle Duncan to serve as their first full-time on-air sports anchor and lead host for live sports and special events. Now, they’ve doubled down by signing Ryan Clark’s The Pivot Podcast to a multi-year deal. Dan explains why leaning into victimhood mentality will push core subscribers away faster than ever.
There are certain sports where I think it’s widely believed, if not accepted as a cold, hard fact, that alcohol can improve performance.
Hasn’t everyone’s golf game improved with a little swing oil?
However, I didn’t think basketball was one of the sports, at least not until Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell revealed that he dropped a cool 71 points back in 2023 with a little help from grandpa’s old cough medicine.
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Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell revealed that a little New Year’s boozing may have led to one of the biggest games of his career. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
Back on January 2, 2023, Mitchell and the Cavs took on the Chicago Bulls.
The two teams ended up in an overtime thriller that the Cavs won 145-134, with Mitchell dropping a career-high 71 in the process.
“We played them on New Year’s Eve,” Mitchell recalled on the “Cousins” podcast hosted by NBA greats Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady. “Then we had New Year’s in Cleveland. Then we played the next day. Now I will say this. I’ve never drank before a game in my life. It was New Year’s. So I did have a drink — a few drinks — the night before the game.”
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Donovan Mitchell and his Cavaliers teammates celebrate his 71-point night against the Chicago Bulls in 2023 (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)
Hey, many a beer leaguer has done that very thing. In fact, like I said, certain sports benefit from a few pops. Bowling is one, perhaps darts.
Hell, I’ve always argued that part of playing cornhole well is having a beer in your hand for balance.
“Never done that in my career,” Mitchell said. “Haven’t done it since. So I tell people like that was probably what, you know, allowed me to have the night I had.”
Mitchell is a professional because if that had happened to most of us, we would’ve thought, “Wait, if a few drinks equal 71 points, then it only makes sense that after many drinks I could be holding up a piece of paper with ‘100’ written on it after the game.”
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Of course, that’s not usually how it works…
…or is it?
