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Good Sport Week: Limbaugh and Sports Talk (2003)

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Rush Limbaugh and the Politics of Sports

ESPN was pitching around for big personalities who could bring in new audiences. Limbaugh himself was a huge sports fan and had been a sports announcer, a sports host before he turned to politics. I don't have a problem with like politics working its way into sports," Limbuss says. "I think sports is a great place to work out politics"

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