Hello, media consumers! Bryan and David kick off the show by discussing the state of sports color commentary and whether or not analysts should be ex-players (0:30). Then Bryan recaps his four nights at the upper deck of the United Center in Chicago (10:30). They also discuss the following from the Democratic National Convention:

Their favorite moments that stuck out (19:26)
Some media grumbling (30:17)
The branded media place to hang out (36:00)

Then, in the notebook, they discuss the following:

Rece Davis introduces college football (42:17)
ESPN brings back 'The Sports Reporters' (44:41)

And then, in Only in Journalism, they discuss Deion Sanders’s reaction to an only-in-journalism word (0:00)

Plus, the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week and David Shoemaker Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

Hosts: Bryan Curtis and David Shoemaker

Producer: Brian H. Waters

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Changing the Way NFL Games Are Called, the Debate Over the Debate, and the DNC Notebook Dump