Gimlet producer Matthew Nelson guides Brittany through the world of sports fandoms, team loyalties and athlete rants.

**Warning, this episode contains adult language**

Episode #23 features clips from the following episodes (please go to our website www.gimletmedia.com/sampler for links to all episodes):

Snap Judgment, "The Legend of Steve Davies"

Pardon My Take, "Michael Rapaport 5/18/2016"

espnW presents Be Honest with Cari Champion, "Kanye Rants. I Rant. We All Rant."

The Starters, "The Drop - Friday May 13"

Related Links:

For further reading on the Steve Davies story from Snap Judgment, check out "The Half Time Hero" from Howler Magazine.

The Facts:

This episode was produced by Matt Nelson, Sarah Abdurrahman, and Brittany Luse, with help from Kate Parkinson-Morgan.

It was edited by Annie-Rose Strasser.

Our theme music was made by Micah Vellian and our ad music was made by Mark Phillips.

Additional music in the show was by Bobby Lord.

The show was mixed by Matthew Boll and Enoch Kim.

Sampler is a production of Gimlet Media.

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