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Podcast: The Best of the Sports Shop
Episode: Debating Jerome Tang’s Firing, NIL Rules + Evaluating The New NBA All-Star Game Format
Description: Reese, Kmac, Pam and Alex discuss Jerome Tang’s controversial firing at Kansas State, the impact of NIL rules on coaching and the excitement of the new NBA All-Star Game format.
Jerome Tang was fired as head men’s basketball coach at Kansas State University following a difficult 2025-26 season in which the Wildcats struggled to a 10-5 overall record and 1-11 mark in Big 12 Conference play. The dismissal came shortly after Tang made a viral postgame rant criticizing his players after a lopsided home loss, comments the university said did not meet its standards for representing the p...