Sports Illustrated Weekly

Michael Lewis, Sportswashing, Jimmy Butler is Caffeinated

Best-selling author Michael Lewis is here some 20 years after he began the reporting on Moneyball. Season 3 of his podcast Against the Rules is titled “The Ballad of Expertise.”  Podcast, <a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/show/against-the-rules-with-michael-lewis/">Against the Rules</a> SI senior writer<a href="https://twitter.com/Rosenberg_Mike"> Michael Rosenberg</a> reads his essay on how authoritarian regimes like China, Russia and Saudi Arabia use sports for their political benefit, also known as sportswashing. Daily Cover,<a href="https://www.si.com/olympics/2022/04/11/sportswashing-olympics-world-cup-daily-cover"> Sportswashing Is Everywhere, but It’s Not New</a> Whether or not you drink coffee, you’re probably not nearly as into it as Jimmy Butler. SI staffer<a href="https://twitter.com/RohanNadkarni"> Rohan Nadkarni</a> tells us just how much the Heat star really loves coffee. Article, <a href="https://www.si.com/nba/2022/04/01/jimmy-butler-heat-big-face-coffee">Jimmy Butler, the NBA's Biggest Coffee Aficionado</a> Follow <a href="http://twitter.com/podcasts_si">@podcasts_si</a> &amp; <a href="http://twitter.com/johngonzalez">@JohnGonzalez</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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