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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    LA sports: Lebron James’ flip-flopping COVID tests, USC’s new coach, MLB lockout

    Over the last week, Los Angeles Lakers’ Lebron James has produced a series of conflicting positive and negative COVID tests and still had to miss a game. USC’s new football coach Lincoln Riley might be the one to bring back the team’s former glory.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 7, 2021 • 10m Listen

    Over the last week, Los Angeles Lakers’ Lebron James has produced a series of conflicting positive and negative COVID tests and still had to miss a game. USC’s new football coach Lincoln Riley might be the one to bring back the team’s former glory. And Major League Baseball owners have locked out their players for the first time in more than 25 years. KCRW breaks down the latest sports news with Randy and Jason Sklar.

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    The full episode

    4 of 4
    How a gay Afghan boy escaped war-torn Kabul and found himself
    1. 0:00Devin Nunes to leave Congress for Trump media company amid redistricting woes
    2. 9:18Blame Kevin McCarthy for Congressional GOP extremism, says columnist
    3. 21:18‘Flee’: Gay Afghan’s harrowing refugee story and enduring friendship with Danish filmmaker
    4. 38:36LA sports: Lebron James’ flip-flopping COVID tests, USC’s new coach, MLB lockoutYou’re reading this
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