Lane Kiffin
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American college football coach who has served as head coach at Ole Miss, USC, Tennessee, and Florida Atlantic, and as an NFL offensive coordinator.
27 episodes featuring Lane Kiffin
Pardon My Take
Scheffler and Davis explain the pressure behind sports’ biggest moments
The episode pairs a revealing look at athlete vulnerability with a practical account of how elite broadcasters turn chaos into narrative.
Sep 23, 2026 · 3h 1m
House of Troy
Pete Carroll turns USC into a powerhouse—and loses control
The episode shows how USC’s championship culture was built through competition and collaboration, then strained by the same drive for control that helped produce it.
Sep 22, 2026 · 46 min
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Week 2 exposes the AFC’s fragile contenders
Kansas City survived, Los Angeles collapsed, and Miami fell out of the playoff picture as quarterback injuries reshaped the NFL landscape.
Sep 21, 2026 · 1h 53m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Watson finds relief as Sanders and NFL veterans unravel
The episode uses one weekend’s winners and losers to examine quarterback decline, coaching failures, public conduct, and sports culture’s contested idea of authenticity.
Sep 21, 2026 · 1h 22m
Pardon My Take
Buffalo’s offense surges as Week 2 picks meet Presidents Cup pressure
The episode pairs an early NFL read on contenders, frauds, and betting angles with a revealing look at the pressure of elite match-play golf.
Sep 18, 2026 · 2h 57m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Josh Allen’s dominance collides with football’s accountability debates
The episode connects an NFL blowout, ESPN’s standards and an escalating SEC rivalry to a broader argument about judgment, loyalty and responsibility.
Sep 18, 2026 · 1h 7m
The Bulwark Daily
Politics and memory reshape the South’s Democratic prospects
The episode connects electoral strategy with the deeper cultural memories and identities that shape how voters understand political change.
Sep 17, 2026 · 1h 32m
Pardon My Take
Chiefs’ power game meets football’s next quarterback test
The episode connects Kansas City’s physical identity and evolving NFL tactics with the coaching and development questions facing young quarterbacks.
Sep 16, 2026 · 2h 27m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Athletes face backlash for reacting to fabricated scandals
The episode tests how NIL money, corporate incentives, and public pressure are reshaping speech and accountability across sports.
Sep 16, 2026 · 1h 6m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
NFL’s physical revival challenges quarterback-first thinking
The episode uses football’s renewed emphasis on running games and defense to question how media narratives and hiring policies shape the sport.
Sep 15, 2026 · 1h 2m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Michigan controversy exposes sports’ replay credibility gap
The panel argues that delayed officiating responses cannot restore competitive fairness once a disputed result has shaped celebrations, records, and wagers.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 6m
The Bulwark Daily
Tarlov argues Democrats need facts, empathy and accountability
The conversation connects immediate fights over Trump, national security and political disinformation to the harder question of how Americans can disagree without surrendering principles.
Sep 9, 2026 · 1h 20m
Pardon My Take
Michigan’s clock controversy exposes college football’s trust problem
The episode pairs Week 1’s biggest results with a firsthand account of how replay ambiguity can overshadow an upset and shape a program’s season.
Sep 8, 2026 · 2h 40m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
College football’s money machine leaves players behind
The episode tests whether competitive fairness, coaching integrity, and media access can survive a sport increasingly organized around money and spectacle.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 6m
The Bulwark Daily
Democrats debate durable power as sports journalism challenges billionaire control
The episode connects Democratic coalition-building with a broader argument about accountability, concentrated wealth, and institutions that protect powerful interests.
Sep 8, 2026 · 1h 18m
Pardon My Take
Clippers penalties collide with comedy, college football and Fyre Fest
The episode pairs a consequential NBA scandal with a revealing Stavros Halkias interview and the show’s unusually chaotic sports culture.
Sep 4, 2026 · 2h 41m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Colorado’s upset raises bigger questions about college football
Colorado’s narrow win becomes a test case for whether modern college football still develops players or merely manages short-term talent and incentives.
Sep 4, 2026 · 51 min
The Bulwark Daily
David French warns executive power is eroding constitutional liberty
The conversation tests whether constitutional protections, Christian commitments, and electoral institutions can withstand an administration expanding coercive power.
Sep 4, 2026 · 1h 4m
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Barkley dissects Clippers dysfunction and the NBA’s next era
The conversation connects the Clippers’ punishment to broader questions about competitive integrity, roster building, aging stars, media careers, and the league’s future.
Sep 3, 2026 · 1h 42m
Pardon My Take
Tom Fornelli and Brandon Walker map college football’s 2026 playoff race
The episode turns preseason uncertainty into a sprawling debate over contenders, conference depth, eligibility rules, and title paths.
Sep 2, 2026 · 2h 53m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
College sports confronts its win-now economy
The episode examines whether transfer money and roster mobility create fairer competition or accelerate the collapse of program identity and player development.
Sep 1, 2026 · 58 min
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Taurasi and McShay test football futures and the WNBA’s next era
The episode connects high-stakes quarterback evaluations with a firsthand account of how women’s basketball has changed on court and off it.
Sep 1, 2026 · 1h 42m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Whitlock argues college sports lost its rules and loyalty
The episode connects NIL, transfers, legal intervention and media-driven sports narratives to a broader crisis of accountability and institutional trust.
Aug 25, 2026 · 59 min
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Browns’ Watson decision exposes sports’ competing standards
The panel connects Cleveland’s quarterback controversy to wider arguments about performance, public accountability, athlete eligibility, media access, and league discipline.
Aug 24, 2026 · 1h 4m
The Bill Simmons Podcast
Westbrook’s brilliance collides with the limits of heliocentric basketball
The episode uses Russell Westbrook’s career to examine how production, playoff impact, roster fit, and coaching are judged across changing sports eras.
Aug 17, 2026 · 2h 4m
Pardon My Take
Jayden Daniels dispute sparks debate over sports promises
The episode uses Daniels’s clash with LSU to examine how schools handle athletes’ names, numbers, trophies, and broken commitments.
Aug 14, 2026 · 2h 15m
Fearless with Jason Whitlock
Whitlock turns a jersey dispute into a debate over adult responsibility
The episode uses Jayden Daniels’s LSU jersey controversy to examine parental influence, masculinity, leadership, and the limits of sports-media narratives.
Aug 14, 2026 · 59 min