This week on #TheWormcast, FOX Sports studio host Rob Stone who's covered MLS since day one in 1996, joins me to discuss MLS' landmark signing of Lionel Messi for Inter Miami. How Messi is the catalyst for MLS 3.0 and how the league needs to capitalize on the world's most popular athlete to propel its status around the globe. Enjoy!

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This week on #TheWormcast the intersection of AI into sports writing and content production has been transformative and disruptive. How did we get here and what is the future. To help unwind some these questions is my guest, Steve Wasick, the founder of infoSetience. His company uses AI to provide millions of automated articles for CBS Sports and other clients. This is a fascinating topic on so many levels and you'll appreciate Steve's knowledge of Generative AI. Enjoy!

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This week MLB Network reporter Jon Paul Morosi joins me for episode 73 of The Wormcast. Jon Paul has great passion for baseball and we discuss positive effects of the new rules on the game and suprise teams. Jon Paul also refects on how his time at Harvard provided the tools to be a better sports reporter. Plus he shares his travel stories to Europe and his passion for Italian soccer. Enjoy!

Topics discussed: 2:30 The positive effects of baseball rules changes: pitch clock, bigger bases, elimination of the shift. 16:00 Pirates and Orioles surprising starts. 21:00 Why the Tampa Bay Rays are successful 26:40 The A's are a mess 35:00 The Harvard experience and how that helped Jon Paul develop into a good reporter. 51:20 Changes in reporting landscape 55:00 Sorare ambassador 58:00 Attending a Chelsea match at Stamford Bridge and how newspaper sports coverage in Europe is different than U.S. 1:05:00 Italian soccer - it's always interesting 1:15:00 German soccer game experience

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