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Game Theory with Bomani Jones season 2 monologues, ranked

HBO is not renewing Game Theory with Bomani Jones, the show’s host confirmed on his The Evening Jones podcast.

In two seasons beginning in 2022 and spanning 16 episodes, Bomani Jones entertained a late night audience by bringing to HBO the same witty and thoughtful sports commentary that has made him a star at ESPN.

It’s not clear why HBO decided to go in another direction, but there’s no denying the show had some hard-hitting, insightful and hilarious monologues worth revisiting. Season 1 is unavailable for streaming at the time of this post, so here’s a ranking of the best monologues from Season 2. And they’re all really good.

10
Episode 1: Player Empowerment

Jones makes a case that the so-called player empowerment era is overstated and LeBron James’ power moves only further his own aspirations rather than serving the greater good of players as a whole.

9
Episode 5: Overtime Elite and the State of the NBA

Bo dives into the Overtime Elite basketball program and whether it properly serves young basketball players or exploits their desire for clout and NBA stardom.

8
Episode 7: Make Way for the Ballers

Jones takes to task the wealthy owners of Major League Baseball teams who, unlike Mets owner Steve Cohen, refuse to spend those big bucks on fielding competitive rosters.

7
Episode 8: NIL

Jones points out how NIL gives the NCAA an excuse to continue not paying its workers, many of whom don’t even earn NIL money.

6
Episode 10: War on Social Drugs

Bo traces the history of drug testing in sports and makes a convincing case for sports leagues to stop testing for social drugs.

5
Episode 4: Secretly Woke NFL

Jones uncovers just how “woke” the NFL actually is through its surprisingly large funding of social justice causes relative to other causes the league supports.

4
Episode 9: NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament

Women’s college basketball hasn’t received equitable treatment from the NCAA, which is likely doing itself a financial disservice in the process, as Jones explained.

3
Episode 2: Brett Favre

Jones sheds light on the intricacies of the Mississippi welfare scandal and Brett Favre’s alleged involvement along with others in using state welfare funds for other projects.

2
Episode 3: Jake Paul

Warning: Video clip includes explicit language

The most viral moment from Game Theory was when Jones interviewed Jake Paul as part of this monologue on his move into the sports betting business and some of the questions got an intense reaction.

1
Episode 6: Sportswashing

The concept of sportswashing has been heavily discussed in the years since the rise of the Saudi-funded LIV Golf tour. Jones touched on the subject and the sportswashing that has occurred right here in the United States.

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