This week: EURO 2020, the NBA Finals, the Olympics and the relentless stupidity of rugby league. Also: we didn’t have that, the new #WengerOut, Scott Foster is inevitable, second nation army, being cool for a few years, mutual sentiment, full nihilism, mismatched timelines, not your dad’s England, burning the room, the CP3 finishing school, tedious box-score watching analysis, Giddey goat, undeniable flaws, just generally avoid Sacramento, football becomes basketball which becomes football, the Suns’ next step, Doc’s next team, how late can an ‘allegedly’ come and still be legally OK, basketballing hobos, winning the right way, there’s a bit of Stugotz in everybody, asterisks: the gall, trusting in Ange, shopping Dame around the league, indentured servitude, keeping your friends close, Olympics coverage?, embracing your inner boomer, the Jingles finishing school, too old for Brisbane 2032, shop windows, reasons to stop the podcast, reasons to talk about rugby league and aging out of thirst. BALLS and tripping balls are available on their own RSS feeds, as well as being found together on Omny Studio, Spotify and Apple Podcasts (feel free to subscribe, rate and review) - and we welcome your reckons via Twitter, Facebook and email.