Texas Rangers win first World Series and the deaths of Bobby Knight, Matthew Perry and Richard Moll | Hot off the Wire podcast

Welcome to the weekly bonus episode of Hot off the Wire, where we look back at some of the top headlines from the week in the world of sports and entertainment. 

As always, be sure to check out our latest episode of Streamed & Screened, a podcast dedicated to movies and television. 

This week Bruce Miller and I discuss “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” the new anthology series on Paramount+.

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This week’s top headlines include:

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• The Texas Rangers won a World Series for the first time in franchise history after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games.
• There were several notable deaths including legendary college basketball coach Bobby Knight, “Friends” actor Matthew Perry and “Night Court” favorite Richard Moll.
• And multiple players were on the move ahead of the NFL’s trade deadline.

Those stories and more from The Associated Press. But first, Bruce Miller and I talk about “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” on the latest episode of Streamed & Screened. 

— Compiled and narrated by Terry Lipshetz from Associated Press reports

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is a senior producer for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

Lee Enterprises produces many national, regional and sports podcasts. Learn more here.