Episode 2267: Russia Invades Ukraine, Some Football Also Happens

After today’s Report on War, John Brewin and Dion Fanning join us to talk about the midweek football. Is Rangnick on the right track? Is Conte on the way out? Are Liverpool going to win the league?

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After finishing up a 36-year career with Sports Illustrated, Alex Wolff turned to writing a family memoir

His grandfather, a renowned publisher, fled Nazi Germany; his father was conscripted, fighting for the Nazis on the Eastern Fronthttps://t.co/YGoLPJpLBJ pic.twitter.com/zdnBMKWbKV

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As Europe stares down the barrel of its biggest conflict since the Balkans, Ken tells us why Putin is talking about the 9th century, and whether UEFA should consider moving this year’s Champions League final out of St Petersburghttps://t.co/KZwJTYjOGM pic.twitter.com/da7XdXEEXg

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