{"id":672767,"date":"2026-05-29T19:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672767\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:54:15","slug":"district-of-sports-world-cup-sticker-shock-and-the-wizards-riding-nba-draft-lottery-win-momentum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672767\/","title":{"rendered":"District of Sports: World Cup sticker shock and the Wizards riding NBA draft lottery win momentum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/world-cup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a> kicks off across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/topics\/north-america\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">North America<\/a> in just a few weeks and although there aren\u2019t any games in the D.C. area, local soccer fans won\u2019t miss out on getting a taste of the global celebration.<\/p>\n<p>George Gerbo and Liam Griffin talk about what\u2019s coming to the District for fans to take part in and how the high cost of tickets, parking, and more has \u2014 so far \u2014 priced many fans out of attending the games and may force FIFA to change course.<\/p>\n<p>The guys also talk about the new energy surround the Washington Wizards after the franchise secured the No. 1 pick in this year\u2019s NBA draft for the first time since taking John Wall in 2010.<\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/multimedia\/image\/ap_nba_draft_lottery_basketball_58328jpg\/\" alt=\"Washington Wizards\u2019 John Wall, left, and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Wizards had won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)\" title=\"Washington Wizards\u2019 John Wall, left, and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Wizards had won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/NBA_Draft_Lottery_Basketball_58328_c0-174-4180-2611_s885x516.jpg\" width=\"885\" height=\"516\" alt=\"Washington Wizards' John Wall, left, and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Wizards had won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. Huh)\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                        Washington Wizards\u2019 John Wall, left, and NBA Deputy Commissioner Mark Tatum, pose for photos after Tatum announced that the Wizards had won the first pick in the NBA basketball draft lottery in Chicago, Sunday, May 10, 2026. (AP Photo\/Nam Y. \u2026<\/p>\n<p>                                        Washington Wizards\u2019 John Wall, left, and \u2026<\/p>\n<p>                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/multimedia\/image\/ap_nba_draft_lottery_basketball_58328jpg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">more &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <a name=\"pagebreak\"\/><\/p>\n<p>You can find District of Sports wherever you get your podcasts, just search \u201cDistrict of Sports\u201d in your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Cup kicks off across North America in just a few weeks and although there aren\u2019t any&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-672767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}