The Ain't Afraid To Say Podcast discusses the latests news, events, and scores of the sports world. Get ready to hear some bold takes that may question your knowledge of sports, as they ain't afraid to say what's on their mind.
Arturo and Bailey return to the podcast to discuss the FIFA World Cup. As things stand, the group stage provided endless chaotic action, and now the tournament is in the final stages of the round of 16. The pair give their thoughts on the Cup so far, the best surprising team, the most disappointing, and their pick to win. At the conclusion of the episode, they discuss and predict the quarterfinal matchups to see who will punch their ticket into the semis.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup predictions continue with Bailey and Arturo for groups C and D. The duo provides each team with recent form, key players, and critical points for their tournament. Can Argentina win it for the third time? Will France fall to the champions curse? Will Mexico reach the elusive fifth game? Tune in and find out!
Arturo and Bailey return for their predictions for Qatar's upcoming FIFA World Cup. In this episode, the duo gives their thoughts and predictions for groups A and B. Over the coming weeks, both will predict the remaining groups leading up to the start of the tournament. World Cup season is in full effect!
Six games have been played so far in the Premier League season, and it hasn't disappointed. Erling Haaland has scored ten goals and is on record pace. Arsenal suffers their first defeat of the season. Manchester United and Tottenham keep their hot streaks alive. Can Chelsea and Liverpool figure out their depth issues with European football starting this week?
The third week of the Premier League season is in the books, and the season so far has had an electric start. Newly promoted teams are competing with the tougher teams in their battle to escape the relegation battle. Arsenal continue their hot streak streak as they sit top of the league. Chelsea suffered a shock defeat, and Man CIty were tested in a tough match with Newcastle. The match of week between Manchester United and Liverpool brought huge surprises as both teams look to turn their luck around.
Bailey and Arturo return to discuss the second week of the Premier League season. Manchester United's horrendous start continued with a 4-0 defeat against Brentford, an energetic match between Spurs and Chelsea. Man City continue their form with another win, and the young Arsenal team hot start went continues another win, and much more. At the end of the episode, they give their praise to who's performance stood out this past weekend.
Arturo and Bailey return to discuss the return and beginning of the Premier League Season. The two discuss the first opening weekend set of games from the past weekend and share their thoughts. Arsenal and Tottenham came out the gate with a solid performance to begin their season. Fulham's surprising performance against Liverpool, and Manchester United shocking result. As well as, Manchester City opening their campaign to begin the road to a possible three peat.
Arturo and Bailey come together in continuation of the latest transfers around football. The two discuss Barcelona's most recent signings, Chelsea's unfortunate luck in signing, United's slow business, and much more.
In this episode, Bailey and Arturo return again to talk about the busy time of summer transfers in the football world. They each give their takes on confirmed transfers, and list potential moves that may go down within the coming weeks.
Bailey and Arturo return for the final time to discuss the final between Real Madrid versus Liverpool. Both give their thoughts on Madrid reigning supreme as they were victorious for their 14th Champions League title. In the conclusion of the episode, the pair reveal their man of the match and who was vital to their team during the match.
Arturo and Bailey meet again to discuss the upcoming Final of the UEFA Champions League between Liverpool and Real Madrid. They both give their prediction of who will win, and key factors that will play a part of this huge game for both clubs. Can Madrid complete their incredible comeback run with a title, or will Liverpool seek their revenge the last time these clubs met in the final? Tune in and find out.
Arturo and Allen sit down to review the third race of the F1 calendar season. The two discuss Ferrari's dominate start to the season, another Red Bull car failure, and who will be able to catch up Leclerc. At the end of the episode, Allen and Arturo share their best/worst drivers of the day.
Arturo, Allen, and Juan join together to share their reaction to the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix this past weekend. The trio give their thoughts over a weekend that was filled with plenty of excitement, controversy, and an exciting finish to the second race of the season.
Mark, Jonathan, Arturo, and new guest Joseph Trigo discuss the latest news regarding the NFL offseason. They first begin the conversation reacting to the multiple moves at the quarterback position. Next, they share the state of the newly looked dominance of the AFC Conference and how it compares to the NFC. Ending the episodes the four talk about certain moves pertaining to their team they support.
Arturo and new guest Juan Salazar come together as they pair talk about the opening race of the 2022 Formula 1 season, the Bahrain Grand Prix. The two open the episode sharing their expectations are for the upcoming season, their reactions to the race, and share their thoughts on teams who caught them by surprise. At the end of the episode, they reveal their Best/Worst driver of the week, and preview the Saudi Arabian GP.
Mark & Ethan Lizano return to recap the first week of the tournament. There were plenty of upsets and more to come. The guys give in depth analysis on the games coming up and give their Final Four picks.
Bailey and Arturo wrap up their reactions of the round of 16 matchups for the UEFA Champions League. Breaking down the big matchups, and a shocking result of Villareal eliminating Juventus. At the end of the episode, they provide their players of the week and a tease of what the quarterfinals will bring in two weeks time.
Ethan & Mark Lizano continue their conversation, beginning with their UCLA Bruins. In part two The Brothers of March finish breaking down the bracket and reveal their FINAL FOUR and who they have winning the NCAA Tournament
The Brothers of March are back and break down the bracket from start till finish. Ethan and Mark give detail reasons why each team will win and give their favorite money line bets to help the audience make some cash as they watch March Madness.
Arturo and Bailey return to discuss the latest second leg fixtures of the UEFA Champions League round-of-16. As four teams have punched their ticket to the quarterfinals. The two give their reactions and point out key moments throughout the first four games.
The Lizano brothers, Ethan & Mark, team up to give their perspective on college basketball and prepare their audience for the madness of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. In this episode, Ethan & Mark discuss the conference tournaments, rising players and the legendary coaching career of Coach K. ALL THAT & MORE ...
In this episode, Jonathan, Arturo, and new guest Jordan Newby discuss the recent events of the MLB Lockout. The trio give their say on what this means for the future of the sport, and what will happen to the season with the first two series of the season cancelled.
Arturo and Bailey return yet again to review the latest four matchups of the Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League. The pair breakdown each matchup and give their insight on how each team can look to improve their chances on the second leg. At the end of the episode, the two give their players of the week based on the performance of the four matches.
Arturo and Bailey return together and discuss the first four round of 16 matchups of the UEFA Champions League. The give their reactions and analysis of each matchups and give a small prediction of what's to come for the second leg. To end the episode, they list their position player of the week from the four games.
Jonathan, Mark, Allen, and Arturo come together to discuss the aftermath of a thrilling Super Bowl between the Rams and Bengals. Each give their thoughts on how the game went down, and later provide what key moment changed the game. The latter end of the podcast, the boys have a small discussion regarding certain players whether they are worth of entering the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Arturo and special guest Bailey join in and discuss the latest matches for both Mexico and U.S.A 's 2022 World Cup Qualifiers. Then, the two discuss the upcoming round of 16 fixtures for the UEFA Champions League, as they preview each matchup and predict who will be the winner of each tie. To end the episode, they list their dark horses and players to watch for the upcoming matches.
Mark, Jonathan, Allen, and Arturo join in to talk more playoff football as the four discuss the NFC/AFC Championships. Later, Mark and Jonathan breakdown the latest new regarding Brian Flores suing the NFL, discuss the new of Tom Brady announcing his retirement. To end the episode, the four give their predictions for the upcoming Super Bowl between the Bengals and Rams.
In this episode, Arturo and Mark discuss the four NFL Divisional round and the magnitude of how great the games were. The duo give their insight of what each game meant for fans who witnessed arguably the greatest weekend of playoff football. At the end of the episode, the two give their predictions for this weekends NFC/AFC Championship matchups.
Arturo, Mark, and Allen discuss their early season predictions for the upcoming NBA season. They give their hot takes on the Kyrie and Ben Simmons sagas and the impacts it has on their teams. Predict what three things will occur this season, who will win the end of the year awards, and reveal which teams will finish for both West/East Conferences.
In this episode, Mark, Allen, Arturo, and Jonathan jump on to speak on the recent events of the NBA. The four give their thoughts on the Bucks and Suns finals series and the phenomenal performances of Giannis. Mark later on provides his biggest winners and losers of the NBA draft, and the four speak on NBA Free Agency deals and impacts. Finally they ask and answer the question: Is Kevin Durant is the greatest Olympian Basketball player ever?
In this special episode special guest Coco Chica and Arturo discuss what the finals of both Copa America and Euro 2020. The two give their thoughts on what the tournaments had to give, and give their key factors to who will come out on top as champions. Lastly, they both discuss the latest news on the rumored/confirmed transfers, and what affects it has on the landscape of football.
In this episode, basketball analyst Mark Lizano returns alongside Arturo, Jonathan, and Allen. The four quickly summarize what has been a hectic playoffs riddled by injuries, surprises, and huge disappointments. Lastly, they preview the Finals matchup between the Bucks and Suns, and give their predictions on who will win it all.
A star studded group, headlined by basketball analyst Mark Lizano, is joined by Shem Rivera, Allen, Arturo and Jonathan, as they discuss their biggest takeaways from the NBA Playoffs and what they expect in the upcoming rounds.
In this episode Arturo, Allen and Jonathan discuss the latest Formula 1 race, Monaco, Lando's hot streak continues at Circuit de Monaco.
In this special episode of the Aint Afraid to Say Podcast, Arturo Aguirre, Juan Godinez and Allen Valdez name the best MLB players at each position in their lifetime. Jonathan Frias judges whose team would win in a fantasy matchup scenario.
In this episode Mark Lizano, Arturo and Jonathan discuss the biggest games on the NFL schedule and see which teams are in the best position moving forward. Lastly, they give their quick thoughts on the NBA play in tournament.
In this episode Arturo, Jonathan and Allen recap the latest F1 race at the Spanish Grand Prix. They took a deeper look into the competition between RedBull and Mercedes, as well as give their best/worst driver of the day
In this episode of the podcast Mark Lizano and Jonathan Frias discuss the NFL Draft and evaluate which NFL teams have made the biggest improvements to compete for a SuperBowl.
In this episode of the Ain't Afraid to Say Podcast, Arturo Aguirre and Allen Valdez recap the third F1 race of the season in Portugal as well as continuethe discussion of Max Verstappen as the next face of F1 after yet another solid race.
Arturo Aguirre, Jonathan Frias, and Allen Valdez sit down and discuss the second act of the four-game series between the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers. They discuss the potential new look of baseball that star Fernando Tatis Jr brings with his charismatic play to the game. Finally, the biggest surprises of the MLB season so far.
In this special episode of the Ain't Afraid to Say Podcast: Arturo Aguirre, Jonathan Frias and guest Coco Chica discuss the shocking news of the Super League. They debate what this means for the world of football and what the future holds.
In the fourth episode of the Ain't Afraid to Say Podcast: Arturo Aguirre, Jonathan Frias and Allen Valdez discuss the exciting second race of the F1 season in Imola and look back at their predictions from the first race.
In the third episode of the Ain't Afraid to Say Podcast: Arturo Aguirre, Jonathan Frias, Allen Valdez and guest college basketball analyst Mark Lizano react to the end of the March Madness as well as the biggest surprises of the tournament. We also talk potential top NBA prospects for the upcoming draft, discuss the Lakers blowout win against the Brooklyn Nets and preview the NBA postseason.
In the second episode of the Ain't Afraid To Say Podcast: Arturo Aguirre, Jonathan Frias, Allen Valdez and guest Juan Godinez discuss the return of the MLB season and make some bold end-of-season award predictions.
In the first episode of the Ain't Afraid To Say Podcast: Arturo Aguirre, Jonathan Frias and Allen Valdez discuss the first race of the F1 season and debate about the rest of the season moving forward.