Abe and Matt have lively discussions about a sports topic while doing silly and fun things around current events and pop culture. Tune in!
A breezy episode this week to cover the NBA and NHL playoffs thus far, a bit of the NFL Draft thoughts, Women's World Cup and then chatter about Game of Thrones and Game of Zones.
We're talking the latest NFL off-season trades, NBA chatter on legacy and the final stretch of the regular season, the Hollywood college admissions scandal and its role in college athletics. Finally, some movie chatter and awards show chatter.
Kapernick's legal decision, NBA All-Star game, MLB spring training and free agency, AAF League, NCAA National Championship, True Detective season 3 so far, Matt's review of Ocean's 8 and Ken Jeong's Netflix comedy special.
The boys talk the (last) Saturday games of NFL wildcard weekend. CFB's championship with Alabama vs Clemson and how the field in Santa Clara stinks, but also that there's nothing to do in Santa Clara. Warriors and how they've changed the pace of the game. Abe has a super tiny bone to pick with The Masked Singer and Matt talks Black Mirror's Bandersnatch on Netflix.
We never left, but we're back with another episode to talk about Aaron Rodger's situation in Green Bay and who would be a good fit to take over, then we hit up the NFL playoff picture and make some bold predictions (no jinxes this time!) and lastly we hit some minor NBA topics and, specifically, what's going on with the Warriors.
NBA opener talks (Warriors/Jazz and Lakers/Blazers). NLCS Game 7 talk. LA Rams going 16-0? Netflix binge and reviews of Maniac and The Haunting of Hill House and finally movie reviews of A Star is Born and Venom.
Special edition as Matt thoroughly breaks down UFC 229's match of Khabib vs. McGregor. We discuss the storylines involved and the parties involved. Lastly, we talk about Jimmy Butler's summer and whether he has the juice to demand a request like this.
TOO MUCH STUFF! This week, the guys cover a bunch of stuff building up. Jimmy G's injury, Baker Mayfield era, Mahomes and his canon arm, Jon Gruden and his antics, Khalil Mack, Le'Veon Bell, way-too-early Super Bowl Predictions, GGG vs. Canelo, McGregor vs. Khabib, College Football Rankings, Clemon's 5 Star QB Trevor Lawrence, Tiger Woods, NBA Media Day, Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Eminem's Kamikaze album, Ariana Grande's album and the horror flick The Nun!
Part Deux of episode 34 where Matt and Abe talk pop culture in the form of Mission: Impossible - Fallout
This week the guys talk about all NFL topics: coaching changes, Hard Knocks and Aaron Rodgers speaking his mind. All this and tons of other tangents on baseball, basketball and pop culture. TUNE IN!
This week the dudes talk about the major NBA free agency updates, recap the Round of 16 of the World Cup, Matt goes over the state of affairs with the UFC. For Pop Culture, Matt goes over Drake's Scorpion and BBC America's Killing Eve, then Abe goes over Sicario: Day of the Soldado.
NBA Free Agency, Jameis Winston, World Cup, The US Supreme Court and Drake
This week we talk about some NBA Draft items, Kawhi Leonard's deal in San Antonio, and World Cup matches. For Pop Culture, we talk The Carters' new album (spoilers: it's pretty good) and then Matt goes through his review of Infinity War and his gripe with Spider-Man.
Part 2 - Hereditary review and then major spoilers section.
Part 1 - Lingering NBA Finals questions. A Quick recap of the NHL finals and Dwane Casey's landing in Detroit.
Emergency podcast to talk about the wild finish to the first game of the NBA Finals!
A Hyper-Cycle episode this week covering the NBA Western/Eastern Conference Finals, NHL Conference Finals, the Supreme Court's decision on sports betting, the ESPN World Fame 100 and finally Matt's bone to pick with Black Panther.
This is Part 2 of Episode 28. We mostly cover Pop Culture items here with FULL/HEAVY spoilers for A Quiet Place. We review J. Cole's Album and then we talk about Post Malone's album. Lastly, our guest Storm talks about Fortnite and why it's cool.
Part 1 of the podcast has guest Storm calling in from Thailand. We discuss the Western Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, Dwane Casey's departure, Matt Patricia's allegations, the NHL semi-finals and finally the ideas of tanking in professional sports. Basically, we cover The Cycle and the Main Segment.
Hyper-Cycle episode where we talk the NBA playoffs, NFL Draft, Dez Bryant's business decisions, Tom and Rob coming back for another season, Aaron Rodgers' minority stake in the Bucks. We also hit pop culture with Kanye's tweets and then so a recap of the 1997 action movie Face/Off.
This week we cover the public outcry in Sacramento affecting the community and the Kings' stadium. Then NBA injuries with physical therapist guest Mark R. Main segment is all about what constitutes a sport and what constitutes a game? We run through a list and have a lot of interesting chatter.
Ep. 25 - Floyd and MMA, NFL Free Agency, NCAA Upsets, Tennis, La La Land, Moonlight and Drake
NBA and Mental Health, NFL Combine, Kobe's Oscar and a Game
Ep. 23 - JR Smith and Soup, Mavs Org, Arizona's Violations and Lady Bird
NBA All-Star Game recap, NBA Playoff Format, Olympics Catch-up, Baseball, NFL Draft QBs, Justin Timberlake, Black Panther Soundtrack and Drake's new single.
Super Bowl, Jimmy G's Contract, NBA Trades, Olympics, Black Panther and Netflix
Cycle: The sniping of Kevin Love, Boogie Cousins' injury, NBA All-Star Teams. Main Segment: Refs and Bias Pop Culture: Godfather I & II
The guys go into why Tua should have gone to a Pac-12 school, the NFL Divisional Playoffs, and Ryan Shazier in The Cycle. Main Segment: How did the NBA player become so marketable off-court and where does it lead? Pop Culture: Dave Chappelle's Netflix special "Equanimity".
We run through The Cycle with NFL coaching changes, the NFL Wild Card playoffs, and ever-so-slightly on the Patriots article. Main Segment is what we're looking forward to in sports this year. Lastly, Pop Culture is all about Black Mirror.
Do the Grammys still matter?
Main Segment - Is the NCAA Playoff Working? How can we fix it?
The News Cycle! Bron, Eli, McGregor and the Warriors
Ep 17: Bron's Ejection, Warriors Slump, McGregor's Money, NCAA Football Playoffs and the Grammys
LiAngelo Ball,Jerry Jones and Goodell, Kaepernick, NFL Surprises, NBA Surprises and Mind Hunters on Netflix
This week the guys talk about week one NBA injuries to Gordon Hayward and Jeremy Lin, who's going to the World Series, the wild ending of the Chiefs/Raiders Thursday night game. The main segment is about the NFL's lawsuits. Lastly, we dive into some Fall TV!
Ep. 14 - NBA All-Star Changes, NFL Surprises, Let Me Tell You Debates Vol 1, mother! • (1:40) NBA All-Star Game Changes; (18:32) 1st Quarter Season NFL Surprises; (25:30) Our too-long Alex Smith Discussion; (40:26) MAIN SEGENT: The Let Me Tell You Debates Vol. 1; (1:35:30) POP CULTURE: Full-spoiler Discussion of mother! [including religious aspects and why Abe hates the movie]; (2:25:40) What We’re Looking Forward to Watching; (2:28:15) Matt and AJ’s Friendly Baseball Wager
Ep. 13 - Melo, DWade, Adidas Scandal; Kaepernick, Kneeling & Racial Justice; SNES by Sub-Six 40
We're back! We talk football safety, KD's tweets and deletions, boxing's scoring system for The Cycle. Main Segment: Do college offenses work in the NFL? And for Pop Culture: Matt's in-depth thoughts about IT (2017).
This episode covers the differing policies of the NFL's punishments for off-field incidents. Main segment is whether fantasy football takes away from one's enjoyment of football. Lastly, World of Dance and what we thought about it.
Episode 10 is a longer one, but we're sitting in the same room for about 60% of it! It's a good episode as we discuss Josh Rosen's comments to Bleacher Report about being a student athlete, the utility of sports (i.e., what do we get out of watching/playing sports?), Dunkirk update, and HBO's The Defiant Ones. Let's chat about it all.
Why do some have affinities toward sports? Is it a biological reason? What are some reasons? Tune in and let's discuss!
We talk about Josh Rosen's comments to Bleacher Report.
We talk about the four-part HBO documentary "THE DEFIANT ONES" and discuss whether its impact was as profound as it had hoped, or perhaps even more.
The first segment of Pop Culture in this week's episode is all about Matt's viewing of Dunkirk and the philosophical questions he has afterwards.
The Main Segment centers on pay inequality between women's and men's professional sports. For example, the US Women's National Team has won more finals matches than the US Men's National Team in World Cup play, however their pay is significantly less. Let's talk about it.
This week's pop culture is Christopher Nolan and his latest feature Dunkirk. What's the panel's reaction to it all?
Episode 9's Cycle topics include a revisit to the McGregor/Mayweather press tour and whether it's gotten out of hand. Also, we talk about the OJ parole hearing and its implications.
The guys have new guest Mike on the show to talk about the dramatic turn of events of the McGregor/Mayweather press tour, then the court hearing of OJ Simpson. The main topic of the week is discussing the pay inequality for women in professional sports. Lastly, the pop culture is all about Christopher Nolan and Matt's observation of Nolan's plot twists.
Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth now own the most watched video on YouTube, overtaking Psy's Gangnam Style. However, a rival is quickly approaching and its name is Despacito.
Why the MLB All-Star game is still fun and where the NBA/NFL can use some tweaking.
NBA Rule Changes for 2017 and the fun controlled disaster that is Mayweather and McGregor press tour.