Are you looking for a place for perspective, personality, opinion, and a little bit of insight on topics that matter...and a few that don't? Welcome to Taking Shots, a place where we give and take our takes on sports, business, gambling, investing, and a whole bunch of what's going on in Ohio. We're your hosts Nicholas Bertagna and Michael Pappas, and we're going to give it to you straight with a little humor, controversy, banter, and a really fun spin on everything that matters to us - which is just about everything. Join us for some quality info, great guests, a good time, and mostly just a fun place to hang each week. So come take your shot, because we'll be taking ours.
Nicholas Bertagna and Michael Pappas
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In this episode Nick shows off his humble side as he counts the ways in which he was correct, we recap Championship Weekend in the NFL, and take our final shots!
In tonight's episode we discuss Ryan Days super team, review last weekends playoff games, preview the conference championships, make bets and take our final shots
In tonight's episode, we discuss Nick Sabans retirement and what that means for Ryan Day, review last weeks playoff games, preview this weeks games, and take our final shots!
After a couple of weeks, we're back with our first episode of the new year! In tonight's episode, we discuss Ohio State football, Michigans title run, preview the NFL playoffs, make some predictions and take our final shots!
In this week's episode, we discuss Shohei Ohtani's record breaking contract, Devin Browns big opportunity, the AFC North/playoff scenarios, make some bets and take our final shots!
In tonight's episode, we discuss the Final Four in the College Football Playoff, discuss Jake Brownings big performance and if it can be continued, recap rest of AFC North, make some predictions and take our final shots.
In tonight's episode, we discuss Ohio State's disappointing loss to Michigan, what a 12-team playoff would look like, recap AFC North action and preview next weeks games.
In tonight's episode we discuss what's next for the Bengals, recap AFC North, preview OSU vs Michigan, and take our final shots!
In tonight's episode we discuss Jim Harbaugh suspension, statement win by Browns followed by heartbreak, recap AFC North, and take our final shots!
In this episode, we discuss (again) the Michigan scandal, college football playoff rankings, AFC North recap, big bengals win, make some bets, and take our final shots.
In tonight's episode Nick and Michael debate the Michigan scandal, discuss Deshaun Watson's scandal, review AFC North, make predictions and call our final shots!
In tonights episode, we recap the AFC North, preview OSU vs PSU, discuss MLB playoffs, and take our final shots.
In tonight's episode we recap AFC North action, MLB playoff format, Kyle McCord, and take our final shots.
In tonight's episode we discuss all news AFC North, can Bengals get back on track, the new big ten conference football schedule, predict some games, and take our final shots!
In tonight's episode, we recorded live in Nashville and discussed the Browns/Steelers game, Deshauns outlook, what's up with the Bengals, and discuss Ohio State/Notre Dame.
We recap week one of the NFL season, discuss some Ohio State football, other surprises from the week of football, and give our final shots!
In tonight's episode we dive into college football, predict Bengals/Browns, and take our final shots!!
It's the best show of the year! We are making our official predictions for the year and not to toot our own horns, we've been pretty spot on!
Tonight's episode, we discuss our hiatus, the incredible run by the Cincinnati Reds, and breakdown our predictions for the AFC North!!
We're back from a mini spring break and dive into our trip, baseball, basketball playoffs, and the up coming NFL Draft
In this episode, we discuss the NCAA tournament, the World Baseball Classic, Lamar Jackson and the Ravens, and discuss the Bengals big move to bring in Orlando Brown Jr. to play left tackle!
In this episode, we discuss the QB Carousal taking place, the Pittsburgh Steelers and how to restore their greatness, and finally get to answer some questions from listeners!
In this episode, we discuss the pains of moving, baseball rule changes, how to fix the Browns, and take final shots!
In this episode, we discuss Eric Bienemy's move to Washington, the NBA All Star Weekend, we rank our top 5 logo's in the 4 major leagues, go through a mock draft, and take our final shots!
In this episode, we recap the Super Bowl, discuss Damar Hamlin, the Bengals offseason road map, and Lebron James scoring record.
In tonight's episode, we discuss the painful AFC Championship, the officials, what went wrong, and final thoughts on Tom Brady.
In this episode, we review the divisional games, preview the Championship round, make our picks, place a bet, and take our Final Shot!!
In this episode, we recap last weeks playoff games, preview this weeks games, tell you who to vet on, take some final shots, and call it a night
In this episode, we discuss our trip to Atlanta to the Peach Bowl, CJ Stroud's game, touch on Damar Hamlin, and play out the entire Playoff Bracket!
We apologize for missing last week with our holiday schedules, but we made up for it with a long one tonight. Tonights episode we recap the last two week of the AFC North action, discuss playoff seedings/scenarios, and dive into the college football playoff!
In tonights episode we discuss the Bengals finally getting over the hump against Cleveland, breakdown the rest of the AFC North, discuss the NIL, a small preview of OSU-Georgia, make a bet and take our final shot!
In this episode, we dive into the college football playoff, and play out what a potential 12-team playoff would look like. We then dive into the Bengals/Chiefs game, AFC North, and overall playoff picture in the AFC. We make a bet, take a final shot, and call it a night.
In this episode, we discuss the Bengals big win in Tennessee, the AFC North, Ohio State's 2nd loss in a row to Michigan, and the US advance in the World Cup
In tonight's impromptu podcast, we listen to Nick go on rants about Booger McFarland and USA Soccer. We also discuss the Bengals, AFC North, and preview The Game. Happy Thanksgiving!
In this episode, we recap the AFC North and preview next weeks game, discuss the Buffalo Bills vs Minnesota Vikings, go into a Ohio State Football conversation, and finish up with a discussion of Jeff Saturday/Kyrie Irving. We also make a couple of bets and take our final shots!
In this episode we discuss the Blue Jackets misery, the upstart Cavs, recap the AFC North, discuss the Colts coaching situation, and finish up with a little discussion about Kyrie.
In tonight's episode, we discuss the Bengals meltdown in Cleveland, the upstart Cavaliers, the NFL trade deadline, dive into the initial college football playoff, make some bets, and take our final shots!
In this week's episode, we discuss Nick and I's bro date, recap the AFC North, discuss OSU, make bets, and take our final shots
In this weeks show, we recap the action from the AFC North, the classic game between Alabama and Tennessee, and did the Guardians get screwed?? We place our bets and take our finals shots!
In tonight's episode, we dive into the very questionable calls to go for it based on analytics, we recap AFC North, Zac Taylor, Ohio State moving on up, and place some bets!
The NFL is about a quarter of the way through so we take a look back to see which teams we picked correctly, which teams we whiffed on. We also recap the AFC North, Joe Burrow and Kid Cudi, and the new Thursday night broadcast team of Al and Kirk.
In this episode, we discuss our trip to Napa Valley, round up the NFL action from week 3, preview week 4, discuss some bets and take our final shots!
In this episode, we recap a wild week 1 in the NFL, talk about the merits of playing in preseason, discuss some college football, make some bets, and take our shots!
In tonight's episode, Michael gets some things off his chest, we preview week 1 AFC North games, review Ohio States big win, and discuss the new College Football Playoff format
Football is back and we couldn't be more excited!! We make all of our predictions for the NFL and college, discuss Tom Brady, and open up with the Cavs big time trade!
In this episode we discuss Jesse Bates' return, Baltimores incredible winning streak, current state of the Browns, and let's go Kenny Pickett!
To celebrate our first year, we bring on special guest Joshua Miller to discuss the Andrew Luck Podcast, Hard Knocks, and a full round up of all the AFC North Preseason games!
In tonights episode, we dive into all the drama surrounding the Cleveland Browns, provide some camp updates on the Bengals, Pete Rose's unfortunate situation in Philadelphia, the Coaches Poll, and finally gambling season has arrived!!
In tonight's episode, we dive into changes in the Bengals culture, touch on Deshaun Watson's status for this season, and discuss the Slam Diego Padres big moves!
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