The Arash Markazi Show

Week 4 picks with pivotal games everywhere. Grant and John Browner start with Thursday's Browns-Steelers (John says this is Pittsburgh's game to lose) and the big one for LA: Rams at Eagles, with Puka Nacua expected back and the Rams favored by three on the road. John's warning: after Ben Johnson ran circles around Philadelphia, Sean McVay has to do the same or the comparisons start. Steve Cofield joins with the Patriots plus 6.5 in Buffalo on a buy-low spot, the Niners laying 2.5 against Denver, a Bucs win total he's buying even without Baker Mayfield, and a fade of the 3-0 Raiders' over 8.5. Then the AFC West: Chiefs at Raiders with both unbeatens on the line, and a Chargers offense John doesn't think gets to 17 against Seattle, because Mike McDaniel's system has never worked without elite receivers. Josh Tariff takes the Browns on Thursday night (10-2 at home on Thursdays), and before locks and shocks, John has a message for the fans sending threats and slurs to Cam Ward's family: his mother and sister don't play quarterback. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Sacramento's media day turned into a story about the people covering the players, after a live stream caught reporters discussing Ben Simmons' and Zach LaVine's appearances. John Browner shares what he learned from watching Lisa Salters work a Lakers locker room a decade ago, and lays down the rule every reporter should live by: if there's a microphone in the room, assume it's on. Beav joins and draws the line at access, not employment — pull the locker room credential, don't end careers. Then Jalen Duren: the Pistons offered five years and $200 million fully guaranteed, he wants the full $287 million max, and he didn't show up to media day. John says somebody in his family needs to tell him he's about to lose generational wealth, Beav warns about the injury that turns a holdout into a disaster, and both see a Nerlens Noel path if he keeps waiting. Plus Zion saying he's not where he wants to be, the Braves take Game 1 from Philadelphia (and Grant's Philly hate-watch continues), the White Sox win their first playoff game in years, and why the Padres, with a first-pitch Tatis homer at Petco, might be the most dangerous team in the bracket. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Clippers media day was supposed to be about a fresh start. Instead, when Grant asked Trent Redden about Brandon Ingram's readiness, the new president of basketball operations revealed that Ingram's heel procedure in May also repaired a partially torn Achilles — with no return date set. John Browner says the trade now stinks in every direction: Ingram's game was built on length, not explosion, and the Clippers took on damaged goods on the heels of the most tumultuous offseason in franchise history. Add Darius Garland's toe (John will be shocked if he plays 60 games) and Bradley Beal's knee inflammation, and John says if you could lose a media day, the Clippers did. Before that, Case Keenum walked into Monday Night Football as Chicago's third-string quarterback and beat the unbeaten Eagles, and John says Ben Johnson just punched his ticket into the it-doesn't-matter-who's-at-quarterback club. Tim Parker takes it hard, blaming Sean Mannion's offense, 11 penalties and a torched secondary, and circles Rams at Eagles as a wild-card elimination game. Then Tim returns for the Sixers: LeBron said he'd be playing at Madison Square Garden if the Knicks hadn't won a title, and Tim saw no warmth at all in Philadelphia's media day. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Rams outgained Denver 273 to 67 in the first half and still left Mile High with a loss. Bo Nix and the Broncos did what they've done since Sean Payton arrived — owned the second half, scored 16 unanswered, and turned the building into a genuine home-field advantage — and Grant is officially out of patience with Chris Shula's defense. John sees twelve bad minutes of football; Grant sees three seasons of the Rams dropping games against good teams, and a revamped secondary that got cooked the exact way it was brought in to prevent. Mykell Mathieu joins with the stat that tells the story (two scores on seven second-half possessions) and a warning: with Buffalo and Philadelphia next, a team some picked to go 15-2 is 1-2. Plus the Chargers lose despite forcing five Buffalo turnovers, the Ravens beat Dallas at the gun in Brazil, Washington upsets the champs behind Marcus Mariota, and the 3-0 Niners are winning while falling apart physically. Josh Tariff joins for Drake Maye's six interceptions, the ball boy who fought Travis Hunter for his first career pick, and the USC debate: Grant is out on Lincoln Riley, and John defends him. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

For two weeks, John Browner called Kevin Stefanski everything but a coach. Thursday night, he had to retract one of them. Atlanta walked into Lambeau and ran Green Bay off its own field 35-14 — Bijan Robinson nearly 200 yards on the ground, Drake London 194 through the air, and a coach who finally threw his own philosophy out the window when he saw the Packers couldn't stop the run. John won't give Michael Penix Jr. full credit for the stat line, but he'll give the night an A-plus. Beav joins to point out Stefanski is now 6-0 on Thursday nights, and the question turns to Green Bay: is this the worst Packers team of John's lifetime, and is Jordan Love now where Justin Herbert has been — out of excuses? Then Mykell Mathieu calls in from Crypto.com Arena for Nneka Ogwumike's final home game, the 2016 champions' halftime tribute, and why her greatest legacy might be the players' union deal that changed what WNBA players get paid. It closes on the Lakers' first media day without LeBron since 2018 and a roster that lives or dies on staying healthy. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Steve Cofield told everyone to trust the Colts at plus 6.5, and after Indianapolis took Kansas City to overtime, John Browner says the man has officially become a verb: we got Cofielded. Steve's back with four more against the grain — the Chargers plus seven in Buffalo, the Titans on the road against a Giants team without Jaxson Dart, Washington at home against Seattle, and the Bucs against Brian Flores' Vikings. Grant and John open with Thursday night's Falcons-Packers (Michael Penix Jr.'s return from the ACL tear, and John's case that nobody feels anything about Green Bay anymore), then tackle Ravens-Cowboys in Brazil, where John says the NFL should postpone the game if the field isn't safe. Plus the Sunday night test for the Rams in Denver, where the Broncos have won 14 of their last 15 home games and John wants to see the new-look secondary prove it against somebody other than Jameis Winston. Josh Tariff joins for the back half with Pittsburgh at home, a Jets coordinator-revenge upset in Detroit, and a Texans-Colts argument that ends with John pulling out the taser. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Kawhi Leonard just signed a two-year extension with the Raptors worth up to $115 million, and John Browner says it makes perfect sense for both sides — Toronto is the only place he hasn't burned, and he'll get a statue there no matter how the 2019 title was won. But John also has a warning: last season was a contract year, and nobody claws money out of your pocket like the Claw. Grant makes the case that Toronto wouldn't have traded for a 1A star if they believed Scottie Barnes was one. Before that, the Bears' quarterback room gets thinner: Tyson Bagent is in concussion protocol with Caleb Williams week to week, which could leave Case Keenum starting against the Eagles — and John calls it a statement game for Ben Johnson. Arash Markazi returns from Australia to explain why Sean McVay finally owning the travel decision was the right move, and what made Australian fans embrace American media. John questions Deion Sanders dismissing Colorado players after a 41-7 loss, and Beav joins to defend LeBron's viral open-run clips and draw the line between Caleb Williams memes and personal attacks. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant and John Browner break down a wild Monday night: the Rams beat the Giants 28-6, and Aaron Donald played 58% of the snaps in his first game in years, drawing seven double teams and never once getting pushed around. John's comparison is Michael Jordan's baseball-to-basketball return — except Donald looked nothing like a shell of himself. But the story of the night is Jaxson Dart's knee injury, caught on a live mic as a Giants trainer told John Harbaugh "four to six weeks." John explains why that changes everything for New York — Jameis Winston looked like one of the most unprepared backup quarterbacks either of them has ever seen, and the run-heavy identity the Giants built around Dart simply doesn't exist with him at quarterback. The good news: their upcoming schedule is soft enough to survive it. Then Tim Parker returns for the Chiefs-Colts recap — Kansas City looks like the clear class of the AFC West again, Kenneth Walker has 369 scrimmage yards through two games, and John's Terrell Davis/John Elway comparison explains exactly why Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes look dangerous again. It closes with Mykell Mathieu and E Lamb joining live from SoFi — congratulations to E Lamb on a recent journalism award — breaking down Davante Adams' vintage game on offense and the defensive line's return to form. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant and John Browner open with the worst news of the weekend: Caleb Williams left the Bears' loss to Minnesota with a non-contact hamstring injury, and John gives the game ball to Vikings DC Brian Flores for completely scrambling a Chicago offense that had scored 59 points the week before. Tim Parker joins to call it a tragedy for a Bears franchise that's never had a real championship quarterback — and just watched one go down with the NFC wide open. Then the recurring fight nobody can resolve: the Eagles escaped Tennessee on a Jalen Hurts game-winning drive, and Tim defends him as a winner while John questions whether two wins over the league's bottom tier mean anything with a diminished offensive line and no AJ Brown. Tim floats a wild theory — the Bears upset the Eagles next — and puts Week 4's Rams-Eagles matchup on his calendar as the real test. Plus the Ravens revert to old form in a stunning loss to Kellen Moore's Saints, the Texans implode again against Cincinnati with CJ Stroud under real pressure, and John absolutely erupts on the Chargers' wide receiver room after a 0-2 start — "this is malpractice." It closes with John admitting he was wrong about Kirk Cousins and the Raiders. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant and John Browner react to Thursday night's blowout: Buffalo dominated Detroit 41-31, jumping to a 27-7 halftime lead and getting five combined passing/rushing touchdowns from Josh Allen across two games. Josh Tariff joins to make the case this is a genuinely different Bills team under new head coach Joe Brady, while John isn't so sure — Buffalo's still one dropped pick away from being 0-2. DJ Moore left with a shoulder scare that turns out to be a stinger, and Detroit's defense has now allowed 71 points and nearly 1,000 total yards through two weeks. John wonders aloud whether Dan Campbell has lost his magic now that both coordinators are gone, floating the idea that the Lions may have already missed their championship window. Tim Parker joins for the back half, defends the Lions, then pivots hard into the Eagles — he wants a formal apology for Jalen Hurts after Sunday's win, and a debate breaks out over whether Hurts, DeVonta Smith and Saquon Barkley even count as "weapons" without AJ Brown in the lineup. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant and John Browner kick off Week 2 with the Thursday night marquee: Buffalo hosting Detroit in the first real game at the new Highmark Stadium, with both taking the Bills to build on their Week 1 escape. Steve Cofield joins with the picks nobody else is making — sharp money on the Texans over the Bengals despite Cincinnati's Week 1 win, the Broncos favored at home off a bad loss, and the one that stops the show cold: the Colts plus 6.5 against the Chiefs in Kansas City. John can't let it go. Along the way, John unloads on the Chargers' offseason at wide receiver — the Marquez Valdes-Scantling signing gets torched line by line — and questions whether the Colts' front office actually knows what it's doing after publicly criticizing its own coaching staff. Josh Tariff arrives for the back half: a lopsided Eagles-Titans line that should be much bigger, Cam Ward's alarming start, a Giants team with nothing to lose against the Rams that has John fuming, and a Cowboys-Commanders debate that ends with John begging Dak Prescott not to let the Lord down. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's finally official. Kawhi Leonard is a Raptor, Grady Dick and Brandon Ingram are Clippers, and LA gets a pick swap plus two unprotected first-rounders in 2031 and 2033 — which John Browner says was essential, because going forward with no picks for five years takes the legs out from under a franchise nobody trusts in free agency anymore. Then he drops the take of the night: this Toronto team will be worse than last year's Clippers. Ten Eastern Conference teams he'd put ahead of them, and a vibes-and-chemistry group that loses its chemistry the moment Kawhi walks in. Grant zags hard — 27.9 points a game, All-NBA second team, seventh in MVP voting, added to an already elite defense — and calls Toronto a contender. Beav joins to exhale, and John pitches the reset: shop everybody but Keaton Wagler. Trust the process, and hope you land on your Embiid. David Bloom makes his SportsGrid debut with the prom metaphor that explains the entire Kawhi era, plus the Paul George-for-Jaylen Brown fallout in Boston, a wide-open MLB playoff race, and which Week 1 injury actually changes a season — John says there's only one answer, and it isn't Myles Garrett. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Week 1 is officially in the books, and the Chiefs closed it by clobbering the defending AFC West champions. Grant and John Browner explain why this is a fundamentally different Kansas City team: four straight runs to open the game, 38 carries total, Kenneth Walker going 23 for 173, and John's comparison of the night to Denver pairing Terrell Davis with John Elway. Patrick Mahomes looked rough coming off major knee surgery and it didn't matter — because Eric Bieniemy is back calling plays and Matt Nagy is as far from him as the organization could manage. On the other side, Denver was atrocious: 176 total yards, nine first downs, only 15 carries, and a quarterback who couldn't keep hold of the football. John gives Bo Nix grace (you cannot simulate a football game) but lays out the brutal next five weeks and the rule nobody escapes: you don't win eleven one-score games two years in a row. Josh Tariff joins with the trivia stat of the season — the Jets, Giants, Raiders and Cardinals have never all started 1-0 until now — plus Kirk Cousins leading the AFC West in passer rating, John's argument that Fernando Mendoza would have won that same game and actually electrified Raider Nation, and a spirited disagreement about what sports broadcasts should be putting on screen. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Late Sunday, Steve Ballmer blinked: the Clippers will comply with the NBA's punishment rather than pursue legal action — a complete reversal from the book-length letter to Adam Silver and weeks of denials, and the franchise's first statement to its fans since any of this began. Grant calls it the right call and the only real one, pointing to the 2000 Timberwolves, who complied and got two of five picks back. John's verdict lands harder: you just watched one of the richest men in the world be held accountable, and when there was nothing left to do but comply, he complied like everybody else. His theory on the timing — dropped on Sunday night, while the Bears were scoring 59 — is worth the price of admission. Before that, the full Week 1 Sunday wrap: John got bamboozled by the Cowboys for the twenty-seventh straight year as the Giants won the John Harbaugh opener on pure physicality, the Chargers were the upset of the week and it wasn't close, Caleb Williams was the best quarterback of the weekend in a 59-point explosion, Josh Allen and DJ Moore made a statement in Houston, and the Vikings won anyway after losing Kyler Murray — which may mean you never see JJ McCarthy again. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

49ers 27, Rams 7 — and Grant is angrier than he's been since last October. John Browner calls it the most gutless performance he's seen under Sean McVay and, for the first time in McVay's career, uses the words coaching malpractice. The reigning MVP looked like old-school Detroit Stafford, Myles Garrett didn't make the stat sheet in his Rams debut, and Trent Williams put him in a jail cell. E Lamb joins with the receipts: Stafford was pressured on 44% of his dropbacks, the highest rate in any game since the start of last season, Raheem Morris knew the book because he helped write it, and the Rams actually did their homework on the travel — they sent four players to Australia last year. John's response: they should have sent 400, because that's bad data. Then Beav arrives and diagnoses the whole thing in seven minutes: the Rams are bad at linebacker, the 3-4 makes it worse, chip Garrett all day and he becomes a shell, and every bit of it can be carbon-copied by the next smart coordinator. Plus the blame pie (sports science gets 10%), Grant's McVay reckoning — one Super Bowl since 2017 with super team after super team — and credit where it's due: Brock Purdy earned his money, Deebo looks like Deebo, and Mike Evans cooked LA on one hamstring. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The season starts tomorrow, so the crew launches a weekly tradition: every game that matters, picked on the record. Grant and John Browner open with the Wednesday-night Super Bowl rematch (John takes the Patriots, because this is AJ Brown's "told y'all it wasn't me" game), then the Melbourne main event — Aaron Donald won't play Week 1, and John doesn't care: Rams by 14, because it's still the best front four in football without him. Steve Cofield joins from Las Vegas fading BOTH Super Bowl teams and taking the Niners plus the points ("they traveled more wisely"), the rapid-fire round produces instant classics — Browns-Jaguars is a poo poo platter, Jets-Titans is the league's first Fired Bowl, and the survivor pool has exactly two teams this week — and Cardinals-Chargers gets the 40-burger forecast as Mike McDaniel finally meets the quarterback of his dreams. Then Tim Parker crashes the SportsGrid version of the show swinging: you're wrong about the Eagles, wrong about the Raiders, and Jalen Hurts was damn near a Super Bowl MVP in a loss — while John counters that Howie Roseman has covered for him since day one, and that every Raiders loss with Kirk Cousins under center will be crucified, rightfully so. It ends with Tim's tossed-salad theory of the AFC West. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

NFL week is finally here, and the crew previews the entire NFC division by division. Grant and John Browner open with the North — the division of No. 1 picks, where John argues any team could finish first OR last and it would all make sense, the Lions question is really a Dan Campbell question, and the Vikings are his shocker because Kyler Murray just landed with the league's second-best quarterback whisperer. Mykell Mathieu takes the West (pick the Rams in any video game you want; don't sleep on Seattle), the East brings John's annual confession — he hates the Cowboys, and this could be the year anyway, with George Pickens about to look like Randy Moss — and the South gets the seventy-second treatment it deserves, minus a warning: don't poke Baker Mayfield. Then Josh Tariff drops the board of the night: for the first time ever, ZERO repeat division winners, two worst-to-first stories (the Lions and the Saints), the Chargers as the AFC's No. 1 seed, and the prediction he refuses to walk back — the Eagles miss the playoffs. John closes with the Bengals in the AFC title game and the Lamar Jackson problem nobody in Baltimore wants to admit. Week 1 picks on the next show. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The punishment was yesterday. The reckoning is tonight. Grant and John Browner start with the question hanging over everything: the NBA's verdict and ESPN's reporting can't both be true — so who lied? John's journalism monologue ("a journalist is only worth their name") sets up the theory the whole show runs on: Lawrence Frank got six months while everyone above him got a year, and cooperation is the only math that explains it. Beav joins with the 2000 Timberwolves precedent — cooperate and picks come back — and a simple message for the owner: just say you did it. Then, mid-show, Pablo Torre teases his next investigation and it's the Dodgers, complete with the Mark Walter-Trump jersey photo, and John connects the dots out loud: the White House visit, the ring, the Kushner-Iger math that never added up. E Lamb makes his SportsGrid debut off his Sporting Tribune piece on what Clippers fans actually deserve — "the sports arena with bells and whistles" — and argues this is the canary in the coal mine: billionaires don't become billionaires by being altruistic. Plus the Shaq-Jerry West story that says this has been happening since the nineties, the Amen Thompson deal (five years, $200M) and why he's the one Rocket worth paying, and John's closing prediction: if Ballmer loses his fight, he starts telling on everybody. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Twelve months almost to the day after this show first tried to make sense of the Aspiration story, the NBA made it official — and Grant and John Browner walk through one of the harshest punishments in league history, line by line: a $30 million fine, five first-round picks gone (2029 through 2033, including the voided Pacers pick), Steve Ballmer suspended a year, Gillian Zucker a year, Lawrence Frank six months, Uncle Dennis banned five years — and Kawhi Leonard fined $700,000 with his contract intact. John's verdict: they dropped a nuke, and the only people truly punished are Ballmer and the fans. Josh Tariff joins with the eerie Joe Smith/Timberwolves parallel the show called a year ago, and Beav arrives to fight John over November 2: does Kawhi actually play at the Intuit Dome, or does he never make the trip? Plus the Clippers' scorched-earth response ("heavily biased... a predetermined result"), performed by John in its true musical form; the attorney letter calling it a witch hunt; the tinfoil-bodysuit theory about why the ESPN report and the verdict don't match; and Grant's autopsy of the Kawhi era — ten first-round picks, zero Finals. The show closes on a serious note with John's unsparing response to Penn State's Paterno museum plans. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Everything in sports is for sale — and this time the buyer matters. Stan Kroenke is purchasing the Angels for a reported $3.9 billion, an MLB record, and Grant and John Browner explain why Angels fans just hit the owner jackpot: the land around the stadium, the LA Live-style build-out coming to Anaheim, and John's prediction that the Ducks end up in the Kroenke orbit next. Mykell Mathieu joins as a lifelong Angels fan ("the Galactic Empire has come to an end") and Steve Cofield of ESPN Las Vegas explains why the rest of baseball's owners should be nervous about a spender with no salary cap. Then John delivers his Lane Kiffin verdict — multiple national titles, because sometimes a snake lands in a place that loves snakes — and makes the case that Houston should not pay CJ Stroud until he proves it for two more years. It closes with Steve's read on NBA expansion in Vegas and the Portland ownership mess John says smells exactly like what happened to the Sonics. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant and John Browner dig into the NFL Top 100, where Lamar Jackson — a multiple-time MVP who was No. 2 a year ago — fell 67 spots to No. 69 in a list voted on by the players themselves. John's read: this isn't a snub, it's confirmation that locker rooms don't fear him anymore. Arash Markazi joins fired up about the USC attendance story the whole country piled on: 100 degrees, San Jose State, a 38-point spread, and a noon kickoff nobody chose. John argues the schedule is the real problem, and the two land on the truth about Los Angeles — there are two of everything here, and football simply doesn't mean what it means in Texas. Josh Tariff arrives with the Packers autopsy: Matt LaFleur got an extension he shouldn't have, Green Bay let its leading receiver walk, and Micah Parsons is out four games. John's verdict on the division's other bench boss is even harsher — Dan Campbell is the most overrated coach in football, and that "run through a wall" style has an expiration date. It closes with the 49ers, George Kittle, and an organization whose wires are never crossed. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The first show on SportsGrid lands on the perfect day: Aaron Donald is officially coming out of retirement, one year, $20 million. Grant and John Browner break down whether he plays Week 1, why a lowball offer was never possible, and John's only real question — under which mattress did the Rams find that money? Mykell Mathieu joins live from Rams practice, where he asked Donald himself what brought him back, and makes the case this was one of the greatest offseasons any team has ever had. Josh Tariff arrives with the fantasy math on what might be the best statistical defense ever assembled, plus two sleepers worth stashing. Then: Odell Beckham Jr. returns to the Giants and John isn't buying nostalgia, Will Levis gets waived and John explains the cycle bad organizations can never escape, and the Fernando Mendoza argument comes back with a vengeance — put him out there and let him stink. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A special live reaction show from the Chargers-Rams preseason finale, with Tim Parker reporting live from SoFi. The crew gets the full Justin Herbert experience — a fumble on the first drive, then a 60-yard bomb to Quentin Johnston — and John makes his case that this is finally Herbert's first complete season, just not a Super Bowl one. Tim's brutal read on Ty Simpson explains why Stetson Bennett still has the backup job, the preseason ending means Aaron Donald's clock has officially run out, and John explains what the Chargers actually broke in San Diego. Then it turns into a war: John says this Clippers roster wins 20 games, Grant says 40-42 and calls the number disrespectful, and somewhere in there John delivers a genuine love letter to Steve Ballmer that ends with four words about Lawrence Frank. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's official-official: The Sporting Tribune Today joins SportsGrid on Monday, August 31 — 7AM and 11AM Eastern — and Grant, John Browner and Arash Markazi open with the celebration (and the suspiciously buff AI promo art). Then the news: the NFL has eliminated the Pro Bowl Games entirely, and John delivers the eulogy — the players ended this themselves, the Hawaii era gave way to the nothing era, and if the owners are smart, the "Pro Bowl bonus" leaves contracts next. The crew breaks down the league's new three-strikes suspension list (hip-drop yes, launching?!) and John's theory that gambling money is what's really softening football. Plus the Jed York bodycam video ("a handcuff training film"), the Lakers mess getting a court date — nothing resolves before November, and John's verdict on Jeanie's 5-to-1 odds is an instant classic — and Jonathan Kuminga turning down more Lakers money to join a Minnesota team John thinks might be the fastest in the league. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A night of firsts. Arash Markazi joins with the announcement six years in the making: this is the show's final week on terrestrial radio — because The Sporting Tribune Today is coming to television. From the pandemic-era Mightier 1090 relaunch to TV: the full origin story gets told, and John's only career advice — keep the same energy — hits different on a night like this. Then the sports world's own first: the Browns are waiving TE Daquan Wright, who has a deal in place to go BACK to college at LSU — the first NFL-to-college player ever. John's take: no rules broken, easy money, and the NBA should be terrified of the loophole. Plus Kalshi lands partnerships across MLB — Dodgers included — and John's warning about gambling, ownership groups and money that was never liquid: "this feels very Ponzi." Tim Parker closes the night defending Stephen A. Smith against the NABJ award nobody wants, and John explains exactly why the backlash landed. Full television details drop later this week. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The offseason was supposed to be quiet. Instead: Deshaun Watson is the Browns' Week 1 starter over Shedeur Sanders, and the crew — Grant, John Browner and Beav — isn't buying a word of the press conference. John's verdict: this decision came from the man who cut the $225M check, not Todd Monken, and no apology un-rings the boos that are coming. Beav calls it a slap in the face to Sanders and says the only move was cutting Watson and eating the money. Then the story nobody had on their card: 49ers owner Jed York arrested in Ohio in a solicitation sting — John mounts a legalization defense while Grant and Beav make the optics case ("if it's not the power plant, it's the prostitutes"). Plus Giannis and Klay Thompson officially open the Heat era, and John names it instantly: Milwaukee with better weather — Klay is hurt Khris Middleton, Bam is a better Myles Turner, and six East teams are better. The Wizards manifesto returns, and the show closes with an expansion fight: Seattle, Mexico City, Kansas City... or the San Diego team John would drive the Intuit Dome down the 5 for. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Special edition! The Rams blanked the Saints 34-0 at SoFi Stadium in Week 2 of the preseason, and Grant Mona and John Browner went live right after the final whistle. They break down Stetson Bennett's two-touchdown day and the QB2 battle with Ty Simpson, a dominant Rams defense, CJ Daniels making his case at WR3, Jarquez Hunter's roster push, and the latest on Aaron Donald's comeback. Arash Markazi joins from SoFi Stadium, and Mykell Mathieu and Eric Lambkins II hop on with what they saw from the locker room. This is the first of many live postgame reactions from The Sporting Tribune — get used to seeing us after games. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A trade broke minutes before showtime: the Peyton Watson saga is over. Watson lands in Cleveland on a four-year, $88M deal, Max Strus becomes a Clipper, and Denver walks away with picks. John says it falls at Lawrence Frank's feet — too much smoke to come up empty — while Grant sees the real play: a free $16M expiring to flip at the deadline. Josh joins to explain why Denver actually won, why the Cavs' 2031 pick is a doomsday asset, and what the Harden money means. Plus: AJ Brown torches his old Eagles teammates at joint practice and John declares he'd rather have Baker Mayfield than Jalen Hurts, JJ McCarthy gets the Ford-dealership speech, the $963M Highmark Stadium roast, and the Maxey question — who really takes the Sixers' last shot? New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant and John Browner pick up the story that ate Monday alive — and it got wilder on Tuesday. The Lakers sale isn't a Buss family story anymore; it's a Mark Walter story. New reporting says Walter tried to pull payments years early out of the Dodgers' Spectrum TV deal, he's selling Chelsea, and John does the arithmetic nobody at the press conference will: Bob Iger and Josh Kushner combined aren't worth $13 billion. So who is? The name that surfaced — Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the Manchester City chairman and front man for Sheikh Mansour — and the crew walks through how a controlling-majority rule meets a 14.9% wink, what oil money did to golf (the $1 billion Tiger Woods turned down, the $100 million appearance checks, Phil Mickelson's "I got debt"), the Saudi comedy shows no one ever saw a minute of, and why the second apron means nothing to people with that kind of liquid cash. Before all that: the Fernando Mendoza situation in Las Vegas. John's position hasn't moved — every game Kirk Cousins starts is evaluation time the Raiders are lighting on fire, Mendoza doesn't need to be generational to be a good NFL starter today, and Cousins' own quote ("I just let him be") gives away how much mentoring is actually happening. Plus Von Miller signs with the Cowboys and John unloads on the Cowboys tax — the thirty-year title drought, championship footage that exists only on VHS, and why he's not buying Caleb Downs until someone says Sean Taylor and means it. The show closes on why John has always believed Myles Garrett's side of the 2019 helmet incident, the training-camp brawls sweeping the league (John's forensic conclusion: it's hot), and the NL MVP race — where Pete Crow-Armstrong is having the season of his life and it still isn't a contest, because Shohei Ohtani picks up a baseball too. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The fire hose opened at 10:40 AM and never shut off. Grant and John Browner — with Arash Markazi joining — sort through the wildest news day of the year, starting with the story this show has tracked for a year: per a blockbuster ESPN report from Ramona Shelburne, Shams Charania, Baxter Holmes and Don Van Natta Jr., the NBA's Kawhi Leonard investigation found no concrete evidence that Steve Ballmer circumvented the cap. John's reaction is immediate: if he's Ballmer, he's suing for defamation after a year of the league dangling his reputation in public. And the twist nobody can believe — the NBA's response was to accuse its own broadcast partner of "significant inaccuracies," publicly calling ESPN's best reporters wrong on their biggest story. Arash brings the resolution energy: thank God it's over, the Clippers have had the findings since July, expect a hand-slap — picks or a fine — and the trade to Toronto now has a full runway. Then the uncomfortable part: John lays out the blueprint this precedent creates (call a rich friend, wink twice, see you in the Maldives), and Grant pulls the receipts on LeBron, crypto.com and the Sixers' jersey patch — not an accusation, but the exact question a no-punishment ending invites, because as John puts it, "public" has never meant "innocent." Then the story that somehow topped it: the Buss family civil war. A reported 5-1 vote to sell the remaining Lakers stake, Jeanie's attorney calling the report a fabrication, the brothers trying to force her out again, the 15% governor threshold, Mark Walter's $12.5 billion flip fourteen months after buying — and now he's selling his Chelsea stake too. Arash's viral read got a "no notes" from Bill Simmons, and the crew games out arbitration, the billionaire garage sale, and whether the Dodgers are quietly in play for Ballmer, Kroenke or Patrick Soon-Shiong. It ends with actual good news: the Padres are sold, the Seidler saga is over, and Kwanza Jones and José Feliciano make history — with a kicker that ties the whole night together. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The Los Angeles Lakers are changing hands again. Just 14 months after Mark Walter agreed to purchase the franchise at a $10 billion valuation, Josh Kushner and former Disney CEO Bob Iger have reached an agreement to buy the Lakers for a record $12.5 billion. Grant Mona and John Browner examine the timing of the stunning sale, why Walter would move on from an appreciating asset so quickly and why the franchise apparently never reached the open market. Could another group have offered more? Why did Kushner and Iger pivot from pursuing an NBA expansion team in Las Vegas to buying a franchise that nobody knew was available? The conversation also covers the federal and SEC scrutiny surrounding Walter's business empire, Kushner's previous sports investments and the potential questions created by Iger's longstanding connection to Disney, ABC and ESPN. Grant and John also wonder why Magic Johnson apparently wasn't given an opportunity to assemble a group, compare the private sale to the Lakers' acquisition of Luka Dončić and discuss why the NBA will face pressure to examine every part of the proposed transaction before approving it. Finally, John explains his theory about how the Clippers' Kawhi Leonard investigation could affect the attention surrounding the Lakers' ownership change. This episode includes commentary and speculation based on publicly reported information. Mark Walter hasn't been charged with wrongdoing, and the proposed Lakers sale remains subject to NBA approval. The Sporting Tribune Today airs on KIRN 670 AM in Southern California, The BET in Las Vegas and Hawaii Sports Radio Network. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant Mona and Arash Markazi reunite for a throwback edition of The Sporting Tribune Today, covering the biggest questions surrounding Southern California and Las Vegas sports. Arash shares his firsthand observations from the Rams' joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys in Woodland Hills, including the secrecy surrounding the session, Puka Nacua's injury scare, Myles Garrett's lingering knee swelling and Stetson Bennett's difficult performance. With Matthew Stafford entering another championship-or-bust season, do the Rams have a backup quarterback they can trust? The conversation then moves to Las Vegas, where veteran Kirk Cousins enters preseason as the Raiders' starting quarterback ahead of No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza. Grant and Arash discuss why Mendoza may benefit from waiting, what could force the Raiders to play him and how much progress would make Klint Kubiak's first season a success. They also examine the Chargers' ceiling, whether Mike McDaniel can unlock the best version of Justin Herbert and why regular-season success will no longer be enough for Jim Harbaugh's team. On the NBA side, Grant and Arash react to the opening-week and Christmas schedules, LeBron James returning to Los Angeles as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers and the start of the Luka Dončić era with the Lakers. Grant believes the rebuilt Lakers can finish as high as third in the Western Conference, while Arash questions whether the roster has a true championship ceiling. Finally, the latest Kawhi Leonard clues lead back to the stalled Clippers-Raptors trade. Kawhi has continued appearing around Toronto, while another curious image from the Clippers' facility has Grant wondering if both sides are already preparing for the deal to be completed. The Sporting Tribune Today airs on KIRN 670 AM in Southern California, The BET in Las Vegas and Hawaii Sports Radio Network. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant Mona is joined by Arash Markazi, John Browner and Josh Tariff for a packed edition of The Sporting Tribune Today. The crew breaks down Aaron Donald's latest workouts with the Rams and whether the future Hall of Famer is really preparing to come out of retirement. They also debate what Donald could add to an already loaded defense featuring Myles Garrett and whether the Rams should be viewed as clear Super Bowl favorites. Then, the conversation turns to the investigation surrounding Kawhi Leonard and the stalled trade that would send him to the Toronto Raptors for Brandon Ingram. Could Leonard end up back with the Los Angeles Clippers? What happens to the trade if the investigation stretches into training camp? The panel looks at the difficult decisions facing both organizations and why Clippers fans may quickly welcome Leonard back if he remains in Los Angeles. Arash also discusses the excitement surrounding Tarik Skubal after the reigning back-to-back Cy Young Award winner joined the Dodgers, while Grant explains why he isn't ready to panic over the team's recent struggles. The Sporting Tribune Today airs on KIRN 670 AM in Southern California, The BET in Las Vegas and Hawaii Sports Radio Network. Directed and Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant, John Browner and Beav open with the worst-kept secret in football getting one step less secret: a defensive tackle named Aaron Donald, out of Pittsburgh, officially appeared on the NFL's workout transaction wire for the Los Angeles Rams. John torches the Adam Schefter drip campaign — tweet by tweet, "he just wanted to feel a helmet on" — while Beav shares what he's been saying all along: Donald's been in that facility more than anyone realizes, he won't play Week 1, and the Rams will save him from himself with a plan built for January. Add Sean McVay's all-time terrible poker face ("best workout I've ever seen — I hope the kid makes the team") and the crew agrees on the Calvin Johnson-Barry Sanders theory of why he left, and why he stayed ready. Then the rounds: Stefon Diggs to the Commanders and why it doesn't move the needle for Jayden Daniels, real concern for Brandon Aiyuk — Beav says take his mental health seriously — the Odell-Malik Nabers workout video that should terrify Giants fans, and the Giants as "the most unbuttoned organization" in football. The show turns serious on Tua in Atlanta: John makes the full case that the commissioner should step in, guarantee the money, and end it, and Beav backs it with his own concussion story. Then it swings all the way back: Justin Herbert got engaged, and the great LOVE debate erupts — Beav wants no-love, hate-home Tom Brady; John defends work-life balance with a full roster of romance rules. And in the post-show, John absolutely snaps on the Detroit Pistons' G League affiliate charging $250 for open tryouts — the shorts, the socks, jersey number 182 — before Beav declares for the Windy City Bulls and drops the note Clippers fans have been waiting on: the Kawhi train is stopping everybody, and Peyton Watson is still coming. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's a two-man Tuesday — Grant and John Browner — and it ends in the funniest place in football: the 49ers' training camp, which sits next to an electrical substation and has produced nine injuries in five practices. Mike Evans' quad, Ricky Pearsall done for the year, hamstrings and calves and ribs everywhere — and the internet has responded by drawing the substation bigger, and more evil, with every new pull. John's verdict is harsher than the meme: the Niners are cheap, the practice field looks like a prison yard, and — in the night's instant classic — children are like sponges: you can only squeeze out what you pour in. Before the curse: a Dodgers panic check. They're 13-15 since July 1, swept by the Red Sox, dropped a series to the Cubs — and still up big, with Skubal's six-inning debut wasted by zero run support. John's message to the freak-out crowd: look at the division lead, this is September spring training, and the Phantom IL is working as intended. Plus the Padres winning John back exactly as promised on his own show, the Rutschman-to-Boston deal that shames the Skubal package, and a wide-open AL where the Rays have the best record and nobody can name the favorite. Then the NBA block: why the Spurs standing pat is the smartest move of the summer (Dylan Harper starts, Castle is 6-8 now, and the Harper-Castle war for a $400M contract is coming), John's prediction that De'Aaron Fox leaves on the first thing smoking, and a full teardown of the Nuggets wasting peak Jokic — cap hell, the homegrown-love disease, and the Jamal Murray trade to New Orleans that John would make tonight. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Hours after the trade deadline, Grant, John Browner and E Lamb sort through a changed baseball world. Tarik Skubal is a Dodger — a two-time Cy Young winner joining the two-time reigning MVP — and E Lamb answers as fan and journalist at once: he loves it, and he's also putting on the conspiracy hat, arguing the league is letting the Dodgers stack talent to guarantee the hard cap it wants. John isn't buying it: the lockout was coming regardless, Skubal told the world he wanted LA, and no team was giving up a real haul for a two-month rental. From there it's the fight underneath every deadline move — John's case that a cap is really about raising the floor (more teams sit under the projected floor than over the cap), E Lamb's "get your weight up or sell" capitalism sermon, and a genuinely great disagreement about what failure means: E Lamb doesn't celebrate second place, John explains why a Padres playoff berth is the greatest run the city has ever had, and Grant gets caught in the Clippers-fan crossfire. Then the NFL hypotheticals: should a six-months-post-ACL Patrick Mahomes really start Week 1, how many Kirk Cousins starts before sitting No. 1 pick Fernando Mendoza becomes malpractice (John: zero — play him against the shambolic Dolphins immediately; E Lamb: sitting is how you save a quarterback), and what it says about Minnesota if Kyler Murray beats out JJ McCarthy. The post-show goes to the uncomfortable place: John and E Lamb on why JJ McCarthy went that high while Shedeur Sanders fell to the sixth — "we don't have to talk in code." And E Lamb closes with real beat intel: if Aaron Donald returns it happens before the Australia trip, the Myles Garrett trade had — said with confidence — a significant influence on him contemplating it, and don't rule out Vita Vea joining him. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Five deep tonight — Grant, Tim Parker, David Bloom, Mykell Mathieu and E Lamb — and the Clippers news is grim. Baxter Holmes of ESPN reports the Aspiration investigation could bleed into 2027, and Grant has had it: as he puts it, it's the year 2085, Bronny James Jr. the Second is in the league, and the investigation still isn't concluded. He torches the recycled reporting cycle — everyone re-breaking that the Raptors don't want the penalties, which the show covered three weeks ago — while E Lamb plays the adult in the room and lays out the actual endgame nobody else is explaining: findings, the Clippers' right to push back, then arbitration or court. His warning from July 4 stands — the longer this lingers, the worse it gets — and if it isn't concluded by the trade deadline, there is no trade. Mykell just feels bad for Toronto, where Kawhi was supposed to retire, and for Brandon Ingram, stuck on a team that already tried to ship him out. Before the doom: Luka Doncic is flying the ENTIRE Lakers roster to Slovenia on his own dime for a four-day August mini-camp, and the panel splits on what it means — Mykell calls it everything the last era never gave the fans, E Lamb contrasts it with a certain someone working out in another team's facility, Tim (crediting the "vanilla Lakers") says team bonding doesn't move a seed, and the crew fights over what year one of solo Luka has to look like: Western Conference Finals or bust? Plus Deebo Samuel returns to the Niners with Ricky Pearsall likely out long-term, Tim declares the Niners cooked while Grant — the self-described biggest Niners hater alive — explains why the cockroach always survives, and E Lamb announces the TST Fantasy Football League. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant, John Browner and Tim Parker finally get to the biggest story of the offseason — and they could not disagree more. Tim has never been happier to be wrong: he had LeBron going to Cleveland, then Golden State or Miami, and instead he got the biggest thing in Philadelphia sports history. Xfinity Mobile Arena is MSG now, Broad Street is Broadway, and anybody who lived through the process — Ish Smith, Evan Turner, Thad Young, Henry Sims — has earned this. John pours cold water: he's 42, the best player on the roster is Jaylen Brown, and nobody on that team knows this offense yet. Then John opens the curtain on something fans never see — what an NBA practice actually looks like after training camp ends, why teams won't let you watch it, and why LeBron will not take a full practice rep all season. From there it's a full autopsy of the fit: does Tyrese Maxey get unleashed or buried at number three on the call sheet, is this 1988 Magic or 1991 Magic, and the one argument that finally scares Tim — every champion is a top-12 defense, and this team can't guard anybody. Plus Tim's line in the sand ("no Eastern Conference Finals and LeBron feels a wrath he hasn't felt since The Decision"), the East hierarchy sorted into regular-season good versus playoff good, Charlotte as the dark horse, and the Anthony Simons war that will not die. Before the break, a Kawhi update: a third company has entered the Aspiration investigation, ESPN reports it could bleed into 2027, and John explains why — the league isn't investigating anymore, it's negotiating the punishment behind closed doors. John opens the show with a tribute to his friend and former 1090 colleague Billy Ray Smith Jr., who died Wednesday at 64. The post-show takes on WNBA All-Star weekend, where the off-court coverage swallowed the basketball, and closes with news: the TST Podcast Network is officially happening. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The wait is over: LeBron James is a Philadelphia 76er — reportedly for peanuts — and the crew (Grant, John Browner, Beav and E Lamb) spends the night sorting through the wreckage. The biggest casualty? Golden State. Grant cooks on the Warriors wasting Steph Curry's last prime years: the roster of exploded knees and 39-year-olds, the front-office exit that says everything, and the report that they're already "building for the next era." So the GM war room opens: do you do the unthinkable and trade Steph? John's play — you don't take calls, you MAKE them: San Antonio, four firsts, and take the De'Aaron Fox contract off their neck. Beav pitches Orlando and a Houston KD reunion; Charlotte with Kon Knueppel gets a "little Klay" nod. Before all that, E Lamb files a live report from Rams camp at LMU: Matthew Stafford looks like a back-to-back MVP candidate, Puka Nacua made a one-handed catch right in front of him, rookie CJ Daniels turned every head at practice, and Konata Mumpfield is "baby DeVonta." Plus the full training-camp tour: the Jalen Hurts identity-crisis debate returns, E Lamb sends Jacksonville to the AFC Championship, the crew rules on Travis Hunter's future (full-time corner, Canton-level ceiling), John is officially over Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen gets the Jim Kelly treatment, and the Mahomes-isn't-bouncing-back theory built entirely on Travis Kelce's decline. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant Mona, John Browner and Tim Parker close out the week with a show that gets realer as it goes. John opens the vault on the Kawhi investigation: he thinks it's already done, the league is sitting on it, and the punishment lands soft — 10 to 15 games, Uncle Dennis takes the fall, and Kawhi's cooking by Christmas anyway. Before that, it's MLB doomsday prep: the August 3 trade deadline is a mirage (the Dodgers' IL is their trade deadline), John wants to see how big the monster can get with a Tarek Skubal heist before the salary cap lands, and his research says the lockout math is brutal — sixteen teams under the projected spending floor, six over the cap, and in John's words, there will be NO season at all. The fix? The union should learn from the Savannah Bananas and the 2011 NBA lockout, when Rucker Park and the Drew League kept the players untouchable. Then the post-show goes nuclear: the Rich Paul roast — the daily pod, the economy-flight bit, Grant's courtside story about seeing him in the same outfit as that morning's episode — and John's instant-classic rant on millionaires crying broke. The $5M-isn't-a-lot discourse, the JJ Redick quote, the Nas line, and why Bam Adebayo and Giannis never talk like this. The ticket takers don't care about your tax bracket. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Tim Parker is back from Philadelphia and the crew — Grant, Tim and David Bloom — has a night full of receipts. The Miami Heat accidentally published, then scrambled to delete, a scheduled video dated July 27 — and Grant, who lives inside YouTube Studio, explains exactly how a slip like that happens and why this one doesn't look like an accident. Is that LeBron's date? Tim reads the tea leaves the only way that's ever made sense: through the family — Zhuri's volleyball life in LA, Savannah's history with Miami, and why Golden State is a 45-minute flight that keeps everyone happy. Plus the Markieff Morris "sources" tweet that had the panel asking: per WHO? Before all that, Tim files a report from Philly: Schwarber one homer short at the Derby, the All-Star Game leading the local news, and a Phillies team that fell apart on the little things against a Dodgers club that never misses them — including the JT Realmuto baserunning decision nobody can explain. The guys make the case for Max Muncy's No. 13 in the rafters, debate Kyle Tucker as a $60M "add-on," and Tim shares a story from Dodger Stadium that confirms the worst-kept secret in baseball: the Phantom IL is real. The post-show goes NFL: Tim (a lifelong Eagles fan) says his own team isn't built to hang with the Rams, declares this the Year of Jalen Hurts, and drops a hot take — the defending-champion Seahawks miss the playoffs entirely. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant welcomes John Browner, Beav and Eric Lambkins II for a show that opens in full revolt: Bleacher Report's top 99 NBA defenders of all time has Draymond Green at No. 10 — ahead of Kawhi, Michael Jordan and Gary Payton — and the crew is not okay. John makes the case for Dennis Rodman as the greatest defender ever, E Lamb declares war on the Kobe-at-42 slander and plants a flag for Michael Cooper as the best Laker defender of all time, and the guys decide TST needs to build its own list. Then it's the new-look Lakers: has Rob Pelinka actually transformed the roster around Luka, or is he just looking busy when the boss walks by? The panel debates Walker Kessler as the whole plan's linchpin, Matisse Thybulle as a Marcus Smart-style reclamation, Cam Carr's defensive promise, and where the Lakers land in a loaded West — including John's vow to fight anyone who doubts his Utah and Washington shockers, plus the Stephon Castle growth-spurt take that gets out of hand. In the post-show, E Lamb makes it official from the beat: the Rams are the NFC front-runner, and the Donald–Garrett front four math is undefeated. Beav refuses to pre-crown anybody, defends Jalen Hurts and DeVonta Smith, and circles October 4 in Philly. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The full crew is back — Grant, John Browner, David Bloom and Josh Tariff — and the biggest story finally has legs: Aaron Donald is coming back to the Rams. It's not official, but between the grainy footage at the Woodland Hills facility, Davante Adams' posts and Myles Garrett unpacking a signed jersey, the guys treat it as done and start dreaming on a Greatest Show on Turf defense — third-down packages, double-digit sack predictions, and a message for the smug defending-champion Seahawks they don't play until Christmas. Before that: the LeBron sweepstakes drags on with nobody actually knowing anything, and the panel torches the fake-sources economy — Kendrick Perkins, Pat Beverley, DraftKings odds, and how the ESPN insider machine really works. Plus final summer league verdicts: the Warriors win it all behind MVP Yaxel Lendeborg, Caleb Wilson looks like the best of the whole class, Aday Mara gets exposed, and the crew renders a split decision on Keaton Wagler's Vegas — Grant sees a second-half burst scorer the Clippers will let take his lumps, John sees a project who never passed the eye test. It ends with an 0-17 Cardinals prediction and a plea to Jacoby Brissett: take the money. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed and Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's a Clippers summer league postgame reaction show with the perfect crew for it — Grant, Beav and David Bloom, three guys who love the Clippers and hate them a little bit sometimes. Keaton Wagler sits out against the Wizards and the panel splits: Grant wanted him on the floor building confidence against lower competition, David says resting a top-five pick on a back-to-back is just what summer league is, and Beav is frustrated the Clippers won't let a struggling 19-year-old develop. Meanwhile the guys who did play looked good — Kobe Sanders drops 26 and gets caught mic'd up leading the huddle, Nick "The Juice" Martinelli keeps earning his roster card, and Yanic Konan Niederhauser tells Joey Lynn he's up from 238 to 265 pounds. Then it gets uncomfortable: is Cam Christie's time with the Clippers over? The crew debates the fan-favorite pipeline, why the franchise hits on second-rounders but can't find a homegrown star, whether this era matches the 2018–19 transition team, and Beav demands Adam Silver stop lying and let the Kawhi trade through. Plus a LeBron free agency check-in: Cleveland, Golden State, Philly or Miami? New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant's back from Summer League in Vegas and the crew — John Browner, Beav and David Bloom — has thoughts. Three games in on Keaton Wagler and the panel is not having it: John calls it a red flag, Beav just says trash, David sees a passive, tentative player afraid to ruin his percentages. Grant is the lone defender, pointing to 19.5 points and 41.6% from three over the last two games and arguing the real issue is a 19-year-old frame, not the jumper. Meanwhile Darius Acuff drops 26 in 26 minutes and John hands out an A+. The guys run the last five No. 5 picks, debate whether Lawrence Frank is on the clock, and then get into the Kawhi Leonard mess: a second NBA investigation tied to the Aspiration probe, AI images of Kawhi as a Marvel Groot offshoot, and an Adam Silver quote that flatly contradicts the Raptors' own statement. Who actually paused that trade? Plus Gary Trent Jr., circumvention that everyone pretends isn't happening, and a StubHub story that ties it all together. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It's Summer League Eve and the crew — Grant, John Browner and Beav — is holding down the whole week. The guys preview the rookie heavyweight matchups tipping off in Vegas: the No. 1 vs. No. 2 debate in AJ Dybantsa vs. Darryn Peterson, the grudge match of Darius Acuff vs. Keaton Wagler, and Cameron Boozer vs. Caleb Wilson. John makes his case for Boozer as a Carlos Boozer–meets–Kevin Love floor, the panel gets into life after Kawhi and how Kobe Sanders' minutes get squeezed, and John pitches blowing up the G League entirely. Then the post-show turns into a brawl: is Jalen Hurts actually a good quarterback, or just a winner riding a great roster? Beav says the slander won't be tolerated. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The main crew is back — Grant, John Browner and Beav — for a loaded night. The guys open on the World Cup, where Argentina erased a two-goal Egypt lead in stunning fashion (Messi doing Messi things) and a VAR overturn had everyone yelling "rigged." Then it's deep into Clippers offseason chaos: the Kawhi, Brandon Ingram and Walker Kessler deals still aren't official, the CBA apron is making everything a nightmare to track, and the panel goes to war over whether a $116M swing for Peyton Watson makes any sense — or whether Lawrence Frank is just doing stuff to do stuff. Should they simply re-sign Bennedict Mathurin and develop the No. 5 pick instead? In the post-show, the crew relitigates the SGA regret and closes with a full LeBron James free-agency breakdown: Denver, Golden State, or Philly? New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Directed and Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The full crew's back after the Fourth of July — Grant, John Browner and Beav dig into a loaded night. The Clippers win the Rui Hachimura sweepstakes on a two-year deal, and the guys break down the fit at the four, the John Collins fallout, and whether a Bennedict Mathurin or Peyton Watson move is next. Then it's on to Team USA's brutal Round-of-16 exit to Belgium (and why Christian Pulisic took the brunt of it), a Summer League deep dive headlined by Darryn Peterson looking like a problem, Cam Boozer in Memphis, the Utah Jazz's ceiling and locker-room questions, the coaching carousel, and the NBA's one-free-throw experiment that sends John completely over the edge. New episodes drop nightly. Follow the crew and catch the post-show on X. Produced and Directed by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Grant Mona, John Browner, and Beav dig into the summer league footage of Darius Acuff looking exactly like the guard the Clippers passed on, which reignites the Kings over Clippers debate that will not die. First they get into the day-after Jaylen Brown fallout, why John thinks the deal looks even worse for Boston 24 hours later, and how the Celtics treatment of Brown could scare off future free agents. Then it is Acuff, the Clippers being handcuffed, a Team USA versus France Olympic reality check, and a WNBA and Caitlin Clark debate. The Sporting Tribune Today airs on KIRN 670 AM in Southern California, 98.5 The Bet in Las Vegas, and the Hawaii Sports Radio Network. Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The wildest offseason in years keeps rolling. Grant Mona, John Browner, Beav, and Tim Parker react to Jaylen Brown getting traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and picks, with Sixers superfan Tim calling it a straight fleecing and John arguing Boston let spite blow up a title core. Then it is the Lakers going all-in on the Luka Doncic era with Walker Kessler and an Austin Reaves deal the panel is not sold on, a full ranking of the Western Conference that leaves the Lakers fighting for the play-in, and the Kings over Clippers cage match that will not die. The Sporting Tribune Today airs on KIRN 670 AM in Southern California, 98.5 The Bet in Las Vegas, and the Hawaii Sports Radio Network. Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The two biggest names in Los Angeles are both on the move. Arash Markazi, John Browner, Tim, Beav, and Grant Mona break down LeBron James officially leaving the Lakers, with the crew convinced he is headed to Golden State to chase one more title, and why signing Austin Reaves first sealed it. Then it is the Kawhi Leonard trade to Toronto, the pick haul the Clippers pulled back, and a real argument over whether the Kawhi and Paul George era was a total failure or a quiet success, with John putting the whole thing at the feet of Lawrence Frank. The Sporting Tribune Today airs on KIRN 670 AM in Southern California, 98.5 The Bet in Las Vegas, and the Hawaii Sports Radio Network. Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.