Third String Sports Podcast

Isaiah Stewart was elbowed by Lebron James, he then proceeded to charge at the entire Lakers team multiple times, no matter the cost. How long should Stewart be suspended and would you be happy with him if you were a Pistons fan? Week 11 brought some crazy scores and upsets. The Texans beat the Titans, the Colts beat the Bills, and more. Who is the best team in the AFC?

Michael Higgins goes solo to discuss all the games that happened on Sunday, including some surprising upsets and a few game-winning kicks.

The Browns have finally let go of Odell and he will look for a new team in the coming days. Will this make the Browns better or worse? Daniel and Michael make their picks for every NFFL game on the schedule for week 9 of the NFL season.

The NFL trade deadline has come and gone and it was yet another underwhelming day for trades in the NFL. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about the few trades that did happen, including the Broncos deal to send Von Miller. The Celtics have gotten off to a slow start and the players have begun to point fingers. Can this roster even work out? Zion Williamson had offseason surgery and he will continue to be sidelined into December. Should Pelicans fans be concerned for his long term health? The Braves won the World Series, underdog story complete. They defeated the villains of the MLB in 6 games to win their first World Series since 1995.

JJ Watt has struggled with the injury bug in the last couple of years and after a healthy start to the 2021 campaign, it has caught up with him again. Michael Higgins talks about what Watt should consider and how greatly this will impact the Cardinals. The Astros offense showed up for Game 2 of the World Series as they scored six runs on Max Fried. The series goes back to Atlanta for an all important 3 game stretch. The NBA is in full swing and there are already some crazy headlines. Michael talks about what needs to happen for Miles Bridges to make the All Star Game.

Daniel Khoury returns to make his NBA Awards predictions for this NBA season and talk about why he chose the players that he did. The Braves dominated Game 1 of the World Series against the Astros 6-2. However, it wasn't all good news for Atlanta as Charlie Morton broke his fibula and is out for the series. Thursday Night Football includes a good matchup between the Cardinals and the Packers. We give our picks against the spread and preview the matchup.

The Saints and the Seahawks gave us a defensive battle on Monday Night Football that was more interesting than anticipated. Michael Higgins breaks down the game and talks about why the Seahawks will miss the playoffs. The NBA season is officially in full swing as we have seen a few games from each team. Michael gives his NBA regular season award predictions for this season.

The Atlanta Braves pulled off an upset against the Dodgers and even managed to finish their revenge series in 6 games. Daniel Khoury talks about what the Braves did in order to get themselves to the World Series. Week 7 of the NFL season was filled with a lot of mismatches, while there were not many good games, Daniel breaks down each game and the result for each team.

Steph Curry seemingly could not miss versus the Clippers, scoring 45. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about the 3 NBA games that happened tonight. The NBA is back! The Browns had backup players all over the field and still managed to control the entirety of the game against the Broncos. Should the Broncos fire the coaching staff and start from scratch? Week 7 is almost upon us so we make our picks against the spread for every game this week.

The ALCS is all tied up at 1 game a piece after the Red Sox became the first team in MLB history to hit two grand slams in the same postseason game. On the NL side of things, the Braves took Game 1 in walk off fashion. The NFL has a busy schedule for Week 6, Michael Higgins breaks down each matchup and makes his picks against the spread.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers narrowly escaped Philly with a victory to end a game that should have never been that close. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about the game and what happened in prime time. The Dodgers and Giants needed Game 5 to settle the NLDS, but ultimately the Dodgers prevailed. We break down both the NLCS and the ALCS and make our predictions for each series.

The MLB Playoffs are in full swing and all but one division series have ended. The World Series is within grasp for a select few teams and Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about the playoffs thus far. Kyrie Irving has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately and it looks like he will not be allowed to play without being vaccinated. We talk about what this means for his career as well as the Brooklyn Nets. The NFL has seen a few teams rise to the top of the league with a few teams falling flat on their faces. Week 5 was full of exciting headlines and we breakdown the games in the final segment.

On today's episode, Michael Higgins gives his picks on who will cover the spread in each NFL game for Week 5.

On today's episode, Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins breakdown the wild card games and preview the Division Series Matchups. The playoffs should be interesting this year as there is no clear favorite. The Rams beat the Seahawks on TNF and Russell Wilson suffered a severe injury. It is unclear if Geno Smith can keep the Seahawks afloat while Wilson is injured.

On today's show, Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins breakdown every week 4 matchup in the NFL and make their picks.

The Bengals came back from down 14 to win on prime time to improve to 3-1. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins cover every aspect of the game and what it means for each team. The MLB playoff picture has started to take it's final form while the AL Wild Card race is still as crazy as ever.

NFL Week 3 has come and gone and it brought us some crazy scores, as well as some broken records. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins breakdown all of the games and recap everything that happened.

The NFL has a loaded slate for week 3. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins breakdown all of the matchups and make their picks against the spread for the week.

Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins are forced to review the most boring TNF game of all time because someone thought it was a good idea for the Panthers and Texans to be in prime time. We then give our MLB awards for the 2021 season.

The NFL Week 2 is officially over and there were plenty of interesting storylines to discuss for the week. Ben Simmons wants out of Philly after an offseason full of slander. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins discuss potential landing spots for the sharpshooter.

John Wall is officially done playing for the Houston Rockets as Wall and Houston's front office have agreed to find him a new team. Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins discuss his potential landing spots to open the pod. NFL Week 2 is approaching and we are back with another segment of Third String Spreads to make our picks for the week.

Week 1 for the NFL is officially in the books and Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins recap everything that happened. There were some surprising outcomes and some teams certainly surprised us.

Michael Higgins and Daniel Khoury briefly talk about the slate of college football games and the implications it could have on the playoff. We then transition into the year's first Third String Spreads segment and make our picks for the week.

TJ Watt signed a massive extension on Tuesday morning, making him the highest paid defensive player in NFL history. Did the Steelers give him too much? Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about it to open the episode. The NFL is officially back and the season opener couldn't have been any better. It was an offensive shootout that ended on a classic Tom Brady game-winning drive. We breakdown everything from the game in the 2nd segment of the show.

Last week, Cam Newton said there were not 32 NFL quarterbacks better than him. On today's episode, we try to prove Cam wrong. This is all opinion based and is not a full QB ranking, so don't get your panties in a twist. We then go through the MLB and give our most surprising and disappointing teams. To close the episode, we reintroduce Third String Spreads for the NFL season!

Bishop Sycamore did not even have approval to play IMG Academy over the weekend, yet they still got on ESPN. After some shady stuff coming out about the school, program, players, and coach, people are questioning the legitimacy of this football team. Tuesday was NFL cut day and there were a couple surprising names to see let go, including Cam Newton. When is your favorite time to sleep? We love a good nap to ruin the sleep schedule. In our last segment, we give our Mount Rushmore of times to sleep.

The NFL Preseason is coming to close so we did the only normal thing an NFL fan would do... OVERREACT!! We give our preseason overreactions to help foreshadow what could happen this NFL season. We also react to the QB competitions in different organizations and if we think those teams made the right decision.

The AFC is the most talented it has been in years, and their could be a couple of teams to dethrone the Chiefs. On today's episode, we discuss the rest of the divisions for our NFL Division Primer Series.

The NFC West is filled with a bunch of talent and may be the best division we have seen in the NFL in quite some time. On the other hand, the AFC East is filled of a bunch of up and coming teams with a lot of talent to be developed. On this episode, we preview the 2021 NFL season in both of these divisions.

On today's episode, Michael Higgins is all by himself, lonely and sad, to discuss the Carson Wentz foot injury, Nick Chubb signing an extension, and the MLB playoff picture.

On today's episode, Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about one of the most eventful days in sports in recent memory. The MLB hot stove has heated up while the NBA Draft occurred. We breakdown everything that happened on this episode.

On today's episode, Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about both Aaron Rodgers and Deshaun Watson planning on attending NFL Training Camp. We then move on to talk about the MLB trade deadline and what trades have already happened in the league. The episode is then finished by giving our official 2021 NBA Mock Draft.

On today's episode, Daniel Khoury and Michael Higgins talk about the NFC South and what to expect from the division in the upcoming NFL Season. Could Sam Darnold finally reach his full potential? Are the Bucs the best team in the NFL? Listen to the podcast to find out what we think!

On today's episode, we discuss the new NFLPA agreement for the upcoming NFL season. We then breakdown the trade that has sent Nelson Cruz to the Tampa Bay Rays and what it means for each team involved. We finish the episode by giving our 2021 NBA lottery picks.

On today's episode, we talk about the Milwaukee Bucks and their 2021 NBA championship run!

On today's episode, we talk about the Marvel Cinematic Universe and how great it has been the last couple of years. We then get into talking about Game 5 of the NBA Finals and how the Bucks were able to pull off the victory. We then transition to close the show out by discussing the NFL's NFC East division and what we expect this upcoming year.

On today's episode, we discuss everything that happened in Game 4 of the NBA Finals and how the officiating needs to change. We then move on to discuss the MLB All star festivities, which included the Home Run Derby as well as the game. To finish the episode, we talk about Tom Brady having to play the Super Bowl on a torn MCL.

Italy took care of business to complete the miracle run to the Euro Cup Final. The Bucks won Game 3 of the NBA Finals behind another monster performance by Giannis Antetokounmpo. The 1st Round of the MLB Draft took place and there were some surprising selections.

On today's episode, we discuss Game 2 of the NBA Finals and how the Phoenix Suns have dominated this series. We then talk about some overperforming MLB teams and if we think they will return to Earth.

On today's episode, we talk about Game 1 of the NBA Finals and everything that happened. Chris Paul went nuclear to secure the victory for the Phoenix Suns and Giannis looked sharp after returning from injury. We finish the episode by discussing our issues with the MLB All Star Teams.

Today we discuss the MLB All Star Game starters and what we would change about the lineups. We then talk about Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bucks and Hawks. To end the episode, we talk about MLB Trade Deadline candidates.

On today's episode we discuss the Suns winning Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals to advance to the NBA Finals. We also make our picks for the NL All Star Roster.

On today's episode we breakdown Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals and Paul George owning the Phoenix Suns. We then move on to give both of our lists for the National League MLB All Star Team.

On today's episode, we discuss the intense Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bucks and the Hawks. We then talk about Wander Franco's long awaited debut and the MLB's sticky situation.

Today we discuss Game 6 between the Bucks and Nets and we preview the decisive Game 7. We then transition to the MLB to talk about the banned substance scandal that is currently taking place.

On today' episode, we talk about the 76ers blowing a huge lead as the Atlanta Hawks take a 3-2 series lead. We then transition to discuss the Clippers, without Kawhi, defeating the Utah Jazz.

On today's episode, we recap the NBA playoff games from Thursday night that resulted in wins for the Bucks and the Jazz. We then close out the episode by discussing Friday night's games.

On today's episode, Michael breaks down every NBA playoff game that happened over the weekend, including the Game 7 between the Clippers and the Mavericks. This episode also contains a series preview for the 2nd round of the NBA playoffs.

On today's episode, we discuss the shocking defeat the Lakers suffered in the first round of the NBA playoffs against the Phoenix Suns. We also talk about the Nuggets defeating Damian Lillard, without Jamal Murray.

On today's episode, we discuss all of the NBA games that took place on Tuesday night, as well as some of the biggest MLB headlines, including Fernando Tatis' injury.

On Today's episode we discuss and breakdown all of the NBA action from Friday and Saturday night and what it means for each series going forward.