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Nat, Mike and… Well, that’s it this week as Hollywood is wrapped up in other business and the super-secret special guest fails to materialise – no, names, no pack duty to paraphrase the Iron One – but the guys might have done the odd show together so we’re in safe hands here. It’s not Americarnage After Dark, it’s Americarnage Before Sunrise – but who’s Ethan Hawke…? In other news: The Americarnage Question of the Week offers up another winner of epic amounts of goodies, guaranteed to let him give up renting and #OwnTheBathroom; old mates Unibet are offering £25 when you head over to unibet.co.uk/Americarnage; Mike used to teach kids who don’t read so good; Nat, Mike and Dan are off to see The Boss this weekend – Mancave goodies to any ‘Carnage fans who snap a pic with any of them; Mike talks epic tales of the sporting past; Nat talks Hanks and Desert Island Discs; we’re at the sharp end of the NBA season and it’s the Cavs vs Golden State; in the NFL, Walter Thurman has nixed his NFL career at the age of 28; Fitz and the Jets are talking but not agreeing yet; in the NHL it’s all about the Sharks and the Penguins; there’s some baseball – mainly Mike’s Redsox – loads of great stuff from the Mancave Mailbag and of course much, much, more…
Nat, Mike and Dan assemble for the remarkably round-number-ish 200th time in the Americarnage studio, just a couple of doors down from where it all started almost exactly five years ago. It’s Christmas, we’re five years old - what better to do than invite all-pro creepy uncle and most-capped guest Mr Marek Larwood to join them as they open presents, eat cake, drink champagne and wonder what the bloody hell has happened to mean that the show is still going… Along the way there are messages from old favourites such as The First Lady and Vladimir Putin, Mike rewrites Dylan and performs it amazingly* as well as competitions, prizes, mailbag goodness, games and even some sports in this bumper 79 (!) minute show. Make it last though folks, we’ll be taking a break until the new year but in the mean time have a brilliant Christmas, a stonking New Year and we’ll see you on the other side. Huge thanks from Nat, Mike, Dan and HdP to everyone who has joined us over the years and of course all you brilliantly mental listeners. *seriously, we were amazed.
Nat and Dan have started the show before they realise there’s something wrong – they’re talking to each other without interruption and able to finish sentences unimpeded. Damn and blast it if the Iron One isn’t on IR with a nonspecific! Saving them, and you, from an Americarnage After Dark though is the one and only Simon Crosse, sports producer extraordinaire, Bluejays fanatic and producer of Nat and Mike’s 5Live Sports Extra show, starting with a triple-header this Thanksgiving Thusday. This gets mentioned in the show. A little. In other news: Dan has been to the dentist; Simon has in his possession something so good that the person who recommended it to him wants to become him; some people look like other people, this can be funny; the very first messages are coming through on the Americarnage Speakpipe; Thusdayt is shaping up like Americarnage on 5Live as Dan gets involved; Seattle continues the Niners lousy season; Joe Flacco is out but sets up a win with a busted knee; Case Keenum is one unlucky guy; Danny Amendola is injured again, poor devil; refereeing is still shocking; in the NBA the Cavaliers lead the East from Miami, who have won 3 on the bounce and are starting to gel; Golden State lead the West from the Spurs and Golden State are now the league’s only undefeated team; in the land of huckenshuck New York and Montreal are tied at the top of the East; Dallas handily lead St Louis at the top of the West; loads of Mancave Mailbag goodness happens; Simon saves the gang from a gameless week with his list of Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame nominees which means Dan is in the picture for the first time, well, ever; all this and the requisite much, much more…
Nat, Mike and Dan are men who are masters of their chosen professions, men who frequently weep for there are no more worlds for them to conquer. Turns out that the Iron One may have his sights set beyond broadcasting and journalism though, does a Don Draper-esque life await him in advertising…? In other news: Nat talks Muppets; Mike shills hard; HdP offers to lead him further down the dark path; Americarnage is on Instagram apparently, sure you all care hugely; Dan has seen Sicario and has his usual interesting take on it; Mike reveals his line to get out of any sticky situation; the NFL season continues and is on as mental form as ever and yes, we do mention the Colts; 5 unbeaten teams after 6 weeks and it’s been winning ugly week; Rivers throws for over 500 but no-one cares; Detroit beat Chicago despite neither team seeming to want to win; Mike runs down the MLB and flips more bats than you do; in the NHL, sa if anticipating the results of the Canadian election, Montreal are top of the East with 6 wins out of 6; St Louis are top of the west; in and out of the NBA Lamar Odom is out of hospital after his collapse in a Nevada brothel; the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors have signed free agent guard/forward Xavier Henry and free agent forward Chris Udofia; loads of the usual Mancave Mailbag goodness and of course much, much more….
Nat, Mike and Dan are fragrant individuals, although often not in the way that works out for those around them. This week though we're celebrating the beginning of a beautiful friendship, one which will not only herald the dawn of a new Mailbag but also hopefully remind the gang that real men can scrub up just a little every now and again. Yes, Americarnage is proud to be sponsored by top men's grooming range ManCave and thanks to them things are about to get even more awesome... In other news: regular season NFL kicks off in less than 48 hours at time of recording and Football Fever is officially in town; the guys get a bit over-excited about the new sponsor and try some old schtick which is quickly stepped on; Dan follows on from Straight Outta Compton last week with Boyz n tha Hood this week, stepping back a few years; Mike talks The Crime Vault Live, his new show with HdP; Nat talks competitions - specifically getting yo' ass some International Series tickets; the gang run down their predictions for the upcoming season and these will be set in Internet Stone to be praised or scorned come Playoff time; some baseball gets talked about, mainly "how many innings does it take to destroy and arm"; Dan talks gambling in the NBA but not in the usual way; there's plenty of goodness from the newly-monikered ManCave Mailbag and a whole heaping bowlful of Much, Much More...
Hollywood Dan is back, but with Nat away this week we've had to bring in Nat's Soundbox as a substitute. The Mike and Dan are joined by The Guardian's James Dart, who weighs in on the big Super Bowl chat. In other news: Dan gets showered with gifts; the guys chat balls with deflate-gate; you can join in on Dan's Oscars game; and maybe you'll be seeing Americarnage on Tinder soon.
Four years and a few months ago, soon-to-be Hollywood Dan met Nat and Mike and said 'I love it when you guys work together, let's do a podcast' and they said yes. Then Dan called the only audio guy he knew who works for tennants super and Americarnage was born! That was four years ago and it's frankly amazing it's lasted this long. To make it last another four years, buy the merch at www.americarange.co.uk/shop In other news: Dan changes kitty litter; Mike went on the piss in his suit years back; Nat went to see Penguins of Madagascar; the Cowboys are STILL IN THE HUNT somehow; JJ Watt is still amazing; so is Andrew Luck; Peyton has a mare; in the NHL Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay AND Detroit are tied for the lead at the East; the New York Islanders and Montreal are not far behind; Anaheim lead Vancouver and St Louis in the West; NBA-wise Toronto lead the East, from Atlanta – and Milwaukee are also in the playoff spots; Golden State are now 17 and 2 after 12 straight, and lead the West from Houston; Dan come up with another great game; loads of Bodeans Mailbag goodness and much, much more...
Nat and Mike have brains like the finest Swiss clocks - constructed by master craftsmen, honed to perfection and capable of the finest divisions imaginable. It's this level of intellect that allows them to work out that Dan isn't here this week because SPurs are playing and the man with them in the studio is none other than all-pro 'Carnage college ball expert Mr Ben Isaacs. In other news: Americarnage gets downloaded lots of places, maybe even North Korea; Wembley was a great game but the weirdness pitchside was almost as good - anyone know who DJ Ray is? Ben talks Wembley hospitality; Mike's been watching Neighbours. He says it's something else but it's from Australia so it's got to be Neighbours; Nat gets more email from shady places and watches a film that's currently showing, which is odd; more NFL goodness than you can shake a rather large stick at; MLB stuff which will be out of date by the time you hear it but is great reference material anyway; Ben talks college ball; NHL fighty stuff happens; NBA is off again and we love it; loads of Bodeans Mailbag goodness and much, much more...
Nat and Dan are getting into the swing of pre-season and have decided to talk about it, record the results and put it on the internet. They have vague memories of doing this before but with someone else too so are over the moon when an extremely funny man who's a big fan of the New York Giants comes to the studio too. His name is David Whitney and they like him a lot. In other news: The show gets offered yet more advertising products, Nat cannot control his excitement at this; David talks booze and why you should love it; Dan talks about a time when he wished no-one had drunk a thing then the discussion turns to how to keep the right side of pissed on those long stints*; Johnny Football is a very naughty boy; Brian Orakpo, who had been mockingly doing Manziel’s ‘money’ symbol every thime he threw the ball away, said the gesture was hilarious; Jadeveon Clowney showed why he was first pick overall and he decimated the Atlantas running game; nothing in the NBA but Team USA beat Brazil in an exhibition game in Chicago, Derrick Rose returned, Anthony Davis put up 20 plus 4 blocks and 7 rebounds, KD pulled out and the team wore jerseys in support of Paul George; loads of Bodeans Mailbag goodness; a discussion on how to improve shit jokes and much, much more... *Americarnage does not endorse all-day drinking, mainly because we're lightweights.
Nat and Dan are picky devils when it comes to guests on the show, even more so when Mike is out of the country and they're missing the big man. Anyone joining them has to be drenched in sports, a rare combination of insightful, funny and self-aware and ideally an old mate to boot. This week they've got Erik' the producer' Janssen so it's up to you how many of those boxes have been ticked... * In other news: the guys unavoidably talk about the sad death of the great Robin Williams; the show continues to get marketing emails from random companies which cause Nat to very nearly piss himself with laughter; big shout out to listener Chris Young who's busy kicking chemo's arse right now. All power and respect to you Chris from all of Americarnage; the guys talk best broadcasting experiences and needlessly emphasize what O.B means about a hundred times; the first week of the pre-season is in the books and if the season ended today the new York Jets would win the Super Bowl; in Cleveland Johnny Football looks set to start their second game against the Pats. Against Detroit he went 7 of 11 for 63 yards and rushed for 27. The NFL Network also broke pre-season TV rating; Kevin Love officially plays for the Minnesota Timberwolves - Cleveland is making the deal with Minnesota with a firm agreement Love will opt out of his contract in 2015 and re-sign with the Cavaliers; loads of baseball goodness; loads of Bodeans Mailbag goodness; a great 80's sitcom music game from Dan and much, much more... *HdP has his strange 'other producer' rage going on again it seems. He needs to get over this.
Summer is a strange time, a time when three of the four big sports are taking a break and so do the 'Carnage crew, hence a bit of a gap since the last show. Mike's still taking that break so Nat and Dan shine the Americarnage symbol in the sky over north London and, like a caped crusader who has no cape and doesn't believe in invading the Holy Land, Marek Larwood answers the call. In other news: Dan saw Monty Python and was moderately impressed; Tim Westwood makes his first reference-appearance on the show and does not fare well; Marek went to see the London Blitz humiliate their opponents the other day; Nat talks books; it happened a while ago but LeBron really is going back to Cleveland; Donald Sterling has filed a second lawsuit against the NBA – this one for corporate fraud but this just makes it better that his shares might get sold to ex-Microsoft man Steve Ballmer; in the NHL the Toronto Maple Leafs have hired a 28 year old AGM; in the MLB the American League won the All-Star game and it was basically all about Jeater; the trade window closes in a week or so and all eyes are on our new favourite name: Philles Bastardo; NFL-wise Tony Dungy is in hot water because he says he wouldn’t have drafted Michael Sam, because of all that goes “with it”; Michael Sam no longer has the best selling jersey – turns out its Biber loving money worshipping Johnny Manziel; the Madden 15 QB ratings are out. Peyton is 98 overall, so is Rodgers, but now Brady is behind Russell Wilson. What? Loads of Bodeans Mailbag goodness, Dan comes up with a classicly lacist game (just listen to it, alright?) and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan are overjoyed to be back together for the first time in what seems like an age (or precisely 'one restraining order' according to our lawyers) but immediately get back into the swing of things, crashing each other's intro's, Mike using the laugh-box, Nat presenting things which went out with the Ark and all that good stuff. As if that's not enough, we've only got the First Lady of Americarnage too, Ms Kelly-Anne Lyons - hell of a fine week folks, hell of a fine week. In other news: Dan warns everyone he's going to be late, this does not save him from retribution; Kelly gets a new name, some mild misogyny which she shrugs off pretty well and then reveals her stance on other women coming on the show; they all work out that the show could help rescue the careers of recently disgraced celebs; loads of sports stuff has happened since last week, we talk about that; you guys sent in loads of great questions, we talk about those too. Plus of course much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan are back in the house this week for an All-Pro 'Carnage this week and, because it's just so darn exciting, they celebrate the Big Man's birthday a day early by having some disturbingly cogent discussion in. Don't worry though, Dan takes just 4 minutes to talk about poo... In other news: there's booze and cake in the studio, this always works out well; Dan is a big fan of the Oscar Pistorius murder trial, mainly the vomiting; the Americarnage merchandise store is launching soon, presents for loved ones will never be a problem again; Nat talks Romney documentaries, disturbingly watchable stuff; Mike talks NFL free agency in a frankly bewildering amount of detail; in the NHL it's all change at the top – Boston leads the East from Pittsburgh and Montreal after pulling back ten games on the Pens since December; St Louis lead the West from Anaheim for the first time all season; NBA-wise, Indiana lead the East from Miami, San Antonio have leapfrogged the OKC Thunder, they’re 6 straight in a time when everyone is losing; Lebron hit 6 of 18 from the field and later blamed the special T shirts he had been made to wear as part of the NBA’s Noche Latina; laods og Bodeans Mailbag goodness, including the revelation that we're so wrong all the time that Corrections and Clarifications should make a return - we're up for this, send us your C&C's! great (slightly stolen) game from Dan and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan are pure athletes, able to accomplish any feat to which the human body is equal. Thing is, Mike isn't here this week so the conversation OBVIOUSLY turns to what the largest animal he could throw over a building might be. Adding substantially to this earnest debate is the simply brilliant Mr David Whitney, master of stand-up, acting and bagpipes. Mock if you dare, he's better than you. In other news: Everyone cares about Nat, which is nice; Americarnage is sending a Camden goth to the podcast awards in Vegas to collect our award for us, y'know, 'cos we're bound to win; the city of Atlanta gets a long discussion and even a little love; in the NFL the week started on Thanksgiving – the Lions destroyed the Packers and took control of the NFC North, more so when the Minnesota Vikings beat the Bears on Sunday despite their attempts to tie for the second time this season; Matt Flynn got sacked 7 times, DeAndre Levy picked him off for his 6th of the season; in the NBA Indiana lead the East, still, and they’re now enjoying the best start to the season in franchise history; Miami are 10 straight, but still in second and besides Washington, everyone else in the Eastern Conference has a losing record; in the West the Trailblazers lead from the Spurs. Last night the West met the East in Portland and despite Paul George putting up an insane career high of 43, the Pacers still lost thanks mainly to a Lamarcus Aldridge double double; in the Hockey Boston lead the East from Pittsburgh and Montreal; Chicago lead the West from san Jose and Anaheim; most of the chat is about last week’s law suit, with the backlash beginning apace. Don Cherry calls it a money grab, while Jeremy Roenick said of the players : "They can go after the league that they craved to be in since they were little kids and paid their salary,"; Dan says the internet is full of lies big-ticket players get discussed ferociously; loads of Bodeans Mailbag goodness and a gane to boot, what more do you need? Much, much more perhaps...?
Nat and Dan have been busy this week, busy doing things like being on the radio, watching films and talking to the Minnesota Vikings who for some reason are camped out at a hotel in Hertfordshire. Well everyone needs a holiday. With that in mind, Mike has taken this week to go spear-fishing in the canals of Camden so slipping into his seat is friend of the show and bona-fide super-Canuck Erik (the producer) Janssen. In other news: Rush is a surprisingly good film; Dan talks Tottenham Tramps and fibs about (possibly) illegal activity; Nat talks Americarnage ringtones and the best telly of the last few years; Peyton Manning torched the raiders on Monday night, 37-21 in game that left Terrelle Pryor with a concussion after a double sack; on Thursday the misifiring Eages lost at home to the resurgent Cheifs - several Vick turnovers and two muffed punts brought home the win for Redi’s new boys; the gang will be out there on Regent Street on saturday and tailgating on sunday, go and find them and take photos; the NBA has dream up a new scheme to sell jerseys: for a set number of games this season they will be allowing teams to sport their nicknames on their back and not just their surnames. So Dwayne Wade will be D w-ade. Paul Piecrce the Truth and Chris Bosh will be CB4. The move has been condmedn by some journalists, or ‘J-Lists’. Loads of action from the Bodeans Mailbag; brilliant game from Dan and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan are men who keep their promises, when they remember they've made them anyway. Finally a tuesday taping means they can honour their pledge to 'Carnage Live MVP to come on the show so welcome ladies and gemtlemen, to Kris Head. In other news: Mike, Dan and Harry went to a strip club and didn't get any free stuff so left straight away; Kris recommends music; Dan recommends TV; Week one of the regular season is toast and who’s not going to win the Superbowl? the New York Giants. They turned the ball over six times – including an interception off the very play from scrimmage, and yet the Cowboys still only won by five points; Eli and Tony Romo both threw for more than four hundred yards and fumble happy David Wilson is unlikely to play in the NFL again; the Mannings ended up throwing for 11 touchdowns on the week, as the Broncos obliterated the Ravens; Peyton put up 7 touchdowns – most of them to Wes Welker, who even managed to muff a punt; MLB-wise Boston are walking away with the AL East....no-one saw that coming back in April....but will Mike's favourite Red Sox prove to be a serious Series contender? in the NHL the Calgary Flames will remains at their home at the Scotiabank Saddledome after extensive flooding in southern Alebrta made the puck drop for the first game of the season look unlikely; Rodman was back in North Korea. He claims to be ‘hanging out’ with evil dictator Kim Jong Un and now plans to take a team of NBA legends out there. Micahel Jordan is currently 25-1 to be on the plane, odds he is thought to fancy to the tune of 20 large; loads of goodies from the Bodeans Mailbag; Dan revives the very first game ever on Americarnage and much, much more...
Mike and Dan brave the bubbling tarmac of summertime Camden, diving for the airconditioned goodness of the Americarnage studio. Nat has other ideas and has fled the country once more. Making up the triad this week is a man who's soon to do something similar, except instead of a holiday in France it'll be taking Avenue Q to South Korea: brilliant actor and certified Tennessee Galoot, Chris Ragland. In other News: Vladimir Putin has been in a submarine lately and Dan would do terrible love-things to his ex-wife apparently; Dan pitched shows to the production company that made Sharknado - blame him; Manning Camp is underway and the biggest casualty so far has been Johnny Manziel’s head - the Texas A&M quarterback was sent home suffering from dehydration and exhaustion. Totally not a hangover; the big talk in the league is the ione that got away – Ilya Kovalchuk of the New Jersey Devils has decided to retire effective immediately -the only problem is that he had 12 years and 77 million left on his contract, which he chose to forgo; Dominic Moore is returning to hockey after spending a year away nursing his wife back from liver cancer - the former member of the Lightning will now grace the third of fourth line of the Rangers; the All-Star will have happened by now and is it still a let-down? Loads of good stuff from the Bodeans Mailbag, a discussion on accents and much, much more... Oh yeah, and it's the last show before Americarnage Live! A few tickets left but you'd best be quick: http://www.forgevenue.org/whats-on/eventdetails/28-jul-13-americarnage-live-the-forge/
Nat, Mike, Dan and indeed HdP never thought on that cold winter's night back in late 2010 that they'd get this far. Or have avoided killing each other for so long. To celebrate this milestone they've doubled up on guests with 'Carnage favourites Marek Larwood and Kelly-Anne Lyons and pretty much quintupled the level of offensiveness. Pappy Dan returns and listen out at the end as many of our celeb mates sent in congratulations... Massive thanks to everyone who has joined us on the show and even more massive thanks to everyone who's listened over the last two-and-a-bit years, we love ya - enjoy a special edition hour and a half of Americarnage...
Nat, Mike and Dan briefly think back those halcyon days of summer last year when Mike forever gained the love of all sports fans at the Olympic basketball - his clip is in the top 5 sporting moments of 2012 according to the BBC website. It's not like much else happened last year though... In other news: Iron Mike gives us the low-down on Westerns; Dan's so Meta that he likes a TV show about people watching TV; Nat brings up an underrated recent classic; once again there are several spirited attempts to offend pretty much everyone; in the NBA, the Heat are now 23 straight which is frankly ridiculous; on Sunday they beat the Raptors, equalling the second-longest winning streak ever - just the '71-2 Lakers to beat; Dennis Rodman continues to amaze with his efforts to destroy the world with nuclear war; Wes Welker gets a nice little doing-over, as do plenty of other free agent moves; the Americarnage 'flog us on social media' competition is still running, HdP's deciding the winner and is apparently bribe-able so, y'know, think about that - winner announced on next week's show; loads of good stuff in the Bodeans Mailbag; Extreme Eating discussion - what horrifying thing would you rather eat, and much, much more...
Mike and Dan are soldiers, they power on through while all around them fall. So when Nat is taken out and would-be guest Tom Bell is felled by a squirty virus while actually on his way to the studio they man up and make a two-hander. Well, two and a quarter as HdP chips in a bit more than either usual or prudent. Pray we're back up to strength next week... In other news: Mike talks art; Dan talks films; HdP talks whisky; Americarnage talks about what you should be up to this saturday in London and how we can get you a discount; Manti Te'o talks... well, not much; Joe Flacco talks muche dinero; many players talk Franchise; many others don't; in the NBA Miami talk sweeping the board - last night, they beat the T-Wolves for their 15th straight win – a franchise record for a franchise that wins a LOT; Wade grabbed 32 and 10 assists and Lebron, who some say is injured, got 20; in the land of ice and pucks, in the East Montreal lead Pittsburgh and Carolina, in the West it’s Chicago, Anaheim, and Vancouver; loads of good talk from the Bodeans Mailbag; great game from Dan - Killer Lines - and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan are so fired up about the Super Bowl that they temporarily forget it even exists. Luckily memory snaps back as Mike's off to New Orleans for the Beeb, Nat's off the Superbash as host and Dan and HdP will be heading there too - joined by Americarnage's sideline reporter and this week's very special guest Tom Bell. In other news: Nat gives an insight into what it's like to sideline report the darts for ESPN; Mike gets weirded out by stupid tube posters; Dan's now seen all films ever made and a few that haven't been yet; the Pro Bowl happened, underwhelming doesn't even cover it; the 49ers are supposed to be a lock for the title but how will they go about winning it?; NBA-wise the All Star starters were announced last week, but we sort of ignored them but it was the same old stars: Wade and Lebron joined by Garnet, Rondo and Mello; Miami lead the East, San Antonio lead the West; the Kings will be the Supersonics sooner rather than later. The Maloof family have agreed to sell them for 525m despite Forbes magazine estimating that they are worth just over half that; TOm Bell's Bane impression is back; in the NHL the Chicago Blackhawks have started this shortened season unlike any other in their history. They are now 6-0 after beating the Red Wings in overtime on Sunday; taso unbeaten are the San Jose Sharks – they’re 5-0 and on Sunday they beat the only other unbeaten team, the Cannucks; New York Yankees & Mike Carlson fave Alex Rodriguez has hired an attorney and is denying involvement after his name was linked to a place which dispensed performace enhancers. Yikes; loads of fun from the Bodeans Mailbag; Superbowl drinking games and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan work their arses off all year to bring you quality(?) entertainment, 48 shows in 2012 and each one riddled with top analysis and elegant profanity. For the 49th show they figured they'd done enough and locked HdP in the studio with orders to collect up some of the best bits of 2012 for a clip show. In characteristic style he did a just-about-passable brilliant job and so we present you Lazy-Ass Clip Show 2: Lazier, Assier, Clippier. Happy new year from all at Americarnage and we'll be taping a brand new show next week once hangovers have abated slightly, see you then...
Nat, Mike and Dan are political beasts, it's on their passports and everything. They prove why at least one of those words is a relevant description with a thorough discussion of the key topics at hand. Honestly, they do: composers, Bond films, sports, what else is there...? With them to help on this front is friend of the show, very funny man and Americarnage's new sideline reporter: Tom Bell. In other news: The Cannon of Carlson gets an airing; Tom has Eagles in his attic; the team try their hand at Monday Night Football intros; Andrew Luck overcame the Miami Dolphins, passing for a 433 yards and breaking the rookie single game passing record; in Oakland number 31 overall pick Doug Martin went insane – rushing for 4 touchdowns and 251 yards; the Falcons went to 8-0, patiently putting away the Cowboys, whose misfiring offence ad disorganised defence will be nowhere near the play offs this year; the NBA season is a week old and all the talk is of the new look Lakers who are rubbish! Despite dumping Bynum and picking up Steve Nash and Dwight Howerd, LA lost their first three before Dwight put 28 on the Pistons in an impressive victory; it's awards season in the MLB, Nat gives us the low-down - Americarnage's place in Melky Cabrera's scheme is revealed; no Hockey, god damn it; Fantasy league update - do you care?; loadsa questions from the Bodeans Mailbag; awesome game from Hollywood and much, much more... Also, vote for us in the European Podcast Awards right here: http://www.european-podcast-award.eu/index.php?id=12&L=1&podid=4408&no_cache=1&tx_ddpodcast_pi1[art]=vote
Nat and Mike prepare for Americarnage so comprehensively that there' nothing they can't deal with - not even the last-minute IR placement of Hollywood with no guest on 30-minute standby - so it's a Channel 4 show without having to look at them, win! In other news: The big crazy circus came to town and a sell out crowd watched the Pats stomp all over the Rams in the rain; the Cowboys were nearly responsible for one of the great NFL comebacks – 23-0 down to the Giants they fought back and nearly won it in the last ten with a bomb to Dez Bryant; the Colts went to 4-3, fighting back to beat the Titans with an insane overtime winner from Vick Ballard; the NBA starts TONIGHT with seven games – the pick of which is probably the new look Lakers at Portland and Anthony Davis’ first game in the NBA as the Hornets take on the Spurs; the big trade news: James Harden and his beard have left the Oklahoma City Thunder to join Jeremy Lin in Houston; congratulations to your 2012 world series champs...the san francisco giants. Yep, 2 championship in 3 years for the Giants who swept the lifeless Tigers in a dominant show of baseball; loads of listener questions in the Bodeans Mailbag and some, some more...
When the Mike's away... Nat and Dan shine the Americarnage symbol in the air and the super-utility player and all-round sports guru Erik Janssen answers the call. In honor of him, along with the fact that there are no Americans in the studio this week, ladies and gentlemen we present to you: Canadiarnage. In other news: Dan is missing part of himself after a training accident, find out what and wish you hadn't; Stitcher get some well-deserved love; the Wembley game gets plenty of love as it looks like it'll be a proper match-up with the fragile Pats screwing the pootch again in week 7; the Texans get back on track, destroying the Ravens, their D’s first test since losing Ray Lewiis - they failed it; the NHL lockout gets exciting with emotional blackmail making a stunning appearance; the owners are now offering 50-50, but still the players won’t budge; displaying stunning imagination, a survey of NBA GM’s has picked the Heat to win again this year and LeBron to get MvP; in other news they expect today to be followed by tomorrow and yet be today again by the time they get there; the World Series is upon us and just how many games will it take the Tigers to beat the Giants...?; loads of Bodeans Mailbag action; a serious (seriously) discussion of racism in the NFL; a very nearly serious discussion of the race for the White House and much, much more....
Mike and Dan are a pair of horse-collaring, facemask pulling unnecessarily rough low-blockers and with Nat out with a tooth injury, Harry the Producer is left to rain flags down like the ill-informed scab ref he is. Luckily for everyone stand-up comic, Bills fan and all-round awesome guy Lee Bannard is in the studio this week to keep the guys on the straight and true...In other news: Dan's watched some films, they were good; Mike's watched some films, they're also good but what the hell is it with Scandawegians and bad things happening to kids? Scab refs are barely mentioned; they're barely mentioned when disallowing touchdowns; they're barely mentioned throwing endless random penalty flags in Baltimore; they're barely mentioned having absolutely no grip on games; they're ba... you get the idea; the Bengals are exciting; the 49ers are still everyone's pick despite losing; the Cardinals, Texans and Falcons are the only 3-0 teams; nothing hapens in Hockey because of the lockout; there are now no Chinese players in the NBA and this can be said about over a hundred other countries but China is quite literally a Big Deal; Yanqui are up, Oakland are on the up, Washington have a playoff place, so have Cincinatti and the Giants; the MVP race hots up, Americarnage puts its money on Melky Cabrera; loads of questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; Dan brings the worst accents in Hollywood and asks Mike and Lee to guess who they are and much, much more...
Mike and Dan shake off the Stratford/Greenwich Arena dust and get down to some NFL preseason bidness, aided by do- five-shows-and-get-a-free-one man of the hour Ben Isaacs. Nat shakes off the dust of the Americarnage studio and does something else and gets away remarkably lightly for it... In other news: Dan liked Blur before they were cool; Mike liked Daley Thompon before decathlon was cool; Ben likes Party Down because it's never been cool - but it is damn good; the Olympics need to get rid of some shit; Dan's pick of Ocho-Johnson proves a little off; Luck's numbers are way misleading but he is blatantly awesome, although the Rams don't think so but screwthem, they're one-and-done with London already; Tebow plays every position ever; the guys assemble the weakest NFL player ever; Mike equivocates about preseason's importance; Dan disagrees; the Bengals get everyone injured but do well anyway; nothing happens in the hockey so it doesn't even get mentioned; the NBA, sorry, Olympic basketball works out as it was always going to; baseball happens, Ben tells us about that; good questions and even some Corrections and Clarifications from the Bodeans Mailbag and much, much more... *Stop Press* it's another 'Carnage bye-week next week cos Mike and Dan are off to the East Coast on vaguely separate holidays. Nat will be back in two weeks with some seriously special guests and reports from our two Boston correspondants, Mike and Dan.
Nat, Mike and Dan are multitalented guys. Violent, unpredictable, multitalented guys. This week they demonstrate this by revealing new skills, old methods of greeting, new things about old films, new things about new sport and much more besides. They're aided in this rollercoaster ride by the incomparable Luke Moore of The Football Ramble who fits in with this bunch of reprobates with disturbing ease... In other news: In-jokes from off-air are not good, ignore them; books have been read, some of them are good; Mike keeps things light; Luke gets and gives updates on his newly-aquired American Sports teams; there are gratuitous Kid'n'Play references; Luck and RGIII finally sign on the dotted line; training camps have finally started for most, pre-season is offically not far away; ridiculously complex deals are going on in the NHL, only Dan understands them; corrections and clarifications causes issues again; listener questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; new game: Sweary Bollocks - Best. Game. Ever. and much, much more... ********STOP PRESS******** Due to a variety of work, personal, Olympic and crack-related commitments there will be no Americarnage next week. Sorry folks.
Nat, Mike and Dan are trendsetters, pacemakers and serial word-abusers. This week they're trying to start a whole new Santorum thing with the aid of 4th-time Americarnage hitter Ben Isaacs who's going to be running the guys through the upcoming NCAA season amongst other things... In other news: Spike Lee catches bats; Mike talks books; the All-Star game comes up again; big contracts in the NFL; crazy contracts in the NHL; the grand return of Twit of Twat; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; obscene amounts of references and much, much more...
Mike and Dan make their glorious return to the studio in lovely Camden Town but find that the host's chair is empty as Nat's taking his turn in the Americarnage isolation hut for a week of nihilistic shouting along the lines of 'Tebow for President'. Meanwhile, back in reality, the guys are joined by friend of the show, ex-pat Canadian and the man who will bring you the Olympic Rhythmic Gymnastics, Erik Janssen. Hurrah! In other news: The Tree of Life is a contentious film; Dan loves The Walking Dead; in the MLB it's the All-Star game and by the time you read/listen to this all excitement will have faded; the final 3 players have been picked for the Dream Team at the Olympics; Steve Nash has been traded to the Lakers; the Phoenix Coyotes are in trouble again, the midwest love-affair with hockey is still in question; the Wild pick up Sutter in a bit of a coup, making them contenders all of a sudden; other things happen, they're exciting; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; 80's movie theme tune game leaves Carlson pissed off and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan respect honesty, they respect integrity but they respect pure old generosity more. Last time she was on the show First Lady of Americarnage, Kelly-Anne Lyons, said she'd make them cupcakes if the Devils won the cup. They didn't but she still made delicious cakey treats for the them, hurrah! In other news: Kelly does the NHL round-up and and it's a Devils special; The NHL season rounds off on Wednesday with the NHL Awards; The Hart Award for team MVP is down to New York’s Henrik Lundquist; at the time of recording, we’re three games into the 2012 NBA Championship game and there ain’t much to choose between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder; the MLB headline act this week is the Giants Matt Cain has thrown what many people consider one of the greatest games ever - he struck out 14 in San Frans 10-0 win over Houston - first hurler since Sandy Koufax to do that in a no-hitter; in the NFL, Ladainian Tomlinson has decided he wants to retire at the Chargers. He has decided to retire while playing one last season;Hunter Smith, former punter with the Colts has written a book! Course he has! Dan gets abuse from Radio London listeners; the guys talk Bad Endings and compete to see who can work out what pop song is being played by NHL organists...
Nat, Mike and Dan are well known for their pulsing sporting grey matter but this week they turn it to more macbre uses: death, obituaries and zombies... In other news: Mike writes obituaries and has a quick go at Dan's; Dan sums up Euro 2012 in the shortest time ever and the guys then forget about it; the LA Kings are your Stanley Cup winners, the franchise have won their first ever goblet, but damnit it wasn’t as easy as we predicted in the last show; in the NBA, it is, as predicted some months ago on Americarnage, a Miami Oklahoma final; OKC ran out 107-94 winning their first conference championship as the Thunder; NFL-wise, Chad Ochocinco leaves the Patriots for the Miami Dolphins – a move dictated by lifestyle factors than anything else; Michael Vick is distressed by his low placing on the top 100 NFL players: "Yeah, it's joke," Vick said; in the stickball, Jose Valverde is causing a storm - the Tigers closer was seen apparently spitting into his glove while on the mound - and the whole controversy has re-ignited the whole dirty stinking cheating pitchers debate; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; the gang decidewhich films would be made better by the addition of zombies and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan may not have the most Monarchist tendencies but they do have some good ideas for what should have happened over the long weekend we've just had here in the UK, along with some great ideas for last meals. Are the two linked inany but the most tenuous of ways? Listen to find out... In other news: Dan likes drive-bys; Nat likes NYPD Blue; Mike likes French Cheese; Harry the Producer likes your liver with fava beans and a nice chianti; in the Stanley Cup finals the Kings keep putting the hammer down on the Devils; in the NBA the curse of Americarnage strikes as the OKC go from 21 straight wins to 3 straight losses; in the East, the Miami lead is gone – Boston have pulled back to 2-2; It was tied up the other night in a CLASSIC, the Celtics were pushed into overtime, Lebron was fouled out late on, allowing the Celtics to take the lead and D-Wade to miss an open 3 as time expired; first no hitter in Mets history - congrats to Mr Johann Santana - that's 50+ seasons and 8019 games; Nelson Cruz - remember him? 8 RBI's in a game last week - now he's hit the longest home run in the majors so far this season, a two-run shot estimated at 484 feet, in a 7-3 win for the Rangers over the Angels; listener questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; Dan invites trolling on the back of this week's questions; Death Row Dinners and much, much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan are pretty happy this week and this is down to two big things: the NFL draft and this week's special guest, stand-up comedian and all-round media bad-ass Luke Capasso who joins the guys in time to witness their joy at the coming together of two of Americarnage's favourite reference-point QB's... In other news: Nat checks the state of his chair; fun and frolics in Three Points; Mike's Mock Draft makes sense as far as these things go; Philadelphia Flyers overcome Cup favourites Sidney Crosby’s Penguins (as correctly predicted on Americarnage); other things happen that we predicted; some things happen that we didn't, but not many; New Jersey and Florida are going to game seven; Ottawa and New York too and Washington and Boston won’t give up; in the NBA, Chicago win the East, Miami second, despite stuttering forms towards the end of the season; In the West, an incredible push has put San Antonio back on top, relegating OKC, who will now probably play Dallas; Peace no more. Metta World Peace is back to his old tricks, elbowing James Harden in the face while celebrating the dunk; A perfect game for Philip Humbert's White Sox - the 21st in MLB history - he got a call from President Obama, who's a devoted White Sox fan; Luke hears some comedic racism from the gang, and much, much more....
At last! After however many weeks its been, Iron Mike is back on Americarnage and in many ways it's like he's never been away. Probably because he hasn't really been anywhere, he just lost a bet and had to spend a month in the Cupboard of Shame. Otherwise known as Harry the Producer's holiday home. In other news: Peyton Manning is a Denver Bronco! He’ll pick up $95m for a five year contract, 18m guaranteed, although he’ll pick up $40m more if his neck doesn’t bust in the first year; Matt Flynn picked Seattle; Mark Sanchez picked up a big new contract with the Jets the 49ers looked set to drop Alex Smith and then didn’t AND Tebow was traded to the Jets for a 4th and a 6th; in the NHL, Sid the Kid is back - he got on the score sheet as the Pens pummelled the Rangers at the Garden 5-2; as we enter the last few weeks of the regular season, the Flyers are involved in a mighty three horse race for top spot in the east; Steven Stamkos has hit 50 goals for the second time in his career; NBA-wise Chicago are 39-10 and haven’t lost consecutive games all season, they are the best team in the league. Period; MLB Season kicks off in Tokyo in the Japan Opening Series on March 28th - the Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners are the lucky recipients of a jetlagged start to the season; big movers in the off season were Miami, new absolutely everything for them; AmericarnageFantasy Basball (and all the other ones) starting very soon; winner of the competition for a place in our league announced; Nat talks tactics; Mike talks Obsession; Dan talks team names. His is very good; listener questionsin the Bodeans Mailbag and much, much more...
Nat and Dan have got themselves so tied up in work and Christmas shennanigans that it's down to Mike and Harry to serve up a seasonal treat: a few bits and bobs from the last year that they want to hear again, along with some musings from Mike. Don't worry, he took Harry's mic off him at the start of recording. In other news: Mike gets poetic; Dan's superhero origin-story; Nat calls in to send his best wishes Happy Christmas and a Painter New Year from all the Americarnage gang, we'll be back with loads more sports, culture and nonsense in the new year.
Nat, Mike and Dan will drink your style down straight, no chaser, but sometimes they get bored of style and go looking for substance. No, not around the back of Lidl, they look for the things which really matter, the big questions: what power will TT be granted this week? Who's next up in the big job at Miami? And will they hire Condi Rice to take over Special Teams? In other news: DENVER WIN AGAIN, taking a commanding lead in the AFC West; James Harrison became the first player to be banned under the new helmet to helmet rules after his brutal hit on Colt McCoy; Dan explains 'The Turtle-izer'; The Cardinals became the best kept secret in the NFL winning five of their last six; Antonio Banderas: we have a job for you; Green Bay continue to 100% after thumping Oakland; Sidney Crosby has relapsed and is now classed as out indefinitely with ‘concussion like symptoms’ - very worrying time for the Penguins; also out with concussion are Claude Giroux, Brad Richard of the Kings, Marc Staal and Chris Pronger - boys play rough; Giroux is out after a knee to the head from Wayne Simmonds, his own player; christmas day start is soon and the NBA is heating up; Training camp passed off with all eyes on Chris Paul. The Lakers trade offer for him was turned down; LA remains Paul’s most likely destination as David Stern plays hard ball for Chris Gordon and the Clippers unprotected first round pick; a bit off-season chatter from the MLB; Corrections and Clarifications; Six Points Christmas Special; Fantasy round-up - several claimes of 'forgotten we were still playing'; Mailbag, Americarnage at Christmas and much, much more...
Mike and Dan welcome Nat back in classic Americarnage style: they disagree with pretty much everything he says. Nat fights back with the elevator pitch to end all elevator pitches... In other news: Aaron Rodgers continues his push for the greatest single season for an NFL quarterback ever; Baltimore snatch a last-minute second win over the Steelers thanks to an erratic Flacco; the Colts are the last game in town in the race to Suck for Luck; Canadian hockey is the talk of the league – the West is being contended by Edmonton; while the East is being shocked by Toronto; Glenn Gulutzan, the former teacher and now coach of Dallas has lead the Stars to 11 wins in 14; should penalty calls should be subjected to video reviews?; Terry Francona's interview with the Cards goes 'quite well'; Wilson Ramos is still missing, the guys' thoughts are with him; no more Passada for the Yanquis; Coco's hair is the subject of debate; no basketball; Dan turns the gun on himself in Corrections and Clarifications; your questions in Mailbag; another Six Points from the guys; the great American Novel is exhaustively (exhaustingly?) discussed and much much more...
Mike, Nat and Dan have had the most football-packed week they've ever had thanks in part to the International Series game at Wembley; they've seen more games than Curtis Painter's had completed passes. Wait a minute... In other news: Dan wants to be autotuned but won't get naked on an Irish farm to make it happen; Nat gets a hotdog... eventually; 6 interceptions and some tough running from Matt Forte won it for the Bears in a not quite full Wembley;The Saints beat the Colts 62-7, breaking all kinds of franchise records; Tim Tebow won the game for Denver despite the Broncos being only 2 yards passing at one point in the 3rd quarter; Terrel Owens turns down $400 a week; The Americarnage bid for the Dallas Stars is a BUST; Shame – because the Dallas Stars are doing brilliantly – they’re top of the Western with 7 and 2; The Bruins have made a shocking start – they’re 3 and 5; Tyler Seguin is the only bonus; Teemu Selane picked up his 640th goal in the NHL, making him joint 13th leading goal scorer; the World Series is nail-biting; Tony LaRussa mixes it up; John Lackey to miss next season, as is Hollywood's favourite relief pitcher; your questions in Mailbag; new game - Pilot School; corrections and clarifications and much much more...
Nat, Mike and Dan know what they like. They like sports, they like beer, they like Curtis Painter... Kind of, anyway. They also like Sarah Palin's recent career move and wish it had happened earlier... In other news: Tony Romo looks strangely like a quarterback; Baltimore defence make history; the Eagles keep blowing it; if space is infinite, why can'tthe Dolphins find any? MLB comes to a head and the Rangers are through; the Angels lose their GM; NHL season starts but why bother? EA's simulation shows the Penguins beat the Blackhawks so we can all relax; Montreal Canadiens pissed at high-hitting Ryan Malone; Four teams are in Europe this week, good news if you live in Helsinki or Stockholm; NBA season not going to start on time but will there be any players left even if it does? Fantasy League update; Corrections and clarifications; your questions in Mailbag; Fight Song Blankety-Blank and much much more...
Nat is back from his imaginary trip to Reno, Dan is back from his real trip to Edinburgh and Mike is doing well on his continuing trip to the eastern seaboard. Missing the Iron God of Pod, the guys invite new dad and friend of the show, Ben Isaacs along to tell NFL bedtime stories. No not the one about Michael Vick. Well maybe. In other news: Peyton Manning's neck is still giving him millions of dollars worth of gyp; Rex Grossman looks like a Quarterback all of a sudden; chippies in Edinburgh sell surprising things but won't deep fry all of them; the Eagles have become the Heat of the NFL; dog days are over? Justin Verlander gets the first 20-win streak of the year; Yankees doing well blowing things; Coco Crisp still has great hair; rookie conference is a great time for everyone who loves playing NHL '12; Sharks hot for the Eastern and maybe the Stanley Cup; Sidney Crosby is still in trouble but also in contention with Barry Bonds for Mr Nanny 2; Kerry Collins gets too many mentions; Americarnage NFL fantasy league competition; college football ins, outs and shake it all abouts; your corrections and clarifications; wiki wiki bad; the guys pick their favourite sports video games and challenge you on Madden '12, and much much more.
While the Nat's away... Coombs is absent but has a note so Mike slips into the still-warm host chair and by popular demand he and Dan are joined by the master of sports production and Americarnage's first ever repeat-guest, Erik Janssen. More worryingly, they're also joined by Vladimir Putin who outlines his views on the London riots and tackles the NBA round-up. In other news: Breakfast cereals; Dan's neighborhood kicked off but Erik's didn't; pre-season games in the NFL and plenty of new faces; Cam Newton looks useful; Ndamakong Suh gets a call from Shawn Michaels; Jay Cutler is rubbish; Carlos Zambrano has a hard time making up his mind; dog-days in baseball and is the MLB season out-of-control long?; Sidney Crosby is still out of action; Mike Comrie scores; Rick Rypien tragically found dead at his home in the second off-season death this year; the KGB does NBA; new game: sporting dish of the day; a little dose of Nat in the previously-recorded section 'what happened next'.
Dan returns from Hollywood to find that there’s only one major sport still in season and that Nat and Mike are not impressed with their haul of gifts. Luckily, Ben Isaacs from Time Out is on hand to arbitrate the crew’s first domestic… In other news: at least someone likes Jay Cutler; Nat goes Aussie; Dan takes a belated interest in baseball; Is it Ted Lilly?; the Dodgers file Chapter 11 – just as Dan starts supporting them; baseball hooligans; the NHL drafts means more Canadians for EVRYONE!; Corey Perry is MVP – all thanks to Nat; Tim Thomas – how did you get so good?; the Vancouver collapse, one week later; the NBA draft; Aussie rules the draft; Ron changes his name; 11 games doth not a first pick make; the NFL Thursday farrago; the LA Bills; Brian Urlacher hates London; the top five puppets; Dan brings gifts – the bin awaits; Corrections and Clarifications; it gets ugly; a short discussion about films…
With Dan still in LA and earning his Hollywood title more and more, Mike and Nat are joined by a man who knows more about the Stanley Cup than almost anyone outside of the Sedin diad, freelance maestro and ESPN producer Erik Janssen. In other news: The Mavs wake up tomorrow with a different life than the one they had yesterday; a new CBA means Billy Hunter is a wanted man; Mark Cuban's jewellery choices; the Heat are the Million Dollar Man; the Stanley Cup is the dampest squib ever to destroy a city; one game 3 hit turned the tide?; are Atlanta the MK Dons?; captain crunch takes all in the cereal smack-down; guest suggestions get taken seriously; Red Sox and Coco Crisp get love; Marlins for the World Series...?; when the owners disagree the players have a shot...?; first ever Americarnage competition; in an unrelated story, the team dislike certain Kevin Costner films; the team mourn the loss of the Big Man and rock through their favourite E Street Band moments.
With Dan in LA turning from Dirty- to Hollywood- Mike and Nat are joined by AAA comic Simon Feilder who helps them come to terms with the loss of Randy Savage... In other news: Jay Cutler removes Americarnage hosting bid; aftermath of the Kilimanjaro Bowl; Rex Ryan's book is juicy; Mike's 80's style hints; is Bill Belichick the best coach in the NFL?; Nat gets to grips with the NHL to general amazement; Vancouver are the hot favourites but what is the Stanley Cub?; NBA final is a re-run of 2006 but the team are more interested in the Kardashians' progress through the league; Jo-Jo Reyes just misses out on a new record; where does the team stand on Buster Posey?; Simon's never seen Major League, this causes outrage; RIP Randy Savage; Indy 500 and Lacrosse get a surprise mention while Charlie Sheen gets a slightly less surprising one.
Nat, Mike and Dan get in touch with their feminine side by deciding to ignore the start of the NBA and NHL playoffs, and instead riffing on the topic of female hygiene products... In other news: basketball gets down to brass tacks; could the Hornets sting the Lakers?; Chris Apostle threatens to elbow his own mother; will the Heat sneak up on everyone?; Nat's Ducks drop out of the Stanley Cup; Sharks and Kings - the Greatest Game Ever Played?; Boston's lamentable power play; the Canucks try to blow it; the team gets PMT; how much hockey is too much hockey?; Nashville Predators find their feet; Bud Selig upsets the nation; the Dodgers face tough times - could Mike step in?; Charlie Sheen gets dumped; to Wildcard or not to Wildcard?; the latest lockout shennanigans; Brandon Marshall gets stabbed; who will the Panthers pick?; will the Colts replace Peyton?; Cam Newton - the new Vince Young?; the worst movies of all time EVER; Troll 2 rules; Fred Savage - behind the lens; the roughest towns in America; the Americarnage book club
Nat and Mike try and come to terms with the temporary loss of Dan by getting oiled up, slapping their chests and trash talkin' their way through Wrestlemania 27. If you like Mike, you like shouting and you like Mike shouting, then you're in for a treat... In other news: the MLB season gets off to an auspicious start; the Rangers are a shoe-in for the World Series; Barry Bonds puts HGH where you shouldn't put HGH; every wants to watch the Phillies; could Joakim Seria and A-Rod take on the rest of the league?; the NHL regular season draws to a close; Corey Perry and Katy Perry - separated at birth?; is loyalty in sports dead?; No Sidney Crosby news is good news; UConn bounces March Madness; Americarnage was right!; AJ Green - NFL's youngest strike breaker; Jamaal Charles thinks about the track; anyone want a quarterback?; the Knicks make the playoffs; the Celtics are slipping; when is a dunk a 'drunk'?; Rodman makes the Hall of Fame; Charlie Sheen update - how much crack does seventy five bucks buy you?; Mike gets Wrestlemania; and Nat is officially outed as a "pencil necked geek"...
Inie and James conclude the 2012 regular season and the year as a whole in real style. They welcome aboard THE voice (and face..) of the NFL in the UK over the past 10 years, Mr Mike Carlson. Mike breaks down all the games from week 17 and previews the playoff match ups as well as reflecting on 2012 from a sporting point of view.Happy New Year y'all!