Podcast appearances and mentions of ben wietmarschen

Baseball season is in full swing so you know what that means for the podcast! Call Me By Your Ballgame returns as we kick off the first of four baseball focused episodes of the summer with a throwback to a previously Patreon-exclusive episode all about Metal Head Studios' Super Mega Baseball 3 from 2020. Comedians Greg Smith and Ben Wietmarschen join Conner to chat about this phenomenal game. Enjoy! Show Notes Greg Smith - Twitter / Instagram Ben Wietmarschen - Twitter / Instagram - Borts podcast Conner McCabe – Twitter – twitch.tv/conziscool69 Produced by Jeremy Schmidt – Video Games: a Comedy Show - Twitter Call Me By Your Game – Instagram – Twitter – YouTube Super NPC Radio – Patreon - Discord – Twitter – Instagram – Twitch

Kevin is just a normal guy trying to watch a basketball game and yearning to find THE ONE when his ex-girlfriend's dad, Frank, rings the doorbell, air mattress in hand. "Me And My 5 Ex-Girlfriends' Dads" is a scripted sitcom pilot podcast that introduces the story of Kevin, Frank, and 4 more Dads of Kevin's Ex-Girlfriends that are having trouble in their lives for one reason or another and have made their way to Kevin's (rental) house. Join the unlikely crew of Kevin, Frank, Enrique, David, Ray, and Jeff on their journey to find love, acceptance, deals on wires, discounted gristle, a tax shelter, and a few laughs along the way. ---- Written, Directed, Produced, and Edited by Ben Wietmarschen. ---- Cast Kevin - Ben Wietmarschen Frank - Dru Johnston Enrique - Lou Gonzalez David - Ken Beck Ray - Ben Wietmarschen Stephanie - Caroline Cotter (Stinkers Podcast) Rita - Kelly Hudson (What Are You Into? Podcast) Mrs. Bentweather - Kelly Hudson Bella - Maggie Widdoes (Stinkers Podcast) Jeff - Arthur Meyer ---- Music by Mack Watson Artwork by Nikki Osborne (@nikki0h & @nikki0hdraws) ---- To contact the creator of this podcast, email: benwietmarschen@gmail.com. ---- If you enjoyed this podcast, consider checking out "Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas" on The Borts podcast feed. ---- This pilot has not been picked up to series, yet... --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas (originally published in 5 parts-December, 2020) is a scripted Christmas movie podcast telling the story of a busy big city businesswoman who thinks she has it all--including an inevitable job promotion and hot soon-to-be fiance'--until she realizes there is a Christmas Magic-sized gap in her heart that can only be filled by an adorable Christmas Elf from Santa's workshop. -- Written, directed, produced, and edited by Ben Wietmarschen. -- Starring: Kelly Hudson as Christopher Christopher & Whitney Witherspoon Featuring: Ben Wietmarschen as Wint Ergreenmintz Dan Klein as Garrett Neville Kassia Miller as Mom Arthur Meyer as Dad Pat O'Brien, Matt Klinman, and Ben Wietmarschen as Partners -- To contact the creator of this podcast, email: benwietmarschen@gmail.com If you enjoyed this holiday audio movie experience, consider tipping the creator via venmo: @Ben-Wietmarschen --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

The Lads are joined by Ben Wietmarschen to discuss the first Black Christmas remake! Ben explains what to look for in a Christmas movie, everyone talks about what they were doing in the year 2006, and the Queen of Halloween rolls in to invite Ben over for coffee in her backyard while her husband trains for a marathon. Check out Ben's new scripted podcast, Dreaming of a Whitney Christmas! open.spotify.com/show/2m0tOcbp3yEq5IchRm4Xu9 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/iwasscared2/support

The Lads are joined by Ben Wietmarschen to discuss the first Black Christmas remake! Ben explains what to look for in a good Christmas movie, everyone talks about what they were doing in the year 2006, and the Queen of Halloween rolls in to invite Ben over for coffee. Check out Ben's new scripted podcast, Dreaming of a Whitney Christmas! https://open.spotify.com/show/2m0tOcbp3yEq5IchRm4Xu9

Chapter 1 - "Whitney, Where Is Your Head?" -- Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas is a 5-part scripted Christmas movie podcast telling the story of a busy big city businesswoman who thinks she has it all (inevitable job promotion and hot soon-to-be fiance') until she realizes there is a Christmas Magic-sized gap in her heart that can only be filled by an adorable Christmas Elf from Santa's workshop. "It's like if a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie and a demented children's Christmas cartoon had **some** cuss words." -- Written, directed, produced, and edited by Ben Wietmarschen. -- Starring: Kelly Hudson as Christopher Christopher & Whitney Witherspoon Featuring: Ben Wietmarschen as Wint Ergreenmintz Dan Klein as Garrett Neville Kassia Miller as Mom Arthur Meyer as Dad Pat O'Brien, Matt Klinman, and Ben Wietmarschen as Partners -- To contact the creator of this podcast, email: benwietmarschen@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

Chapter 2 - "Whitney, Come Back Home!" -- Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas is a 5-part scripted Christmas movie podcast telling the story of a busy big city businesswoman who thinks she has it all (inevitable job promotion and hot soon-to-be fiance') until she realizes there is a Christmas Magic-sized gap in her heart that can only be filled by an adorable Christmas Elf from Santa's workshop. "It's like if a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie and a demented children's Christmas cartoon had **some** cuss words." -- Written, directed, produced, and edited by Ben Wietmarschen. -- Starring: Kelly Hudson as Christopher Christopher & Whitney Witherspoon Featuring: Ben Wietmarschen as Wint Ergreenmintz Dan Klein as Garrett Neville Kassia Miller as Mom Arthur Meyer as Dad Pat O'Brien, Matt Klinman, and Ben Wietmarschen as Partners -- To contact the creator of this podcast, email: benwietmarschen@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

Chapter 3 - "Whitney, I Exist!" -- Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas is a 5-part scripted Christmas movie podcast telling the story of a busy big city businesswoman who thinks she has it all (inevitable job promotion and hot soon-to-be fiance') until she realizes there is a Christmas Magic-sized gap in her heart that can only be filled by an adorable Christmas Elf from Santa's workshop. "It's like if a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie and a demented children's Christmas cartoon had **some** cuss words." -- Written, directed, produced, and edited by Ben Wietmarschen. -- Starring: Kelly Hudson as Christopher Christopher & Whitney Witherspoon Featuring: Ben Wietmarschen as Wint Ergreenmintz Dan Klein as Garrett Neville Kassia Miller as Mom Arthur Meyer as Dad Pat O'Brien, Matt Klinman, and Ben Wietmarschen as Partners -- To contact the creator of this podcast, email: benwietmarschen@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

Chapter 4 - "Whitney, I Failed You" -- Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas is a 5-part scripted Christmas movie podcast telling the story of a busy big city businesswoman who thinks she has it all (inevitable job promotion and hot soon-to-be fiance') until she realizes there is a Christmas Magic-sized gap in her heart that can only be filled by an adorable Christmas Elf from Santa's workshop. "It's like if a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie and a demented children's Christmas cartoon had **some** cuss words." -- Written, directed, produced, and edited by Ben Wietmarschen. -- Starring: Kelly Hudson as Christopher Christopher & Whitney Witherspoon Featuring: Ben Wietmarschen as Wint Ergreenmintz Dan Klein as Garrett Neville Kassia Miller as Mom Arthur Meyer as Dad Pat O'Brien, Matt Klinman, and Ben Wietmarschen as Partners -- To contact the creator of this podcast, email: benwietmarschen@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

Chapter 5 - "Whitney, Let's Get The Heck On Outta Here..." -- Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas is a 5-part scripted Christmas movie podcast telling the story of a busy big city businesswoman who thinks she has it all (inevitable job promotion and hot soon-to-be fiance') until she realizes there is a Christmas Magic-sized gap in her heart that can only be filled by an adorable Christmas Elf from Santa's workshop. "It's like if a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie and a demented children's Christmas cartoon had **some** cuss words." -- Written, directed, produced, and edited by Ben Wietmarschen. -- Starring: Kelly Hudson as Christopher Christopher & Whitney Witherspoon Featuring: Ben Wietmarschen as Wint Ergreenmintz Dan Klein as Garrett Neville Kassia Miller as Mom Arthur Meyer as Dad Pat O'Brien, Matt Klinman, and Ben Wietmarschen as Partners -- To contact the creator of this podcast, email: benwietmarschen@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

To kick off the new and improved channel for The Borts Podcast, here's a trailer for "Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas," a scripted Christmas movie podcast that will be released into this feed November 30th, the Monday after Thanksgiving aka PRIME Christmas movie time! It will be released in 5 short chapters, all of which will be available to listen to bright and early on the morning of November 30th. "Dreaming Of A Whitney Christmas" is the story of a busy big city businesswoman who thinks she has it all (inevitable job promotion and hot soon-to-be fiance') until she realizes there is a Christmas Magic-sized gap in her heart that can only be filled by an adorable Christmas Elf from Santa's workshop. It's like if a cheesy Hallmark Christmas movie and a children's Christmas cartoon had cuss words. Starring Kelly Hudson Featuring Dan Klein, Kassia Miller, Arthur Meyer, Pat O'Brien, Matt Klinman, and Ben Wietmarschen. Written, directed, edited, and produced by Ben Wietmarschen. Stay tuned for this and more from The Borts Podcast this holiday season! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/borts/support

This week, The Goofballs talk NFL predicitons with guest and Bengals fan, Ben Wietmarschen. We go through every division, conference championships and Super Bowl. We also talk Cincinnati Chili, Joe Mixon and much more!

Welcome to the preview of Call Me By Your Game Co-op Episode 2 featuring Super Mega Baseball 3. Co-op episodes are monthly Super NPC Radio Patreon exclusives a part of […]

This week, comedian Ben Wietmarschen ("long hair businessmen") joins the pod to talk about his favorite team drafting Joe Burrow on Thursday and we do 3 segments centered around a draft of some sort.

This week the Honeys welcome Ben Wietmarschen & Ashley Chavez to talk about their honeymoon, a whirlwind trip in Europe via train and rental car. (Destinations discussed: Paris > Amsterdam > Wietmarschen, Germany > Berlin) We're talking about renting cars in foreign countries, seeing where your family is from, balling out for that one big meal and more. Follow us @honeyspodcast on Instagram where we’ll post the travel locations from each episode and more. Hosted by Zach Broussard (@ZachBroussard) and Mary Lordes (@ghostkty) Artwork by Burt Durand (@BurtDurand) Music by Ben X. Kim (@SoulKorea)

The calendar has turned to December and the BORTS have turned into CHEESY MOVIE WATCHING MACHINES. Throughout the yuletide month, we'll be watching our favorite made-for-tv Christmas movies from Lifetime, Hallmark, and MarVista and recapping them (sometimes with guests!). And if you're a good boy or girl, the Xmas Borts Elf will deliver a message at the end of the episode. HAPPY HOLIDAYS --- If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

The calendar has turned to December and the BORTS have turned into CHEESY MOVIE WATCHING MACHINES. Throughout the yuletide month, we'll be watching our favorite Christmas movies from Lifetime, Hallmark, and MarVista and recapping them (sometimes with guests!). And if you're a good boy or girl, the Xmas Borts Elf will deliver a message at the end of the episode. HAPPY HOLIDAYS --- If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Last week we helped the Dolphins get their first win by having Miami fan Wayland McQueen on the show. This week, we try to do the same for Ben Wietmarschen, an improviser at the UCB theatre and a suffering Bengals fan. We talk Cincinnati history/chili, the Super Bowl-to-Marvin Lewis days, WWI and WWII, AFC and NFC sleeper teams to make the Super Bowl, fantasy, survivor, best food to get at sporting events, and decide what animal we'd like to be if we were going to storm the field. Plus our picks for Week 10!

Sports are great but the one thing we all agree on: They could be better! The only way to do that is to change the rules. Ben has a bunch of new rule ideas for baseball, basketball, football, and soccer that he thinks will make everything better. The Sports Borts Rules Courts is where he presents these new rule changes to Ashley "The Judge" Chavez-Wietmarschen so she can decide whether to "Call The Commish" and tell them to change the rule OR she tells Ben to "Go to jail, bitch" if the rule stinks. It's a simple system. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Yes, we've all played "Fuck, Marry, Kill." We get it, it's fun to cuss and wallow gallows humor from time to time, but the BORTS are more serious-minded about these things. Especially when it comes to sports. Funnyman Jason Flowers joins the podcast and brings his sports version of FMK: "Cut, Trade, Super Max!" We explore the best sports trios of all time and decide who we'd get rid of, who we'd trade (or trade for), and who we'd allow to secure the bag, so to speak. Listen, play along, have some fun for once in your frickin life! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

The Borts celebrate the 50th (and, technically, 51st) episode by discussing 50 separate, unique, beautiful, dumb, disgusting, big, small, and medium sports things! Part 1: August 13, 2019 Part 2: August 20, 2019 ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

The Borts celebrate the 50th (and, technically, 51st) episode by discussing 50 separate, unique, beautiful, dumb, disgusting, big, small, and medium sports things! Part 1: August 13, 2019 Part 2: August 20, 2019 ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

"I don't entertain hypotheticals" ...is something you'll never hear on this dang old podcast. We love hypotheticals! In fact, we think they're VERY entertaining! The Borts welcome the very funny and nice Gary Richardson (SNL) to the Headquarts to ponder over 5 Q's: 1-What is the rubric for being the GOAT? 2-If you could be present for any sports moment in history, which one would it be? 3-What player has the best youtube compilation? 4-Who is your All-NBA team of only guards? 5-Which would you rather do: hit a 3 pointer at the buzzer, game 7 of the finals, score a winning goal in extra time of the World Cup championship game, or hit a grand slam to win Game 7 of the World Series? All that and more answered on this episode of Sports Borts! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

If you're like most Borts-heads, there's nothing more simultaneously calming AND exciting to you than watching your team play in an offseason league. We all know about baseball's Spring Training and, of course, soccer's famous FRIENDLIES, but how much do you know about NBA Summer League in Las Vegas every summer. It's got everything! Basketball's brightest stars wearing sweats in the stands, young ballers competing for their lives, and air conditioning! The funny and great Matt Hobby (Young Sheldon) talks to the Borts about his tradition of going to Summer League in Vegas most summers. The sights, the smells, the staring contests with DeMarcus Cousins. Along with some ska talk and analysis of when (or if) it's appropriate to wear jerseys anywhere but a game, this ep has everything. Listen! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Is Professional Wrestling a sport? That’s a question that is not addressed in this episode of Sports Borts because, frankly, we don't care. It's fun! And everyone who does it has a great bod! The very funny Dan Black (Comedians of Wrestling Podcast!) comes on the program to school the Borts on the dense, chaotic, thrilling, and most of all, ENTERTAINING world of Professional Wrestling. How does wrestling fit in a world mad for sports and drama? How does it reflect who we are and the values we hold dear, whether we're aware of those values or not? How does one build a great bod? All questions are answered AND MORE in this episode of Sports Borts. Listen! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Spend a little time on Rickey Henderson's Baseball Reference page (https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/henderi01.shtml) (Plz sponsor us Baseball-Reference!) and you will see that he's one of the best players in baseball history, but you'd also only be getting HALF the story... The very funny and sports savvy comedy man, Dan Abramson, stops by Sports Borts Headquarts to talk about the thrilling, awe-inspiring, and frankly hilarious career of Rickey Henderson. Dan relays some stories, mostly apocryphal, that built the Rickey legend, talks about how Rickey is every baseball kid's dream athlete, and how Rickey was unfairly treated in his own time. Dan also discusses the therapy of his Buffalo Bills fandom and we answer a listener question about SCRIPTED SPORTS TV SHOWS. This episode has it all folks, and I think you should just shut up already and LISTEN! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Milwaukee! The land of beer and brats and Giannis Antetokounmpo and this week's guest on the Borts: Rick Carrera! The newly hyper-relevant Bucks took the NBA by storm this year, finishing with the League's best record and (possibly) an MVP. But what's it like to actually be a Milwaukee Bucks fan? Rick walks us through his history with the team including the Michael Redd era, shouting at players from VERY affordable first deck seats, and Jesus Shuttlesworth himself. The Borts also discuss batting cages, miniature golf, and a listener question about the best sport to play on a big time romantic DATE! Download and listen TODAY! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Shooting Guard...Tight End...Third Baseman...ALL great positions, but which one is the coolest? It's a question that children have been debating--either explicitly or, more likely, implicitly by unconsciously placing their cooler position'd peers higher on the social ladder--in their social circles forever. This week, the Borts tackle it. Ashley is big on defense, Ben is big on whoever gets to do the fanciest moves while playing their position, so you know there's gonna be FIGHTS. The Borts also comment on the least cool positions by sports and SHAME SHAME SHAME (OK, we admit it, there's gonna be some Game of Thrones talk too. Along with Pool Parties, which is a topic you might not have seen coming) those who have chosen those cursed spots on the court/diamond/field. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Tired of just sitting and watching sports without the threat of losing your rent money if Blake Bortles throws an interception? Well, betting on sports will take care of that common problem IMMEDIATELY! The very funny and good guy Austin Rodrigues joins the BORTS to school them on the basics of wagering on athletics and all their positives and negatives (A LOT of negatives, like losing your rent money). Austin also explains being a Yankees fan from Massachusetts, how NOT to drink beer during a high school baseball game, the collective UNCHILL of the recreational tennis and golf communities, and so much more on this killer episode of da Borts. Check it out by downloading and listening! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

LeBron James? Kevin Durant? Kawhi Leonard? Etc.? Who are the best 5 basketball players in the National Basketball Association right now as of this moment? THAT is the question The Borts answer this week with our ultra funny guest, Carmen Christopher. Carmen is a Chicago Bulls fan who loves Michael Jordan and hates the Warriors but in the cool understandable way where Ashley could still have a nice conversation with him about it. He and The Borts put down, definitively and on the record, who they think the best 5 NBA players are at this moment as well as their 5 FAVORITE NBA players and they also sprinkle in the favorite NBA duos for good measure. It's a basketball heavy episode, folks, so you know it's gonna be an alley-oop slam dunk of a good time! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Sports are great but the one thing we all agree on: They could be better! The only way to do that is to change the rules. Ben has a bunch of new rule ideas for baseball, basketball, football, and soccer that he thinks will make everything better. The Sports Borts Rules Courts is where he presents these new rule changes to Ashley "The Judge" so she can decide whether to "Call The Commish" and tell them to change the rule OR she tells Ben to "Go to jail, bitch" if the rule stinks. It's a simple system. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Why do so many people so revile Boston sports teams and their fans? Because Tom Brady and Bill Belichick are so hateable? Sure. Because they have an easily mocked regional accent? Of course. But also maybe because people are jealous? No. It's because they win the most and sports fans hate the people who are lucky enough to win the most. Duh. Darren Miller is someone who happens to have been born in New England and who happens to like Boston sports and also who happens to be self aware enough to see why some people might be sick of all the Boston teams winning. The Borts chat about where the worm turned on the formerly lovable New England fans and somehow finding a way to root for Boston without being all obnoxious about it. It's informative, it's fun, it's SPORTS BORTS, check it out! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Sports Borts was birthed into this world one year ago and The Borts are celebrating by talking about their favorite teams! We're talking Giants, Reds, Bearcats, Warriors, and so much more! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Sure they throw batteries, barf on 11 year olds, and chuck snowballs at freakin' SANTA CLAUS, but are Phillies Phans really that bad? The Borts welcome funny writer and Pennsylvania native Mary Lordes into the Headquarts to make the case for the most notorious fan base in American sports. And guess what? She makes a GREAT case! They take up a very specific and, one might argue, necessary space in the sports fan community. Mary also discusses teen goth phases, mascots, bowling, and so much more! Ya just gotta listen. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

"Hey!" "Foul!" "Why'd you do that?!" "Stop!" "I'm gonna beat you up!" ...are just a few phrases you will often hear from the subject of this episode of Sports Borts: INSTIGATORS. Whether it's on the basketball court, the baseball diamond or, heck, the common office break room, some people are cut from the instigating cloth and love nothing more than to STIR. UP. SHIT. The NBA is one sports league that has a grand tradition of these shit stirrers and joining the Borts to discuss them is the fantastic Adam Lustick ("Corporate" on Comedy Central). Adam has a crap ton to say about why he loves instigators in the NBA and how he admires them despite being very different from them. He also touches on layup line warmup songs, the primal anger inherent in playing sports, Jeff Van Gundy and so much more. It's a fantastic episode and you just gotta check it out! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Baseball is back, baby! On Thursday March 28th the 2019 MLB season will begin and that means you can have baseball games on in the background while you do stuff for the next 6 months...pretty exciting, right? Ricardo Marquez (Crispychicken.co) joins the Borts to answer the question "isn't baseball great?" as well as chat about Mike Trout, stadium food, Opening Day, baseball's new rules, and much more as we go through the first ever Sports Borts Rorschach Test on all 30 Major League Baseball teams. What does each baseball team make you think of? Email us! It's a completely stat-less, unserious, uncontroversial, and essentially uninformative preview of the 2019 baseball season...but it's fun as hell! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

The 2019 NCAA Men's basketball tournament is here and the Borts are filling out their brackets. Who will win, who's the Cinderella, which game gets dubbed the "turd of the tournament," all that stuff. But it's not just boring pencil scratches, it's discussion of the tournament, how to watch at the office, strategies for who to pick, and much much more! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

We're talkin' Tiger Woods, Happy Gilmore, Payne Stewart's pants, and, most of all, why anyone in the world would want to watch or play golf on this week's Borts. The talented, beautiful, nice, and funny Zach Broussard guides the Borts ever-so-gently into how to hack golf into being a fun and cool experience and not a boring and stodgy CHORE. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

OK, it's not really a "live" episode in the traditional sense of the word. It wasn't in front of an audience, it was recorded in a room at the Embassy Suites hotel in the greater Phoenix area instead of the Headquarts, though, so it counts. Get off our backs! Spring Training rules! And the Borts are witnesses. Driving from L.A. to the Phoenix area with Ben's parents, the Borts give a shorty update on what it's like to experience the weird, super chill preseason baseball that takes place every March in Arizona and Florida. And joining the Borts for part of the episode is Ben's mom, who is decidedly NOT a sports head, but still finds ways to enjoy baseball, Cincinnati sports, and the Spring Training games. She's great! Listen to this! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

There comes a time in every sports fan's life when they wake up and realize: the NFL sucks and the NBA is pretty dang-on cool! Very funny writer and actor and Bills fan, Carrie McCrossen, joins the Borts this week to discuss her transition from crying-about-"wide right" to wondering is-watching-the-NFL-right? And if you've ever listened to an episode of Sports Borts before, you know she is among friends with that subject matter. We dive deep into how football games can be such a nice, wholesome family tradition, the non-aggro-ness of WNBA games, home ownership and flooding, watching games in the cold, and much much more! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Are sports good now? Are they bad? Better than they were? Or worse? Could they be better? And how? Can anyone even tell? In this episode, the Borts take the time to check in with the status of each of the 'Big 3' sports both on and off the field. Where do they have room for improvement and where do they need to just burn it down and start over. Spoiler alert: the NFL needs to light that match! ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Jumps, spins, lutzes, axels, and salchows....who can keep 'em all straight?! Our guest this week can, that's who! The ultra hilarious Caroline Cotter joins The Borts in The Headquarts to talk all things FIGURE SKATING. Caroline, who thanks she stanks at figure skating but the video evidence proves otherwise, gives us the low down dirty deets on what it was like being a normal kid figure skater and then growing up to be a normal adult figure skater. She dishes on why Michelle Kwan rules and Tara Lipinsky drools, how the whole amateur "skating system" works, and a million other things that lead to a giggly and chuckle-y time on the airwaves. It's good, you should listen. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Going to every home game of the season for your favorite team...oh, what a dream! The Borts welcome a guest who has realized that dream with the New York Knicks AND the Los Angeles Clippers. Unbelievable! Spencer Griffin (Stoopid Buddy Stoodios) steps into the headquarts and dishes about not really having a home-grown favorite team, his latter-day love for the Clippers, Marie Kondo'ing, getting the right apparel, all the perks of season ticket holding, and more on this NBA-packed ep of Sports Borts. Luka Dončić does come up. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Memphis, located in the western corner of Tennessee, is known for BBQ, Beale Street, and, you guessed it, basketball! Home of the Grizzlies, the team that brought us the Gasol's and Grit & Grind! Memphis is full of alliteration! Marshall Stratton is an improv and sketch comedian living in New York City. Search for him on Youtube and you'll encounter a treasure trove of comedy videos, many of which are about sports which is A.O.K. with the Borts. He's got a lot of nice things to say about Memphis and his Grizzlies and frankly, it'll make you want to take a visit. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise anything on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Distance Running RULES! I bet you didn't wake up this morning thinking you'd hear someone say that. But the fact is: it does. Whether you're jogging a 5k, training for a marathon, or having a foot race with the kid down the street who thinks he's faster than everyone else just because he drinks two glasses of milk at dinner instead of one; running rules! Here to talk about distance running with The Borts is Nate Dern, a writer for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and a full-on running hound. Ben and him ran the LA marathon together last year (and are planning to do it again this year) and they nerd out A LITTLE in this episode but Ashley keeps it from getting annoying, WE PROMISE. Whether it's simply getting in shape or finding an alternative way to tour a city or experiencing weather (ok, weirdo), distance running is very cool and this ep is all about that. Ashley adds in a few things that aren't so cool about running too for the majority of folks who can relate. ... If you or anyone you know would like to advertise on Sports Borts, simply email sportsborts@gmail.com. It's a name-your-own-price situation, so don't be shy, get the word out about WHATEVER on our podcast! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

The New Year Baby has hatched out of his egg and is starting to wobble onto it's chubby little legs already, but before Baby gets TOO big, the Borts list how they hope to improve as sports fans in 2019. More soccer? Less superstitions? More reading! All this and more in the first Sports Borts episode of the New Year! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Chugging on with the *ON THE BORTS DAY OF CHRISTMAS - HOLIDAY SPORTSTACULAR* the Borts list each of their top 4 sports things of 2018, for a total of EIGHT top sports things. And this ain't no objective, Yahoo end-of-year article list or some Espy's-ass B.S., this is straight up PERSONAL, just like sports are supposed to be. There were a lot of great sports things that happened this year: the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA Finals, Gronk trying to tackle that Miami Dolphins receiver and tripping and falling, and the list goes on and on. Did your favorite thing make the list? Possibly! Only one way to find out...Download, Listen, and Subscribe! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Take your cleats off and put your soft, warm slippers on because the Borts are taking a hard left turn AWAY from the field/court/pitch and toward the TV for the second episode of the Sports Borts ***ON THE BORTS DAY OF CHRISTMAS - HOLIDAY SPORTSTACULAR!*** That's right we're not talking sports hardly at all and instead we're talking about the next best thing: made for TV Christmas movies! Do you think they're dumb or corny or predictable, well think again, hot shot...they rule! And we're joined for the episode by someone who also thinks they rule, the very funny Jocelyn Richard! We break down some of our favorite small budget/quickly shot holiday movies including "Christmas In The Smokies" and "A Christmas Kiss 2" and we discuss why in the heck we love these things so much. For real, all three of us are obsessed with them and if you're not already, YOU SHOULD BE TOO. Get in the spirit, baby, listen to this episode and then watch some of these movies! Let their beauty and familiarity and absurdity wash over you like so many gallons of lukewarm egg nog... ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Hallelujah, it's that time of year again, the HOLIDAYS! Whether you're celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, or something in between, this time of year is all about one thing: GIFTS, baby! But what should you get people? I mean, like, specific people. Like Russell Westbrook and Rob Gronkowski and Bryce Harper and all your other favorite sports figures. Well, we've got the answer for you in the first episode of the Sports Borts ****On the BORTS day of Christmas: Holiday Sportstacular**** Joining us in gift discussion is the very funny sports man, Jason Flowers. Jason is a Cleveland native and the biggest Cavs fan around. He also has some great ideas for what kind of underwear to get Charles Barkley. So whether you're curled up by a roaring fire, sitting in the mall parking lot waiting for some dumbass to pull out of the parking spot they've been sitting in for half an hour after getting back in their car, or eating chestnuts, fire up this holiday borts and let it wash over you like so much snow on Christmas morn! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Is DC a state? NO! Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk DC sports (does anyone read these episode descriptions?). The Capitals, the Wizards (nee Bullets), football team, and the...Orioles? Them too, if you ask our guest this week, Sam West. Sam is a very funny dude who has written for great things and plays the drums in the Sports Borts theme song, "Sports Is Art" with his band, Podcast Mason. He is a DC man who has a complicated but familiar relationship with his hometown sports teams and had some filthy man steal an Orioles' foul ball from him one time. Check it out and don't forget: ...WATCH SPORTS! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

Sports is BIG BIZNESS. Ever heard that one before? You probably have because it's true. Stupid, but true. But why does sports bizness have to get in the way of all the fun? Why can some teams buy huge advantages while others scrap and scrape for crumbs? It's probably the price of living in a deeply flawed (but exciting) capitalist society! Lou Gonzalez is a very funny man who joins the Borts to talk about the financial situation of professional sports and also how he squares up being a fan of the "Republicans" of Major League Baseball (The Yankees) with being a progressive, equality-minded human being. Come for the deep reflective talk on the inevitability and unchecked power of commerce in our society and stay for the discussion of frozen yogurt toppings! ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

“Sports are great, we want to make them better." —The official mission statement of Sports Borts. In a new episode format, the Borts don't got a guest. Instead they present 5 Borts Sports Ideas™ and hash out how good and/or plausible they are. This week: -How much less fun is it rooting AGAINST the team you hate the most than it is rooting FOR your favorite team? -Is less players on the field a way to make the NFL better? -How can we improve refs' and umpires' uniforms? -NFL stadiums should play music during plays. -Can we PLEASE see some GM’s-talkin’-trades footage, FOR ONCE? ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

"Pick-up" basketball? Like basketball played in pick-up trucks? Are the trucks playing on their own or are the drivers controlling them to hit the ball with their front bumper up into the hoop, Air Bud-style? Shut up, idiot! We're talking about the kind of pick-up basketball you play with your friends or strangers in the park. And how it's great but can sometimes suck if the ingredients aren't juuuuuust right. John Haskell is a super funny professional comedy man who is a lock-down wing defender with a dynamite mid-range jumper and who plays in a Saturday morning pick-up basketball game with Ben. The Borts talk and chuckle with John about his thoughts as a Philly sports fan, his posters, empathetic athletes, and turning it "up to 11" if you know what we mean. ... No presh, but it would be very cool if you took a measly second or two to rate us and comment on our itunes page or wherever you digest podcasts. It's lame, WE KNOW, but it helps! Listen to this episode and then tweet at us (@sportsborts) if you are a nice person. ... Got questions, comments, or interesting low-res pics? Tweet or email them to us: @sportsborts sportsborts@gmail.com ... Theme music by PODCAST MASON (Matt Klinman, Julie Eubank, Zack Poitras, and Sam West) Cover art by Ben Wietmarschen (impressive, right?) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/sports-borts/support

All songs are good? Really? WHAT ABOUT THE BAD ONES THOUGH? There are so many bad songs. Countless. But we know a very pure man who says "nay" to that who is NOT a horse, he's Ben Wietmarschen!Ben Wietmarschen is a writer and performer and a good pal who has his own podcast with his fiancee Ashley Chavez called Sports Borts. He's also know for a bunch of fun stuff he did on Funny or Die including Long Haired Businessmen. Check him out!If you’ve got any questions, comments, or concerns about the current, past, or future Make Me Like It podcasts, shoot Dan and Kelly an email at littlepuppyquestions@gmail.com! Follow our new Twitter account @MakeMeLikeIt1!Theme Music by John Haskell Logo Art by Darin Shuler.

All songs are good? Really? WHAT ABOUT THE BAD ONES THOUGH? There are so many bad songs. Countless. But we know a very pure man who says "nay" to that who is NOT a horse, he's Ben Wietmarschen! Ben Wietmarschen is a writer and performer and a good pal who has his own podcast with his fiancee Ashley Chavez called Sports Borts. He's also know for a bunch of fun stuff he did on Funny or Die including Long Haired Businessmen. Check him out! If you've got any questions, comments, or concerns about the current, past, or future Make Me Like It podcasts, shoot Dan and Kelly an email at littlepuppyquestions@gmail.com! Follow our new Twitter account @MakeMeLikeIt1! Theme Music by John Haskell Logo Art by Darin Shuler. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The state of the Sports Road Studio is rapidly worsening, so by the grace of sports talk radio legends Breadwinner and the Rage, Blaine and Piss-Cat are STILL in Memphis, Tennessee, talking HEATEDLY about the NFL Draft and Conor McGregor's controversial new opponent! Plus more WILD takes from callers! (Guest Starring Dan Glaser, Clara Morris, Zack Poitras, Gary Richardson, Austin Rodrigues, and Ben Wietmarschen)

Blaine and Piss-Cat are back on the air and THE LINES ARE OPEN! The boys are taking YOUR calls about the death of an NFL tradition. Also in this episode: Kyrie Irving's season-shattering surgery, Memphis sight seeing, and an update on the status of the Sports Road Studio. (Guest Starring Dan Glaser, Nicholas Guercio, Zack Poitras, Gary Richardson, Austin Rodrigues, and Ben Wietmarschen)

Pat O'brien and Ben Wietmarschen are our guests this week and we got a corker. A real corker. What is this? A podcast or the mouth of a bottle of champagne, because all I see is a bunch of corks! JK, unless if by corks you mean a bunch of corn steelin' ghaggots. We're swimmin in those. You can see Ben and Pat in their spectacular stage show Baseball Is America at the UCB Theater on September 22nd at 8pm, visit here for more info and tickets: http://newyork.ucbtheatre.com/shows/view/3849

Adam Weinrib chats with comedian Ben Wietmarschen (UCB, Me And My 5 Ex-Girlfriends' Dads) about his hometown Cincinnati sports teams, the Summer of the Timberwolves, and potentially watching the Super Bowl alone. Plus, Final Flame Guy sounds off on corporate stadium renaming announcements.