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You think you know what matters until the phone rings at 2am, until the monitors start beeping faster, until a doctor looks at you and says we need to move now. But what happens after the immediate crisis is over? Survival doesn't always mean everything suddenly feels okay. Reasa Selph, a Texas marketing strategist and patient advocate whose son Nicholas nearly died from septic shock in December 2023, joins host Swati to talk about the 34 days that followed, the emotional toll that surfaced only after coming home, and how the experience turned into advocacy work aimed at protecting other families from the same outcome. About the Guest: Reasa Selph is a Texas-based marketing strategist, patient advocate, and podcaster, and the founder of Reasa's Pieces. After her son Nicholas was twice sent home from an emergency room before going into septic shock on Christmas Day 2023 and spending 34 days in intensive care, she became a vocal advocate for pediatric patient safety, supporting proposed Texas legislation, known as Nicholas' Law, requiring hospitals to disclose their pediatric emergency care capabilities to parents. Key Takeaways: Leaving the hospital doesn't mean the hard part is over, aftercare, second opinions, and emotional recovery often bring a whole new kind of work. Trusting your instincts as a parent matters, if something doesn't add up, it's okay to ask for the records, ask questions, or seek another opinion. The toll of survival mode is often invisible until afterward, both Reasa and her son needed therapy to process what they'd been through. Advocacy doesn't require expertise, it can start with writing things down, asking to see test results, and speaking up when something feels off. Healing doesn't mean the fear disappears completely, it means learning to meet it differently when it resurfaces. Connect With the Guest: Website: https://reasaspieces.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rdselph/ Episode Chapters: [00:00] What Happens After the Crisis Ends — the real question behind this episode [01:41] Coming Home After 34 Days: Aftercare and a House Frozen in Time [06:36] How a Mother's Instinct Became a Turning Point [11:10] What Fear Looks Like When You're Not Being Heard by Doctors [15:06] Small Things That Helped Her Feel Grounded Amid the Chaos [20:44] Turning Pain Into Advocacy: Pushing for Legislative Change in Texas [26:29] Supporting Her Son's Ongoing Recovery and Living Moment by Moment (approx.)   Want to be a guest on Healthy Mind, Healthy Life? DM on PM - Send me a message on PodMatch DM Me Here: https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/avik Disclaimer: This episode is produced for educational and informational purposes only. All views expressed by the guest are their personal opinions alone and do not represent the views of the host or Healthy Mind by Avik™. The Network does not verify, endorse, or assume responsibility for any guest statements. Nothing in this episode constitutes medical, legal, financial, or professional advice, please consult a qualified professional before making any decisions. Listeners are encouraged to engage critically and independently with all content do not consume blindly. Use this content as a starting point for your own reflection and research, not as a substitute for professional guidance. Third-party content is referenced under fair use for informational purposes only. Guest speakers are solely responsible for their own statements. If you have concerns about any content, please contact us here By listening, you acknowledge and accept this disclaimer in full. Read detailed disclaimer here. Healthy Mind By Avik™️is a global platform redefining mental health as a necessity, not a luxury. Born during the pandemic, it's become a sanctuary for healing, growth, and mindful living. Hosted by Avik Chakraborty, storyteller, survivor, and wellness advocate. With over 6500+ episodes and 200K+ global listeners, we unite voices, break stigma, and build a world where every story matters.

Hour 2 of The Drive dives into a packed day of Chicago and St. Louis sports. The Cardinals and Cubs are both struggling at the worst possible time, leading to a discussion about whether either team can turn things around and make a late-season push. The show then shifts to the Chicago Bears, including the latest injury updates heading into the regular season. Plus, the Bears have unveiled their new 2026 Rivalries uniforms, which they will wear on Christmas Day against the Green Bay Packers at Soldier Field. The uniforms draw inspiration from several eras of Bears history, including the Monsters of the Midway look. Finally, it's time to crown the winner of Tuesday's Draft: Biggest Sports Scandals. The guys revisit the entries and determine which scandal takes the top spot.

In December 2010, 25-year-old landscape architect Joanna Yeates vanished after a night out in Clifton, Bristol. CCTV showed her buying a Tesco pizza on the way home but when detectives searched her flat, the pizza, its wrapping, and even the box were gone.Her body was found on Christmas Day. The case initially fixated on her landlord, Christopher Jefferies, who was later cleared and formally acknowledged by police as completely innocent.The real killer was Yeates's next-door neighbour, Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak. Forensic evidence linked him to Joanna's body, and prosecutors said he strangled her shortly after she arrived home before concealing and disposing of her body. He was convicted of murder in 2011 and sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 20 years.

A woman from Cleveland moved to Wisconsin, took the surname of Watts – a man serving five life sentences for killing his entire family – and filed to marry him. Women have been doing this for well over a century, and the ones who later walked away have almost never been asked why.BOOK: “They Told Me My Newborn Died – They Lied” by Darren Marlar: https://amzn.to/4ihvu3kEPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/wattsandlizzieREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yzmw3jdnThis episode includes references to suicide and to the deaths of children. If you are struggling, you are not alone, and help is available. https://WeirdDarkness.com/HOPE is a free directory of mental health resources, organized by country, for anyone anywhere in the world who needs somebody to talk to. And if you're in the United States or Canada, you can get immediate help over the phone by dialing 988.FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: Eight years after Chris Watts strangled his pregnant wife and smothered their two daughters, a woman from Cleveland has moved to Wisconsin, started signing his surname, and filed paperwork that now sits on a prison warden's desk. And Chris Watts is not the only man in permanent lockup who is seeking matrimony. Later, we'll look at the women who build relationships with men who will die behind bars, and what draws them in.CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:51.635 = Show Open00:03:19.353 = Ten Seconds At Dodge Correctional00:20:26.768 = Shannan, Bella, Celeste and Nico ***00:48:21.294 = He Will Write Back ***01:04:25.333 = Dead In All Respects ***01:24:35.204 = Nobody Counts Any Of This ***01:29:55.177 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: August 19, 2026This episode of Weird Darkness covers the marriage application Chris Watts filed from a Wisconsin prison eight years after murdering his pregnant wife and their two young daughters, and the long record of women who write to, visit and marry men who will never get out.It opens at Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun, Wisconsin, where an inmate may touch a visitor twice, once at the start of a visit and once at the end, an embrace reporting puts at roughly ten seconds. On August 12th, 2026 the Daily Mail reported that Chris Watts, 41, and a 39-year-old Cleveland realtor named Lizzie Henderson had applied to marry inside the Wisconsin prison system. Lizzie had moved from Ohio to Wisconsin with her mother, filed a sealed petition for a confidential name change on September 12th, 2025, and appeared in prison visitor logs roughly twenty times during 2025, plus a visit on Christmas Day of 2024. Wisconsin handles these requests under policy 309.00.06, PIOC Marriages, which routes the application through a marriage coordinator and leaves the decision with the warden. No ceremony or license has been documented, and Watts has no projected release date.From there the episode goes back to the family. The Watts family doorbell camera recorded Shanann Watts arriving home at 1:48 in the morning on August 13th, 2018 at 2825 Saratoga Trail in Frederick, Colorado. She was 34 and fifteen weeks pregnant with a son the couple had named Nico, raising daughters Bella, four, and Celeste, three, and selling Thrive for Le-Vel while her husband worked for Anadarko Petroleum and carried on an affair with co-worker Nichol Kessinger. Watts failed a polygraph administered by Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent Tammy Lee, blamed Shanann for the girls' deaths, then retracted it. A drone over an Anadarko site called CERVI 319 found Shanann in a shallow grave and both girls submerged in crude oil inside storage tanks with eight-inch hatches. Judge Marcelo Kopcow sentenced him on November 19th, 2018 to five life sentences plus 84 years. In a February 2019 interview at Waupun, Watts described smothering Celeste in his truck while Bella sat beside her, and hearing Bella's last two words, "Daddy, no!", every time he closes his eyes.The second half opens in the autumn of 1921, when French railways ran extra trains to Versailles for the trial of Henri Désiré Landru, a furniture dealer who placed lonely-hearts advertisements in Paris newspapers and murdered eleven people. Women mailed him proposals of marriage while he awaited the guillotine. The modern version runs through Meet-An-Inmate, launched in 1998, and WriteAPrisoner, founded by Adam Lovell in 2000, which post profiles written on paper because American prisons allow no internet access; Susan Smith drew more than six thousand letters before pulling her listing in 2003. Hybristophilia, the term journalists reach for, was coined by sexologist John Money in 1986 and has never appeared in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Sheila Isenberg's Women Who Love Men Who Kill, forensic psychologist Katherine Ramsland's "perfect boyfriend" model, and sociologist Megan Comfort's San Quentin fieldwork in Doing Time Together supply what the women themselves say they are getting.Two 2025 studies found that actively seeking out romanticizing TikTok content correlated with attraction while passive exposure predicted nothing. The risk is documented in the killings of Regina Capobianco and John Mann by her pen pal Thomas Knuff in Parma Heights, Ohio, and in the strangling deaths of Stephanie Dowells and Tania Thomas during family visits at Mule Creek State Prison. The marriages run from Nina Van Zandt, who married Haymarket defendant August Spies by proxy in 1887 and may have married an innocent man, through Ted Bundy and Carole Ann Boone, Doreen Lioy and Richard Ramirez at San Quentin, the Twinkie that served as Erik Menendez and Tammi Saccoman's wedding cake, and James Whitehouse, who wrote to Susan Atkins in 1985 and went on to Harvard Law School to serve as her attorney. All of it rests on Turner v. Safley, the 1987 Supreme Court decision in which Justice Sandra Day O'Connor noted that most inmates are eventually released, leaving the man who never will be an untested case. Rhode Island's 1909 civil death statute declared lifers "dead in all respects", and Britain barred whole-life prisoners from marrying in 2024 after Milly Dowler's murderer Levi Bellfield was granted permission.The episode closes on the women who leave, absent from every study in the field. Lynn Hartman ended her engagement to Steven Avery in October of 2016 and wrote that she had been fooled by the Netflix documentary. Paula Williamson married Charles Bronson at HMP Wakefield in November of 2017, had it annulled in 2019, and died that July at thirty-eight. Anna Eriksson divorced Lyle Menendez in 2001 and still argues for his release. No agency counts prison marriages, and every figure circulating online is unsourced. Chris Watts belongs to a long file rather than a new one, having received his first letters from strangers within weeks of his December 2018 sentencing, before he had written a word to any of them.LIKE WHAT YOU'RE HEARING? WEIRD DARKNESS has new episodes 7 DAYS A WEEK! 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George Michael wrote Careless Whisper, one of the biggest pop songs of our age, in an hour in his childhood bedroom. Alongside his childhood best friend Andrew Ridgeley he founded Wham!, a revolutionary pop group which became one of the defining bands of the 1980s, selling over 30 million records. Yet behind the genius of George Michael was the complex personal story of Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou who grew up in a conservative Greek-Cypriot immigrant family and had a life shaped by shame, addiction, homophobia, tabloid scrutiny and extraordinary creative flair. Ten years on since his tragic death on Christmas Day in 2016, George Michael's cultural legacy is as strong as ever, with his unforgettable hit song Last Christmas still playing on playlists and radio stations every December. In June 2026, Sathnam Sanghera, an award-winning journalist who has long written about immigrant communities in Britain and the legacy of empire, joined us live at Union Chapel to discuss his new book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, and to explore the life, music and contradictions of the man behind the legend. --- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nick Luck joined on course by David Yates ahead of the Ebor Festival at York Racecourse this morning ahead of a cracking day of racing and they begin by previewing this afternoon's Juddmonte International, with the help of Timeform's Kieran Clarke. Then Sam Haggas is along to share why he thinks Maltese Cross could turn around the form with Derby winner Christmas Day in the Voltigeur. Trainers Tom Clover and Hugo Palmer look ahead to their best chances on the Knavesmire this week, with appearances via FaceTime and finally the Tote's Alex Frost looks forward to the next four days from a World Pool perspective.

Nick Luck joined on course by David Yates ahead of the Ebor Festival at York Racecourse this morning ahead of a cracking day of racing and they begin by previewing this afternoon's Juddmonte International, with the help of Timeform's Kieran Clarke. Then Sam Haggas is along to share why he thinks Maltese Cross could turn around the form with Derby winner Christmas Day in the Voltigeur. Trainers Tom Clover and Hugo Palmer look ahead to their best chances on the Knavesmire this week, with appearances via FaceTime and finally the Tote's Alex Frost looks forward to the next four days from a World Pool perspective.

George Michael wrote Careless Whisper, one of the biggest pop songs of our age, in an hour in his childhood bedroom. Alongside his childhood best friend Andrew Ridgeley he founded Wham!, a revolutionary pop group which became one of the defining bands of the 1980s, selling over 30 million records. Yet behind the genius of George Michael was the complex personal story of Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou who grew up in a conservative Greek-Cypriot immigrant family and had a life shaped by shame, addiction, homophobia, tabloid scrutiny and extraordinary creative flair. Ten years on since his tragic death on Christmas Day in 2016, George Michael's cultural legacy is as strong as ever, with his unforgettable hit song Last Christmas still playing on playlists and radio stations every December. In June 2026, Sathnam Sanghera, an award-winning journalist who has long written about immigrant communities in Britain and the legacy of empire, joined us live at Union Chapel to discuss his new book, Tonight the Music Seems So Loud, and to explore the life, music and contradictions of the man behind the legend. --- If you'd like to become a Member and get access to all our full ad free conversations, plus all of our Members-only content, just visit intelligencesquared.com/membership to find out more. For £4.99 per month you'll also receive: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared episodes, wherever you get your podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series - 15% discount on livestreams and in-person tickets for all Intelligence Squared events  ...  Or Subscribe on Apple for £4.99: - Full-length and ad-free Intelligence Squared podcasts - Bonus Intelligence Squared podcasts, curated feeds and members exclusive series … Already a subscriber? Thank you for supporting our mission to foster honest debate and compelling conversations! Visit intelligencesquared.com to explore all your benefits including ad-free podcasts, exclusive bonus content and early access. … Subscribe to our newsletter here to hear about our latest events, discounts and much more. https://www.intelligencesquared.com/newsletter-signup/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Weekend Rewind opens with the Lakers' stunning $12.5B sale to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, then rolls through an NFL training camp injury wave, fresh MLB power rankings, and the NBA's 2026-27 schedule release.ON THIS EPISODE:

Karen Riley paid a psychic to find her daughter. Not because she believed in psychics. Because after fourteen years, the psychic was the only one who would pick up the phone.Gabrielle Amarando disappeared from Philadelphia in September 2012. She was 22. Amy McHale vanished in 2016 after leaving a voicemail saying she was fine. Maribel Fresses in 2018. Blair Tonzelli in 2023. Four women, eleven years, one address in Olney, and not one of them got a task force.Here's what finally moved the Philadelphia Police Department: on June 19, 2026, a park ranger noticed a BMW parked where it shouldn't be.This episode is what was inside that car, what came out of that house, and the fifty-year career of the published pornographer who spent his life making sure nobody could ever tell what was real. That last part isn't background. It may be the reason nobody is ever convicted.Eugene Horsch is charged with guns and fake federal credentials. He has not been charged in connection with any missing woman. We explain why that gap matters more than anyone covering this case wants to admit.TIMELINESept 2012 — Gabrielle Amarando, 22, reported missing. Her mother's last contact is a Christmas Day call from a Philadelphia prison.June 2016 — Amy McHale leaves her daughter a voicemail saying she is at Ray Horsch's house and is okay. It's the last anyone hears from her.Feb 2018 — Maribel "Bella" Fresses, 27, reported missing after her father goes to Kensington to check on her.2023 — Blair Tonzelli, 35, disappears from Kensington. Last seen at the Olney house, where she had worked as a home health aide for Raymond Horsch.May 2025 — Raymond "R.C." Horsch dies of a lung condition at 82.Nov 2025 — Eugene Horsch convicted of possession with intent to distribute.June 19, 2026 — Park ranger stops a BMW on the 600 block of Market Street. Eugene Horsch arrested.June 25, 2026 — Search of 417 West Chew Avenue begins. It lasts days.June 30, 2026 — Horsch held in federal custody after initial appearance.July 9, 2026 — Federal grand jury indicts on firearms and false credentials.July 22, 2026 — Police, FBI, and the Water Department excavate the sewer line and front yard. Nothing substantial recovered.Aug 6, 2026 — Philadelphia withdraws all five state charges. Federal case proceeds.Aug 12, 2026 — Police announce footage on one hard drive appears to show Gabrielle Amarando and Maribel Fresses dead inside the house.Sept 8, 2026 — Federal trial date. Guns and badges only.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-saw-the-devil-unfiltered-political-analysis--4433638/support.Website: http://www.wesawthedevil.comPatreon: http://www.patreon.com/wesawthedevilRobin's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/robin_wstdTwitter: http://www.twitter.com/WeSawtheDevilInstagram: http://www.instagram.com/wesawthedevilpodcast.TikTok: tiktok.com/@wesawthedevilpolitics

Mark Willard and Ephraim Salaam open the show discussing NFL preseason and how we are so close to the NFL season (4 weeks away). The guys recap all of the weekend's games including De'Zhaun Stribling's monster performance for the 49ers on Thursday night. Ephraim gives his thoughts on the Giants performance over the weekend and how Jaxson Dart looked, and then the guys discuss whether or not the Dodgers are in trouble following a series loss to the Brewers at home. Next, Mark and Ephraim debate whether or not the Chargers are serious Super Bowl Contenders, and if Jim Harbaugh and Justin Herbert have it in them to even win a playoff game. Mark and Ephraim discuss Tyrese Haliburton's comments about the Pacers not getting a Christmas Day game and why it will fuel the team this season. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Emmet Kennedy is joined by George Gorman, Jaime Wrenn and Jack Veitch for the Final Furlong Podcast Betting Guide to Day One of York's Ebor Meeting, headlined by a heavyweight clash between Ombudsman and Constitution River in the Juddmonte International.

Stadium and Gale: your weekly Florida Gators show.Three uniform reveals in six days. One quarterback job still wide open. And zero answers out of Jon Sumrall.Florida held its first fall scrimmage of camp this week and we're no closer to knowing who takes the first snap on Sept. 5. Aaron Philo or Tramell Jones Jr.? Sumrall isn't telling — and he's said out loud he might not tell anyone until five minutes before kickoff.Joining us this week: former Florida Gators tight end C'yontai Lewis.From Eutaw, Alabama — one of the poorest counties in the state — to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. Four years in the SEC under Jim McElwain and Dan Mullen. A suspension, two injuries, and a career that never quite broke through. Then draft weekend 2019 and a phone that never rang, followed by a tryout invite from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Today he's the tight ends coach at Miles College, telling a room full of young men exactly what nobody told him.We get into what really changes for a player when the whole staff turns over, what he'd say to his 19-year-old self, why he chose an HBCU over chasing a Power Four job, and what he tells kids who'll never see a dime of NIL money.Plus, the week in Gators sports (Aug. 10–16):

St. Stephen of Hungary knelt among the poor as a king long before Rome ever sent him a crown. Meet St. Stephen of Hungary, the young Magyar chieftain crowned the first King of Hungary by Pope Sylvester II on Christmas Day, the year 1000. Stephen built churches and monasteries across his kingdom, and alongside his wife Gisela — a true sacramental partnership — helped plant the Catholic faith in a still-pagan land. He even disguised himself as a poor man to hand out alms with his own hands. "A king who let himself be knocked down in a dark street for love of Christ." ⭐Want to keep living St. Stephen's story after the episode ends?  Grab our free Every Day's a Feast Day calendar and get every saint and every challenge delivered, so your family can follow along together: https://shop.catholicsprouts.com/pages/every-days-a-feast-day-follow-along 

Episode 647 of the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch features a roundtable with Jon Lewis, editor and founder of Sports Media Watch, Chad Finn, sports media columnist for the Boston Globe and a surprise appearance from Jimmy Traina, who is leaving SI after 20 years for a sports media startup. In this podcast, we examine CBS Sports president David Berson's comments about Tony Romo during CBS Sports' NFL Media Day; how we saw Berson's specific use of the words image and brand; whether CBS and Romo would engage in buyout talks; how J.J. Watt might do with Jim Nantz; the promotion of Ross Tucker to the Ian Eagle team; Traina's decision to leave Sports Illustrated; what he will do next; ESPN parting with Damien Woody; Fox's NFL announcing teams and what we think of them; why Greg Olson might be Fox's biggest NFL story this year; NBCUniversal carrying a tripleheader on NBA Opening Day October 20; the NBA's Christmas Day lineup; why the NBA decided to do Knicks-Spurs so early on Christmas Day; the Field Of Dreams game versus an NFL preseason game on NFL Network, and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.

This week's best of includes Mike Florio breaking down the biggest NFL storylines, including the Jayden Daniels-LSU feud, quarterback battles and whether the NFL should eliminate the preseason. Omar Kelly joins to discuss Dolphins training camp, Malik Willis, roster battles and the “South Beach flu,” while Joe and the crew debate whether college football rivalries are disappearing, conference realignment and Miami's scheduling strategy. Plus, the guys react to the latest NBA schedule leaks, the Heat's Christmas Day matchup with Boston and more.

The NBA has finally released the schedule for the 2026-27 season, and Verno and Jacoby react by discussing the Christmas Day games, which team has a surprising amount of national TV games, debate who'll get booed when returning to their former team, and more. Also, the guys share some of their fond memories of Russell Westbrook after he announced his retirement. (00:00) Welcome to The Mismatch! (00:23) NBA releases the full 2026-27 schedule (3:41) Opening Day schedule (10:51) Christmas Day schedule (17:06) Nationally televised games (32:13) Homecoming games (39:02) Trying to make sense of the Lakers getting flipped by Mark Walter (44:21) Can't-miss games of the season (55:40) Happy retirement, Russell Westbrook Leave us a message on our Mismatch Voicemail line! (323) 389-5091 Hosts: Chris Vernon and David Jacoby Producers: Jessie Lopez, Stefan Anderson, and Jeff Shearin Social: Keith Fujimoto Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Gallagher, Drew Dinkmeyer and Austin Yamada react to the NBA's schedule release and discuss what takeaways you can get from it to help your Fantasy Basketball Best Ball Drafts. They discuss which teams draw the best and worst slates for the NBA Fantasy Basketball playoffs, as well as talk about key dates such as Opening Day, The NBA Cup and Christmas Day schedules. 

K&C Masterpiece discusses a station drawing to throw the first pitch at a Texas Rangers game and proposes a competition of manliness to determine the winner. They play 'Are You Better, Baby?' to compare themselves to celebrities like Tim Tebow and debate whether Christmas Day is becoming the best sports day of the year. The hour concludes with a review of the week's funniest audio clips and a cross-talk segment with the G-Bag Nation crew. 01:50 - First Pitch Drawing 06:15 - Arm Wrestling Competition 10:28 - Are You Better, Baby? 16:36 - Mike Vrabel Relationship 23:20 - Best Sports Days 28:05 - Masterpiece of the Week 33:38 - Awkward Audio Review 41:15 - G-Bag Nation Chit Chat

Corey, Kevin, and Jacob debate whether Christmas Day is becoming the premier sports day of the year compared to March Madness and the NFL playoffs. They also host their weekly segment reviewing humorous and out-of-context audio clips featuring fellow station personalities like Alec Medford and Shan Shariff. 01:50 - Best Sports Day 06:43 - Masterpiece Of The Week 11:00 - Reviewing Hilarious Clips 14:43 - Selecting Weekly Winner

Farace and Tim are back for Episode 143 of Unsportsmanlike Conduct, with Anthony possibly jumping in if the Wi-Fi, the schedule, and his attention span all decide to act right for once. This week is NFL-heavy, so we're keeping it clean: football first, NBA second, and blind rankings wherever the wheel decides to ruin someone's night.The NFL block opens in Minnesota, where the Vikings chose Kyler Murray over J.J. McCarthy. McCarthy says the decision was “out of his control,” which is technically true, but usually the way you put it in your control is by being better than the guy they're paying $1.3 million while Arizona pays most of his money to not play there. The guys will dig into whether Minnesota just told us what it really thinks of McCarthy, whether Kyler can revive his career, and how awkward this gets if the former No. 10 pick spends the season holding a clipboard with a fake smile.Sticking with football, the running back market is suddenly alive again. Bijan Robinson and Jahmyr Gibbs both got paid, so the old “running backs don't matter” argument needs to be dragged back into court. Maybe average backs don't matter. Maybe replaceable backs don't matter. But when you're talking about game-changing weapons like Bijan and Gibbs, teams are clearly still willing to open the checkbook. So the real debate is simple: if you're starting a franchise today, are you taking Bijan or Gibbs?The football block also brings Dan Orlovsky's quarterback trait rankings, which are basically seven different ways to make fans angry before dinner. Arm strength, ball placement, mechanics, decision-making, pocket presence, second-reaction creativity, rushing — pick a category and somebody is getting disrespected. We're not reading the whole thing like homework. We'll hit the categories that cause the most damage and let Farace, Tim, and possibly Anthony turn it into exactly the kind of argument this show was built for.Then there's the CBS booth situation, where Tony Romo's future has shifted from “still being assessed” to J.J. Watt stepping in alongside Jim Nantz while Romo is on leave. Is Watt ready for the No. 1 booth? Is this temporary? And how weird is it going to be the first time Nantz tees up a big game without Romo jumping in like he just discovered Cover 2 on live television?Once football gets its time, we move to the NBA, starting with Russell Westbrook retiring after 18 seasons. Russ walks away as a former MVP, nine-time All-Star, nine-time All-NBA player, and the all-time triple-double king. The résumé is ridiculous, but so is the debate around him. Where does he actually rank among all-time point guards? Was he one of the most explosive players ever, or do the lack of a championship and late-career fit issues pull him down? This is where Tim tries to sound reasonable and someone immediately mistakes that for being right.The NBA schedule release is also on the board, and the league did not exactly hide what it wants us arguing about. Knicks banner night against LeBron and the Sixers? Christmas Day at MSG? LeBron returning to L.A. with Philly? That is not a schedule. That is drama with dates attached. The guys will hit the biggest games released so far, the matchups worth circling, and whether the NBA Cup is finally becoming something people care about or still needs more chaos to sell it.The Lakers sale also gets time after the franchise hit a $12.5 billion valuation, which is no longer a sports business story and is now cartoon villain money. The guys will talk about what that means for franchise values, whether normal billionaires are now priced out like regular people trying to buy playoff tickets, and whether new ownership changes how aggressive the Lakers get in the Luka era.Business as usual.#NFL #NBA #UnsportsmanlikeConduct #RussellWestbrook #PopCulturePros

The college football season is coming! How will the SEC and Big Ten super conferences fare as we look towards new talent that may be emerging this year? Which prospects will we be keeping our eyes on? Joe DeLeone from the Ruffino & Joe Show podcast and AToZSports.com joined the pod this week for a great discussion about the upcoming college football season an storylines we're going to be following.But first, Jeff and Erik got into the subject matter of youth sports and how parents need to take it back, if that's even possible. (Approx. 6:30)From there, they discussed how the Phillies are faring here in mid-August amongst an array of challenges. (Approx. 20:10)The guys then dove into how the Sixers have now become a national team, now having their season opener agains the reigning NBA Champion New York Knicks and a Christmas Day game against the Lakers. (Approx. 29:00)Do the guys think that this Eagles team is going to live up to the hype that has become this Training Camp (Approx. 35:20)What they threw down on the Table this week was a great discussion with Joe DeLeone from the Ruffino & Joe Show podcast and A To Z Sports about the upcoming college football season. Will QB Arch Manning be the real deal this year? Which quarterback prospects should we be keeping our eyes on? LSU won the offseason - will it pay dividends this year? Why is Oklahoma being overlooked? All of this and much more this week on the Table! (Approx. 42:40)SUBSCRIBE on YouTube: youtube.com/@thephiladelphiasportstableHead over to our website for all of our podcasts and more: philadelphiasportstable.comFollow us on Threads: @philadelphiasportstableFollow us on Twitter/X: @PhiladelphiaPSTFollow us on Instagram: @philadelphiasportstable.Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/PhiladelphiaSportsTable

Happy National Mountain Day!Episode 423 is a beautiful episode! Football is fully back with week 1 of the NFL preseason; a full slate of games. But first, sights and sounds of football around the world with NFL camp news, College football Playoff debates again, and Christmas Day sports schedule released. Plus, we continue our virtual road trip of NFL divisional early previews with the NFC East.As for golf, it's time for the playoffs with the St. Jude Championship in Memphis, TN at TPC Southwind. The G.U.Y.S list is not quite back for our "models" in our DraftKings DFS lineups (NOT ADVICE). We're gonna talk a little bit about/look at some golfers, & pick out a few below the radar gems for a T30 or Make the Cut parlay. Also, we are in the Elite 8 for the DFS King of The Draft contest!We have got all the segments: Salute Your Sports/Headlines, Water Cooler Debate, How Dare You's, and Other Relevant Sports. Look alive, folks!Follow us on:Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/MillyGoatsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/TheMillyGoatsYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheMillyGoatsTwitch - https://www.twitch.tv/TheMillyGoatsPodcastTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@TheMillyGoatsApple Pod - https://rb.gy/0meu1Spotify Pod - https://t.ly/ZUfObWeb - https://themillygoats.godaddysites.com/

The NBA schedule is officially here, and we're breaking down the biggest games on the calendar, including Opening Night and Christmas Day!Plus, we're debating whether Adrian Peterson deserves to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, Anthony Richardson Sr. finds himself listed as a third-string QB, and Kyler Murray is named the starter, so what's next for JJ McCarthy?And we have to talk about the growing conversation around high school media credentials, after a Georgia high school reportedly began charging media members for credentials.

The guys question the coaching strategy in Teen Wolf, revisit the theory that Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds, discuss the Wolves' Christmas Day game and the Lynx, and Ben Leber joins to react to the Vikings' quarterback decision.

The RealGM Radio crew is together for a Summer Roundtable! Wes Goldberg is joined by Mo Dakhil and Jared Dubin of Double Dribble and Basketball Poetry's Mike Shearer to react to another stunning Lakers ownership change, break down the NBA's newly announced schedule and battle through a tiered fantasy draft. First, the Lakers are reportedly being sold for $12 billion to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner—just 18 months after Mark Walter purchased the franchise. What could another massive valuation mean for NBA expansion in Las Vegas and Seattle? And somehow, Luka Doncic could already be playing for his third majority owner. Then, the guys grade the NBA's Christmas Day slate and opening week schedule before things get competitive. Using The Ringer's player rankings, Wes, Mo, Jared and Mike snake-draft seven-man rosters—with a catch: Each round is limited to a different 10-player tier, and once that round ends, every undrafted player from that tier disappears. Who can build the best team without immediately regretting their picks? RealGM Radio is your top spot for the best weekly NBA coverage. Subscribe to get RealGM Radio with Wes Goldberg, the Double Dribble and Good Take every week. Monday: Double Dribble with Jared Dubin and Mo Dakhil Tuesday: RealGM Radio with Wes Goldberg Wednesday: Double Dribble with Jared Dubin and Mo Dakhil Thursday: Good Take with Wes Goldberg and Mike Shearer Subscribe to watch more RealGM Radio videos: youtube.com/@RealGMRadio FOLLOW REALGM ON SOCIAL RealGM on X/Twitter https://x.com/RealGM RealGM on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/realgmnba/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

On this episode Mike & Jason are back after nearly a month to discuss LeBron's decision to join the Sixers. We look at how he fits in Philly: the great theoretical starting five, the injury risk, and the very questionable bench led by Dean Wade. Next up, a conversation about the teams that either didn't want (OKC, Spurs, Knicks) or didn't get (Cavs, Heat, Warriors) LeBron. After that, a quick look at the schedule on Opening Night and Christmas Day and which games we like most and why. The episode wraps with Mike choosing a team on the 82-0 app. Tune in to see how close Mike's team gets to 82-0.Visit our Sponsors!Give With HoopsGive With Hoops is a groundbreaking initiative that fuses basketball analytics with modern sponsorship. Built for teams who see data as opportunity, from AAU programs to college powerhouses. By tying on-court performance directly to community and sponsor engagement, Give With Hoops help programs raise more while deepening support from those who believe in the game.D3 Direct Recruiting PlaybookHoop Heads Listeners currently get 25% off!Your step-by-step guide to getting recruited as a college athlete at the NCAA Division 3 level. This course is designed by former D3 Athletes to take you from zero interest from college coaches to securing your first offer and putting you on the path to committing.The Coaching PortfolioYour first impression is everything when applying for a new coaching job. A professional coaching portfolio is the tool that highlights your coaching achievements and philosophies and, most of all, helps separate you and your abilities from the other applicants. Special Price of just $25 for all Hoop Heads Listeners.Wealth4CoachesEmpowering athletic coaches with financial education, strategic planning, and practical tools to build lasting wealth—on and off the court.If you listen to and love the Hoop Heads Podcast, please consider giving us a small tip that will help in our quest to become the #1 basketball coaching podcast. https://hoop-heads.captivate.fm/supportTwitter/X Podcast - @hoopheadspodMike - @hdstarthoopsJason - @jsunkleInstagram@hoopheadspodFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/hoopheadspod/YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDoVTtvpgwwOVL4QVswqMLQ

Allie, Dan Woike, and Mark Medina breakdown the Lakers opening night game against the Warriors and their Christmas Day matchup against LeBron James and the Sixers. Then we play Guess the Player Career Path with former Laker legends. Catch all the Lakers action this season on Spectrum Sportsnet+ with the NBA app when you add Spectrum Internet and at least one Mobile line. Plus, get a free Xumo Stream Box for six months! This offer is a slam dunk (total value of $194.99). Learn more: spectrum.com/getlakers

"You didn't wanna say, 'Let's transition?'" The Browns QB battle is legitimately hilarious, and it has led Todd Monken to deliver some amazing quotes. Then, Greg and Jeremy were not in for yesterday's conversation about Enes Kanter Freedom, Royce White, Sophie Cunningham, trans athletes, and the WNBA, and they have thoughts. Plus, the Miami Heat are back in action on Christmas, and it has the entire crew fired up about the December 25 sports schedule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

(0:00) NBA Opening Night & Christmas Day schedules revealed (26:30) Did the Cowboys take shots at Micah Parsons? (41:20) Will this be Nikola Jokic's last year in the NBA? (47:17) Mahomes Mountain (01:08:00) Are the Rams overrated? (01:16:06) Jake Butt joins (01:26:03) Top 10 Players Most Excited To Watch This Season (01:50:02) Kyler Murray named starting QB, What does the future hold for J.J. McCarthy? (01:58:26) Expectations for Justin Herbert and Mike McDaniel? (02:08:13) Jaxson Dart praised for sliding at practice Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Geno Smith's nightmare joint practice against Tampa Bay immediately raises every concern about the Jets quarterback situation. After three early interceptions, Shaun Morash and Tiki Barber question Smith's decision-making, revisit Aaron Glenn's infamous “promised land” declaration and explain why the Jets could be setting themselves up for immense failure. Shaun Morash is in for Evan Roberts alongside Tiki Barber. The Giants inspire far more optimism as Jaxson Dart enters Year 2 under John Harbaugh, leading to a wild New York sports debate: who will ultimately leave the greater legacy, Dart or Yankees phenom George Lombard Jr.? Plus, the Knicks' newly revealed schedule puts LeBron James in Madison Square Garden for their banner celebration, sparks debate over the NBA's Christmas Day strategy, and creates the possibility of a massive Knicks-Yankees conflict on October 20.

The Knicks will raise their championship banner against LeBron James and the 76ers, and Shaun Morash and Tiki Barber debate whether the NBA is hijacking New York's moment or simply making the smartest national television matchup. They also explain why Knicks fans should embrace the spotlight instead of resenting LeBron's presence. Shaun Morash is in for Evan Roberts alongside Tiki Barber. Christmas Day brings another scheduling fight, with the Knicks-Spurs matchup facing heavy NFL competition as football continues to take over the holiday. Plus, October 20 could become a massive New York sports night if Knicks opening night lands opposite a potential Yankees Game 7 in the ALCS, while callers help workshop nicknames for George Lombard Jr.

Mason & Ireland tackle the NBA schedule and ask whether the league should move off Christmas Day. Mason brings a sports-themed Final Jeopardy, then the guys discuss the Dodgers' pitching and a crucial win. Plus, Puka Nacua leaves Rams practice, Adam Schefter weighs in on potential discipline and a possible Week 1 absence, and the hour wraps up with Ice Breakers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have a fun episode of The Dunker Spot coming your way! First, the opening week and Christmas Day slates have been released! Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones analyze each of the matchups, then talk through potential snubs from the primetime matchups. On the WNBA side, the guys salute the recent winning of the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx and rising-up-the-rank Washington Mystics! From there, they check in on a crowded race in the 4-through-8 seeds, with a bit of a check-in on the Dallas Wings as teams have worked to adjust to them. If you ever have NBA or WNBA questions, email us at dunkerspot@yahoo.com 1:10 -- Opening Day 10:20 -- ESPN Wednesday double-header 16:20 -- ESPN Thursday double-header 24:20 -- Amazon Prime double-header 34:50 -- Christmas Day slate 50:06 -- Minnesota Lynx 01:05:13 -- Washington Mystics 01:19:05 -- Identity Check for 4-8 01:23:20 -- How concerned should we be about the Wings? Subscribe to the The Dunker Spot on your favorite podcast app:

ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter joins the show to give us all of the news & notes from around the NFL, including updates on QB contract, and when we could hear about Aaron Donald. After, ESPN NFL Analyst Jason McCourty stops by to talk about his Training Camp takeaways so far. Also, The NBA has officially released their Opening Week & Christmas Day slates, and Evan & Canty react to all of the matchups. How surprising is it that the NBA still revolves around LeBron? Plus, Kyle Wittingham says that he has no hate for Ohio State. Is it okay to not hate your biggest sports rival? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NBA has officially released their Opening Week & Christmas Day slates, and Evan & Canty react to all of the matchups. How surprising is it that the NBA still revolves around LeBron? Also, Quinnen Williams reached a 3-year/$105.9M deal with the Cowboys. How big of a move is this for both sides? Plus, Two-a-Days continues with the Jaguars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In hour three, Solana is upset with the NFL for stealing Christmas Day away from the NBA. Usher makes himself look foolish with a viral video. Crowder doesn't know how to pee properly. Plus, addressing two very pressing societal issues during Talk About It Tuesday.

Ken Carman and Anthony Lima break down the NBA's official schedule release, highlighting the Cavaliers' October 22nd home matchup against LeBron James and the Sixers, plus a Cup Play group-stage game against Philadelphia. They vent about the Cavs' quiet, GM-less offseason, still unresolved James Harden contract situation, and no Christmas Day game as a sign of the league's diminished expectations for Cleveland. The conversation drifts into a lengthy, unrelated tangent where Ken debates his son's sudden interest in learning trumpet versus continuing with piano, roping in stories about grade-school band classes and instrument peer pressure.

Ken Carman and Anthony Lima react to the (still unconfirmed) news that the Cavs may open their season October 22nd on the road against LeBron James and the 76ers, calling it the one marquee moment on an otherwise flat schedule. They vent about the offseason malaise, revisiting the James Harden and Donovan Mitchell trades and questioning whether LeBron ever seriously considered returning to Cleveland, per Rich Paul's comments suggesting he preferred New York/Philadelphia. The two also gripe about the NFL cannibalizing Christmas Day and diminishing the final weeks of the regular season with playoff seeding largely decided early.

Grant & Danny react to the NBA Christmas Day Slate, which doesn't include the Wizards.

00:00-17:52 - Commanders get ready for joint practice, Wizards not playing on Christmas 17:55-30:37 - How much does joint practice with the Dolphins mean? 30:47- 38:28 - What will we learn from Dolphins joint practice tomorrow?

Morgan Scalley fall camp availability Good, Bad & Ugly

Hour 1 Starting Lineup: Too much smoke around BYU program for there not to be some fire Is BYU delivering on promises to Kalani Sitake What You May Have Missed Hour 2 Morgan Scalley fall camp availability Good, Bad & Ugly Hour 3 BYU DC Kelly Poppinga Mitch Harper Hour 4 Yahoo! Sports NFL Frank Schwab Sports Roulette Final thoughts

It's just the two of them this week — Harp's off in San Antonio, so Robert Horry and Rob Jenners are running the show solo, old-school style. No Shoot Around this Friday either, so they're packing everything into one episode.   They start with the good stuff: the NBA dropped a taste of the schedule, and the Christmas Day slate is loaded — Spurs-Knicks, Heat-Celtics, Sixers-Lakers (hello LeBron revenge tour), Thunder-Wolves, and Nuggets-Warriors closing it out. Bob and Rob debate whether Denver deserved the marquee spot over Dallas, and that turns into a bigger conversation about how much longer Jokic and Steph stick around their current teams — and why neither of them should ever, ever run for office.   From there it's opening week previews, a Pistons discussion that gets real about the Jalen Duren contract standoff, and Bob's old war stories about guys faking injuries to force a new deal. Then the Kawhi Leonard stuff. Another secret endorsement deal surfaced this week — this time with Daktronics — and the guys walk through it, plus the resurfaced details from the Lakers' 2019 free agency pitch that the league is now investigating. They get into whether the Clippers star actually suits up this season and what it means if the NBA lets this slide.   Also on deck: Dillon Brooks cashing in with a $73 million extension from the Spurs, Wemby flying the whole Spurs roster to Paris for a mini training camp, and Robert's take on a young guy trying to "lead" without doing anything out of the ordinary.   VJ Edgecombe getting FaceTimed by LeBron leads Bob into one of his own stories from his playing days, and then Scottie Pippen's blunt comments about Zion Williamson's discipline get the full breakdown — including Bob's offer to personally get Zion in shape.   They pay respects to the late, great Don Nelson, run back Adam Vinatieri's surprisingly filthy Hall of Fame speech, and there's a QVC clip that has to be heard to be believed. Big Shot of the Week goes to a Virginia man who donated a kidney to a stranger and wore his Santa hat into surgery to do it.   And to close it out — since it's just the two of them — they finally play 82 and 0 on the show for the first time, drafting all-time rosters and trying (and mostly failing) to go undefeated.   00:00  Kickoff: Just Rob and Rob This Week 01:34  Christmas Day Slate Revealed 02:34  Jokic, Steph and the Nuggets-Warriors Debate 07:05  NBA Opening Week Schedule 08:04  Pistons Outlook and the Jalen Duren Standoff 10:34  Old-School Contract Holdout Stories 12:34  Setting Up 82 and 0 14:11  Kawhi's Latest Secret Endorsement Deal 15:34  The 2019 Clippers Free Agency Allegations 20:34  Will Kawhi Suit Up This Season? 22:34  Dillon Brooks Cashes In 24:34  Wemby's Paris Minicamp 27:05  VJ Edgecombe's LeBron FaceTime Story 29:34  Scottie Pippen Sounds Off on Zion 37:34  Remembering Don Nelson 39:30  Vinatieri's Hall of Fame Roast 40:55  QVC Wig Clip of the Week 42:32  Big Shot of the Week: Dave Bell 43:36  Playing 82 and 0 53:03  TV Talk and Sign-Off

Hour 3 features Omar Kelly joining Joe Rose to preview the Dolphins' upcoming joint practice with Washington, discuss Miami's offensive and defensive lines, and debate whether seventh-round pick Zeke Biggers could beat out first-rounder Kenneth Grant for a starting job. The guys also discuss the Caedan Wallace trade, Malik Willis' strong arm and ability to throw on the run, and whether he can develop chemistry with Miami's young receivers. Plus, Joe and Omar debate the infamous “South Beach flu” and whether Miami's nightlife actually affects the Dolphins. The hour also includes Marlins playoff-push talk, the NBA schedule leaks and the Heat's Christmas Day matchup with Boston, and Joe's strong opinions on the future of LIV Golf and the PGA Tour.

The guys react to the NBA schedule beginning to leak, including the Heat opening the season against the Timberwolves and facing the Celtics on Christmas Day. Joe and the crew also break down what looks like a strong Christmas Day lineup across the NBA and debate whether the Knicks can repeat as champions.

ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter joins the show to give us all of the news & notes from around the NFL, including updates on QB contract, and when we could hear about Aaron Donald. After, ESPN NFL Analyst Jason McCourty stops by to talk about his Training Camp takeaways so far. Also, The NBA has officially released their Opening Week & Christmas Day slates, and Evan & Canty react to all of the matchups. How surprising is it that the NBA still revolves around LeBron? Plus, Kyle Wittingham says that he has no hate for Ohio State. Is it okay to not hate your biggest sports rival? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The NBA has officially released their Opening Week & Christmas Day slates, and Evan & Canty react to all of the matchups. How surprising is it that the NBA still revolves around LeBron? Also, Quinnen Williams reached a 3-year/$105.9M deal with the Cowboys. How big of a move is this for both sides? Plus, Two-a-Days continues with the Jaguars! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John Lund gives the latest news and updates from the national perspective on world of sports, including the announcement that Kyler Murray will be the quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings. The conversation takes a turn as John discusses the upcoming Christmas Day schedule, which promises to be one of the most exciting days in sports history. With a packed lineup of games, including the Spurs vs. Knicks and the Rams vs. Seahawks, John shares his predictions and insights on what to expect from these matchups. Lund is crashed by Larry Krueger from training camp who provides an update from 49ers camp. Krueg shares his observations on the team's young defense and the competition for spots, as well as his thoughts on the latest injuries and roster moves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What if the secret to better golf is not another swing theory, launch-monitor number or technical rabbit hole—but learning how to truly play the game? Mark Immelman sits down with 3x PGA TOUR winner, NCAA National Champion, Texas State Golf Hall of Famer and respected golf broadcaster Billy Ray Brown for an honest conversation about the lessons Billy Ray wishes he had understood earlier in his career. His biggest realization? You do not have to be perfect to play great golf. Billy Ray explains why golf is a game of recovery, how an uncomfortable Christmas Day practice session transformed his short game and why players must learn to solve problems without immediately turning to a coach or a collection of data. Mark and Billy Ray also explore the importance of grip, setup, ball position, clubface awareness and active hands. They discuss Scottie Scheffler, Adam Scott, Dustin Johnson, Jackson Suber, Ben Hogan, Byron Nelson, Arnold Palmer and the Harmon family while examining how great players build swings that perform under pressure. In This Episode, You'll Learn: Why chasing perfection can keep golfers from playing their best. How Billy Ray transformed his short game in only a few months. Why golf should be viewed as a game of recovery. The difference between productive practice and simply filling time. Why golfers should practice the shots that make them uncomfortable How feel and technique work together. Why self-discovery builds adaptable, resilient players How technology and data can help—and when they become distractions. Why grip, stance, alignment and ball position still matter. How clubface awareness allows great golfers to save imperfect swings. Why different grips require different body motions and matchups. How course conditions should influence the swing and shot, and Why the ultimate goal is to play golf rather than chase a perfect-looking motion. Key Takeaways: You Do Not Have to Be Perfect - Great golf is not produced by hitting every shot perfectly. Every player will miss greens, struggle with portions of the game and face situations that require creativity. The best players accept that reality and become skilled at recovering. Build a Short Game That Travels - Billy Ray recalls entering college as an excellent tee-to-green player who was not good enough around the greens. After his coach contacted his father, Billy Ray spent a cold Christmas Day working alone on his chipping. That experience began a transformation that helped him earn a place in the University of Houston lineup and win an NCAA championship later that spring. Practice What Makes You Uncomfortable - Golfers naturally gravitate toward clubs and shots they already hit well. Productive practice requires the opposite approach. Work on the awkward lies, partial wedges, flighted irons, recovery shots and uncomfortable situations that will eventually appear on the course. Learn to Figure It Out - Players who always turn to someone else after a poor shot can become dependent on external feedback. Billy Ray believes golfers must spend time experimenting, observing the ball and learning what their own motions feel like. That self-awareness gives players the ability to make adjustments during competition.  Fundamentals Provide the Foundation Modern technology offers valuable information, but Billy Ray continually returns to the same fundamentals: Grip Stance Alignment Ball position, Distance from the ball, Clubface control, A consistent setup gives the swing a better opportunity to organize itself naturally. The Ball Does Not Lie - Launch monitors can provide useful measurements, but the flight of the golf ball remains the clearest form of feedback. Golfers should learn to recognize why the ball curved, launched too high, spun too much or started offline. Play the Shot the Course Requires - Firm ground, wind, changing green speeds and difficult lies require adaptation. A golfer's motion should respond to the shot and environment—not remain locked into one predetermined swing model. Play Golf, Not Golf Swing - The objective is simple: get the ball into the hole in the fewest possible strokes. Technique matters, but only when it helps the golfer accomplish that goal. Memorable Quotes: “You do not have to be perfect in this game.” “The most complex thing about learning to play the game is keeping it simple.” “The ball doesn't lie.” “You have to go to the most uncomfortable situations and put yourself in there.” “Play the game, not swing the golf club.” This podcast is also available as a vodcast on YouTube - search and subscribe to Mark Immelman and leave a comment.