OG Mailbag: Canes vs. NHL History | Enshittification of Youth Sports | NCAA Tournament Expansion

The OG Mailbag is back with a full range of questions and the guys have plenty to work through. The Carolina Hurricanes are up 3-0 on the Philadelphia Flyers and on the verge of back-to-back sweeps — and the listeners want context. How does this start stack up against NHL history and what does it actually say about Carolina's chances of making the Stanley Cup Finals? Then a genuinely important conversation about the influx of private equity money flowing into youth sports and what rising costs mean for future generations of kids who may simply price out of playing the games they love. Sticking with the future of sports, the NCAA Tournament's approved expansion to 76 teams has the mailbag full of college basketball questions about what a bigger field actually means for March Madness going forward. Then things get a little looser — beer conversations, watch stories and a curious case of adults being way too into Pokemon round it all out... OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ OG x BreakingT: https://breakingt.com/collections/the-ovies-giglio-collection?rfsn=7630833.c3bd9f7 OG Secret Stash: http://theog.shop/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGTriangleMedia OG Membership Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Qpevj6hElebdWc2SSGkWw/join Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.