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We are coming off our Thanksgiving bye week with a big episode. The holidays are upon us, bringing with them festive cheer and family game nights. This week we welcome two of the most competitive gamers to Basic Sports, Zach and Christine Johnson. We talk all about the highs and lows of high school sports, the cutthroat arena of family game nights and the BS Fantasy Football league. Don't forget to follow and comment with your favorite games!

"F is for friends who play sports together" - SpongeBob SquarePants This week we talk about making friends in sports. Are they the best friends you will ever make? Is it too late to make friends in sports? We talk about how we met through sports and how sports creates such strong bonds. We also explore "frenemies" in sports, listen in!

While this episode isn't live, the sporting events we attended definitely were! Join us as we recap a couple of our recent journeys into the world of live sports in Austin. Tune in as we talk about watching the US Women's National Team (soccer) play their first game post Olympic Gold against Iceland at Q2 stadium and the Texas Longhorns game against the Florida Gators. Both decisive wins and a great time! Is there anything better than high-fiving your neighbors when something good happens? Maybe the snacks? Let us know your thoughts in the comments or on Instagram!

In honor of the US election this week, we decided we should have our own BS Election (see what we did there, Basic Sports - BS), especially since we believe sports bring people together and it can feel especially divisive around election time. For a little levity we had our own "would you rather" election: sports edition. Tune in for some hard hitting questions that may make you think. Please enjoy, the first of hopefully many future BS elections here on Basic Sports. Add your own "would you rather" votes in the comments and toss out your own questions to add to our future BS ballot.

Is that blood or mom's spaghetti? It's spooky season and we are embracing the scary on Basic Sports. In honor of Halloween this week, we are bringing you true crime, sports edition, joined by returning special guest Regan for her second guest appearance! We dive into three different cases related to sports and athletes this week, looking at true crime from a sports angle. *Warning: This episode does discuss murder, abuse and gambling. Please skip this week if you need to, we will be back to regularly scheduled programming next week. As listeners of true crime, we gained a newfound respect for true crime podcasters, we learned how hard it is to tell these stories cleanly, succinctly and with the right information. Join us as we cover Operation Flagrant Foul along with the murders of Lorenzen Wright and Steve McNair. We summarize these cases in this episode but below are links to the documentaries and articles we referenced to tell their stories, check them out for more information and to see the full, professional versions: Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul on Netflix Who Killed Lorenzen Wright | Sports Illustrated Dateline Podcast Episode: The Murder of Lorenzen Wright Untold: The Murder of Air McNair on Netflix Why the New Steve McNair Netflix documentary, while informative, feels incomplete Your Own Backyard Podcast The Vanished Podcast

Get your ice packs ready and warm up those heating pads because this week on BS we talk about a really painful topic... injuries in sports!

This week we welcome some very special guests to the BS podcast, Mary's parents, Pat & Scott!! They spill the tea on having kids in sports, raising two children with very different competitive drives and more. Tune in to hear their take aways from 18+ years involved in their kids sports, and maybe they will share who their favorite kid is... *Note: In honor of the Vikings epic Parent Trap touchdown celly, we are calling this one "Parent Trap" but no parents were trapped or harmed in the making of this episode.

Get your glass slippers ready, this week we are talking about Underdogs, upsets and Cinderella Stories! After this weekend, which we have coined "Upset Weekend" in college football, we thought it would be fun to take a look at why we love underdogs so much. Who didn't love watching Alabama lose to Vanderbilt and their fans carry the goal posts to the river?! Let us know what some of your favorite underdog moments are in the comments! Here is the link for the article Stef referenced, its a great read! (the percentage we were looking for is 81%).

Girls just wanna have fun... and also kick a little ass while we're at it. On this episode of BS we explore the world of women's sports! Tune in for some insight, fun facts and lots of... well... BS.

On Wednesdays we (don't) wear pink... but we DO talk about sports. Sports bring out the best AND the worst in us. This week on BS, we dive into the worst. Batter up and settle in. LFG!

We are joined this week by two of our favorite people - great sports fans, hosts with the mosts, and overall treasures - Matt and Regan Zuege!! Get to know Matt and Regan, this won't be the last you hear from them! We talk through our BS favorites, Regan's epic running career and Matt's passion for Golf, the best game snack, queso dos and don'ts, and so much more. Tune in for our BS Fantasy Football week 2 recap and highlights from the sports world including FSU's $1.3mil loss to Memphis, Bills Mafia showing up, the fastest referee, and the Buffs victory over CSU.

This episode is for the Wooooooo Girls!!! Take a jaunt into Emily's sporting history as we deep dive into Cheerleading and answer the worlds greatest question - is cheerleading a sport? But before we get to that, we cover our BS highlights from the world of sports this week - Travis Kelce's big haircut, Crocky J, Notre Dame's big $1.4million loss to Northern Illinois University, NFL week 1 highlights, Tom Brady's broadcasting debut and more! Cut for time: the Buffs tough loss to Nebraska (yuck) and the Texas Longhorns big win against Michigan. We also hear from two special guests, the highest and lowest scorers from our BS Fantasy Football league this week (segment name coming next week). Like, subscribe, set your episodes to automatically download and comment with your favorite moments from this week in sports - See you next week! Here's the link to the cheerleading shoes Emily mentioned.

The girls are back together this week for a recap of Fantasy Football drafts, thoughtful Paralympics conversation, a look at college football, and our NFL predictions for the season (with a side of "honey deuce"...). A Buffs win, the Longhorns dominate, and more exciting college football action sets up a season to look forward to. Keep an eye on Travis Hunter, is it too soon for Heisman talks?! Additionally, We would like too apologize to Matt Stutzman on behalf of Mary who got his name wrong this whole episode. Check out Matt's perfect shot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg4XGUPLEMs

On the tail end of our patriotic high, we are looking forward to the Paralympics starting tonight! Plus, it's that time of year again... Football is back!!! Buffs play this weekend (SKO), Longhorns take on CSU, and college football is back, keep your eyes open for the best game day signs! With the start of football comes Fantasy Football, we gear up for our own draft with our first ever returning guest, Ethan "Sports" Matott, from the Afterthoughts Podcast, where we talk all things Fantasy Football draft - draft strategies, different ways to score, different types of leagues, and why everyone should play fantasy football.

In this special episode we had the honor of hosting our good friend Kylie Lahey, the Assistant Director of Behavioral Health for the University of Texas at Austin, to talk about the impact and importance of mental health within sports! We think this might be our best one yet...

This week, we sadly say goodbye to the Paris 2024 Olympics and hello to our first guests on the pod. What a time, such a blast! So many things happened, Simone's comeback, men's and women's gymnastics drama, epic track and field finishes, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone breaking her own world record for a sixth time (WHAT?!), pole vault reaching new heights with Mondo, USWNT soccer getting back to the top with a gold, thrilling volleyball matches, incredible table tennis, and a gold medal for this run on sentence. USA ends the olympics on top for the total medal count, the streak continues! We are looking forward to the Paralympics starting Aug. 28th along with other sports making a comeback around Labor Day weekend. We are extra excited to welcome to a couple more basic bs onto the pod this week!

The Olympic highlights continue this week with some HUGE wins, more fun facts and well... just general BS (basic sports of course). Follow along with the fun by visiting the links below! Dick's Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=uVSNWBPrKGM The GOAT National Anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=_n9bxfxE25Y

Week one of the Olympics is in full swing! Tune in for a hodgepodge of highlights that really "slap." ;)

It's here again... the Olympics!!! Let's take a look at all the 2024 Paris Olympics has in store. From the array of sports, olympic village, air conditioning, cardboard beds, sea shells, fashion, stats and so so much more. This week, in preparation for the Opening Ceremony on July 26th, we are taking a deep dive into the Olympics. Check out the links below for a look what Olympic Village and the outfits look like. Sources: https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/25/style/paris-2024-olympic-village/index.html https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240626-10-most-stylish-olympics-outfits

In the spirit of SportsCenter Top 10, we bring you the BS Top 5. A dive into some of our sports highlights, our top 5 favorite things in sports. Share your own BS Top 5 in the comments!

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