Episodes
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Pacers-Pistons Malice at the Palace Alt Timeline with Jeremias Engelmann
NBA front office veteran Jeremias Engelmann (5x5, Silver Bulletin, xRAPM.com) and host Thomas Emerick trigger the alternate timeline. We head to Auburn Hills, Michigan on Friday November 19th, 2004, and ask what happens to the NBA’s balance of power if that diet coke lands a few feet short before...
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Warriors-Rockets 2018 Western Conference Finals Game 7 with Joseph George
Joseph George (Silver Bulletin) and host Thomas Emerick drop in on Harris County May 2018, for this Game 7 showdown between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets for a trip to the NBA Finals. If Houston advances, it would be their first escape from the Western Conference bracket since the...
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Georgia-Alabama 2022 CFP National Championship with Jeremiah Johnson
Jeremiah Johnson (Infinite Scroll) and host Thomas Emerick time travel to an inflection point for both college football and terminally online posting. January 2022. They take an IndyGo bus from their La Quinta on the edge of downtown Indianapolis to guide the listener through the 2022 College...
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Athletics-Dodgers ‘88 World Series Game 1 with Mike Madrid
Mike Madrid (The Latino Vote Podcast) and host Thomas Emerick make their way north of downtown for Game 1 of the 1988 Fall Classic between the Los Angeles Dodgers and visiting Oakland Athletics. Kirk Gibson's hobbled HR. The Dodgers for close to a century have remained an incredibly interesting...
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Panthers-Patriots Super Bowl XXXVIII with Steven Ruiz
Steven Ruiz (The Ringer) and host Thomas Emerick consider whether this Super Bowl is a more proper analog for LX than the previous Patriots-Seahawks title matchup. They also examine how this finale to the 2003-2004 NFL season not only showcases the early 2000s brand of winning football, but also…
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Dolphins-Bills '95 Wild Card with Denny Carter
Denny Carter (NBC Sports/Rotoworld, Bad Faith Times) and host Thomas Emerick trace the journey from young Dolphins fan tormented by Buffalo to team-agnostic adult empathizing with Bills Mafia. To do this, we travel through time to find Denny with decently high hopes in December 1995 for the AFC...
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Dodgers-Blue Jays 2025 World Series Game 7 with Shelley Kim
Comedian Shelley Kim shares with host Thomas Emerick how that 2025 MLB postseason got her LOCKED IN for baseball and her hometown Dodgers. We go into Shelley's comfort with being a Dodgers heel in public as she first gets into the sport, and her reactions to the twists and turns of this…
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Jaguars-Bills '96 Wild Card with Steve Palazzolo
Steve Palazzolo (Check The Mic with Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson) and host Thomas Emerick are pondering a modern comp for Natrone Means. They revisit the 1996 AFC Wild Card matchup between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills, a game that marks the Jags' arrival and a shifting NFL landscape...
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Cardinals-Royals '85 World Series Game 6 with Marshall Garvey
Author Marshall Garvey and host Thomas Emerick revisit an overshadowed but fascinating Fall Classic between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals. This series peaks with Game 6 and captures a turning point in 1980s baseball, while featuring some angles unique to Missouri and the Midwest....
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Yankees-Mariners '95 ALDS Game 5 with Adam Smith
Rep. Adam Smith joins host Thomas Emerick to talk Mariners fandom as representative for Washington’s 9th Congressional district, and revisit the unforgettable 1995 ALDS between the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees, while drawing parallels to this year’s Game 5 thriller. They talk about...
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Giants-Angels 2002 World Series Game 6 with Mike Levin
Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49) and host Thomas Emerick go to OC in '02 for one of the most astonishing rallies in MLB postseason history. And they're buying into The Ralley Monkey. Levin represents California's 49th Congressional district spanning from southern Orange County to northern San Diego…
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UConn-Duke '99 National Title with Joe Courtney
Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and host Thomas Emerick revisit the UConn-Duke '99 national title shocker where Khalid El-Amin, Richard Hamilton (Final Four Most Outstanding Player), and Ricky Moore came up huge in the second half. They also discuss how the bricks were laid for a powerhouse in Storrs,...
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Bruce at Giants Stadium in 2003 with Nick Corasaniti
Nick Corasaniti (The New York Times) and host Thomas Emerick traverse from Asbury Park to the Meadowlands — and through time — to revisit Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2003 The Rising Tour shows at Giants Stadium. They also explore how the Meadowlands and the Stone Pony became home...
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Bears-Packers 2018 Week 1 with Colm Kelly
Colm Kelly (RotoViz Radio) and host Thomas Emerick revisit the instant classic that kicked off the 2018 NFL season: Bears at Packers on Sunday Night Football. Jordan Howard sees five targets. Aaron Rodgers gets carted off. Khalil Mack marauds through the Packers backfield in his Bears debut....
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Thunder-Blazers 2019 First Round Game 5 with Ray Delahanty (CityNerd)
Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) and host Thomas Emerick take the MAX down to Rose Quarter for Dame Time. The transportation and urbanism creator with PacNW roots relives standing in the arena for Damian Lillard's iconic shot to clinch the Portland Trailblazers' series victory over the Oklahoma City...
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Blazers-Spurs '99 WCF Game 2 with Eric Michael Garcia
Eric Michael Garcia (The Independent) joins host Thomas Emerick for some Roundball Rock and the Memorial Day Miracle at the end of Game 2 of the 1999 Western Conference Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trailblazers. Eric Michael Garcia, Washington Bureau Chief for The...
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Yankees-Red Sox 2004 ALCS Game 3 with Liam Kerr
Liam Kerr (The Welcome Party) joins host Thomas Emerick for some early-aughts Boston angst — and rebirth. It’s October 2004. The Red Sox are down 0-2 in the ALCS. Game 3 at Fenway turns into a historic beating—and somehow, the start of everything. We talk baseball, politics, and comebacks from…
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Patriots-Colts 2009 Week 10 with Anthony Dabbundo
Anthony Dabbundo (The Ringer) and host Thomas Emerick revisit The 4th-and-2 Game — another great chapter in the annual midseason measuring stick for two perennial contenders and the GOAT QB convo. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady continue wrestling over that GOAT belt here. It’s November 2009…
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Federer-Nadal Wimbledon 2008 Final with Dhaaruni Sreenivas
Dhaaruni Sreenivas (@Dhaaruni) and host Thomas Emerick time travel for breakfast and eventually nightcap at Wimbledon in 2008 for the nearly seven-hours of drama between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final. Dhaaruni and Thomas reflect on a seismic summer for sports…
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USA-Mexico 2002 World Cup Round of 16 with Jeff Maurer
Emmy and Peabody-winning writer/comedian Jeff Maurer (creator of I Might Be Wrong on Substack and former writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) and host Thomas Emerick revisit the 2002 World Cup Round of 16 soccer matchup between the USA men’s national team and Mexico. Setting the Stage:...
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49ers-Jets 1980 Week 3 with Michael Salfino
Michael Salfino (The Athletic, Topps) and host Thomas Emerick take the 7 train to Shea Stadium as Bill Walsh's upstart Niners bring an early form of the West Coast offense to New York City. Steve DeBerg is starting at quarterback, but his voice amplifier is malfunctioning and Joe Montana will…
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Fantasy Football Draft Season 2016 with Peter Overzet
Peter Overzet (Deposit Kingdom, Fantasy Life, Ship Chasing) and host Thomas Emerick travel back to Pete's first Vegas high-stakes draft in 2016 — and hopefully avert danger, as there will be a weekly RotoViz column to be written about this squad. Check out his first appearance on the show when we...
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Packers-49ers '98 Wild Card with Rich Hribar
Rich Hribar (Sharp Football Analysis) and host Thomas Emerick catch the BART over to Candlestick in January 1999 for an all-timer. The Swami of Konami is rooting for Steve Young here, second in the league in QB rushing at age 37. Garrison Hearst is carrying that load for the Niners today.…
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Dolphins-Broncos '99 Week 1 with Jennifer Eakins
Jennifer Eakins (4for4) and host Thomas Emerick climb back to Mile High in September '99 where the reigning two-time champion Denver Broncos are celebrating the retired John Elway on opening night. How much does the 38-3 January playoff loss still sting for the Fins, especially since that was Dan...
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Patriots-Chargers 2010 Week 7 with Alex Katson
Alex Katson (USA Today, Patreon) and host Thomas Emerick figure out how the 2010 San Diego Chargers finished first in total offense and total defense while still missing the playoffs, through the lens of a game where they really Charger it away. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about...
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Dolphins-Patriots 2008 Week 3 with Ian Hartitz
Ian Hartitz (Fantasy Life) and host Thomas Emerick want you to get in, because we're headin' back to Wildcat Season. Did it feel like a fever dream on rewatch? A question we'll try to answer, while the 12.5-point underdog Dolphins snap New England's 21-game regular season win streak — despite…
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Packers-Cowboys 2016 Divisional with Colm Kelly
RotoViz Radio executive producer Colm Kelly joins host Thomas Emerick for one of the Packers-Cowboys playoff thrillers that the 2010s gave to the world. Dak Prescott's first playoff game doesn't begin well — and Tony Romo's in pads — but the rookie rallies his team back. Aaron Rodgers and the...
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Chiefs-Rams 2018 Week 11 with Shawn Siegele
RotoViz co-owner and podcaster Shawn Siegele joins host Thomas Emerick for a 54-51 Monday nighter that was somehow even more wild than you remember. Kansas City and Los Angeles have some of the same faces, but very different looks to these teams. Patrick Mahomes playing a style that makes us a…
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Germany-England Euro '96 Semifinals with Daniel Schmidt
Daniel Schmidt (Der Spiegel, This Is America) takes the train with host Thomas Emerick to Euro '96 in England for Die Mannschaft vs. The Three Lions. Frankfurt to Manchester and then Manchester to London provides plenty of time to examine the soccer balance between these countries in the century...
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Bulls-Lakers '91 NBA Finals Game 5 with Roland Lazenby
Roland Lazenby (MAGIC: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Michael Jordan: The Life) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit a passing-of-the-torch NBA Finals closeout game between the Bulls and Lakers. Lazenby covered this series as well as wrote biographies on Magic, Michael, and Phil Jackson. The...
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Colts-Steelers ’95 AFC Title with Sigmund Bloom
Pittsburgh native Sigmund Bloom (Footballguys) joins host Thomas Emerick for another mid-'90s thriller. Sigmund hosts On The Couch and this episode is in part, psyche. The Steelers lost the previous year’s AFC title on the goal line, as big home favorites. Now they face down the same fate with…
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Mariners-Athletics April 11, 2001, with Ray Delahanty (CityNerd)
Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit the record-setting and ill-fated Seattle Mariners 2001 season, propelled on a spring night in Oakland by rookie right fielder Ichiro Suzuki. They also discuss league and divisional realignment that makes more geographic sense, with an...
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Panthers-Rams 2003 Divisional with Steven Ruiz
Returning guest Steven Ruiz (The Ringer) and host Thomas Emerick challenge you to find a more charmingly shambolic game, this late into an NFL postseason. Would Steven even imagine ranking Marc Bulger in the public sphere back in '03? Brock Purdy vibes. Also, intrigue with Kurt Warner on the St....
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Ravens-Patriots 2014 Divisional with Derrik Klassen
Derrik Klassen (Bleacher Report, Reception Perception) and host Thomas Emerick revisit a brutal one in Foxborough, if you're a Ravens fan like Derrik was until that weekend. Bill Belichick deep in his bag. Tom Brady making the right decisions. Joe Flacco gripping and ripping it down the sideline…
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2014 NFL Combine with Sam Monson
Sam Monson (PFF NFL Show) and host Thomas Emerick trace the evolution of the pre-draft process from the 2014 NFL Combine. Will Aaron Donald check off those boxes? Is Mike Evans fast enough? And we re-run that year's draft, while extricating player-specific hindsight, to see if the Top 4 remains...
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Eagles-Cowboys 2009 Wild Card with Raheem Palmer
Raheem Palmer (The Ringer/Spotify, FanDuel TV) joins host Thomas Emerick to revisit Tony Romo's first playoff win and Donovan McNabb's last dance with Andy Reid. Raheem also gives us a window into the Delaware betting scene circa 2009 and DJ'ing in Philly as Michael Vick and LeSean McCoy swing by...
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49ers-Chiefs Super Bowl LIV with Eric Eager
Eric Eager (SumerSports) joins host Thomas Emerick for a special Super Bowl rematch edition of Remember That Game. What does and doesn’t carry over as relevant. Eric's emotional rollercoaster down in Miami and finally seeing the Chiefs get one. What theories about these teams over the years…
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Cavs-Warriors 2016 Finals Game 7 with Lakshya Jain
Lakshya Jain (Split Ticket) joins host Thomas Emerick to ride the highs (and singular low) of his 73-win Golden State Warriors, as LeBron James leads the Cavs back from down 3-1. As the Dubs try to hang on, Lakshya compares the analytics evolution in sports and election forecast models while...
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Steelers-Bengals 2015 Wild Card with Justin Edwards
Native Cincinnatian Justin Edwards (4for4, PFF) joins host Thomas Emerick for the sick game that is revisiting another Bengals season lost to injury, this time the 2015 AFC wild card against Pittsburgh. But how close were they to pulling it off with AJ McCarron that day — perhaps if not for…
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Braves-Marlins '97 NLCS Game 5 with Brian Wright
Brian Wright (MLB.com, New York Mets All-Time All-Stars, Mets in 10s) joins host Thomas Emerick to resurface this NL East showdown in the 1997 National League Championship Series between the Atlanta Braves and the recently non-existent Florida Marlins. We got Liván Hernández, Greg Maddux, and a…
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Ravens-Broncos 2012 Divisional with Tim Miller
Tim Miller (The Bulwark, MSNBC) joins host Thomas Emerick to talk about his 2012 Broncos being the hottest team in the league entering the postseason, and but a stop on Joe Flacco's journey to elite status. Despite Jacoby Jones getting behind the defense, for Peyton Manning it's quite the start…
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Raiders-Seahawks '87 Week 12 with Ray Delahanty (CityNerd)
Ray Delahanty (CityNerd) joins host Thomas Emerick to discuss Seattle vs. LA, Bo Jackson vs. Brian Bosworth, and how well certain sports venues fit their cities. We also delve into Seattle's long history of identity as a sort of a nice, passive city tucked away in the upper corner of the country...
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Titans-Jaguars '99 AFC Title with Steve Palazzolo
Pro Football Focus head of product and host of the PFF NFL Show Steve Palazzolo recalls how the exhilarating ‘90s Jags met their remarkably cruel end. Spoiler: They get Jeff Fisher’d 3 times in one season and finish 15-3. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you...
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Dolphins-Ravens 2022 Week 2 with Blair Andrews
RotoViz managing editor and co-owner Blair Andrews dives into an illuminating one. This electric 42-38 finish provides a window into 2023 for two of the most intriguing teams and puts a preview on stage of a great Week 17 matchup. Some of you in season-long may just be trying to finish atop a big...
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Patriots-Steelers 2001 AFC Title with Dave Caban
RotoViz co-owner and co-host Dave Caban (RotoViz Fantasy Football Show) travels to the turn of the century when Boston sports was in a very different place. Tom Brady went down, Drew Bledsoe went in, and Troy Brown got creative. Charlie Weis was getting receivers matched up against the Steelers...
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Colts-Chiefs 2003 Divisional with Shawn Siegele
RotoViz co-owner and Zero RB originator Shawn Siegele ventures back to the only NFL playoff ever with no punts. Priest Holmes and Peyton Manning go off as KC and Indy deliver riveting playoff football yet again. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a...
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Introducing Remember That Game on RotoViz Radio
This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I’m your host Thomas Emerick, and my guest each episode hops in the time machine with me to discover games, developments, and moments that shape the way we think. And this...
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Packers-Lions 2015 Week 13 with Colm Kelly
Welcoming us for the show’s network launch is the executive producer of the RotoViz Radio podcast network and host of RotoViz Overtime, Colm Kelly. We travel back to the first Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary game, which was just nearly the Lions sweeping Green Bay and breathing down their neck in the...
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Seahawks-Packers 2003 Wild Card with John Gilbert
John Gilbert (Field Gulls) recalls with host Thomas Emerick how "We want the ball and we're gonna score" came at the end of a really fun game where Mike Holmgren and Matt Hasselbeck stepped from a cheesehead-sized shadow. Brett Favre and Co. also found themselves in a period of transition in the...
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Colts-Chiefs ’95 Divisional with Eric Eager
Eric Eager (SumerSports) joins host Thomas Emerick to visit a real mid-90s frozen grind here in Arrowhead. Martyball is rolling with the 1-seed. Marshall Faulk and Tony Siragusa are scratched out for the Colts. It’s January 1996, Indy at KC. Eager is vice president of research and development for...
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The podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. Join host Thomas Emerick and a guest each episode to understand how these games shape the way we think. A RotoViz podcast.
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