PODCAST · sports
SportCulation
by yusufroshd
You ever wonder what it is about esports that people enjoy? Do you ask why athletes get paid ludicrous amounts of money and whether or not their salaries or justified? Have you ever wanted to get more into the world of sports as part of conversation or as a hobby? These questions and more are asked (and argued) by longtime friends Yusuf Rashid, Anton Wong, and Parse Cottrell. Welcome to SportCulation
Episodes
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Will the new NCAA rules help out athletes in the long term?
The NCAA is allowing its athletes to receive endorsements and make money from it. It's great that college athletes are finally able to make money to sustain themselves while in school and before potentially going for the big leagues, but what does this mean for the future of collegiate sports...
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Are the Arizona Coyotes on their last legs?
Oh Arizona, what is wrong with you as an organization. First you go bankrupt, then there was the cheating the scouting combine, then the Mitchell Miller fiasco, THEN the owner cheaping out on food and signing bonuses. What the hell, man? We discuss the news that the Coyotes will be evicted from...
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Are the Olympics Actually Important?
With the 2020+1 Tokyo Olympics happening very soon, we wanted to sit down and talk about the importance of the Olympics. By that, I mean we tried to figure out what significance the Olympics have to the world and whether or not they matter. Afterwards, we discussed whether or not Tokyo should be...
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Should Fans be allowed in a Sports Hall of Fame?
Nav Bhatia is now the first fan (and first Raptor) to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame for his allegiance to the Raptors and for what he's done for the basketball community for minorities. We sit down to talk whether or not superfans should be allowed in the hall of fame and what kind…
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Inside MLSE: An Interview with Jenn Chesson (Jenntheleaffan)
It's nice knowing that your friend you used to argue about hockey with in high school is doing great things for the sport of hockey. The boys sit down with high school friend and current MLSE employee Jenn Chesson (fka Jenntheleaffan) to talk about everything from what it's like working at MLSE,...
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What do Athletes do after retirement?
With the news of Dwayne Wade purchasing ownership in the Utah Jazz and Alex Rodriguez wanting to buy the Timberwolves, the question to be asked this week is what athletes do with their lives once they're done. Some spend time with family, some invest, and some are Shaq. Hosted by Yusuf Rashid,...
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Would American Sports Leagues benefit from converting to a Club Model?
Imagine a world where baseball or football was organized the same way that European Football is done. This week we discuss the potential pros and cons of American major league sports converting from the franchise model to the European club system. There's insight, laughs, Pyramid schemes, and for...
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What goes into professional Chess playing?
The Queen's Gambit was right, Chess is crazy. I've also never seen Queen's Gambit - Yusuf After knowing Parse for close to 11 years, we decided to sit down and ask him about his life as a chess player. What the life is like, what helps with being a chess player, how the community is, and whether…
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NFT's and the NBA Topshot
Ah yes, an episode where Yusuf doesn't talk as much. We're joined by dear friend and resident cryptocurrency aficionado Raj to discuss the growing hype surrounding NBA Top Shot. As it has been explained, it's like turning the trading card market digital, but instead of cards - it's player...
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Who Could be on a Mount Rushmore of Athletes?
Following the 7 ring victory of Tom Brady, we sat down to talk about whether or not Tom Brady can be considered the greatest athlete of all time. That was the original conversation which then spiraled into the conversation of who would be on a Mount Rushmore of athletes across all forms of…
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Will Florida's Success in sports continue in the future?
Florida's such a weird state. They have more gators than people and really seem to love football. They must love it even more after the Buccaneers won the superbowl. After having a team in every major championship final between September 2020 to now (including winning a Stanley Cup and…
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Which teams have the best shot at making the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs?
It's the first episode of 2021! We've got friend of the show and noted Rangers fan Tyler Richmond on to talk all things hockey in preparation for the upcoming NHL Season. We take a brief moment to discuss the gold medal game between Canada and the US at the World Junior Championships, and the…
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The SportCulation 2020 recap
This Boat ride from Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is ALMOST over. For the last episode of 2020, we decided to sit down and talk about this whole year as far as sports go. From deaths of idols to creating movements for equality and togetherness, this year has really been a lot to deal with.…
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Should Celebrities have more involvement in sports? (Mayweather vs Logan Paul discussion!)
As perfect as timing could be, the SportCulation trio discusses the recent Jake Paul - Nate Robinson fight and the just announced exhibition match between Logan Paul and Floyd "Money" Mayweather. We talk about celebrity involvement in sports and how it can be done as a deed for clout, money, or...
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Sports Fandoms (Featuring BlackJack Pack!)
We did a collab episode! This week on SportCulation we team up with the squad over at the BlackJack Pack (co hosted by our very own Parse Cottrell) to discuss the most hated team fanbases, what annoys us about certains kinds of fans, and accidentally re-ignite the war between Parse and Yusuf....
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NHL: Divisional Dilemmas
With the news of the NBA's plan for the new season, we wondered how planning is going in the NHL for the new season. It's not. So with that news, we took a look at the rumored division plan for the NHL 2021 season. We discuss how these new divisions will be beneficial for teams, old rivalries...
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SportQ&A: Formula-1 Racing
It's part 2 of our little Q&A/Interrogation series! For this episode, Parse gives us a rundown on the history of Formula-1 racing while we try to figure out what is it about fast cars that drive in a loop that look awesome. Originally recorded on November 7th, 2020 Hosted by Yusuf Rashid, Anton...
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Has Hockey Culture ACTUALLY changed?
After a short hiatus, we return to once again discuss the NHL and it's ignorance to racial injustice issues on the anniversary of Don Cherry's firing from Hockey Night in Canada one year ago. Through a discussion regarding the Hockey Diversity Alliance, the movements made during the playoffs, and...
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The Pay in the NBA
We return discussing the success of the Los Angeles Lakers, whether Anthony Davis will stay in LA, the defensive skills of the team, and the future of the NBA as we look forward to a potential Christmas Day start for the next season. We also quickly touch on the Tampa Bay Rays and being the…
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SportQ&A: Professional Wrestling
Since most major sports leagues are wrapping up, we've taken on a new idea for the show. Over the course of the next month, each of us will take questions from the others in regards to a sport we love OTHER than Hockey, baseball, and basketball. First up in the mix is Anton and Parse asking Yusuf...
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Welcome To SportCulation (Trailer)
The SportCulation podcast Hosted by Yusuf Rashid, Anton Wong, and Parse Cottrell New episodes every Monday afternoon Free to listen on Anchor, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, and youtube!
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SportQ&A: How to get more into sports?
In this week's episode, we have a plot twist! Anton asks the question of how someone that doesn't know a nerdy amount of things about sports gets more into it. Whether it be for conversation with your family, friends, significant other, dog, etc - people that don't know as much as their peers…
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Finals Thoughts: Bubbles work
The Stanley Cup finals are over and the NBA finals are looking to end soon. As this reality sets in, we look back at the success of the playoff bubbles from the NBA and NHL and discuss the debate of whether or not Bubble sports can be looked at the same as regular sports. Hosted by Yusuf Rashid,...
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Origin Stories
It's been just under a year since we started this whole thing and after a rebrand and figuring things out: we're back in action! So we thought we would have a little sit down and talk about how the podcast came to be and how the three of us became friends in the first place. Sit down and enjoy a...
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Jurassic Pahk: Raptors V Celtics
You know what's better than an episode recorded outdoors about a Toronto Sports team being eliminated? Another episode recorded outdoors about a Toronto Sports team being eliminated. Crazy, right? From the Siakam blunder, Kyle Lowry's heroics, and the future of the Raptors, the boys get together…
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NHL and Social Issues
In an effort to bring some discussion of social issues in the world to light as the playoffs roll on - Yusuf, Anton, and Parse discuss the reactions and actions taken by the NBA and NHL in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin last week. Also Yusuf was having a bad mic day
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Frustrations
For the first time since February, we're back together in the same bubble. You know who's not in their bubble? The Leafs. In an episode where everything is calm until it isn't, we quickly discuss the play in round of the playoffs and mainly talk about the Toronto Maple Leafs and our frustrations...
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The Curious (COVID) Cases of the NFL
If you look up controversy in the dictionary, the NFL logo is what you see as the definition. We discuss the Washington Football team's name change and allegations against owner Dan Snyder and management of the organization. following that we discuss how owners and Roger Goodell are psychotic in...
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Rebranding!
So we've rebranded to Sportculation! Yusuf, Anton, and Parse discuss the return of Baseball, Basketball, and Hockey to North America as MLB season begins and NHL and NBA playoffs kick off. We discuss ludicrous contracts, our hopes for the return to play situations and talk about the NBA Bubble...
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esports!
On this episode of the podcast, the boys talk the NBA 2K League and the potential of other Major sports leagues affiliating with their video game counterparts. We briefly look at the communities and shifts in the esports world and Parse takes a crack at Yusuf's abilities to play Dark Souls. Also...
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Play by Play Universe presents MLB: Civil War
Yusuf, Parse, and Anton return to discuss the ongoing negotiations between the MLBPA and the owners, whether or not there will be baseball, and the news regarding the second wave of Covid19. We also briefly talk about parity in the MLB pay scale and why there needs to be some form of proper...
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Return to Play By Play: The NHL COVID Cup
Yusuf and the boys are joined by guests Tyler Richmond and Peter Myhalenko in this United Nations set up to discuss Gary Bettman's return to play announcement for the NHL playoffs, how teams may fare, why we hate the Bruins and how nothing makes sense. Speaking of nothing making sense, the boys...
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Play By Play: The Last Dance
The Play by Play boys return for a discussion on the acclaimed Netflix Docu-series "The Last Dance," covering Michael Jordan's final season as a Chicago Bull and all the crazy things that went down that season. We give our thoughts on the doc from different perspectives and Parse tries to…
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Play By Play: Florida Man re-opens state
This episode was recorded on Friday, April 17th, 2020. *Disclaimer* Unfortunately my internet connection was on the scrappy side in the beginning while parse was speaking. So in the effort of wanting to still keep parts of it but not have it cut off every so often, some editing in post had to be...
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Going Remote
After a brief hiatus, the boys are back! We cover the long lasting effect that COVID-19 has had on the athletics and entertainment industry and the potential of leagues going straight to playoffs. Parse rambles a bit, Anton has great points and Yusuf does not know how to use Zoom in this episode…
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NHL Expansions
Recorded on December 14th, 2019. On the second episode of the podcast, the boys get together and talk about where they would put an NHL Expansion Team. With the incoming Seattle franchise and the constant talks of another team in Ontario, Yusuf, Anton, and Parse put their heads together to…
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Hockey Culture
Hosted by Yusuf Roshd, Anton Wong, and Parse Cottrell, Welcome to the Play by Play podcast! In the inaugural episode of this twisted idea I've had for some time now: we go above an beyond a standard introductory episode by going full force talking about the way hockey culture is and how the NHL…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
You ever wonder what it is about esports that people enjoy? Do you ask why athletes get paid ludicrous amounts of money and whether or not their salaries or justified? Have you ever wanted to get more into the world of sports as part of conversation or as a hobby? These questions and more are asked (and argued) by longtime friends Yusuf Rashid, Anton Wong, and Parse Cottrell. Welcome to SportCulation
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You ever wonder what it is about esports that people enjoy? Do you ask why athletes get paid ludicrous amounts of money and whether or not their salaries or justified? Have you ever wanted to get more into the world of sports as part of conversation or as a hobby? These questions and more are asked...
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