All Episodes
Crunching Tackles — 205 episodes
Episode 200: 2026-27 Premier League Preview
Episode 199: FIFA's Shocking Selloff
Episode 198: What We've Missed Since the World Cup
Episode 197: World Cup Final Recap
Final World Cup Final Thoughts
Episode 196: World Cup Final Preview
Episode 195: America Crashes Out of the World Cup
Episode 194: America Has World Cup Fever!
Episode 193: World Cup Week 1 Recap
Episode 192: Final World Cup Thoughts and USMNT Preview
Episode 191: 2026 World Cup Preview Show
Episode 190: The Sports Gambling Debate
Episode 189: Has Sportswashing Failed?
Episode 188: A Sports Gambling Deep-Dive
Episode 187: March Madness 2026 and How to Make a Bracket
Episode 186: Sports and the War in Iran
Episode 185: Winter Olympics 2026
Episode 184: Super Bowl 60 Recap
Episode 183: Is Sportswashing Beginning to Fail?
Episode 182: The NFL Coaching Carousel Hits Full Speed
Episode 181: Top 5 Movies of 2025
Episode 180: Top 5 Athletes of the Century
Episode 179: Top 5 for 2025
Episode 178: Our 2025 World Cup Temperature Check
Episode 177: Trouble at ESPN
Episode 176: The Worst Gambling Scandal Yet
EMERGENCY PODCAST: Apple Goes All-in on Formula 1
Episode 175: Does Anyone Really Care Who the MVP Is?
Episode 174: Steve Ballmer's Alleged Aspirations
Episode 173: The NFL and ESPN are Dancing With Their Hands Tied
Episode 172: Another Shocking Scandal at the NFL
Episode 171: F1 The Movie Races to Success
Episode 170: The Gentrification of Sports
Episode 169: The World is Coming to America
Episode 168: Who is the New Bill Belichick?
Episode 167: Pope Leo XIV and the Theology of Sports
166: Shedeur Sanders' Slide
Episode 165: Rory Achieves Glory
Episode 164: March, but no Madness
Episode 163: President Stephen A. Smith?
Episode 162: The Transgender Sports Ban
Episode 161: Super Bowl LIX Recap
Episode 160: 2025 Super Bowl Preview and Australian Open Review
Episode 159: NFL Playoffs and College Football Format Review
Episode 158: The 2024 Review Show
Episode 157: A Rowdy Rivalry Week
Episode 156: Dana White: Presidential Matchmaker?
Episode 155: City Of Stars vs. The Big Apple
Episode 154: A New Look for College Football and The Champions League
Episode 153: Shohei Ohtani Hits (and Runs) into History.
Episode 152: The Complications and Conclusions from Tyreek Hill's Arrest
Episode 151: Jannik Sinner: Victim, Cheater or Something In-Between?
Episode 150: Paris 2024 in the Books
Episode 149: 2024 Olympics Week 2 Recap!
Episode 148: Paris 2024 Week 1 Recap!
Episode 147: A Double for Spain and Chaos in Miami
Episode 146: 2024 Olympic Preview
Episode 145: Protecting the Paris Olympics 2024
Episode 144: The Death of College Sports + Caitlin Clark
Episode 143: Scheffler Arrest and City Win the Premier League
Episode 142: Does God Care Who Wins the Masters?
Episode 141: What the Government Can Do To Legislate Sports Betting
Episode 140: Caitlin Clark: The Main Character of March
Episode 139: Shohei Scandal and Sports Gambling in the Mainstream
Episode 138: Christian Horner is Trying to Survive
BONUS POD: Dune 2—Long Live the Podcasts
Episode 137: Fans on the Court
Episode 136: Patrick Mahomes Does It Again!
Episode 135: 2024 Football and 2018 Hockey
Episode 134: Everton in Crisis and the NFL in Chaos
Episode 133: 2023 Year-End Review
Episode 132: Rahm Sells Out and Shohei Defers
Episode 131: A Series of Unfortunate Mismanagements
Episode 130: FIFA Gives Saudi Arabia Soccer's Biggest Prize
Episode 129: Is It Just Me, or do Those Athletes Look Bigger?
Episode 128: Israel at War
Episode 127: Taylor Swift Is the NFL's Wildest Dream
Episode 126: 24 for Novak
Episode 125: A Blind Side Legal Filing
Episode 124: U-S-Nay
Episode 123: Barbenheimer + Sports (yes, we do talk about sports still)
Episode 122: Elon vs. Mark Fight (in the App Store)
Episode 121: Saudi Arabia Bought . . . All of Golf?
Episode 120: Ja Morant's Troubles Deepen
Episode 119: The Coaching Carousel Goes Round and Round
Episode 118: UConn and LSU Reign Supreme
Episode 117: Streaming Wars and Soccer
Episode 116: Hot Takes—Good Entertainment or Damaging Incivility?
Episode 115: All Hail Chiefs Kingdom
Episode 114: King James Stands Alone
Episode 113: The Leaders of the Troops
Episode 112: Why Sports Have a Domestic Violence Crisis
Episode 111: Damar Hamlin and the Road to Recovery
Episode 110: Reflecting on Grant Wahl and the World Cup
Episode 109: Bring On the Dutch!
108: Preparing for Qatar
Episode 107: Kyrie Irving and the Danger of Player Expression
Episode 106: Have Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers Lost Their Teams?
Episode 105: Another Horrific Investigation
Episode 104: Going, Going, Gone!
Episode 103: Silver vs. Sarver
Episode 102: Upon Further Review
Episode 101: Are You Not Entertained?
Episode 100: Serena's Swansong
Episode 99: Reflections on Serena William's Retirement
Episode 98: Deshaun Watson Suspended: Was 6 Games Enough?
Episode 97: Fake Cricket and Blatant Match-fixing
Episode 96: When The Stars Come Out
Episode 95: The Big 10 + 2
Episode 94: FINA's Transgender Decision
Episode 93: Wrongfully Detained and the Fallout of War
Episode 92: LIV Golf is Live, but Should We Care?
Episode 91: A Cover-up of Incompetence
Episode 90: Has Activism in Sports Gone Too Far?
Episode 89: Sports Agents In the Multiverse of Contracts
Episode 88: Transfer Portal Mania
Episode 87: The NBA Through the Decades
Episode 86: Congress Investigates the Commanders
Episode 85: Sanctions Foreign and Domestic
Episode 84: The Tobacco Road Rivalry Meets the Final Four
Episode 83: Chelsea Caught in the Crosshairs
Episode 82: Equal Pay and the Harsh Costs of War
Episode 81: Winter Olympics and Super Bowl Recaps
Episode 80: Super Bowl Preview & Book of Boba Fett Review
Episode 79: The Best Weekend of Football!
Episode 78: Is the ManningCast the Future?
Episode 77: Would We Care about Football without John Madden?
Episode 76: Spider-Man: No Way Home and a 2021 Revisit
Episode 75: Will We See Baseball on March 31?
Episode 74: Good Coaches' Secret Stuff
Episode 73: #WhereIsPengShuai?
Episode 72: So Aaron Rodgers Isn't Vaccinated; Should We Care?
Episode 71: Commissioner Chaos
Episode 70: The Twitterfication of Sports
Episode 69: Gamers Galore
Episode 68: Foreign Takeovers and Domestic Turmoil
Episode 67: Do It For The Brand
Episode 66: Sports SOS
Episode 65: Djokovic Goes Down
Episode 64: The Rise . . . and Rise . . . and RISE of Ted Lasso
Episode 63: Who's Got the Power?
Episode 62: "Good Game" vs. "In Your Face!"
Episode 61: A Messi Situation
Episode 60: John, Israel, and Hatikvah
Episode 59: A Case of the Twisties
Episode 58: 2020 Olympic Preview
BONUS TACKLES: Loki, Black Widow, and the Multiverse of Madness
Episode 57: EURO 2020 Recap and More
Episode 56: Courtroom Corner!
Episode 55: Performance or Profit
Episode 54: Playing (or Not) on Her Terms
Episode 53: Graduation Special!
Episode 52: Power to the People
Episode 51: The Rise and Fall of the European Super League
Episode 50: Top 10 Days in Sports
Episode 49: Transgender Athletes—equality or unfairness?
Episode 48: March Madness is Back!
🚨 🚨SPECIAL PODCAST ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨 🚨
Episode 47: Time to Say Goodbye
Episode 46: Zlatan v. LeBron
Episode 45: Why Don't We Talk About Mike Trout?
Episode 44: Super Bowl 55
Episode 43: Changing Teams
Episode 42: Back to the Bubble?
Episode 41: Age — Just a Number?
Episode 40: Young Superstars
Episode 39: Merry Christmas — This Is The Way!
Episode 38: Around the World - Brazil
Episode 37: Around the World - Ireland
Episode 36: Reunited, and it feels so good!
Episode 35: Around the World - Canada
Episode 34: Around the World — South Africa
Episode 33: Around the World — India
Episode 32: Around the World — Japan
Episode 31: What a Weekend!
Episode 30: Behind the Paywall
Episode 29: Stereotyping Sportsfans
Episode 28: Lights, Camera, SPORTS!
Episode 27: What's On Second?
Episode 26: The NBA Boycott
Episode 25: How to Define the Best
Episode 24: Will College Football Happen?
Episode 23: Covid-19 Update
Episode 22: Rivalries
Episode 21: A Breath of Fresh Air
Episode 20: What's in a Name?
Episode 19: Should It Stay or Should It Go?
Episode 18: DEBATE - Are Fighting Sports Immoral?
Episode 17: Changing Times, the Rooney Rule, and Minority Representation in Coaching
Episode 16: The Fight Against Racism
Episode 15: Esports & A Changing Sports Landscape
Episode 14: Competitive Drive & The Stigma of Mental Illness in Sports
Episode 13: Sports Are BACK + Breaking Down the Equal Pay Lawsuit
Episode 12: Equal Pay, Equal Exposure - A Look at the State of Women's Sports
Episode 11: Our (Expert) Guide to Choosing a Soccer Club
Episode 10: The Salary Cap
Episode 9: A League Divided
Episode 8: The Greatest Sports You've Never Heard Of
Episode 7: A Quarantine Special
Episode 6: Coronavirus 1, Sports 0
Episode 5: Culture of Heroes?
Episode 4: All Work, No Pay
Episode 3: The CTE Crisis
Episode 2: The Legacy of Kobe Bryant
Episode 1: Qatar & the World Cup