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R2C2 with CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco — 172 episodes

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1

The Season Finale | Thank You To All Our Fans

2

Nolan Arenado is Mr. Consistency

3

The One and Only Barry Bonds

4

Chris and Kyle Long: A Football Family

5

Quincy William's Remarkable Journey, Jets Super Bowl Aspirations, & Coming Into His Own

6

Julian Edelman Is The Ultimate Underdog Story

7

Kenny Smith On Inside The NBA's Greatness & His New Book 'Talk of Champions'

8

Devin Haney’s Boxing Legacy is Just Getting Started

9

Gleyber Torres Embraces Being The Young Vet & The Yankees Overcoming Early Adversity

10

Christian Yelich on Rediscovering His MVP Form & Brewers Postseason Aspirations

11

Allen Lazard & The New Look New York Jets Have Arrived

12

Austin Riley Was Always Destined for Success

13

Calvin ‘Megatron’ Johnson is a Modern Renaissance Man

14

How Yency Almonte Reinvented Himself with the Dodgers

15

Dansby Swanson Is Ready To Lead The Chicago Cubs Back To Glory

16

The Newest NY Giant Darren Waller and His Incredible Story of Perseverance

17

Reggie Miller is All In on March Madness

18

Baseball’s New Era, NFL Free Agency, and the NBA’s Playoff Push

19

The MLB’s New Rules Are Here To Stay

20

The Future of Baseball and Athlete-Driven Storytelling is Bright

21

MLB Spring Training Looms, The Fallout of KD & Kyrie, and Super Bowl LVII

22

RGIII on Media Stardom, a Potential NFL Return, and Being True to Yourself

23

Tommy Kahnle's New York Yankees Reunion and Reviving His Career

24

Nate Burleson’s Rise From the NFL to News Media & Playoff Conference Championships Preview

25

Danny Dimes, The Cowboys Move On, and an NFL Divisional Round Playoff Preview

26

NFL Super Wild Card Weekend Playoff Preview & Carlos Correa is Back with the Twins

27

NBA Deep Dive with Co-Host Sarah Kustok to Kick Off 2023!

28

MLB Free Agency Recap & The Greatest World Cup Final Ever

29

MLB Winter Meetings Frenzy & World Cup Glory

30

Jon Morosi On Aaron Judge Re-Signing With the Yankees

31

World Cup Reactions + NBA Observations

32

A Football x Football Thanksgiving Crossover!

33

Jeff Van Gundy On Early NBA Season Storylines & Contenders

34

Ken Rosenthal On The MLB Hot Stove & Free Agent Landing Spots

35

Dusty Baker Finally Gets His Title And The Astros Are 2022 World Series Champions - Bonus Episode

36

Theo Epstein On Upcoming MLB Rule Changes & Improving the Game

37

Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins on the Phillies World Series Berth

38

Astros Sweep the Yankees and the Phillies Are World Series Bound - Bonus Episode

39

Phillies Manager Rob Thomson Sparks the Team Into the Postseason

40

Triston McKenzie On Guardians-Yankees and Developing Into An Ace

41

Jeff Passan on Aaron Judge’s Historic Season and The 2022 MLB Playoffs

42

Dusty Baker On The Astros' Success, Growing Up As A Multi-Sport Athlete, and The Impact of Analytics on Baseball

43

Justin Turner on Dodgers’ Success, Playoff Mentality, and Team Camaraderie

44

Dave Roberts On the Dodgers’ Success, the Stolen Base, and MLB Rule Changes

45

Jordan Montgomery On Being Traded To The Cardinals and Finding His Stride In St. Louis

46

Mark DeRosa On Managing Team USA and World Series Contenders

47

Sue Bird's Final Playoff Push and Top Gun Star Jay Ellis Joins as Co-Host

48

Scott Effross On Being Traded To the Yankees and His Journey As A Sidearm Pitcher

49

CC and Ryan Honor Vin Scully and Reflect on MLB Trade Deadline Acquisitions

50

Joel Sherman on the State of the MLB and Trade Deadline Predictions

51

LIVE FROM MLB ALL-STAR— CC and Ryan Discuss Baseball Midseason Awards, Juan Soto Trades, and World Series Predictions

52

CC and Ryan Take Their Swing At Golf and Look Ahead To The MLB Postseason

53

Richard Jefferson on “The New Media” and The Kevin Durant/Brooklyn Nets Aftermath

54

Bobby Marks Dishes On All Things NBA Free Agency

55

Juneteenth Special: Fergie Jenkins, Dontrelle Willis, and Andre Gaines

56

David Ortiz On His Career and Facing CC

57

Derek Jeter Joins Social Media

58

What Does It Take to Build an MLB Clubhouse?

59

A Mid-May Mailbag. Plus: the Insanely Hot Yankees.

60

Sue Bird Wears Many Hats

61

Carlos Rodón’s Long Journey Back to Being an Ace

62

Nasty Nestor Cortes Makes His 'R2C2' Debut

63

What’s Wrong With Gerrit Cole? Plus: The Mets Are Hot and Other April MLB Takeaways.

64

Josh Donaldson on Learning to Play Free

65

2022 MLB Predictions and Defending Cy Young Award Winner Corbin Burnes

66

Tim Anderson on the Expectations of the 2022 White Sox

67

Ken Rosenthal on the Yankees Offseason, Sleeper Teams, and Remaining Free Agents

68

Aaron Hicks On the 2022 ‘F*** You’ Yankees

69

At Long Last, the MLB Lockout Is Over

70

Jeff Passan on the MLB Lockout and How to Reach a Deal

71

Cameron Maybin on Transitioning to the Booth and the MLB Lockout

72

Aaron Judge on What It Takes to Lead the Yankees

73

Joe Buck on How to Call the Biggest Games

74

NFL Conference Championships, Brady’s Retirement, and Brian Flores’s Lawsuit Against the League

75

Adam Wainwright on His Baseball Past, Present and Future

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Michael Vick Talks NFL Playoffs, the Evolution of the QB, and His Youth Baseball Career

77

Jon Lester Looks Back On His Career

78

Sonny Gray Returns to Nerd Out on Pitching

79

Kyrie Is Back. Plus: Adam Schefter on the NFL Playoff Picture and Whose Jobs Are in Jeopardy

80

Zach Lowe on the Lakers and Nets, the Return of Klay, and Why He Can Never Forgive the Yankees.

81

Holiday Traditions and Listener Questions. Plus: Buck Showalter to the Mets!

82

Dansby Swanson on Winning the World Series and How Youth Sports Culture Has Changed for the Worse

83

MLB Lockout Reactions. Plus: Who Is Going to Manage the Mets?

84

MLB Free Agency Is Ablaze, and the Yankees Are at a Standstill

85

Aaron Boone on What Went Wrong for the Yankees in 2021 and How to Fix It

86

Building the Perfect Pitcher With Jack Flaherty. Plus: Slingin’ Heat Speed Round.

87

Sue Bird on the Growth of the WNBA, Retirement, and How Officiating Changes Gameplay

88

Jay Ellis on the Final Season of ‘Insecure’

89

The Braves Closed Out the Astros to Win the World Series. How Did They Do It?

90

Can the Astros Contribute to the Atlanta Sports Curse?

91

World Series Reactions Through Two Games. Plus: Doris Burke on the Start of the NBA Season!

92

World Series Predictions, Yankees Clubhouse Rumors, and Raiders Talk

93

The Dodgers and Red Sox Are Both on the Ropes. Can Either Come Back?

94

The Championship Series Are Heating Up. Plus: Aaron Boone Is Back, and Ben Simmons Is Embarrassing Himself.

95

Dodgers-Giants: Who Will Win Game 5? Plus: Previewing Astros–Red Sox.

96

The Red Sox Eliminated the Rays. Do They Have a Chance at the World Series?

97

Dodgers, Giants, Rays, Astros: Who Will Win It All?

98

The Yankees Weren’t Good Enough. How Do They Change That?

99

Previewing the Yankees–Blue Jays Rubber Match and Predicting the AL Wild Card Match-up

100

Yankees–Red Sox Reactions, Toronto vs. Kevin Kiermaier, and Who Will Win the AL Wild-Card Spots

101

It’s Now or Never for the Yankees to Secure a Playoff Spot

102

Reactions From Derek Jeter’s Induction Into the Baseball Hall of Fame

103

Tim Anderson on 'Field of Dreams,' Creating Rivals, and Keeping the .300 Hitter Alive

104

Andrew Velazquez Is Living a Bronx Dream

105

The Yankees Sweep the Red Sox. How Far Can They Ride This Momentum?

106

Have the Yankees Officially Turned Things Around? Plus, Four More Years of KD in Brooklyn.

107

Walker Buehler on Developing With the Dodgers, Vanderbilt Days, and Pregame Rituals

108

Advocating for Mental Health With Drew Robinson

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109

Joey Gallo to the Yanks and More With Jeff Passan

110

NBA Finals, Yankees Trade Deadline, and Mailbag

111

MLB All-Star Week and Yankees Second-Half Thoughts. Plus, CC Finally Met Shohei Ohtani!

112

Theo Epstein Is Ready for Baseball to Change

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113

Suns-Clippers Reactions and CC’s Ohtani Report

114

Yankees-Red Sox Reactions: Do the Yankees Need a Trade?

115

Ump Checks, Gary Sanchez’s Hot Streak, and Odicci Alexander

116

Pitchers Are Waning Themselves Off Sticky Stuff. What Happens Now?

117

MLB’s Sticky Stuff Problem, Gerrit Cole, and What Comes Next

118

How Do We Bring Back the Contact Hitter? Plus: The Knicks’ Elimination and Dame’s Masterpiece.

119

Billy Crystal’s Best Yankees Stories. Plus: The Knicks Even the Series with the Hawks.

120

Tony La Russa Needs to Go. Plus: Listener Questions, Ohtani, and Jeter.

121

Rebecca Lobo on the WNBA’s 25th Season and Being a Sports Parent

122

Kyle Higashioka on His Journey to the Bronx, Catching Cole, and More

123

Joe Harris on Playing With KD, Kyrie, and Harden

124

"May the Fourth Be With You’" Star Wars Special

125

Mark Jackson on Steph, the ’90s Knicks, and His Most Famous Catchphrases

126

Jorge Posada on the Yankees' Struggles, the Core Four, and Catching CC

127

Jazz Chisholm Wants to Be an MVP

128

Bonus Mailbag: Most Underrated Yankees, Best Pitches in Baseball, and More

129

David Cone on the Modern Pitcher, Sticky Stuff, Gerrit Cole, and the 2021 Yankees

130

Welcome to New York With Francisco Lindor

131

MLB Opening Day: Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Yankees (and the Other 29 Teams)

132

Gary Sánchez on Catching CC and Becoming a Vet

133

Minor League Rule Changes, Brooklyn Title Expectations, and One Year Podcasting in a Pandemic

134

Jordan Montgomery

135

It’s March, but Gleyber Torres Is Already Building for October

136

Brett Gardner Is Back … on the Yankees and 'R2C2'

137

Story Time With Marge Sabathia. Plus: James Harden Is the Best Point Guard in the NBA.

138

Fernando Tatis Jr.’s Extension Reactions and Malika Andrews

139

Nneka Ogwumike

140

Renee Montgomery

141

Leonard Fournette

142

Stephen A. Smith

143

Blake Snell

144

The Eagles Bench Jalen Hurts, Steph Curry Deserves Respect, and Baseball Has a Boring Offseason

145

Who Has the Best Rotation in Baseball? Plus: Closing Out 2020.

146

Amber Sabathia

147

Negro Leagues Stats, Giannis’s Supermax, and Fixing the College Football Playoff

148

Adam Jones

149

Westbrook for Wall, and a Weird NFL Wednesday. Plus: Favorite Christmas Movies, Jake Paul vs. Nate Robinson, and Buying a Christmas Tree in NYC.

150

Nate Burleson

151

Devin Williams

152

Dominic Smith

153

Action Bronson

154

Breaking Down Blake Snell, Kevin Cash, and How the Dodgers Became Champions in MLB’s Strangest Season

155

Instant Reactions to World Series Game 5

156

Dave Stewart Talks Reggie Jackson, Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, and How Pitching Has Changed Since He Played

157

How Should the Best Franchises Balance Analytics With Old-School Wisdom? Plus: A Mid-Playoffs Mailbag.

158

The Rays Eliminate the Yankees In a Heartbreaking Game 5

159

Yankees-Rays Game 3 Instant Reactions. Plus: Making Sense of Kyrie’s Coaching Comments.

160

The Yankees' Hectic Game 2, Carlos Correa’s Comments, and Reactions to the Lakers’ Dominance

161

Mookie Betts and Bill Simmons

162

Manny Machado on the Electric Padres, the Best Plays He’s Ever Made, and Meeting Kobe Bryant

163

The Yankees' Roller-coaster Season With Luke Voit

164

Caris LeVert on Fitting in With Kyrie and KD, the Nets’ New Coach Steve Nash, and Playing With Jamal Crawford

165

Brian Koppelman on ‘Billions’ and How Sports Made Him the Artist He Is Today

166

The Sports World Is on Pause As the NBA, WNBA, and MLB Protest Police Brutality

167

Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe on the Political Athlete, Defying Age, and Experiencing the WNBA Bubble Together

168

Celebrating 100 Years of Negro League History With Bob Kendrick and Curtis Granderson

169

Gerrit Cole on Being the Yankees’ Ace, Building Relationships With New Teammates, and Witnessing Aaron Judge’s Greatness

170

Kemba Walker on the Celtics’ Title Hopes, New York Basketball, and MJ Stories

171

Pitching in a Pandemic, Winning the World Series, and Learning From Vets With Max Scherzer

172

Introducing ‘R2C2’ With CC Sabathia and Ryan Ruocco