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The Afternoon Sports Beat with Jim Traber — 230 episodes

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Hour 2: Most “Mid” Team in College Football

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Hour 1: Marshall Scott

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Hour 2: Best Decade in College Football History

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Hour 1: Waymo

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Hour 2: Bryan Toporek

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Hour 1: NBA Breaking News Season

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Full Show: Analytics & Lu Dort

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Hour 2: Lu Dort

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Hour 1: Analytics

10

Hour 1: George Schroeder

11

Full Show: Jim Has Returned!

12

Hour 2: OU Baseball

13

Hour 1: Jim’s Vegas Stories

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Hour 2: Bill Haisten from Tulsa World

15

OSU Head Football Coach Eric Morris joins Gideon Hamilton

16

Hour 2: Colby Daniels

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Hour 1: Cameron Jourdan on the US Open

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Hour 2: Keith Smith & Eli Lederman

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Hour 1: Kyle Irving

20

Gideon Hamilton Fills in for Jim

21

Berry Tramel Fills in for Jim

22

Hour 2: Carson Cunningham

23

Hour 1: Knicks are NBA Champs

24

Full Show: Can the Spurs Come Back?

25

Hour 2: The Fat Jack & Kendrick Perkins

26

Hour 1: NBA Finals Game 5 Preview

27

Full Show: Did the Knicks Just Win the NBA Finals?

28

Hour 2: Pay Baker Mayfield

29

Hour 1: Who Choked on the Spurs?

30

Full Show: Kirby Hocutt Letter & NFL Streaming

31

Hour 2: NFL Streaming

32

Hour 1: Kirby Hocutt’s Letter

33

Full Show: Victor Wembanyama – Friend or Foe

34

Hour 2: SGA vs. Wemby – Who Gets More Hate?

35

Hour 1: Is Wemby Evil?

36

Full Show: NBA Finals & Is Gambling Worth the Gamble?

37

Hour 2: Gambling in Sports

38

Hour 1: Can The Knicks Sweep?

39

Full Show: Thunder Offseason Decisions

40

Hour 2: Chet & The Thunder Offseason

41

Hour 1: Do You Remember Morganna?

42

Full Show: Spurs or Knicks – Thunder Fans Must Choose

43

Hour 2: Thunder Offseason

44

Hour 1: Who Should OKC Root for in the NBA Finals

45

Full Show: Let's Talk About Chet, Baby

46

Hour 2: The Chet Diaries

47

Hour 1: Chet Holmgren Has a Mental Block

48

Full Show: The Future of the Thunder & Chet

49

Hour 2: Cue the Off-Season Talk

50

Hour 1: Can You Trust Chet?

51

Full Show: Friday, May 29th, 2026

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Full Show: Thursday, May 28, 2026

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Full Show: Thunder vs. Spurs as the Nation Watches

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Hour 2: Put Him on Hold!

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Hour 1: Thunder Against the World

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Full Show: Thunder/Spurs & Tim McMahon

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Hour 2: Tim McMahon

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Hour 1: Thunder & Spurs Game 5 Preview

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Full Show: Thunder/Spurs Game 3 & Kendrick Perkins

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Hour 2: The Fat Jack & Kendrick Perkins

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Hour 1: Thunder & Spurs Game 3 Preview

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Full Show: Hartenstein Took it Too Far

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Hour 2: Kenny Gajewski & Thunder Fan Phone Calls

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Hour 1: Hartenstein Went Too Far

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Full Show: James Harden & Mark Kestecher on the WCF

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Hour 2: Mark Kestecher on the Thunder & Spurs

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Hour 1: James Harden is a Losing Player

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Full Show: Spurs Take Game 1 From The Thunder

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Hour 2: Chet Needs to Step Up

70

Hour 1: Doug Gottlieb on Spurs &Thunder Game 1

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Full Show: Previewing the Spurs & Thunder WCF

72

Hour 2: Did Jalen Duren Play Himself Out of a Contract?

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Hour 1: Spurs & Thunder Game 1

74

Full Show: The Designated Hitter, NIL in CFB & The Best Coach of All Time

75

Hour 2: NIL in College Football

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Hour 1: Does It Work When a Golfer Slims Down?

77

Full Show: Jim at the Graves Golf Club

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Hour 2: Looking Forward to Thunder & Spurs

79

Hour 1: The Officials Blew it in Cavs & Pistons Game 5

80

Full Show: Wemby's Dominance & The Truth About Nolan Ryan

81

Hour 2: The Best Right Handed Hitter of All Time

82

Hour 1: Wemby's Dominance

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Full Show: Ajay Mitchell, SGA's Rust, & Tony Gwynn Was a Machine

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Hour 2: Tony Gwynn Was a Machine

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Hour 1: SGA Says He's Shaking Off Rust

86

Hour 2: The Two-Strike Approach

87

Hour 1: The Infamous Wembanyama Elbow

88

Mookie Betts Strikes Back

89

Tony Gwynn & Ichiro Could Do This Too!

90

But Did Wemby Mean to, Though?

91

Do You Hate to Strike Out?

92

Is James Harden Back?

93

Wemby Throws a Bow, Humanity Reacts

94

Hour 2: The Fat Jack

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Hour 1: Thunder Win Game 2, But Who Would Watch?

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Donny Baseball

97

Back to the Phones!

98

The Fat Jack

99

Flopping & Flailing Saga, continued

100

Traber's Take: Flopping and Flailing

101

Thunder Beat the Lakers in Game 2

102

Hour 2: Emma Jo Steals the Show

103

Hour 1: NBA Round 2 Recap & Superstition in Baseball

104

Orioles Memories

105

Emma Jo is a Star in the Making

106

Ever Try to Hit a Cut Baseball?

107

Baseball Players are a Bit Superstitious

108

Knicks lose OG Anunoby

109

Wemby Is Literally Built For Greatness

110

Full Show: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

111

Hour 2: Daigneault Deserves More Credit & John Mateer Expectations

112

Hour 1: Thunder Win Game 1 & Austin Reaves Isn't Worth $30 Million

113

How Does Oklahoma State Get Back to the College World Series?

114

John Mateer Expectations

115

Daigneault Deserves More Credit, CFP Expansion, Caller Calls Jim an Idiot

116

Laker Fan Accuses Jim of Spreading Thunder Propaganda

117

Austin Reaves is Not Worth $30 Million

118

Did the Thunder Play Well in their Game 1 Win?

119

Full Show: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

120

Hour 2: Spurs Lose at Home & Lakers-Thunder Game 1 Preview

121

Hour 1: New Producer, Jim's WSOP Circuit Event, & J.J. Redick Complements the Thunder

122

Lakers–Thunder Game 1, Thunder On The Clock, Bills or Chiefs?

123

Injuries in Modern Sports, Baseball vs. Football, Should the Spurs Have Called a TO?

124

Ty Simpson & the Rams, Adamantium Skeletons, & the Spurs Game 1 Loss

125

J.J. Redick's Comments Ahead of Thunder–Lakers

126

Jim's WSOP Circuit Event in Austin

127

New Producer & NBA Playoffs 2nd Round

128

Shorthanded TWolves Shock The Nuggets! Duke on Prime Is A Problem!

129

Will The Nuggets Keep Their Season Alive Tonight? Jim Baseball Stories.

130

LeBron Has Thoughts On The GOAT Debate! Two-Way Player?

131

Thunder Sweep Suns! Can Nuggets Win Series Over Injured Wolves?

132

UNWRITTEN RULES! Shai & Wemby Put On Shows! NFL Draft Recap! Sorsby Gambling Investigation!

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Winners & Losers of Round 1 of NFL Draft! Underdogs in NBA Playoffs! Fat Jack on Gambling in OK!

134

NBA Officiating Debate! Good JDub Update! NFL Draft!

135

Wemby Gets Concussion And Spurs Lose Game 2. Suns/Thunder Game 2 Tonight! Tractor Traber!

136

The NBA First Round Just Got Interesting! NFL Draft Thoughts!

137

Thunder Dismantle Suns! NBA Playoffs Recap! OU/OSU Spring Games! College Baseball! Fitzpatrick Beats Scheffler in Playoff!

138

NBA Playoff Picks With Fat Jack! Spring Games This Weekend! Will Anderson Gets A Bag!

139

Kendrick Perkins Joins The Show!

140

Game of the Year in the NBA?! Play-In Games Are A Huge Success! LIV Golf Done?

141

TRABER'S ULTIMATE FOOD FAIR!

142

Rory Wins Back To Back at Augusta! What Are The Spurs Doing? Humpman Signs Off From The Masters!

143

Thunder Clinch #1 Seed! Wild NFL Affair! Humpman Live From Augusta!

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Thunder Can Clinch #1 Seed Tonight! Masters Picks With The Humpman!

145

Michigan Wins National Championship! Humpman Live From Augusta! Traber's Champion's Dinner!

146

Aggressive Chet! Jokic Beats Wemby! Masters Week with The Humpman! UNC Going Pro!

147

Thunder Obliterate Lakers! Shai Back To Back MVP? 65 Game Rule Good or Bad?

148

Thunder vs Lakers Tonight! Wemby OUT Tonight! Cousins To Las Vegas?

149

Lakers In OKC Tomorrow! Korean Owned Donut Shops Are The Best! April Fools Stories!

150

SHAI IS PUTTING THE TEAM ON HIS BACK!

151

Clutch Time Is Shai Time! Thunder Whistle? Uconn's Insane Comeback Over Duke! Tiger Woods DUI Reaction.

152

NCAA Tournament Picks with Fat Jack! Who is the NBA MVP? Tiger Woods in Rollover Car Accident.

153

Will Thunder Win The West? Carson Benge Goes Yard On Opening Day!

154

Thunder at Celtics Tonight! NBA MVP Race Getting Closer? Tulsa Makes NIT Final Four! Flag Football?!

155

Wemby Makes MVP Argument!

156

Traber's 2026 Baseball Preview Show!

157

Money Isn't Everything! Oweh Onions! Luka and Wemby Are Balling! When Will Dub Be Back?

158

Upsets In The NCAA Tournament! Nets Are Embarrassing! Moser Interview Reaction!

159

WATERGATE! USA's Embarrassing Loss To Venezuela! Is Lu Dort Expendable?

160

The WBC Is Baseball's "Ryder Cup"! The Spurs Are OKC From Two Years Ago!

161

Roger Denny is Keeping Porter Moser?! Thunder Bench Huge Against Wolves! WBC is Elite!

162

SHAI PASSES WILT! Thunder Beat Celtics! Will OU Make The NCAA Tournament?

163

Thunder/Celtics Tonight! What's Your Favorite Smell? US Survives in WBC! Pro Day!

164

Was Bam's 83 Point Game "Ethical"? WBC Debacle! Crosby Not Heading To Baltimore?!

165

SGA Puts On Legendary MVP Performance! Jake Trotter Joins The Show!

166

Nuggets v.s. Thunder Tonight! Wild NFL Free Agency News! WBC is Awesome!

167

HUGE RUSSELL WESTBROOK DEBATE! Brown Was RIGHT About SGA! Baseball Stories!

168

Thunder Beat Knicks at MSG! Ranking Big12 & SEC QBs! Is March Still GREAT?

169

Who Will Win The East? Thunder @ Knicks Tonight! Does OU Care About Basketball? Where Will Kyler End Up?

170

"Jokic Is Not A Dirty Player!" WBC Has Begun! NFL Free Agency!

171

DORT vs JOKER! NFL Combine! SGA Making History!

172

Traber's Plan to Fix Tanking in the NBA! Shai is BACK! MLB Offseason Talk!

173

Tulsa Head Football Coach, Tre Lamb, Joins The Show! KD Said WHAT?!

174

The Growth Of Wallace & Joe! Will 65 Game Rule Keep SGA From MVP? Prayers Up For Parsa Fallah!

175

Wemby Dominates Pistons! Thunder In Canada Tonight! ABS Is Here And Umpires Look Silly!

176

Proud To Be American! Thunder Shoot Lights Out Against Cavs!

177

Would You Draft Darryn Peterson #1? The NBA Is BACK! USA Beats Canada!

178

Berry Tramel's Take On KD Files! Which Colleges Wish They Could Go Back To Their Old Conference?

179

NBA Tanking Problem? Better Basketball Job...OU or K-State? Great College Basketball Memories!

180

WHO IS IN THE KD FILES?! OU On Fire! All-Star Game Back?! AK Comeback!

181

Thunder Get Big Win, But Dub Gets Hurts Again. Winter Olympics Update! Demarco Murray to the Chiefs!

182

Traber Loses Wallet! Does The NBA Have A Tanking Problem? Brawl Suspensions Handed Out!

183

Traber Is Back! Super Bowl Reactions! Thunder Beat Lakers! Peterson Red Flags?

184

Seattle Wins Super Bowl! Was The Super Bowl "Boring"? DUB IS BACK!

185

NBA Capologist Joins The Show! Super Bowl Picks! Red Gatorade???

186

Super Bowl Predictions! OSU Gets Big Win Over Dybantsa! Shorthanded Thunder Fight Hard! Arbitration!

187

Did Shai Get Hurt Chasing Wilt? Thunder Make A Trade! Josh Holliday Interview!

188

NBA Trade Deadline Getting Spicy! Thunder/Magic Tonight! New OU Arena!

189

Thunder Roll The Nuggets In Denver! Super Bowl Week! Change Your Pants??

190

What Does The Be Happy Friday Music Say?! T-Wolves Dominate OKC. Super Bowl Picks with Fat Jack!

191

Where Will Giannis End Up? Thunder Get Hartenstein Back Tonight!

192

WE HAVE A SCUFFLE! Browns Hire Monken! OU Loses Again. Denny Introduced! Where Will Giannis Go?

193

Thunder Need To Get Healthy! Bills Promote Brady! McCarthy Cries! NBA Trade Deadline! Mensah Situation!

194

JIM TRABER IS DUN WITH THE STEELERS! Worried About Thunder? Sam Darnold vs Drake Maye in Super Bowl!

195

NFL Conference Championship Picks with Fat Jack! New OU AD! Winter is Coming!

196

We Don't Stand For Mediocrity! SGA MVP! Should Baseball Have a Salary Cap?

197

WINTER IS COMING! Steelers Interviewing Jim's Worst Nightmare! The Porter Moser Era Coming To An End.

198

Indiana's Storybook Ending! Crazy NFL Playoffs! Bills Fire McDermott!

199

Thunder Blow Out Rockets In Houston! NFL/Natty Picks with Fat Jack!

200

Frank Michael Smith Steelers Interview! Thunder vs Rockets Tonight! Harbaugh To New York!

201

Thunder Dominate Spurs! Is Porter Moser's Time Up? Moore Staying at Oregon?!

202

TOMLIN FINALLY FIRED! Thunder/Spurs Vol. 4 Tonight!

203

Indiana Is A Wagon! NFL Playoff Weekend Recap! Spurs/Thunder Tomorrow!

204

Miami Heading Home For National Championship Game! Indiana/Oregon Picks! NFL Playoff Picks with Fat Jack! Marshall Scott Talks OSU!

205

Shai Puts Thunder On His Back! OKC Really Misses iHart! Trae-ded! CFP Semifinals Picks! NFL Playoffs! Transfer Portal!

206

This Lawsuit Could Change NIL Forever! Wild College Basketball Games! Thunder/Jazz Tonight! Harbaugh Fired!

207

Thunder Shows No Effort Against Hornets! OU/OSU Dominating The Portal! More Important...iHart or Dort?

208

TRABER IS BACK! Traber Picking Spurs over Thunder! OSU Dominating the Portal! NFL Playoffs! College Hoops!

209

College Basketball Is Officially Off The Rails! Bill Haisten Talks Year For OSU!

210

Berry Tramel on Bowl Season! Thunder Back on Track!

211

OU Loses To Alabama in CFP. T-Wolves Beat Thunder. OU Fans Blaming John Mateer?! Wild NFL Games!

212

Alabama at Oklahoma CFP Preview! Thunder Tonight! Big NFL Games This Week!

213

Will Mestemaker Follow Morris to OSU? Knicks Win NBA Cup! OU/Alabama Talk!

214

Interesting Transfer Portal Announcements! Steelers Beat Dolphins on MNF! Can Mateer Return to Form in CFP?

215

Traber Is Back! Wemby Returns to Beat OKC! "The CFP System Is Stupid!" Bama Week!

216

Berry Tramel Filling In For Jim Traber! Are The Thunder The Greatest Basketball Team Ever? Ross Porter Joins The Show!

217

Sam Humphreys Filling In For Jim Traber! NBA CUP! The Humpman's 16 Team Playoff! Pavia For Heisman?

218

Conference Championship Weekend! CFP Scenarios! Thunder/Mavs Tonight!

219

Traber Playing Big Poker Tourney in Bahamas! Where Will Giannis End Up?

220

CP3 Kicked Off The Team?! Frank Michael Smith Interview! CFP Rankings Reaction!

221

FIRE TOMLIN! CFP RANKINGS TONIGHT!

222

OU BEATS LSU TO MAKE THE CFP! Kid Tells Jim To Shut Up?! Kiffin To LSU!

223

OSU Fans React To New Head Coach! Tight NBA MVP Race! Venables Involvement In OU Offense?

224

OSU HIRES ERIC MORRIS AS HEAD FOOTBALL COACH!

225

OU Wins! One More Win For The CFP! Cowboys Crazy Comeback Over Philly! Thunder's Historic Start!

226

OU/MIZZOU Picks with The Fat Jack! What's Wrong with the Bills?! Thunder/Jazz Tonight!

227

Who Is The Greatest Country Artist Ever? Westbrook's Last Game In OKC?

228

Let The Notre Dame Debate Begin!

229

Happy Birthday Julie! OSU Coaching Search! Thunder Roll Pelicans! Cowboys Win on MNF!

230

OU WINS AT ALABAMA! Chase Spits on Ramsey!