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Last Dance for Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery Holds Court and Paul Hembekides Has 'Got Your Number'

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You Gotta Love Golf and Brian Anderson on Calling History

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Adam Lefkoe Is Ready for Anything

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The Big Lead 2022 Sports Media Awards

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The Best Damn Weekend In a Long Time

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No Sleep for Brooklyn

7

The Game of the Year with Phil Simms

8

We Booked Ernie Johnson?

9

We Stink!

10

LIV, Laugh, Love

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When The Party's Over

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Hang On, I Have to Take This

13

The NFL Got So Drunk

14

Trick Shots and Bad Gambling Advice

15

A Truly Sad Week for Pasta Sauce

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Starting a Sports Media Feud

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Muscle Ripper 7000

18

There's Nothing Like Being Part of a Pitching Staff, Except Maybe a Great Playoff Chase

19

Field of Dreams Still Very Cool & The IBLWM Week 12 Postgame Show

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Ranking the Fall Out Boy Albums, Some Harsh Words for Rudy's Dad, & Why We Need Chris Russo

21

Surveying the Cubs Wreckage After a Truly Sad Sunday, Plus the IBLWM Week 11 Update

22

Will Tiger Woods Return to St. Andrews, NBC's Big Bounceback and The First Major Battle of Golf's Civil War

23

The Official International Baseball League of West Michigan Week 10 Postgame Show

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The Magic of Jordan Spieth, The Fearlessness of Javy Baez, and Ranking the Best Uniforms in Major League Baseball

25

Impersonating Skip Bayless, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden with Josh Rosen

26

Draymond Green vs. Kendrick Perkins, Plus the IBLWM Week 9 Postgame Show

27

Is the PGA Tour Really in Trouble or is LIV Just Shiny? Plus the Bus Driver Mount Rushmore

28

Charles Barkley is the Surest Thing in Sports TV, Plus the IBLWM Week 8 Postgame Show

29

My Official Statement on LIV Golf, Plus the 15 Best 'SportsCenter' Anchors

30

Ranking the 64 Best 'Seinfeld' Characters and Your Week 6 IBLWM Postgame Show

31

8 Things We've Learned About the NBA Finals So Far

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IBLWM Week 5 Postgame Show with Anthony Diaz

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What I Learned From Spending Time With the Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Are These Boston Celtics Actually Going to Do It?

35

I Still Can't Believe They Pitched to the Mudville Slugger in Casey at the Bat, Plus the IBLWM Week 4 Postgame

36

IBLWM Commissioner Javi Sanchez on the Past, Present and Future of the League

37

Talking Baseball With Lauren Shehadi of TBS and MLB Network, Plus Jimmy Butler Rules

38

PGA Championship 2022 Vibe Check

39

Phoenix Suns Turn in Most Pathetic Game 7 Performance Ever, Plus Week 3 in the IBLWM

40

The Detroit Tigers Suck and I'm Mad As Hell

41

Fox Sports Breaks the Bank for Tom Brady, Plus Your IBLWM Week 2 Postgame

42

Yet Another Job for Craig Carton, The Sad State of MLB Umpiring, and A Bizarre Chris Paul Incident

43

Lay Off the Miami Heat, Plus Luka Doncic Is in Hell and Top 10 Athletes From Grand Rapids

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Human Error Isn't a Baseball Flaw, It's a Feature

45

Put a Microphone on Every MLB Player, Plus the International Baseball League of Michigan Postgame Show

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The NFL Draft Broadcast Is Pure, Uncut Insanity and Perfection for Chris Paul

47

Ja Morant is a Feast for the Eyes and a Nice Thought on Some Baseball Guys

48

NBA Players As Types of Buses or Bus Passengers, 90s Sports Radio Guy on the NBA, Plus GMFB News

49

Is Ben Simmons Done? Pelicans Piss off Chris Paul and Charles Barkley's Bad Take

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The Maddening Genius of Miguel Cabrera and Stephen A. Smith vs. Milwaukee

51

Does Jerry West Deserve an Apology From Winning Time? Plus the NBA Playoffs and Hating Streaming Services

52

ESPN's Mel Kiper Jr. Problem, Ben Simmons Who, and Anthony Edward's Big Arrival

53

Jordan Spieth Still Has It, The USFL Still Doesn't, and Kyrie Irving Enrages

54

The Los Angeles Lakers Need to Clean House, Plus the Magical Mystery of Tiger Woods at the Masters

55

In Praise of Bill Raftery and The Horrors of Staying Up Until Almost Midnight Watching Sports

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Reacting to the Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski Getting New Deals at ESPN

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When Did the Media Become Obsessed With Handing Out the NBA MVP So Often? Plus, Why Cade Cunningham is Grant Hill 2.0

58

Hard Knocks Gives Lions Life, Bad Will Smith-Chris Rock Takes, and Kevin Burkhardt's New Gig

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The Miracle of Saint Peter's, Coach K's Last Dance and Villanova Has the Bluest Blood Right Now

60

30-Minute Major League Baseball Crash Course with The Athletic's Britt Ghiroli

61

Mike Florio on His New Book, Pro Football Talk's Long Journey and the NFL's Most Clickable Players

62

March Madness Is Here, Plus Rob Dauster from The Field of 68

63

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to Monday Night Football, So What's Fox Going to Do?

64

Juwan Howard and the Cycle Moving Way Too Fast, Plus 5 Thoughts on NBA All-Star Weekend

65

Stephen A. Smith vs. Chris Mad Dog Russo 'First Take' Postgame Show

66

Good Morning Football's Matt Hamilton and Some Important Breaking 'Early Edition' News

67

Dick Vitale's Voice Is Louder Than Ever

68

10 Reasons to Be Excited About Super Bowl LVI

69

Emergency Podcast II: Tom Brady Officially Retires, But Not Without More Drama

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Emergency Podcast: Tom Brady Retires, Or Did He?

71

Long Live Barry Bonds, The Greatest Baseball Player We've Ever Seen

72

Literally the Best NFL Playoff Weekend Ever, Plus a Matthew Stafford Victory Lap with Jim Costa

73

Dallas Cowboys are a Ratings Monster, Indiana Basketball is Back and Freezing Cold Tom Brady Takes

74

John Gonzalez on His New Sports Illustrated Podcast, Ben Simmons and Good Ol' Q&As

75

How About Those Cowboys and Wild Card Reflections with Matt Lombardo

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The Bowl Game: Which NFL Coaches Do We Most Want to See Slimed

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Nabil Karim on Joining Turner Sports, What to Call Wayne Gretzky and Where He Gets Those Suits

78

Thoughts on ESPN's New Sunday Night Baseball Booth and The New York Times Buying The Athletic

79

NFL Numbers and Narratives With Adam Chernoff

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The Bowl Game: It's Getting Harder and Harder to Find Uncrustables

81

Reacting to Another SEC Title Game and What the 12-Team College Football Playoff TV Schedule Should Look Like

82

5 NFL Coaches Most Likely to Be Fired After This Season

83

A Deep Dive Into The Family Stone, Possibly the Worst Christmas Movie Ever Made

84

We Need to Have a Conversation About Bad Beats and the NFL Product

85

Oh, So Stephen Curry Can Shoot

86

Kevin James as Sean Payton, Plus a Lot of Michigan State Hoops with Big Ten Network's Harold Shelton

87

Presenting the 2021 Sports Media Awards

88

Welcome to the Bowl Game

89

The Javy Baez Episode, Plus ESPN's Beth Mowins on Her NBA Debut

90

The College Football Coaching Carousel Episode

91

The Jim Harbaugh Episode

92

College Football Playoff Rankings Indifference, Plus Sports Comedy with Mike Camerlengo of 60 Second Classics

93

Who Are You and What is The Big Lead?

94

College Football Playoff, Dream Jobs and the Found Art of the Mid-Range Jumper with Mike Hall

95

Joe Buck Shines in October, Plus a World Series Check-In with ESPN's Eduardo Perez

96

Revisiting My Bad Peyton Manning Broadcasting Takes, Plus Michigan-Michigan State with The Athletic's Chris Vannini

97

The Beauty of the MLB Playoff Broadcast and Even More Inside-Baseball Media Stuff with The Ringer's Bryan Curtis

98

Covering QAnon, Politics and Technology with The Daily Dot's David Covucci

99

The Big Ten Is Back, Plus Fox Sports' Charlotte Wilder on the College Football Road Trip of a Lifetime

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20 Years of 'Pardon The Interruption' and a Good Deal of Other Nonsense with Pablo Torre