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Mad Max makes history!  His old team in the Detroit Tigers, took on his Washington Nationals in the District back in 2016.  Jay Dawg looks back on this historic game.

The Mother's Day 2026 edition of Bet THIS! contains NBA Playoffs, Stanley Cup Playoffs, MLB and MLS rankings and slates, WNBA is back, NASCAR in New York and UFC 328. 

Eventual Hall-of-Famer Justin Verlander tossed his first no-hitter in 2007.  Nearly four years later, JV does it again!  Jay Dawg looks back on the second no-no from Verlander, as his Tigers took on the Toronto Blue Jays from 2011. 

In this edition, Minnesota Twins southpaw Francisco Liriano had never tossed a complete game in any level of his career.  The 27-year old was in the cold of the South Side of Chicago, taking on the White Sox in early May 2011, looking to make history! 

A Run for the Roses edition of Bet THIS!  CJ and Jay Dawg preview the 152nd Kentucky Derby, as well as NBA Playoffs, Stanely Cup Playoffs, MLB and MLS rankings, UFL, NASCAR in Texas, Locks of the Week and Parlays!

Welcome to May! It was on this date 35 years ago back in 1991, Nolan Ryan tossed his 7th career No-Hitter!  Jay Dawg looks back on the historic night, as the Ryan Express was rolling in Arlington, Texas. Rangers hosted Toronto Blue Jays. 

In this edition of The Playback, the Rocket has launched!  Roger Clemens tosses his first 20K game, as the Boston Red Sox hosted the Seattle Mariners back in 1986.  Jay Dawg (who was 3 at the time), looks back on this historic game. 

Raging Bowe!  Riddick 'Big Daddy' Bowe was away from the ring for nearly a year (a bout of sparring injuries curtailed his comebacks), in comes undefeated Buster Mathis, Jr. It's Jay Dawg's Boxing Bout of the Month for April 2026.  Dawg looks back on this fight from the summer of 1994. 

A new era began on the South Side of Chicago; the new Comiskey Park opened in 1991 to positive fanfare, as the Chicago White Sox hosted the Detroit Tigers. Jay Dawg looks back on this game, which happened 35 years ago! 

CJ is back from LA!  In this edition, it's all about MLB and MLS rankings, games and matches.  Ditto for the UFL, NASCAR, 2026 NFL Draft Day 1 as well as the NBA Playoffs and Stanley Cup Playoffs.  Plus, the Parlays and Locks of the week from CJ and Jay Dawg! 

Mania Week concludes with a match Jay Dawg was at; WWE WrestleMania XL Sunday's Main Event. It was a Bloodline Rules Match between WWE Undisputed Universal champ Roman Reigns taking on Cody Rhodes in Philly from 2024! 

The Main Event of Night 1 of WWE WrestleMania 37 in Tampa back in 2021 was a history-making one.  WWE Smackdown Women's Champ Sasha Banks took on Bianca Belair, and Jay Dawg was there!  He talks about the mood, the moment and the overall spectacle that is WrestleMania! 

The Ultimate Challenge! WWE Champ Hulk Hogan battled WWE Intercontinental Champ The Ultimate Warrior at the Main Event of WWE WrestleMania VI, back in 1990.  Jay Dawg looks back fondly on this one, as Champion vs. Champion duked it out in Toronto!

Becky Lynch stunned the world in a short amount of time in 2021 when she returned to WWE.  Defeating Bianca Belair as a mystery opponent at WWE SummerSlam, she started to get a tad cocky.  Then, diabolical, as The Man was now Big Time Becks.  A heel, now facing Bianca Belair with Lynch's WWE Raw Women's title on the line at WWE WrestleMania 38 Saturday.  Jay Dawg looks back on this classic from 2022. 

Tables! Ladders! Chairs! Oh my!  Just when you think the magic can't happen again at WrestleMania, the Tag Team champion Dudley Boys, the Hardy Boyz as well as Edge & Christian put on an even better match than the year before!  It's TLC II from WWE WrestleMania 17 back in 2001, as Mania Week rolls on The Playback with Jay Dawg! 

#42 is worn by all currently playing Major League Baseball.  CJ and Jay Dawg talk about that, Jackie Robinson's legacy and MLB futures in this special edition. 

Mania Week continues on The Playback!  In this edition, Jay Dawg looks back on The Undertaker vs. Triple H in a No Holds Barred Match at WWE WrestleMania XXVII back in 2011.  This is a WrestleMania XVII rematch, as The Deadman faces The Game, and why does Jay Dawg think this rematch is the best of the eventual trilogy?

It's Mania Week on The Playback!  For seven days, a classic WrestleMania match will be featured.  In the first edition, WWE SmackDown Women's Champ Charlotte Flair faced Rhea Ripley at WWE WrestleMania 39 Saturday, from 2023!  Jay Dawg looks back at this classic. 

In this edition, a game Jay Dawg was actually at!  The defendining AL Champ Tampa Bay Rays hosted the Texas Rangers in April of 2021.  Dawg looks back on this game, as this was his first time not being in Cleveland or Boston for a Major League Baseball game. 

A Masterful edition of Bet THIS! Jay Dawg is back from Cleveland, The Masters begins, NBA and NHL wind the regular season down, March Madness is done, MLS and MLB rankings and slate of games and matches, NASCAR is back in Bristol as well as a special guest talking about A Tradition Unlike Any Other.

A new ballpark in The Lou!  The St. Louis Cardinals opened the new Busch Stadium in 2006 against the NL Central rival Milwaukee Brewers. Jay Dawg looks back, as he was 23 when the new ballyard opened.

Let's hear two!  Java Joe Musgrove (a San Diego native) of the San Diego Padres made history in Arlington, Texas in 2021 for the Friars against the Texas Rangers.  Jay Dawg looks back. 

The Cincinnati Reds must have loved looking at the 2001 schedule in late 2000, knowing that they would open in two new ballparks that happened to also be division rivals.  It was at the Brewers three days earlier, three days later, at the Pirates in their new home, PNC Park in Pittsburgh.  Jay Dawg looks back on this historic game from 2001. 

25 years ago, Miller Park in Milwaukee made it's debut!  Jay Dawg talks about baseball being saved in Wisconsin, as the Brewers hosted the NL Central rival Cincinnati Reds. 

On April 4th, 2001, Hideo Nomo made his Boston Red Sox debut.  Little did he know, he made history with a no-hitter at the Baltimore Orioles! Jay Dawg looks back on this historic moment 25 years ago!

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MLB is back! So is the UFL!  March Madness bracket updates (sorry, Jay Dawg), NBA, NHL and MLS rankings, MLB, NBA and NHL slates, plus NASCAR, parlays and locks of the week! 

March Madness has begun!  Brackets update, NBA, NHL, MLS rankings and weekend action and NASCAR in Darlington! 

For Jay Dawg's Wrestling Match of the Month for March 2026, it came down to a three-way coin flip elimination.  It's all about the ladies in this one!  TNA Final Resolution 2008 has a banger, as TNA Women's Knockout champ Gail Kim battled Awesome Kong in a No Disqualification Match.  Ring the bell! 

Jay Dawg's Birthday!  A lot to discuss.  World Baseball Classic, MLB Spring Training, MLS rankings and slate, NBA and NHL rankings and slate, NCAA Men's and Women's college hoops rankings (last ones before March Madness) and The Players Championship. 

55 years ago in 1971, The Fight of The Century took place in New York. Undefeated Heavyweight champ Smokin' Joe Frazier took on The Greatest, Muhammad Ali.  Ali's third fight back from being suspended by the US government for not participating in military action in Vietnam.  Ali never lost the title in the ring, so he's the Lineal undefeated champ going into the bout.  This is the first of the epic trilogy! 

Jay Dawg is back! So is the World Baseball Classic, MLS rankings and slate, NBA and NHL rankings and slate, NCAA Men's and Women's rankings just before the conference tournaments, NASCAR, UFC and TGL too!  Welcome to March, Betheads! 

The last edition of February 2026 has CJ with Doc from 99-1 FM The Bone and Frank FM, as well as a cameo from Jay Dawg in San Francisco! 

One last edition before Jay Dawg departs for San Francisco this weekend! In this edition, MLS is back, NCAA Men's and Women's rankings and games, NBA is back, too. Also, NASCAR rolls on and Winter Olympics talk. 

Another month, another WCW match for 'Jay Dawg's Wrestling Match of the Month' for February 2026.  'Nature Boy' Ric Flair puts his career on the line against WCW Champ Big Van Vader in 1993's WCW Starrcade event from Flair's hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina! 

No more NFL until late summer, no NHL until the end of this month, NBA All-Star Game this weekend and NASCAR is back with the Daytona 500! Plus, the Winter Olympics continues and NCAA Men's and Women's rankings and slate.  Don't you just love us?

It's Iron vs. Buster from Tokyo in 1990.  Jay Dawg looks back on one of the biggest upsets in sports history! 

Big Game Classics on The Playback concludes for 2026, as Super Bowl LV from 2021 had the Kansas City Chiefs taking on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Tampa.  Jay Dawg looks back on this game, which was five years ago. 

The Big Game is Sunday, so let CJ and Jay Dawg give you the good info on it! Also, the last NBA rankings before the All-Star Break, the last NHL rankings before March, NCAA Men's and Women's College Hoops rankings and games, NBA Saturday and Sunday slate, 2026 Winter Olympics and TGL! 

15 years ago back in 2011, two classic NFL teams hooked up in Super Bowl XLV. The Pittsburgh Steelers took on the Green Bay Packers in Arlington, Texas. Jay Dawg, who's been a Packer Backer since 1993, looks back on it as Big Game Classics rolls on. 

A trip to WrestleMania 37 in Tampa on the line for either the WWE Raw Women's Championship or the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship, as it's the WWE Women's Royal Rumble match from 2021 is on The Playback!  

No, the Pro Bowl will not be talked about on this edition of Bet THIS! Instead, NBA, NHL, the Stadium Series, the Pioneer Classic, NCAA Men's and Women's Top 10 rankings, TGL and the 2026 Winter Olympics will be talked about to end a freezing January 2026!

One of the greatest Big Games ever played was in 1991's Super Bowl XXV, as the battle of New York featured the Buffalo Bills facing the New York Giants in Tampa. Jay Dawg looks back as Big Game Classics concludes for January 2026 on The Playback. 

The winner via coin toss for the inaugural Jay Dawg's Wrestling Match of the Month for January 2026 is Goldberg vs. Sid Vicious in an I Quit Match from WCW Mayhem 1999.

The 1991 WWE Royal Rumble was 35 years ago, and one of the more memorable ones, as Jay Dawg discusses. 

Championship Sunday 2026 on this edition! Also, NBA & NHL Top 10 rankings and weekend slates, NCAA Men's and Women's Top 10 rankings and games, also TGL and UFC too!

Jay Dawg's Boxing Bout of January 2026 is Thunder In Africa from April 2001!  The Champ Lennox Lewis takes on Hasim Rahman in South Africa. 

The first edition of The Playback in 2026, it's Big Game Classics!  We start with Super Bowl III from 1969, as the New York Jets face the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in Miami! 

NFL Divisional Play begins this weekend, as does the College Football National title game on Monday! Also, NBA and NHL Ranknings, the Saturday and Sunday Slate, as well as TGL and Aussie Open odds. 

It's been a year! Bet THIS is now at 1 years young!  Tune in to hear some new announcements, along with a new feature. Also the usual, with NFL Wild Card Weekend, NBA and NHL Weekend Slates!