Sports Ranting

Max Verstappen won the F1 World Drivers Championship for 2024 at the Las Vegas GP, and Australia were squashed in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener against India.

The Jake Paul circus may have finally jumped the shark with the Mike Tyson farce, and is Jon Jones now officially the UFC's GOAT?

JD goes it solo this week, Josh Giddey is settling in well with the Chicago Bulls, while Ben Simmons continues to frustrate the Brooklyn Nets so far this NBA season.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has just about won his fourth straight title and the lads say Lando Norris has shown he's not world champion material. And coming into the 2025 cricket season, there is one clear winner to lead Australia to a dominant year.

The once mighty Formula 1 outfit has made another huge mistake with Sergio Perez, leaving Red Bull in tatters heading into 2025.

Alex Volkanovski appears destined to return to the Octagon against featherweight king Ilia Topuria, but it's a bad idea. Plus, Rob Whittaker's career is dead and buried.

He was not stable on his legs, his eyes were in the back of his head. The doctor should have called it even.

Tim Tszyu was a heavy favourite for his world title fight against Russian Bakhram Murtazaliev, but it went horribly wrong. Is his career now effectively over?

We're breaking down the upcoming 2024-2025 NBA season - team changes, player performance, and our insights and predictions for one of world's largest sports.

The NRL Grand Final saw the Panthers win a fourth straight title, but a 'conspiracy' around a denied try is nothing but BS. Melbourne Storm's Cameron Munster is accused of taking a bite during the NRL spectacle, and Alex Pereira's head movement in his UFC 307 Round 4 knockout against Khalil Rountree is next-level.

The Brisbane Lions are 2024 AFL Premiers but has their Grand Final massacre of the Swans shown John Longmire's time in Sydney is up? And who wins the NRL decider?

Has Daniel Ricciardo been treated badly, is heavyweight boxing in serious trouble, and who wins this week's AFL grand final?

Did McLaren back the wrong driver in Lando Norris this F1 championship? Australia's Oscar Piastri won the Baku GP, but McLaren may soon have bigger fish to fry. In the AFL, Jack Ginnivan stirred up drama with a social media post that ended up costing Ken Hinkley. Murts, JD and Jimmy chat about the latest in F1, AFL and more.

The Sport Ranting team talk about the rise of the Matildas in Australia and how they are the GOAT of Aussie football.

The Sports Ranting team believe now is the GOAT era of basketball.

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios stirs the pot and sparks outrage by tweeting about his ex-girlfriend, who is currently with rival Jannik Sinner. Jimmy, JD, and Murts also discuss the latest in the AFL, including an incredible mark, which could have been dangerous.

Ferrari outfox McLaren as Red Bull flop at the Italian F1 GP, while Liverpool's big win leaves Manchester United's manager a "dead man walking"

Dricus du Plessis and Israel Adesanya's "bad blood" exposed, farcical judging rocks the UFC; and Kane Cornes is the fun police.

Raygun was a car crash masterpiece, but Breaking may be the worst thing the Olympics have ever done and Team USA’s “world champions” showed once again they just don’t get it.

3x3 basketball might be the biggest gimmick of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, the AFL could see a record broken after almost 80 years, USA are still finding out-of-the-box ways to count medals, and how did Australia fair in the pool this Olympics?

Red Bull have shut the door on Daniel Ricciardo slotting into the seat alongside Max Verstappen in 2024

Australian basketball great Shane Heal breaks down the Boomers and how they'll fare in during the Paris Olympics.

McLaren's utter incompetence ruins Oscar Piastri's historic win while Jake Paul's boxing sideshow proves once again it's a jok

Tennis' GOAT debate is back in the spotlight while Isaac Heeney's suspension caused a stir in the AFL.

The Boomers inexcusably axed our number one defender and Ben Stokes is proving the Poms have lost the plot.

Josh Giddey's NBA future, a T20 World Cup no one is talking about and Ken Hinkley's time is surely up on this week's show.

Swan act melts footy world, Aussie's rile the Poms and the NRL's 'cowardly' act on this week's Sports Ranting

This week the guys cover tennis’ new generation, Daniel Ricciardo being put on blast and the Matildas vs the Socceroos fandom.

How could NSW Blues end QLD's Origin reign

Tyson Fury loses title and his mind

The OKC Thunder have a major Josh Giddey problem and when will the NRL learn?

This week the guys take aim at Daniel Ricciardo's flagging fortunes, Dave Warner's T20 World Cup selection and whether the Swans can win the flag.

We break down whether technology is helping or hurting sports, biased commentary and can Tim Tszyu get back on track?