East Meets West Sports with Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan

October baseball is here, and so are the knuckleheads in the Yankee Stadium bleachers. Rick and Corey break down the Division Series, from the pesky White Sox to the Dodgers’ mistake-free push toward a third straight title. Then it’s Real or Fake in the NFL: Giants and Browns at 3-1, Vikings at 4-0, and an NFC West that might be the best division in football. Plus, suspended refs, Rams coaches fli...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan size up the MLB postseason bracket, from the White Sox's grit to Corey's theory that a Dodgers-Yankees World Series would put the universe back in balance. Then it's football: whether a 1-2 Rams team should worry with Philly and Buffalo up next, the Giants trading for J.J. McCarthy after losing Jaxson Dart for the season, and a three-week check on which hot and cold st...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down the Rams' 28-6 win over the Giants from Corey's seat at SoFi, weigh what Jaxson Dart's season-ending surgery means for Big Blue, survey a brutal week of quarterback injuries, and take sides on Aaron Rodgers calling out Mike McCarthy. Plus the MLB playoff picture and a 48-year-old college freshman. Find Us On Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube On The Buzz bit...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan run the full Week 1 slate through the Real or Fake machine, check in on Rams panic levels, size up the MLB wild card race, and react to Robert De Niro stepping into Tommy Lasorda's shoes. Find Us On Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Follow Rick Garcia: @RickGarciaNews on X (Twitter) Follow Corey Nathan: @coreysnathan on Substack, Threads, Instagram, X & more Key T...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan run the full NFL predictions gauntlet, division by division, then dig into the Rams' Australia travel gamble ahead of Aaron Donald's eventual return. They break down MLB's "Hat Gate" umpire controversy, check in on a tightening wild card race, and close with a Pop That Culture look at the 49ers' roster shuffle in Melbourne. Find Us On Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan celebrate Aaron Donald's return from retirement to a loaded Rams defense, break down the Browns' three-way quarterback mess next to Ty Simpson's breakout Rams preseason, question USC's sluggish season opener, dig into Stan Kroenke's $4 billion purchase of the Angels, tour a wide-open MLB wild card race, and close with a Pop That Culture tribute to Dolly Parton on the T...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan debate Aaron Donald's timeline for coming out of retirement, dig into the eligibility loophole letting NFL castoffs return to college football, and cover Lane Kiffin's exit leaving Ole Miss suspicious enough to call in the FBI. Baseball takes over from there with the wild card picture, the Dodgers' three-peat odds, and a Mets rookie class giving fans something to root...

Mark Walter's SEC Trouble, Jaxson Dart's Meathead Act, and the Fan Rankings That Snubbed New York Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan open with the storm gathering over Chavez Ravine: with Mark Walter under SEC investigation and reportedly buried in debt, could the Dodgers actually be forced to sell, and what would that do to Shohei's opt-out clause? They run the baseball board from the AL and NL playoff...

Aaron Donald's Comeback, a Standing Ovation for a Slide, and the Lakers Get Flipped for Billions Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan open with the big question hanging over the Rams' defense: will Aaron Donald really come out of retirement at 35 to line up next to Myles Garrett? They praise Jaxson Dart for the smart slide that earned him a standing ovation, hold up Kyle Shanahan's car-crash accountabilit...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down LeBron James taking his talents to Philadelphia on a bargain two-year deal, weigh whether the Eastern Conference has quietly become the one to beat, tour the MLB trade deadline with the Dodgers playing coy and the Mets in full sell mode, dig into the bizarre report that the Mets got caught leaning on AI for in-game strategy, and close with a Pop That Culture...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan preview the Spain vs Argentina World Cup final and Messi's chase for one more title, talk about how the tournament turned America into soccer fans and reconnected divided crowds, spotlight the sportsmanship on display at Wimbledon, tour the MLB standings at the season's halfway point, break down the Dodgers stumbling into the All-Star break with the trade deadline loom...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down LeBron James telling the Lakers he's done, weigh where he lands next, react to the Clippers sending Kawhi Leonard to Toronto, cover the USMNT's upset loss to Turkey and the road ahead at the World Cup, dig into the Mets finally firing Carlos Mendoza, unpack the Ohtani-Rushing catcher tension in Dodgers land, and close with a Pop That Culture look at a viral...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down Messi's claim to the GOAT throne after a record-setting World Cup run, the USMNT's surge on home soil, the Giannis blockbuster that lands him in Miami, a tour around the MLB standings, and a Pop That Culture segment on the rowdy New York fans who heckled Wyndham Clark all the way to a US Open title. Find Us On Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Follow Rick G...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down the New York Knicks' first NBA championship since 1973, OG Anunoby's instant-classic tip-in, the USMNT's 4-1 statement over Paraguay, the Brandon Aiyuk standoff in San Francisco, and a tour around the MLB standings, before closing with the big question: would you take a shot to reverse aging? Find Us On Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Follow Rick Garcia:...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down the blockbuster Myles Garrett trade to the Rams, the AJ Brown and OBJ moves shaking up the NFL, the Knicks vs. Spurs NBA Finals matchup, a Mets check-in, and close out with the $640,000 question: is the Ferrari Luce worth it? Find Us On Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  YouTube Follow Rick Garcia:  @RickGarciaNews on X (Twitter) Follow Corey Nathan:  @coreysnat...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down a Knicks team that's running through the East on pure gristle, take stock of an MLB landscape where the Mets are in full crisis mode, weigh in on Aaron Rodgers' Pittsburgh swan song, and close out with a Pop That Culture segment on celebrity courtside culture — and why the real stars are the ones who've been there all along. Find Us On Apple Podcasts  |  Spo...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan dig into a loaded NBA conference finals landscape, survey the mid-May MLB standings, weigh in on a Dodger pitcher's (yes, that former Met who's now a Dodger) cockfighting controversy, and ask what's taking Aaron Rodgers so long. Pop That Culture closes it out with a Miracle on Ice ring, a Shea Stadium seat, and a photo with Muhammad Ali. Find Us On Apple Podcasts  |  S...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down a wild NBA playoff landscape headlined by a Knicks team that's somehow playing like the best team in basketball, wade through the wreckage of a Mets season that's barely six weeks old, sound the alarm on athlete gambling culture, and close with a Pop That Culture debate on fan access — and why it's hard to hate somebody up close. Find Us On Apple Podcasts  |...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan dig into an NBA playoffs that's already serving up some genuine surprises, break down an NFL Draft that had the Rams pulling off organizational-level misdirection, rage through a Mets/Phillies collapse that somehow has both teams at 9-19, and close out with the Savannah Bananas, Russell Wilson, and a very vocal cameo from Bentley the dog. Find Us On Apple Podcasts  | ...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan dig into an NBA playoffs already full of surprises, break down a Mets losing streak that's historic in the worst possible way, preview an NFL Draft with the Giants holding two top-10 picks, and close out with canceled TV shows, The Pitt, and Santa Clarita's most famous cannibals. Find Us On Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  YouTube Follow Rick Garcia:  @RickGarciaNews on...

NBA Playoffs Are Here. Someone Stuffed a Fish. Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan open the second season with a full NBA playoff bracket breakdown — East and West — then pivot to a Mets reality check 16 games in, defend baseball's new ABS challenge system, debate whether to trade Puka Nacua, and close with a fishing tournament felony (...yeah, you read that right. A FISHING FELONY.) that somehow became...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan close out the NCAA tournament, assess a Lakers roster in crisis, argue over Dexter Lawrence's future with the Giants, and land in Pop That Culture with a blindfold, a missed shot, and a Donald Sterling flashback. Find Us On Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  YouTube Follow Rick Garcia:  @RickGarciaNews on X (Twitter) Follow Corey Nathan:  @coreysnathan on Substack, Threads...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan kick off the new baseball season with first impressions from Opening Weekend, weigh in on the ABS challenge system that's changing the game one half-inch at a time, mourn Duke's Final Four exit (one of them more dramatically than the other), debate Luka Doncic's technical foul problem, and close out with a Pop That Culture segment that gets surprisingly personal — from...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan break down the NBA stretch run with Lakers-Pistons, react to a wide-open Sweet 16, debate flag football's Olympic future, settle the Jack Hughes puck dispute, and close with a Pop That Culture tribute to Chuck Norris. Find Us On Apple Podcasts  |  Spotify  |  YouTube Follow Rick Garcia:  @RickGarciaNews on X (Twitter) Follow Corey Nathan:  @coreysnathan on Substack, Th...

Rick Garcia and Corey Nathan open with a World Baseball Classic check-in and bracket talk before bringing in the big guest: SNY veteran Gary Apple, who joins the Double Team to break down the 2026 Mets, reflect on 20 years at the network, and trade war stories about Bill Parcells, Kareem, and the late-night legends of KMOX Radio. The Pop That Culture segment closes things out with a tour of sports...