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What's up Big Ballers Shot Callers. NFL WK1 had some key injuries to some high profile players, some unexpected teams won with new Head Coaches, etc... Myles Garrett on injured reserve, Sam Darnold with a hip injury very early in the game, AJ Brown is hurt for the Patriots after the big trade. Is the Dallas D that bad or are the NYG for real? I think it's a little bit of both. The NY Giants did ge...

What's up Big Ballers Shot callers? Big news in the NBA off-season. Lebron James is going to the Philadelphia 76ers. The 76ers are loaded with the earlier, Jaylen Brown trade. On paper they're dangerous! The NFL Preseason is almost here. The Hall of Fame Game is on 6 Aug. The HOF inductees are a pretty solid group. Drew Brees, Roger Craig, Larry Fitzgerald, Luke Kuechly, Adam Vinateri. Who do you...

What's up Big Ballers Shot Callers? The World Cup continues to have amazing games and also some drama. President Trump intervened to get a red card removed from the USMNT's striker, Balogun the day before the game against Belgium. Did that put a target on our backs? Did that remotivate Belgium and wake them up? Belgium is the #9 team in the World, but they were struggling a little bit before this...

What's up Sports Fans! The World Cup has been amazing so far!! The US fans have been awesome supporting the US Men's National Team! Soccer is definitely growing in the US and with the Men's team doing well it will continue to grow. The US Men won their first knockout stage game since 2002 against Bosnia a couple of days ago. There was some controversy with our best offensive striker, Balogun getti...

What's up Big Ballers Shot Callers? The 2026 NBA Champs, NY Knicks had their parade today in NY City. Over 2 million people in attendance. It had been 53 yrs. since NY's last championship. The 2026 World Cup is here! There has already been a lot of good action in the first games of group play. Messi had a had trick for Argentina, the US played great and beat Paraguay 4-1, France looked strong, Bra...

What's Up Big Ballers, Shot Callers? The NY Knicks have won 11 playoff games in a row and have made their first NBA Finals since 1999. Do they have enough to beat either the #1 OKC Thunder or # 2 San Antonio Spurs to get their first ring since 1973? I don't see that, despite how hot they are right now, but you never know. I'm sure Spike Lee disagrees with me! The Cavs completely laid an egg ant po...

What's up Big Ballers Shot Callers? Both Conference Final GM1's go to OT. The Spurs/OKC game went to double OT. Wemby scores 41 pts along with 24 rebounds. Epic playoff performance for such a young player. His first year in the playoffs. I see the Western Conf Finals going 7.On the Eastern side the Cavs blow a big 4th quarter lead in GM 1. Can the Cavs come back and make this a series? Jalen Brown...

What's up Big Ballers Shot Callers. The NBA Playoffs has had plenty of drama so far. Wemby is ejected in GM4, RD 2 with a nasty elbow to Naz Reed(Minnesota), NBA Officials have been talked about with some controversy. The Lakers get swept by #1 OKC, despite fighting really hard in GM 4. NY Knicks are absolutely on fire and they sweep the 76ers. The 76ers GM has been fired. #1 Detroit and #4 Cavs a...

What's up Big Ballers, Shot Callers? There were 3 GM 7's in the 1st round this year. Only the third time in NBA history. in 2014 there were 5 GM 7's in the first round. 76ers win GM 7 in Boston, huge upset!! Joel Embid, Tyrese Maxey and Edgecomb all played well. #1 seed, Detroit survives the first round with a blow out win in GM 7 vs Orlando. We all know Orlando blew it in GM 6 with an epic 2nd ha...

What's up Big Ballers Shot Callers? The 2026 NFL Draft hosted in Pittsburgh sets attendance records. 805,000 people over 3 days. #1 pick, Fernando Mendoza goes to the Raiders as expected. LSU QB, Garrett Nussmeir fell all the way to the 7th Rd, 249th pick by the KC Chiefs. The emotions of these players getting drafted was on full display. It was cool seeing their dreams come true!!! As always than...

What's up Big Ballers, Shot Callers! A lot of things are already happening in RD.1 of the NBA Playoffs! Wemby got a concussion in GM 2, East #1 seed Detroit looks questionable. They're struggling against #8 seed Orlando. Very defensive and physical series. #3 Knicks/#6 Hawks looks to be a very interesting series. I love how CJ Mccollum was stirring up the NY Knicks crowd! Especially, Spike Lee. CJ...

UCONN is the 1st team in March Madness history to beat a #1 seed(Duke) trailing by 15 points or more at halftime. True freshman, Mullins deep 3 from the logo to win it in the last second. Michigan rolls over TN by over 30 points and Arizona had a huge 2nd half against Purdue to win by 15 points. This matchup in the Final 4 should be very interesting. I have Michigan beating UCONN in the Final! You...

0:00 Intro 4:15 Finals Recap 15:17 Fab 5 or this Michigan team remembered 23:29 UCONN stats 27:27 Geno Auriemma Behavior 36:46 Jaden Ivey & Bulls You can also watch the video version of this episode on YouTube. From The Grid To The Rim Sports Talk Show