Highly Disputed

We willed a Bradley Beal trade into existence, just to the wrong team and the Wizards got absolutely nothing for him. Did the Suns actually make themselves any scarier with the move? Are the Wizards actually fine now? We look at the Beal trade, along with where the Heat go after not making a trade, and assess why the Blazers are still holding on hope with Lillard like the Wizards were.

The Nuggets won the NBA Finals in about as convincing of fashion as we expected and there’s no signs they’ll slow down. Nikola Jokic may already be a top 20 player of all time. Where do we stand moving forward? What can the Heat do from here? Trading for Bradley Beal sounds fun. The Wizards are unserious anyway. And there’s other NBA offseason silliness ahead.

The NBA Finals have arrived but we kind of previewed it last week (and nearly looked silly) so we open the show talking about important matters: television. Hope you enjoy our comprehensive review of Barry and the rest of the entertainment we’re enjoying this week, along with the state of streaming content today. Then it’s Celtics outlook time. Mazzulla and Jaylen: what do we do? (nothing, probabl...

The NBA Finals are nearly set with the Nuggets awaiting probably the up 3-1 Miami Heat. Is Jokic simply too powerful to be stopped? LeBron floated the idea of retiring but it’s hard to buy right now. It’s a good excuse though to litigate Producer Garett’s top 10 NBA players of all time; an absurd list that inevitably breaks down into a Jordan vs. LeBron discussion. Then we get Garett’s top 10 NFL...

The NBA season is over and the San Antonio Spurs are your 2023 champions…right? That wasn’t what happened this week? Oh yeah I guess the conference finals are happening. But first we have to talk about Victor Wembanyama and the validity of the draft as a concept. Should we just get rid of it? Also we literally have to do the Sixers Failure and Ja Morant Stupidity Episode for the second time this s...

Russell Goodacre makes his triumphant return to the show to tell us about his new book Tackling Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities and for our deep dive back into the NBA playoffs, where the Bucks and Clippers go after early exits, and the legacy of Steph Curry. A link to order Russell’s book: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/tackling-dyslexia-and-learning-disabilities

The Lamar Jackson contract saga is finally over. No one guest to break it down than Noah Hose of the For The Flock YouTube channel. We assess where the Ravens stand after the draft with Lamar locked up long-term and then go on to the NFL Draft itself and the chaos there, our winners, and also the Lions. Then it’s an NBA Playoffs check-in on the Knicks and our chance to clown on Dillon Brooks.

A quick solo venture from Dylan to map out his predictions for the top of the 2023 NFL Draft. How will the top 10 shake out and where will our beloved Shepherd Rams be selected during this weekend?

The annual HD QB Draft Class Special is back, with a new twist. As always, Derrik Klassen joins us to make us smart and informed on the football aspects of the QBs in this year’s NFL Draft, but now we have the Vibe Check Expert Susan Harris to sus out which QBs are psychos. You won’t find more comprehensive coverage on Anthony Richardson’s religion, Josh Allen’s infidelity, and the projections of...

It’s our unofficial NBA playoff preview, in which we focus a lot on a team that might not actually make it past the play-in because they’re a dumpster fire where players are punching everything in sight. MVP takes, Finals predictions, and entertaining series to hope for. Also our takes on Odell Beckham to the Ravens

It’s a mailbag episode! Our listener-submitted questions took us to some fun places: our favorite sports moments (Shepherd and otherwise), baseball somehow, comparing the SEC to chicken restaurants, and our Top 5 Nicks. But first: the NBA playoff race is heating up.

The Shepherd Pro Day was today! Dylan gives his breakdown from being on the scene, but not before we talk about the most absurd Final Four there’s ever been. Also: Lamar Jackson requested a trade this week…but does it actually mean anything?

March Madness is here and it’s time for our upset specials. This episode title is in honor of the Lamar Jackson saga, the Aaron Rodgers situation, and this episode itself as we dive into NFL free agency and also the Oscar’s as if anyone asked.

What the hell is Ja Morant doing? We get in some extended NBA talk for the first time in a while before moving on to the NFL Combine. Should the Lions and Seahawks want Anthony Richardson? Does Derek Carr actually move the needle? And which franchise tag should the Ravens give Lamar?

The NFL offseason is heating up. It’s NFL Combine week. How much should we care? What should the Bears do at #1? How are the Colts not consistently worse? We look at incoming Eagles and Vikings regressions. And finally: Lamar Jackson rumors are flying around everywhere. And it’s getting worrisome. With an NBA roundup to top things off.

A most special of editions of Highly Disputed: the big man on campus himself, Shepherd QB Tyson Bagent joins us to talk about Shepherd, the Senior Bowl, the NFL Combine, and how his hometown community has affected his life. And some shenanigans of course.

Our good pal Susan Harris joins the show to give us a woman’s perspective on the quarterbacks of the NFL, seeing if they pass the vibe check. Then she gives us her burning, crowdsourced questions the world of non-sports watching women are wondering about sports bros. And a debate on the cinematic merit of the original Top Gun.

We’re pre-gaming the Big Game. Luke McGoldrick and Friends of the Show Garett, Mikayla, and Shep join us to break down Chiefs vs. Eagles and give our final predictions. Also giving our late breakdown of Tyson Bagent’s Senior Bowl performance and the Kevin Durant trade at the NBA trade deadline.

We were out being groomsmen in a big time Friend of the Show wedding so here’s a mid-Pro Bowl edition on the legacy of Tom Brady, intertwined with the potential legacy game of Mahomes coming next week before we get into…why it may not be that legacy changing game in the end. Kyrie to Dallas talk too I guess.

It’s a huge week for Shepherd basketball. Coming off an upset of a top 15 ranked team, they are right in the thick of the PSAC East race and we have many thoughts and words on the matter. And it’s conference title weekend. We break down both games, including why we just can’t get on the Bengals train.

Our first ever Sunday show comes to you in the middle of the NFL Divisional Round. Greg Roman is finally gone, Brandon Staley somehow isn’t, the best teams have been the best teams, and why Super Bowl 36 may tell us the result of Super Bowl 57.

It’s Super Wildcard Weekend! And boy…it sure looks super huh. We break down every game as much as feels necessary and work our way through our entire playoff predictions. Along the way we stop to evaluate the Lamar Jackson situation and tell Bengals fans to grow up. Before all that, listen, we gotta talk about Vince McMahon possibly selling WWE to Saudi Arabia.

The new year is here and that means the basketball season finally feels real. We start off with some Shepherd hoops talk before transitioning into the obvious huge story of the week in the Demar Hamlin situation - how the NFL had no plan for something like this and why Sk*p B*yless is still around for some reason.

We promised a New Year’s episode. Well…here it is. Hope you weren’t looking forward to something enlightening.

A special Snow Day edition of HD on a Thursday afternoon right before Christmas. We jump back into the NFL after ignoring it on the show for a month and break down Ronnie Brown’s decision to declare for the draft. Not before railing against the state of popular entertainment in America today of course.