The Fresh Mint Podcast

Send us Fan Mail We cover the first two games of the NBA Finals, the New York Knicks versus the San Antonio Spurs. The two games in San Antonio were hard fought and filled with mistakes by the upstart Spurs. They showed all of their cards early in the contest getting double figure leads, all to fall back into despair down the stretch and lost both games at home. They are now headed to the Mecca of...

Send us Fan Mail The WBC Final pitted the underdog Venezuela team versus The USA. The Venezuela team scored first in the 3rd inning off a sacrifice by Maikel Garcia and again in the 5th, off a homer by Wilyer Abreu for 2-0 lead and kept the United States team at bay for most of the night. Venezuela's pitching was solid all night until Bryce Harper jacked a two run homer in the bottom of the 8...

Send us Fan Mail Week 18 in the NFL and the playoff matchups are not settled. Ravens win and they are in. Panthers needed a win to clinch a spot, and if they loss they needed help to still make the playoffs. We give our opinions on playoff winners and losers. Super Bowl picks??? Update: Wild Card Weekend - Packers 27 v. Bears 31 / Rams 34 v. Panthers 31 / Bills v. Jaguars 24 / 49ers 23 v. Eagles 1...

Send us Fan Mail Please Support the Podcast! We want to continue to supply quality content for you to enjoy!  Week 6, Thursday Night Football, the Eagles play the Giants in the Meadowlands. The new Qb Jaxon Dart and his sidekick in the backfield Cam Skattebo wreak havoc on the Eagles who are currently dealing with conflict and dissension in the locker room. They are saying all the right things but...

Send us Fan Mail Week 4 of the NFL. Part 2. Recap now Thursday Night Football on Prime - Seattle Seahawks vs. Arizona Cardinals. Sam Darnold played an efficient game and got the win. In our opinion Marvin Harrison Jr. needs more touches. Two Monday Night Football Games took place with the New York Jets vs. Miami Dolphins and the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Denver Broncos. The Jets started the game poun...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the NFL brought a lot of excitement again. Pittsburgh and Minnesota met in Dublin on Sunday morning and gave a good show for American style football. Aaron Rodgers hit DK Metcalf on a 80 yard strike to give the Steelers the lead that they would not give back. Carson Wentz had 350 yards on 30-46 with 2 TD but also 2 INTs. The Falcons handled the Commanders, Michael Pen...

Send us Fan Mail It was a very exciting week in the NFL. The freshman pod went LIVE on YouTube this week and the games were  off the chain. Blocked kicks, pick 6s, defensive excellence across the board. Unexpected blowouts, backup quarterbacks making noise. This was a followup video after the LIVE ended because the games were so good, we HAD to come back on. Please enjoy and subscribe to our podca...

Send us Fan Mail Fresh Mint Pod does a Review for Week 1 in the NFL and a Preview of Week 2. The Micah Parsons trade is having an impact in the first two weeks of the season. We had a spitting incident and a nose dive by the Baltimore Ravens versus the Buffalo Bills. Some of the young Qbs are making noise but the Bears Caleb Williams is not improving even with Ben Johnson at the helm. As we go int...

Send us Fan Mail It's a New Season and Season 3 is starting later the usual. The Fresh Mint Pod Crew looks at the off-season turmoil that threatened success vs. failure for three teams looking to have successful seasons. The Bengals, Commanders and Cowboys needed to settle contract disputes with star players. All but the Cowboys did so. We then preview the Week 1 of the NFL Season and there i...

Send us Fan Mail The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad, Paris, France. The Summer Olympics were a joyous celebration of athletic greatness. The USA reigned supreme on the basketball court and dominated gymnastics as well as the track and field. The women took the gold on the soccer field. There were a number of controversies that affected the outcomes of events. No conspiracies but there are grumblings...

Send us Fan Mail Inside The NBA on TNT has been a standard bearer for basketball analysis of high profile games during the season and playoffs, for almost thirty five years. Ernie Johnson Jr. has been the host since 1990, Kenny "The Jet" Smith since 1998, Charles Barkley since 2000 and Shaquille O'Neal since 2011. They are writers and producers on the show as well and have built an...

Send us Fan Mail Russell Westbrook is traded to the Utah Jazz for guard, Kris Dunn. He is then released and is headed to the Denver Nuggets to replace the departed shooting guard, Kentavious Caldwell Pope, KCP. The Clippers meanwhile have lost Paul George in free agency and now Russ is gone. How well will their fan base sleep this off season with questions also facing Kawhi Leonard who has left Te...

Send us Fan Mail NBA Free Agency opened July 1, 2024. The Sixers  got their man, Paul George. His Clipper teammate James Harden resigns with the Clippers. Knick fans were surprised to learn that center Isaiah Hartenstein signed with the Thunder, who also traded for Alex Caruso. Hartenstein's former teammate OG Anunoby resigned with the Knicks. Kentavious Caldwell Pope signed with the Magic af...

Send us Fan Mail The Lakers take Bronny James with the 55th pick in the 2024 draft. Social Media has gone wild with people taking sides on whether the Lakers as an organization did the right thing for the team or was LeBron James wishes the most important thing? Whatever the case, the pick is controversial. Bronny averaged 4.8 points a game in a shortened season due to health issues that didn&apos...

Send us Fan Mail This is a recap of the 2024 NBA Draft. Two rounds over two days and a lot of emotion is displayed as new millionaires are living their dreams. The first two picks are from France, the third pick, Reed Sheppard is the best shooter in the draft as he is shooting 50-50-80 and a quality player for the Houston Rockets. We review the Top 10 picks and jump around the draft for the most p...

Send us Fan Mail The Nets have traded their best player Mikal Bridges to their crosstown rivals, the New York Knicks.  The Knicks already have three players from the 2018 Villanova championship team, and now they bring in the quick slashing wing, Bridges.  The Nets were briefly building around Mikal after the Kevin Durant trade that brought K.D. to Phoenix. Mikal had an immediate impact in the Net...

Send us Fan Mail The Los Angeles Lakers have hired ESPN NBA analyst JJ Redick as their new coach. After failing to lure Danny Hurley away from the University of Connecticut. The rumors have been on going since JJ has been spending the last few months doing a podcast with Laker star LeBron James. Questions about the hire include, why would a franchise with championship aspirations hire a coach with...

Send us Fan Mail We see the Celtics come home for Game 5 after a 38 point blowout loss in Game 4. Kristaps Porzingis is cleared to play, but is a question mark as to how effective he will be. Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving played their best game of the series as a duo in Game 4. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum played their worst game and are looking to bounce back in Game 5 to close the series 4-1.  P...

Send us Fan Mail The Dallas Mavericks were back in the home stadium but suffered the same fate as the first two games in Boston. Kyrie Irving played his best game of the series thus far but his backcourt partner Luka Doncic was off the reservation and spent a lot of time flopping on drives and trying to draw fouls. He ended up fouling out himself with four minutes left and the game still not deter...

Send us Fan Mail The Dallas Mavericks started game 2 with more focus and a Luka midrange jumper. Kyrie had 8 first quarter points, and PJ Washington was more involved as well, for a 13-6 lead, time out Boston. Once the Celtics regrouped they began to right the ship and they were on their way to another sold first quarter. Kristaps Porzingis scored 8 points in the first and intimidated on defense. ...

Send us Fan Mail The Celtics came out in Game 1 on fire and ended the first quarter up 17 points.  The Mavericks were overwhelmed by the Celtics defense, two players, Porzingis and Brown had three blocks each. Dallas know as the new "Lob City" didn't get a lob until mid fourth quarter. The Mavs made a galant 29-9 run in the third quarter  cutting the Cs lead to 8 points. The Celtics...

Send us Fan Mail The Boston Celtics have gone through the season as the number one seed. They have not faltered and continue to steamroll into the NBA Finals. The Dallas Mavericks are a talented team that has fallen short annually but they have made some additions that have, along with their stars Luka Doncic and Kyrie Irving have them in position to upset the storied franchise in Boston. We discu...

Send us Fan Mail Recap of NBA Western Conference Finals - Minnesota Timberwolves v. Dallas Mavericks  Battle between two great duos that have had great play throughout the early rounds and Dallas is now set on sweeping the T-wolves.  The battle in the Eastern Conference is similar as the Boston Celtics v. Indiana Pacers is also a 3-0 series. Boston is going for the sweep, but the Pacers have been...

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