Three-Point Range

To mark our centennial episode, we reflect on staying power -- both for our gutty little podcast and Hubert Davis' UNC coaching career.

The professor mulls the latest fourth-down decision data from the NFL while the scout declares Jim Harbaugh's Michigan unfit to serve as College Football Playoff champions.

Delayed by technology issues, the latest episode includes an examination of the Charissa Thompson controversy and the tragic death of an American hockey player.

This week the Professor examines the larger meaning of the MJ Morris situation at N.C. State, the Scout wonders if Caleb Williams deserves a pass for crying on his mother's shoulder and the Journalist kicks around some wild ideas for value-added NFL action in the wake of Dare Ogunbowale's emergency field goal.

This week the Professor breaks down the Winer-Castellanos exchange, the Scout vouches for a fading Bill Belichick and the Journalist wonders why college football even bothers to ban in-person advance scouting.

In this week's very NFL-centric discussion, the Professor introduces listeners to Football Bob Gibson, the Scout examines the latest round of NFL parity and the Beat Writer waxes nostalgic about all those 1970's-era Bert Jones highlights on his Twitter feed.

This week the Professor (Tim Crothers) wonders if sports prodigies are done a disservice by early-career hype; the Scout (Kimball Crossley) would like to remove sports hatred from the equation; and the Journalist (Mike Berardino) laments the ever-present camera crew that has reduced college football to an endless loop of university-produced recruiting videos and other nonsense.

Back for another round of spirited discussion, the Three-Point Range crew debates the regulation of NBA load management (Tim), the reaction to Aaron Rodgers' season-ending injury (Kimball) and where the bar is set for Adam Wainwright's transition from the MLB mound to the country music stage (Mike).

Joined by special guest Atticus Crothers, the Professor (Tim Crothers) and the Journalist (Mike Berardino) offer opposing bookend points around the issue that continues to roil modern college sports: conference realignment. In between, the Scout (Kimball Crossley) is surprisingly sanguine about the continued rise of automated umpires in professional baseball.

Professor Crothers tries valiantly to make a case for cycling's Tour de France as appointment television; Kimball the Scout ruminates on the men's Wimbledon final and perhaps the greatest break of serve in tennis history; and Mike the Beat Writer throws out a wild conspiracy theory ahead of an upcoming documentary on the late Wilt Chamberlain.

This week's pod features deep baseball thoughts from the Professor and son Atticus; words of gratitude from the Scout after a serious accident involving his daughter Lulu; and Mike's proposed rebranding of Bobby Bonilla Day.

In addition to Sawyer Crothers' groundbreaking appearance on Three-Point Range, this week's episode features the Professor's lament at a U.S. Open gone soft; the Journalist's concern with the latest spike in pitcher abuse in college baseball; and the Scout's Top 10 Reasons to Love Tennis.

In our never-ending quest to fix sports, the Professor (along with guest podder Atticus Crothers) examines who bears responsibility for the sorry state of modern American tennis; the Beat Writer tweaks Jeff Van Gundy's prescription for streamlining NBA games; and the Scout highlights current examples of successful coaches who know how to play the media game.

After a much-needed break to gather our wits, the cast at Three-Point Range is back with more thought-provoking discussion. The Professor makes a bold prediction about the future of horse racing. The Scout endorses a recent rule change that might make miracle comebacks harder to pull off in high school basketball. And the Beat Writer offers a surprising choice for which golf announcer, past or pre...

In our never-ending quest to fix sports, Tim cautions against premature elimination; Kimball vigorously hand-checks those who would outlaw the charging foul; and Mike examines the knee-jerk reactions that flowed from Max Scherzer's messy ejection.

As the last echoes of March Madness fade out, the Professor ponders the making a basketball blueblood in the Nutmeg State; the Scout has some thoughts on the Hurley coaching dynasty; and Mike sets out a frontloaded viewer's guide to The Masters.

Take it from three veterans of the bracket racket: Come March Madness, it's best to keep those nagging voices and visions from influencing your NCAA Tournament picks.  

Topics this week include Brandon Miller and the fallout at Alabama basketball and whether North Carolina basketball can salvage its season with another surprise tournament run. 

This week the professor examines the perilous present in the UNC-Duke college basketball rivalry; the scout has his doubts about how Kyrie Irving will fit in with the Dallas Mavericks; and the journalist breaks down the developing drama in the Super Bowl broadcast booth. 

In this week's podcast, Tim laments the block/charge disparity that is plaguing flop-happy college basketball; Kimball endorses the idea of his beloved Jets dealing for Aaron Rodgers; and Mike pays tribute to the late Billy Packer and the straightforward analysis that made him synonymous with the Final Four.   

With the NFL postseason in full roar, Tim unpacks Brett Maher's public nightmare, Kimball laments the inclusion of the unworthy and Mike explains why sports TV's latest all-access experiment was so unpleasing to his ears.  

Special guest and Boston College freshman Atticus Crothers joins the pod as the professor (Tim) considers the choices football players must make as we all process Damar Hamlin's harrowing on-field episode; the scout (Kimball) wonders why winning matters so much; the freshman (Atticus) shares his experiences as a fledgling hoops Sicko; and Mike ponders the franchising influence of new Notre Dame qu...

Happy holidays, everyone. Tim wonders if towering Zach Edey can take Purdue basketball to the promised land. Kimball found the World Cup more enjoyable since he didn't care who won. And on the 50th anniversary of one of the most iconic plays in NFL history, Mike recounts the story of how two Steelers fans coined the "Immaculate Reception." 

As Leo Messi closes in on Argentina's first World Cup championship since 1986 -- the year before he was born -- Professor Crothers considers how little we really know about the soccer legend. Kimball, now in his baseball offseason actor/coach mode, offers an apology after his latest lesson in the differences between coaching high school boys and girls. And Mike, taking a break from transfer portal...

With the eyes of the world on Qatar, Tim divulges his most favored nation, Kimball chides those who fail to see the drama in low-scoring matches and Mike proposes an expansion of fair-play points as a way to incentivize sportsmanship in other realms.