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Send us Fan Mail Recorded July 6th, 2026 Getting eliminated is one thing. Getting eliminated after you finally start caring is another. We’re fresh off watching the United States crash out of the World Cup, and we talk through the whiplash of going from “I’m not a soccer fan” to glued to the screen, arguing about cards, coaching, effort, and how a match can feel over even when the score says it is...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded June 29th, 2026 Sports don’t slow down in the summer, they just get weirder. We start with a simple weekend check and somehow end up in a whirlwind of nostalgia, scandal, and real-life perspective shifts that hit way harder than a box score. We talk about Linda Cohn signing off from SportsCenter and why that matters to anyone who grew up building their sports fandom aroun...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded June 22nd, 2026 Golf at Shinnecock Hills does not care about your feelings, and neither do we. After the U.S. Open wraps, we sit down to unpack what “Let Shinnecock be Shinnecock” really looks like when the greens are firm, the margins are tiny, and par feels like stealing. If you love major championship golf, this one is a masterclass in picking spots, accepting bogeys,...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded June 17th, 2026 Shinnecock Hills has a way of making professional golfers look human, and that’s exactly why we love the US Open. We sit down on a Wednesday night, crack one open, and get right to the good stuff: the course, the wind, the setup, and the bets that make the weekend even more fun to watch. We also react to the surprise news that the USGA and R&A are dela...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded June 7th, 2024  A four-goal lead with 13 minutes left should be a cruise control win, right? Not in this Stanley Cup Final. We come in hot on the Golden Knights vs Hurricanes chaos, from lightning-fast goals and blown leads to reviews that change the entire mood of a building. By the time it hits double overtime, we’re not just talking strategy and matchups, we’re talking...

Send us Fan Mail June 1st, 2026  Standing room only for a Finals game costs how much? That ticket-price gut punch turns into a bigger conversation about what championship pressure feels like when your team is actually there, and why the quiet days before Game 1 can be the most nerve-racking part of the whole run. We bounce through the biggest headlines first, because the NFL decided to hijack June...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded May 25th, 2026 A referee gets picked for the Final Four and can’t even leave the hotel to grab dinner without risking getting sent home. That detail alone tells you how deep sports betting pressure runs behind the scenes, and it sets the tone for a Memorial Day hang that bounces between real sports talk and the kind of stories you only get when the group chat becomes a ro...

Send us Fan Mail Eleven months away changes how you see everything, including the “small stuff.” We sit down with our friend Chris for our 200th episode right after he returns from a marathon Navy deployment, and he doesn’t sugarcoat it. From a fire that wipes out part of the laundry space to the routines that keep sailors sane, Chris explains what life on a ship really looks like when the timelin...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded May 11th, 2026 Rickie Fowler goes from a rough opening round at Quail Hollow to lighting the place up, and the reaction online is exactly what you’d expect: loud, certain, and often clueless. We break down the full Truest Championship roller coaster, including the 63-after-74 bounce back, the Sunday charge from seven shots behind, and the late-stretch pressure on the Gree...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded May 3rd, 2026 A 23 to 1 Kentucky Derby winner, a wire-to-wire PGA Tour takeover at Doral, and playoff hockey that makes you question reality, we had all of it on the screen at once and we talked through every twist. We’re Graham Cohen and Scott Wasco, and our Sunday-night recap turns into the kind of sports conversation you’d have at the bar or in the group chat, only wit...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded April 26th, 2026 The sports calendar tried to do too much in one weekend, so we did what any sane fans would do: turned on the games, argued about what we were seeing, and followed the chaos wherever it went. One minute it is Stanley Cup playoff bedlam and the next it is a PGA Tour finish that comes down to a long bunker shot with a tournament win and career-changing exem...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded April 17th, 2026 Playoff hockey is the only sport that can make you scared to leave the couch to go pee, and we’re leaning into that chaos with our full Stanley Cup playoffs preview. Scott and Graham are joined by TP and longtime hockey diehard Brian Navarro to run the bracket, call the upsets, and talk through what the NHL postseason actually rewards: structure, forechec...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded April 12th, 2026 Rory McIlroy just went back-to-back at the Masters, and we can’t stop talking about how weird and impressive the path looked. A six-shot lead sounds like a snooze until you remember Augusta National doesn’t care about your lead if your driver starts missing fairways. We dig into the stats, the momentum swings, and why Rory’s putting and clutch recovery sh...

Send us Fan Mail April 7th, 2026 Masters Week is here, and we’re running full speed at Augusta vibes. We start with the tradition that might be more exclusive than the tournament itself: the Champions Dinner. Who shows up, what the menu says about the winner, and why that Tuesday night slot is the one reservation you never miss. From there we hit a few Masters fun facts, plus the weird feeling of...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded March 29th, 2026 The sports calendar is doing that thing again where every headline feels bigger because the biggest stages are right around the corner. Masters week is almost here, and we start with that buzz, the Augusta anticipation, and how the whole golf world starts to tilt toward one place on the map as soon as April hits.  Then the mood shifts hard: Tiger Woods la...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded March 22nd, 2026 March Madness doesn’t need constant upsets to be completely unhinged. We’re recording on a Sunday night with the Sweet 16 almost set, and we’re breaking down the games that went from “comfortable favorite” to “why can’t you inbound the ball” in about 30 seconds. We talk the wild finishes, the teams that look scary right now, and the matchup slate we can’t...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded March 15ty, 2026 The best sports nights don’t let you breathe, and that’s exactly where we start: live World Baseball Classic tension, ninth-inning nerves, and the kind of clutch moments that make you forget you’re supposed to be recording a podcast. While we’re riding every pitch, we’re also doing what we always do: calling our shots, sweating bets, and trying to figure...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded March 9th, 2026 One moment we’re sweating a four-leg golf parlay and debating green speeds, the next we’re watching the NFL legal tampering window blow up the depth charts. That’s the ride: Bay Hill’s chaos, Akshay Bhatia’s ice-cold back nine, and Fowler’s smooth ball-striking set against a Sawgrass preview that rewards discipline over distance. We get into the mechanics...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded March 3rd, 2026 A toast to friends serving abroad sets the tone for a wild, heartfelt ride through Pittsburgh stories, day-game hockey, golf lore, and NFL cap gymnastics. We swap airport heat and Sheetz being out of gas for Italian clubs, karaoke dodges, and the now-immortal “red silo cup,” then walk into PPG Paints for the quietest crowd we’ve ever heard as the Penguins...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded February 22nd, 2026  Sleep didn’t stand a chance. We crack open a wild sports weekend that starts in the rain at Riviera and ends with a gold medal heart attack on ice, stitching together Scheffler’s freakish consistency, Tiger’s Augusta breadcrumbs, and a USA vs Canada classic that jolted the country awake. We start on the PGA Tour, where the Genesis Invitational turned...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded Febuary 15th, 2026 Miss football? We didn’t have time to sulk. Pebble Beach served a two-act drama: a gentle, gettable opening and a weekend wind that turned every swing into a test of nerve. We ride the full wave—Ricky Fowler trending with a confident top-20, Scottie Scheffler detonating Sunday with three eagles and a historic top-10 streak, and Collin Morikawa reclaimin...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded February 9th, 2026  One weekend, three rollercoasters: golf’s rowdiest stop, a rivalry that refused to breathe, and a Super Bowl that crowned defense without apology. We kick off with the Waste Management Open, where Gotterup up kept smashing, Scheffler flipped a slow start into a charge, and Hideki fought like crazy before one brutal bunker moment changed everything. The...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded February 1st, 2026 A Sunday without football didn’t slow us down. We open with the NFL’s quiet Pro Bowl shuffle to Tuesday and what it says about attention, betting markets, and fan expectation, then sprint into a packed slate of fights, fairways, and futures. UFC delivered a reminder that craft beats hype, as Alexander Volkanovski’s composure, shoulder level, and timing...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded January 26th, 2026 One weekend, three truths: culture beats stars, precision beats drama, and in January you take the points. We kick off with Indiana’s perfect season and why a roster without five-stars felt inevitable, not magical. Then we pivot to Palm Springs, where an 18-year-old nearly posted 59 and Scottie Scheffler reminded everyone that “boring” golf is a winning...

Send us Fan Mail Recorded January 19th, 2026 A weekend this wild doesn’t need hype—just a rewind button. We watched the national championship while breaking down a divisional round that turned on turnovers, cold-weather game plans, and one overtime call that never saw a review. From the Broncos surge to the Bills’ heartbreak, we dig into why process matters more than conspiracies and how a single...