Ballinesian Podcast

Welcome back to the Ballinesian Podcast! We're starting with the Chargers bucking a decades-long curse of ineptitude with a tough win on Sunday Night Football versus the Cincinatti Bengals. We'll also discuss the (Black and) Silver lining of this season for Raider Nation: finding an absolute DOG in Georgia TE Brock Bowers, who trails only Ja'Marr Chase (73) in receptions with 70 so far of his own....

Welcome back! We check in on the State of Raider Nation before reviewing which teams are looking to lock in playoff spots as we pass the halfway point of the season. Also: Ranking pet names on how mad you'd be if someone else called your girlfriend them. Follow us on Instagram at @ballinesian. Sponsored by www.levasaislandapparel.com.

Welcome back! Lots to go over this week: -NFL Trade Deadline - Raiders fire Offensive Coordinator, OL and QB coaches - Chargers beat Browns with Defense and Passing game - Commanders 7-2 with high expectations - RB Rejuvenation - Can the Chiefs stay undefeated to 17-0? - End of Election Season 2024 Follow us on IG, TikTok and Threads at @ballinesian. Sponsored by www.levasaislandapparel.com.

Saturday, November 9th, 12p-6p Via Dolorosa Fall Market 1331 Cascade Ave, Modesto, CA Welcome back! Lots to get to this week, from Halloween to Week 8 in the NFL to Election Day, and also spending time talking with Irae Hosea of Le Vasa Island Apparel to learn more about the Via Dolorosa Fall Market coming up in Modesto (55:00), what vendors you can expect to see there, what plans they're having f...

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is set to return to action next week after missing time due to another concussion. He does not plan to wear a Guardian Cap when he returns. Personal choice. We also discuss the Chargers and Raiders losses in Week 7. Game balls to Cameron Dicker and Daniel Carlson, both had five field goals and accounted for all of their team's scoring. We hit some other rumors a...

Davante Adams was traded to the Jets and is expected to play this Sunday, his hamstring must have healed up on the flight over to New York lol. It's gonna be all vibes and backyard football but might actually go well, we shall see. On the other side of the coin, the Raiders look to move on after trading Adams away, should they fight for a Wildcard playoff chance or just tank to get their rebuild a...

Welcome back! Football season is in full swing - we got a Firing! The New York Jets released Robert Saleh. Shout out to University of Hawaii's Jeff Ulbrich for taking over as interim head coach. Are the Jets desperate enough to trade for Davante Adams? (Will Aaron Rodgers ever make the playoffs again? Idk... no.) We also talk about the Chargers and Raiders upcoming games in Week 6: The Chargers he...

We dive into the Raiders Week 4 game vs the Browns before talking about how the team may look moving forward with today's news that Las Vegas is open to trading away WR Davante Adams. Bowers-Powers-Johnson Szn. We also discuss Justin Herbert decided to play through an ankle sprain vs Kansas City in a tough divisional game. We end with the latest season-changing injuries to players you may want to...

Welcome back! We're previewing Week 4 in the NFL and focused in on the Raiders and Chargers, both with some injured stars that will be out the week. Las Vegas looks to bounce back after a trap game loss at home to the Panthers and with Just Herbert nursing an ankle sprain (and with both his starting offensive tackles out), Los Angeles might tuck tail vs Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs and just limp...

Ep 126 - Tua to IR, Bryce Young benched, Chargers to 2-0, Raiders down Ravens, 49ers lose Deebo by Lance Faletogo

WEEK 1! LETS GO! Boatload of injuries and underwhelming offensive production aside, the NFL's opening weekend gave us plenty of new storylines and fantasy football trends to monitor going into Week 2. The Chargers started the Jim Harbaugh Era with a performance they hope becomes typical: winning the rushing and turnover battles (176-71, 3-0) on the way to controlling the 4th quarter to victory. JK...

We're prepping for fantasy football season! Talking about fantasy football and different strategies for drafting and winning your league this year. All about value, knowing the rules and knocking your draft out of the park by not reaching. We'll break it down while not trying to tip our hands to our league rival on the other side of the screen lol.

Welcome in! We're getting ready for football season!! It's coming like Winter, we're only three weeks away from the first regular season game (Thu, Sept. 5, BAL @ KC). Get your fantasy leagues and survivor pools set up already (lol that's a note to self). We dive through the last week of NFL insider Adam Schefter's social media posts, including injury concerns for Rams WR Puka Nacua, Lions RB Jahm...

We've had history being made again and again each day at the Olympic Games, including USA's Noah Lyles taking 1st place (by five-thousandths of a second) in the Men's 100m final in one of the closest races in history, Samoan Alex Rose becoming the first Pacific Islander to qualify for an track and field final, and American Samoan sprinter Filomenaleonisa Iakopo throwing up the "S"(!) and setting h...

Tua Man secured the bag! The Dolphins extended Tagovailoa to a 4 year, $212M deal with $167M guarandamnteed. Those second contracts are the generational pay outs. We also talk Packers giving Jordan Love an extension and the Cowboys playing chicken with Dak Prescott who will become a Free Agent at the end of the upcoming season. We also check in with the Raiders and Chargers training camps and what...

Welcome back! We're talking about what it's like to get a media pass to PolyFest, how Vice President Kamala Harris is shoring up both financial and political support quickly after getting outgoing POTUS' endorsement and USA going for gold in The Games. Sponsored by www.levasaislandapparel.com.

Welcome back to the podcast! We're talking sports but have to start with the event from last week where former US President Donald Trump was shot at during a speaking event in Pennsylvania. Insane times. Forest smoothyl transitions to the hype of the incoming College Football 25 game, unfortunately it's only available on Next Gen consoles so we need to find an Xbox X|S. Also, let us know if you wa...

Welcome back! This week we're talking about Bronny James being drafted by his Dad's team and if he'll ever escape LeBron's shadow (it's clear he wants to make his own name, and unclear if he would have been drafted if not for LeBron's wish to play alongside him). We also read up NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski's Twitter for all of the earliest Free Agency moves including Klay Thompson to Dallas and...

JJ Redick is the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and Forest has some takes on the former Duke standout. Also Sami told us about a tweet that will surely get swept under the rug. We talk about what Redick will need in terms of new staff, coaching techniques and free agency moves to get the whole team to "buy in" and get off to a good start. We'll also talk through what's catching our eye i...

Join us as we talk through Le Vasa coming to #4DaysOfAloha in July, remembering when FestPAC was in American Samoa, the uproar over Caitlin Clark not being selected for the US Women's Olympic basketball team, the Boston Celtics going up 2-0 in the NBA Finals as well as our shoutouts to Alissa Pili for signing as a Nike N7 athlete and the Dads for Father's Day.

We're going in on what a perfect season for the Los Angeles Chargers looks like (psst, it's already begun!). From clearing out contracts that had the Chargers around $60M over the cap to bringing in a new system's worth of players on short and cheap contracts and in the draft, this new era has taken off much quicker than many may have anticipated. Add on Harbaugh's upcoming training camp and early...

We're back from the Memorial Day weekend and ready to talk sports! The Celtics swept the Indiana Pacers to claim their spot in the NBA Finals where they will most likely meet the Dallas Mavericks who lead their Western Conference Finals series versus the Timberwolves. And Forest gives us the scoop on what a Raiders season looks like where everything is clicking and the team is hitting on all cylin...

Welcome to another episode of the Ballinesian Podcast. We're catching up on the latest in the NFL offseason before pivoting to what's going on in New Caledonia right now, with indigenous Kanak people protesting new election laws handed down from France and the police forces sent down to quell the rebellioin. We wrap with the NBA Conference Finals between the Minnesota Timberwolves and Dallas Maver...

Welcome back! We're in peak NFL offseason form and chatting about anything and everything. WNBA preseason is giving us game-looks at new rookies and the league finally got chartered flights and a Skims sponsorship. The NBA postseason is in full swing with the Nuggets coming back from down 0-2 to even their series with Anthony Edwards and the Timberwolves. We talk Raiders and Chargers 2024 opponent...

This weekend in the Kendrick-Drake feud was wiiild, could even be seen as historic. We haven't had artists going at each other directly like this in forever. Listen to who we think won and where it goes from here. We'll also talk on the Lakers parting ways with former coach Darvin Ham and whether they should just make LeBron James the coach until he finishes his time in LA. (Can't fire himself, ye...