Foul Puck Pod

The baseball plot thickens, the NHL continues to be a cesspit, and the Bay Area is suddenly the hot spot for professional women’s sports teams! Contents include: - Shohei Ohtani betting scandal update - salary comparison across leagues - NHL ongoing sexual assault case (CW for non-graphic discussion of a charged sexual assault) - Bay Area WNBA team is go!!! If you enjoy this podcast, please go and...

🎵Reunited, and it feels so good!🎶 The episode in which your hosts are together for the first time since 2014, and manage to be remarkably coherent in the face of cake and margaritas. 🍹🎂 Contents include: - Warriors update; World Series update; Oakland A’s move to Vegas update - Hockey talk: Panther’s vs Senators game - YOU get a penalty, and YOU get a penalty, and YOU… - NWHL: Launching and Ch...

What’s it like to be a phenom, and if you’re so exceptionally good that you get to choose your own destiny, does it benefit you to hang out with a mediocre team? Join us to find out! (vicariously, through Shohei Ohtani.) Contents include: - WNBA Bay Area team gossip; Joe Lacob; general sports gossip - Shohei Ohtani injury and athlete injury handling; comparative contract discussion - Mike Fucking...

Road Trip! In which 2/3 of the pod get to see the greatest living athlete of our generation perform live for about $50, not counting gas. Content warning: please note that this episode discusses in detail the publicly televised sexual assault of a female soccer player at the FIFA Women’s World Cup. Contents include: - Simone Mf’ing Biles: Live and In Person - oh, and there was some other gymnastic...

Lucky underwear? Opposing team jerseys ritual? At least you’re not carting a toaster around to ensure your team wins! …or are you? In which the Foul Puck crew gets superstitious. Contents include: - WWC update: US, Spain, Sweden, Australia - MLB: Marlin’s, A’s, around the league - Little League World Series - Sports superstitions If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on...

Tune in to episode 63 for all the info about the women’s world cup circa the Group Stage, the unfettered drama that is book tok, and your hosts answering the pressing question: who is the hottest Doctor? Contents include: - WWC 23: end of the group stage overview, Nike ads, ACL epidemic, and the status of research in women’s sports - Book Tok and hockey and the importance of the fourth wall Conten...

In this episode we seek to answer the controversial question that has plagued us all throughout the years: What mascots could you legally slap on the grill? Contents include: - A’s fan protests and the reverse boycotts - Tour de France - Women’s World Cup: the group stage and the USWNT - Women’s College World Series: the Oklahoma Stomp; how much winning is “too much” winning? - Outdoor Consumption...

In which outings are had, tree species are debated, and we attempt to define what qualifies as “too much winning.” AKA the Back-up Sports Edition. Contents Include: - Women’s College World Series: Gators, The Cardinal, the Oklahoma Stomp - NBA Finals: Fuck Boston; who are we rooting for? - Bay! F! C! - Your 5 Mins of NHL - Cycling, Soccer, and Softball! If you enjoy this podcast, please go and giv...

What's the difference between a "game," an "athletic activity," and a "sport," anyway? The hosts come to a conclusive ruling. Contents include: - Current A's streak - NBA playoffs and Warriors updates - Alabama collegiate betting scandal - What is a "sport" anyway? If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with qu...

In which we discuss the considerations of media-booth space sharing and the apparent epidemic of nutshots in the NBA play-offs. Contents include: - the A's: their park, their future, their *spits* ownership, and their presumed move to *spits* Vegas - NBA playoffs: who's attacking whose nads and why; Warriors prognostication - Five Minutes of NHL with Rebecca If you enjoy this podcast, please go an...

Nancy previews the upcoming NBA playoffs and Rachel talks about the baseball match-up heard around the world! Contents include: - NBA playoffs: play-ins; the western bracket; California Classic; the first round - World Baseball Classic: Mike Trout vs Shohei Otani - NWSL: Portland, San Diego, and the Women’s World Cup - Baseball’s new rules - WNBA upcoming season - 5 seconds of hockey - A’s preview...

Who’s had a sports injury, and what was it like? How do the various major leagues handle sports injury disclosures? And where are the sticky fingers of capitalism in all of this? Contents include: - injury announcements and how they differ across major leagues - how much right do fans have to players' medical information? - how much more will this be relevant with the increase in sports betting? -...

Leaky in the Five Hole, in which we discuss the age-old dilemma of sports fans everywhere: how many screens do you watch on at once??? Contents include: - Nancy’s fütbol rabbit hole - how do you decide which game to watch if you have competing options? - baseball shenanigans - brief discussion sexual assault in the men’s professional sports, as relates to the careers of Trevor Bauer and Anthony La...

Welcome home, Brittney Griner! (Alternate title: Argentina won, whatever.) In which Nancy is bullied by her co-hosts and we rehash the last of the World Cup. Contents include: WC wrap-up: the final; the ‘flu’; the colonialism; the racism Rebecca and the hockey hotel Brittney Griner’s return to the US Assorted Sports Updates If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes...

The World Cup Episode, or, Vaguely More Defensible Bullshit. In which the pod talks about the World Cup and celebrates Rachel’s birthday. Please note that this episode deals with sensitive topics including the oppression of women, migrant workers, and queers, as well as general human rights abuses. Additional notes: Nancy at one point claims French player Olivier Giroud has a brother on the team -...

Foul Puck returns after a lengthy hiatus to re-affirm our long-standing motto of “I’m not looking that up!” Contents include Rachel despairing, Nancy being smug, and Rebecca throwing over her beloved Flyers, along with: MLB: the demise of the A’s; end-of-season recap; preview of the 2023 season’s changes NBA: 4x Champion Warriors; Warriors growing pains WNBA: Becky Hammon, Brittney Griner, and the...

A previously recorded episode in which Rachel previews the (lack of) spring baseball, we talk CBAs, and the future of sports fanbases by age. Contents include: - Baseball CBA and “strike”; government involvement; “ghost wins”; the effect on the MLiB; expiring contracts; won’t anyone think of the fans? - Fanbase age demographics across sports - FP team ownership plan If you enjoy this podcast, plea...

A (very belated) wrap-up episode for our Olympics coverage of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Contents include: - figure skating controversies - snocross - reverse ageism - and much more! If you enjoy this podcast, please go and give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the listening platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmai...

For our final Winter Olympic Mini-sode, Rebecca takes us deep into the labyrinthine vocabulary that makes up the sport of curling! Join us for the olympic edition of sports mad libs! Alternate title: One Cleat and One Bowling Shoe If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter o...

Tune in to our 12th Winter Olympics Minisode to hear about the origins, types, and likelihood of injury in snowboarding! Pro-tip: wear a helmet. Alternate title: Snurf If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.com!

In Winter Olympics Minisode 11, we explore language, discuss the miracle of 3D printing, and imagine how much cooler this sport would be with a bow and arrow instead of guns. Alternate title: Biathlon, But In 3 Syllables If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us...

What is it that's getting "combined" anyway? Join us on Winter Olympic Minisode 10 as we explore the origins, details, and strategies of Nordic Combined! Alternate Title: Mitigating Mediocrity If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpodcast@gmail.co...

Tune in to our 9th Winter Olympics Minisode to learn why everything you've ever believed about which is the fastest color is wrong (and also about short track speed skating)! Alternate title: Skate Speeding If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email us at foulpuckpo...

Join the hosts of Foul Puck for an in-depth and completely objective analysis and learning moment about the merits of cross-country skiing! Bonus content: roller skiing and the effects of climate change. Alternate title: Crowdsourcing the Brain Cell If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulp...

Twizzles, Axels, and Lifts, oh my! On Olympic Minisode 7 we dive into the details of Figure Skating, including the lesser-know disciplines and the weirdness of the team event. Alternate Title: All Licorice Is An Abomination If you enjoy this podcast, please go give us a 5-star rating on iTunes or the platform of your choice! Hit us up with questions and comments at @foulpuckpod on twitter or email...