Grading the World

Charges in Halyna Hutchins killing, the Joe Biden Files, the disaster that is Congress, Olivia Dunne and fan entitlement, and the USA's racist history in brief

Top marks for Denny Kellington, Peyton Hillis,and Abigail Zwerner, and a big raspberry for the College FOotball playoff

Damar Hamlin's scary injury, The WTA's China decision,Congressional Republincans doing their best Democrat impersonations, and Chris Beard's firing.

Pele's death and legacy, a hero in Buffalo and an inspiration in Denver, along with a real-life poop sandwich in Texa and a brilliant parable courtesy of Sarah Marshall, plus our grades for the year as a whole.

Too many deaths in Qatar supporting the World Cup, the whitewashing of Mike Leach's true legacy, Fortnite goes to the Canadian Supreme Court, and the NCAA's new leader.

Celebrating the release of Brittney Griner, The NY State Legislatures messed up priorities, Deion Sanders' new job, and the Washington Commanders and Daniel Snyder in more trouble.

With Darryl off traveling the world, Joe and Matt are joined by Indianapolis attorney Mark Nicholson, host and Executive Producer of Circle City News, the second most interesting show on the internet. After a tribute to Joe's old friend Phil Wall, Mark talks about his non-traditional path to the law and what it's like to represent sovereign citizens in court.

Happy Anniversary to Matt and Jill, the Trump subpoena, another F- for Antonio Brown, and additional failing marks for Bill Murray, publicly funded stadiums, mixed assessments of Davante Adams' collision with a photographer, and the powerful words of William Shatner after coming back from space for real.

Joe's thought experiment gets solid Ds from Matt and Darryl, Herschel and Christian Walker at opposite ends of the scale, Happy Birthday To You, a potential Trump-Biden rematch, Bobby Wagner and the protester he decked, and Aaron Judge's head-of-the-class season.

With the new name and format finally in place, we welcome actor and writer Ronnie Marmo to talk about his one-man show, "I'm Not a Comedian, I'm Lenny Bruce," Aaron Judge's history-making season, and more.

With Matt off doing adult type things, Joe and Darryl are left to discuss the Las Vegas Aces championship, Ime Udoka's suspension, Boston's racist history [again], team vs. league punishments, and Brett Favre's theft of public funds.

Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott's inhumanity, two poop sandwiches, the impending economic apocalypse, and furries. If that doesn't get people to listen, we give up.

A sports smorgasbord (sportsgasbord?) - Flag vs. tackle football, pickleball, tennis, WNBA playoffs, and the MLB homestretch; plus "Winning Time," Tom Brady's marital troubles, and everyone on earth moving one step closer to the British throne.

The Netflix Manti Te'o "documentary," Shohei Otani's historic season, fan behavior and BYU's response to the latest racial attack, and more.

We celebrate our centennial episode with the second half of our chat with former Russian journalist and current high school math teacher Slava Malamud about leaving journalism for education, toxic hockey culture, what it takes to be an elite athlete, and the bleak news from Ukraine.

We are joined by former journalist, current teacher, and Soviet Union native Slava Malamud to talk about the Deshaun Watson settlement, the 2002 and 2014 Olympic scandals, Putin's long-running war on Ukraine and Alex Ovechkin's support of him, Brittney Griner's arrest and conviction, and whether the US is going the way of the USSR in the early 90s. Join us next week for part two! Help those affect...

We welcome the newest addition to Team Clark, Adrian Kite Clark born August 9; congratulations to Leah and Cornelius and the entire Clark family. Also: Deshaun Watson, Brittney Griner, Serena Williams, and Alex Coffey's Stanley Jefferson piece and Pete Rose experience.

The Deshaun Watson and Brittney Griner travesties, the deaths of Bill Russell, Nichelle Nichols, and Vin Scully, Aaron Rodgers' psychedelic journeys, and MLB trade deadline action.

With Matt working on his handicap in Myrtle Beach, friend of the show Dave Hock joins Joe and Darryl once again to talk about Kyler Murray's contract, Hockey Canada's sexual abuse problem, Kevin Durant trade possibilities, the Red Sox' collapse and the Yankees' semi-big trade, Juan Soto, and Better Call Saul.

Being lost in an unfamiliar place, close losses vs. blowouts, Tennessee football's 'violations,' superdupermegaconferences, Matt resurrects his no-draft plan, LeBron James trademarks 'Shut Up and Dribble,' an auto racing update, a plug for the SVRA and other affordable fan entertainment, James Harden's selflessness and Russell Westbrook's untradeability, Charles Barkley joins the LIV tour, and our...

Amanda Ripley's powerful Washington Post op-ed, good news/bad news regarding education policy, the shift rule, and the Texans' non-admission of non-guilt.

The gaslighting of America continues, and we're here to break it down. Brittney Griner's guilty plea, Sandra Morgan's hire, Demaryius Thomas's brain, the Democrats' "plan," and Kevin Durant's escape plan.

Getting up at 3:30 am to watch television but getting paid for it, Matt's apology to Kadarius Toney, Brittney Griner's traveshamockery of a trial, Clevelandfreude, and the lesser of two evils being the worst for everyone.

A sad week for America

With Matt out, Joe's cousin and former high school athletic director and football and golf coach John Capraro Jr. joins Joe and Darryl to discuss blood money for pro golfers, the Celtics finals loss, the Mets' and Yankees' start, Brittney Griner's upcoming trial, Sue Bird's retirement, plastic bags, campaign finance reform, Shohei Ohtani, and more.