Grading the World

Jason Tatum, Becky Hammon, Portland, Lebron's "walkoff" and AD's fragility, and Naomi Osaka. Plus: Ethel Kennedy

We say goodbye to our unquestioned number one fan, plus the Indy 500's various walls, Jayson Tatum, LeBron being maybe anti-vax but maybe not, the magic of Madison Square Garden, the reputation of Boston fans, and Phil Mickelson.

Special guest Mike Freeman and a traveling Joe join Matt and Darryl for a peek into New Jersey high school sports and academics in the pandemic era and the requisite amounts of baseball and NBA chatter.

The deterioration of the human body, mask freedom, contact tracing, the evolution of the NBA 7-footer, a play-in lovefest, the worst reason for anything, and Amy Bockerstette. Plus, is it ok to hate Tim Tebow?

Did Gleyber Torres kill the shift once and for all? Whither the Nets and Lakers? Should Tom Wilson and George Parros be banished from the NHL? Is there a NFL franchise worse at handling quarterbacks than the Green Bay Packers? Plus Matt's catastrophic solution to a nonexistent problem.

Tabletop PONG, Florida Men, the death of amateurism, and the curses of the New York Jets and New York media.

Darryl is loving San Diego, Matt wants college athletes to get a proper education, and Joe wants it to happen in a year; plus Derek Chauvin and COVID vaccination policy.

You'll get every permutation of two-on-ones in this episode: Joe and Matt sharing Darryl stories, Matt and Darryl finding Joe's sore spots, and Joe and Darryl finally agreeing on a point.

Mendy Rudolph, video game Nick Anderson, two Don Mattinglys, and Pumpsie Green #3.

While Darryl waits for his immunity to kick in so he can get back in the classroom, we welcome special guest Emily Niemann for a frank and revealing look at her experience as a member of the 2005 national championship Baylor team, and living on a campus that had written policies hostile to LGBTQIA students.

Special guest Aisha Rodney, a nurse and former college basketball player, joins us with harrowing tales from the COVID front lines and the NCAA transfer portal. Bonus: Matt's hoop dreams

Baker is back from ninja gymnastics for a talk about the NBA All-Star game, revisionist Kobe Bryant history, disgusting things coming out of Oklahoma, and the best and worst of Fenway Park. Bonus: Pumpsie Green reference

While our Matt is busy with ninja gymnastics, we welcome Matt Vautour of masslive.com for a talk about how to improve some sports by fine-tuning how they are played and how to completely ruin others by the same method.

Commissioner Matt has seen the light and is back, this time to punish lousy owners.

The gents are joined by special guests Aida O'Brien and Yoomi Park for an educational discussion about how to fit transgender/non-conforming athletes into systems built from obsolete notions of gender.

A Super Bowl recap, a bad look for UMass, and the church of Texas football.

Tom Brady, growing up in New Jersey, The Dolans, Tyreek Hill and Antonio Brown, and Super Bowl commercials.

The gents are joined by special guest coach/teacher/parent Vincent Gioffre for a squaretable discussion of school sports, pro fandom, and hating Tom Brady.

A special guest fills us in on the latest from Agawam kindergarten, and Darryl shares his sports fan origin story.

Struggling to remember, and things we'd rather forget.

As you may expect, this one is a lot more plus than sports. Stay safe everyone.

Matt reveals the unique rooting habits of his two sons, Joe gets agitated about a lot of things, and Darryl does his best to keep the FCC fines at bay

Joe and Matt agree on things, and Darryl doesn't pick the Celtics. 

The boys are joined by not one, not two, but THREE special guests for a discussion of all things squicky about sports these days.

James Harden, Kyrie Irving, dueling college basketball coaches, and why are we even bothering?