OVIES & GIGLIO

The Stanley Cup Final is here, but the ticket prices are a total nightmare. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio break down the matchup with John Forslund, welcome Bomani Jones to the show, and take a look at UNC and ECU baseball heading in different directions. OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Intro 05:00 - Canes watch party details 07:00 - Ticket prices are INSANE 2...

The 20-year wait is officially OVER! Live from Lenovo Center immediately following the handshake line, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio celebrate the Hurricanes winning the Eastern Conference Finals. OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ The wait is officially over. The Carolina Hurricanes collected their 3rd Prince of Wales Trophy, but everyone knows that's not the ultimate goal. The Can...

The OG Mailbag is wide open to answer your biggest questions. What happens if the SEC officially leaves the NCAA, and why is the new ACC basketball schedule a complete mess? Plus, the Stanley Cup playoff run has brought out some truly atrocious national commentary. The guys filter through the noise to highlight why the national media's Carolina Hurricanes takes are so consistently terrible, and wh...

Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio are live from The Veil Brewing Co. in Richmond with a trunk full of OG Lime and OG Lite! Plus, Ovies goes off on Charlotte media's outdated MLB expansion takes. OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ The road trip is officially on! The guys packed up a trunk full of OG Lime and OG Lite, drove up the Interstate, and settled in for a live show at The Veil Bre...

A 1st period blitz and a Freddie Andersen shutout has the Carolina Hurricanes just one win away from the Stanley Cup Final! OG After Dark breaks down a wild Game 4 road victory in Montreal. OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ The Carolina Hurricanes have a commanding 3-1 stranglehold on the Eastern Conference Finals! Broadcasting live immediately following the final horn of Game...

The Avalanche got swept by Vegas, sparking the President's Trophy curse debate all over again. Plus, the guys are live to tape from Raleigh Country Club ahead of the UNC Health Championship! OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Avalanche swept 07:00 - "...but we didn't REALLY get swept" 11:00 - Everybody hates OKC 17:00 - Able "back" to UNC 21:00 - Housekeepin...

TNT and ESPN love showing reaction shots from arena watch parties during the playoffs. So why haven't the Carolina Hurricanes hosted one at Lenovo Center when the team is on the road? Some of it is contractual (they do have an official partner with a local chain), and fans should expect an official arena watch event if the Canes make the Stanley Cup Final. However, a lot of the reasons for the lac...

The Hurricanes outshot Montreal by a mile, survived 30+ blocked shots, and finally broke through Jakub Dobeš in OT. Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio break down a wild Game 3 victory with the help of Canes play by play voice Mike Maniscalco and Ryan Didoshak of Hot Garbage Sports. OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ They did it again! The Carolina Hurricanes, who now hold a 2-1 Eastern C...

Nikolaj Ehlers calls game! Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio break down a thrilling OT winner in Game 2 to even the Eastern Conference Finals at 1-1 heading to Montreal. OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ Series tied. No panic. Live from Lenovo Center immediately following the final horn, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio break down a massive, thrilling OT win for the Carolina Hurricanes to even...

The OG Mailbag is wide open, and the guys are sorting through an avalanche of fan fallout following the Carolina Hurricanes dropping Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals to the Montreal Canadiens. Is it time to panic about the blue line, or was it just an opportunistic night for the Habs? Plus, with major shifting of the guard brewing in Raleigh, Joe Ovies and Joe Giglio look back at the incred...

OG After Dark is live from Lenovo Center following a tough opener to the Eastern Conference Finals. The Carolina Hurricanes dropped Game 1 to the Montreal Canadiens. The loss immediately reignited every cliched rest versus rust debate in the book and kicked off another round of postseason freakout with the Canes now sitting at 1-17 in this round dating back to 2009, 2019, 2023 and 2025. While Ovie...

Google is ready to kill what made it great, Triangle stars are looking for easy interviews, and CBS isn't going anywhere, but it is in full on collapse mode. 1:48 - Google’s AI enshittification continues 13:15 - AIsolation 18:05 - What does Shams owe the NBA? 22:39 - Dundon fields softballs 27:36 - Belichick’s personal PR tour 30:54 - CBS ain’t what it used to be 39:12 - The Vrabel/Russini jokes a...

The Canes are in the Eastern Conference Finals against the Montreal Canadiens, but don't expect another easy sweep. Plus, is Elliott Avent’s historic run with NC State baseball coming to an end? OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Buckle up, Caniacs 09:00 - Kaiton on Canes vs Habs 31:00 - Busch Light Apple vs Keystone Light Apple 38:00 - Housekeeping 43:00 -...

Montreal did it again. The Canadiens shocked Buffalo in overtime of Game 7 to advance — and the Carolina Hurricanes finally know who stands between them and the Stanley Cup Finals. The Eastern Conference Finals matchup is set and the central question is now front and center — does Carolina's depth and experience give them the advantage over a Montreal team with higher end skill on their top line?...

Ovies and Giglio open the show on a tangent about apple flavored beer and barrel aged Malort — and somewhere in the middle of it they realize they're doing exactly what the Carolina Hurricanes are doing right now. Killing time. But the content gods always deliver — and this time the delivery came in the form of Canes owner Tom Dundon taking his El Cheapo reputation directly to a friendly podcast e...

The OG Mailbag is back and the listeners brought another wide ranging week of questions. The Carolina Hurricanes are front and center as always — the calls are coming in and the playoff energy in the Triangle is as high as it has been in a long time. Plus! A history lesson from the 2002 Stanley Cup run. The College Football Playoff conversation continues with more thoughts on the future of college...

Ovies and Giglio are live on YouTube and Mike Maniscalco joins right out of the gate to tackle the most pressing question facing the Carolina Hurricanes right now — what do you do with all this extra time? While the Canes wait for Buffalo and Montreal to settle their series, all eyes shifted to Colorado where the Avalanche came back from a 3-0 deficit to win in overtime and complete one of the mos...

Ovies and Giglio take a brief detour from hockey to break down what came out of ACC meetings in Amelia Island — and it's a significant development in the college football playoff conversation. The ACC has reached consensus on wanting a 24 team College Football Playoff, joining the Big 12 and Big Ten in what feels like a sudden and meaningful shift from where these conversations were not long ago....

OG Business is back with Ovies and Demetri Ravanos tackling some of the most fascinating questions in sports and entertainment business right now. First up — Blue Dot Fever. The term coined on social media for when concerts get canceled due to low ticket sales has become one of the more talked about phenomena in the live entertainment world. Is the demand for live music simply not what it used to...

Ovies and Giglio are back from Philadelphia and the energy has shifted from celebration to processing. Saturday was about appreciating the moment and the history. Monday is about something more important. How did the Carolina Hurricanes get here and how many things have gone right to make it possible? More critically — the Canes aren't here to win 8 games. They're here to win 16 and hoist the Stan...

OG After Dark is live from Philadelphia — and the Carolina Hurricanes are making NHL history. The Canes pulled off the double sweep to start the Stanley Cup Playoffs 8-0 becoming the first team to do so since the 1985 Edmonton Oilers who went all the way to 9-0. Carolina got there by shaking off a first period deficit and surviving a gut punch moment in the second period when an initial lead chang...

The OG Mailbag is back with a full range of questions and the guys have plenty to work through. The Carolina Hurricanes are up 3-0 on the Philadelphia Flyers and on the verge of back-to-back sweeps — and the listeners want context. How does this start stack up against NHL history and what does it actually say about Carolina's chances of making the Stanley Cup Finals? Then a genuinely important con...

OG After Dark is live on YouTube following a dominant Carolina Hurricanes performance that puts the Canes up 3-0 on the Philadelphia Flyers and one win away from back-to-back sweeps. Tonight's game was decided by special teams. The penalty kill remained fantastic as always — including a short handed goal by Jalen Chatfield fed by Jordan Staal that completely swung the momentum — but the power play...

Ovies and Giglio open the show with the latest example of Will Wade operating his reality distortion field. How does anyone believe anything this guy says anymore? The guys aren't here to pile on — they're genuinely asking how Wade keeps getting the benefit of the doubt in college basketball. Then it's to the Big Ten, which is not happy about Duke's unprecedented Amazon broadcast deal. The confere...

A little sports and a whole lot of not sports this week as Joe and Demetri talk about novelty mugs, Star Wars, the conservative Netflix and so much more. -- All hail the beer skate! -- What’s Star Wars’ problem? -- DAZN ready for the NBA -- How did Duke end up on Amazon? -- Stephen A. & Skip reunite -- Daily Wire tapped out OG SUMMER POP UP SHOP: http://ogtrianglemediashop.com/ Want the full episo...