Pisstacular Takes: The Podcast Home for UrinatingTree

Fanatics is a company. One that is quite beloved by the sports community for a variety of reasons. Could be for their invasive stranglehold on everything in the merchandising sector for your favorite team. Could be for their efforts to diversify their portfolio. More than likely due to the litany of errors, misspellings, and poor quality that plague their products. In this episode l go over their...

Welcome to the world of memes... and basketball. I firmly believe that these playoffs are more known for both the hilarious crashouts and sudden implosions than the actual basketball (epic OKC/SA Western Conference Final series a big exemption to this rule).Blown 3-1 series leads! Forty-five minutes between baskets! The largest halftime lead in NBA Playoff history! Winning games analytically! If y...

The greatest playoffs in professional sports... wasn't all that great. There were plenty of blowouts, lopsided affairs, and duds throughout the hockey world. Not to say it was all bad, the occasional game seven to appease the palate was blessed to us (mostly by Montreal stealing away people's dreams in the middle of the night). There were legendary runs, there were injuries aplenty, there...

The NHL Playoffs may be well into their festivities (with plenty of pain to go around), but we have to remember the sixteen other teams that failed to make it entirely. There was plenty of golfing to be had over the past month (and more to come), but the reasons they failed throughout the year were varied. Some are starting rebuilds. Some are struggling to break out of them. Some were wrecked by i...

First of all, my apologies for this being so late. Ended up getting bogged down in a lot of Pens streams and stuff during Draft Week in Pittsburgh, so not much time to truly focus on this until now. However, the 2021 NFL Draft still has to be assessed at the five-year point. It's a complicated legacy. The draft itself is littered with outstanding talents, future Hall of Famers and team legends...

Dianna Russini's had herself quite a month. She started out as the lead NFL reporter for The Athletic, a face of football media, and looked to have a bright future in her medium for as long as she desired. Now? Her career is in tatters. Mike Vrabel's coaching tenure with the Patriots is being questioned. Two marriages have been splintered, possibly for good. And the public's faith in s...

Welcome to Pittsburgh: As I have done throughout my life, please enjoy your stay. The 2026 NFL Draft has come and gone and, going for days two and three, I can say the city and NFL did a phenomenal job with the event. In this age of football, the draft can make or break franchises. The Seahawks built themselves up mostly through the draft. The Chiefs and Patriots did it before them. The Eagles as...

This season has been the epitome of chaos. Nothing has been routine. Three of the four Championship game participants from two years ago (Chiefs, Lions, and Ravens) are out entirely. As the Ravens choke and the Lions are destroyed by injury, January football awaits. Let's dive right into the fourteen teams that made it this far. Good luck. There isn't much else to say right now. Flip a coin, you'l...

Another season of NFL football has come and gone. It will be one that won't soon be forgot. One of the most drunken and chaotic campaigns witnessed by human eyes. I think there will be plenty more of this in the future, but for now, we simply attempt to rest... briefly. the NFL Playoffs and its relentless gauntlet will soon be upon us. The only respite will come from clutching Lombardi once and fo...

It's been a bit since I've done one of these for the NFL. The year's just been so bonkers and drunk that it's hard to keep afloat with everything going on. Then you get games like the one on Thursday night: An NFC West showdown that was hyped as a heavyweight bout. It took until the fourth quarter, but after that, it certainly didn't disappoint (unless you're a Rams fan). It had everything: Chokes...

Call it a war of nations. Call it Goliath against a much stronger David than in the Bible. Call it the Dodgers against the world. Whatever you prefer, this World Series should be a legitimate heavyweight bout that could potentially shape the short-term future of baseball (2027 notwithstanding).In this postseason, we've had tremendous feats of individual strength, the emergence of new pitching work...

The NHL Playoffs are the time that I enjoy the most in the sports calendar: Where sixteen teams put everything on the line in order to secure the most glorious trophy imaginable: A thirty-five pound chalice that feels like both the heaviest and most weightless thing in the world. The Stanley Cup represents glory and immortality all in one, and the beautiful thing is that any team has a legitimate...

A critical juncture for the Philadelphia Phillies. Men like Schwarber, Realmuto, and Suarez set to become free agents. One of the favorites to reach the World Series, even without Zack Wheeler in tow. What do the Phillies do? Maximize pain. So much pain they found a new way to lose a series (and potentially an entire window). The bell did not go dong. It cracked... again.

Did you seriously expect this to be a dull January? With the chaos and unpredictability that this NFL season brought us? Of course most of the game on the docket were contests to the bitter end (emphasis on most). Anything less would've simply been anti-climactic. Fourteen teams entered the fray, yet only two remain: The New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks. Ironic how in all of this madn...

Turns out it was a lot more than "Ottawa Apologizes". Honestly, they didn't apologize enough for what they inflicted on the hockey world in their early years. To say that the Senators launch was full of turbulence and turmoil is a complete understatement. It was a shitshow. Honestly, to call it an absolute shitshow might be an insult to the term itself. Lawsuits, thieves, ownership s...

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Now (somehow) later than ever! We hope that the impending lockout that will likely happen in December will be late as well. I'd say avoided, but chances of that happening are pretty slim. Meanwhile, another season on the diamond has begun: Thirty teams take part in the festivities of Major League Baseball, each with different goals, ambitions, and vices. The long grind of 162 games will test t...

We're a bit late for the trade deadline, but that doesn't mean the competition stops in the NHL. On the contrary, in fact. The Eastern Conference is a death trap with perils abound. The top of the Central will be a relentless fight to the death. The Pacific... you just hope someone survives without falling face first into a land mine. It's quite the mess to untangle, and this episode w...

The Baltimore Ravens had agreed to acquire Maxx Crosby, elite edge rusher and long-rumored to be a trade target for many teams, for two first round picks (in 2026 and 2027). A steep price to pay, but considering the Ravens had a massive issue at edge and generating pressure on the quarterback, it was a necessary price to pay... until it wasn't. The Ravens did what some might call a pro gamer m...

Trades are happening throughout the NHL. Let's go over them all with the love and care of grossly overpaying for bottom six forwards and third-pairing defenseman with size! The price of admission is usually a second round pick these days. Best get to it.

It's the worst-kept secret in Major League Baseball: A lockout in 2027 is seemingly inevitable. Tensions between owners and the player's union slowly bubbling underneath the surface, spanning years upon years. From the previous lockout merely being a bandaid to recent revelations undoing team revenues to longstanding thorns between sides, it's all culminating in what might be a very lo...

The Pittsburgh Steelers and elite wide receivers go together like Romeo and Juliet: Star-crossed lovers that usually results in tragedy. The names read like a What Could've Been Hall of Fame: Santonio Holmes, Plaxico Burress, Le'Veon Bell, Antonio Brown, and so many more. It's an art form, if we're being honest. So in the spirit of the offseason (and a healthy helping of drama), le...

Right before the buzzer! I don't know why this keeps taking me so long to do. I'm probably getting lazy ("probably" doing a lot of heavy lifting, let's be real), but the NHL certainly isn't for the faint of heart. The Western Conference has two different dynamics; a yin and yang of teams and skill. You have the sheer talent at the top of the Central, with three groups run...

For the first time in over a decade, the best of the best are currently preparing for a final showdown in Milan/Cortina. A grudge match for the epic Four Nations match between the United States and Canada. The women may have won for the stars and stripes, but the True North has been the best in the men's realm. Why do I mention this? I don't know, but the NHL season's currently on a tw...

You know the feeling: There's a serious injury to your starting quarterback. He'll be out for at least a few weeks (best-case scenario). The head coach gestures to the sidelines to his trusty clipboard holder and grizzled journeyman of a backup quarterback: A man who may have been a highly touted prospect at one point. A player who was a full-time starter for many years, but either due to...