Remember That Game

NBA front office veteran Jeremias Engelmann (5x5, Silver Bulletin, xRAPM.com) and host Thomas Emerick trigger the alternate timeline. We head to Auburn Hills, Michigan on Friday November 19th, 2004, and ask what happens to the NBA’s balance of power if that diet coke lands a few feet short before staff immediately rush Ron Artest to the locker room. Jeremias worked in the Dallas Mavericks and Phoe...

Joseph George (Silver Bulletin) and host Thomas Emerick drop in on Harris County May 2018, for this Game 7 showdown between the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets for a trip to the NBA Finals. If Houston advances, it would be their first escape from the Western Conference bracket since the days of Olajuwon and Drexler. Joseph George is a sports analyst for Silver Bulletin and basketball ana...

Jeremiah Johnson (Infinite Scroll) and host Thomas Emerick time travel to an inflection point for both college football and terminally online posting. January 2022. They take an IndyGo bus from their La Quinta on the edge of downtown Indianapolis to guide the listener through the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship between the Georgia Bulldogs and Alabama Crimson Tide. Not much luc...

Mike Madrid (The Latino Vote Podcast) and host Thomas Emerick make their way north of downtown for Game 1 of the 1988 Fall Classic between the Los Angeles Dodgers and visiting Oakland Athletics. Kirk Gibson's hobbled HR.  The Dodgers for close to a century have remained an incredibly interesting franchise for examining how sports are woven into the fabric of American society, and we trace the thre...

Steven Ruiz (The Ringer) and host Thomas Emerick consider whether this Super Bowl is a more proper analog for LX than the previous Patriots-Seahawks title matchup. They also examine how this finale to the 2003-2004 NFL season not only showcases the early 2000s brand of winning football, but also in fits and starts manages to tear a portal into the post-2004 game.  This is Remember That Game, the p...

Denny Carter (NBC Sports/Rotoworld, Bad Faith Times) and host Thomas Emerick trace the journey from young Dolphins fan tormented by Buffalo to team-agnostic adult empathizing with Bills Mafia. To do this, we travel through time to find Denny with decently high hopes in December 1995 for the AFC Wild Card in the Saturday early slot. What transpires is Miami and Dan Marino's third playoff exit at th...

Comedian Shelley Kim shares with host Thomas Emerick how that 2025 MLB postseason got her LOCKED IN for baseball and her hometown Dodgers. We go into Shelley's comfort with being a Dodgers heel in public as she first gets into the sport, and her reactions to the twists and turns of this postseason leading up to and then culminating with Game 7. She is now a DC-based comedian who you may've seen on...

Steve Palazzolo (Check The Mic with Steve Palazzolo & Sam Monson) and host Thomas Emerick are pondering a modern comp for Natrone Means. They revisit the 1996 AFC Wild Card matchup between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills, a game that marks the Jags' arrival and a shifting NFL landscape in the mid-1990s. Also Steve is now in the Remember That Game four-timers club! The ’96 Jaguars reboun...

Author Marshall Garvey and host Thomas Emerick revisit an overshadowed but fascinating Fall Classic between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals. This series peaks with Game 6 and captures a turning point in 1980s baseball, while featuring some angles unique to Missouri and the Midwest. It’s October 1985. Cardinals vs. Royals. World Series, Game 6. Remember That Game is the podcast about...

Rep. Adam Smith joins host Thomas Emerick to talk Mariners fandom as representative for Washington’s 9th Congressional district, and revisit the unforgettable 1995 ALDS between the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees, while drawing parallels to this year’s Game 5 thriller. They talk about watching both games 30 years apart, how the ‘95 rally helped save baseball in Seattle, and what it was like...

Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49 ) and host Thomas Emerick go to OC in '02 for one of the most astonishing rallies in MLB postseason history. And they're buying into The Ralley Monkey. Levin represents California's 49th Congressional district spanning from southern Orange County to northern San Diego County. The vehicle for the episode is Game 6 of the 2002 World Series between the Anaheim Angels and San Fr...

Rep. Joe Courtney (CT-02) and host Thomas Emerick revisit the UConn-Duke '99 national title shocker where Khalid El-Amin, Richard Hamilton (Final Four Most Outstanding Player), and Ricky Moore came up huge in the second half. They also discuss how the bricks were laid for a powerhouse in Storrs, Conn., home of UConn Huskies basketball and part of Connecticut's 2nd Congressional district that Congr...

Nick Corasaniti (The New York Times) and host Thomas Emerick traverse from Asbury Park to the Meadowlands — and through time — to revisit Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s 2003 The Rising Tour shows at Giants Stadium. They also explore how the Meadowlands and the Stone Pony became home fields for Bruce. The conversation maps out the geography of fandom across the Garden State and tri-state...

Colm Kelly (RotoViz Radio) and host Thomas Emerick revisit the instant classic that kicked off the 2018 NFL season: Bears at Packers on Sunday Night Football. Jordan Howard sees five targets. Aaron Rodgers gets carted off. Khalil Mack marauds through the Packers backfield in his Bears debut. Rodgers returns as the Packers rally. Though this is one story of Bears disappointment against Green Bay th...

Ray Delahanty ( CityNerd ) and host Thomas Emerick take the MAX down to Rose Quarter for Dame Time. The transportation and urbanism creator with PacNW roots relives standing in the arena for Damian Lillard's iconic shot to clinch the Portland Trailblazers' series victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder, formerly known as the Seattle Supersonics. We dive deep on that shot, but also talk cities, fand...

Eric Michael Garcia (The Independent) joins host Thomas Emerick for some Roundball Rock and the Memorial Day Miracle at the end of Game 2 of the 1999 Western Conference Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Portland Trailblazers. Eric Michael Garcia, Washington Bureau Chief for The Independent ( Archive ) and author of We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation , came of age in San...

Liam Kerr (The Welcome Party) joins host Thomas Emerick for some early-aughts Boston angst — and rebirth. It’s October 2004. The Red Sox are down 0-2 in the ALCS. Game 3 at Fenway turns into a historic beating—and somehow, the start of everything. We talk baseball, politics, and comebacks from the edge. 2004 ALCS Game 3 Final Score: New York Yankees 19, Boston Red Sox 8 NYY takes 3-0 series lead i...

Anthony Dabbundo (The Ringer) and host Thomas Emerick revisit The 4th-and-2 Game — another great chapter in the annual midseason measuring stick for two perennial contenders and the GOAT QB convo. Peyton Manning and Tom Brady continue wrestling over that GOAT belt here. It’s November 2009, Patriots at Colts. Links: Check out Anthony Dabbundo's work at The Ringer Some of the episode threads: Colts...

Dhaaruni Sreenivas ( @Dhaaruni ) and host Thomas Emerick time travel for breakfast and eventually nightcap at Wimbledon in 2008 for the nearly seven-hours of drama between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal in the men's singles final. Dhaaruni and Thomas reflect on a seismic summer for sports, politics, and the culture — and perhaps the greatest tournament final in the history of tennis. Some tennis r...

Emmy and Peabody-winning writer/comedian Jeff Maurer (creator of I Might Be Wrong on Substack and former writer for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver) and host Thomas Emerick revisit the 2002 World Cup Round of 16 soccer matchup between the USA men’s national team and Mexico.  Setting the Stage: How Jeff handled catching a match with a 2:30 a.m. Eastern kickoff live from Jeonju, South Korea Being...

Michael Salfino (The Athletic, Topps) and host Thomas Emerick take the 7 train to Shea Stadium as Bill Walsh's upstart Niners bring an early form of the West Coast offense to New York City. Steve DeBerg is starting at quarterback, but his voice amplifier is malfunctioning and Joe Montana will have to step in a bit. Visiting a young Jets team expected to make some noise in the early '80s, are the N...

Peter Overzet (Deposit Kingdom, Fantasy Life, Ship Chasing) and host Thomas Emerick travel back to Pete's first Vegas high-stakes draft in 2016 — and hopefully avert danger, as there will be a weekly RotoViz column to be written about this squad. Check out his first appearance on the show when we revisited the conventional wisdom of 2013 fantasy football drafts. We're playing by Back to the Future...

Rich Hribar (Sharp Football Analysis) and host Thomas Emerick catch the BART over to Candlestick in January 1999 for an all-timer. The Swami of Konami is rooting for Steve Young here, second in the league in QB rushing at age 37. Garrison Hearst is carrying that load for the Niners today. However, Jerry Rice isn't getting on the board and Terrell Owens keeps is struggling. Green Bay bounced San Fr...

Jennifer Eakins (4for4) and host Thomas Emerick climb back to Mile High in September '99 where the reigning two-time champion Denver Broncos are celebrating the retired John Elway on opening night. How much does the 38-3 January playoff loss still sting for the Fins, especially since that was Dan Marino and John Elway’s final head-to-head? Jennifer was a Dolphins fan in the stadium for Elway Comme...

Alex Katson (USA Today, Patreon) and host Thomas Emerick figure out how the 2010 San Diego Chargers finished first in total offense and total defense while still missing the playoffs, through the lens of a game where they really Charger it away. This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist. I'm your host Thomas Emerick...