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Time for a little National league action as the Toronto Blue Jays go 6 and 3 in their first home stand of the 2024 MLB regular season sitting at a record of 10 and 9 heading into their 2nd road trip of the season that features a stop in San Diego to take on the 11 and 10 San Diego Padres for the only time this season. The San Diego Padres come into this series with the Toronto Blue Jays at home af...

It’s time for the final meetings of the inaugural season and first ever season of the PWHL and these two teams have played in their respective home stadiums for the inaugural season, they’ve played at the home of the Toronto Maple Leafs in Toronto and they even played in Pittsburgh inside the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. Now they are about to play an afternoon game at the home of the Montréal...

A very special moment for the NHL happened in the last game of the season for the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 2023/2024 NHL regular season as Jeff Carter called it a career. On today’s show we are discussing the following.. Takeaways from the 2023/2024 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL regular season. Jeff Carter calls it a career. NHL Stanley cup playoffs preview. PWHL hockey returns as we inch closer to th...

It’s time for 2nd series of meetings between the Toronto Blue Jays and the New York Yankees and the Blue Jays are getting ready to hit the road for 2nd time this season after this series with the Yankees wraps up. The Toronto Blue Jays took 2 of 3 against the Rockies in their recent series to come in to the series with the Yankees on Jackie Robinson week with a record of 8 and 8. Meanwhile the Yan...

The Penguins did not get the help that they needed on Tuesday night, but they come into a game against the New York Islanders coming off a huge victory over the Nashville Predators in Pittsburgh on Monday night by beating the Predators (PIT 4-2 NSH) The New York Islanders come in to this final regular season game at home against the Pittsburgh Penguins having already clinched a playoff spot and wi...

The Pittsburgh Penguins continue to fight for a playoff spot as they play in their final home game of the 2023/2024 NHL regular season and they are coming into this game coming off a disappointing (BOS 6-4 PIT) loss to the Boston Bruins and now they face the Nashville Predators for the final time this season and the first time since the Predators beat the Penguins in Nashville by a final score in...

The Toronto Blue Jays are set to play 3 games against the Colorado Rockies who have been playing not too great but did that just a little a bit during this weekend series. The Blue Jays enter this 2nd series at home after taking 2 of 3 against the Seattle Mariners in their first home stand of the 2024 regular season and it looks like we a major-league debut in the works. The Colorado Rockies come...

The race for the playoffs is heating up and once again the Pittsburgh Penguins are in the playoffs after a wild finish in Pittsburgh on Thursday night against the Detroit Red Wings. The Penguins came out on top of the Red Wings and moved back into the 2nd wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference’s wildcard race with a huge (PIT 6-5 DET) overtime victory over the Red Wings in Pittsburgh to kick off...

It's Music night on Penguins Post-game when Sidney Crosby and Gino visit the Nashville Predators in Nashville. I'm back in the studio to break down the game from the drop of the puck to the final horn. We will also hear from Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan and Nashville Predators head coach Andrew Brunette. To hear more post game comments and tons more please head on over to the links be...

Rickard Rakell scored his 200th career goal in his NHL career and then Drew O'Connor forced Overtime in Toronto and the Penguins would eventually end up on the losing end of a (TOR 3-2 PIT) Maple Leafs overtime victory over the Penguins but on the bright side the Penguins were able to grab a point and now they head back home to face the Detroit Red Wings in their final home stand of the season...

The Toronto Blue Jays are back in action and after ending their first road trip of the season in 2024 with a 4 and 6 record it is now time for their first home stand of the season as they face the 4 and 6 Seattle Mariners team who defeated Toronto in the wild card round of the 2022 MLB playoffs. Thomas has us covered with the recap of this first series against the Seattle Mariners and first series...

With only 3 games left in the regular season for the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Stanley Cup Playoffs coming up fast. There is literally only one thing that can ensure the Penguins are in the playoffs this season and that is as Head Coach Mike Sullivan has said “To take care of business” for the rest of the season. Meanwhile on the diamond the Toronto Blue Jays opened up their 2024 regular season...

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins began their season series in Pittsburgh at PPG Paint's Arena back in late November of 2023 and the Pittsburgh Penguins came out on top by a final score of (PIT 3-2 TOR). The Toronto Maple Leafs would get even with the Pittsburgh Penguins when the two teams meet again at Scotia Bank Arena for this first time this season with a huge (TOR 7-0 PI...

The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Pittsburgh Penguins began their season series in Pittsburgh at PPG Paint's Arena back in late November of 2023 and the Pittsburgh Penguins came out on top by a final score of (PIT 3-2 TOR). The Toronto Maple Leafs would get even with the Pittsburgh Penguins when the two teams meet again at Scotia Bank Arena for this first time this season with a huge (TOR 7-0 PI...

The wait for the Toronto Blue Jays 2024 Home Opener is over and after splitting the season opening series on the road with the Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa Bay and then dropping two games to both the Houston Astros and the New York Yankees. The Toronto Blue Jays are ready to come back home and play in front of the home crowd. The Seattle Mariners have also split a series with the Boston Red Sox’s and d...

The New York Yankees started off the 2024 season with a bang on the road when they picked up their first season series sweep of the season after sweeping the Houston Astros to start the season with a record of 4 and 0 and then they would continued their wining streak as they extended this streak to a historic start of the season of 2024 Now it's their turn for their Home Opener in the Bronx an...

We're in the final stretch of the season and with only 5 games left in the regular season the Pittsburgh Penguins have really turned up the heat with a back-to-back sweep of two Metropolitan division opponents in the New York Rangers who beat in the Big Apple in a big (PIT 5-2 NYR) victory over the Rangers on Monday night and then they picked up another big win in Newark New Jersey in a big (P...

The New York Yankees started off the 2024 season with a bang on the road when they picked up their first season series sweep of the season after sweeping the Houston Astros to start the season with a record of 4 and 0 and then they would continued their wining streak as they extended this streak to a historic start of the season of 2024 Now it's their turn for their Home Opener in the Bronx an...

The Wildcard race in the Eastern Conference is heating up as we enter the final stretch of games in the 2023/2024 NHL regular season and what seemed like the Penguins were going to miss the playoffs again this season has quickly turned around to asking the question of will they make the playoffs this season? immediately following another huge 2-points for the Pittsburgh Penguins who started their...

The 2023/2024 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs begin this month in the NHL and the Wildcard races in both the Eastern and Western Conference are heating up. So how does impact the Pittsburgh Penguins chances of making the playoffs this season? On today's show our topics that we discuss are the following.. A recap of the first week of regular season baseball in 2024 (Part of a 2-part Lead-Off segment)...

The Toronto Blue Jays came into this season series looking for their first season series win of the season in 2024 after splitting the first season series of the season with the Tampa Bay Rays with a few big wins to start the 2024 season on record of 2 and 2 and now they face a team in the Houston Astros who dropped their first season series of the season at home to the New York Yankees and they h...

The New Jersey Devils are well rested for their games in April as they try to make a push for the playoffs but they were gifted some bad luck after the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the New York Rangers in New York on Monday night by a final score of (PIT 5-2 NYR). This means they fell behind the Penguins only by a point in the Eastern Conference wildcard standings as they currently sit in 6th plac...

So much has happened over the course of the 2023 NFL season in Buffalo Bills land but this is a trade that I didn't see coming after the Bills fired (original) Offensive Coordinator Ken Dorsey and elevation of Bills Quarter Back coach Joe Brady to the (New) Offensive Coordinator and so much more. Let's discuss it on this very special emergency Podcast episode of Sports for Beginners Podcast. Didn'...

The Penguins lost a tough game against the Blue Jackets on Saturday night in Columbus but the good news is that they won the season series against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Now they turn their attention to the final back-to-back of the season as they continue their 4-game road trip following a (CBJ 4-3 PIT) shootout loss against the Blue Jackets on Saturday night. The New York Rangers return to N...

Spring Training is in the rear-view mirror and it's time for the real begin as the Toronto Blue Jays and Houston Astros are getting ready to play some good old fashioned night time baseball. A new season a new pregame show that can be heard on both Sports For Beginners and On The Ice & Behind The Benches podcast feeds and most importantly brings us back to baseball. Let's Play ball fro...