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Chris and Ben put down their Blackberries to discuss the incredible NBA offseason. Yes, the annual Swish FM Offseason Winners and Losers podcast has arrived... Swish FM is Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw. Web: SwishFM.com Email: swishfmradio@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/swishfmradio Instagram: instagram.com/swishfmradio Apple: apple.co/2NXjMP8 Stitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/swish-fm Spotify: spoti....

Chris and Ben break down the 2020 NBA draft with some immediate thoughts, reactions and analysis! Swish FM is Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw. Web: SwishFM.com Email:  swishfmradio@gmail.com Twitter: @SwishFMRadio Instagram: @SwishFMRadio Apple: apple.co/2NXjMP8 Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Google: bit.ly/32KIiWs iHeart: ihr.fm/312LC1l   MUSIC:  Artist: Letherette Alb...

Chris and Ben take a break from the election for an NBA trade machine extravaganza! Swish FM is Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw. A Portrait of Donald J. Trump, by Vic Berger, Ben Craw and Oliver Noble https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZKkUyrklpc Web: SwishFM.com Email:  swishfmradio@gmail.com Twitter: @SwishFMRadio Instagram: @SwishFMRadio Apple: apple.co/2NXjMP8 Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Sp...

Chris and Ben take a break from their busy lives and deliver on the much-anticipated mailbag episode, opening up letters from fans, addressing all the pressing, important issues. Swish FM is Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw. Web: SwishFM.com Email:  swishfmradio@gmail.com Twitter: @SwishFMRadio Instagram: @SwishFMRadio Apple: apple.co/2NXjMP8 Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7Zm...

This week, Chris and Ben are joined by illustrator, designer and cereal monster expert, Chris Noble aka @TrashbagGhost , to talk all things graphic art, Jurassic Massacre, the Swish FM logo, and of course... to draft the greatest all-time NBA logos! Enjoy, NO SPOILERS—pick timestamps are below.  TrashbagGhost.com FB, IG, Twitter, YouTube, Twitch: @TrashbagGhost Watch TRASHBAG GHOST draw live every...

Chris and Ben discuss how Swish FM's BoKu Commercial Draft, Episode 127 , transformed into an interview with Richard Lewis and feature for NY Magazine and Vulture . Swish FM is Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw. Web: SwishFM.com Email:  swishfmradio@gmail.com Twitter: @SwishFMRadio Instagram: @SwishFMRadio Apple: apple.co/2NXjMP8 Stitcher: stitcher.com/s?fid=342861 Spotify: spoti.fi/2T7ZmjY Google: bit...

The end. The 1993-94 season culminated in a matchup between the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, a series widely celebrated as a meeting of two of the game's great centers, Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing. The players had previously met before as collegiate athletes, as Ewing's Georgetown University bested Olajuwon's University of Houston 84-75 in the 1984 NCAA Championship...

The 1993-94 season culminated in a matchup between the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, a series widely celebrated as a meeting of two of the game's great centers, Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing. The players had previously met before as collegiate athletes, as Ewing's Georgetown University bested Olajuwon's University of Houston 84-75 in the 1984 NCAA Championship game. Th...

June 17th, 1994 is remembered as one of the wildest days in recent American history. Arnold Palmer played his final round of golf at the 1994 U.S. Open. The 1994 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the United States, got underway with opening ceremony appearances from President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey. The New York Rangers celebrated their 1994 Stanley Cup Finals victory with a ticker tape parade. Ke...

Before hopping into Game 4 of the 1994 NBA Finals, we give the series and NBA some social, historical and political context. We begin today’s episode with a continued discussion about the grizzly murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman, and the emergence of a primary suspect: former football star, actor and ad pitchman, O.J. Simpson. And then we dive into the hoops. The 1993-94 season c...

Before hopping into Game 3 of the 1994 NBA Finals, we give the series and NBA some social, historical and political context. We begin today’s episode with a discussion about the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. And then we dive into the hoops. The 1993-94 season culminated in a matchup between the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, a series widely celebrated...

Before hopping into Game 2 of the 1994 NBA Finals, we give the series and league some social, historical and political context. We begin today’s episode with a quick overview and discussion about the effects of NAFTA, signed and put into place on January 1st, 1994. And then we dive into the hoops. The 1993-94 season culminated in a matchup between the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks in the NBA...

The 1993-94 season culminated in a matchup between the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, a series widely celebrated as a meeting of two of the game's great centers, Hakeem Olajuwon and Patrick Ewing. The players had previously met before as collegiate athletes, as Ewing's Georgetown University bested Olajuwon's University of Houston 84-75 in the 1984 NCAA Championship game. Th...

As Covid-19 continues to spread at warp speed in the US, the NBA season is set to resume in a bubble from Disney World using a series of locked-down hotels, venues without fans in attendance and elaborate testing protocols for players. Why? Swish FM is Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw. Web: SwishFM.com Email: swishfmradio@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/swishfmradio Instagram: instagram.com/swishfmradi...

This week we talk about the choices players face concerning the NBA's resumed season from a Walt Disney World bubble in Orlando, FL amidst social unrest in the United States. Swish FM is Chris Wendelken and Ben Craw. Web: SwishFM.com Email: swishfmradio@gmail.com Twitter: twitter.com/swishfmradio Instagram: instagram.com/swishfmradio Apple: apple.co/2NXjMP8 Stitcher: stitcher.com/podcast/swish-fm...

This week we're taking a break from the usual distractions to talk about more important issues: Black Lives Matter, police brutality, racism, the systematic oppression of black people and POC in the United States—a conversation sparked by the May 25th murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, who died in Minneapolis after Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, pressed his knee on Mr. Floyd'...

On The Line is now Swish FM! 🎉🚨🍾☎️🙌🏽 To celebrate the big change, Chris and Ben draft early 90s television commercials for the adult fruit juice BoKu. The ads featured comedian Richard Lewis talking about the trials and tribulations of his life while holding a BoKu juice box, insisting the drink was suited more for adults than babies. Below are the pick timestamps. ROUND 1 #1- Team BC - Boku...

Following a bitter match in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks and Pacers squared off once again in 1994, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now helmed by head coach Larry Brown, the new-look Pacers added Derrick McKey, rookie forward Antonio Davis, Byron Scott and Haywoode Workman to a core of Reggie Miller, Dale Davis and Rik Smits. Meanwhile, the Knicks had lofty expe...

Following a bitter match in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks and Pacers squared off once again in 1994, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now helmed by head coach Larry Brown, the new-look Pacers added Derrick McKey, rookie forward Antonio Davis, Byron Scott and Haywoode Workman to a core of Reggie Miller, Dale Davis and Rik Smits. Meanwhile, the Knicks had lofty expe...

Following a bitter match in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks and Pacers squared off once again in 1994, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now helmed by head coach Larry Brown, the new-look Pacers added Derrick McKey, rookie forward Antonio Davis, Byron Scott and Haywoode Workman to a core of Reggie Miller, Dale Davis and Rik Smits. Meanwhile, the Knicks had lofty expe...

Following a bitter match in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks and Pacers squared off once again in 1994, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now helmed by head coach Larry Brown, the new-look Pacers added Derrick McKey, rookie forward Antonio Davis, Byron Scott and Haywoode Workman to a core of Reggie Miller, Dale Davis and Rik Smits. Meanwhile, the Knicks had lofty expe...

Following a bitter match in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks and Pacers squared off once again in 1994, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now helmed by head coach Larry Brown, the new-look Pacers added Derrick McKey, rookie forward Antonio Davis, Byron Scott and Haywoode Workman to a core of Reggie Miller, Dale Davis and Rik Smits. Meanwhile, the Knicks had lofty expe...

Following a bitter match in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks and Pacers squared off once again in 1994, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now helmed by head coach Larry Brown, the new-look Pacers added Derrick McKey, rookie forward Antonio Davis, Byron Scott and Haywoode Workman to a core of Reggie Miller, Dale Davis and Rik Smits. Meanwhile, the Knicks had lofty expe...

Following a bitter match in the first round of the 1993 NBA Playoffs, the Knicks and Pacers squared off once again in 1994, this time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Now helmed by head coach Larry Brown, the new-look Pacers added Derrick McKey, rookie forward Antonio Davis, Byron Scott and Haywoode Workman to a core of Reggie Miller, Dale Davis and Rik Smits. Meanwhile, the Knicks had lofty expe...

Welcome back to The Rewindables, revisiting the greatest, most underrated and under-discussed films in cinematic history! This week we reexamine the 2004 romantic comedy SURVIVING CHRISTMAS, directed by Mike Mitchell, written by Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, Jeffrey Ventimilia, and Joshua Sternin, starring Ben Affleck, James Gandolfini, Christina Applegate and Catherine O'Hara. The film follows a...