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32 teams in the NFL...2 remain. 30 teams are left out.  We start the show with Steve Wilson, editor in chief of SpeedwayDigest.com and our official NASCAR contributor, to continue our conversation about NASCAR in the off season as we get ready for the Daytona 500 which is just around the corner.  Ed Kracz, beat writer for the Philadelphia Eagles and SI.com and our offical NFL contributor, talks ab...

This week, the track at Daytona International heats up with the Rolex 24 Hour Race! Steve Wilson, editor in chief of SpeedwayDigest.com and our official NASCAR contributor joins us from the track with updates on the race. It's sure to be a good one!! Next up, Tony Donahue, from the Tony D Podcast and our official NBA contributor joins us via tape delay to break down the NBA, the Pacers, and next s...

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Our host, Tom had his date with Covid and it was not a relationship meant to be. We are so excited to bring the first show of 2022 today!! The road to the Super Bowl has begun! We have a discussion of 8 teams left on the road. But before all of that...wait for it...Racing is Back on the Balance!! Steve Wilson, editor in chief of SpeedwayDigest.com and our official NASCAR contributor talks about th...

It's been a crazy year...to say the least! We are ready to say later gator to 2021! As most of you know, this time of year, we take off so our Balance team can enjoy the holidays with their families. We will be doing our 2022 launch on 1/8/2022, 2 weeks from today.  Today we will cover business. Lots of news out of the NFL and Covid, as well as the NBA and CFB. Kicking things off with us is Adam J...

We lost one of the greats this week. We learned that one of the greatest Indy 500 winners of all time, Al Unser, has moved on to the land of angels. So sad to hear about 4 time winner of the Indy 500. He died peacefully in his home in Chama, NM after a 17 year battle with cancer. Al has taken the final checkered flag. We remember him today with Tony Donahue of the TonyD Podcast. Before that, Adam...

Big moves in CFB, not only in the championship rankings but in the coaching carousel! Last week, Michigan (aka The Team Up North) schooled The Ohio State University. Adam Jividen, our CFB co-pilot joins us to break that down. Also, one of the biggest news stories of the week, Brian Kelly leaves the Captain's Chair at Notre Dame University to be named the 34th LSU football coach. Brian Kelly, who h...

For the first in Balance history, this week we kick off our wrestling segment. Rick Riggin and Andrew Williams will take the lead here as they begn to break down the AEW. Rick Riggin sticks around, ad hre is our CFB prignosticator. We will be breaking down the CFB rankings. We will also be discussing the OSU/MSU game. Adam cannot join us, but we have his thoughts on CFB.  Tony Donahue from the Ton...

We are doing a little shakin and bakin today. The ridiculous playoff rankings. Oh wait...this is chaos. Ed is traveling, so we have moved Rick to the last segment. Adam Jividen  Super Browns fan and Super Buckeyes fan and CFB co-pilot is filling in on the NFL. We are starting with the NFL and ending with the CFB. Crazy news abiut OBJ and Cam Newton. But so much more to talk about in the NFL. Comin...

We go out to the dessert in Phoenix where NASCAR sees a champion this week. Will it be the most anticipated Kyle Larson on a historic comeback season? BUT WAIT...THERE'S MORE!! Before we get into that, Tony Donahue from the TonyD Podcast and Adam Jividen, Super Browns fan and Super Buckeyes fan and CFB co-anchor and all around cool dude joins us for some football talk. The NBA is back and we will...

We want to talk about the big win of the Colts against San Franscico in a cyclone, yes I said a cyclone! We kick things off with the return of Adam Jividen, our college football co-pilot and Browns and Buckeyes SuperFan. We also have Matt Hicks putting on the homer hat with us as we talk about the Indianapolis Colts; Before and after the cyclone...  Steve Wilson, editor in chief of SpeedwayDigest....

You say it's your birthday? It's my birthday too!! Rick Riggin, our official CFB prognosticator joins us to break down college football and we have Adam Jividen, our college football co-pilot bringing in his pick for the OSU Buckeye's via a secret envelope. It's so secret, even I don't know what it is... NASCAR is in Kansas tomorrow. Tony Donahue, from the TonyD Podcast and Steve Wilson, editor in...

Your fearless leader, El Presidente will take on the CFB talk Han Solo. We will be talking throughout the show, okay I lied...we'll only be talking briefly about Urban Meyer and his new spin on the hot seat, or should I say tight ends... Tom will be breaking down CFB alone on a deserted island because Rick Riggin, our CFB prognosticator takes his boat out for 1 final spin of the season,. Tony Dona...

Well, we're pretty sure Bill Belichek won't be welcoming Tom Brady back to Gillette Stadium this week. But we will see what his reception is... We have college football round up this week end with Rick Riggin prognosticator. He's calling in from Notre Dame where they are taking on Cincy this weekend. Additionally, Adam Jividen, Ohio State and Browns superfan joins us to break down last weeks games...

We'll be kicking things off with Rick Riggin, prognosticator extraordinaire and our official CFB contributor. He'll be breaking down the Notre Dame/Wisconsin football game and the rest of the CFB action on tap.  In Segment 2, Tony Donahue of the TonyDPodcast joins us to cover racing; IndyCar in Long Beach and NASCAR in Vegas. Ed Kracz, beat writer for the Philadelphia Eagles and SI.com joins us at...

It's week 2 in the NFL...no, it isn't the playoffs. But it IS NASCAR Playoffs. Also, IndyCar is in Laguna this weekend. Today, we have college football chaos! Rick Riggin, our official CFB prognosticator and contributor will be breaking down the games for this weekend.  We will be joined by Tony Donahue of the TonyD Podcast and Steve Wilson, editor in chief of SpeedwayDigest.com and they will be t...

20 years ago today, the world as we knew was changed forever. We will spend the first 30 minutes of todays show talking about the impact that had. Rick Riggin, US Air Force Veteran, Scott Lamb, US Army Veteran and your host, Tom Marquis US Army  discuss the impact of September 11, 2001. We want to hear your thoughts and memories too. Call in and give us your thoughts. Rick Riggin and Adam Jividen,...

We start the show off with our college football segment. We have Rick Riggin, our offical CFB contributor and prognosticator and Adam Jividen, our CFB copilot, Buckeyes and Browns superfan. We will most surely breakdown the Buckeyes gopher hunt which almost ended in disaster. at 10am EST, we move on to Ed Kracz, beat writer for the Philadelphia Eagles and SI.com to break down the looming action fo...

We start off with Adam Jividen, Super Buckeyes and Browns Fan. Our official CFB contributor and prognosticator, Rick Riggin is in Atlanta this weekend and may or may not be able to check in with us. But we will break it all down with Adam Jividen, our co-pilot for CFB. Steve Wilson, Editor in Chief of SpeedwayDigest.com, our official NASCAR contributor joins us from Daytona to break down this week...

We start off at 9:30 with Rick Riggin, our official college football prognosticator, to break down what is coming with college football this season. Be sure and catch up with Rick and his thoughts on CFB. This is also the week we do our fantasy football draft. We will also be talking some NFL with Rick and who he may be picking up. Tony Donahue, of the TonyD podcast is up next at 10am. He'll be re...

It was great hanging out at Indianapolis Motor Speedway today getting ready for this weekends triple header! We have the Big Machine Spiked Coolers Grand Prix (which btw are excellent! They are legit juice boxes for adults!) tomorrow afternoon and at 4:00 Nascar Xfinity takes off for the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard. Come Sunday, we have the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard with the Cup Series.  But...

He's back!!! No, I'm not talking about Jack Nicholson. Rick Riggin makes his 2021/2022 college football debut. You know you've been waiting for it!! He's back!! No, I'm not talking about Jack Nicholson again. Steve Wilson, editor in chief of SpeedwayDigest.com makes his return after a 2 weeks hiatus for the Olympics. We'll be talking Nascar at the Glen. It's a full weekend there! We believe Tony D...