The Cleveland Sports Hour

Episode 80 - Beatdown in Detroit by with Matty & Patty

Episode 79 - Phew. Cavs Win Game 7 over Raptors by with Matty & Patty

The Cavs are up 3-2 on the Toronto Raptors in Round 1 of the 2026 NBA Playoffs -- and Matty & Patty are back! But the big question lingering over this series -- and this Cavs team -- is do they have what it takes? The Raptors present a perfect warm-up challenge to the question of whether the Cavs can figure out how to handle foul-intensive pressure defense. They won't just need it to go deep into...

In this very special episode of The Cleveland Sports Hour, Patty says goodbye to an old friend... and hello to a new (and improved?) friend. The betrayal involved cuts so deep, it needs to be heard to be believed. Also: As a new Cavs season debuts, we take stock of what went wrong in the 2025 Playoffs, what to make of their opening night loss to the Knicks, what the season ahead holds in store......

The Cavs beat the Heat in the most lopsided playoff series in history... yet Matty and Patty are still nervous as the Cavs prepare to take on the Pacers in Round 2. Join us for a series preview -- and a philosophical discussion about different schools of sports hate.

The Cavs season arrives just in time to rescue Matty & Patty from any Guardians related funk. And WHAT a start! The Cavs remain unbeaten and though it's early, Matty & Patty are ready to take a little credit for saying the roster needed a coaching change long before an overhaul was considered.

The 2024 Guardians Postseason is trying to kill us. Matty and Patty are back for an instant reaction podcast after witnessing whatever the hell that was. Left for dead after Judge and Stanton hit homeruns off the peerless Emmanuel Clase, the Guardians rise from the dead, down to their last strike in the bottom of the ninth with a prodigious 2-run blast from Big Christmas, followed by a walk-off bl...

The Cavs were unceremoniously bum rushed out of the playoffs by a good not great Knicks team in just five games. At home, no less. There are more questions than answers right now, so Matty & Patty take a few calls to figure out who to blame and where to go from here.

Feeling pretty doomy in here! Despite Patty attending Game 4 at MSG, the Cavs fall to 3-1 in their first round series with the Knicks. It's time to talk about JB Bickerstaff and how his first experience coaching a playoff series has been going.

How should we feel about Cavs-Knicks being tied 1-1? Did JB Bickerstaff's Game 2 adjustments solve the Knicks, or will Thibs have a devastating countermove in Game 2? Does it come down to shooting? Will Okoro stay in the starting lineup... or the rotation? One thing is clear, just two games in, the Knicks have not yet provided enough fuel for our sports hate, so we're going to have to expand our h...

After four long years away, the Cavs are finally back in the playoffs. Matty and Patty preview the series and identify who will be Public Enemy #1 before this series is over. Plus, Guards out to a positive 7-6 start, but there's already reasons for concern.

Cavs ride a 7-game win streak into a crucial stretch of 12 games that will decide how their regular season will pan out. Will they come to regret staying so quiet at the trade deadline? Or was the best move to make no move at all? Plus: Pitchers & Catchers report on Friday, so Matty & Patty take a look at the Guardians top prospects ahead of the new season.

Matty & Patty are back as the King in Exile, LeBron James, stands on the verge of making history. But can Lakers fans fully appreciate the scope of his career accomplishment the way Cleveland fans can? We'll also check in on the Baby Cavs learning how to take care of business out of the shadow of the Once (and Future?) King.

Uncle Granty joins a special episode of the Cleveland Sports Hour to preview an actual, real, important Browns game with... actual, real, playoff implications. For the Browns. No, really!

The Cleveland Sports Hour has taken a firm stance against talking much about the Browns, but lately, our hand has been forced. Matty & Patty dig into the Browns 2020 Draft and when sports might return, so we never have to speak of this again.

No sports? No problem. Matty & Patty return for a very special Quarantine Edition of the Cleveland Sports Hour, delivering sizzling hot takes about the Cavs, Tribe and Browns to keep you company while you shelter in place. (All apologies for the opening theme song.)

Need more Warriors slander? We are here for you. Celebrate the greatest 19-win Cavs season in history by reveling in exquisite schadenfreude with Matty & Patty. Come for the grave dancing, stay for the Cavs, Tribe & Browns chatter.

It's finally happened. Cleveland has a professional football team and Matty & Patty have returned with a podcast. Everything has changed yet everything remains the same. You're welcome.

The world is already trying to forget how incredible LeBron's 2018 playoff run was, but Matty & Patty, true Apostles of the Church of LeBron, are not about to let that happen. Take a walk back through what could be LeBron's last playoff run with the Cavs. Plus, we'll wade into the obligatory "Where Will LeBron Wind Up" discussion.

It's playoff time! Matty & Patty are focused on the crucial issues in this first round series against the Pacers, starting with exonerating Tristan Thompson from these scurrilous accusations of infidelity in an obvious attempt to undermine the Cavs playoff run. Can't fool us. Plus, we wonder whether the Tribe even needs bats and how exactly the Browns will blow it in the draft this time?

As the Cavs gear up for their playoff run and the Browns try to trick us into paying attention, the Indians are poised to open their season against the Mariners this week. Oh, and Matty & Patty are facing each other in their Fantasy Basketball Championship this week.

We take it all back. All of it. Never doubted the Cavs for a second.

Matty & Patty have a fix for what's wrong with the Cavs. We think. It's honestly the best we've got. (Well, the best Patty's got. It's incredibly stupid.)

It was Christmas Day. It was Cavs vs Warriors. It was a lot of drama for a game that will look nothing like a potential fourth NBA Finals matchup. But let's overanalyze anyway, and take a look at the Tribe's quiet offseason and the Browns quest for perfection

A lot has happened since we last podded in July. The Tribe set records and broke our hearts. Kyrie went nuts, but not in the good way, and broke our hearts. The Browns... kept Brownsing. But being a Champion means never having to worry. At least not as much as we used to.