The Roundup Podcast

On today's show, as the regular season races to a close, the Western Conference seeding is still falling into place, as the Clippers, Lakers, Warriors and Pelicans all look to avoid the Play-In and the Mavs and Thunder struggle just to get in. While the Clippers maintain without PG13, the Lakers have had a resurgence, but we're starting to see some evidence that our Warriors may be forming into a...

On today's show, a tight Western Conference Playoff race looks like it's gonna come down to the final day of the regular season, as 9 teams vie for the 5 remaining spots, but amidst the mad scramble, we might be seeing a new power emerging in the West. KD is in Phoenix now, and alongside CP3, Book and Ayton, the Suns are putting the West on notice. But it's crowded out here, and to get to the Fina...

On today's show, SGA and the Thunder are on the rise, making the most unlikely of Playoff runs behind an All-NBA season from their star; Joel Embiid is making a strong push for the MVP, but as the Sixers hit their stride as the Playoffs approach, we're appreciating what James Harden is bringing to the table, and we make our cases for how the Bucks and the Celtics stack up vs them; we're looking at...

On today's show, the NFL offseason is taking all the headlines nationally with the Free Agency period underway, especially with an extremely thirsty Aaron Rodgers soaking up the spotlight, keeping us waiting with his "will he/won't he" become a Jet, when all the signs indicated that he was going to New York this whole time. But Rodgers need for attention aside, as exciting as the Bears' and Niners...

On today's show, it's all NBA, all the time. With only 20 something games remaining post All-Star Break, there's still a lot to be decided in the Playoff seedings, particularly in the West, and we're starting to see the urgency of the situation related on the court, as player intensity picks up. An age old criticism of the Association is that the regular season doesn't mean anything, that the play...

On today's show, as we survey the sports landscape since the last pod, all is quiet. It's kinda peaceful, we've had lots of time to catch up on some tasks around the house, spend some time with friends and family, get in that extra swim at the gym, or just read a bit, and nowhere to be found has been a single NFL or NBA game. It's a huge switch from just a few weeks ago, when multiple screen viewi...

On today's show, you'll have to excuse us if we get all caught up marveling at the incredible championship run we just witnessed by the Kansas City Chiefs. A 13-1 record since October 23rd with rookies in the secondary and free agent wide receivers learning on the job, we watched this team come together, but none of it would be possible without the emerging legend. Gaber and I sorted thru our coll...

On today's show, we're getting hyped for one of the most promising Super Bowl matchups in the past few years, but with two weeks off between games, NBA trade season has been at the center of our attention. As the trade deadline hits today, no team has shifted gears more suddenly than the Nets, now minus their two stars but plus a bunch of 1st round picks and 3 and D wings. The continuing drama tha...

On today's show, really it's all about one dude. Sure, the Eagles looked dominant after they knocked "Super" Brock Purdy out of the game and they may have been the better team either way, but as fans, we missed out on seeing a great matchup unfold, so really not a lot to take away here. But the Bengals/Chiefs Conference Championship rematch, now that one gave us something. If you're a Bengals or B...

On today's show, it's more about the results than the method, and while a relatively lackluster Divisional Round of the NFL Playoffs didn't have us on the edge of our seats, we were rewarded with some marquee matchups for the Conference Championships. MVP candidate QBs lead three of the remaining teams, highlighted by the blockbuster matchup of Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs vs Joe Burrow and the...

On today's show, we've got a lot to discuss from a wacky Wild Card Weekend, and what it lacked in marquee matchups, it more than made up for in drama, until Monday night's blowout that is. We had upsets, as Trevor Lawrence went from the game's goat to the maybe the Jags GOAT QB in the span of 4 quarters, and Danny Dimes dominated once again as the Giants exposed the Vikings. We had backup QBs goin...

On today's show, as we close the books on another NFL regular season, we bid farewell to someone who became somewhat of a TV friend, with whom, if you watched DirectTV's RedZone, you probably spent more time with than any other single media presence over the years. Since 2009, for 7+ hours each and every Sunday, Andrew Siciliano has guided us through the action from each and every NFL game on the...

On today's show, we start by offering our thoughts and prayers to Damar Hamlin and family after his traumatic injury Monday night, and we're happy to report that he has regained consciousness once again. We had intended to pod on Tuesday and I had been working on something quip-y for the intro but considering everything we witnessed, it became apparent that it was no time to talk about the stakes...

On today's show, it's time for some heavy lifting, trying to sort through everything we saw in an extended NFL Week 15 that featured 12 one score games and handful of wild finishes, but most importantly, I think we're seeing some team's true colors shining through. The Niners were beat up, on the road vs a division rival who needed a win and who the sharps all loved, but they showed why they're le...

On today's show, as we kick off Week 15 tonite with Niners/Seahawks, we close out Week 14 in the NFL with a whole lot of movement around the bottom of the Playoff seedings between teams vying to get in, and not a bit of shuffling at the top, as the TRUE contenders all took home wins. And yes, that's a shot at the Vikings, somehow riding the wide shoulders of Justin Jefferson to their gaudy record,...

On today's show, we're continuing to follow all the contenders in the NFL Playoff race, and after a pretty chalk Week 13, it would seem that the cream is rising to the top. With the notable exception of the Game of the Week in Cincinnati, nearly all the contenders held their ground, but even despite getting the win, the Ravens and the Niners took Ls. SF lost Jimmy G for the season, while Lamar Jac...

On today's show, we continue to focus on contenders only as the NFL season enters the home stretch. Most teams have 6 games left, a few have 5, and like we said last week, we know pretty much all the major players, from the Chiefs and Eagles at the top, to the Chargers, Pats, Falcons and Giants on the outside looking in, so we'll continue to update and evaluate the seedings as they shift with ever...

On today's show, as we look ahead to Week 12 in the NFL kicking off with a Thanksgiving Day triple-header, it's time to start to keep tabs on the Playoff picture. At this point of the season the real contenders have made themselves known, and with the exception of a few low seed Wild Card teams, we pretty much know who will be there in the end, but there's still a lot of shuffling in the seeding t...

On today's show, with the NFL season past the midway point, it's time to draw some conclusions. We've been patient, we've observed, we've deliberated, but now our sample size is sufficient so we're revisiting our preseason tiers, throwing together some power rankings and deciding how much a mid-November Vikings road win over the Bills and an Eagles loss at home to the WFT really means. Meanwhile,...

On today's show, there's far too much Gaber and I have to catch up on to fully preview here in the intro; since we last spoke, we have two NFL Sundays in the books and hit the unofficial midway point of the season with a surprising Bills loss; we've seen the sample size of NBA games more than double; and we have a World Series champ! That said, I guess I should warn you that in addition to the tal...

On today's show, NFL Week 8 is underway, and while there's still plenty of time for underachieving teams to turn it around, the sample size is large enough for us to figure out pretty much what teams need to do to maintain their Playoff ambitions. TB12 has looked every bit of 45 years old, but in the putrid NFC South, the chances we see him in the Playoffs are still high, while Aaron Rodgers and t...

On today's show, even in the middle of a roller coaster ride of an NFL season, the return of the NBA takes center stage. It started with skinny James Harden and the Sixers getting run by an even scarier Celtics team than we saw last year, then moved to the Bay for a ring ceremony and a ridiculously deep Warriors squad flexing on LeBron and the Lakers, followed by a full slate of Wednesday games th...

On today's show, we know the almighty NFL is undefeated, but it can be pre-empted, especially when we're talking about the return of the NBA, so in honor of opening tip-off this coming Tuesday, it's time for our final NBA preview. We've got your true contenders and your title hopefuls; we have the teams who could steal a Play-Off round or two, maybe upset a high seed but not win it all, yet; and w...

On today's show, of course we're gonna talk about Draymond punching Jordan Poole at Warriors practice, but we're not gonna let it detract from how everything else in the world of sports seems to be falling nicely into place. In fact, because I have so much confidence that this was an isolated incident, I'm just gonna chalk it up to a little hyper-competitiveness and leave it at that. Besides, this...

On today's show, it's been a whirlwind, but we're already 3 weeks into an NFL season highlighted by a number of unlikely outcomes, leading me to wonder; could we be seeing some upstarts here? And whose success is just an aberration? The Sunshine State is well represented this season, but Tom Brady's Bucs are only the third best team from Florida we've seen so far. Lamar, Jalen Hurts, Trevor Lawren...