The Sportive

Whole gang is back for this one. Twins might be good? Wolves and Wild previews. A Vikings draft prediction. Funeral spread. TWO top 6s. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Hockey Night with The Sportive, as Jon and Chiken group up to talk about all the Wild minutiae that we might have missed over the past few weeks. Plus, a look inside the Gopher hockey coaching situations - you know, in between basketball games, when Mark Coyle has a few minutes to fit it in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and Stu return to the airwaves to discuss the dawning of a new baseball season, along with many* reasons to be excited about the Minnesota Twins. Plus: Kyler Murray Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon, Stu and B take a spin through the sports. Wolves, Wild, Loons, Gopher hoops and a rooting interest preview of the pigskin games. It’s a salve for what ails you, or at least a mindless temporary distraction. That’s the Sportive Guarantee.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We lead with the Michigan news despite knowing nothing, then we learn to pronounce a bowl name. From there it's a bit of Vikings talk, a Wolves check-in and finally a midseason "who has more technicals" update between Brandon and his teenager. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and B are BACK. We give an early Wolves report card, check in on JJ and then Jon offers an outlook on the 2026 Twins that doubles as a cry for help. We end with some footie talk and our famous “What is Jon Missing” pop culture segment.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s Wolves Season Preview night. We break down all (some) of the angles of the upcoming season with a special guest appearance from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Truly an honor. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and Chicken break down game 1 of the Wild for 20 scintillating minutes and then we move on to: (24:30) NFL takes with a side of Jon’s Pop Culture Corner, (50:30) Jon’s annual Gopher football meltdown, (59:00) a shocking Gopher women’s hockey defection and of course a Top 6.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a newsy week, as the Twins season is over, the Lynx season is over, and the Vikings season is over (pending this week's offensive line injury report). Jon, Chicken, and returning podcast hero Stu are here to discuss such pressing topics as: A new Pohlad has entered the chat Cheryl Reeve, American hero? The Vikings offensive line is made of injuries Kirill Kaprizov, and new Wild hero Beef...

Another raw-dog sesh for the true fans. Chicken leapt off the top rope to take it to the Twins brass, we previewed the Vikings game and then a Top 6 that set a new low for preparation time. Plus we reveal the sordid history of Bob J Pillsbury and what he did on the senate floor in 1903. It all makes sense when you listen (it does not make sense). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

This week on the Sportive, Jon and Chiken - the hockey guys! - review the first day of Wild training camp, because it's important to talk about the Wild when only two guys managed to have long-term injuries announced on the first day of training camp. Will the Wild have a team by the time the first preseason game rolls around, which is somehow on Sunday? Will the Vikings be able to field a team by...

Welcome to Deep Dive Central. We go long on the Vikings crazy win, the Kaprizov contract stalemate, a recent Saints game, and the incredibly fun Kawhi shenanigans.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We miraculously recorded this episode IN PERSON, at the great Surly Beer Hall. Discussed: Tyler Childers, NFL games preview, Stu's upcoming Gopher game suite situaish, MLB playoff teams rootability rankings, and a deer hunting game plan. A glorious hour-plus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We finally unveil our long-awaited and opposite-of-shocking thoughts about the Pohlads calling off the sale: it stinks. After we get that off our chest, we preview the Gopher football season, select our AFC Team of the Year and reach a new low in our Top 6 segment (literally and figuratively). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After an accidental tangent into little league baseball, we unleash our famous annual Vikings preview (horn sound). We air grievances then predict our bros, turds and wins on the year. The finale was a Top 6 that utilizes the most cutting edge of technological advancements. The results will shock and awe listeners. The future is HERE. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We planned to talk Vikings but instead covered a few minutes on the Twins before diving into incredible (A+) ideas to fix baseball, and then B summarized his summer of arguing with umpires. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and B go Wolves-centric after the glorious Lakers beat-down. Shout-outs to Rudy, Julius and Tim Connelly. A Rockets or Warriors agonizing decision tree that was obvious the second we started talking. A ranking of this season and players on the all-time list. Kurt Rambis catches a deserved stray, obviously. Then a quick requiem for the hockey Vikings, stuck in a Groundhogs Day scenario for the...

Wolves game 3 preview! Wild mid-series analysis! Vikings draft grades! Luke Keaschall! Conspiracy theories! Todd Steussie! Rob Lowe! Seth Macfarlane! Our best episode of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Sports Knowers Jon and Brox cover: A-Rod vs Glen, is MLB dead or merely dying, cool new baseball rules that everyone will love, a 4 Nations recap, Gopher basketball eternal shrug emoji and more. Then the internet nearly gave out on us, just like old times. Good stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stu, Brox, Marth and a few minutes of Chicken achieve a rare Sportive Consensus(TM) on our opinion about next year's plan for the Vikings QB, then we rank the remaining playoffs teams before a reluctant transition to the Wolves. A phenomenal Top 6 and 1-minute timed overviews of the Wild and Loons round us out. It's so good to be back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jon and B knock out a quick check-in on the Wolves, Vikings, Gopher football, the Loons and our children. Tune in and win. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vikings panic meter, a harrowing admission about the Yankees, a top 6 that left Jon on cloud 9, and then we did our famous whip-around segment. Plus a beer review segment that everyone knew and understood. Instant classic episode, some are saying. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we: Gave up on the Twins again Found out Stu is allowed in the Four Seasons Previewed Vikings-Texans Unveiled a Johnny Unitas ranking that everyone loved and understood Previewed the Gopher-Iowa game that we won’t watch Learned that Esko and Elko are two different cities that aren’t even close to each other Described the War on Drugs music to Chicken who didn’t ask and didn’t want to kno...

Summer sabbatical OVER. Chat mode ENGAGED. On the docket: the Vikings, adopting a temporary NFL team (horse sound), losing our cool over the loser Twins, shrug emoji about the Gophers and then some youth sports talk to bring us home. Plus a classic Jon post-furious rant. We are so back.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Us OG Wolves guys chest-bump about our squad, piss & moan about Jamal Murray being a baby, and welcome the bandwagon fans with open arms like the mensches we are and have always been. Then first thoughts about the JJ McCarthy pick, and later a quick chat on traveling baseball coaches. Jon dropped off at one point, Stu briefly forgot how to construct a sentence, and we yet again had technical d...