The Sports-Casters

On the thirty-fourth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Luke Winn (Sports Illustrated) and Corey Masisak (NHL.Com). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, the college football playoff, and the Heisman Trophy finalists. The book club update continues to focus on "The Death of WCW," "Hockey Stories," and the new Al M...

On the thirty-third episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Stewart Mandel (Fox Sports) and Steve Hyden (Grantland). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, the MLS Final featuring Buffalo native Bobby Shuttleworth, and the inappropriate behavior of sports blogger. The book club update starts to focus on "The Death of WC...

On the thirty-second episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Mike Harrington (The Buffalo News) and Matt Crossman (SB Longform, Bleacher Report, Rolling Stone). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, the start of the Major League Baseball hot stove, and Connor McDavid's injury. The book club update starts to focus on "T...

On the thirty-first episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Richard Deitsch (Sports Illustrated), Chris Burke (Si. Com) and David A. Dorsey (Fort Myers News-Press). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, Steve's trip to Monday Night Raw, and the start of another Yale Hockey Season. The book club update closes out Fourth...

On the thirtieth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters, Don is still out so Steve goes at it alone for the first time in podcast history. Steve welcomes Christopher McDougall (Author) to the podcast. Steve starts the show by recapping the World Series, giving a few thoughts on the New Orleans Saints, and by wishing Cleveland and LeBron James well as they start the NBA season. The book...

On the twenty-ninth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters, Don is out celebrating the birth of his son so Steve is joined by Adam Lazarus. Steve and Adam welcome Bob McKenzie (TSN, NBCSN) and Lee Jenkins (Sports Illustrated). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Adam talk about the NFL, the World Series, and the NHL's decision to suspend a player for domestic violence. The book c...

On the twenty-eighth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Greg Wyshynski (Puck Daddy Blog, Yahoo! Sports), Jenny Vrentas (theMMQB) and Dan Wolken (USA Today). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, the Major League Baseball playoffs, and look back at a upset filled weekend of college football. The book club update fe...

On the twenty-seventh episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Mike Tirico (ESPN, Monday Night Football), Jeff Passan (Yahoo! Sports) and Jim Florentine (That Metal Show). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, look ahead to the Major League Baseball playoffs, and preview a loaded weekend of college football. The book cl...

On the twenty-sixth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Andrew Sharp (Grantland) and David Shoemaker (Grantland). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, insult the commissioner, look ahead to the baseball playoffs, and wonder if Jameis Winston is a good teammate. The book club returns for the long awaited book of th...

On the twenty-fifth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Jane Leavy (Author) and Sal Capaccio (WGR Radio). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, the change to Penn State's sanction, and the U.S. Open. Five on Fantasy looks back at week 1 and ahead to week 2 and the show closes with the return of pick 4. -Jane Leavy...

On the twenty-fourth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Trey Wingo (ESPN), Michael Fabiano (NFL Network, NFL.Com), and Stewart Mandel (Fox Sports). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, MLB and Tony Stewart's return to racing. Five on Fantasy tracks the players that rose and fell during the month of August, Steve...

On the twenty-third episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Aaron Schatz (Football Outsiders) and Phil Taylor (Sports Illustrated). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, MLB and other news in the world of sports. Five on Fantasy makes a return to the show, and the guys give their over under predictions. -Aaron Schatz i...

On the twenty-second episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Jason LaCanfora (CBS Sports) and Jeremy Taggart (Rock Star). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the Ray Rice suspension and the subsequent fallout, Derek Jeter becoming 7th on the aft-time hit list, and go around the league with several NFL stories. Also on the...

On the twenty-first episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Jon Wertheim (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com), Jeff Passan (Yahoo! Sports) and Ian Rapoport (NFL Media). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about Lee Jenkins breaking the Lebron James news and the impact on the NBA, the final week of the World Cup and Brazil's worst nightm...

On the twentieth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Robert Klemko (theMMQB) and Dan Levy (Bleacher Report). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the World Cup and the devastating fall of Brazil, look at a few NFL stories, and look back on an incredible Wimbledon final. Also on the show, five on fantasy looks at differe...

On the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Ben Reiter (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com), Blake J. Harris (Author) and Michael Beller (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the heartbreaking end to the World Cup for the United States, recap a busy first day of NHL free agency, and look b...

On the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Rob Stone (Fox Sports) and Matt Yoder (Awful Announcing). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NHL and NBA finals, California Chrome's disappointing run at the Belmont, and look ahead to the World Cup. Also on the show, the guys update a busy month for the book c...

On the seventeenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Katie Baker (Grantland), Adam Rank (NFL Network, NFL.com, DDFP) and Pete Weber (Nashville Predators). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NHL and NBA finals, California Chrome's run for a triple crown, and a wrestler spreading STDs in the ring. Also on the show...

On the sixteenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome guest host Anthony Day (Yale Bulldog). The guys interview Tas Melas (The Starters), Brin-Jonathan Butler (Author) and SL Price (Sports Illustrated, SI.COM), and Tim Graham (The Buffalo News). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve, Don and Anthony talk about the NHL and NBA playoffs, Land...

On the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Kenny Albert (NBC Sports Network, Fox Sports) and Richard Deitsch (Sports Illustrated, SI.com, themmqb.com). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NHL and NBA playoffs, the the NFL Draft, and Don tries to guess the top selling NFL jerseys since the draft. Also on t...

On the fourteenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Robert Klemko (Sports Illustrated, TheMMQB), Jonah Keri (Grantland, Baseball Tonight), and Sean McIndoe (Down Goes Brown, Grantland). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NHL and NBA playoffs, the the NFL Draft, and try to guess who might be this year's Hard Knoc...

On the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome SL Price (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com), and Chris Burke (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NHL and NBA playoffs, the NBA's decision to ban Don Sterling for life, and Don tries to guess the top selling NFL jerseys. Also on the show,...

On the twelfth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Lee Jenkins (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com), and Ben Reiter (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the start of the NHL and NBA playoffs, talk about a handful of NFL stories including an announcement of an announcement, and shockingly take Colin...

On the eleventh episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters, hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Greg Wyshynski (Puck Daddy Blog, Yahoo! Sports) Damon Hack (Golf Channel) and Sam Coatta (Union Dutchmen, National Champions) to the podcast. Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don look back at the Masters, look ahead to the Stanley Cup and NBA Playoffs, and talk about a Phil Ivey...

On the tenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters, hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Chris Ballard (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com) Jeff Pearlman (Author) and David Shoemaker (Grantland) to the podcast. Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don look back at the NCAA basketball tournament and UConn's 4th National Title since 1999, look ahead to the Frozen Four, and talk abou...