The Sportsballers Podcast

S5 E11 - Eric's latest victim is revealed this week as he previews the NBA season and makes his Coach of the Year prediction. Coaching seems to be at an all-time low in the NFL and we aren't letting it slide. Plus our MLB playoff update with the wild card round in the rear view and our Week 6 NFL picks.

S5 E10 - The MLB regular season has reached its conclusion, the 12-team playoff is set, and we dedicated some time to previewing the first four wild card playoff series in baseball history. Not to worry, we still had plenty of time to dedicate to our Week 4 NFL roundup and our 16 Week 5 picks against the spread.

S5 E9 - Eric strikes again! Ime Udoka seems done in Boston, Aaron Judge hit his 61st home run of the season while we were streaming, and we've got a lot of Week 3 action to cover from the NFL before making Week 4 picks against the spread.

S5 E8 - Roger Federer has decided to hang it up, Aaron Judge is chasing a historic home run total but the record talk needs to stop, a lot happened around the NFL in Week 2, and it's time for another set of picks against the spread.

S5 E7 - A brief audio issue approaching the 24-minute mark notwithstanding, our first opportunity of the season to break down some real football made for quite a show as several players and coaches got shade. Catch our NFL Week 1 breakdown and Week 2 picks, plus our thoughts on Robert Sarver, Brett Favre, and the new MLB rules officially passed for 2023.

S5 E6 - After a brief check-in on the Yankees and Orioles and a look at the big games of the week in College Football, we previewed the NFL season, just a day ahead of the Thursday Night Kickoff game! Division winners, playoff brackets, conference winners and the Super Bowl, plus player awards and the introduction of our 2022 Pick'em contest and our Week 1 picks against the spread.

S5 E5 - The fifth episode of our fifth season is our annual fantasy football preview show. This year we each focused on three players we really like, or don't like, at their current ADP, discussed how to go about drafting tight ends this year, and covered a lot of fantasy football rules we hate as well as a couple that we like.

S5 E4 - Kevin Durant decided to stick with the Nets, but can they realistically contend for the Eastern Conference title? The Yankees may have saved their AL East title bid with a win against Toronto last week. And you'll be able to hear two-thirds of The Sportsballers on Friday nights this fall!

S5 E3 - The Commanders debuted a "new" fight song, the NBA released part of their schedule, it's time for another baseball standings update, Eric and Evan went on another roller coaster adventure with some baseball on the side, and one of our co-hosts is being inducted into DeMatha's Hall of Fame.

S5 E2 - Kevin Durant wants out of Brooklyn, the Orioles are still in playoff contention after selling at the deadline, the Yankees relief pitchers are blowing games, and the NFL Hall of Fame speeches had some memorable moments.

S5 E1 - Back from a three-week hiatus, the Sportsballers kick off their fifth year with a rundown of MLB's trade deadline, punishments for Deshaun Watson and the Miami Dolphins, and pay their respects to Bill Russell and Vin Scully, both of whom passed away this week.

S4 E50 - The first four stages of le Tour de France are complete and Magnus Cort has been extremely aggressive in the early going. NBA free agency has been nuts and Eric has plenty to say about it. Evan has some thoughts about conference realignment in college football. And we've got a lot of stuff going on outside of sports.

S4 E49 - The Angels and Mariners got into it this weekend and several players, managers, and even an interpreter got suspended. The 2022 edition of le Tour de France begins on Friday. And we have some thoughts on the last few days of Draymond Green's talking points.

S4 E48 - Our 200th episode puts a pin in the 2021-22 NBA season following the Warriors' 4-2 Finals series victory over the Celtics. We discuss the legacies of Chef Curry and his supporting cast and what's next for the Celtics, plus some early NBA offseason news, MLB contenders and pretenders, and Rob Gronkowski's second retirement (see Episode 34 for our discussion of his first retirement).

S4 E47 - The Warriors handed the Celtics their first consecutive losses of these playoffs to take a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals, the red-hot Yankees are heading into their toughest stretch of the season, O's prospects are looking good, and we all caught an AUDL game in North Carolina during Cory's bachelor weekend.

S4 E46 - The Warriors have overcome two poor games by Klay Thompson and Draymond Green to split the first two games of the NBA Finals with the Celtics, the Yankees swept to cupcakes, and even more revelations have come out in the Deshaun Watson case.

S4E45 - Eric, Evan and Cory rule on the fantasy football dispute between Tommy Pham and Joc Pederson, discuss the upcoming NBA Finals matchup between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics, and provide a 2-month update on how the MLB season is shaping up. Eric and Evan also discuss their Carowinds trip.

S4 E44 - The NFL expanded the Rooney Rule, not that it'll make any difference. Josh Donaldson has been suspended for a comment he directed to Tim Anderson; is the suspension warranted or is there something else to consider? Evan and Eric played an epic fantasy baseball game this week and Eric has some things to say. And the Heat laid an absolute egg in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals; can...

S4 E43 - Hockey isn't something we cover at length or very often, but we had a significant hockey segment this week to go along with a wrap-up of the NBA's conference semifinals and discussions of high school NIL deals and the Cleveland Browns/Deshaun Watson saga.

S4 E42 - Tom Brady will be FOX's lead analyst when he decides to actually retire from football; do we think he'll be any good? Also in this episode, our thoughts on NIL deals for college athletes and an update past the midpoint of the NBA's conference semifinals.

S4 E41 - The Jets killed the 2022 NFL Draft, the Eagles, Giants, and Ravens are also draft winners, the NBA conference semifinals are underway, and baseball finally did something right, though more work needs to be done. Teased enough? Catch all our thoughts from this week's podcast and catch next week's live on YouTube.

S4 E40 - We had a great live broadcast with audience interaction as we reacted to every pick in the first round of the 2022 NFL Draft and discussed our takeaways from our individual film study of (most of) the selected players. You can watch the video version on YouTube and be sure to tune in to our audio podcasts, live on YouTube, going forward.

S4 E39 - Some audio issues early were cleared up within the first couple minutes of the show. We did a test of our video setup in preparation for next Thursday's NFL Draft live show extravaganza, with Eric putting most of this week's focus on the first round of the NBA playoffs.

S4 E38 - Cam Newton made some "bananas disrespectful" comments about women this week, Adam Schefter once again inappropriately editorialized a serious news story, and Dave Roberts denied us a chance at history. Oh, and the NBA playoffs are under way so check out our preview of those series in our second hour of this week's show.

S4 E37 - After previewing the National League last week, it's the AL's turn. All 15 teams get the Sportsballers' treatment, we predict division and award winners, the pennant, and the World Series after all three of us took the Dodgers to win the NL a week ago. Additionally, Kansas and South Carolina are the NCAA championships and we discuss both the men's and women's Final Fours and wrap up our b...