The Sportsballers Podcast

S4 E36 - With baseball a week and a half away, we previewed the National League this week, discussing all 15 teams and making season predictions. Other topics include the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 games in the NCAA Tournaments and new overtime rules in the NFL.

S4 E35 - Following the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament we've got updates for our men's and women's bracket challenges plus commentary on a slew on NFL transactions from the past week and some late rules updates leading into the MLB season.

S4 E34 - Baseball is returning and we have a lot to say about the details of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement. It's been a busy week of offseason action in the NFL with re-signings, trades, and retired players un-retiring. And of course it's bracket season and this year we're picking the men's and women's brackets.

S4 E33 - The franchise tag deadline brought a lot of action in the NFL, including some huge contracts and a blockbuster trade not directly related to the franchise tag. Some rule changes highlight out MLB discussion because, surprise surprise, there is still no movement on a new CBA.

S4 E32 - The deadline for a new CBA between Major League Baseball and its Players Association came and went today and we have a lot of thoughts about that. Additionally, it's March 1st which means bracket season is almost upon us and we discussed several notable NBA topics including Markelle Fultz's return, Kyrie Irving's status for home games in New York, and a huge game for Ja Morant.

S4E31 - With no more football games to discuss and baseball not even getting close to spring training, basketball dominated this week's discussion. We covered a couple of offseason NFL items and then Eric and Evan spent the last portion of the show sharing their experience at Knott's Berry Farm over the holiday weekend.

S4 E30 - We've moved to Tuesdays for the NFL offseason! On this week's show we broke down Sunday's game in full, briefly discussed our expectations for the Rams and Bengals futures, predicted starting QBs for all 32 teams for Week 1 of the 2022 season, and spiritedly debated Devin Hester's status after being denied first ballot HOF status.

S4 E29 - In our Super Bowl LVI preview podcast we broke down the Bengals and Rams offenses, defenses, and special teams, talked about the strengths and weaknesses of each unit, made prop bets, and locked in our game predictions.

S4 E28 - Evan hosts this week's show as we discuss several topics, most notably Tom Brady's retirement, the Washington Commanders, and the lawsuit filed by Brian Flores against the NFL. No shortage of opinions on this week's show and we'd love to hear what you think.

S4 E27 - After a stunning divisional round in which every game was won on the final play, you knew we were going to have a lot to say. Eric hosted our in-depth breakdown of all four divisional games and our preview of the upcoming conference championships, plus our thoughts about baseball's Hall of Fame voting results that will put David Ortiz in the hall while leaving out a number of notable play...

S4 E26 - Six games down, seven to go in the NFL playoffs. Cory says the Cowboys have nobody to blame but themselves for their wild card loss, Evan believes Joe Burrow is the real deal based on his recent performances, and Eric can't wait to see which versions of Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes we'll see on Sunday. Catch all of our wild card takeaways and divisional round expectations, plus about 40...

S4 E25 - The Orioles are moving back their outfield wall, there's tennis drama in Australia (or no longer IN Australia), and the NFL enters wild card weekend and we're breaking down all six games in depth!

S4 E24 - We've reached the final week of the 2021 NFL season, which also means we've crowned a champion in our fantasy league of record. Plus we take a trip down memory lane with past winners of the NBA's MVP award.

S4 E23 - We remember John Madden on this week's show after the NFL legend died Tuesday morning. We also discussed some recent NBA news, the Terps bowl win, and the fantasy football titles we're all playing for this week. Oh, and we spent way too much time talking about the Browns.

S4 E22 - The Lakers are making excuses that don't add up, Urban Meyer got canned hours after last week's show, and we fail to agree on almost half of the Week 16 slate of NFL games!

S4 E21 - Steph Curry is the 3-point king! Maryland beat a ranked non-conference opponent! And everybody in the NFL has COVID! It's been a wild week AND we have to make our Week 15 NFL picks.

S4 E20 - With some live updates from the on-going Thursday night game, this week's show covered the Wizards' recent struggles, the United States' decision to have officials boycott the Winter Olympics even as the athletes compete, the College Football Playoff, and our usual NFL coverage.

S4 E19 - Rivalry Week is in the books and the NCAA Football conference championships are on the horizon. Now that season awards have been announced for Major League Baseball, we look back at our preseason playoff and award predictions to see how we did. Plus college and pro basketball and pro football news!

S4 E18 - The NBA served suspensions to LeBron James and Isaiah Stewart, the Australian Open is barring unvaccinated players like Djokovic, and the WNBA and NCAA updated their postseason women's basketball tournaments. Evan's sister Faryn joins as a guest for the second time to discuss these topics plus all of our usual NFL meanderings.

S4 E17 - The Staples Center will be rebranded next season, college basketball saw some big upsets in the past week, and the NFL is updating its COVID protocols for the Thanksgiving holiday after an uptick in cases in their most recent testing period. Plus, Eric and Evan compete in a trivia game to break their confidence points tie from Week 10!

S4 E16 - Aaron Rodgers beclowned himself, Odell Beckham may be further evidence of 'Ewing Theory Theory,' and the Ravens are trying to kill Evan.

S4 E15 - In addition to lamenting the MLB commissioner's lack of backbone, this week's show (recorded a day early) covers a busy week of college and pro football and briefly looks ahead to the few good games on the Week 9 NFL slate.

S4 E14 - Eric covers the hot starts for the Bulls, Warriors, and Jazz in the NBA's first week, the World Series heads towards a 1-1 tie, and as always we have plenty to say about the NFL from the Chiefs woes to the apparent immortality of TB12's football life to our Week 8 game picks, including some possible surprises.

S4 E13 - Evan is back, as is the NBA, we've reached the middle of both league championship series in baseball, and as always there's a lot to talk about with football. Cory got particularly emotional as we discussed Washington's botched ceremony to memorialize and retire Sean Taylor's number, the final straw for him and Eric to give up on any chance the team can redeem themselves and be worthy of...

S4 E12 - After spending the first 45 minutes on an in-depth preview of the NBA season tipping off Tuesday, we covered some college football, the baseball playoffs, and a slew of NFL news with substantial commentary on the Jon Gruden situation following the sudden end of his second tenure as the Raiders head coach.