The Whole Deal

There are few times in which I am at a loss for words. The next few episodes, both big and small, both young and old, are some of the most exciting work TWD has ever done. We welcome you to listen and enjoy the journey with us.

Part 1 of the most mega of podcast drops tonight!

This go around, I'm drivin the train! Pat's sitting this one out, so I've brought in a ringer.......that's right.....Tuan or Tron (unofficial street name). We're covering the whole spectrum of sports in November as well as catching up from happenings from the last few weeks. Also, we have a cliffhanger of an ending, that's right, we leave you on a cliff. We end this episode with a review of the ci...

The boys are back and boy howdy do they have a lot to say! Since day one, The Whole Deal promised to never shy away from any subject and boy howdy does this week's episode prove that nothing is off the table on TWD.

A bit of Bizzarro TWD as the boys record mid-week and see what the good world of sports looks like from a sober(ish) workweek mountain top. Should be noted that while the conversation is top shelf as always here on TWD, the audio quality on this episode is of that $2 well shot variety. We'll get that worked out before dropping the next TWD but in the meantime, here is further proof those $2 shots...

Back and better than ever, the boys of TWD mic up and are ready to cover every corner of the fall sports landscape. Brian and Pat cover what has happened, what is happening, and what will happen on this episode of TWD. So without further delay, lets get it!

As the boys of TWD prepare to mic up again tonight for the first time in a couple weeks, we would like to offer a bonus episode of The Whole Deal that transcends the two man booth that is Brian and Pat. This bonus episode of TWD is the sought after three man broadcast including our favorite guest host! Beyond the scope of sports and fun barstool conversation, TWD tackle some gigantic world events...

This week's episode of The Whole Deal will be recorded in the annals of history as the single most courageous effort in not only podcasting history, but quite possibly in the entire history of sports broadcasting. In what can only be described as superhuman, Pat returns to TWD following a terrifying bout of spontaneous hysterical blindness only to receive the most undeserved, unsolicited and unfai...

For the first time in over a year and a half everything seems right in the sports world once again as TWD gets ready for week one of the NFL season. Every whistle, every crack of the pads, every blade of grass paints the portrait of what makes football in September such an incredible spectacle and the boys are chomping at the bit to give you every thought they have on the gridiron universe. We can...

As the boys get ready to return to the mic this weekend, Brian & Pat want to get you back in the TWD mood by presenting a bonus episode previously recorded for an Olympic-sized rainy day. In typical TWD fashion, a seemingly innocent review of the awesome Summer Games morphs into the stuff of legend including Pat's on-the-record admission he was once wrong and Brian's plan for a full fledged invasi...

The sports world, as in life, needs moments that put things back in perspective. Those fleeting images that remind us of why we call ourselves fans. This week on TWD, the boys dive into one of those moments as America's pastime made fantasy a reality.

Last week on TWD, the easy thing to do should have been to use those three fatefull words To Be Continued. Here at TWD we don't do things the easy way, so enjoy part 2 of our summertime masterpiece!

You know TWD is on a roll when the conversation cant wait for the record button. No need for a big introduction, just tune in and find out.

Who said all third wheels are uninvited guests. Leave it to TWD to change the paradigm again as we welcome a very special guest that may have just earned himself a seat at the table!

Gather 'round everyone! For today, The Whole Deal has a fantastical story of a strange and unusual world beyond imagination. Once upon a time in an era that seems so far far away, young sports fans placed baseball cards in the spokes of their bicycle tires so it made cool sounds! (GASP!) Children young and old once removed action figures from its packaging (cue fainting) and relived their favorite...

As the wise prophet Macho Man Randy Savage once said, "Mean Gene, the cream of the crop always rises to the top, oooooh yeah". Such poetry, such muse, and SO appropriate as we enter playoff season in some of our favorite sports seasons. This week Brian and Pat discuss why playoffs matter and how the theory of sudden death playoffs translate beyond the confines of sport in ways we don't always noti...

We all know how we are, but do we take the time to think about how we got here? Our favorite sports, our favorite teams within those sports...how did we earn our stripes. Brian and Pat talk about the origins of our fandom and how those origins still feed the fire of today.

Some of the most iconic performances given by our greatest sports heroes happened well beyond the confines of the field, the court, or the ice. History proves that Hollywood often served as the muse in which our gladiators broadened their horizons, for better or worse. Check out this week's episode of TWD as Brian and Pat exhume some of the most memorable sports related productions audiences have...

April is a very special time of year for sports fans as some seasons enter the playoffs and some seasons open their doors. For sports entertainment fans April means only one thing, the road to Wrestlemania! This week on The Whole Deal steps between the ropes and enters their memories of the squared circle. We're fixin to jump off the top rope into our memories of pro wrestling and drop the big leg...

If you are ever asked what the future holds, the first source we all research is the book of yesterday. Our fandom, our passion, our fervor for life and sports is built from the first days we experience a larger than life spectacle. Get your goosebumps ready because it's always a ride when we realize what still gets our hairs on end here on TWD.

The first TWD special guest experiment found mixed results. Never let it be said that Brian and Pat quit on a good idea! Never has it been more evident this week as TWD is joined by our second guest host, one with some serious VIP credentials. Listen in and find out who joined the party this week!

Can Brian and Pat overcome their first broFight in 15 years in the better interests of the Whole Deal? Tune in this week to see if the most irreconcilable is in deed salvageable.

Maybe when we least expected it, did Brian and Pat finally come to verbal jabs for the first time in nearly 15 years of mutual sports fandom brotherhood? Furthermore, was this continental divide actually caused by a Russian hitting someone square in the twig and giggle berries? Its true, its DAMN true. Listen to this weeks TWD to see how the guys handle their first BroBattle and make your bets as...

To where does TWD turn when the world hands us a rare uneventful sports week to review? We think outside the box. On this week's episode of TWD, Brian and Pat do what was once thought to be unthinkable by auditioning their very first candidate for the (completely unpaid) TWD research internship! Have they found a hidden gem? Give a listen and find out!