Up & Under

For our second guest in show history, we bring on Danny Galvin, a hooper hooper and a former roommate of ours. I know you're probably thinking "How many roommates do these guys have?" And I'll answer you the same way I did when Neil deGrasse Tyson asked me about the size of the universe: infinite, and growing at an accelerating rate. On this week's episode, Conor, Francis, Grant, and Danny discuss...

We have a name!!! (oh and the NBA Playoffs started). Introducing the Up and Under, the name that took 5 months and 11 episodes to come up with and if you think that's maybe a little long then you just don't understand the creative process and you can get the hell out of my studio. This week, Conor, Drunk Francis, and Grant discuss the winners and losers of the seeding games (7:27) and the most imp...

The gang is back together, sorry we were busy watching real live sports. This week Conor, Francis, and Grant overreact to the first three games of the bubble (15:02), judge the bodies of professional athletes (37:15), and make some more gambles (49:38).

In a very special episode of PTBNL, Francis chats with his old golf buddy Ian K. Campbell. After climbing up the amateur ranks, Ian turned pro earlier this year and earned a top 20 finish in his first tournament as a professional. Frank and Ian go deep in the rough, discussing Ian's golf beginnings and the pressure of performing in front of your parents (4:33), the loneliness that comes with the t...

The end we thought was nigh, yet the desert ravages on, unyielding, growing, threatening to lay waste to all joy that is or ever was or ever will be. Just as the last strands of wayward hope are cast aside, a voice comes down from the heavens, whispering, ever so slightly, the name spoken in prophecies in far off lands, that our children and our children's children will not let pass their lips wit...

This week Conor, Francis, and Grant discuss their final thoughts on the Last Dance (5:45); deep dive into some research on one-time NBA All-Stars and the league's dilution in the 90's (12:50), including some little-known NBA factoids (28:18); propose the rule changes they would most like to implement across all sports (50:10); and rehash an old sports betting tradition (57:45). We also know that s...

Conor, Francis, and Grant get together for an emergency, not-so-mini mini pod to discuss the upcoming and long-awaited return of the NBA season. We also know that sports is not the thing on most people's minds right now. If you'd like to support the Black Lives Matter movement and help bring an end to racially-motivated police brutality, follow this link to donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donat...

If you really like NASCAR and dog shows, then you've got a full weekend of sports ahead of you. We don't count ourselves so lucky. This week, Conor, Francis, and Grant discuss the MLB's proposal to commence the season (3:53), the importance of sports in society (9:23), and we pick some, let's say...imperfect, All-NBA teams (24:03).

I was 3 years old when Michael Jordan won his final ring. Francis and Conor were 2 and 1, respectively. Come listen to us talk about it. This week we discuss a tragic NFL Draft backstory (1:17), our thoughts on The Last Dance (7:02), including whether without Phil Jackson, is Mike just James Harden with a better brand (20:10)? Also, how MJ distancing himself from politics affects his legacy (43:39...

A month and a half in and I'm running out of ways to say we're sitting at home doing nothing but dreaming up podcast segments. This week Conor, Francis, and Grant scrape together some topics and discuss the G League making money moves college boosters can't match (3:58), looking backwards and forwards for a fraught Memphis basketball program (19:42), the NFL and NBA collective bargaining agreement...

Conor, Francis, and Grant have spent the last two weeks locked inside solely to do research for this episode. In Episode 3, we discuss more name ideas for the pod (4:33), day who-knows-anymore in sports wasteland (14:24), the potential for the NBA to become a league full of bubble boys and what the return of the season would look like (22:00), the effect of the the Coronavirus on the MLB and NBA d...

Conor, Francis, and Grant join you from quarantine. This week, we discuss pod name ideas (1:00), staring into the radioactive void (11:00), biggest disappointments from shortened sports seasons (25:00), an absolutely deadly hypothetical NBA lineup (30:10), a wild NFL free agency so far (34:40), including the legacy left behind by Tom Brady in Foxborough (37:30) and Bill O'Brien not thinking Kliff...

After two years in the wilderness, Conor, Francis and Grant are back with a brand new podcast. In this episode we discuss ideas for the pod's name (1:52), what a second straight Masters win would mean for Tiger (8:13), Steph's imminent return (10:33), NBA contenders (12:47) including what to expect from the Bucks (15:41) and the Rockets revamped outlook (27:00). Note: This episode, much like sport...