The Halls of Mediocrity

Verne Gagne's training camp in the Minnesota farmland turned out some of the biggest names in pro wrestling history. In this bonus quiz episode, Jeff challenges Kevin to name the top 20 wrestlers trained by Gagne for the AWA, ranked from first to last. Inside this episode: Kevin works through a list that includes Ric Flair, Curt Hennig, Ricky Steamboat, the Iron Sheik, Ken Patera, Scott Hall, Sgt....

In the 1960s, only Arnold Palmer may have been more popular than Tony Lema. He won 12 tournaments in four years, including the 1964 Open Championship at St. Andrews after just 36 hours in Scotland and nine practice holes. Then, at 32 years old and entering the prime of his career, he was gone. Kevin and Jeff Hall tell the story of "Champagne" Tony Lema — golf's greatest unrealized what-if. Inside...

Tom Mazawey is back for the Friday show, and it's a rough one for Michigan and Lions fans. Kevin, Jeff, and Tom break down Michigan's second straight loss heading into the bye week, the Lions' tough defeat to Carolina, and the full slate of NFL Week 5 picks against the spread. Inside this episode: whether the problem at Michigan is Bryce Underwood, the offensive line, or the coaching staff, a deba...

Fresh off recording their Titus Young episode, Kevin puts Jeff to the test with a quiz on the NFL's biggest wide receiver draft busts since 2000. Two Detroit Lions make the list — and the results aren't pretty. Inside this episode: Kevin and Jeff work through a decade of first-round disappointments, from Charles Rogers' shattered collarbones to Justin Blackmon's suspension-shortened career, Troy W...

Before he was a cultural icon jumping the fountains at Caesars Palace, Evel Knievel was a small-time hustler out of Butte, Montana — a juvenile delinquent who knocked out the power to an entire town, kidnapped the woman who'd become his wife, and robbed a Safeway. Kevin and Jeff Hall trace the wild, often disturbing story of one of the most famous daredevils in American history. Inside this episod...

Tom Mazawey is back for the Friday show, and Michigan's defense gave up a 91-yard game-losing drive in the final two minutes against Iowa. Kevin, Jeff, and Tom break down what went wrong, preview the Little Brown Jug rivalry game at Minnesota, and run the full slate of NFL Week 4 picks against the spread. Inside this episode: why discipline (not talent) is the real issue facing Michigan after an u...

Think you can name the greatest major champions in golf history? Jeff challenges his brother Kevin to name the top 10 golfers by major championship wins, and it gets competitive. This bonus episode is a warm-up for our upcoming Champagne Tony Lema profile. Inside this episode: Kevin works through the list, from Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods to Bobby Jones, Walter Hagen, Gary Player, Ben Hogan, Tom...

At 13 years old, Jennifer Capriati was already the youngest player to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. By 14, she was a top-10 ranked pro with multi-million dollar endorsement deals from Oil of Olay and Snapple. By 18, she was arrested at a run-down Florida motel with drugs in the room. This week, Kevin and Jeff Hall break down one of the most remarkable rise-fall-and-redemption stories in sports his...

Tom Mazawey is back for the Friday show, and there's a lot on the table: Michigan's ugly-then-dominant win over UTEP, a Lions secondary in freefall heading into Aaron Glenn's homecoming against the Jets, and a full slate of NFL Week 3 picks against the spread. Inside this episode: Tom's blunt take that Bryce Underwood is "just a guy" through three games, why the offensive line needed a full half t...

The Detroit Lions got run out of Buffalo, Michigan looked shaky against UTEP before pulling away, and Kevin and Jeff have plenty to unpack heading into a critical NFL Week 3. This is the Wednesday recap. Inside this episode: the Lions fall behind 21-0 in the first quarter and never recover, losing 41-31 to the Bills. Kevin and Jeff dig into Devin White's foolish decision, Kelvin Sheppard's "we're...

Roy Tarpley was drafted #7 overall by the Dallas Mavericks in the 1986 NBA Draft — one of the deepest classes in league history. Dennis Rodman. Drazen Petrovic. Brad Daugherty. Arvydas Sabonis. Len Bias. And Roy Tarpley. In 1987-88, he won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award while averaging 13.5 points and 11.8 rebounds on 50% shooting across 81 games. Then in the Western Conference Finals, he had...

Tom Mazawey is back for the weekly picks show, and there's a lot to break down. Michigan just knocked off #11 Oklahoma but still can't clean up penalties, the Lions survived New Orleans in overtime, and Buffalo looms Thursday night. Kevin, Jeff, and Tom go game by game — plus a full slate of NFL Week 2 picks against the spread. Inside this episode: Tom's take on Michigan's defense looking faster t...

Michigan knocked off the Sooners, Bryce Underwood is starting to look like a real quarterback, and the Detroit Lions needed overtime to survive a scare from a surprising Saints offense. Kevin and Jeff Hall break down a wild Week 2 across college football and Week 1 of the NFL. Inside this episode: Michigan's defense completely shuts down Oklahoma's offense, while Bryce Underwood shows real growth...

He has more hits than anyone who ever played Major League Baseball. He holds the record for games played. He played All-Star games at five different positions. He was the core of the Big Red Machine. He helped the Phillies win a World Series at age 39. His similarity scores read like the Hall of Fame wing — Ty Cobb, Robin Yount, George Brett, Derek Jeter. By the numbers, Pete Rose is not a Hall of...

Tom Mazawey is back. Michigan is a mess. The NFL is kicking off. Lane Kiffin tried something insane. Let's do some picks. Kevin, Jeff, and Tom open with the Michigan football debrief — Hot Takes: Bryce Underwood hasn't shown him anything, Whittingham looked clueless, and if the Oklahoma game goes the way the Western Michigan game did, you're looking at Tommy Carr under center against UTEP. They al...

Pete Rose participated in more wins than anyone who ever played Major League Baseball: 1,972. Kevin already knew that one. Jeff gave him nine minutes to name the other nine. The rule: everyday players only, no pitchers, minimum 3,000 games played. The list is not what most people would guess. Hank Aaron is #2 at 1,735 - surprising, because a lot of those Braves teams weren't great. Willie Mays is...

Michigan barely beat Western Michigan on a Hail Mary with 0.4 seconds restored to the clock — and Kevin and Jeff are not celebrating. Bryce Underwood had a performance that raised more questions than answers: a fumble, a hideous interception right before halftime, a read-option decision that left the entire left side of the field open while he handed the ball off, and too many throws that looked l...

Mike Tyson says point blank: he was not the scariest fighter in the world. Sonny Liston in his heyday was. This is that story. Liston was born sometime around 1932 in rural Arkansas — no birth certificate was ever filed, so nobody, including Liston himself, ever knew his exact age. He was the 24th of 25 children. His father beat him so severely that scars were visible on his back when he fought. H...

Pete Rose's career WAR — Wins Above Replacement — is 79.6. That ranks him 67th all time in Major League Baseball history. Which means 66 players, across positions and eras, are ahead of him. Kevin and Jeff try to name them. The outfielders alone tell the story: Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Hank Aaron, Tris Speaker, Ted Williams, Stan Musial — and then Mike Trout, still active, alr...

Vince McMahon's handpicked world champion candidate murdered his girlfriend in an Allentown hotel room, and Vince walked into the DA's office and made it go away. This is the story of Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. Before any of that: the career. Snuka debuted in Hawaii in 1969 under the name Jimmy Kaloha, part of the legendary Anoaʻi wrestling family that would produce The Rock, Roman Reigns, the Usos,...

Detroit sports radio legend Tom Mazaway is back — and this time it's all Lions. Kevin, Jeff, and Tom go week by week through the entire 2026 Detroit Lions schedule, call every game, and land on two very different records. Tom and Jeff have them at 12-5. Kevin is the Debbie Downer at 10-7, and he's calling that the ceiling.   Before the schedule: the injury report from training camp. Cade Mays — th...

He hired a hitman hours after his team was knocked out of the playoffs. Who he hired the hitman to kill is still disputed 20 years later.   Mike Danton, born Mike Jefferson, was a hard-nosed center for the New Jersey Devils and St. Louis Blues. On April 16, 2004, hours after San Jose eliminated the Blues, the FBI arrested him for conspiracy to commit murder. The alleged target: his agent, mentor,...

Tiger Williams. 3,971 penalty minutes. The all-time NHL leader. Jeff needed a hint to get him.   A bonus companion to the Mike Danton episode. Kevin brings the top 10 NHL career penalty minute leaders (1980 to present), Jeff tries to name them, and neither of them fully remembers who Craig Berube is. The list: Tiger Williams at #1, Dale Hunter, Tie Domi, Marty McSorley, Bob Probert (Kevin's surpri...

Detroit sports radio legend Tom Mazaway joins the Hall Boys — and takes on the top 10 TV sports broadcasters of all time. The list: Al Michaels at #1 (Jeff disagrees immediately), Vin Scully at #2, Howard Cosell at #3, Keith Jackson at #4, Bob Costas at #5, John Madden at #6, Jim McKay at #7, Dick Enberg at #8, Marv Albert at #9, and Pat Summerall at #10. Tom gets eight of ten — he misses Bob Cost...

Jayson Williams grew up watching his father shoot people. His dad knew it, too — when Williams got drafted, his father reportedly told the team: keep that kid busy, because if he's not busy, he's going to get in trouble.   He was born in 1968 in South Carolina to a mixed-race family in the deep south, starred at Christ the King High School in Queens, and went to St. John's. He was the 21st overall...