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Episodes: 206

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An award-winning Cleveland sports podcast covering the Cavaliers, Browns, Indians, Buckeyes, sports media and pop culture.

Episode Date
Episode 206 – High ticket attractions: Cavs-Knicks and the must-see NBA playoffs
Apr 21, 2023
Episode 205 – Crash course: Catching up on golf’s new LIV Tour and the game’s local rec scene
Jun 14, 2022
Episode 204 – Cavs’ season of progress and promise comes to premature end
Apr 16, 2022
Episode 203 – Baker’s run as Browns QB is on the razor’s edge
Mar 18, 2022
Episode 202 – Back at it: Cavs, NBA All-Star, OBJ narratives and the Olympics
Feb 18, 2022
Episode 201 – College football is changing (but not at the top of the polls), and the Bishop Sycamore fiasco
Sep 02, 2021
Episode 200 – Jeopardy’s host search debacle, MLB’s Field of Dreams and wrestling’s big weekend
Aug 20, 2021
Episode 199 – Did the Indians get it right with ‘Guardians’?
Jul 27, 2021
Episode 198 – WWE superstar Otis on SmackDown coming to Cleveland
Jul 22, 2021
Episode 197 – MLB's data-driven dilemma, NBA Play-In, Browns' big games, Crew rebrand U-turn
May 21, 2021
Episode 196 – NFL Draft arrives in CLE, disgruntled Kevin Love, and a sports betting bill for Ohio
Apr 28, 2021
Episode 195 – OU announcers Russ Eisenstein and Rob Cornelius on the Bobcats’ return to March Madness
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 194 – Ohio State and March Madness with Whitney Harding of NBC4 in Columbus
Mar 19, 2021
Episode 193 – A year later, the MAC is back in Cleveland
Mar 10, 2021
Episode 192 – Surviving the Cavs swoon, understanding NBA Top Shot
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 191 – Cavs rising, EA's college football game returning, and memories of Les Levine
Feb 05, 2021
Episode 190 – One that got away: A great Browns season comes to an end in K.C.
Jan 18, 2021
Episode 189 – Shock and awesome: Browns stun Steelers, get ready for K.C.
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 188 – A COVID cloud is stealing the Browns’ and Buckeyes’ sunshine
Jan 08, 2021
Episode 187 – Inside the disputes keeping Cavs and Browns games off our TVs
Dec 14, 2020
Episode 186 – Football flailing amid COVID chaos, Browns soldiering on, OSU sidelined
Dec 01, 2020
Episode 185 – Catching up on the Cavs and the NBA Draft with Justin Rowan
Nov 15, 2020
Episode 184 – Browns ready to run, OSU early returns, farewell Alex Trebek
Nov 10, 2020
Episode 183 – Ballin’ Browns, Bron’s big Finals, bon voyage to the NBA bubble
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 182 – A crash course on Indians vs. Yankees in the AL Wild Card round
Sep 29, 2020
Episode 181 – First impressions of Stefanski’s Browns, Indians clinch postseason spot
Sep 23, 2020
Episode 180 – John Kampf of The News-Herald on a very different high school football season
Aug 25, 2020
Episode 179 – Baseball, Blue Jackets, and (no) Big Ten football
Aug 17, 2020
Episode 178 – Author Alex Harnocz on ‘Perfect Season Project: An Uncommon Arrangement of Cleveland Indians History’
Jul 21, 2020
Episode 177 – Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com on the Indians, a name change, and the 2020 season
Jul 08, 2020
Episode 176 – Montreal Impact goalkeeper Evan Bush on the return of MLS
Jun 19, 2020
Episode 175 – Field days, fantastic wins, and more tales from yesteryear
May 30, 2020
Episode 174 – Jordan and the Bulls’ “Last Dance,” NFL Draft trainwreck potential
Apr 21, 2020
Episode 173 – March memories: Tom Withers on being courtside for Duke-Kentucky ’92
Mar 27, 2020
Episode 172 – Passing time with sports on pause
Mar 18, 2020
Episode 171 – 2020 MAC tournament: Filled with suspense in an empty arena
Mar 11, 2020
Episode 170 – Romo’s millions, YouTube TV vs. Sinclair, and more sports media headlines
Mar 07, 2020
Episode 169 – MLB, NFL and NBA reinventing the wheel, and wait, THIS is the XFL?
Feb 13, 2020
Episode 168 – Christopher Daniels on AEW ‘Dynamite’ in Cleveland
Jan 28, 2020
Episode 167 – A crash course on new Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski with The Athletic’s Arif Hasan
Jan 15, 2020
Episode 166 – Should old acquaintance be forgot: Browns close 2019 by cleaning house (again)
Dec 31, 2019
Episode 165 – ESPN vs. Fox Sports is college football’s hottest rivalry this year
Dec 06, 2019
Episode 164 – Climbing the mountain: Ohio State looms over rival, Browns trying to overtake theirs
Nov 27, 2019
Episode 163 – On the dominant Buckeyes, ‘Maddening’ Browns, and surprisingly fun Cavs
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 162 – New attractions and familiar faces: Cavs continue roster rebuild in remodeled home
Oct 25, 2019
Episode 161 – Boomshakalaka! Journalist Reyan Ali on his new book “NBA Jam” and retro gaming’s resurgence
Oct 18, 2019
Episode 160 – Jeff Boals on coming home to coach the Ohio men’s basketball team
Oct 10, 2019
Episode 159 – Buckeyes, Browns and the biggest week for wrestling with Ben Axelrod
Oct 02, 2019
Episode 158 – Remembering Fred McLeod and trying to forget Week 1 for the Browns
Sep 11, 2019
Episode 157 – The best (yes, really!) Browns moments of the past 20 years
Sep 05, 2019
Episode 156 – 13 months later, Stipe Miocic finally gets his rematch
Aug 15, 2019
Episode 155 – Ready for launch: Browns begin training camp, Bauer plays long toss
Jul 29, 2019
Episode 154 – Pro Football HOF ready to shine on enshrinement weekend
Jul 17, 2019
Episode 153 – Uncorking the second half of the Indians’ season
Jul 12, 2019
Episode 152 – Cleveland sports biz headlines with Kevin Kleps
Jul 03, 2019
Episode 151 – Picks & possibilities: A Cavs/NBA Draft preview
Jun 19, 2019
Episode 150 – What the sale of STO and FSO means for Cleveland sports fans
May 31, 2019
Episode 149 – Catching up on the Cavs, John Beilein and the NBA’s self-inflicted lottery problems
May 22, 2019
Episode 148 – Finding seats on the Columbus Blue Jackets bandwagon
May 02, 2019
Episode 147 – John Telich on a career covering Cleveland sports
Apr 10, 2019
Episode 146 – Celebrating the 30th anniversary of ‘Major League’
Apr 05, 2019
Episode 145 – Talking about how we talk about the Tribe
Apr 01, 2019
Episode 144 – Buffalo and everyone else: MAC men's tournament preview with Jason Arkley
Mar 14, 2019
Episode 143 – OBJ to CLE! NY Daily News Giants beat writer Pat Leonard on the Browns' new star
Mar 13, 2019
Episode 142 – Michael Mulhall, VP of the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
Mar 06, 2019
Episode 141 – A constructive look at the rest of the Cavs season
Feb 22, 2019
Episode 140 – The Nailbag, Vol. 1: Lunch with a Brown, favorite sports movies, Indians offseason
Jan 18, 2019
Episode 139 – Is Freddie ready? Browns promote Kitchens
Jan 10, 2019
Episode 138 – CFP semifinals and Rose Bowl preview with Mark Podolski
Dec 28, 2018
Episode 137 – Browns happiness at the holidays
Dec 19, 2018
Episode 136 – Rerun: Buckeyes miss out on College Football Playoff again
Dec 04, 2018
Episode 135 – OSU-Michigan with Bill Bender, LeBron returns as Cavs in ruins
Nov 21, 2018
Episode 096 – Another round of ‘What’s the Deal?’
Nov 15, 2018
Episode 134 – Cavs fire Lue. Browns fire Hue. Now what to do?
Oct 30, 2018
Episode 133 – Cavaliers season preview with Carter Rodriguez
Oct 13, 2018
Episode 132 – It was what it was: Getting the Indians postmortem out of the way
Oct 12, 2018
Episode 131 – It’s time to get serious: Indians-Astros ALDS preview
Oct 04, 2018
Episode 130 – Baker, Browns and big-game uniforms
Sep 22, 2018
Episode 129 – Tom Withers of the AP on covering Cleveland's teams
Sep 12, 2018
Episode 128 – Ben Axelrod on the Browns, Hard Knocks and Ohio State football
Aug 30, 2018
Episode 127 – AP golf writer Doug Ferguson on the final WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in Akron
Jul 31, 2018
Episode 126 – No tanks: Scott Sargent on Kevin Love's deal and Cavs not bottoming out
Jul 27, 2018
Episode 125 – Midseason State of the Indians with T.D. Dery
Jul 19, 2018
Episode 124 – Hurry up and deal: What are the Indians waiting for?
Jul 12, 2018
Episode 123 – Film noir: Dark days for the Cavs as LeBron heads off to Hollywood
Jul 03, 2018
Episode 122 – Finals fallout: LeBron, Cavs swept into summer of uncertainty
Jun 13, 2018
Episode 121 – Four-gone conclusion? Cavs-Warriors NBA Finals preview with David Zavac
May 31, 2018
Episode 120 – 48 special minutes: LeBron, Cavs survive Celtics and conquer the East again
May 29, 2018
Episode 119 – Gloom, doom (but hopefully not a broom): Cavs struggling in ECF
May 18, 2018
Episode 118 – That’s a Rap: Cavs shift focus to Celtics after ending Toronto
May 12, 2018
Episode 117 – Cavalry arrives, Cavs survive, can Raps avoid another dive?
Apr 30, 2018
Episode 116 – Cavs (and all of us watching them) feeling first-round stress
Apr 24, 2018
Episode 115 – Mike Zavagno on the Cavs and the NBA playoffs (and Taylor Swift?)
Apr 13, 2018
Episode 114 – Indians/MLB preview with Anthony Castrovince of MLB.com
Mar 28, 2018
Episode 113 – A stellar night for the Cavs and a salute to Joe Thomas
Mar 22, 2018
Episode 112 – 'Big' decisions: On Larry Nance, Tristan Thompson and the Browns’ first-round picks
Mar 09, 2018
Episode 111 – Talking #MACtion with Jason Arkley of the Athens Messenger
Mar 07, 2018
Episode 110 – A crash course on Ohio State basketball and the Big Ten tournament
Feb 28, 2018
Episode 109 – I love these games! Catching up on the Cavs and Olympics
Feb 22, 2018
Episode 108 – No half measures: Cavs break from the bad, reload roster
Feb 09, 2018
Episode 107 – Rumbles, Rousey, Rejuvenated (?) Cavs and the Relegation of Wahoo
Jan 30, 2018
Episode 106 – Stipe Miocic defends title at UFC 220, WWE Raw turns 25
Jan 19, 2018
Episode 105 – Now what? Cavs left with long odds in pursuit of Warriors
Jan 17, 2018
Episode 104 – Alabama-Georgia fallout and the future of the College Football Playoff
Jan 09, 2018
Episode 103 – Decisions, decisions: Browns dive into a pivotal offseason
Jan 05, 2018
Episode 056 – Let’s go bowling with Ohio State and the New Year’s Six
Dec 28, 2017
Episode 102 – Let’s go bowling! New Year’s Six college football preview
Dec 28, 2017
Episode 101 – Scott Sargent of WFNY on the state of the Cavs
Dec 23, 2017
Episode 100 – ‘Real players,’ regional NBA broadcasts and Rice Krispie Treats
Dec 14, 2017
Episode 099 – Playoff forgotten, Ohio State sent to Cotton
Dec 03, 2017
Episode 098 – Fight for 4: Bill Bender on Ohio State, Alabama and the College Football Playoff
Nov 29, 2017
Episode 097 – Craig Lyndall on The Nail joining WFNY, the Cavs and #SellTheBrowns
Nov 18, 2017
Episode 095 – Beauty & the Least: OSU shines as Browns, Cavs flail
Nov 02, 2017
Episode 094 – The Browns and the Nightmare on Lou Groza Boulevard
Oct 22, 2017
Episode 093 – Adjusting to basketball season and the new-look Cavs
Oct 18, 2017
Episode 092 – Sifting through the ruins of the Indians’ lost October
Oct 12, 2017
Episode 091 – Embracing October: Indians-Yankees ALDS preview
Oct 04, 2017
Episode 090 – Photographer Ken Blaze on shooting Cleveland sports
Sep 21, 2017
Episode 089 – Of course we’re talking about the Indians
Sep 13, 2017
Episode 088 – Browns moves, Q renovations and Buckeyes kicking off
Aug 30, 2017
Episode 087 – High school football with Bill Tilton of Varsity Chalk Talk
Aug 24, 2017
Episode 086 – Cavs trade Kyrie Irving to the Celtics
Aug 22, 2017
Episode 085 – Let’s talk about sports video games
Aug 16, 2017
Episode 084 – Browns QBs, Cavs uniforms, Kyrie and sports media narratives
Aug 07, 2017
Episode 083 – Indians at the MLB trade deadline
Jul 31, 2017
Episode 082 – Uncle Drew doom: Coming to grips with Kyrie’s trade request
Jul 23, 2017
Episode 081 – State of the Indians with T.D. Dery
Jul 17, 2017
Episode 080 – Talkin' Tribe with Carlos Baerga
Jul 02, 2017
Episode 079 – Help (still) wanted in Cavs front office as the NBA gets to work
Jun 29, 2017
Episode 078 – Happy anniversary, now say goodbye: Griff gone from Cavs
Jun 19, 2017
Episode 077 – Cavs fight like hell, but fall in the Finals
Jun 14, 2017
Episode 076 – Confronting reality with the Cavs on the brink
Jun 08, 2017
Episode 075 – It's Finally time: Legacies on the line in Cavs-Warriors III
May 30, 2017
Episode 074 – Justin Rowan on the Cavs and Kyrie Irving's 42-point night in the ECF
May 24, 2017
Episode 073 – Cavs-Celtics: It’s clobberin’ time in the Eastern Conference Finals
May 16, 2017
Episode 072 – LeBron, Cavs complete a surgical sweep of Toronto
May 07, 2017
Episode 071 – Another Browns draft roller coaster; Cavs-Raptors ready for the real East Finals
Apr 30, 2017
Episode 070 – Kurt Angle on his return to WWE
Apr 24, 2017
Episode 069 – Cavs head to Indiana (mostly) in control
Apr 19, 2017
Episode 068 – It’s showtime, folks. Are the Cavs ready to #DefendtheLand?
Apr 14, 2017
Episode 067 – John Hutchison of Burning River Baseball is talkin' Tribe
Apr 06, 2017
Episode 066 – Blue Jackets national anthem singer Leo Welsh on the CBJ, NHL (and Browns)
Mar 25, 2017
Episode 065 – March Madness, Cavs caught in crosshairs of NBA rest resentment
Mar 20, 2017
Episode 064 – MAC tournament crash course with Jason Arkley of the Athens Messenger
Mar 08, 2017
Episode 063 – Flat-out better: Reality sets in at NBA trade deadline as Cavs tower over East
Feb 25, 2017
Episode 017 – PAUL HEYMAN talks WWE Fastlane, Brock Lesnar and CM Punk
Feb 17, 2017
Episode 062 – A long, strange trip: Tales from the road as the Cavs hit the break
Feb 17, 2017
Episode 061 – Joel Hammond of the Indians on managing the Tribe’s social media
Feb 08, 2017
Episode 060 – All-Star Games and a changing of the guard in the booth
Jan 30, 2017
Episode 059 – Ready to rumble: LeBron is angry, WWE Monday Night Raw hits Cleveland
Jan 24, 2017
Episode 058 – Kevin Kleps of Crain’s on Q renovations, Browns in Berea, Indians tickets
Jan 14, 2017
Episode 057 – GM David Griffin ‘MacGyvers’ his way into another Cavs roster upgrade
Jan 05, 2017
Episode 055 – David Zavac of FearTheSword.com on Cavs-Warriors and the NBA
Dec 23, 2016
Episode 054 – Dawg Days: Jeff Schudel of The News-Herald on life with the Browns
Dec 15, 2016
Episode 053 – An episode about nothing? That’s gold, Jerry!
Dec 08, 2016
Episode 052 – An OSU win for the history books; a Cavs team of a lifetime
Nov 30, 2016
Episode 050 – O-H- …wait, what? Buckeyes left in curious spot; a miserable day at the Browns game
Nov 14, 2016
Episode 049 – World Series wrap-up: The sun sets on the Summer of Cleveland
Nov 03, 2016
Episode 051 – Bill Bender of The Sporting News is back to talk Ohio State-Michigan
Nov 01, 2016
Episode 048 – NBA champs to World Series: All eyes on The Land as The Nail starts Year 2
Oct 24, 2016
Episode 047 – Pitch perfect: Indians win the AL pennant!
Oct 19, 2016
Episode 046 – Indians sweep away the Red Sox (but, unfortunately, not TBS)
Oct 13, 2016
Episode 045 – Legends of the Fall: Tribe in the postseason, sizing up college football’s elite
Oct 05, 2016
Episode 044 – Craig Lyndall of WFNY on the AL Central champion Indians and the Browns
Sep 28, 2016
Episode 043 – Everybody hurts (except Ohio State): Indians, Browns reeling
Sep 20, 2016
Episode 042 – Send in the Browns…
Sep 08, 2016
Episode 041 – State of the Tribe: The good, the bad and the Tomlin
Aug 31, 2016
Episode 040 – John Kampf of The News-Herald talking high school football, Ohio State
Aug 24, 2016
Episode 039 – MLB trade deadline: Indians land big fish—but one gets away
Aug 01, 2016
Episode 038 – Tribe at the trade deadline: The waiting is the hardest part
Jul 28, 2016
Episode 037 – It’s the New World Order of professional basketball, brother!
Jul 08, 2016
Episode 036 – Break up the Indians! Talkin’ Tribe with T.D. Dery
Jun 30, 2016
Episode 035 – The Cavaliers are the NBA champions!
Jun 23, 2016
Episode 034 – NBA Finals Game 7, Cavs, Warriors with Bill Bender of The Sporting News
Jun 18, 2016
Episode 033 – Not great, Bron. Cavs reeling in The Finals...Remembering Muhammad Ali
Jun 06, 2016
Episode 032 – NBA Finals roundtable with Mark Meszoros and Mark Koestner
Jun 01, 2016
Episode 031 – Actor Christopher McDonald talks Shooter McGavin, ‘Happy Gilmore’
May 29, 2016
Episode 030 – Cavs keep giving Cleveland reasons to ‘Believe’
May 18, 2016
Episode 029 – All the King’s men march through Atlanta, Cavs sweep again
May 11, 2016
Episode 028 – Cavs’ game plan pays off vs. Hawks; Browns draft plan nets WRs, future picks
May 03, 2016
Episode 027 – Kyrie emerges as Cavs sweep Pistons, draft options abound for Browns
Apr 25, 2016
Episode 026 – Nobody’s doing the Browns any favors; LeBron, Cavs ready for playoffs
Apr 15, 2016
Episode 025 – A modest proposal for the Indians’ opening day ticket debacle
Apr 07, 2016
Episode 024 – Indians preview part 2 with Progressive Field upgrades, attendance and Wahoo
Apr 01, 2016
Episode 023 – Indians preview part 1 with John Hutchison of BurningRiverBaseball.com
Mar 31, 2016
Episode 022 – Justin Rowan of FearTheSword.com talks Cavs, East playoffs
Mar 23, 2016
Episode 021 – March Madness, Cavs road trip, Browns free agency
Mar 16, 2016
Episode 020 – MAC tournament preview with Jason Arkley
Mar 08, 2016
Episode 019 – Awwwww, freak out! Getting to the root of the latest Cavs drama
Mar 03, 2016
Episode 018 - Andy heads west, Channing Frye joins Cavs
Feb 25, 2016
Episode 016 - Assessing the Cavs at the All-Star break; Kobe in Cleveland; WWE’s Daniel Bryan retires
Feb 11, 2016
Episode 015 - Kevin Kleps of Crain's Cleveland Business talks Cavs, Browns, Indians and sports media
Jan 27, 2016
Episode 014 – Cavs did WHAT?! Blatt out, Lue promoted
Jan 23, 2016
Episode 013 – Sifting through the rubble in the aftermath of the Cavs-Warriors disaster
Jan 21, 2016
Episode 012 – Browns are right on Hue, little things equal big win for Cavs
Jan 14, 2016
Episode 011 - Cast shakeup on 'As Berea Turns'
Jan 05, 2016
Episode 010 - New Year's Six college football extravaganza
Dec 29, 2015
Episode 009 – Cavs-Warriors, The Rivalry Awakens
Dec 23, 2015
Episode 008 – Bucks to the Fiesta, Cavs near full strength
Dec 13, 2015
Episode 007 - Last hope for the Buckeyes, T-shirt tosses in Loudville
Dec 03, 2015
Episode 006 – Last call for Johnny, Buckeyes look to rally, Cavs keep chugging
Nov 24, 2015
Episode 005 – Big game for the Bucks (finally!), teaching moments for the Cavs
Nov 18, 2015
Episode 004 - Travis travels to Cincinnati, and Cleveland can't quit you, Bernie Kosar
Nov 11, 2015
Episode 003: Ray Farmer's day at the podium, college football playoff rankings
Nov 03, 2015
Episode 002 - Cavs get started, Buckeyes find rhythm
Oct 30, 2015
Episode 001: The Debut Edition!
Oct 23, 2015