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Episode #94: If You Are Healthy, You Play & NFL Week 13 Records Broken

EPISODE 94 Overview NBA Load Management Steve talks about the new NBA policy about “REST”. The never-ending debate about load management and resting players continued Monday, thanks to a new policy implemented by the NBA. This season, teams will be fined at least $100,000 if they are found to be resting healthy players for nationally…

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EP91: Where are we now in the GOAT debate? MJ or LeBron?

NBA GOAT Debate: Michael Jordan or LeBron James LeBron James has earned his fourth NBA championship and fourth Finals MVP, closing the gap on the ring total of all-time great Michael Jordan. As LeBron’s legacy continues to grow, the debate of who is the GREATEST player in league history becomes closer than ever before.  Few…

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StatMan – Episode #89: Why are people confused about the NBA MVP debate?

NBA MVP In today’s episode we question, answer and even re-vamp the NBA MVP criteria because it looks like we end up having dumb debates about it or we just don’t understand what the criteria is anymore. What does MVP even mean? Best player? Best player on the best team? Best numbers in the regular…

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EP85: Final NBA Power Rankings | We Should Be Concerned About the Lakers

After a week’s hiatus, I am back to give you my NBA Power Rankings Top 10 NBA teams going into the NBA Bubble playoffs. I also share a not no nice experience on Twitter with another fellow tweeter, and I round it off with Damian Lillard taking Skip Bayless soul in a Monday afternoon tweet….

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EP84: Giannis Antetokounmpo, the 2020 MVP and DPOY

Giannis Antetokounmpo is the 2020 MVP and DPOY. In today’s episode we will study this in depth and make the clear as to why he will win both awards by a wide margin. This topic was discussed in Episode 68 We also covered Alyssa Nakken becoming the first female coach in major league history, and…

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EP83: EA nfl Madden Ratings Matter

In today’s episode, we explore the recent NFL Madden ratings, the issues we have with them and why they matter in 2020. We also talk about some interesting occurrences in the NBA bubble, and finish it off with our hot take on the Washington NFL franchise and the name change. Below you will find an…

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Episode #78 f.t. Janelle Rodriguez | Host of ESPN’s Now or Never

In today’s episode with catch up with Janelle Rodriguez, host of ESPN’s Now or Never. We talked about her career in sports, her current day to day, George’ Floyd’s death impact on society, how we are going to move forward and other various subjects. Also we play a game of Pick Em with food, people…

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Episode #77 | The Shot | The Last Dance Final Review | EP09-EP10

Today we come to the end of the 10-part documentary of The Last Dance with EP09 and EP10 where we see “The Shot” but prior to it, we see one of the greatest sequences in sports history by Michael Jordan, the Pizza Game and the CVS hit list BUT not before we answer the question…

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Episode #76 | Crying MJ | The Last Dance Review EP07-EP08

Chronicles of the new Crying MJ This week we continue exploring “The Last Dance” Episode 07 and 08 where we get Crying MJ, his leadership come into question, his baseball stint, the motivation after Michael’s dad past away, the “Double Nickel” game, and ultimately the 72-10 Chicago Bulls run.  If you haven’t listened to last…

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Episode #75 | The Last Dance | EP05 & EP06 | MJ Off-court Grievances

Michael Jordan’s gambling and Grudges In last week’s episode we highlighted MJ’s first championship and how Phil Jackson played a big role into all of this. This week we explore the main key highlights especially Michael Jordan’s grievances off the court, his gambling/competitive sides and how it affected him mentally during the infamous 1993 playoffs…

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