The 89th episode of the Sporting News Podcast is here. Please, have a listen and subscribe on iTunes.
In today's show, co-hosts Matt Lutovsky (@MLutovsky) and Troy Machir (@TroyMachir) discuss:
LeBron's return to Cleveland: The hype, the commercials, the intro, the struggles, the inevitable overreaction –it's all fair game for us. We also talk about Russell Westbrook's injury and which Western Conference team benefits the most from Oklahoma City's expected fall. Click here to go right to this segment (1:31)
Week 9 NFL Picks: More punny, alliterated, Halloween-themed future headlines -- some clever, some super-clever – and more take-it-to-the-bank picks. You can take these … to the bank. Click here to go right to this segment (21:40)
College Football preview: Another big showdown in the SEC (Auburn-Ole Miss), a medium-sized showdown in the Big 12 (TCU-West Virginia) and a couple Pac-12 showdowns (Arizona-UCLA and Utah-Arizona St.) that people probably don't care enough about. Click here to go right to this segment (37:29)
We finish up with Friday staple, HOCKEY TALK with Sporting News NHL writer Sean Gentille (@seangentille). Topics include: Fightin' and drinkin'! After talking about hockey players like Evgeni Malkin fighting and Jason Chimera playing through a hilariously broken nose, Bill Bender joins the party to discuss which athletes, active or retired, could drink the most beer in a 24-hour period. After bandying about names like Bernie Kosar, Billy Butler, Joe Thornton and Jason Witten, we put together our five-man, 200-beer team. It's riveting. Sean's interview starts at the 57:15 mark of the show. Click here to go right to Sean's interview.
We also talk about Norm MacDonald jokes, famous idioms, how things are earned in Northeast Ohio but nowhere else, a “Scottie Reynolds-type”, man's biggest foe, and, of course, being the “dumbest” of a “loud-talking” family.
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