RIP Bobby Knight. Historic Road Warrior Rangers Win First Title. NFL Trade Deadline Recap, State Of Steelers. Loaded NFL Schedule. Michigan: Stealing Signs? Harden Lands In LA. Will It Work?
Kicking off a new month with plenty of sports talk to get wrapped up in as the most recent episode is signed, sealed and delivered. On deck:
(3:14) I pay my respect to a coaching legend who has passed away. Bobby Knight, the last head coach to lead his team to an undefeated season, died yesterday at the age of 83. I'll go through the highlights and lowlights of a decorated and controversial career as one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history.
(12:02) A historic run led the Texas Rangers to their first ever World Series championship. They won eleven road games without a loss over the past three weeks as they took care of the Diamondbacks in five games. I'll recap a rather forgetful Series, Bruce Bochy's brilliance, Jacob deGrom, Max Scherzer, etc. and look ahead to free agency (aka The Hot Stove) as I put to bed the 2023 baseball season.
(24:57) It's been an eventful week in the NFL. First up, you had the trade deadline on Tuesday which I'll review. Mark Davis, owner of the Las Vegas Raiders, did some housecleaning by firing head coach Josh McDaniels, their GM and offensive coordinator as they're off to another bad start. Week 9 has brought us to the halfway point (or just about). I'll share a brief Steelers state of the union as they open up the schedule tonight vs. Tennessee. There are four big games on Sunday that occupy each of the main windows (i.e. MIA-KC at 9:30am ET, SEA-BAL at 1pm, DAL-PHI at 4:25pm and BUF-CIN at 8:20pm) which will have the football fan riveted and the wives and girlfriends exasperated.
(42:42) College football is slowly getting into the homestretch of their season. The schedule isn't anything to write home about (LSU-Alabama, Washington-USC are the only games of note.) I'll get into what's going on at Michigan as there's been accusations of sign stealing. Could this affect their standing in qualifying for the postseason? And why is Ohio State ranked #1?
(52:34) It's finally official. James Harden has been shipped to LA and is a member of the Clippers. Will this experiment work? What about the Memphis Grizzlies? They're the last team to record a win as of this posting (0-5). Without Ja Morant for another 20 games, is this already a lost season for a team that's had a lot of success in the regular season over the past two years?
(1:00:02) Wrapping up, the San Jose Sharks are the Memphis Grizzlies of the NHL as they haven't won a game to date. Could this be a historically bad year for the Sharks? Besides that (and an Ottawa Senators player getting a 41 game suspension for gambling) it's status quo on ice as that sport is approaching the first month of their season.
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