That One Sports Show

The UConn women just keep getting better with huge wins and one of the best streaks in any sport ever. The NBA All-Star Game is coming up and we take a look at the teams, the dunk contests and the greatest game never played. In modern King of the Court, what matchup would you want to see?

We said we were done with football…but we lied. Adrian Peterson might be going to the Giants, but is it just a ruse and is he really staying put? Geoff breaks down how AP may be leveraging himself to restructure his contract and stay in Minnesota. Who’s the higher risk/cost: Romo or Garoppolo? Is Jimmy Garoppolo really worth it? If history is any indicator, no. Look at the Matt Cassels or Brock Osweilers of the world and think about it. And stop with all that “he’s going to the Browns” talk. I’ll eat part of my Lou Groza jersey if he does end up in Cleveland. ESPN threw out some alternative facts this week about Bill Belichick being fired by the Browns 21 years ago. That’s cute, but tweren’t the Browns at that point. The Ravens fired Bill Belichick and went on to win two Super Bowls, so stop crapping on the Browns for things they didn’t do. Shame on you ESPN. Also, Bill Belichick is taking on a new challenge that doesn’t involve the pigskin.

Zach Efland joins me this week talking about what it’s like to be a Patriots fan, when he became a fan and whether or not Bill Belichick is the greatest of all time and if Tom Brady is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. To stay up-to-date with That One Sports Show be sure to subscribe on iTunes and join us on Facebook. Questions used throughout this week’s Monday edition are below: First, how long have you been a Patriots fan? We’re a week removed from the Super Bowl, how does it feel knowing that your team has the Lombardi Trophy once again? Some say that Tom Brady is the greatest of all time. He’s now got more Super Bowl rings than any player other than defensive star Charles Haley, passing the ranks of Joe Montana, Terry Bradshaw and Ronnie Lott. Is he the greatest of all time? In that same vein, is Bill Belichick the greatest of all time? Out of all the records broken in the Super Bowl, which is the most impressive? A lot of folks were rooting for the Falcons just because it meant that the Patriots would lose. Why do you think that is? If you had one particular reason why folks should stop hating on the Patriots and Patriot fans in general, what would it be? Why do you think the NFL and fans are generally aligned on the idea that the Patriots are big ol’ cheaters? Special thanks to Zach Efland for joining us this week. Be sure to look for new episodes every Friday. Be sure to subscribe on iTunes and join us on Facebook.

Would you rather Be a big ol’ bruiser down in the paint similar to Shaq, or a dainty little three point shooter like Steph Curry. Toss Up Kevin Durant and the Warriors head in to Oklahoma City for the first time this season. Who will have more points, Kevin Durant or Russel Westbrook? Side bet: what is the over under on fouls against each other – 2.5 Rule of the Week: Fair Catch Free Kick (NFL) “After a fair catch, the receiving team has the option to put the ball in play by a snap or a fair catch kick (field goal attempt), with fair catch kick lines established ten yards apart. All general rules apply as for a field goal attempt from scrimmage. The clock starts when the ball is kicked. (No tee permitted.)” Always been in the rulebook NCAA took fair catch out in 1950 along with fair catch kick Put back in next year, but fair catch kick has been left out Last successful in 1976, Ray Wersching, San Diego vs. Buffalo, November 21, 1976 – 45-yards out Mark Moseley, Washington vs. New York Giants, November 25, 1979 – Tried from 74 yards away Last tried by Phil Dawson in 2013, 71 yards Mac Percival, Chicago vs. Green Bay, November 3, 1968. Good from 43 yards with 20 seconds left (won 13-10). Final Bits Spring training begins soon and the Marlins appear to be for sale. Some are saying they could sell the team for $1.6 billion. The 2024 Olympics are still a ways away, but three cities are still fighting to be the home of the games: Budapest, Paris and LA. Who will win? Find out in 2020, or eventually.

It’s the final NFL show of 2017. Or at least for a few weeks until draft prep starts happening. We take a look back at the historic (and possibly one of the best) Super Bowl, the records set and some of the craziest plays. We also give our take on what happened in the second half and why Kyle Shanahan should have just swallowed his pride and run the dang ball. After that we move on to quarterbacks, trade rumors and finally the most important thing ever, rating our favorite Super Bowl commercials. Enjoy the final bits of the NFL before it’s gone forever.

So many questions, so little time. Geoff and John get into it about Lebron and Chuck, plus we look at some Super Bowl prop bets.

Local Emmy-award winner Justin DePrekel leaves the couch and joins us for a Super Bowl quiz, discussion about where we went wrong with commercials and the best and worst halftime shows ever. From Prince to Peas, it’s not all been great.

Kenny Moskal, of high school hockey fame, joins us this week for the mid-year hockey review. How are the Blue Jackets doing, will his beloved Penguins be able to best them in their upcoming game and what’s happening toward the end of the trade deadline. Kenny also takes a stab at who we’ll see in the Stanley Cup Finals. Hint: It’s not the Penguins.

Those of you born after 1984 may not realize that the Indianapolis Colts were not always in Indiana. The story of the Colts, as I alluded to last week, is a long and bizarre one, stemming back to 1913 when they were the Dayton Cadets. Over time the team moved, ended, was resurrected and moved again. Today we’ll try and give a breakdown of the moves, the big changes and the decisions that made the Colts what they are in today’s NFL. Dayton Triangles (1913-1930) Let’s hop in the wayback machine to the year of 1913. Football has become a popular sport throughout the midwest and east coast. Teams are popping up everywhere and many cities have enough teams to have their own mini leagues. The sport was especially popular in the state of Ohio with one of the most famous early teams originating in Columbus, the Panhandles, but that’s a story for another day. By 1913, most of the base rules of football were set (scoring, timing, gameplay) and a team in Dayton decided to become legit, mainly because they’d just graduated from the University of Dayton (as we know it today). They changed their name briefly to the Gym-Cadets in 1915 and then changed to the Dayton Triangles in 1920. The name “Triangles” is thought to have come from the three different Dayton factories of which the team was made up. The Triangles experienced great local success and in 1920 beat the Columbus Panhandles in one of the first sanctioned NFL games. As the 1920s rolled on, teams were becoming bigger, stronger and faster while Dayton maintained their same lineup from locally-sourced players. With little monetary hope for a future, the team sold for $2,500 (about $36,000 adjusted) in 1930 and became the Brooklyn Dodgers. Brooklyn Dodgers (1930-1944) While the Dodgers experienced early success, their lifetime record was 60 wins, 100 losses and 9 ties, never finishing more than 2nd in their respective division. The Dodgers were an NFL franchise, but after an 0-10 season (in which they merged with a team from Boston), their owner, Dan Topping, decided he wanted out and accepted ownership of an AAFC team, the New York Yankees (still football). The NFL closed out the Brooklyn Dodgers franchise in 1945 and allowed them to continue as a team with Boston, becoming the Boston Yanks. Boston Yanks, New York Bulldogs, New York Yanks (1945-1951) This team was also really bad. They played in Fenway Park most of the time. From Wikipedia: “The Boston Yanks are the only officially defunct NFL team ever to have the first overall NFL draft pick. They had it twice, in 1944 and 1946. Both times they selected a quarterback from the University of Notre Dame.” The Yanks then moved to New York as the Bulldogs and then later became the New York Yanks. Jerseys would have been cheaper if they stayed as the Yanks all the way through, but what do I know. The team played at the Polo Grounds and were owned by Ted Collins until 1951 when, after going 1-9, they were sold back to the NFL. Dallas Texans (1952) In 1952 after Collins was dismissed as owner of the New York Yanks, the NFL granted permission to some Dallas folks to buy up the Yanks. The crew from Dallas promptly turned them into the Dallas Texans and moved them to Dallas. Things went poorly. As the season was winding down the Texans stopped playing at the Cotton Bowl and moved back to the midwest, playing in Ohio and Pennsylvania. The team would fold and then sell to Carroll Rosenbloom who moved them to Baltimore and changed the name to the Colts. Baltimore Colts (1947-1950, 1953-1984) The name Baltimore Colts originated in 1947 when the Colts were playing in the AAFC. The Colts then became a part of the NFL in 1950, went 1-11 and were promptly turned in to dust. The team laid dormant, but the fans never gave up hope. Rosenbloom and the NFL were praised when the Colts came back in 1953. The t

Would You Rather Play your sister in the finals of the majors? Or someone random. Toss Up Will Tiger Woods make the cut? John – no, Geoff- no Last Week: Will Antionio Brown (87) or Le’Veon Bell (20) have more total yards John (1-2-1) Geoff (1-2-1) Is It a Sport? Chess Boxing: Exactly what it sounds like, a chess board is set up in the middle of a boxing ring and two players duke it out in 4 minute rounds. After those 4 minutes, they’re required to stand up and engage in a boxing match for 2 minutes – the winner is declared based on whether you’ve been knocked out or suffer a checkmate. Australian Open Let’s talk about tennis…. The Australian Open is looking like the Australian Open circa 2002. Women: (13) Venus Williams (36yo) vs. (2) Serena Williams (35yo) Oldest women to make Australian Finals It’s the 28th time the sisters have played against each other in competition. The 15th time in a major The 9th time in a major final. (2009 Wimbledon was last Grand Slam) 2002-03 was the height. Met in all four Grand Slam finals in a row (02 French, 02 Wimbledon, 02 US, 03 Australian, 03 Wimbledon) Serena won them all… Venus is 7-7 in Grand Slam Finals Serena is 22-6 Men: (17) Roger Federer (35yo) vs. Nadal (9) Rafa Nadal (30yo) vs. (15) Grigor Dimitrov (Nadal won a long match)

It’s Pro Bowl Skills time and boy did we enjoy watching it. Great job by the NFL to make things a bit more fun for everyone. Also this week we discuss who should and should not be sitting out of the Senior Bowl. John makes a startling realization and Geoff actually makes some pretty good points.

Andrew Mauney joins us once again to discuss the state of eSports here at the beginning of the new year. We cover the most important things affecting the eSports world from teabagging to virtual reality. [0:56] New year, new things, including a teabagging scandal [1:29] Andrew explains teabagging in the video game world [2:37] Which games in particular are banning teabagging? [4:49] Is teabagging a big deal and should it be banned? Geoff takes a stab at whether this is something to worry about [6:10] John feels differently about teabagging and taunting in general and weighs in [7:20] “Toad Genitals” [7:36] Andrew has a rational view of the whole situation [8:05] On a big stage, teabagging can lead to widespread humiliation [8:39] Professionalism in eSports [10:22] Stepping into the robotics world, would teabagging with surrogates still be frowned upon? [11:08] One of the designers of Killer Instinct had some thoughts on the psychological aspect of teabagging [11:48] Geoff would be a mean chess player [12:27] If we get to a point with VR that we’re physically moving around, will it be an eSport? [13:08] Andrew is not convinced that VR will ever be watchable enough to become an eSport [15:31] VR is still a bit too wonky to have decent competition without making people angry because of “glitches” [17:44] If VR did take off as an eSport how would we watch it? [18:13] Teases for next time Andrew joins us

Would you rather: Be hit by a pitch from Roger Clemens? or Hit by a serve from Novak Djokovic? Who will have more total yards this week, Antonio Brown or Le’Veon Bell? Rule of the week: “The One Point Safety” NHL Pittsburgh Penguins beat Washington Capitols 8-7. That’s a lot of goals, but not the most in a game. The record for most combined goals in a game is a tie, as 21 goals were scored in two separate games in NHL history. The first came early, way back in 1920, as the Montreal Canadiens defeated the Toronto St. Patrick’s 14-7. 65 years later, their record was tied as Wayne Gretzky and the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 12-9 on December 11, 1985. The most goals scored by one team in an NHL game was 16. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Quebec Bulldogs 16-3 on March 3, 1920. In the same season, Montreal helped set the record for most goals scored by two teams in a single game. Novak Djokovic already out of the Australian Open. The MLB Hall of Fame announced three inductees for this year: Jeff Bagwell, Pudge Rodriguez and Tim Raines.

The All-Star voting is complete for the NBA and your starters are: East Kyrie Irving DeMar DeRozan Lebron James Giannis Antetokounmpo Jimmy Butler West Stephen Curry James Harden Kevin Durant Kawhi Leonard Anthony Davis Who will be put into the game by the coaches and who was snubbed? You’ll need to listen to find out.

Controversy abounds this past week as the Chiefs and Steelers ended in a bizarre fashion as did the Packers and Cowboys. Two teams are moving on, but wait, Geoff’s got opinions about a holding call? Listen as John perfectly destroys the argument. And by destroy we mean flounder a bit in defense of the hold. Plus we take a look at the Raiders and their relocation papers.