That One Sports Show

It’s the biggest football weekend of the year (so far) and some people will have to miss out on it due to suspensions. We look at all of those that are being left behind and those that may never face suspension as well as a particular kicker who held out with a bad back. That and all the games to look forward to this weekend in this week’s football edition of That One Sports Show.

We’ve reached the first week of the season so it’s time for the first official Orange and Purple report. Geoff loves the Vikings, John loves the Browns so as we approach the season it seemed easier to split this off into its own thing in case you don’t care at all about either team. Enjoy!

The sport of Calcio Storico dates back to before the dawn of time. Okay, maybe not that far, but it’s roots go wayyyyyy back. It has been dubbed the most dangerous (by some), most brutal (by many) sport in the world and it only happens in 3 games a year in Florence, Italy. Below you’ll find the cliffnotes on how the game is played, the rules and a bit more history. 80 meter x 40 meter field, with a fence around each side and spectators on just the other side of the fence. 27 players to a side consisting of four Datori indietro (goalkeepers), 3 Datori innanzi (fullbacks), 5 Sconciatori (halfbacks), 15 Innanzi o Corridori (forwards) 1 50-minute period Scoring – 1 point for getting it in the net (caccia) that spans the 40m sides of the field. If you go over the net, oppposing team gets .5 point (half caccia). Also when you score, you swap sides. Rules are simple. Get the ball in the net. Don’t kick your opponent in the head. don’t attack an opponent with another teammate (no 2 v. 1). do not strike someone from behind or on the ground. Past that it’s a free-for-all. Essentially split between 4 neighborhoods in Florence, so you could go up against your friends. Each team is also based around the biggest church in that area. On average 10 – 15 players will exit the game with injuries. You’ll see players sitting on top of other players and all i can assume is that, once taken down, the opponent cannot hit you, so he keeps you down and out of play. This lasts until a goal is scored. Came from the 59 BC Roman game Harpastum, which was used to keep legionaires fit In medieval times, popes were known to play this game and swords were allowed Current players still wear traditional leggings, but up top anything goes most famous calcio storico game, played in 1530, when Florence had overthrown their government and were under siege. To show how tough they were, they played a game of calcio storico. Salary? What salary. They get a dinner. That’s it. They used to get a Chianina cow. To play calcio storico, you must either be born in Florence or have lived there for a minimum of 10 consecutive years. All matches from last few years appear to be on YouTube. Would you play? Would you watch?

Kyrie Irving officially out in Cleveland after some IT hip questions, Mayweather v. McGregor ended to some undecided fanfare, Dayton has lowered their student-athlete GPA to 1.0 and a non-Confederate general was moved out of Virginia to prevent memes from being made. This week we’ll have all of that as well as the Toss Up and Would You Rather questions of the week. Show Notes below, but subscribe on iTunes to get the latest episodes as soon as they come out. People That Had a Good Week Edwin Encarnacion is only player with 30+ HR each year since 2012 and first with 6 straight since Miggy. Jose Ramirez is first switch-hitter in baseball history to have multiple 40-double campaigns before he’s 25 First ever Solar eclipse delay in an MLB game (forgot this last week) Giancarlo is still good Important Standings Columbus Crew 13-12-3 – 3rd in Eastern Conference, play Sporting KC September 10 Cleveland Indians – 75-56, 1st in American League Central (7 game lead), haven’t lost since last show Cincinnati Reds – 56-76, 5th in National League Central (15.5 games back) Baltimore Orioles – 67-65, 4th in American League East (1.5 back of WC spot), haven’t lost since last show Phillies – 49-82 , 5th in National League East (31 back) TOSS Up Who gets more, OSU passing TDs or Browns total TDs on 8/31? Geoff: OSU John: Browns Would You Rather: Use PEDs and become one of the greatest players of all time in your respective sport without ever being caught? Or Choose not to use PEDs and be a benchwarmer on a team of stars/cheaters your entire career?

A giant hill, a mass of people and one wheel of cheese. That’s essentially the entire premise behind the sport of cheese rolling. While popular in many places, the true epicenter is at Cooper’s Hill near Gloucester in England, where the event takes place every year.  No entry form, no fees, no qualifiers, you simply show up at the top of the hill. From what I can tell, the steepness is most similar to that of a black diamond in skiing. Food rationing was introduced in 1941 so a wooden ‘cheese’ was used until 1954. The whole event was cancelled in 1998 because the previous year had 33 injuries. The current cheese is a 7-9 lb. Double Gloucester wheel. First recorded event was in 1884. Three races for men per year, one for the ladies and one for kids. Chris Anderson is currently the man to beat, winning 15 cheeses over 11 years. All time record holder is Stephen Gyde with a total of 20 cheeses over a period of 14 years.   The next event is on the 28th May 2018. Final question. Sport? Or Activity?

Crazy week in sports with Kyrie Irving being traded to the Celtics, Giancarlo continues to impress, but what’s the actual homerun record and Connor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather get to finally put their fists where their mouth has been. We cover all of that along with the Toss Up, Would Your Rather and the Important Standings of the Week. People That Had a Good Week Giancarlo Stanton Giancarlo Stanton is the first player since 2009 to hit 45+ HRs in the National League At 47, on pace to get to 61, the mark set by Roger Maris Wayne Rooney, retiring from international play (31 yo) Still playing regularly for Everton in the EPL Connor McGregor and Dana White He finally gets to fight Money North America 2026 World Cup bid to consider 49 stadiums across U.S., Mexico, Canada Bad Week – Rich Hill Near no-no to lose on only hit, walkoff homer. Aaron Judge and the strikeout record Mayweather v. McGregor Managed to avoid talking about this Media has been dumb McGregor has been a troll Mayweather still can’t read Is boxing dead if McGregor wins Can Coaches Be Bullies? http://usatodayhss.com/2017/former-california-prep-baseball-player-sues-coach-for-150000-claims-benching-was-bullying Geoff’s take as an actual coach of high schoolers Kyrie to Celtics Sent Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and the Brooklyn Nets’ 2018 unprotected first-round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange for Kyrie Irving. Important Standings Columbus Crew 12-12-3 – This saturday at home against FC Dallas Cleveland Indians – 69-56, 1st in American League Central (4.5 game lead) Cincinnati Reds – 53-74, 5th in National League Central (16 games back) Baltimore Orioles – 62-65, 4th in American League East (3.5 back of WC spot) Phillies – 46-80 , 5th in National League East (30 back) Toss Up 2.5 rounds in the Mayweather vs. McGregor bout. Geoff: under John: over Would You Rather: Take a punch to the face from Money or kick to the shin by McGregor?

Big week for football. In the NFL it’s preseason Week 3, in the NCAA games are actually beginning and we also cover our two favorite teams in the first ever Orange and Purple report. Geoff doesn’t have much since he hates the preseason. OBJ and Zeke both potentially  out week 1 when Giants play Cowboys Goodell signs extension through 2024 Canton/Cleveland vying for 2019 or 2020 Draft New Post tob QBs over 40 in NFL History

We take a look around the NFC and go through each division, how they’ll stack up and our rookies of the year.

Imagine if you were playing handball on horses. Now swap out the ball for a headless calf and you have Buzkashi. Orginated in Central Asia where it translates to “goat pulling” in the 10th century. Under Taliban control, Afghanistan banned the game because the Taliban considered it immoral. Let that sink in. Started with tribes literally stealing goats and strategies being created to prevent it. Sometimes considered the Most Dangerous sport because riders carry whips to attempt to hit the calf out of opponents hands. Variation was popular in Cleveland around the 1940s where there were several teams playing with a sheepskin-covered ball. Basic Afghan Olympic Committee rules set the game to two 45 minute halves, 5 players to a side, goals are 3.6 meters wide by 1.5 meters high soccer is 7.3w x 2.44h) Hockey is 1.8w x 1.2h Traditional games lasted 3-4 days.

People That Had a Good Week Rookie QBs Deshaun Watson: 15/24 179yds. 24yds rush. 1 rush TD Mitchell Trubisky: 18/25 166yds 1 TD. 38yds rush. Deshone Kizer: 11/18 184yds 1 TD. 12yds rush. Giancarlo Stanton hit his 250th homerun, now at 42 Aaron Judge 35, Cody Bellinger 34 Usain Bolt gets injured in last race ever While finishing up his last event ever and his last race ever, Usain Bolt came up lame with a hamstring injury. It was sad to see him go out this way and some former sprinters weren’t particularly nice about it. Justin Gatlin stayed true to form, reminding everyone that Bolt was still the best ever. Rick Flair in medically induced coma? Little is known about the whens or why’s but one thing’s for sure, he is in the IC-Woooooo. Tiger’s Cock…tail. Tiger Woods is full of a lot of things and last May he was full of five different drugs during his DWI. Xanax, Ambien and THC were just a few. Woods checked into a facility in June to address his problem and has now checked out of that program saying he’s been able to kick his habit. Let’s hope it holds. Ice Cube Shuts Lavar Down This past week Ice Cube was able to do something no one else has been able to do by themselves and that is make Lavar Ball look foolish. It took place in a 4-point shooting contest where Lavar looked like he hadn’t shot a basketball since his illustrious 2-point average college career. Mr. Cube had bet Ball that he could win and promised to buy 10 pairs of the most expensive Baller Brand shoes if he failed. Free publicity and a chance to sell shoes? That’s a win-win-win for Lavar. Important Standings With all the sports happenings around the United States and World, here are the standings that are nearest and dearest to our hearts. Columbus Crew 11-12-2 – (Just beat Chicago 3-1.) Saturday 8/19 at Orlando City. Wednesday 8/23 vs. LA Galaxy Cleveland Indians – 63-52, 1st in American League Central (4.5 game lead) Cincinnati Reds – 49-69, 5th in National League Central (13 games back) Baltimore Orioles – 58-60, 4th in American League East (2.5 back of WC spot) Phillies – 43-72 , 5th in National League East (26.5 back) Cleveland Browns – 1-0 Cincinnati Bengals – 1-0 Minnesota Vikings – 1-0 Sport of the Week: Man vs. Horse Every June in the Welsh town of Llanwrtyd Wells competitors line up to prove they can beat a horse to a finish line that is 22 miles away. Why? Rumor has it that in 1980 the owner of a local pub, Gordon Green, overheard two patrons arguing over whether a man could beat a horse in a marathon. Well, there was only one way to find out. 400 runners,50 horses racing over 22 miles at LLanwrtyd Wells in Wales. Runners have a 15 minute head start then the horses start in pursuit. The route is tortuous, hills, streams, bogs and forestry tracks. At the halfway point, all the horses are vetted and held until their heart rate is below 64bpm. The race can be won and lost at this point. A human has won several times with the fastest finishing at 2 hours 5 minutes and change. For reference

You must listen for the full details, but here’s our divisional breakdowns. AFC North John Steelers Bengals Browns Ravens Geoff Steelers Bengals Ravens Browns AFC East John Patriots Bills Dolphins Jets Geoff Patriots Dolphins Bills Jets AFC South John Titans Houston Colts Jaguars Geoff Titans Houston Jaguars Colts AFC West John Raiders Chiefs Chargers Broncos Geoff Chiefs Raiders Broncos Chargers

People That Had a Good Week Jay Cutler went from making $0 to making $10m this season. Mike Trout hit his 1,000th hit on his 26th birthday Bryce Harper becomes 14th in MLB history to hit 150HR before 25yo Devonta Freeman becomes highest paid RB in NFL history Corey Kluber becomes 3rd pitcher ever with 8+ K’s in 13 straight starts Chris Sale (strikes out 13) – 15 starts this year with 10+ K’s. 3rd since 2000 to do so. Johnson had 23, Pedro 15 Justin Gatlin Beats Usain Bolt, gets booed The winner was Justin Gatlin, who came on late to prevail in a close finish in 9.92 seconds. Christian Coleman was second in 9.94; Bolt was third in 9.95. Previously suspended for doping, each time claiming it was a false positive After April 22, 2006 positive test, Gatlin’s coach claimed sabotage – “massage therapist Christopher Whetstine for rubbing a creme with testosterone onto Gatlin’s buttocks without his knowledge.” Gatlin accepted an eight-year ban from track and field, avoiding a lifetime ban in exchange for his cooperation with the doping authorities Reduced to 4 years. Miami FC sues U.S. Soccer, FIFA. Wants promotion and relegation rules in U.S. The teams claim FIFA rules require its members to adopt promotion and relegation rules. 99th PGA Championship Thurs-Sun – Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, NC – Defending Champ: Jimmy Walker 2019 PGA Championship gets permanently moved from August date to May date.  First time in 50+ years that the four majors will have a different permanent order (Currently: Masters, US Open, The Open, PGA Championship) Important Standings Columbus Crew 10-12-2 – This saturday at home against a struggling chicago fire Cleveland Indians – 60-51, 1st in American League Central (3.5 game lead) Cincinnati Reds – 46-67, 5th in National League Central (13.5 games back) Baltimore Orioles – 56-57, 4th in American League East (1.5 back of WC spot) Phillies – 41-69 , 5th in National League East (24.5 back) Sport of the Week: Keijo (listener Harry S) Comes from the Japanese anime Keijo!!!!!!!! Yes, 8 exclamation points. 2-4 competitors stand on a platform over the water and try to bounce each other off with either their butts or their chests. A group in Portugal is in the early stages of testing the sport even creating their own pads for protection. The anime (a little NSFW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QEiuhkV2Ms

Quick Hits Patriots first NFL team to have airplanes: http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/20285127/new-england-patriots-first-nfl-team-own-planes Vince Wilfork retires, sponsored by Kingsford. MORE LIKE GRILLFORK Poll: With Jay Cutler as QB, how many extra games will the Dolphins win this year than if Tannehill was uninjured? Listeners agree, they will lose more.  Biggest Free Agency Moves Falcons acquire DT Dontari Poe Ted Ginn Jr. to the Saints (he’s 32) Alshon Jeffery to Eagles JC Tretter, Kevin Zeitler and Kenny Britt to the Browns Pryor to Redskins Packers grabbed Martellus Bennett Danny Woodhead travelled across the country to go to the Ravens Peterson to the Saints Patriots snagged Brandin Cooks Brandon Marshall to Giants Jared Cook to Raiders (instantly became TE1) Mike Glennon uuuuge Bears contract Tony Romo into Retirement 49ers got Pierre Garcon and Brian Hoyer (basically Shanny wants all his previous players) Seahawks replaced Steven Hauschka with Blair Walsh, got Fat Eddie Bucs get DeSean Jackson What Teams Will Be Better/Worse This Year John – Worse: Jets (5-11) Rams (4-12) Falcons (11-5) Lions (9-7) John – Better: Browns (1-15) 49ers (2-14) Raiders (12-4) Texans (9-7) Geoff – Worse: Oakland Raiders (12-4) Dallas Cowboys (13-3) Baltimore Ravens (8-8) Seattle Seahawks (10-5-1) Geoff – Better: Jacksonville Jaguars (3-13) Cincinnati Bengals (6-9-1) Minnesota Vikings (8-8) Arizona Cardinals (7-8-1)  

People That Had a Good Week Nationals Max Scherzer hit his first career HR Cubs Jon Lester hit his first homerun as well Evan Longoria became the second Tampa Bay Ray to hit for the cycle Dellin Betances of the Yankees threw nine pitches, for nine strikes, striking out the side. Became 87th pitcher to ever do so. Steve Bartman was gifted a World Series ring Important Standings Columbus Crew 10-11-2 – This saturday at San Jose, next saturday at home against a struggling chicago fire Cleveland Indians – 57-48, 1st in American League Central Cincinnati Reds – 44-63, 5th in National League Central Baltimore Orioles – 53-54, 4th in American League East Phillies – 39-66 , 5th in National League East This Week In Sports History 1914 Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out 3 would be stealers in 1 inning 1921 1st radio baseball broadcast Pirates-8, Phillies-5 (KDKA, Pitts) by KDKA staff announcer Harold Arlin the world’s first full-time and salaried announcer in broadcast radio Tom Brady turns 40 MLS Rejects $4 Billion Media Rights Deal Major League Soccer rejected a $4 billion global media rights deal from international media company MP & Silva, as reported by the Sports Business Journal. The offer, which would have quadrupled the annual rate of MLS’ current deal, came with the significant contingency that MLS would have to institute a system of promotion and relegation. Would relegation be a good thing in the MLS? Could pull up teams from the second tier NASL (offer came from co-owner of NASL Miami FC) US Open Cup and FC Cincinnati First non-MLS team to make it to the US Open Cup Semi-finals since 2011 They will play the NY Red Bulls, Tuesday August 15 Have beat teams like Chicago, Columbus (won in 2002) US Open Cup large tournament with 99 teams, MLS doesn’t start until 4th round. May remember Christos FC back in June because they made it to 4th. Other Headlines World Games Final Recap

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