The Sport Blokes

Recorded 20 December 2020.

[00:30] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[02:23] News Round-up

[08:53] Just Not Cricket

[09:55] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[12:55] Cricket

[33:45] Christmas Presents (Recorded 22 December)

[47:27] This Week in Sport History.

[50:56] Whatever James Wants

[57:57] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 14 December 2020.

[00:30] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[06:15] News Round-up.

[13:08] Just Not Cricket

[14:26] Cricket

[27:57] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[33:17] AFL

[44:29] This Week in Sport History.

[48:20] Olympics: Break dancing to be introduced for Paris 2024

[54:18] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 7 December 2020.

[00:38] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[04:56] News Round-up.

[11:06] Cricket

[30:27] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[32:02] Basketball.

[37:50] MAILBAG

[1:14:51] This Week in Sport History.

[1:19:06] AFL

[1:30:56] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 30 November 2020.

[00:38] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[03:46] News Round-up: RIP Diego Maradona and Papa Bouba Diop; Romain Grosjean experiences F1 near-death miracle (Hamilton wins again); Mike Tyson v Roy Jones Jnr and other bizarre bouts; QLD's Origin upset.

[14:00] Cricket: Alyssa Healy's 111 off 51 and WBBL Final Fizzer; Australia v India recaps and talking points from first 2 ODIs.

[31:44] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[35:06] Basketball: Tasmanian Jack Jumpers launch video; More NBA stars buy into NBL teams; Will Magnay signs 2-way deal with New Orleans; Jae’Sean Tate signs with Houston; Tim Coenraad retires after 310 NBL games; Shyla Heal looking good with sights on next year’s WNBA Draft. NBA: More alternate jersey designs; Atlantic Division Review/Look forward (James Harden rumours).

[56:53] Tennis: Nitt Final recap; Concerns for Australian Open.

[1:00:46] This Week in Sport History.

[1:06:00] AFL: 2020 Reviews: Melbourne, Collingwood, Western Bulldogs.

[1:13:55] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 23 November 2020

[00:38] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[06:41] Part 1: 2021 NBA Schedule; Draft/Transactions: 1. Minnesota, 2. Golden State Warriors (Klay Thompson injury), 3. Charlotte (LaMelo Ball in the NBL), 4. Chicago, 5. Cleveland.

[34:03] What Made Stu say Bloody Hell?

[36:20] Part 2: Pick #6. Atlanta, 7. Detroit, 8. New York, 9. Washington, 10. Phoenix, 11. San Antonio.

[48:58] This Week in NBA History

[53:23] Part 3: Pick #12. Sacramento, 13. New Orleans, 14. Boston.; Other teams with notable moves: Milwaukee, LA Lakers, LA Clippers, Portland, Dallas (Aussie Josh Green), OKC, Philadelphia; Other notes (includes RJ Hampton in the NBL).

[1:11:01] What are you Amped for?

Recorded 16 November 2020.

[00:39] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[02:56] News Round-up: RIP Matheus Barbosa at Interlagos; Lewis Hamilton continues to dominate (this time at Turkish GP); Dharma Rain Bradbury; Shayna Jack’s doping ban halved.

[08:33] Football Codes: AFL: Trade period recap; 2020 Reviews: Freo, Carlton, GWS. [24:43]  Rugby: State of Origin 2; Bledisloe Cup; Argentina upset All Blacks. [28:02] Soccer: Scotland celebrating in FIFA European Qualifiers. [29:05] NFL: Season in Review at approximate half-way mark.

[36:22] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[37:25] Golf: US Masters

[43:24] Tennis: ATP Tour.

[45:06] Cricket: Shane Watson hangs up the pads; Test squad named; Sheffield Shield update; IPL Final; WBBL update; BBL rule changes.

[1:04:26] This Week in Sport History.

[1:09:27] Basketball: NBL Pre-season; Goorjian at Boomers helm again. [1:11:35] NBA: RIP Tom Heinsohn; Haslem reups for season #18 in Miami; Central Division 2020 review and look ahead.

[1:30:35] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 9 November 2020.

[00:38] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[05:44] News Round-up

[13:17] Cricket

[30:55] Tennis

[34:06] This Week in Sport History.

[36:53] Basketball

[59:19] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[1:01:56] Football Codes: AFL. Rugby. NFL.

[1:21:09] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 31 October 2020.

[00:38] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[06:03] News Round-up: Christian Coleman cops 2 year ban; Dodgers World Series win overshadowed by Turner’s COVID breach; Rory McIlroy’s hoody; Tyson & Jones Jnr not happy with shorter rounds; Upsets in Erste Open.

[14:27] Football Codes: AFL Grand Final revelations; Free agency update; 2020 Reviews: Adelaide, North Melbourne & Sydney [33:34] Rugby: NRL Grand Final revelations; Union: Bledisloe Cup. [35:10] NFL.

[37:21] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[39:06] Cricket

[58:03] This Week in Sport History.

[1:00:45] Basketball

[1:25:00] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 26 October 2020.

[00:37] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[04:13] News Round-up; Right on Cue.

[08:26] Football Codes: AFL Finals. Rugby: NRL Finals; Union: Bledisloe Cup. Soccer. NFL.

[49:44] This Week in Sport History.

[54:09] Cricket

[1:01:44] Tennis

[1:05:10] Basketball: WNBA/NBA Storm & Lakers Champs.

[1:15:00] What Are You Amped For?

RIP Jacinda Barclay

What Caught Your Attention/Whatdya Miss?

News Round Up

Football - AFL; Rugby: NRL; Bledisloe Cup; NFL, Soccer

What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

Cricket - Shield, IPL, Umar Gul retires

Tennis

This Week in Sport History

Basketball

What Are You Amped for?

Recorded 12 October 2020.

[00:36] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[04:20] News Round-up; Right on Cue.

[11:27] Basketball: WNBA/NBA Storm & Lakers Champs.

[32:25] This Week in Sport History.

[36:02] Football Codes: AFL Finals [49:44] Rugby: NRL Finals; Union: Bledisloe Cup. [56:28] Soccer. [57:33] NFL.

[1:06:00] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[1:06:54] Tennis: French Open.

[1:14:42] Cricket

[1:19:34] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 5 October 2020.

[00:36] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?; Right on Cue.

[05:05] News Round-up:

[10:09] Football Codes: AFL: Qualifying Finals Port v Geelong & Brisbane v Richmond; Elimination Finals St Kilda v Western Bulldogs & West Coast v Collingwood. Tips for Week 2 of the Finals; Other AFL news. [33:08] Rugby: NRL. [37:24] NFL: Team doctor punctures Tyrod Taylor’s lung; Washington v Cleveland game first to feature female coaches on both teams and a female official; Mahomes still owns Jackson, is fastest to 10000 yards passing; Russell Wilson, Tom Brady looking good too; Bears first team to win 2 games in a season where they trailed by 15 or more in the 4^th quarter; COVID-19 breaches at Titans and Patriots camps and subsequent domino effects in schedule. [43:58] Soccer: Matildas hire Tony Gustavsson; Not a good weekend for big name clubs and recent champs in the EPL.

[46:05] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[47:47] Basketball: NBL announce newest franchise Tasmania Jack Jumpers [50:28] NBA: Doc Rivers signs with Philly; Kyrie thinks Brooklyn’s new coaching regime will be a collaborative effort; Mark Cuban helps Delonte West in hard times; Unlikely NBA season would stop for the Olympics next year. [56:20] NBA Finals Games 1-3.

[1:10:49] This Week in Sport History.

[1:14:08] Tennis: French Open.

[1:22:48] Cricket: Bob Willis Trophy celebrations in England; New Zealand’s tour of Australia in Women’s game: 3^rd T20I & Rose Bowl games 1 & 2.

[1:29:30] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 28 September 2020.

[00:00] RIP Dean Jones

[03:53] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?; Right on Cue.

[09:33] News Round-up:

[13:37] MAILBAG

[16:05] Football Codes: Rugby; Soccer; NFL [21:47] AFL News; Coleman Medal, Rising Star and All-Australian Team; Our picks for mark and goal of the year; Week 1 Finals preview and tips.

[0:45:00] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[48:03] Basketball: NBA [1:14:46] NBL

[1:15:28] Tennis:

[1:23:56] Cricket:

[1:31:55] What Are You Amped For?

Recorded 21 September 2020

[00:33] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[05:00] News Round-up

[11:35] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[14:47] The concept of the sport choke

[16:28] Basketball: NBA Western semis and Eastern and Western Finals recap and predictions; Other NBA headlines; NBL: Tasmanian team names shortlisted to 3.

[56:59] This Week in Sport History

[58:40] Football Codes: NRL; NFL; AFL

[1:13:40] Cricket: Australia defeat England in last ODI

[1:17:47] What are you Amped for?

 

Recorded 14 September 2020:

[00:36] What caught your attention and Whatdya miss?

[04:00] News Round-up: The Atlanta Braves score 29 in MLB; The Tuscan Grand Prix; Jhaniele Fowler's big night out in the Super Netball; Horrible animal cruelty in Russian boxing; Dana White's classy move after UFC controversy.

[07:52] Tennis: Novak Djokovic’s default DQ overshadows Osaka’s back-to-back and Thiem’s first time win at US Open (we discuss previous times defaults have ended matches).

[16:47] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?

[18:50] Football Codes: The EPL is Back; Alleged racism in the French Ligue 1; Dream NRL debut for Cody Ramsey [21:25] Jordan Mailata's NFL Debut, [22:46] WAFL Update, [24:01] AFL Retirements & Shaun Burgoyne to play on for season #20; Injuries; [26:51] AFL Round 16/17 recap; and the Race for 8th.

[44:08] Cricket: Australia's Tour of England: 3rd T20 and first two ODIs.

[50:16] This Week in Sport History

[53:50] Basketball: Tasmanian NBL Team Name Update. [55:10] NBA: Billy Donovan and Mike D'Antoni are NBA Coaching Free Agents; NBA Eastern Conference Semi Finals wrap-up; NBA Western Conference Semi Finals and our Conference Finals predictions.

[1:12:45] What are you Amped for?

Recorded 6 September 2020

[00:33] What caught your attention and whatdya miss?
[04:04] Cricket: Ian Bell and Graham Onion Retire, WBBL Hub Update, Pakistan's Tour of England Continues, Australia's Tour of England Starts, Glamorgan vs Northamptonshire
[14:35] Tennis: The US Open kicks out the Women's doubles 1-seed out due to Covid, The US Open first week,
[17:28] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?
[21:07] Basketball: NBL Free Agency Update/Tasmanian Team Name Update, [23:11] RIP John Thompson, [26:22] Bubble Thoughts, [27:33] Montrezl Harrell wins 6th Man of the Year, [29:20] Ja Morant wins Rookie Of The Year, [30:09] NBA Western Conference First Round/Conference Semi Finals, [39:11] NBA Eastern Conference First Round/Conference Semi Finals
[47:31] This Week In Sport History
[49:21] Football Codes: Nathan's NFL Fantasy Draft, [51:24] NRL - Josh Reynolds and Russell Packer abandon the Wests Tigers mid-game, [52:12] Richmond's 2nd Covid breach, [54:32] The AFL Grand Final venue announced, [55:05] Pearce Hanley retires, [55:42] AFL Injuries, [57:41] AFL Round 15/16 Wrap-up (Spotlight Game - Adelaide vs Hawthorn)
[1:13:40] What are you Amped for?

Recorded 31 August 2020

[00:40] What caught your eye and Whatdya miss?

[04:02] News Round-up: Virtual Fan depicts KKK Rally at WWE Raw; Jeff Horn braves his way through too many rounds vs Tim Tszyu?; Jon Rahm defeats Dustin Johnson in the BMW Championship; Lewis Hamilton wins the Belgian Grand Prix; RIP Subzero (the race horse, not Mortal Kombat character); and…

[08:30] Basketball: NBA Postpones games for Black Lives Matter movement prompting several other leagues to follow suit.

[17:41] Basketball NBA: RIP Cliff Robinson & Lute Olsen; Brett Brown & Nate McMillan fired; Giannis wins DPOY; Ever more Bubble Thoughts; [29:18] NBA Playoff End of Round 1 & Start of Round 2 recaps and predictions; and [48:10] NBL Free Agency Update.

[49:42] What made Stu say Bloody Hell?

[51:22] Tennis: Novak Djokovic talks up opponents (to downplay the size of US Open "asterisk"?); Exciting US Open Round 1 matchups; the Bryan Brothers retire (pre-US Open); Benoit Paire tests positive for COVID-19.

[56:34] This Week in Sport History

[59:31] Football: FA Community Shield Field; Hyundai A League Semi Finals & Grand Final; Ratu Nanovo charged over stabbing; [1:02:00] AFL: Tom Lynch avoids suspension yet again; West Coast tries to buy home game against Kangaroos; AFL Grand Final Venue; Injuries; and [1:04:41] Round 14 recap.

[1:13:39] What are you Amped for?

Recorded 24 August 2020:

[00:40] What caught your eye and Whatdya miss?

[04:02] News Round-up: Novak Djokovic’s US Open accommodation; Tour de France changing final podium participants; Super Netball send-offs; Renee Gracie’s Father encourages her to stay on Only Fans; MLB late game homer ‘controversy’ (we discuss late game/match scoring in ‘blow-outs’ and reminisce about an occasion in the NBL at the old PEC);

[10:46] What made Stu say Bloody Hell?

[11:53] Football: UEFA Champions League Semi-Finals;  A-League Finals start this weekend; [13:36] Rugby: Kevin Proctor gets 4 for biting; Broncos have 10 player breach COVID-19 rules/ can’t get rid of Tevita Pangai Junior [15:13] AFL: Tom Lynch continues to niggle; Port Adelaide duo Dan Houston and Peter Ladhams suspended for COVID-19 breaches; Sir Doug Nicholls round favourite past and present Indigenous players/racism in the game; Injuries. [23:19] Round 13 recap.

[37:44] Cricket: Lisa Sthalekar, Jaques Kallis and Zaheer Abbas inducted into ICC Cricket Hall Of Fame; Aussie Women’s squad for NZ T20s and One dayas in October announced; Update in Pakistan v England 3rd test (Stuey’s blueprint to beating England in tests).   

[42:05] This Week in Sport History

[43:25] Basketball: NBL Free Agency; [44:32] NBA: Masai Ujiri vindicated; NBA Draft Lottery; Yet more bubble observations; and [48:27] Playoffs: Round 1 recap (we discuss 1v8 upsets throughout history).

[1:14:06] What are you Amped for?

Recorded 17 August 2020:

[00:40] What caught your eye and Whatdya miss?

[02:30] News Round-up: Joshua Cheptegei smashes 5000m record at Monaco Diamond League; Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic enter US Open; Multiple cycling crashes and Austrian MotoGP; NHL into playoffs/NHL Draft.

[08:30] Cricket: MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina retire; Women’s T20 Germany vs. Austria; Pakistan vs England 2nd test; Kent destroy Sussex in county; Australian men and women home and away series with New Zealand.

[14:05] This Week in Sport History

[00:00] Basketball: NBL Competition Return to Competition Task Force and bubble in NZ? Free Agency; [19:15] NBA: Pelicans fire Alvin Gentry; More bubble observations; NBA All-Bubble Team and MVP; San Antonio’s 22 season playoff streak over; Portland edge Memphis in play-in game; Playoff preview and our picks; and MAILBAG.

[49:07] What made Stu say Bloody hell?

[50:26] Football: Bayern Munich destroy Barca at UEFA Champions League;  A-League Finals start this weekend; [51:50] Rugby: Controversy in Knights and Sea Eagles; Kevin Proctor alleged biting incident; [53:11] AFL: Locker room grope updates (instances in other sports and Georgie Parker’s take); Yeronga South Brisbane do club song in AUSLAN; Elijah Taylor COVID breach and suspension; and [57:05] Round 11/12 recap.

[1:08:55] What are you Amped for?

Recorded 10th August 2020:

[00:40] What caught your eye and Whatdya miss?

[02:39] News Round-up: The Woodies don't talk anymore?; Collin Morikawa wins the US PGA Championship; Ex-NRL players in hot water; All-in brawl between the Oakland Athletics and Houston Astros.

[08:31] What made Stu say Bloody hell?

[09:51] AFL: Richmond and St Kilda groping incidents; Round 13 fixture update; the great Grand Final debate; Injuries. [19:22] Round 10/11 recap.

[31:50] Cricket: Pakistan vs England 1st test.

[33:50] This Week in Sport History

[37:05] Basketball: NBL Free Agency; [38:51] NBA: More bubble observations; Western Conference play-in update; Injuries; Denver vs Utah, Los Angeles Lakers vs Indiana; Luka Doncic insanity; and Damian Lillard vs the Los Angeles Clippers (an ensuing beef).

[1:02:30] What are you Amped for?