A weekly sport podcast by fans for fans (with a focus on basketball, cricket and football). As well as regular episodes on recent news and involving interviews, other episode topics include: great sport chokes, sport curses, sporting families, revisiting old drafts and more! We’ll cover anything but we have a strong love for NBL, NBA, NCAA, AFL, NFL, test cricket, ODI, T20I, BBL, WBBL, Sheffield Shield, IPL, tennis, WNBL, WNBA & ALFW (not the Hundred because that sucks). MAILBAG: sportblokes@gmail.com or @sportblokes on Twitter. Music and artwork @danntozerillustrations on Instagram/danntozerillustrations on Facebook.
Episodes
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Recorded 6th July 2020:
[00:40] What caught your eye and Whatdya miss?
[04:35] News Round-up: Community sport back in Australia; More VAR dramas in English Premier League; Valterri Bottas win Austrian GP in first F1 race this season; Washington Redskins to change name and other NFL schedule updates; A-League return; Tennis: All-American Team Cup.
[18:51] Basketball: NBL draft schedule for 20/21; New Tasmanian Team to enter 21/22; Goorjian 2 year signing for Hawks; [24:20] NBA: More player positives and drop-outs and Deplete 8 hub in Chicago?
[28:55] What made Stu say Bloody hell?
[31:06] AFL: Is this the year we can finally call the AFL a national competition?; fixture changes; Collingwood Magpie woes and [39:37] Round 5 recap.
[1:04:18] Cricket: T20 World Cup and IPL postponed?
[1:04:41] What are you Amped for?
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Recorded 29th June 2020:
[00:40] What caught your eye and Whatdya miss?/Clarifications from last week.
[5:25] News Round-up: NFL New England Patriots sign Cam Newton (and get punished for Spygate part 2); Australia to co-host Women's Soccer World Cup with New Zealand in 2023; Fall-out from Adria Tour in the Tennis world and NRL tantrums/a coach sacking.
[16:52] What Made Stu say Bloody hell?
[17:22] Cricket: Cricket codes in light of the 3TC postponement; Coulter-Nile and Tye miss out on WA contracts; and Boxing Day Test to move from MCG?
[23:15] AFL: Connor's false positive; Injuries to big names; Fixture changes; Grand Final outside Victoria?; Spectacle and artificial crowd noises; and [32:25] Round 4 recap.
[49:58] Basketball: NBL Brian Goorjian signs as Hawks Head Coach; [52:26] NBA positive tests and drop-outs and schedule released (winners and losers).
[1:05:18] What are you Amped for?
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Recorded 22nd June 2020:
[00:40] News Round-Up: 2011 Cricket World Cup Match-fixing Claims; EPL VAR Madness; COVID Concerns in Florida and NBA hub; US Open or closed?
[16:30] AFL Extravaganza: Connor McKenna COVID-19 positive?; Essendon v Melbourne postponed; Big crowds in Perth?; Goal kicking inaccuracy; Not 15? (umpiring); and [29:10] Round 3 recap.
[1:10:20] What are you Amped for?
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Friday Aug 07, 2020
Recorded 17th June 2020:
[00:40] News Round-Up: Bryan Colangelo buys ownership stake in ‘the Hawks’; Cricket Australia budget cuts; Rabbitohs sign Joseph Suaalii; Jordan’s Catch 23.
[08:40] AFL restart: General thoughts; Round 2 recap; Racism in the AFL.
[40:18] What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?
[43:20] Tennis: US Open in late August with French Open to follow.
[55:25] 2020 is an asterisk year: Asterisk seasons in sport.
[1:18:30] Sports people competing drunk or high.
[1:27:40] What are you Amped for?
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Recorded 11th June 2020:
[00:40] News Round-Up: Ronaldo soccer’s first ever billionaire at 35; Naomi Osaka becomes world’s highest paid female athlete; St George Dragons call emergency board meeting; Benji Marshall quarantined for journalist cheek-kiss; Collingwood approached by US consortium for potential ownership; MLB rejects players’ proposal for season; Lakers online gaming team defeat Celtics 2-0 in 2K league; NFL tone deaf on racism?; Renee Gracie leaves V8 supercars for porn.
[06:09] What caught your eye and Whatdya miss? (RIP Wes Unseld and Eddie Sutton).
[14:30] Cricket: NSW awarded Shield after end of season cancelled; West Indies tour of England set for early July; Peter Siddle signs with Tasmania/James Faulkner not given Tassie contract; Will Parker chooses footy over AFL; Shining balls in the time of COVID-19.
[19:03] What Made Stu say Bloody Hell?
[20:55] Broadcast sport with no/‘fake’ crowds and noise.
[25:38] AFL: Fixture updates, rule changes and COVID-19 protocols; Winners and Losers of hub life and fixtures.
[48:26] NBA: Return with 22 going to Orlando hub (and the other 8 missing out); schedule and potential play-in tournament for the play-offs; proposed advantages for higher seeds; Winners and losers for restart.