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
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Recorded 12 June 2022
(00:25) Intro (Nath has COVID-19)
(03:02) Basketball: NBL1 & NBL - Stuey attends Warwick Senators loss v Geraldton Buccaneers and Adelaide confirm Antonius Cleveland and Robert Franks signings.
(05:02) Basketball: NBA - Max's 3 becomes a 2 in Miami; Random thoughts on NBA Finals Games 1-4
(19:53) French Open: Iga Swiatek & Rafael Nadal win (but lots of love for Coco Gauff too)
(27:07) AFL: Tips. Pain for 2021 grand finalists as Melbourne's demons continue with Steven May dust-up & the dog days continue in Melbourne's Western suburbs with Bailey Smith's insult to suspension.
(35:35) A What Made Stu (and Nath) Say Bloody Hell Smorgasbord: Bryson Worrell's pretty good with both hands; Texas tackles (in baseball); Biniam Girmay has an unfortunate celebration; Luis Carlos Chia & Claudio Roncancio keep their injuries in the family; Sri Lanka bounce back and Nepalese wonders in the T20s (while the Prague Barbarians show how to run between the wickets); Where in the World was Byron Catillo born!? & Terrifying tackles to pesky pitch invaders in the MLS.
(50:23) Congratulations to Sam Kerr: the PFA Player of the Year!
(50:46) Final Thoughts
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Thursday Jun 09, 2022
Recorded 7 June 2022.
(00:25) Introduction
(01:53) Interview: Peter Hooley (Basketball). Thoughts on the rumoured Adelaide 36ers signings; Junior football and being related to footy royalty (the Aishs in the SANFL and James Aish in the AFL); College at University of Albany and early basketball career (Aussie college pipelines, Selection Sunday, the NCAA tournament and playing against future NBA talent, 'The Shot' against Stony Brook); Professional career in England and Australia; Winning the NBL Championship for Melbourne United (against the team he supported as a child) & NBLxNBA.
(39:10) MAILBAG.
(40:36) Favourite live sporting moment
(45:24) Final Thoughts
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Recorded 26 May 2022.
(00:25) Introduction
(05:30) Interview: Alex Loughton (Basketball). Thoughts on 2022 season, playoffs and finals (with congratulations to the Sydney Kings and big wraps for Tasmania JackJumpers' coach Scott Roth); Reflections/thoughts on each team heading towards season 2023.
(1:10:09) Final Thoughts
Check out our other chats with Alex in episodes 38 & 53.
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Recorded 8 March 2022
(00:25) Intro
(03:44) Basketball - 1993 NCAA Championship - North Carolina v Michigan: Chris Webber
(30:29) What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell? (2022 ATP administrators)
(32:52) Football (NFL) - 2017 Super Bowl 51: Atlanta Falcons v New England Patriots
(43:35) Outro
Check out Episode 72 Great Sport Chokes I & Ep 75 Great Sport Chokes II
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Recorded 14 May 2022
(00:25) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya Miss? (Part 1)
(00:46) What Made Stu (and Nath) Say Bloody Hell?
(03:32) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya Miss? (Part 2) - with NBA
(08:52) NBL
(48:30) The Road Ahead
(53:49) What Are You Amped For?/Final Thoughts
Sunday May 08, 2022
Sunday May 08, 2022
Recorded 5 May 2022
(00:25) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya Miss?
(08:50) NBL
(42:34) NBA
(1:06:50) AFL
(1:21:24) What Are You Amped For?
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Friday Apr 29, 2022
Recorded 27 April 2022
(00:25) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya Miss?
(09:31) Basketball: NBL
(50:17) This Week in Sport History
(1:02:42) Basketball: NBA
(1:29:05) What Are You Amped For?
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Recorded 19 April 2022
(00:25) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya Miss?
(15:10) What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?
(17:28) Basketball: NBA
(45:24) Basketball: NBL
(1:00:16) Footy: AFL
(1:16:24) What Are You Amped For?
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Recorded 13 April 2022
(00:25) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya Miss?
(11:23) Basketball: NBA
(56:16) Basketball: NBL
(1:00:20) Footy: AFL
(1:10:19) This Week in Sport History
(1:14:44) Cricket
(1:19:08) What Are You Amped For?
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Friday Apr 08, 2022
Recorded 5 April 2022
(00:25) What caught your attention and Whatdya Miss
(10:40) Cricket
(23:35) Basketball - NCAA
(31:40) Basketball - NBL: That press conference with CoScoMo and the John Brown III saga
(52:52) This Week In Sport History
(59:39) Football - AFL
(1:20:21) What Are You Amped For?
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Recorded 29 March 2022
Interview with 2-time Australian Air Guitar Champion and World Champion Runner Up: Alex Roberts aka the Jinja Assassin
(00:02) Introduction & what is air guitar?
(03:00) How did you get into air guitar?
(04:00) How Important is it for an air guitarist to play guitar?
(06:50) How Do You Choose Your Songs?
(09:25) The "Beat It" Incident
(13:14) Quick clip about sport from normal episode - we suggest a song for the Jinja Assassin to play to (to hear the full sport portion of the interview with the Jinja Assassin, please check out Episode 95)
(21:41) The PHC500 and Signet sponsorhip
(22:40) The Air Guitar Journey - from Chicago to Oulu (with a shout-out to Romeo Dance Cheetah)
(32:30) The recording of the Fireteller documentary and Tropfest finalist 'The Jinja Assassin'
(37:05) 'Seven Seas' Nanami Nagura's excellent performance
(38:35) Highway to Hell/World Record (with a shout-out to Billy Damage)
(43:04) Does the fire still burn?
(44:45) Outro
Saturday Apr 02, 2022
Saturday Apr 02, 2022
Recorded 22 March 2022
(00:25) What caught your attention and Whatdya Miss
(03:03) Interview (clip) - 2-time World Air Guitar Runner Up The Jinja Assassin
(13:40) AFL
(26:50) Tennis
(38:07) Cricket
(48:29) Basketball - NBA
(1:05:05) The Jinja Assassin bids us Farewell
(1:11:21) Basketball - NBL
(1:22:08) Basketball - NCAA
(1:25:10) What Are You Amped For?
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Friday Mar 25, 2022
Recorded 22 March 2022
(00:25) What caught your attention and Whatdya Miss
(08:20) AFL
(24:18) Cricket: Benaud-Qadir Trophy, Women's World Cup.
(34:28) This Week in Sport History
(42:10) Basketball - NBL, NBA & NCAA.
(1:05:43) What Are You Amped For?
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Thursday Mar 17, 2022
Recorded 14 March 2022
(00:25) What caught your attention and Whatdya Miss
(06:44) Cricket: Women's World Cup; Benaud-Qadir Trophy; Law changes (Substitution rule/Mankad rears his head again) & WA win Marsh Cup.
(30:07) Rapid Fire Tennis & AFL
(38:43) This Week in Sport History
(51:33) Basketball - NBL: Some reflections on (the good games of) Round 15: Tasmania go 2-0; South East Melbourne Phoenix choke against Melbourne United again; Fixtures are out; Wildcats go 3-0 (punctuated by yet another Bryce buzzer beater!); Elam Endings (and why we don't like them).
(1:23:05) Basketball USA - NCAA: March Madness (very briefly); NBA: Gregg Popovich becomes NBA all-time winningest coach; Memphis forget where they are and/or what they're wearing.
(1:28:43) What Are You Amped For?
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Thursday Mar 10, 2022
Recorded 4 March 2022
(00:25) Introduction.
(03:55) How did the boys get into basketball?
(10:18) How did the Throwback Hoops podcast begin?
(11:57) The boys' massive jersey & bobblehead collections.
(16:21) The boys' card collections.
(21:38) The boys' favourite players growing up.
(26:32) Favourite sport movies/anthems.
(31:31) Poeltl/Thoughts on NBA trade deadline/age of entitlement (we grab our rocking chairs).
(39:48) Would the Lakers dare trade LeBron? Should a team take Bronny?
(44:24) Woody talks some cricket.
(49:25) Robbie reflects on the recent Craig Hutchison interview about Perth Wildcats ownership.
(52:47) The boys' favourite live sporting experiences.
(1:03:46) Plugs. Check out Throwback Hoops on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0WRZ0vCJ-M4M55dFYOJ3bw. Twitter: @throwbackshoops. Email: throwbackhoopspodcast@gmail.com. TikTok: Woody_V83
(1:05:20) What Are You Amped For?
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
RIP Shane Warne & Rod Marsh
(We really struggled with whether or not to release this clip, its imperfect but its real and in the immediate aftermath of us hearing of Shane's passing - we just so happened to be near the mic. Apologies if thoughts on Rod seem like an afterthought, that is definitely not how we intended it).
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Thursday Mar 03, 2022
Recorded 1 March 2022
(00:25) What caught your attention and Whatdya Miss/Rapid Recap:Tennis; ALF/AFLW; Cricket; MLB; NFL.
(18:19) What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?
(23:18) Basketball - NBL: RIP Jack Bendat/Sending our thoughts to CJ Bruton and his family; Good to see Scott Machado & Nathan Sobey back (Sobes has his bronze medal stolen!). The more things change, the more they stay the same round: Brisbane & Adelaide still frustrate; New Zealand still struggle through another tough year on the road; Melbourne continue to look the favourites; South East Melbourne, Sydney & Perth (with their fans' extremely high expectations) are imperfect but probably finals bound and Illawarra will probably be unlucky to miss out.
(1:02:33) Basketball - NBA: Duelling stats and stories.
(1:09:00) NCAAM/NCAAW/WNBL: Interesting stats and stories.
(1:10:30) This Week in Sport History
(1:17:43) What Are You Amped For?
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Recorded 22 February 2022
(00:25) What caught your attention and Whatdya Miss/Rapid Recap: Winter Olympics (Kamilia Valieva); Cricket (Australia vs Sri Lanka, Australia's upcoming tour of Pakistan, James Faulkner PSL, Ben Cutting vs Sohail Tanvir, Zimbabwe tour of Australia/Tarisai Musakanda & Matthew Spoors); NFL: Further Reflections on the Super Bowl; Tennis (Carlos Alcaraz, Alex Zverev vs Jensen Brooksby); Soccer
(26:59) What Made Stu Say Bloody Hell?
(28:43) Basketball - NBL:
A recap of the games since we last recorded (Round 11/12): NZ edge out Cairns to finish round 11; Melbourne United pip South East Melbourne Phoenix again (JLA MVP?); Illawarra get much needed win over Cairns; The Phoenix play yet again, getting a close one against Brisbane; Kings defeat Perth in a close one (Wildcats imports, Stuey has back and forth on twitter with CoscoMo); Adelaide beat Cairns; Melbourne smash New Zealand (a nod to the Breakers in their 2nd consecutive season on the road); Illawarra drop another one at home in loss to Tasmania (Scott Roth coach of the year? Pete Hooley appreciation society); 3rd import situations across the league.
(1:14:47) Basketball - NBA:
Josh Giddey racking up triple doubles heading into the All-Star break; General salt for All-Star weekend: Celebrity game; Rising Stars; Dunk Competition; 3 point shoot-out; All-Star game. Chris Paul out for 2 months; Goran Dragic bought-out and signed with Brooklyn. Juwon Howard suffers from early onset March Madness.
(1:30:40) This Week in Sport History
(1:39:13) What Are You Amped For?
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Thursday Feb 24, 2022
Recorded 22 February 2022
Basketball:
(00:07) NBL:
A recap of the games since we last recorded (Round 11/12): NZ edge out Cairns to finish round 11; Melbourne United pip South East Melbourne Phoenix again (JLA MVP?); Illawarra get much needed win over Cairns; The Phoenix play yet again, getting a close one against Brisbane; Kings defeat Perth in a close one (Wildcats imports, Stuey has back and forth on twitter with CoscoMo); Adelaide beat Cairns; Melbourne smash New Zealand (a nod to the Breakers in their 2nd consecutive season on the road); Illawarra drop another one at home in loss to Tasmania (Scott Roth coach of the year? Pete Hooley appreciation society); 3rd import situations across the league.
(46:13) NBA:
Josh Giddey racking up triple doubles heading into the All-Star break; General salt for All-Star weekend: Celebrity game; Rising Stars; Dunk Competition; 3 point shoot-out; All-Star game. Chris Paul out for 2 months; Goran Dragic bought-out and signed with Brooklyn. Juwon suffers from early onset March Madness.
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Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022
Recorded 14 February 2022
This Week in Sport History.
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