On today’s show, The Basketball Jones discuss the controversy surrounding Dwight Howard’s season-ending injury, the polarizing return of Amar’e in New York, the difficulty in picking All-NBA teams, and the best stories, quotes, and moments from the 2011–12 season.
All that, plus Leigh’s “Tweet of the Weak,” some pun-gun fun, NBA song parodies and much, much more!
It was simply not meant to be. Andy Carroll picked the worst time imaginable to step out of his fat suit and "pony-tail" home the winner against doomed Everton. Instead of an All-Men in Blazers dream FA Cup Final featuring Chelsea and America's team, Liverpool will play Roberto Di Matteo's side on Cinco De Mayo. On the bright side, John Terry and Luis Suarez will finally have found a soulmate eager to shake the others hand before kickoff. In this week's midnight pod special, Roger and Michael bemoan the FA Cup Final that could have been and breakdown why things went so terribly wrong for Rog's beloved Toffees.
Plus, the Men in Blazers recap the return of golf's Carlos Tevez, explore mighty Ray Hudson's bizarre sexual predilections, celebrate the state bird of Massachusetts and answer a GFOP's hard-hitting telegram regarding the Premier League's sexiest manager. 'Arry can rest easy.
Every week, The Jalen Rose Show is more fun to record. When Jalen first got to the studio this week, our intern (shout-out to Jovan) handed him the video clip of the Tupac hologram at Coachella. He lost his mind. He wasn’t himself for 10 minutes — we had to delay the recording of the pod because his mind was so blown. When he regrouped, we pushed record and dove into the following topics:
We continued our strike against NFL topics. Don’t worry, we will dive deep into the NFL, just not in April. Enjoy, and check back every Monday for The Jalen Rose Show.
On today's show, The Basketball Jones discuss Dwyane Wade, Ray Allen, and the Olympics pay-for-play brouhaha; why the Grizzlies are the best playoff bandwagon team; and the Nets' "top secret" plans to re-sign All-Star Deron Williams this summer.
All that, plus Leigh’s "Tweet of the Weak," some pun-gun fun, Agent Zero's best pranks, trashing hotel rooms, Blake Griffin's acting career, and much more!
The Jonah Keri Podcast returns for a new season, welcoming in Baseball Tonight anchor Steve Berthiaume. We start our trip around the league with a look at the star-studded Tigers. We then tackle the Angels (like 'em), Diamondbacks (love 'em), the likely-to-be-competitive NL Central, and the likely-to-be-chaotic NL East. A rational AL East conversation then devolves into chaos as Berthiaume predicts doom for the Red Sox, while I try to counter with praise for Felix Doubront and Daniel Bard.
All that, plus a series of Tim Kurkjian imitations and tributes that turns into a full-on Bill Brasky-fest.
In a smashing weekend of topflight football drama, both Questionable Penalty and Clear Offside Goal took their turns in the spotlight. Elsewhere, Manchester United delivered more of the same: the ruthless pragmatism that has seen them win 11 out of their last 12 matches, effectively locking up the Premier League title in the process. While neighboring Manchester City continued to implode against Arsenal, as Mario Balotelli made fans wonder what would come first — a red card or institutionalization. In this week's podcast, the Men in Blazers tackle both houses of Manchester and then turn their attention to the breathless race for third and fourth place.
Plus, Michael and Roger look ahead to an FA Cup semifinal weekend that could produce a Clash of the Blazers Chelsea v. Everton final. This may very well be the beginning of the end.
We recorded this week's pod in between Jalen's appearances on various ESPN studio shows, as he is giving the people what they want on television from Bristol this Monday. We started the show breaking down the big Sunday matinee Bulls vs. Knicks game, which featured heroic performances by Carmelo and Iman Shumpert. We then moved on to the Lamar Odom weirdness in Dallas and the Spurs' winning streak, before turning our attention to hickey-gate and the budding Kanye West-Kim Kardashian relationship.
On today's show, The Basketball Jones discuss the awkward Stan Van Gundy "Dwightmare" in Orlando, Deron Williams hinting not-so-subtly that he's done with New Jersey, the enigma that is Andrew Bynum, Wednesday's Thunder-Heat battle, and LeBron's MVP chances.
All that, plus Leigh's "Tweet of the Weak," some pun-gun fun, and a Kanye West-inspired TBJ NBA rap cypher.
The current Premier League season continues to be predictably erratic. Manchester United resume their traditional script, winning late against Blackburn on Monday, while the rest of the league fails to decide on any discernible, consistent plotlines. In this week's podcast, Michael and Roger contemplate the weekend's action featuring all of the favorite Men in Blazers' characters — Mario Balotelli's self-destructive ways, Andy Carroll's inexplicable dive, and Joey Barton's disdain for statistics.
But it's not all about the glamorous teams at the top of the table. The blazered men analyze the battle against relegation at the bottom. While they can decide on one of the teams set to move down at the season's end (so long, Wolverhampton!), the other two teams leave Michael and Roger at odds.
Of course, none of this football really matters in the wake of Giorgio Chinaglia's death on Sunday. The Cosmos legend was the Greatest Friend of the Pod and a dear colleague at SiriusXM. He forever changed the landscape of America's Sport of the Future and we're eternally indebted to him.
I knew Jalen was ready to talk college hoops when I saw that he was dressed head to toe in maize and blue. We broke down the NBA potential of the stars playing in the NCAA championship and then moved on to the Thunder’s recent hot streak, Miami's recent cold streak, the Bulls’ run without Rose, Jordan’s commitment to the Bobcats, Jeremy Lin’s injury, and even had time to touch on Stephon Marbury’s foreclosure. Oh yeah, we also talked about Rihanna. For some reason, it seems like we talk about Rihanna every week. Enjoy.
Giorgio Chinaglia, the former Italian soccer star and goal-scoring legend for the New York Cosmos, passed away Sunday at his home in Florida, according to reports. Chinaglia, who spent several seasons with the Cosmos in the North American Soccer League, also played for Lazio, which won an Italian title in 1974.
On today’s show, The Basketball Jones discuss the tight race in the Atlantic Division, whether the Spurs are better or worse with Boris Diaw and Captain Jackson, whether the NBA should adopt the Euro goaltending rule, and the “Kevin Love for MVP” movement.
All that, plus an interview with Steve Nash, a food-related “Tweet of the Weak," some pun-gun fun, and a nearly naked Jason Terry.
Mind games? What mind games? With the Premier League's finish line now vaguely visible on the horizon, Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United emerge, as predictably as a footballing groundhog, to separate themselves from the rest of the table. In this week's podcast, Michael Davies and Roger Bennett examine United's pragmatic path to glory and what that means for their aspirational cross-town rivals, City.
Plus, Roger chats with refereeing legend Abraham Klein, the Holocaust survivor who became one of the world's best during the World Cup's heyday in the 1970s. The 5-foot-tall disciplinarian sheds light on how he'd handle today's Premier League prima donnas.
It's entirely possible! Why? Because TIME ZONES SCREW UP EVERYTHING, that's why. Actually it's because I kinda didn't realize that no one hit the button on this sucker until like 10:30 ET on Monday night. (It's a long story.) (Not really. That's basically the whole story.) Oops, sorry, everyone! My bad. Here's The Jalen Rose Show all over again, because I feel bad about this.
