Alex and Akiva return to argue about the 32 Fans Athlete Hall of Fame, introducing the second 32-member class to join last year's inaugural class of Tom Brady (Football), Jim Brown (Football, Lacrosse), Peyton Manning (Football), Joe Montana (Football), Jerry Rice (Football), Lawrence Taylor (Football), Jim Thorpe (Football, Track & Field), Barry Bonds (Baseball), Josh Gibson (Baseball), Walter Johnson (Baseball), Willie Mays (Baseball), Babe Ruth (Baseball), Ted Williams (Baseball, Fishing), Cy Young (Baseball), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Basketball), Larry Bird (Basketball), Wilt Chamberlain (Basketball), LeBron James (Basketball), Magic Johnson (Basketball), Michael Jordan (Basketball), Bill Russell (Basketball), Wayne Gretzky (Hockey), Mario Lemieux (Hockey), Jack Nicklaus (Golf), Tiger Woods (Golf), Serena Williams (Tennis), Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Golf, Track & Field, Basketball), Muhammad Ali (Boxing), Simone Biles (Gymnastics), Katie Ledecky (Swimming), Michael Phelps (Swimming) and Jesse Owens (Track & Field).

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Akiva and Alex belatedly announce their nominees for the 32 Fans Athlete of the Year and Team of the Year.

Previous Winners:

1983: Martina Navratilova (Akiva, Listeners), Cal Ripken, Jr. (Alex)

1984: Wayne Gretzky (Akiva, Listeners), Carl Lewis (Alex)

1985: Wayne Gretzky

1986: Mike Tyson (Akiva, Listeners), Larry Bird (Alex)

1987: Magic Johnson

1988: Steffi Graf (Akiva, Listeners), Orel Hershiser (Alex)

1989: Joe Montana

1990: Michael Jordan (Akiva, Listeners), Mark Messier (Alex)

1991: Michael Jordan

1992: Michael Jordan

1993: Michael Jordan (Akiva, Listeners), Emmitt Smith (Alex)

1994: Steve Young (Alex, Listeners), Hakeem Olajuwon (Akiva)

1995: Emmitt Smith (Alex, Listeners), Brett Favre (Akiva)

1996: Michael Jordan (Alex, Listeners), Mario Lemieux (Akiva)

1997: Michael Jordan (Alex, Listeners), Tiger Woods (Akiva)

1998: Mark McGwire (Akiva, Listeners), Terrell Davis (Alex)

1999: Kurt Warner

2000: Tiger Woods

2001: Barry Bonds

2002: Barry Bonds (Alex, Listeners), Serena Williams (Akiva)

2003: Tim Duncan (Alex, Listeners), Carmelo Anthony (Akiva)

2004: Michael Phelps (Alex, Listeners), Barry Bonds (Akiva)

2005: Tiger Woods (Akiva, Listeners), Lance Armstrong (Alex)

2006: Roger Federer

2007: Tom Brady

2008: Michael Phelps

2009: LeBron James (Akiva, Listeners), Serena Williams (Alex)

2010: Rafael Nadal (Alex, Listeners), Tom Brady (Akiva)

2011: Aaron Rodgers

2012: LeBron James

2013: LeBron James

2014: Madison Bumgarner

2015: Serena Williams

2016: LeBron James (Alex, Listeners), Simone Biles (Akiva)

2017: Tom Brady

2018: Mookie Betts (Alex, Listeners), Mikaela Shiffrin (Akiva)

2019: Patrick Mahomes (Alex, Listeners), Kawhi Leonard (Akiva)

2020: LeBron James

2021: Tom Brady (Akiva, Listeners), Novak Djokovic (Alex)

2022: Shohei Ohtani (Akiva, Listeners), Patrick Mahomes (Alex)

2023: Nikola Jokic (Alex, Listeners), Max Verstappen (Akiva)

2024: Shohei Ohtani

1983: Philadelphia 76ers (Akiva, Listeners), Washington Redskins (Alex)

1984: Edmonton Oilers

1985: Chicago Bears

1986: Boston Celtics

1987: Los Angeles Lakers

1988: Notre Dame Football

1989: San Francisco 49ers

1990: UNLV Men's Basketball

1991: Chicago Bulls

1992: Duke Men's Basketball (Alex, Listeners), Dallas Cowboys (Akiva)

1993: Dallas Cowboys

1994: San Francisco 49ers (Akiva, Listeners), New York Rangers (Alex)

1995: Nebraska Football (Alex, Listeners), UCLA Men's Basketball (Akiva)

1996: Chicago Bulls

1997: Chicago Bulls

1998: New York Yankees

1999: US Women's National Soccer Team (Alex, Listeners), New York Yankees (Akiva)

2000: Los Angeles Lakers

2001: Miami Football (Alex, Listeners), Los Angeles Lakers (Akiva)

2002: UConn Women's Basketball

2003: New England Patriots (Alex, Listeners), San Antonio Spurs (Akiva)

2004: Boston Red Sox (Alex, Listeners), New England Patriots (Akiva)

2005: Texas Football (Akiva, Listeners), Chicago White Sox (Alex)

2006: FC Barcelona (Alex, Listeners), Indianapolis Colts (Akiva)

2007: Boston Red Sox (Akiva, Listeners), Indianapolis Colts (Akiva)

2008: Detroit Red Wings (Akiva, Listeners), New York Giants (Alex)

2009: North Carolina Men's Basketball (Alex, Listeners), New York Yankees (Akiva)

2010: UConn Women's Basketball

2011: Green Bay Packers (Alex, Listeners), Alabama Football (Akiva)

2012: Kentucky Men's Basketball

2013: Miami Heat (Alex, Listeners), Seattle Seahawks (Akiva)

2014: San Antonio Spurs (Akiva, Listeners), Seattle Seahawks (Alex)

2015: Golden State Warriors

2016: Chicago Cubs (Alex, Listeners), New England Patriots (Akiva)

2017: Golden State Warriors

2018: Clemson Football (Alex, Listeners), Boston Red Sox (Alex)

2019: LSU Football

2020: Alabama Football (Akiva, Listeners), Kansas City Chiefs (Alex)

2021: Milwaukee Bucks (Akiva, Listeners), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Alex)

2022: Colorado Avalanche (Akiva, Listeners), Houston Astros (Alex)

2023: Las Vegas Aces (Alex, Listeners), Michigan Football/Denver Nuggets (Akiva)

2024: Los Angeles Dodgers (Akiva), Boston Celtics (Alex)

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Akiva's weekend roommate joins the pod to review what it's like to spend 25 hours with Akiva, then Alex and Akiva review a boring Super Bowl.

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Alex and Akiva preview the Super Bowl and the Winter Olympics.

This episode's outro is obviously Alex's wishful thinking of something Greek.

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Keev and Alex are back for another Sunday night live reaction pod.

This episode's outro, a week late, is in honor of the national champion Indiana Hoosiers.

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Akiva has landed in America and so he's ready to podcast with Alex as soon as the games ended tonight ... if Alex hadn't been kicked out of his recording space several times, forcing the podcast to stop and start repeatedly. Not in my room!

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Alex and Keev each give their one takeaway from each Wild Card team, make their divisional round picks, talk about the coaching carousel, NBA All Stars and bar mitzvah attire.

This episode's outro is another "1800s banger" requested by Allix O, namely Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Op. 49.

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Alex and Keev rank the NFL playoff teams from 14 to 1, then welcome a surprise guest to react to surprising breaking news.

This episode's outro is an 1800s hit, as recommended by patron "Allix O". This particular one, Liebesträume No. 3 by Franz Liszt, was a favorite of Alex's when he used to play the piano (but to be clear, this recording is not Alex ... or "Allix".)

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Alex and Akiva talk college football, review Zootopia 2 and make week 18 NFL picks, and then Akiva discusses which NFL coaches are about to be fired and Alex ranks his top 10 podcasts of 2025. Will Akiva make the list?

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Alex ranks his top 25 TV shows of 2025 and Keev talks about some books.

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