Ball Is Left Podcast

The boys are taking a much needed bye week. Thank you all for the support and feel free to get caught up on some old episodes!

This one steps into some for foreign territory for your hosts, but some stories are too big to ignore.

-March Madness and the highlights of being a fan

-MLB moves the All Star game

-New NFL TV deal

-Draymond vs WNBA

-KD vs Rapaport

Fresh off another connection with the desert sands of California the dookie booty boys sit down to discuss a few things that have been on their minds in the sports world.

-The Day Sports Stood Still documentary and looking back on 2020 athletics in America

-Militarization of LA has begun for the '28 Olympics

-Elgin the Legend

-Does the NBA owe Larry Sanders an apology?

-The Dolphins have fleeced the league and aren't afraid of buds with buds

-Ballers and LOLers

This one is an undertaking. We start with a pleasant visit to SLC's Free Agency Bungalow where he takes us through the pleasant pastures of NFL Free Agency so far. Then we crawl across the coals to the hellfire landscape of the NBA trade deadline with Brian in the Trade Cage. Plus some LOL of Fame awards.

This week the boys discuss beautiful accidents, reform bills and Meyers Leonard's slip of the tongue.

What can we learn from nature?

Is there a difference between accountability and cancelling?

NBPA backing problematic legislature.

Historic unionization happening in Alabama

The LOL of Fame

So much more!

It's the Blake Griffin episode. Or the Marcus Allen episode. Either way (it's Blake), the boys breakdown some personal battles and some buried headlines. Plus everyone's favorite new segment LMAO.

-Landlords; what are they good for?

-NFL PA is up to backdoor deals with the owners and backstabbing the players.

-University of Texas donors LOVE their racist songs.

-LOL @ some body slams and incels.

In a brand new episode the boys go through some recent, unfortunately dark, headlines in the sports world from the last week and also explore a new format to the NBA regular season.

-World Athletics power over gender qualifications

-Jeremy Lin and anti-Asian hate in America

-Should Kobe be the new logo?

-The Dream is free!

-SLCLMAO

This week Sports Illustrated Clippers beat writer Garrett Chorpenning joins the show. He joins to cover some recent headlines and talk about some bigger picture topics.

-Chris Webber teaching athlete activism in college

-He's also trying to put some balance in the weed game

-The tension around the NBA and the COVID vaccine

-Cam Newton fighting with youngsters

-Sports Sociology

Follow Garrett on Twitter and IG: @gachorpenning

Find his work on the Clippers here: https://www.si.com/nba/clippers/author/garrett-chorpenning

This week Dave Castillo, owner of the legendary Saint Vitus in NYC/musician/awesome person, joins to talk about a myriad of topics.

-NCAA players forced to forfeit a game for kneeling

-Dallas Mavericks spark a National Anthem debate

-Are the Knicks building the right way?

-Do the Jets REALLY have a bright future?

Confines

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FAKTOR (Label/A/V collective)

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Saint Vitus

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Ball Is Left hockey correspondent Sam Bosson comes back on the show to discuss the new season of NHL hockey, how they're surviving COVID, and what the player movement for social change looks like now. Plus maybe a little Grateful Dead talk.