CzabeCast

As a marketing vehicle, the combine is the greatest pint of snake oil ever sold in sports history. The fact that television covers it, and news outlets pay to send reporters is amazing. And yeah, it's a fun guilty pleasure. But it probably does more harm than good. Andy Pollin joins me to make his case for Bryce Harper being in the Nat's "Ring of Honor" (wut?) and to assess his appetite for Rosen the Chosen. All that, plus.... "good boy! You're such a good boy!"

It's the "most important position in sports" and yet, the ability for NFL teams to adequately sort out the shiners from the shitstains, remains highly imperfect. So on a dreary combine Saturday, I bought wings and a soda for one Coach Paul Troth, who knows a thing or two about quarterbacking to give me his thoughts. That, plus another excellent piece about the pure evil of Twitter, and a surprise subscriber to the CzabeCast.

You would think that my guest Notorious J-A-Y's favorite rock n' roll group Queen getting a Hollywood blockbuster made about them would make him boundlessly happy. Not so. Too many liberties for Jay, and he breaks them down today. LeBron James has actived "Pout Mode." Jussie Smollet and the latest "go ahead and try to kick me out" society. Hockey team embraces the label: "Bunch of Jerks!"

The NFL has become a league of optics, and a league that goes out of it's way to be "women friendly" in every regard. This Orchids of Asia story... is... as the meme goes... "Not great, Bob!" How could Kraft be this stupid/reckless? What will the NFL do? Also highlights of my trip to Africa with listeners. Zion Williamson. Camera enlightenment. The glory that is, flying first class!

Buffalo Bills first rounder out of Wisconsin Lee Evans joins myself and Fred Smoot to discuss his career in the NFL, as well as the hot topics in the league this offseason: everything from Kyler Murray's prospects at QB, to Kareem Hunt's off-field trouble, to the difficult to manage but even more difficult to cover Antonio Brown. Good laughs and never before told nuggets abound in this episode. Some come join us tableside!

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The case of Kareem Hunt is an interesting reflection of how little empathy some in the media have for human beings who have made a serious mistake in judgement. So Hunt should never play in the NFL again? What would that achieve? What would it prevent? Whose best interests would it serve? Does the notion of "the punishment fitting the crime" even matter anymore? Notorious JAY joins me to discuss Grammy's, blackface, random Tigers, Zion, and more. Plus you never know who you might meet on Bumble, so watch out!

On the one hand, at least there's not a meth lab being run out of the basement. On the other hand, leave it to nosy neighbors to get all bent out of shape when your house goes on the market with a basement that could double as a shooting set for the next "50 Shades" movie. Andy Pollin joins me to discuss Warner Wolf's meltdown, the new AAF, and the "Old World Order" when it came to sports media. I also talk grip strength and Grammys.

But he is a guy who still doesn't get it. After finally tugging on Superman's cape one too many times, and getting booted from the Super Bowl broadcast because of it, he talked to ESPN's OTL to take his virtue signaling "victory" lap. For a guy that hated football so much, he sure did love the money. AAF Debut. Lego Movie 2 review. New podcast gear. iMac took a shit. Lenny Dykstra is a bad neighbor.

I've been told that fame is the most addictive drug in the world. How would I know? I'm barely podcast famous. But Lavar Ball, ohhh, there's a different cat. That guy was THE talk of the sports world just a few years ago. Now, his over-rated kid is about to be launched through the NBA's moon door to a city that's already lost an NBA team once. It's gonna be a helluva a hard landing, "Big Baller." Brace yourself. Mr. X joins me to dissect and compare notes on the Patriots Super Bowl win, and the way the dynasty has relentlessly marched on into territory other franchises only dream of. All that, plus a word on "f-bombs."

You are going to have dig deep into today's episode for that little nugget of truth. But go ahead, it's in there people. That's the thing about the CzabeCast. It rewards your ears, it massages your brain, it leaves you with a little something that you never would have thought about if I didn't bring it up. Notorious J-A-Y watched the SuperBowl but skipped the halftime show. Good grief. Uncle Sam the Deadbeat. Dodger fan takes one to the forehead, has a helluva story to tell St. Peter at the pearly gates.