Dirt & Sprague

NFL Playoff stats opposite Hot Buttered Rums, Bootleggers and Benjamin Franklin

Matt Maiocco covers the 49ers for NBC Sports Bay Area and returns to the ticker to preview the NFC Title game and has a great story about his $5 bet with Jim Harbaugh that remains unpaid...

The Daily Ticker features 49ers beat reporter Matt Maiocco, then who are the potential teams for Hard Knocks in 2024....An NFL Playoff edition of Stat or Story....and are we fading the cranky Blazers in Houston tonight?

A striking contrast in style...the coaching match up in the NFC Title between Shanahan and Campbell...and should 49ers fans be more concerned about Purdy's play or Shanahan's play calling? Plus can Huskies still have a great 2024 season with all the changes, and a transfer portal update.

A playoff edition of Zig or Zag with thoughts on the future of the Bills, the coaching battle in the NFC Title and how big is the AFC title game in the Patrick Mahomes era?

The guys discuss the battle for the perfect home temperature...then did the Blazers get hosed in OKC? The Bucks fire their head coach half way into his first season, can they still win an NBA title? And we do the NFL Zig or Zag...

Would Portland fans swap the Blazers for any NFL team...power rank the lower end sit down restaurant chains...and other nonsense.

NBA trade rumors, Rozier to the Heat...Blazers talking to Knicks about Brogdon. Male Sack, and would you lock your smartphone away for a month for $10K?

Alex Gold fo 610 sports radio in Kansas City returns to the Ticker with a preview of the Chiefs 6th straight AFC Title game appearance and what it will take to beat the Ravens.

Who deserves the blame in Buffalo...are the Ravens head and shoulders above the rest of the playoff field...the fight from the Olds over analytics in football...Ticker Time: Alex Gold in KC with the issues facing the Chiefs against the Ravens, and why do we pick and choose defending certain QBs in the NFL?