Drunken Sportsmen

Welcome to the first Drunken Sportsmen podcast of Summer 2014. Listen below or on iTunes. This wild ride includes:

 

Black Saddle Bourbon

Black Saddle won the 2014 Double Gold at the San Francisco World spirits competition. We do our best to discern its flavors and quality with an in depth break down of the aesthetics of the bottle and label.

Espolon Tequila

Our first and everlasting love.

Adrenal Fatigue

It's real and if you drink lots of coffee and alcohol, you probably suffer from it to some degree. Don't worry we got your back.

Twitter spam

Why Anthony had to take down his tweet about hitting the trifecta at the Preakness.

George Gershwin, Geniuses, and Malcolm Gladwell

Drew drops some riveting Gershwin knowledge and explains his (Drew's) inability to appreciate nuance in food and drink. Anthony delves into the myth of genius per Malcolm Gladwell and expresses disdain for Gladwell's effect on pseudo-intellectual cocktail party talk. I come to Gladwell's defense because his books are fucking awesome even if they enable superficial folks to glean some nuggets to make themselves look smart.

Do We All Lack Depth?

Are we all a mile wide and an inch deep?

The World Cup - Was this progress for US Soccer?

Did Jurgen Klinsmann cause some of USMNT's injuries? Is America becoming more into soccer? USA bars and watching parties say so. Anthony's broadcast strategy for growing soccer in America.

Doughnuts - An Exploration of Their Role in Our Society

In depth discussion of the best doughnuts and why no one ever orders doughnuts from Dunkin Donuts. Introducing our new Doughnut Truck. Devolves into a discussion of why sliders are better than burgers.

The Worst Thing I've Seen on TV This Week

Hint: both were on ESPN. Only one involved humans guzzling soggy buns.

Abbreve of the Week

"Seg" - thanks Anthony.

Spontaneity Exercise - What would your last words be?

What sage and meaningful thing would you say as your last words?

Photo by gnews pics via Flickr.

Back at Jerry Remy's in the Seaport for a chilly Sunday night podcast (listen on iTunes or hit play below) in Boston. This episode is capped by a special guest appearance. Areas of exploration include:

Is Sam Adams the Starbucks of beer? Adjacent topic: Angry Orchard Cider

The triple threat of bar service.  The 2/3 rule.

Fan Duel -- one day money fantasy leagues

Buffalo Chicken meatballs from The Parlour, West Roxbury, MA

Lawrence's new Mayor -- the great Dan Rivera

".22 caliber mind in a .357 magnum world."

The Untethered Soul - get control of your mind and emotions

Sochi - the destructive force that is Putin's Olympics

Lulu - a great app to make guys feel bad about themselves

Drew and I sidled up to the bar at Jerry Remy's in Boston's Seaport on Friday night. Amongst many other mind-exfoliating topics, we talk about:

a great new podcast by an up and coming comic

a high school football coach that never punts

stepping back from your emotions

why statistics will improve your life

the trick to happiness in life

West Wing's not so great moments

Bill Maher, Godzilla, and the Red Sox

Patriots talk - Can they beat the Panthers? The Broncos?

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Photo courtesy of Stuck in Customs.

The titillating topics include:

Warehouse (bar) in Boston's Financial District

We record from the newest bar in the Financial district whilst taking in the great game of American football, NFL style.

Are the Giants the worst team in the NFL?

Paperbag head citings in KC. Tony reports back from the front.

Apple Picking at Nashoba Valley Winery and Bolton Farms

The shocking danger and excitement of apple picking.  WTF is the deal with cider doughnuts? When pulled pork is on a doughnut, you can eat pulled pork anytime.

Earl Campbell Jersey Sighting

Why you should love Earl Campbell.

Random Wikipedia Page of the Week - History of Walpole

Much more interesting than you would think.

Answering the age old question: is America's youth terrible?

How that kind of lazy generalization keeps us alive.

What is Ryan Reynolds like?

Not just a piece of meat.

All the Way at A.R.T.

Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad plays Lyndon Baines Johnson.  Big time actors in a tiny little theater.

Photo by Jeff Kubina

From The Fours, in the shadows of Boston's TD Garden (once voted the #1 sports bar in America by Sports Illustrated), we cover a wide variety of sports, life, and drinking topics including:

(Listen here or Hit Play at the bottom of the page.)

The Ruin Bruin

Will the Patriots offense miss a beat after Aaron Hernandez debacle?

Picture of Jim Rice carrying a bloodied child; Jim Rice discussion ensues

The Jack Morris Hall of Fame campaign

Fenway Park: Is its time up?

The Phone was invented in Boston?

Duck boat drivers are assholes

The Aaron Hernandez eBay Jersey Vigilante

Obligatory Tim Tebow Talk

Tyler Seguin: Party Animal

Celtics Re-build

Brad Stevens: Not Rick Pitino

Richard Sherman the douchebag

UFC: Silva vs. Weidman

Brazilian soccer match goes wrong

USMNT, Lando, and the inevitable Freddy Adu punchline

Joe Peta, author of soon to be NY Times bestseller Trading Bases: A Story About Wall Street, Gambling, and Baseball (Not Necessarily in That Order), was kind of enough to take a break from his whirlwind book tour and join us on the podcast.

Joe is one of those people you feel lucky to interview because he makes it so easy.  Peta is a gifted storyteller, and he cites that as one of the keys to effective writing.

We discussed, among other things, the intersection of sports and bar culture, Michael Lewis's influence on Joe's writing, fatherhood and sports, how to make money gambling on baseball, Rounders and the underground poker scene in NYC, the book tour, and how to appear on TV without crapping yourself.

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Links

Trading Bases Blog

Trading Bases on Amazon

Trading Bases on iTunes

Coach: Lessons on the Game of Life

Doyle Brunson's Super System: A Course in Power Poker, 3rd Edition

Where's Whitey Bulger? What's going on with Robert Parrish?

Is the Patriots run over? Will Wes Welker play for the Patriots again?

Apparently two brothers are coaching in the Super Bowl?

Super Bowl Prop bet analysis - Vonta Leach TD? Titty appearance? Harbaugh parents?

What's the difference between A.J. Hawk and Clay Matthews?  How dark and how many skeletons are in Clay's closet?

Alicia Keys's ass -- fo' real? What's it like at an Alicia Keys concert?

Super Bowl XXXVI rehash. Was that really Janet Jackson's boob?

Baseball Hall of Fame talk - the argument for caring or not caring. Barry Bonds Apologist Society is officially founded by Anthony.

Liverpool's loss to Oldham Athletic. Who is Matt Smith?

FIFA songs and memories, oh the memories

National Geographic - the original porn source

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Steve Sidwell is one of the nicest people I've ever met.

The long time NFL defensive coordinator talked to us about football and life. It was a great time.

Sidwell has coached hall of fame players in New Orleans, New England, Seattle, Houston, Indianapolis and SMU.

He was at SMU during the days recently documented in ESPN's 30 for 30, Pony Excess, and discussed that era and the scandal-ridden Southwest Conference.  We also got into the Ghosts of Ole Miss (another ESPN 30 for 30 documentary) era.

Steve delved into a couple TV and movie reviews including Spartacus.  We also discussed life as a coach, getting started in coaching, and various stories from his college and NFL stops. We briefly touch on the collision of politics and coaching.

Stay tuned for Part 2, which is coming soon.

 

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Photo originally appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

I had a quick chat with Gary Vaynerchuk last night via his 1 a day Q&A program.  For those of you that don't know Gary, he wrote  the bestseller Crush It  (essential reading for anyone wanting to escape the 9 to 5) and created an extremely successful web video series called Wine Library TV.  Long story short, Gary Vee is huge. He will likely own the Jets someday.  He is a large part of the inspiration for this entire website.

I've always admired Gary's passion, and the vigilance with which he communicates with his audience. Just check out his Twitter feed.  Nearly 1 million followers and he seemingly responds to all of them.  He continues to put his money where his mouth is with this interview series.

The question that I'm left with after this interview (that I wish I dug into, but didn't have the mental wherewithal as I was conducting this from a busy Gillette Stadium parking lot), is how do we all cultivate Gary's level of "fire in the belly"? Most of us aren't born with it, but I do believe that we can train ourselves to be more motivated.

Maybe it's an aggressive daily routine of reminding ourselves what we want and why.  I don't know, but I think if we can dig more into how Gary came to be this way it could help us all.  Just something to think about.

Front page photo by Scott Beale.

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Why did the 2012 Broncos rip Drew's heart out?  Why was Drew at Pippin? How do you deal with sobriety? Is Louis CK the best comic ever? Were the Redskins trying to end RGIII's career? Is Richard Sherman the biggest d-bag in the NFL? Why would Bill watch over 100 episodes of Gossip Girl? Is Suits the best show on TV?

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