First Ballot: The Hall of Fame Podcast

First Ballot: The Hall of Fame Podcast

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First Ballot: The Hall of Fame Podcast episodes

  • The Lakers Don’t Care About Conference Championships with Ryan Bergara

    Most teams celebrate making the Finals, but in 2010, the Los Angeles Lakers sent a message, and created one of the Coldest Moments in NBA History. Guest Ryan Bergara goes deep on Game 6, discusses his career, and shares some good old fashioned, real ghost stories.

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    1 hr 15 min
  • Klay’s 37 with Zach Harper

    NBA Champion Klay Thompson scored 37 points.  In about 10 minutes, during one quarter, of a professional basketball game.  The rest of the game?  Eh.  Is one sterling quarter enough for the First Ballot Hall of Fame?  Plus, guest Zach Harper (@talkhoops) breaks down Julia Louis Dreyfus, the Anthony Edwards Battle for Supremacy, and what makes an NBA run the best thing in the world.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Shawn Kemp’s Lister Blister vs. The Gatling Dap with @Dunkcomp

    Shawn Kemp’s dunks are fully electric.  Shawn Kemp would have left the Internet in ribbons.  It’s time we commemorate Shawn Kemp the right way, by deciding which of his dunks should make the First Ballot Hall of Fame:  his most infamous, or his most underappreciated?  A 90’s basketball geekfest with guest @Dunkcomp.  Plus, the importance of the post-dunk celebration, and a conversation as to whether Kevin Calabro is the best NBA announcer of all-time.

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    1 hr 2 min
  • The Ogunbowale Final Four with Jordan Ligons

    Arike Ogunbowale may have the most underrated sports moment of the last 30 years.  Co-host of Spinsters podcast, Jordan Ligons (@_jordanligons) discusses whether Ogunbowale’s back-to-back game and National Championship winners are the Greatest Moment in NCAA Basketball History.  Plus, Jordan shares details on the most insane college mascot that’s ever existed.

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    53 min
  • Iverson Over Lue with Nick Wiger

    All 6 feet and 165 lbs of Allen Iverson had to face the Best Duo in NBA History — Shaq and Kobe — and the Los Angeles Lakers, who were undefeated in the 2001 NBA Playoffs.  What Iverson did that night was create one of the Most Enduring Sports Moment in the last two decades, but will two die-hard Laker fans allow it into the First Ballot Hall of Fame?  Nick Wiger (@nickwiger) of the Legendary Doughboys podcast discusses Iverson’s heavy-looking shoes, how Iverson saved Ty Lue’s career, and his own wildly successful podcast career.

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    54 min
  • They Don’t Love You Like That! with Josiah Johnson
    Is Draymond Green’s ruthless berating of Paul Pierce Hall of Fame worthy?  The King of NBA Twitter, Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) helps decide whether Draymond is the King of NBA Trash Talk, and talks about visiting his dad on set of the classic movie White Men Can’t Jump.

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    44 min
  • Bo vs. Deion with Joon Lee
    Bo Jackson and Deion Sanders are ICONS of the highest order, two sport superstars and feisty rivals.  You will not believe what happened the first and ONLY time they faced each other in professional competition.  Plus, our guest, ESPN’s @joonlee, tells a world-class Reggie Jackson story and talks price tag on a Bo/Deion throwback t-shirt.

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    49 min
  • Rudy F-ing Gay with Molly Morrison
    A crushing loss for the Toronto Raptors gave birth to a legendary, #NBAtwitter viral video.  We get the real story behind the moment, then guest Molly Morrison's (@mollyhannahm) theory that will change NBA fans forever.

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    49 min
  • Hell in a Cell with Solomon Missouri
    To Hell and Back! A deep dive on what might be the Greatest Professional Wrestling Match of All-Time — Hell in a Cell: Undertaker vs. Mankind — with our guest, the Reverend @solomonmissouri

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    1 hr 12 min

About First Ballot: The Hall of Fame Podcast

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First Ballot is a weekly podcast that celebrates the moments in sports that really matter, and decides whether to induct them into the First Ballot Hall of Fame.