Grading the World

"They hate us 'cause they ain't us" syndrome, World War III, China's failed Olympics, Juwan Howard's anger issues, Hope Solo's reaction to the USWNT settlement, Fit vs. talent and the NBA standings.

No Matt this week but Joe and Darryl are joined by special guest Victor Arocho of Jersey Boys Sports Talk to discuss the Super Bowl and The Rock's shameless awful "performance" as well as Florida fanbases, Phil Mickelson's unbelievable comments, NASCAR's broadening, and MLB's de-broadening.

The Fyre Festival Olympic Games, the Lakers, Harden's path and trust in Daryl Morey, bad NBA drafts, and that football game tomorrow.

Brian Flores and his lawsuit against the NFL, what makes a racist, how to tank properly, the Blazers' awful trade, and Brady finally getting off the stage.

How NIL money could boost HBCUs, bye-bye Brady, OT rules, Bruce Arians, Mark Cuban, LeBron James and the Lakers, the NBA's "stance" on sneakers made with slave labor, and the fragmentation of truth.

Australia sends Novak Djokovic home without any tennis, Celebrity Death Week, Lusia Harris, Blazers-Celtics, snow shoveling high school football players, Tatiana Calderon, the new Giants GM and what comes next, safer tackling, a Greased Lightning golf cart, and the Cowboys/49ers ending.

A sad Trail Blazers update, The Curse of Joe, Novak Djokovic, Matt's happy week, Matt Corral's almost disastrous week, the SEC's dominance, and faint praise for Nick Saban.

Darryl gets a new pacemaker, Howard Stern vs. Don Imus, Don't Look Up and Netflix's mastery of cringe inducing reality-based programming, the mess that is Antonio Brown, Becky Hammon finally gets a head coaching job, the US Women's Golf Open boosting its prize money, and Satan vs. Hitler.

John Madden's unique legacy, Darryl springs two amazing surprises on us, online life vs. real life, Jets and Giants woes and a Joe Pisarcik story, NBA's COVID situation, the IOC and other international sporting organizations take their usual abuse from us, more F1 101, and players opting out of bowl games.

Sports Illustrated and NPR legend Frank Deford spoke to Joe in 2012 about a host of issues surrounding college athletics: The John Calipari experiment, traumatic brain injuries in football, activist athletes, the value of a scholarship, and changes in sports reporting. Enjoy our conversation and your holiday; we will be back next week.