Grading the World

Joe is finally home and back to rising early, this time to discuss getting old, the NBA draft, Zach Wilson and Gregg Knapp, the Yankees' big deals, Simone Biles, 3x3, and COVID vaccine resistors.

For the first time ever, all three of the gentlemen are in the studio together, and were joined by Deadspin senior editor Julie DiCaro to talk about her book Sidelined: Sports, Culture, and Being a Woman in America. Also: Trevor Bauer, Chauncey Billups, ESPN, Social Media, NIL opportunities, investigative journalism, QB development, the Bulls and Bears, and the Cosby case.

Fried clams, climate change, Red Sox/Yankees, the infantilization of black athletes, Dame Lillard, Bill Cosby, and Trevor Bauer.

While Matt enjoys his Cape Cod vacation, Darryl and Joe have some extra room to babble on about Joe Paterno, the Yankees/Red Sox rivalry, Carl Nassib, the Blazers' mangled coaching search and the Celtics' moves, along with Jennifer Nettles, Robert Plant, Tool, The Jonas Brothers, and the Backstreet Boys (not live on the show, just in stories).

Darryl prepares for his last day and a half as a teacher, the top-heavy NBA playoffs are somehow still surprising, Joe's head injuries, and MLB pitchers gooping up their fingers. Plus: the Muppets and Peanuts

Jason Tatum, Becky Hammon, Portland, Lebron's "walkoff" and AD's fragility, and Naomi Osaka. Plus: Ethel Kennedy

We say goodbye to our unquestioned number one fan, plus the Indy 500's various walls, Jayson Tatum, LeBron being maybe anti-vax but maybe not, the magic of Madison Square Garden, the reputation of Boston fans, and Phil Mickelson.

Special guest Mike Freeman and a traveling Joe join Matt and Darryl for a peek into New Jersey high school sports and academics in the pandemic era and the requisite amounts of baseball and NBA chatter.

The deterioration of the human body, mask freedom, contact tracing, the evolution of the NBA 7-footer, a play-in lovefest, the worst reason for anything, and Amy Bockerstette. Plus, is it ok to hate Tim Tebow?

Did Gleyber Torres kill the shift once and for all? Whither the Nets and Lakers? Should Tom Wilson and George Parros be banished from the NHL? Is there a NFL franchise worse at handling quarterbacks than the Green Bay Packers? Plus Matt's catastrophic solution to a nonexistent problem.