Grand Sumo Breakdown

With the awful news of Hibikiryu's passing due to his injury in the March tournament, we thought we should follow up on our recent injury episode before the next basho gets underway. Our sincerest condolences to his family and stablemates.

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Ryan, Mak, and Jake go over the banzuke for our upcoming basho and see if Mak's supercomputer is finally catching up to Ryan's regular ol' brain when it comes to predicting the rankings.

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With the recent terrible injury to Hibikiryu, we thought it was about time we had a deeper discussion on some of the many injuries we've seen in sumo. Please note we are not healthcare professionals or anything, but we do think there are some common sense improvements that can be made to this sport we love.

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Ryan and Jake discuss what the rankings will look like for May and do our part to raise awareness for those suffering from SVD (Seasonal Vikings Disorder).

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For our yearly dose of posting garbage on our favorite date, please join us this year for some long lost footage from the golden age of American sumo wrestling. Special thanks to our guests, Whatta, Sumo Kaboom, Mr JWags, and our field correspondent B.

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Sports' greatest comeback has been completed! We chat about Terunofuji's win and how Jake is coping with Takayasu choking... Stay tuned till the end for your voicemails on the yokozuna retirement discussion from last time.

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***Spoilers through Day 8***

Halfway through another Nokozuna basho and the leaders are beginning to emerge. Join us to discuss and leave us a voicemail on if you think the Yokozuna need to retire at 805-613-SUMO (7866).

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Did this off-season feel particularly long to anyone else? Glad it's over. Check out our Youtube page in the next few days if you want to see our first attempt at recording a whole podcast of our ugly mugs live.

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Ryan, Mak, and Jake review the banzuke for March. #JusticeForDaieisho

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Now that he's called it a career, let's take a look back on the legendary Kotoshogiku and toss in some fun music trivia while we're at it.

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