Level the Playing Field

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We give our timely, week and a half old Super Bowl thoughts. Sean Payton lays down the law with Russell Wilson and closes to Broncos facilities to his "team". Michael Irvin weirdly and quietly is removed from Super Bowl coverage. Derek Carr crushes the Raiders plans by not waiving his no-trade clause and forcing them to release him. Is Rodgers done in Green Bay? Is Deandre Hopkins on the move? The new pitch clock rules will have unintended consequences for a lot of major league pitchers, including Kevin Gausman. The Leafs complete a blockbuster trade for Ryan O'Reilly and Noel Acciari. Francis Ngannou and Tyson Fury have agreed to a fight. Billboard magazine has come out with their list of the Top 50 rappers of all time.

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Bo Bichette signs 3-year extension with the Blue Jays. LeBron James breaks the NBA points record, and Anthony Davis couldn't care less. NFL Honors regular season awards were handed out. They are making a movie about how Nike signed Michael Jordan. NBA trade deadline madness.

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Scottie Barnes showing a toughness and willingness to get his hands dirty that the rest of the Raptors should emulate. DeMeco Ryans and Sean Payton get hired by the Texans and Broncos, will coaching changed change the fortunes of these two teams? Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts to face off in the Super Bowl, the first time two black quarterbacks will do so. The NFL is rigged. The Lakers are embarrassing themselves. Kyrie Irving traded to Dallas. Conference Championship lookback, and Super Bowl predictions.

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Francis Ngannou leaves UFC over contract dispute. Dana White says it's because he's a coward, Ngannou says he was fighting for better conditions for his fellow fighters. Jake Paul and Tommy Fury have scheduled another fight, does this one happen? Chargers have fired everyone on their offensive staff, does this mean Staley keeps his job? Will it lead to improved results? Toronto is set to host the first ever WNBA game to take place in Canada. Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refuses to take part in pre-game warm up that was supporting the LGBTQ community. Does OG Annunoby want out of Toronto? Will he be a Raptor when the season ends? What is going to happen with Lamar Jackson? Does he get his guaranteed money? Does he stay in Baltimore?

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We have a short therapy session for John, after his Chargers let him down once again. We discuss the rest of a wild Super Wild Card Weekend. Does Brandon Staley deserve to keep his job, both for this collapse, and for playing his starters in a useless game and getting Mike Williams hurt. Am I The Asshole, Odell Beckham edition. How does Tua go from the golden boy, to being replaced in a matter of weeks? Stetson Bennett gets criticism for being too old. Carlos Correa free-agency saga. Aubrey Huff sticks his foot in his mouth. So does Brandon Schaub. Vince McMahon is back in control of the WWE, what happens next?

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Damar Hamlin is thankfully recovering and doing well, we discuss what happened to him, and the discussion that surrounded the incident. We go through the playoff matchups now that most of the matchups are set, and we make some predictions on how we think it will play out. Connor Bedard might be the best player most of us have ever seen play live, should he be punished by having to spend the first 7 years of his career in Arizona if they win the lottery? Rafael Devers signed a huge extension, what does that mean for the Jays big guys who need their own deals? Jake Paul signs with MMA organization PFL, and John doesn't spend the whole time ripping him. Video surfaces of Dana White hitting his wife, should UFC separate themselves from him? We discuss the Raptors current situation, and how we would like to see them handle the rest of the season and moving into the off-season. After we finish our grievances and gratitudes, we discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and the state of the MCU.

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Derek Carr is benched and given permission to be away from the team for the final two games of the season. Is Oakland using him as a scapegoat? Is it fair? Lots of playoff positions are still to be determined with one week left, we go through some of the different possibilities. The NFL and NFLPA conducted an investigation into why no one noticed Tua Tagovailoa was concussed until he reported symptoms Monday, apparently no one found any issues. We name a few of our favourite sports moments from 2022. Why are some sports franchises perpetually bad, while others seem to be able to be consistently successful? Also, is there a big fix? Are the results pre-determined? Have we all been watching a version of pro-wrestling all along?

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Today Dave and John are joined by our friends Andrew and Hogle. We bring up the Terry McLaurin penalty a couple weeks ago to discuss the state of refereeing in the NFL. Jeff Saturday took a lot of heat for their record setting blowout, Dave brings up the $800 million teams have spent on fired coaches over the past 5 years to illustrate even experienced coaches suck. Amare Stoudemire arrested for battery after allegedly punching his daughter in the face. Serge Ibaka vs. Kendrick Perkins beef. NHL is considering increasing the length of it's schedule to 84 games. We discuss the worst logo's in sports. Robert Sarver and Dan Snyder are selling their teams after providing horrible and at times abusive work environments and will make billions off the sale. Canada gets off to a tough start at the World Juniors. Baseball and their balls are in the news again. Doncic goes off for 60P-21R-10A. Udonis Haslem is so cringe. The Blue Jays make a huge trade. Steve Cohen spends all the money. If you could give one athlete a career do-over, who would you pick? Lots of participants means, lots of grievances, we complain, a lot.

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A wild Sunday of football, we talk about TWO walk off defensive touchdowns, and just a ton of exciting game this week.  Will Brady play next year? If so, where? The Arizona Cardinals reportedly are parting ways with their GM. Can the Jags win the AFC South? Skip and Shannon both put on an embarrassing display. Zion punctuates a win with a huge dunk, the Suns get big mad about it, we explain how we think about this type of sportsmanship/gamesmanship.  Argentina wins the World Cup, was this the best final ever? Is Messi the greatest player ever? Overall success or failure for Qatar?

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The Titans have fired their GM. Deion Sanders leaves Jackson State for Colorado. DC Universe cancels all projects, to restart at the beginning. Jays are running out of free agent targets. Ronaldo says his World Cup dreams are over. Will Ovechkin retire as the leading goal scorer in NHL history, how do you compare players across different eras?