Tom and Nic talk about the history of mascots and their role as in-game entertainment.

The boys watch the Nov. 17, 2018 Syracuse versus Notre Dame college football game at Yankee Stadium in New York City and talk about it as well as the history of television presentation of football.

Turns out there are some teams in America who did not get the memo about cultural sensitivity, especially regarding the plight of Native Americans.

“It’s just a heart attack.”

Tom and Nic talk about the origins of skating and the excellent documentary Dogtown and Z Boys. It gets pretty radical, man.

In this tubular episode the boys catch some gnarly waves and talk about the lunacy that is big wave surfing.

After a short discussion of the new Nike ad campaign we boo and cheer and hit each other with chairs about professional wrestling.

After a brief discussion of complete hardcase Lawson Craddock, we discuss the origins and current status of beach volleyball.

The boys discuss the history and current status of that most American sport, NASCAR.

After a follow-up about salary caps in the NHL, we discuss the history and now of the WNBA.