Sports Odds and Ends

By Sports Odds and Ends

Geared towards sports fans and non-sports fans alike, kingkaz, DJM, and jveezy discuss strange and offbeat sports stories.... more

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September 19, 2016Episode 007: Carolina, Concussions, with Kevin Harlan on the call!
Kevin Harlan with the Radio Call of the Year
Video of the call laid over the ESPN video feed
Deadspin article with fan video
NFL Announces New Concussion Initiative
NFL committing $100 million to new concussion initiative (Sports Illustrated)
Commissioner Roger Goodell’s Letter (Play Smart Play Safe)
NFL Rule Change Backfiring?
Bill Belichick isn’t bending to NFL kickoff rule and others may follow suit (Yahoo Sports)
Can the Concussion Protocol Be Exploited as a Strategy?
Referee sends Tyrod Taylor into concussion protocol after illegal hit despite his objections (SB Nation)
NCAA Moves Championship Events from North Carolina for 2016-17 due to Anti-LGBT Laws
NCAA to relocate championships from North Carolina for 2016-17 (NCAA)
Wearable Technology in Sports and Who Owns the Data?
With Wearable Tech Deals, New Player Data Is Up for Grabs (New York Times)
Credits
Theme music from OverClocked ReMix (http://ocremix.org): Super Dodge Ball “Friendly Fire” by Level 99 and WillRock
Kevin Harlan’s radio call from Westwood One
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September 14, 2016Episode 006: Sentencing, Solo, and School Supplies
Quick Recap: More Anthem Stuff
Kaepernick donating proceeds from jersey sales
Washington Spirit prevents Megan Rapinoe taking a knee during national anthem by playing anthem ahead of schedule. (Grant Wahl on Twitter)
Hope Solo accuses US Soccer
Hope Solo says she knows the real reason for her U.S. Soccer ouster (FC Yahoo)
U.S. Soccer did a big thing badly by suspending Hope Solo (Stars and Stripes FC)
Hope Solo deserved better from U.S. Soccer (San Francisco Chronicle)
Charitable Athletes
Olympian sells silver medal to help pay for child’s cancer treatment (CBS Sports)
Biased Justice
Study: LSU alumni judges give tougher sentences after football team loses (Sports Illustrated)
Emotional Judges and Unlucky Juveniles (National Bureau of Economic Research)
School Supply Suspension
Charleston Southern suspends 14 players vs. FSU due to NCAA school-supply violations (SB Nation)
Some NFL Teams Are Implementing Rugby-Style Tackling
Rugby-style tackling could be the future of a safer NFL, and football at every other level (SB Nation)
Credits
Theme music from OverClocked ReMix (http://ocremix.org): Super Dodge Ball “Friendly Fire” by Level 99 and WillRock
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September 07, 2016Episode 005: Take a Knee against Injustice
Technology and Sports
How tech changed scoring in sports—nearly a century ago (Ars Technica)
The NFL is putting tracking sensors inside footballs (Recode)
Chargers Finally Signed Joey Bosa
San Diego Chargers sign Joey Bosa to four-year deal (Bolts from the Blue)
More Kaepernick
Nate Boyer’s open letter to Kaepernick (Army Times)
After meeting with Boyer, Kaepernick took a knee instead, joined by teammate, then announced he was donating $1 million to community groups (Niners Nation)
Kaepernick’s Jersey Sales Skyrocket (Darren Rovell on Twitter)
Seattle Reign FC forward Megan Rapinoe also joined Kaepernick in taking a knee before her match on Sunday vs the Chicago Red Stars (Equalize Soccer)
Deer Tackles Triathlete
Deer collides with competitor at Dublin city triathlon (BBC News)
O’Reilly was given a 150 euro voucher from a sponsor to replace his helmet (Facebook)
Credits
Theme music from OverClocked ReMix (http://ocremix.org): Super Dodge Ball “Friendly Fire” by Level 99 and WillRock
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August 28, 2016Episode 004: Football, Fantasy, and Free Agency
Minor Leaguer Breaks His Own Windshield with Grand Slam
Baseball player destroys his own truck’s windshield with grand slam (SB Nation)
Colin Kaepernick National Anthem Controversy
Colin Kaepernick Refuses To Stand For Anthem: “There Are Bodies In The Street” [Update] (Deadspin)
Daily Fantasy Sports
Welcome to the Big Time: The implosion of the daily fantasy industry is a bro-classic tale of hubris, recklessness, political naïveté and a kill-or-be-killed culture. (ESPN Outside the Lines)
Free Agency from a Player’s Perspective
The Life of a Free Agent Kicker (The Player’s Tribune)
Joey Bosa Contract Situation
Background explanation (SB Nation)
Chargers’ Statement (Twitter)
The Chargers want you to think they’re the good guys in the Joey Bosa standoff (SB Nation)
NFL General Managers Laughing at Chargers for Ruining Joey Bosa’s Rookie Season (Bleacher Report)
Credits
Theme music from OverClocked ReMix (http://ocremix.org): Super Dodge Ball “Friendly Fire” by Level 99 and WillRock
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August 22, 2016Episode 003: The Ryan Lochte/Rio Olympacalypse
The Drugs Won
https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/the-drugs-won-the-case-for-ending-the-sports-war-on-doping
Leave Gabby Douglas Alone
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/15/12476322/gabby-douglas-rio-olympics-racism
Apocalympics
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/olympic-volunteers-1.3721404
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/17/12516070/ioc-executive-has-been-arrested-for-participation-in-a-ticket
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/21/mongolian-wrestling-coaches-strip-to-protest-controversial-bronze-medal-match-defeat/ Video of incident (https://streamable.com/dzk5 )
http://qz.com/759119/why-brazilians-cant-help-booing-anything-and-everything-at-the-olympics/
Ryan Lochte and Friends
http://deadspin.com/report-ryan-lochte-and-his-rowdy-swimming-pals-defiant-1785452472
http://abcnews.go.com/International/ryan-lochte-james-feigen-indicted-rio-de-janeiro/story?id=41496292
USOC apologizes: http://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/USOC/081816-Statement
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-ryan-lochte-punishment-20160821-story.html
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August 17, 2016Episode 002: More to hockey than fights, except nobody told this dude
Daily Beast Reporter Outs Gay Athletes
http://www.vox.com/2016/8/11/12440186/daily-beast-olympics-gay
http://www.poynter.org/2016/the-daily-beast-takes-down-olympic-village-grindr-story/426151/
Coach Poses as Athlete for Drug Test
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/11/12447364/john-anzrah-kenya-olympics-posing-athlete-urine-sample
NFL Cancels Hall of Fame Game
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/8/12401542/2016-nfl-hall-of-fame-game-cancelled-field-conditions-what-happened-lol-debacle
Hockey Player Just Wants to Fight
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/8/8/12403582/khl-damir-ryspayev-russian-hockey-game-canceled-after-fighting-entire-team
New Beer Mile World Record
http://www.trackie.com/track-and-field/TrackieTV/2016-world-beer-mile-classic-fast-heat-corey-bellemore-world-record-4-34/6838/
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July 31, 2016Episode 001: Not Everybody Likes Throwbacks
ESPN Broadcasting Evo
http://www.esportsbettingreport.com/evo-2016-espn-esports-coverage/
Rio Olympics Problems
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/25/rio-2016-olympic-officials-athletes-village-unfinished?CMP=twt_gu
http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-australia/rio-olympics-2016-mayor-offers-kangaroo-in-athletes-village-for-australians-20160724-gqct15.html
http://www.sbnation.com/2016/7/26/12285240/photo-olympics-cocaine-bags-logo
http://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/36929355
http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1040087/chinese-athlete-robbed-of-luggage-at-rio-2016-after-being-victim-of-hoax-drunk#.V5yV_kvNby4.twitter
http://www.thescore.com/olym/news/1067824-main-ramp-collapses-at-rio-2016-sailing-venue
Aldon Smith Being Dumb
http://www.csnbayarea.com/raiders/questionable-aldon-smith-video-surfaces-social-media
https://twitter.com/AldonSmith/status/757619520907337728
Not Everyone Likes Throwback Jerseys
http://time.com/4420963/white-sox-chris-sale-suspend/
http://www.southsidesox.com/2015/8/27/9184163/the-ugly-truth-is-that-these-uniforms-are-the-best
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February 04, 2016Beta Episode 7: Special Football Misery Edition with Special Guests Drewsipher and DJM
Note: This episode was recorded in December and graciously edited by DJM due to us taking so long to get it out. We are releasing this ahead of the previously recorded episode to get it out in time for the Super Bowl. -jveezy
Player Safety Concerns
Video: Blood and Sport (13 minutes)
NY Times Opinion Piece by Bennet Omalu, chief medical examiner of San Joaquin County, Calif., and associate clinical professor of pathology at the University of California, Davis
Who’s at fault for letting the Rams quarterback keep on playing despite an obvious head injury?
NFL’s concussion priorities: Dodging blame, making players responsible
What the hell is a catch?
Complete history of the NFL’s dumb catch rule confusing people
Silly explanation by Jon Bois
NFL to take closer look at catch rule amid controversies
Counter-argument that the current catch rule is actually pretty good
Silly Stuff
Nobody showed up to Blaine Gabbert’s press conference
The Lions
Matt Millen apologizes to Lions fans
Matt Millen was a worse drafter than random chance
“The Raiders drafted JaMarcus Russell over Calvin Johnson, but the Lions have only 3 more wins since then.”
Lions lose on improbable hail mary
How improbable?
The hail mary almost hit the ceiling
The Browns
The Kick Six
Bart Scott hid in the bathroom to avoid signing with the Cleveland Browns
Factory of Sadness Update
Original Factory of Sadness Video
At this point we had all rambled on for so long that Kaz had to cut the episode short.
Guests:
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December 02, 2015Beta Episode 5
Main Story: Daily Fantasy Sports
What are they?
Wikipedia Article on Daily Fantasy Sports
Are they gambling?
New York seeks injunction to shut down DraftKings and FanDuel immediately
FanDuel Ceases Operations In New York
Massachusetts will allow daily fantasy sports to operate under new regulations
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Video
Follow-ups
Yahoo meeting with NFL to stream Thursday Night games.
Silly Stuff
MLB Upset about Fallout 4 David Ortiz Mod
That Didn’t Take Long: MLB Plans Action Against Fallout 4 David Ortiz Mod
MLB Gets Huffy Over Fallout 4 David Ortiz Modification
Athlete Crimes
Russell Branyan arrested for breaking into his ex-wife’s house, stealing stuff, turning down thermostat
Long(er) Distance Running
Bangkok half-marathon accidentally extended 4 miles
Paralympians Are Competitive Too
Paralympics to get tough on scrotum-squeezing ‘boosters’
Teaser for Next Week
Ronda Rousey vs Holly Holm
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November 15, 2015Alpha 4
Fantasy Football Update
Kaz beat jveezy after jveezy’s kicker failed to get two points in a Monday night game.
Athlete Activism
14 year old GK Freyja Reed kicked off her team for speaking out against her team’s sponsor
http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/booted-b-c-teen-not-going-to-apologize-for-opposing-team-sponsor-1.2638379
http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/b-c-teen-kicked-off-girls-soccer-team-over-sponsorship-spat-1.2632883
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-island-soccer-club-suspended-1.3289999
University of Missouri Protests
University of Missouri System president Tim Wolfe stepped down as faculty threatened to walk out and the school’s football team went on strike in a show of support for students who say he’s done too little to combat racism on Mizzou’s campus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_University_of_Missouri_protests
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/09/timeline-university-of-missouri-racism-protests-resignation/75467354/
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/mizzou-would-need-400-more-black-faculty-and-staff-to-meet-students-demands/
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/missouri-protest-exposes-ncaa-s-greatest-fear-200005001.html
Silly Stuff
Ray Ray Armstrong investigated for taunting K-9 dogs
http://pro32.ap.org/article/raiders-linebacker-investigated-alleged-k-9-taunting
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25370061/raiders-jack-del-rio-calls-ray-ray-armstrong-dog-taunting-story-silly
Aqib Talib suspended 1 game for poking Dwayne Allen in the eye
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000576362/article/aqib-talib-claims-colts-allen-was-milking-eye-poke
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown-corner/aqib-talib-calls-eye-poke–honest-mistake—doesn-t-know-what-honest-mistake-means-142802062.html
https://twitter.com/MikeKlis/status/663812576300564481
Chinese announcer fired for falling asleep in the middle of a match
http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2015/11/6/9681434/soccer-announcer-fall-asleep-real-madrid-zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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FAQs about Sports Odds and Ends:

How many episodes does Sports Odds and Ends have?

The podcast currently has 203 episodes available.