SportsGasmic

After a month and a half off from the on-pod work, Dave & Shea are back at trying to dissect a crazy holiday period in the sports world.

The biggest news, the Astros scandal. We talk all facets - why is it different, what will it mean for baseball, what are the ramifications, and how do we feel about it.

The other big stories - the NCAA football championship, OBJ slapping asses and giving money - why neither should be worried about, but are. The Ducks end a great season on a high, and Vince meets a famous fan with Port Adelaide ties.

There's been so much fucking sports since we last podded that we really hit it all swiftly, but we also chat about the race in the English Premier League and how it has developed (knock on wood) into a very likely good year for Liverpool.

There's a lot going on. Gonna need an alcoholic digestive to get this one down - Shea can help out with that.

Shea has maybe recovered from his concussion/sinus infection, & joins Dave for another week of NBA chat.

- Carmelo Anthony is back in the league - & in Portland?! We chat about the unlikely move, just how desperate the Blazers are, & if anything can even help the 19/20 iteration of a team that were conference finalists just a few months ago.

- Load management. It's a loaded term. Ayyyyy. We chat about it. And talk about why it's a mountain out of a molehill, & ya'll need to get over it.

- Luka Doncic is boss. That's it. But we talk about it, & the early MVP chances.

Get those cold & flu tablets in, avoid the concussions, & join us for another great episode of the SG Pod.

A big pre-international break weekend is broken down as Shea & Dave chat the fallout of Liverpool's big 3-1 win over Manchester City. Shea thinks the race is done, but Dave sees a long road ahead.

Also on the agenda:

- The fallout of the match as Sterling can't shake the mental turmoil of the events at Anfield, & deciding to crack into Gomez at England camp. Should the national team meet up so soon after such a huge club match?

- The title race is heating up, as though Liverpool have a handy gap, Leicester & Chelsea are quietly getting themselves into the mix.

- More VAR controversy. Because of course there fucking was. But was it really?

- Breaking ground in Australia as the Matildas become the first national women's side to receive equal pay.

Come for the good footy chat, stay for Shea going full Gruden while commending the women's footy news.

Through concussions & summer colds, Dave & Shea battle through another week of huge US sports news.

- The NCAA hits Ohio State & Memphis hard, suspending two of the biggest stars in College Football & Basketball for financial breaches - is this legit, or just the NCAA refusing to get with the times?

- The Houston Astros downward spiral post World Series loss continues, as explosive claims about them utilising cameras & trash cans (yep, seriously) to tip pitches in the 2017 win against the Dodgers puts a potential asterisk, or worse, against their title.

- The biggest surprises, as well as the biggest disappointments, of the NFL season so far. Are we really believing Gruden is a good coach? So good, that Shea has to do his Gruden impression?

We just might be. Get Gruden-ey with us.

It's an NBA deep dive today, as Shea & Dave discuss the evolution of the NBA in the 21st century off the back of Pau Gasol's comments regarding the changes in his time as a professional.

Is the NBA turning into an immoral wild west? Losing it's purity, a world inhabited by Anton Chigurgh's. Or is Gasol (and Shea) just a Sheriff Bell, a man with good intentions who the world has simply passed by, leaving him to sip on a cup of three pointers flying over his head, unable to understand the new world he's living in?

What do you stand to win by listening to this pod?

Everything.

Dave & Shea chat the big stories of the footy week, which seem to be the big stories every week recently. VAR again?!

- VAR rears it's ugly head AGAIN as a big moment for Liverpool ultimately proved inconsequential, but sparked huge backlash over it's use as high profile football personalities railed against the technology this week.

- Liverpool officially playing two fixtures in two days on two different continents, meaning the unprecedented event of two different squads being deployed for "first team" fixtures to be able to play the fixtures. WTF, we say.

- A huge matchup in the Premier League as Liverpool & Man City ring the title fight bell at Anfield this weekend, & Klopp vs Pep off field snipes.

Grab a chair, pull up the VAR monitor, draw some diagonal lines, & get SportsGasmic with us.

Plenty of footy drama, & plenty of Shea & Dave to break it down.

- We discuss the now former Arsenal captain Granit Xhaka, & the sad scenes at the Emirates as he came to blows with the fans.

- The epic Carabao Cup tie between Arsenal & Liverpool, plus the scheduling headache facing Liverpool.

- The MLS Cup final: begrudgingly discuss the Sounders making another final, once again against Toronto, + the shock of them making it through over the heavily favoured top sides from each conference.

Grab a Carabao (or don't, I'm unsure if it's any good or just like the Chernobly in Hot Tub Time Machine) & join us for a pod as meaty as an Eric Cantona fly-kick.

After a couple weeks off, Dave & Shea dive back into the US sports world with all the big news from last week:

- A weird & wild World Series came to an end with no home team getting a W, & the Washington Nationals kings of the baseball world.

- The Golden State Warriors dynasty is officially over as Steph Curry breaks his hand amidst a terrible start to the season.

- The UFC meets the NBA as Embiid & KAT bring the beef to the court and throw punches, & Ben Simmons makes KAT tap out.

- Kyrie Irving already having issues in Brooklyn - the mental health situation in the modern NBA.

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The SportsGasmic NBA 2019-20 Preview Pod is here! Shea & Dave start by talking about Lebron & his comments regarding Daryl Morey & his Hong Kong tweet, before diving in to the on court action.

- The Brooklyn Nets & their big summer: But maybe expectations need to be tempered, like a lot.

- The Bucks & the 76ers to battle it out at the top of the East? What heights can the likes of Giannis & Simmons hit?

- Celtics reload with Kemba, new age Knicks, & other Eastern storylines.

- The battle for LA with stars aplenty moving to California.

- The Trailblazers being underrated again - will it be right this time, or will they prove the doubters wrong again?

- A new age for the Warriors, a potential all time Steph season coming, & appreciation for their amazing half decade of basketball.

- All the other contenders in the West, and so so much more!

You'll just have to pop a brewski, take a James Harden step back, and join us to get everything out of this packed pod.

Shea & Dave battle through some 3am technical issues, & get a pod wrapped on all things footy.

- MLS Playoff Preview. Who we hope gets through, who we think will get through, the possible juicy matchups.

- Premier League wrap as the international break takes over. The race at the top, the race for the top 4, & the inexplicable continued implosions at Tottenham & Manchester United.

- Brief Champions League wrap up as the first two match weeks are completed with some interesting group stage tables so far.

- Dave sucks at FIFA 20.

We can't wait for footy to be back on this weekend, but let this tide you over until then. Carafe's up.