Taking All Bets

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UFC 261 just concluded, with one of the worst injuries we've ever seen in sports, Chris Weidman broke his leg in horrific fashion.  In the wake of this injury, the boys look at some of the worst injuries in all of sports' history.  The boys break down that injury along with the rest of the card, as well as future possible matchups for the STILL champion Kamaru Usman.  The Toronto Maple Leafs had a really nice 'feel-good' story, with the highest paid players on the team pitching in to help their minor league affiliate Toronto Marlies' players.

Today the guys discussed the collapse of the newly conceptualized soccer Super League.  We touch on the very early struggles of the New York Yankees as we go around the horn in the American League East, and take stops in Boston for the Red Sox, and Toronto for the Blue Jays.  Robin Lehner has some chose words about the NHL's covid restrictions, the boys give their reactions to his presser.

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In the first short format episode of Taking All Bets the boys take on the biggest stories from this past weekend and early week.  The boys talk about the Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren bought, with Tucker giving us his reaction to the most shocking win he's ever seen.  The boys give their takes on the new soccer Super League concept, one of them loves it and one of them hates it.  They wrap up this week with Patrick Marleau breaking Gordie Howe's record for all-time games played in the NHL, someone is not a fan of Patrick Marleau and gives him little respect for breaking this record.  Episodes weekly on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings.

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This week the boys discuss all the moves from around the NHL, and they pick their winners and losers, as well as who they believe are the favourites to win the cup this year.  They also give you their weekly update on the Blue Jays and how they have faired over the past week, Tucker told us about the belief he has in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and he compared him to an all-time great.  The boys discuss the retirement of both Julian Edelman from the NFL and LaMarcus Aldridge and what their legacies will be in their respective leagues.  Jake Paul and Ben Askren will link it up in the boxing ring this weekend, the boys get fired up about that fight yet again.  The boys talk about all this and so much more from around the sports world.

Monday is the NHL Trade Deadline, the boys break it down and go in DEEP on the entire league.  The boys analyze the fringe teams and who should be buyers and who should be sellers at this year's deadline, as wells as which of the star players on this year's block will be on the move come Monday..  They get into their teams and what they think needs to added for them to make a run at the cup.  It's Masters weekend, and the boys give you updates on the best major of the year and the return to glory for Jordan Spieth, finally winning his first tournament in years.  The boys discuss the latest news coming out of the NFL as well as the NBA and MLB, you don't want to miss this episode.

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This week the boys discuss Opening Day for the 2021 MLB season, they go in depth on the Toronto Blue Jays as they open up their season against the New York Yankees.  They debate which teams have had underrated off-seasons as far as acquiring talent.  Everyone's favourite game is back with a new name, 'Old Faces, New Threads."  The boys try to guess where some of the MLB's more established players have moved to and are dawning new threads for their new team, it doesn't go well.  The boys go in depth on the Toronto Maple Leafs and their goalie carousel lately, as well as debating where captain John Tavares ranks among the leagues best centres.  DeMarcus Cousins is now a Los Angeles Clipper, the boys talk about the ever dead competitive balance in the NBA.  The NFL Draft is fast approaching, the guys get into the possibility of the Top 5 consisting of all Quarterbacks, and where teams may look to move up to in the draft to snag one of these touted QB's.  There is a new heavyweight champion of the world in the UFC, Francis Ngannou defeated Stipe Miocic in the 2nd round at UFC 260, the boys look at possible money fights as well as where this leaves the former champ Stipe Miocic.  As always the boys give you their picks for the weekend, as well as give you their picks for the Masters next week.

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This week the boys cover the 2021 NBA trade deadline, the current state of the Toronto Raptors and whether they did enough during the deadline to fast-track their rebuild.  Kyle Lowry is still a raptor and they debate whether that was the right decision by Raptors management.  There were many other trades around the league so be sure to tune in to hear about the big ones.  The Toronto Blue Jays is already having injury problems with their closer Kirby Yates set to have season-ending Tommy John surgery.  Can the Blue Jays be successful with the current status of both their starting rotation and bullpen, the boys discuss.  The boys give updates on the ongoing situation with Deshaun Watson and his many lawsuit coming against him from multiple different women.  The guys also dig into the NFL draft that is fast approaching and discuss the possibility of the New England Patriots moving up to snag a young quarterback for the future.  The boys also get into what seems to be a weekly debate over Connor McDavid and where he ranks among the most skilled players in the league.  Another debate the occurred was around The Great 8, Alex Ovechkin is currently 6th all-time in goals in the NHL, can Ovi catch Howe and Gretzky?  As always the boys give you their gambling picks for the weekend with a full sleight of games on hand.

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This week, we dive DEEP into NFL free agency.  We discuss the all of the big moves up until this point.  Billy Big Bucks and the New England Patriots have been making major moves in the free agency market and have completely overhauled their team, our resident New England Patriots fan gives his take on the team and his predictions on the team for the upcoming season.  Our resident Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan gives his take on the importance of bringing back their Super Bowl roster.  We touch on the retirement of the all-time great Drew Brees as well as the allegations that have come against Deshaun Watson.  March Madness also begins this weekend and so one of our personalities gives his entire bracket for the tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA basketball.  There is some HUGE boxing news coming out, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua will fight to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, this is what boxing fans have been waiting for.  The boys also talk about the firing Ralph Krueger in Buffalo and how the Sabres are going downhill fast.  The boys talk about the unfortunate death of  Timur Faizutdinov of the MHL, and discuss of hockey leagues around the world can improve player safety.

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This week we dive deep into the NHL, we breakdown all of the divisions and give you our mid-season awards for the Hart Trophy, Norris Trophy, Calder Trophy, & Vezina Trophy for EACH division.  If you're a fan of the NHL this is the episode for you!  Once, we make our way through all of the divisions we give our predictions for the NHL playoffs and who we project to be the Stanley Cup Champion come season end.  We also touch on the new Dak Prescott contract with the Dallas Cowboys as well as some other big transactions in the NFL.  Blake Griffin was bought out by the Detroit Pistons and immediately signed with the Brooklyn Nets, our resident Blake Griffin anti-fan gives his take.

This week we discuss the early dominating performance of Denny Hamlin in the NASCAR Cup Series, as well as some of the best cheating stories to come out of Nascar over its history.  We discuss the developments with the Tiger Woods car accident as wells as go more in depth to the Tiger Woods documentary like we did on last week's show.  J.J. Watt's free agency search for a new team has come to an end as he has signed with the Arizona Cardinals, we evaluate how that acquisition with help the Cardinals going forward, and what their chances are in that division and in the playoffs.  We transition to the ice, and talk about the dumpster fires going around the NHL in both the Buffalo Sabres and Montreal Canadiens, as well as trade rumours surrounding Sabres star, Jack Eichel.  We give our takes on the best Reverse Retro Jerseys that have been on display around the NHL, we give you our Top 10 in hat department.  We finish on the court with discussing one of the more outrageous stories to come out of sports, Michael Anderson, as girls high-school basketball coach was suspended after his team beating another team 161-2, we get into all those details.  As always we wrap with our picks for this weekend's games.

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