The Broad Street Line

RIP to Willie Mays, who quite possibly may be the greatest who has ever done it. Later in the show, we lament the fact that the Sixers may be out on the premium prize in free agency this year, Paul George. And while the Jets are going through offseason workouts, former Eagle Haason Reddick is posting Instagram stories in Japan. Oh, and the Celtics won the NBA championship.

Despite a sluggish first half from the Sixers, the local basketball team rebounded in the second half of their play-in game against the Miami Heat, and will face the New York Knicks in the first round of the 2024 NBA Playoffs. We'll spend a bunch of time previewing their odds at a deep playoff run, and later debate whether Jontay Porter is the worst case of an athlete getting banned/suspended that we've ever seen.

WrestleMania XL was everything that we could have expected and more, and Kris and Roy run down the weekend's events that culminated in one of the most amazing spectaculars in WWE history. We'll also spend a few minutes on the mystery surrounding Shohei Ohtani and his interpreter's gambling problem.

The Showcase of The Immortals is finally here, but before we get into our Wrestlemania predictions and preview, we'll talk a little bit about Joel Embiid's injury, and welcome our good friend Dave Rueter, author of Kayfabe: A Love Story. Wrestlemania XL is cool and all, but we have to show love to Manias - and wrestlers - of year's past, no?

The NFL brodied Christmas Day away from the NBA just like Dwayne Johnson beat down Cody Rhodes in advance of his Wrestlemania match. Mama Rhodes is probably more concerned with the latter than the former, but we - Kris and Roy - will discuss both as well as everything else going on in the sports world, including the latest on the Eagles' season opener and the latest with Haason Reddick.

The Madness of March is upon us, so we're trying to do our best to appear as though we know what we're talking about when it comes to college basketball. We do know a bunch about everything going on in the NFL and the NBA today, so... we'll probably talk more about that stuff... come hang with the crew.

On the heels of the Jason Kelce retirement, we got word this week that Fletcher Cox is stepping away from the game as well. The Eagles did make a few free agent signings this week to bolster their 2024 depth chart, but the Birds will definitely have a few huge holes to fill heading into next season.

It wasn't completely unexpected, but the fact that Jason Kelce officially announced his retirement earlier this week was a gut punch to the Philadelphia community. Unfortunately, between this speech and the post-parade speech, we're not sure how much Kelce is going to have left for his induction ceremony in Canton!

Did Nick Sirianni play favorites last season? Or is this just a matter of a few underperforming vets giving anonymous quotes to the media? We'll debate that as the Eagles made their annual appearance at the NFL combine. But, more importantly, we'll dig into the NFLPA survey of the 32 NFL teams and where they've cut corners where it comes to player comfort and perks.

The Eagles handled the Commanders heading into their big showdown against the Buffalo Bills - is the offense finally fixed? We answer that question as we speed toward the 2025 playoffs as it seems like just about anything and everything is in play. At the end of the show, we unveil our 2025 awards for the year in wrestling, and look forward to what's in store for 2026.