The Functional Sportsaholic

Christian Rivas, senior writer for Silver Screen and Roll joints us to talk Lakers and Dodgers, plus NFL trades, the Browns and much more

0:01:00: Sweet Halloween action

0:05:00: The Switch Witch is complete BS

0:08:14: Boston is title town

0:16:30: Cleveland Browns… I hate to say this, but what a mess…

0:24:50: Sean feels Cleveland's pain

0:25:30: Freddie Kitchens: keyboardist and lead vocals in Queen tribute band

0:28:24: Sean's playing hurt for the second week in a row

0:32:29: Christian Rivas, Senior Writer for SB Nation's Lakers blog (Silver Screen and Roll)

0:43:45: Sean and Christian talk Dodgers and management during the world series

0:54:37: Sean and Sam discuss why MLB managers wear uniforms?

0:57:05: MLB batters can't celebrate, but pitchers can strut their way back to the dugout

0:58:10: Sean voted early

0:59:45: Cavs fired T. Lue

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SB Nation's NFL Director, Rebecca Toback joins us to talk Bengals + contributor to the Boston Celtics Blog, Jack Noonan, joins us to talk bean town.

0:00:53: Migraines suck

0:03:54: Sean (finally) stumbled upon Childish Gambino's “This is America" video

0:08:10: Are the Jags moving to London?

0:16:09: No, Broncos, waiving Chad Kelly was NOT the best thing for Chad Kelly….

0:21:25: SB Nation's Bengals Guru and NFL Director Rebecca Toback talks Bengals

0:34:48: Rebecca and Sean discuss the NFL

0:54:11: Sean/Sam talk early NBA season

0:57:20: The Lakers are interesting, but what's with some of the LeBron hate in the area?

0:59:56: SB Nation's Celtic contributor Jack Noonan joins us to talk Boston

1:11:15: Sean/Sam continue their NBA chat

1:16:34: Sean gives Baseballai Lama some love

1:19:23: Sean's weird massage

1:26:32: Sean's would-be identity thief

1:30:59: Sam and Sean know a girl from our high school who looks like Michael Jackson

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SB Nation's Connor Livesay and Logan Levy join us to talk Cowboys/Ravens and we also bring on special guest Jeff Hughes of Da Bears Blog to fill us in on the monsters of the midway. Sam and I also get into Gordon Hayward, the time Sam got cyber bullied and more.

0:01:00: Sean is not feeling cardio at all

0:02:28: Glory days

0:06:04: The Raiders .. what a weird team!

0:10:27: Is Gruden like Phil Jackson's last run with the Knicks?

0:13:23: Good Charlotte is still recording? Who knew?

0:16:00: Bears expert Jeff Hughes from Da Bears Blog joins us

0:25:43: Ravens expert, host of Take it to the Bank and SB Nation contributor Logan Levy joins us to talk Baltimore

0:39:30: SB Nation's Connor Livesay talks Cowboys, play calling and Zeke's involvement in the pass game

0:51:00: Cameron Diaz is married to WHO?!?!?!?

0:52:24: Gordon Hayward's look gives me an early-90s boy band vibe

0:53:50: Celtics need time to simmer and meld .. like chili

0:55:29: Who won the other MVPs during Jordan's run?

0:57:12: Can Ben Simmons average a triple double?

0:59:33: Durant free agency stuff

1:02:35: Jimmy Butler and the TWolves awkward breakup is like watching two people beef on social media

1:06:30: Social Media Trolls

1:11:20: The Potty Word Boys

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Football star Aaron Hernandez went from the bright lights of the Super Bowl to a convicted murderer in a few years. The Boston Globe's Spotlight Team, best known for its investigation of the sexual abuse scandal inside the Catholic Church, takes a hard look at the crisis facing football through the lens of Aaron Hernandez's life and terrible crimes. Listen today: wondery.fm/functional

Sam and Sean talk about Nebraska and UCLA's rough start, Jimmy Butler dominating a TWolves practice, Bras, Birthdays, McCoy, Tomlin, Vanilla Ice and more.

0:00:47: Sam went to the Magic/Grizzlies game this week

0:02:38: What the heck is the Magic mascot “stuff"

0:03:47: Dez is still out of work

0:06:37: Breaking down Vanilla Ice's early 90s haircut

0:08:45: The show Love It or List It sucks

0:12:49: Nebraska and UCLA are hurting right now

0:18:45: Why do we pretend non-power 5 teams can make the college playoff?

0:21:00: Chip Kelley's odd post-Oregon career

0:24:38: McCoy going to Buffalo?

0:27:25: Happy birthday, Gooch

0:31:49: Washington is ruining Norman's career, which is kind of what they do…

0:32:30: Bro talk and Bra talk

0:34:30: Josh Gordon cometh

0:37:30: Mike Tomlin's fine was entrapment. We don't dig it.

0:40:15: Jimmy Butler punks the TWolves and we LOVE it

0:43:00: How awesome would it be to get a mixtape of practice fights?

0:44:26: Kyrie doubles down on the flat earth theory

0:46:18: Kyrie's staying in Boston

0:47:54: Could Toronto be the #1 seed in the East?

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Dave Mason from Bet Online joins us to talk McGregor v Numagomedov + Baseballai Lama and Other Insanity

0:04:25: JR Smith's tattoo drama

0:12:30: Dave Mason of BetOnline.ag talks McGregor and Nurmagomedov this weekend

0:24:46: Doug Marrone's stupid 2-point chart

0:29:00: McNabb's lack of rule knowledge and general hater mentality for players getting paid

0:30:48: LeVeon will report soon(ish). Can Pittsburgh survive until then?

0:35:45: Nike managed to stay in business!

0:40:09: Tristan Thompson says the Cavs are the team to beat in the East

0:40:44: GMs pole for the NBA championship winner

0:41:29: Boston needs home court advantage to have a chance

0:42:59: Baseballai Lama talks MLB playoffs

0:59:31: Going off the rails…. Bathroom debate!!

1:01:37: Sean saves the country. Two words: Term Limits

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Julio should hold out, Gruden, NBA's Media Day, Tiger's back and our usual brand of wide-ranging tom foolery

0:03:45: Clemson QBs

0:07:52: Survivor is in its 37th season?!?

0:10:22: Julio was right to hold out

0:15:50: Pittsburgh's listening to trade offers for Bell

0:07:20: QB Controversy in Tampa?

0:21:15: Sean's making a killing on Canadian marijuana penny stock

0:23:36: Jon Gruden's looking for a pass rusher… Hmmm….

0:30:36: NBA Media Day

0:31:32: Sam's shady, vivid dreams. Sam had a dream about two girls years ago

0:33:30: Sean's ridiculously accurate memory .. except when it comes to keys or faces

0:37:30: Can Sam bring back cutoff jeans coming back? Sean is dubious

0:38:35: Can Sean bring back Velcro shoes? Sam is dubious

0:40:10: Sean doesn't like “The Jump" on ESPN

0:42:16: Kawhi's a fun guy?

0:45:18: Bill Cosby tangent

0:49:38: Jimmy Butler's latest

0:54:28: Bron's a grinder. Watching him makes Sean tired.

0:55:20: Tiger's back

1:00:23: Athletes we've never rooted against

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Sports Talk Roulette! Sean and Sam talk fantasy football, Patrick Mahomes, UCLA Dads, Kicking issues, Wade, Elton Brand, Jimmy Butler and way more…

0:01:20: Sam has monopolized all TEs in our fantasy league

0:02:55: Upcoming Fantasy Baseball Almanac and Draft Guide

0:04:15: Mahomes .. didn't see this coming

0:05:50: Ryan Fitzpatrick .. Oh captain, my captain

0:07:20: QB Controversy in Tampa?

0:10:30: Blood Sport… based on a true story?!?

0:15:30: Green Bay got jobbed

0:17:00: Barry Trotz is replaced in DC

0:26:00: UCLA's father of the year…….

0:31:30: Tales From the Crypt Reboot. Let's make it happen.

0:36:00: Kicking woes

0:38:00: HOF boycott of NFL ceremonies

0:42:55: Dwayne Wade's farewell season

0:49:00: That time Sean decided to get some lettuce wraps at changes instead of meet Pete Rose

0:50:08: 76ers hire Elton Brand

0:59:30: Jimmy Butler's trade request

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Is LeVeon Bell a Kia? Did Olivia Munn break out the ARod voodoo doll? We also give you 15 minutes of the great toilet paper wars of 99-2000.

0:03:03: Is Le'Veon Bell a Ferrari or a Kia?

0:15:50: Sean just started listening to Wu Tang for the first time

0:19:30: The Toilet Paper Wars of '99-2000

0:30:03: Aaron Rodgers persevered after the evil Olivia Munn played with her voodoo doll

0:39:09: Time of Death for the Bills Season: Week 1

0:44:05: Chargers gave Week 1 away

0:45:07: Fournette's hammy

0:47:45: Dez Bryant's burner account

0:49:05: Nobody blows harder than Skip Bayless. He sucks.

0:49:45: Thoughts on The Herd

0:52:50: Matt Patricia… good grief

0:57:05: Does hat placement matter?

1:00:50: Russel Westbrook's surgery: meh, no big deal

1:01:24: Kevin Love is arranging workouts for the Cavs. Playoff run?

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Sean and Sam are back talking Hard Knocks, Guy's Trip Stories, Nike and Kaepernick and other shenanigans

0:01:24: Sean's travel issues

0:04:30: Why do Sean's parents keep the house so damn hot?

0:05:30: Guy's Trip Shenanigans

0:07:38: Hard Knocks talk

0:24:45: Sam's looking for compliments on his breakfast

0:28:00: Cleveland Browns lookalikes

0:33:16: Nike and Kaepenrick

0:50:15: Sam and Sean got roped into another fantasy league

1:05:15: Sean doesn't get the Mack trade for Chicago at all

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