The Grueling Truth

The Dolphins beat the Bengals in a Thriller at Hard Rock Stadium today in overtime and Mike breaks down the game from top to bottom. He talks about and goes over who played well, who played poorly, and which Dolphins players are continuing to improve in this 2019 season. Mike also talks about the fallout from this Dolphins win as the Dolphins it looks like have now fallen out of the Top 3 draft picks of this 2020 draft as of this recording (they are picking #5 at the time of recording with the Lions game on-going.) What does this mean and which players who Miami will be looking at with Pick #5 overall. And could Tua go in the Top 3 and be out of Miami’s reach with no team willing to trade down? We go over that scenario which could be very likely. We end the show with a Holiday greeting from Mike as we are a few days away from Christmas.

Join Mike Goodpaster and Sam Mcginnis as they look at NHL news.

Join Mike Goodpaster and Anthony Cervino as they recap all the week 16 games.

On this day the craziest play in nfl history gets the Steelers the win over the Raiders!

El Gran Campeon Mexicano defended wayward son Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. after a Friday night fiasco in Phoenix, but we all wished we could have heard their private conversation after Junior quit on his stool, complaining about a broken nose, after 5 rounds with Daniel Jacobs.

Mexican fans hurled debris and beer at the son of their all-time greatest ring legend after an embarrassing ending to a messy promotion that was (1) moved from Nevada to Arizona after Junior dodged a drug test in Las Vegas, (2) boosted from 168 to 175 pounds after Chavez Jr. showed up 5 pounds heavy -- an unprofessional lapse for which he was fined $1 million -- (3) truncated when Chavez Jr. declined to continue due to a sore nose and a bloody eyebrow, and (4) stained one more time when the fighter and his father bogusly blamed Jacobs for causing those injuries with dirty tactics. Had enough, yet, of Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, boxing fans?

Fortunately, the sport rose from that ugly knockdown to give us a scintillating Saturday-night rematch between Jermall Charlo and Tony Harrison, who fought an inspired war before Charlo reclaimed his WBC super welterweight crown with two knockdowns and an 11th-round TKO.

Expert analysts Travis Hartman, Rizwaan Zahid, and John J. Raspanti stage a lively sparring session over those two main events, and also argue about Errol Spence's return to the public eye with a Friday-night interview on ESPN. Spence says he's back in training with a plan to fight again in May, but is he as healthy as he claims, or downplaying the effects of that horrific 100-mph car wreck that sent him to the hospital in October?

And we close the show with an interview with Brian "BoMac" McIntyre, head trainer of undefeated three-division world champion Terence Crawford, who moved to 36-0 on Dec. 14 with a ninth-round TKO of previously unbeaten Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden.

Happy holidays, Ringside Nation.

Dennis Taylor is host of the Ringside Boxing Show, editor/publisher of www.ringsideboxingshow.com, and co-author (with John J. Raspanti) of "Intimate Warfare: The True Story of the Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward Boxing Trilogy," an Amazon bestseller.

Alex Gray and Michael Klein talk about offseason news, the legacy of Junior Johnson, and Hailie Deegan's move to Ford.

The Chiefs look to continue their win streak against the Bears on Sunday Night Football. Terrell Suggs makes his debut for the Chiefs. The Bears offense is no match for the Chiefs depth on defense. This should be a fun game to watch.

Mike enjoyed a 12 year career playing in the CFL with the Toronto Argos and Hamilton Tiger-Cats.  His early years were spent playing mostly soccer which he credits for a lot of his success in football.  He went to University at his hometown school, McMaster, where he developed into an outstanding player.  He won a Grey Cup in his home town of Hamilton, with the Toronto Argos in 1996 and for his hometown team 3 years later.  He won the Top Pate award in 2000 for his work in the community which was instilled in him by his parents to be kind and generous to others.  After his playing days, he spent time with the CLFPA working in Marketing and later as the head of the CFLPA.  He is now the CEO of the new Canadian Elite Basketball League which is scheduled to begin in May of 2019.  Please check out the league website for information about the league, teams and tickets for the games.

Josh returns from sickness to join Aaron the Brain for a conversation about the Tankathon rankings and the convoluted way we’ll all eventually figure out how the Dolphins will end up drafting wherever they end up drafting. They talk about what the best and worst case scenarios are and try to figure out what the bast games to scoreboard watch are going to be. They also take a look at the Dolphins’ big upcoming game against the Bengals and determine what the Dolphins need to do to win and/or avoid winning. It’s another fun episode of your new favorite Miami Dolphins podcast, THE SAME OLD DOLPHINS SHOW!