The Sportive

Piping hot sports content for your ears:-Hey, the Wolves still exist-Moment of clarity on Big 10 hockey: maybe it's Joel Maturi's fault-How the Wild have driven us to insanity-Will Chuck Fletcher keep his job?-Sixers/Wolves bet update and why Brandon loves wonk-heavy teams-Why do the Vikings have so many tackles?-Stu asks an unanswerable question that has befuddled and infuriated him

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Landmark episode! We celebrate the round number by breaking down:- Trader Rick's dumb foray into free agency- Fond Old Country Buffet memories- Rocky Nabisco the terrorist baby- The Wild fan emotional roller-coaster- Ask Sportive: [redacted]- Sportive Explains: Major Lazer, Bibimbap- Dad life + weekend previewSomething for everyone. Have yerself a listen.

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Clarence no-showed us and Jon contracted a sinus infection halfway into the show, but we powered through to cover:-HS hockey: a hot take + who to cheer for-Gopher basketball: has it ever been worse?-Twins preview: what are we angry about this week?-Judging the Wild-Oscar talk (we saw 4 movies total this year)-A Very Special (creepy) #AskSportive-Sportive explains: PFT Commenter

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Author and long-time internal pal Shawn Fury joins us to discuss his new book, Rise and Fire: The Origins, Science, and Evolution of the Jump Shot --- and How It Transformed Basketball Forever.The first 45 minutes are Shawn saying the book's subtitle. After that, we discuss:- The history of the jump shot- The good ol' days when cagers had cigs put out on their arms- Janesville trivia- Making fun of Rand's mom, again- Has the 3-pointer ruined basketball?- Why is college basketball so bad?And tons more. Later, we wrap up with quick hits on the United and Wild. Thanks to Shawn for coming on.

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- Ranking our top work fears- Yeo firing- Renegade cop John Torchetti intro- Sir Death and the tailgating conundrum - Defending Rick Rubio- Minnesota North Stars FC- Grammy review

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Clarence and Brandon recorded most of this one on their own. They delivered a little bit of sports talk and a LOT of potential lawsuits. They are not to be left alone again. Sorry to Jon and Stu, to the celebrities they offended, and most of all the women of the northern suburbs.Topics:-BOO the Zucker benching-Inappropriate Wild theories-Vikings "Keep or Toss" (this bit will get us arrested)-Vikings SB odds for next year-Wolves/United quick hits -Clarence goes after Beyonce-Jackson Hole recap

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-The Pro Bowl and NHL All-Star games happened?-Wild playoff probabilities -Seth Green report (both the QB and tiny actor)-Popping bubbly about the key Carlos Quentin signing-Sam Mitchell is the new Mike Tice-Super Bowl plans and daydreaming about the Vikings playing in it someday

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--Super Bowl preview--Shat Purmur analysis--We ALMOST holler about the Vikings offense again but think better of it--EPIC GLEN MASON RANT--Is LeBron a petulant bitch?--What are Clarence's hottest all-time takes?

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Darkness has warshed over Minnesota sports, so we try our best to find something to be happy about. Do we succeed? Tune in to find out! (No)Discussed:-- NFL playoff preview and ideal punishments for Belichick (involves an on-field sentencing and a mechanism to fire a human into the sun) -- Vikings offensive coordinator rumors-- Reasons the Wild are bad-- New game: what is Mike Yeo thinking?-- Wolves/Gophers discontent -- Another new game: what is Terry Ryan thinking?-- Predicting the date of Berrios' torn ulnar To reiterate: we find nothing to be happy about. Though Clarence's spot-on Tony Danza impression does ease the sting.

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-- Recapping the Vikings heartbreaker-- 20 painful minutes arguing if Blair Walsh should be cut-- How the Wild get out of purgatory (spoiler: we don't know)-- Quick hits: Wolves, weekend preview, Twins, Bowie and whether or not Joe Walsh is Sportive

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