The Sportive

-- What's up with Tokyo Sexwale?-- Weekly Vikings chat-- Jay Cutler and his wife are bowling balls-- Our choice for next Gophers football coach-- Tailgating preview-- Hockey dad lifeStu never showed up but other than than this was another classic SuperShow(TM).

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***NOTE: this was recorded before the news of Flip's death.***Wolves preview! Stu, Jon and Clarence patiently listen to Brandon ramble-gripe about the local cagers. Topics:-- #KATNIPS-- Sam Mitchell is going to ruin this season-- Why in the hell would anyone watch this team?-- Our world famous "Bros & Turds" segment-- Projected winsWe were worried Clarence was going to ruin the show with a 45-minute fart sound, but he didn't. Thank you for the restraint, Clarence!

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- Your Minnesota Vikings: the most average team in football(tm)- How's Teddy lookin'?- DEBATE: choosing the #1 Riccup- We don't hate the Royals!- Ideas: new MLB playoff structure- Gophers lightning round- The legend of Rick Pitino, public humper

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B, Marth and a tape-delayed Stu gab about:- The instant-classic Blue Jays win- The stupid Royals and their stupid narrative- Vikings-Chiefs preview- What to do about Klinsmann- What band throughout history we'd choose to join- NYC recap from BrandonY'all come back real soon now.

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It's all hockey, all the time this week, as Giles Ferrell of WildXtra.com joins us to preview the Wild season. (Not entirely true - we also talked Twins and Vikings - but bear with us.)On the docket:-Goalies are goofier than everyone else put together-Explaining what "waffleboarding" means-Predictions, bros and turds, and other semi-confident statements we will disavow almost immediately, OR: Why Giles is on house arrest for a week-Why Jordan Schroeder should throw Niklas Backstrom's goalie equipment in a river-Sinuhe Wallenheimo-Complaining about the Wild power play before the season even startsAlways fun to talk hockey again. Start the Zambonis!

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We spend half the show launching effenheimers in Mike Pelfrey's direction and the other half talking Vikes. In between: - Torii in 2016?- How to Celebrate a Homer, by Professor Swamptown- Grouse hunting from a boat- Pro tips on getting kicked out of The Commander

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It's Hot Take Central this week at the Sportive. Special guest John Sharkman joins us as we unleash & debate the following:-- Cheering for AP is fine-- It's not Mitch Leidner's fault-- Johnny Manziel has a chance to be a top QB-- Ryan Adams' "1989" is boring and unnecessary And plenty more. We also get a Johnnie/Tommie preview from Shark and tease a Megan Fox segment that never arrives. Good talk, Russ.

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Actual sports!- Vikings film room: o-line, gaping holes on D, Teddy's arm strength and more. Mostly sadness. - Wondering why the Gophers ignore the concept of the forward pass- Head-scratching a couple Molitor moves but mostly thanking our lucky stars over this season- House party recap + weekend preview and as always, dads talkin' youth sports

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It's our second annual two-part Vikings season preview. We break down x's and o's, preach about "Next Man Up" and sing a lot of Bill Withers.

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We celebrated the Twins for 10 minutes then screamed at each other about DeflateGate for the next 45. We are bad at being serious. Apologies all around. There was also some talk about paying college athletes and the Wild goalie situation, but this will go down as The One Where They Yelled.

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