Gather 'round everyone! For today, The Whole Deal has a fantastical story of a strange and unusual world beyond imagination. Once upon a time in an era that seems so far far away, young sports fans placed baseball cards in the spokes of their bicycle tires so it made cool sounds! (GASP!) Children young and old once removed action figures from its packaging (cue fainting) and relived their favorite moments in their own living room! Behold, for there was a time in the history of man in which sports memorabilia was enjoyed beyond cash and profit. While you pick your jaw up off the ground, join Pat and Brian as they travel down the sports collectible rabbit hole today on TWD.

As the wise prophet Macho Man Randy Savage once said, "Mean Gene, the cream of the crop always rises to the top, oooooh yeah". Such poetry, such muse, and SO appropriate as we enter playoff season in some of our favorite sports seasons. This week Brian and Pat discuss why playoffs matter and how the theory of sudden death playoffs translate beyond the confines of sport in ways we don't always notice.

We all know how we are, but do we take the time to think about how we got here? Our favorite sports, our favorite teams within those sports...how did we earn our stripes. Brian and Pat talk about the origins of our fandom and how those origins still feed the fire of today.

Some of the most iconic performances given by our greatest sports heroes happened well beyond the confines of the field, the court, or the ice. History proves that Hollywood often served as the muse in which our gladiators broadened their horizons, for better or worse. Check out this week's episode of TWD as Brian and Pat exhume some of the most memorable sports related productions audiences have ever seen on the small and big screens!

April is a very special time of year for sports fans as some seasons enter the playoffs and some seasons open their doors. For sports entertainment fans April means only one thing, the road to Wrestlemania! This week on The Whole Deal steps between the ropes and enters their memories of the squared circle. We're fixin to jump off the top rope into our memories of pro wrestling and drop the big leg on one of our favorite spectacles!

If you are ever asked what the future holds, the first source we all research is the book of yesterday. Our fandom, our passion, our fervor for life and sports is built from the first days we experience a larger than life spectacle. Get your goosebumps ready because it's always a ride when we realize what still gets our hairs on end here on TWD.

The first TWD special guest experiment found mixed results. Never let it be said that Brian and Pat quit on a good idea! Never has it been more evident this week as TWD is joined by our second guest host, one with some serious VIP credentials. Listen in and find out who joined the party this week!

Can Brian and Pat overcome their first broFight in 15 years in the better interests of the Whole Deal? Tune in this week to see if the most irreconcilable is in deed salvageable.

Maybe when we least expected it, did Brian and Pat finally come to verbal jabs for the first time in nearly 15 years of mutual sports fandom brotherhood? Furthermore, was this continental divide actually caused by a Russian hitting someone square in the twig and giggle berries? Its true, its DAMN true. Listen to this weeks TWD to see how the guys handle their first BroBattle and make your bets as to whether or not the decade and a half BROneymoon is finally over!?!

To where does TWD turn when the world hands us a rare uneventful sports week to review? We think outside the box. On this week's episode of TWD, Brian and Pat do what was once thought to be unthinkable by auditioning their very first candidate for the (completely unpaid) TWD research internship! Have they found a hidden gem? Give a listen and find out!