That One Sports Show

Wrestling expert James Dabe joins us on the show to talk about the upcoming Wrestlemania 33. We go over the big matches, who’s getting inducted into the Hall of Fame and some of the history of the 52-year-old Undertaker.

Thanks for joining us for another week in sports! A lot to get to including baseball, a brief jaunt into football and a look around Columbus. We’ll also hit some of the important sports history moments of the week. Below are the raw show notes. Enjoy! Would You Rather Would you rather throw out the first pitch or do the coin flip? Geoff goes with lame coin flip, John goes with high risk high reward first pitch. Toss Up Lowest seed in the Final Four Geoff – Oregon John – Xavier Last Week: Where does Tony Romo go. Denver, Houston, Anywhere else. STILL HAPPENING John – Houston Geoff – Denver Who’s the first low-seed to lose? John – Duke (Best answer) Geoff – Gonzaga John (6-5-1) Geoff (6-5-1) This week in sports history 1923 The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt. 1953 NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) 1964 UCLA completes undefeated NCAA basketball season (30-0) 1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years 1994 Wayne Gretzky ties Gordie Howe’s NHL record of 801 goals Columbus Crew Beat DC United 2-0, sitting at 1-1-1 heading into a game at Portland on Saturday evening Led by Ola Kamara, 2 goals scored, and Ethan Finley and Federico Iguain with 1 Blue Jackets Clinched a spot in the playoffs President’s Cup is still in discussion Flyers on Saturday Sabres on Tuesday The NFL will be distributing a video on what you can and cannot do for your on-field celebrations MLB United States wins their first World Baseball Classic 8-0 over Puerto Rico. This was a huge achievement for Puerto Rico, “A lot of their guys say no to the baseball classic. None of our main guys say no to the baseball classic.” Pointed out by listener pdroll – Puerto Rico is only 3500 square miles, the size of connecticut – Economic hardship after major financial mismanagement by the government leaving the country 70 billion dollars in debt and 45% of the population in poverty – “There were no crimes, there were no assassinations back home while we were playing in this classic,” Correa said. “Everybody was dyeing their hair blond, so we had our whole nation behind us that is going through tough times right now.” – Giving the country something to be proud of Japan won in 2006, 2009 Dominican Republic in 2013 US in 2017 Squeaker against Japan 2-1, Puerto Rico beat Netherlands 4-3 April 2: Opening Day! An ESPN tripleheader kicks off the season with Yankees at Rays, Giants at Diamondbacks and Cubs at Cardinals. The Cubs are trying to become the first to win 100 games in back-to-back seasons since the 2004-05 Cardinals and the first repeat champions since the 1998-2000 Yankees. Bob Feller has the only Opening Day no-hitter in MLB history Manny being Manny, but this time it’s in his contract

We’re taking on this whole March Madness thing by ourselves. The brackets are mostly busted with only a few oddities in the world with a perfect Final Four. THANKS THE EAST! Adam Silver is cracking down on teams for resting players in the NBA but some whiny fans are saying that it’s not fair that their favorite player happened to sit at the only game they’ve ever been to. Will the NBA crack down on this further? Geoff thinks they should.

Would You Rather Be a guy known for a foul that allowed someone to win the game, or be the guy who lost because he missed those same free throws. Toss Up Who’s the first 1 or 2 seed to lose in March Madness? John goes with Duke losing in the second round and Geoff says Gonzaga, who John has winning the whole darn thing. Other Bits Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer played each other outside of the finals for the first time since 2004 as they were seeded 6th and 10th at Indian Wells. We also have confirmation it’s Kyrgios like keer-ee-aus or keer-y-oss. The Columbus Crew have their first loss of the season against the Houston Dynamo, losing 3-1. The Crew are now 0-1-1 and take on D.C. United this Saturday. There was a double-knockout in an MMA match earlier this week. Pretty crazy stuff. The Columbus Blue Jackets now have the most wins in franchise history and are only a few games away from grabbing the President’s cup. Sergei Bobrovsky still holds the most wins as a Blue Jackets goalie with 37. The Blue Jackets play the NY Islanders this Saturday. Kevin Love is starting to practice again, so that’s good news for the Cavs. Michael Brantley is making his way back for the Indians, producing runs in the minor league of Spring Training. The Indians are hoping to have him toward the beginning of the regular season. You can check out my guest post on the non-basketball way to make your March Madness picks, which includes Well-informed Toast, Mascot Deathmatch and hex value.

Hating on the mid-majors, Steve Wright is back for a special March Madness edition. Get the highlights of best/worst seeds, who the first high seed to lose will be and more! We go through the bracket and see which matchups are the most favorable and Steve comes away with Wisconsin and Virginia Tech as the game to watch this week if you don’t get to see any other game. Villanova got screwed with Duke being in the same bracket and Steve and Geoff explain why. We also get into how the bracket committee works and how they decide who goes in what portion of the bracket. Who do you have as your big bracket buster this year? The crew goes over their final four all the way to the National Champion, but you’ll have to listen to see who we chose. Plus, John asks some dumb questions but also gives a quick rundown of how teams do in the tournament and finals based on what their mascot is. Hint: Cats do pretty well. You can find more of Steve Wright at Perimeter Players where he writes about all sorts of basketball topics.

We want to hear your Favorite Baseball Memory. Give us a call at (614) 398-3243. Would You Rather Win the NIT or lose in the first round of the NCAA Tourney? Toss Up Where does Tony Romo go. Denver, Houston, Anywhere else. John says Houston, Geoff says Denver…to be different. Last week: will a RB or a WR or a DB have the fastest 40 time? John – DB Geoff – WR John (5-5-1) – Yes Geoff (6-4-1) – No This week in sports history 1946 Ted Williams was offered $500,000 to play in a Mexican Baseball League, said thanks but no thanks. 1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title at Madison Sq Garden 1986 Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 136th assist 1988 Jim Abbott, 1-handed pitcher, wins 58th James E Sullivan Award, presented by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) annually to “the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States”. Abbott is also known for throwing a no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians in 1993. 1993 Pittsburgh Penguins begin NHL record 17 game winning streak Other Weekly Notes Tim Tebow had an at-bat. Struck out looking on 3 straight strikes. Was hit by a pitch. Grounded into a double-play, but drove in a run. Not the worst day out there even though some are lambasting him for his effort. Sergei Bobrovsky now has franchise record for most wins as a Blue Jackets goalie in one season with 35. They play at home against the Buffalo Sabres friday followed by at the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday then Monday against the Philadelphia Flyers. The Columbus Crew started their season last week with a draw, 1-1 against the Chicago fire. They play the Houston Dynamo on Sunday. NCAA Basketball Ohio Northern Women’s Basketball team rolls on after becoming the undefeated OAC Champion for 2017. After defeating Lakeland (68-36) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, the Polar Bears defeated #15 Trine (55-48) to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. ONU will host the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight this weekend, first taking on #20 Geneseo State Friday night. Should they win that game, they would host the winner of the #10 Christopher Newport (Va.) vs. #18 Hope (Mi.) on Saturday. Men’s NCAA Ohio State lost in first round of Big Ten tourney to Rutgers 66-57 #14 Duke def. #10 Louisville today in ACC Tourney 81-77 Unranked TCU def. #1 Kansas in the Big 12 quarterfinals, 85-82 on a set of three free throws with 2.5 seconds left. Unranked Xavier def. #18 Butler in Big East quarterfinals, 62-57 What could we see leading into the big dance? Who knows, but one thing’s for sure. OSU ain’t gon be in it.

Free agency began Thursday this week and things got crazy right out of the gate. There’s a pretty good list of the biggest moves below, but first let’s chat about what the Browns did. Browns Making…Good Moves? In a true test of Paul “Moneyball” DePodesta’s skills, he made one of the craziest trades of free agency. The Texans, feeling the burn after paying a ton of money for Brock Osweiler and essentially getting no return wanted to dump both him and his contract. Problem was there was a $16 million tariff for anyone that wanted him. Enter the Browns. Coming into free agency with roughly $100 million in cap space, they had the room to grab Osweiler and take the hit of $16 million. The cherry on top was that they not only got Osweiler, they also got picks for the 2017 and 2018 drafts including a second-rounder. So Browns get sub-par QB (so far), two picks and only gave up a later round draft pick and $16 million. To top it all off the Browns are now even saying they’re open to trading Brock away and including half of that $16 million to make it more appealing. There are plenty of jokes to be made, but for now it seems like the Browns know what they’re doing. They also picked up WR Kenny Britt, C JC Tretter and G Kevin Zeitler. Pretty good so far. Other Big Moves Jay Cutler released by the Bears, we think he might land with the Jets Mike Glennon signed a huuuuge contract with the Bears Phil Dawson is headed to Arizona Robbie Gould will replace Dawson in San Francisco Desean Jackson is probably headed to Tampa Bay Russel Okung negotiated a great deal for himself and wound up at the Chargers Dan Carpenter was released by the Bills Bills grabbed Safety Jordan Poyer from the Browns Bills also nabbed fullbacks Mike Tolbert and Patrick DiMarco in preparation for what could only be a Maryland I 49ers agreed to terms with Kyle Juszczyk Brian Hoyer and Matt Barkley are headed to the 49ers as well Markus Wheaten is headed to the Bears Ted Ginn Jr. headed to New Orleans Kirk Cousins is asking for a trade Many, many more moves to come

Andrew Mauney joins us again to discuss an upcoming transition into an NBA league that is truly electronic, with NBA teams owning their own teams of esports players to then play…other NBA esports players? We’ve heard about coaches in esports, but what do they do? What does a practice session look like for an esports team and how do they learn from their mistakes. There are the standard big esports games, but what should they start playing. What would be fun to see? Mauney suggests Rainbow Six Siege and StarCraft, John suggests the classic IDARB and Geoff suggests Diddy Kong Racing, Crash Team Racing or FIFA. This episode features cheese being made in the background. Remember to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music or Stitcher.

Thanks for joining us for another week of That One Sports Show. This week we attempted to go live on our YouTube channel and did so successfully as a test, but we aren’t quite ready to do it weekly. In the meantime, subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music or Stitcher. This week’s call-in topic, what is your favorite baseball memory? Leave us a message at (614) 398-3243. Would You Rather Have a stadium that killed birds or tore ACLs? The home of the Minnesota Vikings appears to be killing birds at an alarming rate and certain groups are not happy about it. At the end of the day though, if you had to choose the Vikings stadium, which kills birds or the Rams former stadium in St. Louis, which tears ACLs (see Reggie Bush), which you choose? Toss Up Will a RB or a WR or a DB have the fastest 40 time at the NFL Combine? John – DB Geoff – WR Last Week: Total points in Indians v. Reds Spring Training opener 11.5 = G-Over. J-Under John (5-4-1) – Yes Geoff (5-4-1) – No MLB Pace of Play It’s hard to argue that baseball games are starting to feel longer than they used to. In the last 100 years of baseball, games have moved from an average length of one hour, forty-seven minutes per game to three hours and two minutes per game. A listener sent along a New York Times article that took a look at what could potentially be done about the lengthy games and some answers have some validity. Whether or not they will be used is a different story. Other Links NFL Combine Prop Bets Grand Canyon University Doesn’t Care About Score Against the Diamondbacks Tim Tebow is Unafraid of Failure at Spring Training Our Own NFL Combine We’re doing our own combine. 40-yard dash, Bench Press, Broad Jump, Shuttle run, Vertical Jump, 3-cone drill. Friend of the show “Moskalk” will be getting footage of it and Geoff will attempt to put it on our YouTube channel in the next week. We will inform you of the results as we complete the videos. Some quick numbers to look at to compare us to. 40- Tom Brady 5.28 Bench Press – Tyrann Mathieu – 4 reps at 225 Broad Jump – 110 inches – Joe Thomas Vertical – 35.5 inches – Ndamukong Suh For more on what each combine drill highlights, checkout Todd McShay’s guide.

The NFL Combine is going down this week/weekend and we take a look at what that means for young players, whether or not it has an effect on draft stock and what players can do or not do to help themselves during the drills. A few old running backs have been cut, but will they end up back on their old teams or will Adrian Peterson and Jamaal Charles find a new home? Nick Mangold was let go while he was in Disneyworld and a few other Jets have been released. John avoids the quarterback situation in Cleveland. When we’re hosting our own combine we’ll be trying out the bench press to see how many reps we can get, but it definitely won’t be as many as Samaje Perine. The running back from Oklahoma put up 30 reps. We revisit the “tremendous bird-killing machine” of the Vikings stadium. Geoff reminds John of father-son NFL duo the McCaffreys. Remember to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music or Stitcher.

Steve Wright of Perimeter Players joins us for another week as we creep closer to March Madness. The NBA trade deadline came and went and saw the Cavs make some helpful moves. Andrew Bogut and Deron Williams join “GM Lebron” to help the Cavs in their late season push to solidify the top spot. Kevin Durant took a spill and is now out for an indefinite amount of time. What will his absence mean for a Warriors team that has been less reliant on previous stars. As the tournament selection looms for the NCAA, who is on the bubble, who is a shoe-in and where does Gonzaga rank out of all of them. Is it possible that Wake Forest can make a push? Steve Wright gives his thoughts. Don’t forget you can find more basketball and more Steve Wright at Perimeter Players. Remember to subscribe on iTunes, Google Play Music or Stitcher.

Baseball has begun and Spring Training games start this weekend, we take a look at what’s coming up this year around the MLB and a new intentional walk rule. If you’re a baseball purist, this is a rule you’re going to hate.

With the highest scoring All-Star game of all time, it may be a good idea to re-evaluate how the game is played. Steve Wright provides some thoughts on how to improve gameplay and make things a bit more exciting. We also discuss Lakers legend Magic Johnson and his new role with the organization. You can find more Steve Wright at Perimeter Players.

With DeMarcus Cousins headed to the Pelicans, Steve Wright explains what this means for Anthony Davis and the team. We also take a look at the approaching NBA trade deadline, moves that might be made and why it is the most exciting of all trade deadlines. You can find more Steve Wright at Perimeter Players.

Would You Rather Never see football again, or lose your left hand? Toss Up In this weekend’s NBA All-Star Game, will both teams crack 164.5? Last Week: KD and Golden state travel to OKC for the first time this year, will he outscore Russell Westbrook? John (3-4-1) – Russell Geoff (5-2-1) – Russell This week in sports history 1950 Writers fail to elect anyone to Baseball’s Hall of Fame 1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns 1992 LA Lakers retire Magic Johnson’s #32 uniform 2004 The Pittsburgh Penguins lose their 12th consecutive home game, a NHL record Genie Bouchard went on a date with a fan after losing a Super Bowl bet. So are e-sports athletes actually athletes? One listener-submitted study says yes. BASEBALL IS BACK!!!