March 5, 2025

NFL Teams Reject Hard Knocks, Travis Hunter vs. Shohei Ohtani, & The Mavs' Curse

NFL Teams Reject Hard Knocks, Travis Hunter vs. Shohei Ohtani, & The Mavs' Curse

Missed the live stream? Catch the replay as we break down the biggest (and weirdest) sports stories of the week! šŸˆāš¾šŸ€

ā€¢ NFL teams rejected Hard Knocksā€”was it because of the Giantsā€™ disaster?

ā€¢ Travis Hunter says playing both ways in football is harder than what Shohei Ohtani does in baseballā€”does he have a point?

ā€¢ MLB is testing ABS (Automated Balls & Strikes), and Max Scherzer hates it.

ā€¢ Trump says heā€™s pardoning Pete Roseā€¦ but does he even know what heā€™s pardoning him for? šŸ¤”

ā€¢ The Mavs raised ticket prices after trading Luka Dončićā€”are they cursed?

ā€¢ A soccer ref in Germany got bit in the balls by a kid warming up with the team šŸ˜³

ā€¢ Army baseball took a cargo plane to Coloradoā€”tactical travel at its finest.

ā€¢ Ovechkin is just 11 goals away from breaking Gretzkyā€™s record!


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00:00:00 Introduction

00:06:27 Beer intros

00:13:16 The Bengals are interested in Skattebo, and might push Bengals fans over the edge

00:19:13 Travis Hunter thinks what he does on the football field is harder than what Shohei Ohtani does

00:24:41 Too much Bush Push talk

00:26:19 Nobody wants to be on Hard Knocks

00:28:44 We save the Hard Knocks franchise - pay us HBO!

00:33:10 Hard Knocks tried to get Bill Belichick, should Hard Knocks just pivot to college football

00:36:54 Forget ABS, just go full robot umps

00:42:32 Deep dive into Tony Clark's beard phase vs. his goatee phase

00:48:30 Does Trump think he can pardon Pete Rose from the ineligible list?

00:54:48 ESPN should just show Ridiculousness instead of Sunday Night Baseball

00:59:11 Army flies in a C-17 to take on Air Force

01:05:12 Anyways...

01:06:36 The Skat Dog monstrosity

01:13:32 Are the Mavs cursed?

01:17:53 Wemby jersey swap update

01:25:31 More Skat Dog talk

01:27:39 Ovi update

01:28:14 Do we have too much outdoor hockey now?

01:31:52 Florida Panthers pick up Seth Jones

01:33:56 Soccer ref cancels German game because a kid bit him in the testicles

01:39:55 Beer recaps

01:42:03 This was a show!

01:42:13 Outro


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