The Way It Was Meant to be Played

Michiganders, starved for entertainment. (Michael Barera [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons)

Michiganders, starved for entertainment. (Photo: Michael Barera via Wikimedia Commons)

Kathleen, Coulter, and his dog try to get Ed to care about sports by talking about Los Angeles and San Jose playing hockey outdoors, you know, in the shade and about the various cheaters who haven’t made it into the Baseball Hall of Fame.


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The League of Extraordinary Rankers

The CFP Selection Committee

The most powerful people in the world.

Coulter and Kathleen try to get Ed to care about sports by both bringing up the College Football Playoff. Mike discusses the all-powerful Selection Committee, The Ohio State quarterback curse against Braxton Miller and J.T. Barrett and for Cardale Jones, Ohio State over Alabama, and the Yankees of college football. Kathleen talks about her Twitter habits, more about Cardale Jones, next year’s QB sitch, and how years are measured differently for college athletes. Coulter and Kathleen talk amongst themselves about Jim Harbaugh and others while Ed gets a nap in. Then they compare JK Scott to another kicking great.

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Episode 014 – The Reachout

This week, Kathleen and guest-host Erik Hanson try to get Ed to care about sports by discussing LaBron James uncharacteristically seeking publicity vis-a vis Derrick Rose. Also, Peyton Manning’s naked bootleg, Erik’s figure skating career, the Dodger Dog, Gilroy Garlic Fries, and various minor league delicacies, this not this, this item at Coors Field, and the StrasBurger.

And how jim-rash-1-sized + 3111 = ADAM-SILVER-NBA.

Episode 013 – Courtship, Chaos, Concrete, and Clay

Gentlemen's Doubles Champions, Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan of the United State

Twin Americans

This week, Kathleen and Vinny try to convince Ed to care about sports by bringing up the NHL draft, the NBA’s Dwight Howard, the Clippers’ Doc Rivers, the Giants’ Victor Cruz, the MLB Trade Deadline, and some event called Wimbledon.

Episode 012 – Cups and Balls

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This week’s prize

This week, Vinny and Kathleen try to get Ed to care about sports by discussing the College World Series, the Women’s College World Series, the Stanley Cup Finals, and booing the commissioners.

Episode 011 – The Ides of May

Jerry West, supposedly

Jerry West, supposedly

Kathleen and Vinny try to convince Ed to care about sports by discussing the Memphis Grizzlies’ playoff chances, how their move wasn’t like the Colts’, how they may be like the Sacramento Kings, how even Jerry West couldn’t fix them, Mike Conley, Jr., Marc Gasol, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma Thunder, the possibility of a Grizzlies vs. Warriors matchup, Ed’s one degree of separation from Elvis Presley, Orb and the Preakness, the difficulty of winning the Triple Crown in horse racing vs. the Triple Crown in baseball, Affirmed – the last Triple Crown winner in 1978, ESPN’s ranking of Secretariat over Mickey Mantle, Secretariat’s gender (male, by the way), and the thorny question of whether or not horse racing is a sport.

Episode 010 – Scoops and Hoops

George Catlin’s “Ball-play of the Choctaw–Ball Up”

This week, Vinny and Kathleen try to convince Ed to care about sports by talking about lacrosse. Lacrosse, I say! They discuss the NCAA Championships (fill out your bracket!), take a side trip to the Carrier Dome, where you can and can’t pound on each other, peppering goalies, the structure of the game, the equipment, the need to quit stalling, and the teams to watch.

After some technical difficulties and a change of venue, they discuss the forces that conspired to stop Ed from watching hockey, which professional hockey team is more like Cinderella (hint: it’s the Islanders,) and the Chicago Bulls vs. the Miami Heat.

Retired NFL Players’ Medical Bills

From the Washington Post

Episode 009 – Taking the High Road

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This week’s prize

Recorded Wednesday, May 1, 2013

This week, Kathleen and Vinny try to convince Ed to care about sports by discussing Jason Collins, Tim Tebow, Stephen Curry throwing up against the Nuggets, the NHL playoffs, Sidney Crosby’s teeth, the mysterious length of hockey games, and the series to watch if you’re only watching one, if you have a day to devote to it, that is.

Plus, they tease the NCAA Lacrosse Championships coming up Memorial Day weekend. That’s right, they tease lacrosse.

Episode 008 – Relevant Irrelevance

The Lowsman Trophy

The Lowsman Trophy

Recorded Friday, April 26, 2013

Vinny and Kathleen try to convince Ed to care about sports by discussing a Slobs vs. Snobs Cinderella story that finally made Yale a household name. Also, Mr. Irrelevent, practice squads, whatever became of Peyton Manning, and the story of John Tuggle:

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Plus, The World’s Loudest Starbucks™ makes a repeat appearance.