This week Cam, Ben and Tom weave some magic without Blake and Adam (2:05) New Segment: the Spotlightfeaturing Tate Martel, Aaron Rodgers and the country of Tonga(15:05) Olympic Talk – Canada’s medal count, USA basketball, most watchable Olympic events, ‘which pro athletes would be best in the decathalon?’(33:20) Blue Jays stumble to the trade deadline(43:35) NHL offseason in full swing(1:15:31)
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(4:25) Toronto Blue Jays Hype Report(12:20) Seattle Kraken Expansion:-Carey Price-Boston’s protected list-Will CBus regret leaving Domi unprotected?-Kyle Dubas playing chess or checkers?-Is the expansion draft too easy?(47:25) Giannas is awesome(52:20) The Podcast’s Cottage Retreat(1:06:00) Hypothetical: Would you rather have to kill a chicken everytime you go into a car or have to fight an orangutan to the death with a
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(4:00) MLB Home Run Derby(8:56) Shohei Ohtani is the face of baseball(18:13) Where the home run derby stacks up with other sports’ all-star competitions(25:30) Tom gave soccer a chance(34:45) A little NHL talk(43:50) Connor McGregor: Fighter or Promoter?(46:54) NBA Finals(50:22) Is Coors Light the worst beer?(54:46) Blake ropes us in with more baseball talk
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Montreal going on a deep playoff run seems to have sparked a debate as to whether or not the league should expand the playoffs to include more teams. The Habs finished the regular season 18th overall, and with 16 teams making the playoffs you could argue that some other teams were more deserving but ultimately missed the cut. Based on
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(6:37) NHL Stanley Cup(26:19) International sports: soccer, tennis and Canada basketball(45:15) NBA Finals are set(53:17) Toronto Blue Jays Hype Report(55:22) Joey Chestnut + Eating Contest Talk(1:08:48) We roll through the following “would you rather”s:Would you rather know when you die or how you die?Would you rather hit every red light ever, or have painfully slow internet when the sun goes
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Due to other Sunday time commitments, the Shootaround Podcast is now a Tuesday podcast for the foreseeable future (2:40) NHL Playoffs(23:25) NBA Playoffs(33:49) Toughest sports to play in front of an away crowd(47:01) Toronto Raptors draft at fourth overall(58:31) Maybe the most positive Blue Jays Hype Report we’ve ever had(1:05:40) We power rank stuff in the following summer time categories:
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This is now a Friday blog. Keep sending jerseys in on Wednesday, but my Thursdays have gotten too busy to hammer these out and post to the blog at a reasonable time on Thursdays. Tough change to make in Week 23 but, like the GOAT, we won’t be phased. If you want in, be sure to DM pictures of your
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This week we’re a man short because Blake can’t make it to the pod. But the show goes on (2:36) The Blake-less Blue Jays Hype Report(14:59) Ball Hockey Talk(20:50) NHL Playoffs: Fleury, Price, wild ending to Game 4 of Isles v Lightning(35:55) Whats more entertaining: NHL v NBA Playoffs?(46:55) NBA Playoffs: Jazz are toast, Ben Simmons and KD v Giannas(1:03:56)
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Sorry for being a day late on the blog! Sometimes life gets in the way of the keyboard life. Week 22 of the Khris Middleton of blogs. If you want in, be sure to DM pictures of your favourite jersey to one of the Bench Life Social accounts every Wednesday night. Jersey of the Week Submissions Fifth PlaceElton Brand Thrift
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The five man unit get up at the crack of dawn and record the pod at 9:30 AM on Sunday. First half of the pod is for sports fans and the second half will take anyone down memory lane (7:17) NHL Playoffs(19:04) NBA Playoffs(27:07) MLB’s Spider Tack Controversy(39:10) Blue Jays Hype Report(40:59) We fantasy draft movies, tv shows, snacks, video
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