NFL’s passer rating is CLEARLY a broken stat, but what if we made a GOOD stat for running backs called rusher rating? Harry is joined by CBS Sports NFL Analyst JP Acosta to talk about how messed up it is that Gardner Minshew has a higher passer rating than Dan Marino, the fairness or lack…
Throwing a 0.0 passer rating in the NFL means the quarterback had a BAD day…but is it really the worst a QB can play? The list of players who have thrown the ignominious stat contains rookies, backups…and Hall of Famers. Born in the 1970s and left untouched since then, passer rating doesn’t tell the whole…
Yeah, people love a mascot you see when GOOD things happen, but what if there was a real stinker mascot only coming out to rag on the team? Harry is joined by Mascot Hall of Fame Co-Founder and Curator Christopher Bruce to talk about being able to perform in a trash bag, the difference between…
Everybody knows their favorite team’s mascot. Almost NOBODY knows the person who DESIGNED that mascot. These are the stories of Carlo Bergoglio, Art Evans, Ava Buric and Charles Palminteri: Mascot Masters that changed the game by creating the characters at the center of fandom. CHAPTERS Intro (:00) Mascots for Knights (1:25) Carlo Bergoglio’s Heraldry of…
Jordan Rizzieri LIVES for the Premier League upset because it’s always a better story. Harry is joined by Unfiltered Soccer Podcast Producer Jordan Rizzieri to talk about the Prem losing its hooligan roots, if you could still fix Premier League matches with three guys and a garage door opener, and whether Kevin Hart is to…
In the late 90s, a string of power failures at Premier League games… didn’t cause a stir at all. The grounds were ancient, and leaks, cracks and even darkness were part of the charm. That was until police received a tip that something nefarious was going on. Their investigation revealed the outages to be part…
How did Trey Wingo end up at a St. Louis Stallions rally in 1993? Harry is joined by sports broadcasting legend Trey Wingo to talk about the St. Louis’ warring Stallions bids, Walter Payton dissing Jacksonville, and the NFL’s bid to create a new holiday – Thanksgiving Eve. CHAPTERS Intro (:00) Trey Wingo’s 90s-tastic Sweater…
When the NFL announced their expansion franchises in 1993, St. Louis was SURE football was coming back to their city. They had fans gather in the thousands to cheer on the St. Louis Stallions, wearing the team’s purple and gold horse logo proudly on their chests. The only problem? They didn’t get the franchise. What’s…
Should the PGA tour bring back wearing knickerbockers? Harry is joined by PGA TOUR LIVE Play-by-play commentator Jeff Eisenband to talk about Eben Byers’s radioactive golfclubs, cheating at golf, and accidentally taking too much creatine to putt. CHAPTERS Intro (:00) Being U.S. Amateur Champion in 1906 (4:01) Yale’s RICH Golfing History (9:18) Overdosing on Creatine…
Eben Byers had it all. He was the 1906 National Amateur Golf champion. He was a millionaire before he was even born. He was such a ladies man they nicknamed him “Foxy Grandpa.” He also had the misfortune of being the poster boy for the dangers of patent medicine. Byers thought he was taking a…