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Sport Man Toe Episode 23: A-ROD, WNBA, CONNECTIONS

Today we interview A-Rod and quiz Spike on the WNBA, as well as re-hashing our baseball grudges and charming the everloving shit out of our listeners.

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Sport Man Toe Episode 22: Celebrity Interviews, A-Rod Gossip

Today we have a very important guest- our first ever- and I highly advise you to listen to the interview beginning at 45:15. We’re also chatting about A-Rod, Diego Maradona’s propensity for revenge kicks on the paparazzi, Spike’s residual bitterness about the state of NBA basketball in Seattle (and how he’d fuck it up if he was in charge). A-triple-plus rated show.

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Sport Man Toe Episode 21: The Greatest Dwight Howard Film Ever Conceived

Lots of great stuff this week, including the conception of a hit movie about Dwight Howard, a massively unfair cycling trivia game I use to take out my anger on Spike, and a piercing discussion of the best continents…in the world.

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Sport Man Toe Episode 20: Russian Horror, Deadly Music

Today we’re discussing the latest installment in the Russian horror oeuvre, choosing the deadliest musical instrument, riffing on the American soccer problem and the American LeBron problem, and generally feeling GREAT about ourselves and the world.

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Sport Man Toe Episode 19: Why Athletes are Boring

It’s episode number 19, another record, and Spike & Shane are chatting about boring athletes, U.S. Open golfers, Mario Balotelli (not boring at all), and potential movies about the Marlins and Mets involving Will Smith and his son. The world is changing, but damned if we’re not going to chronicle it with our voices.

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Unreadabe Episode 4: Will Leitch

Unreadable is back, and our first guest is Sports on Earth writer and Deadspin co-founder Will Leitch. It’s a rip-roaring conversation, covering his childhood as a budding artist lacking all practical skills in Mattoon, IL, all the way through a failed engagement on the even of his appearance on Win Ben Stein’s Money, to New York, where he made his name as the co-founder of Deadspin, got screamed at by Buzz Bissinger, and went on to work for New York Magazine and Sports on Earth. Will’s one of the most fascinating guys in sports media today, a pioneer in many ways, and I think I did a little dance when I read his email agreeing to be on the show. Check below for time stamps.

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0:00 – Introduction all by myself, some stuttering
1:20 – Will scoffs at the notion of himself as a “youth infusion”
1:45 – Predictions for what Gregg Doyel will be like at age 70
2:30 – The notion of online personalities always seeming young
3:40 – Will’s childhood in Mattoon, IL
4:30 – Living up to a dad with practical skills you lack
7:00 – Will’s relationship with his dad, and the book “Are We Winning?”
8:30 – Trying to prove to his dad he’s not a moron- the endless battle
10:30 – Will’s work ethic, and where it came from and how it started
11:30 – Growing up with Tim Grierson, dreams of becoming film critics
13:30 – His first job in NYC, how it failed, and answering phones at a doctor’s office
14:40 – Getting over the early-20s feeling of being special, and moving on
15:00 – Meeting AJ, and the romantic feeling of being collective failures
19:20 – College at Illinois, living the newspaper life and missing out on the fun
22:10 – Will’s first engagement, appearing on Win Ben Stein’s Money hours after it ended
27:00 – Leaving LA, moving to St. Louis and working for the Sporting News
29:00 – His first site, Ironminds.com, gets bought, and it’s off to NYC
30:00 – Knowing standard sports journalism wasn’t for him, and where that began
32:10 – Meeting A.J. Daulerio, and why he’s so successful, and their early days
36:00 – How Tommy Craggs runs Deadspin
36:50 – How Craggs and Daulerio solidified Leitch’s legacy as co-founder of Deadspin
38:50 – Black Table.com, which began in 2003, and how that created the Deadspin opportunity
41:00 – Leitch’s memo to Lockhart Steele and Nick Denton that started it all
42:00 – How Will became the no. 1 man at Deadspin, and the team he formed
45:40 – He turns Deadspin into a success, the early days, the Orton/Leinart posts
47:30 – Relationship with the mainstream media, the unexpected journalism culture war
48:10 – The realization that Deadspin was a flashpoint, and was controversial
51:20 – The sensitivity of sports journalists, and the role tv plays in that
53:30 – Will’s appearance on Costas Now, and being yelled at by Buzz Bissinger
59:40 – Moving to New York Magazine, and why it was the right time to leave Deadspin
1:04:30 – Will gets married, releases his book in 2010, and how that writing is different
1:06:40 – Fatherhood, what it’s like, how it affects being a writer, why NYC is a terrible place to raise kids
1:08:45 – Working for Sports on Earth, how the site had early missteps, and how Will is leading the site in a new direction
1:10:00 – Why the Internet requires a different voice, and why he’s infused young people into SoE
1:14:20 – The standard question: What’s your advice to young writers?
1:16:25 – Why “wanting it” is so important as a writer
1:17:20 – Will compares himself to Josh Brolin

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Sport Man Toe Episode 18: Important Questions About LeBron Choking

In this week’s episode, Spike and I speak about LeBron, the likeability of Novak Djokovic, crazy Eastern European face poisoning, Irish twitter shenanigans, and what Spike would do if he had control of the Angels twitter account for a day.

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Triangle Media Ryder Cup 2013 Results

The second annual Triangle Media Ryder Cup is in the books, and Team Internet has won a famous victory against last year’s champs. Team Traditional gave a game effort, but the youngsters were absolutely ravenous on the way to claiming an emphatic 11.5-6.5 win. Here’s how it went down in each session:

Session One: Fourball

1. Jamie O’Grady and Keith Taylor Internet, def. James Alverson and Andrew Carter, Traditiona, 4&2
2.
Shane Ryan and Andrew Westney, Internet, def. Mark Thomas and Chantal McCabe, Traditional, 2&1
3.
Ben Swain and Matt Purdy, Internet, def. Hayes Permar and Luke DeCock, Traditional, 3&1
4.
Jack Daly and Mark Armstrong, Traditional, def. Randy Brownlow and Lauren Brownlow, Internet, 1-up
5.
Jon Pence and Brian Barbour, Internet, vs. Stephen Schramm and Mike Maniscalco, Traditional, Halved

Score after session: Team Internet 3.5, Team Traditional 1.5

Session Two: Foursomes

1. Keith Taylor and Andrew Westney, Internet, def. Mark Thomas and Mike Maniscalco, Traditional, 1-up
2.
Randy Brownlow and Jamie O’Grady, Internet, vs. Jack Daly and Luke DeCock, Traditional, Halved
3.
Ben Swain and Shane Ryan, Internet, def. Hayes Permar and Mark Armstrong, Traditional, 3&2
4.
Matt Purdy and Jon Pence, Internet, def. James Alverson and Stephen Schramm, Traditional, 2-up
5.
Andrew Carter and Chantal McCabe, Traditional, def. Brian Barbour and Lauren Brownlow, Internet, 4&3

Score after session: Team Internet 7, Team Traditional 3

Session 3: Singles

1. Luke DeCock, Traditional, def. Keith Taylor, Internet, 2&1
2.
Jamie O’Grady, Internet, def. Andrew Carter, 2&1
3.
Mark Thomas, Traditional, def. Shane Ryan, 3&1
4.
Jack Daly, Traditional, def. Andrew Westney, 1-up
5.
Matt Purdy, Internet, vs. Stephen Schramm, Traditional, Halved
6.
Ben Swain, Internet, def. Mark Armstrong, Traditional, 2&1
7.
Randy Brownlow, Internet, def. Chantal McCabe, Traditional, 4&3
8.
Jon Pence, Internet, def. Chip Patterson, Traditional, 2&1

Score after session: Team Internet 11.5, Team Traditional 6.5

Point Leaders

Internet

Ben Swain – 3 (Note: Sundered Wedge MVP award winner)
Matt Purdy – 2.5
Jon Pence – 2.5
Jamie O’Grady – 2.5
Keith Taylor – 2
Andrew Westney – 2
Shane Ryan – 2
Randy Brownlow – 1.5

Traditional

Jack Daly – 2.5 (Note: Has never lost a Ryder Cup match, 5-0-1 all time)
Stephen Schramm – 1.5
Luke DeCock – 1.5

The Sundered Wedge Award (MVP): Ben Swain, Internet

Good Job, Great Effort Award: Mike Maniscalco, Traditional

For last year’s results, click here.

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Triangle Media Ryder Cup: Better Ball Pairings Released!

The pairings for the first set of matches- the better ball format- have been released! Incidentally, so have the Vegas odds (expressed by holes). They are below.

1. Jamie O’Grady and Ket Taylor, Internet (-1), vs. James Alverson and Andrew Carter, Traditional

2. Shane Ryan and Andrew Westney, Internet (+1.5), vs. Mark Thomas and Chantal McCabe, Traditional

3. Ben Swain and Matt Purdy, Internet (-4.5), vs. Hayes Permar and Luke DeCock, Traditional

4. Lauren Brownlow and Randy Brownlow, Internet (+2) vs. Mark Armstrong and Jack Daly, Traditional

5. Jon Pence and Brian Barbour, Internet (+1.5) vs. Stephen Schramm and Mike Maniscalco, Traditional

Notes:

*Mark Armstrong and Jack Daly both went 3-0 in last year’s Ryder Cup, and paired to win a better ball match.

*Team Internet stars Shane Ryan, Ben Swain, Matt Purdy, and Lauren Brownlow are undefeated in Better Ball in their Ryder Cup careers.

*Mike Maniscalco, Team Traditional captain, has never won a pairs match in his Ryder Cup career.

*Hayes Permar of Team Traditional is 0-2 in pairs matches in his Ryder Cup career.

*Andrew Carter of Team Traditional has never won a Better Ball match.

*We are playing for this:

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