Episode 4: Anticipation Week
Welcome to the 4th Episode of Sports NextDoor! Not a lot to recap but a whole lot to analyze and anticipate in the sporting world.
Soccer talk (0:59-03:07) TFC manger Greg Vanney has stepped down, Owen takes a moment to discuss his accomplishments and give thanks.
NFL Corner (03:19-12:40) Owen recaps the Steelers Ravens game(03:25-09:00), including the broadcast scheduling weirdness + the playoff picture for each team. Previews for the Titans/Browns, Rams/Cardinals and Bills/49ers (09:26-11:54) Plus his fantasy sleeper đź‘€
Combat Corner: (12:41-34:05) Max covers the distressing news of the UFC fight cancellation between Leon Edwards and Khamzat Chimaev (12:51-16:50), previews the Saturday PPV between Errol Spence Jr and Danny Garcia. We go into Snoop Dogg's fight club and talk about Evander Kane fighting a Paul brother, is Hockey the best base for Boxing? (19:37-27:04). Lastly going over the news that Claressa Shields signed with PFL, highlighting what the state of the heavier weight classes looks like in Women's MMA (27:07-34:00).
In our NBA talk (34:07-59:42) we cover the Westbrook Wall trade between the Wizards and Rockets (34:08-43:54) plus the Lakers extensions for Davis and Lebron (43:55-49:04) Will we see Lebron and Bronny Jr?. Praise to the Ball bro's and a little Toronto Raptors coverage (49:05-52:00). Rounding the Basketball talk off Owen goes over the week highlights from the top of the NBA 2021 Draft class (52:00-59:42).
We finally get to talk Hockey! discussing when the NHL season will start, will it start, and what considerations need to be made for this to happen(59:51-01:07:57) .
Lastly we talk about Blue Jays ownership deciding to demolish Rogers stadium, and what should be considered replacing it, coming from an avid baseball a fan and a... not so avid baseball fan (01:08:16-End)
Mistakes and Acknowledgements: Max butchered the pronunciation of Khamzat Chimaev.
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