NFL - Super Bowl week! Chiefs vs. Buccaneers Who has the advantage? QB - Mahomes vs Brady RBs - Hilaire and Bell vs Jones and Fournette WRs - Hill Hardman Watkins vs Evans Godwin Brown TEs - Kelce vs Gronk OL DL LB Secondary Coaching Who will win? What will this mean for legacies? Mahomes Andy Reid Brady Sports Video Game News MLB the Show Fernando Tatis Jr. on cover Cross platform! EA College Football Name, Image, Likeness Likely a few years out. What do we expect? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend JAN 24 Tampa Bay Bucs vs Green Bay Packers @ 3pm est Kansas City Chiefs vs Buffalo Bills @ 6:40 pm est Who you got winning? And why Super bowl Feb 7. Phillip Rivers retiring after 17 years Who will be retiring this offseason? (GAME) Tom Brady? Drew Brees? Larry Fitzgerald? Frank Gore? Rob Gronkoswki Adrian Peterson? Big Ben? NBA - HUGE TRADE sending James Harden to the Nets from Houston. Nets receive: G James Harden from Rockets | 2024 second-round pick from Cavs Nets trade: C Jarrett Allen & F Taurean Prince & rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov (57th overall pick in 2017) to Cavs | G Caris LeVert, F Rodions Kurucs, three first-round picks (2022, 2024 and 2026) & four first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) to Rockets Rockets receive: G Caris LeVert, F Rodions Kurucs & three first-round picks (2022, 2024 and 2026) and four first-round pick swaps (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) from Nets | G Dante Exum & 2022 first-round pick (via Milwaukee) from Cavs Rockets trade: G James Harden to Nets Cavs receive: C Jarrett Allen, F Taurean Prince & rights to Aleksandar Vezenkov (57th overall pick in 2017) from Nets Cavs trade: G Dante Exum & 2022 first-round pick (via Milwaukee) to Houston | 2024 second-round pick to Brooklyn Nets are 9-6 Thoughts on what they can do with this team? Make them a title contender? MLB - Free Agency NOTABLE NAMES George Springer signing with Blue Jays 150M for 6 years DJ LeMahieu going back to Yankees for 90M for 6 years Liam Hendricks going to White Sox for 3 year 54M Carlos Santana going to Royals for 17M for 2 years (just signed wade today) STILL WAITING ON SIGNEES Trevor Bauer JT Realmuto Marcell Ozuna Marcus Semien Nelson Cruz --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NFL - Playoffs are set and will start this weekend Saturday Games Colts vs Bills Rams vs Seahawks Buccaneers vs Washington Sunday Games Ravens vs Titans Bears vs Saints Browns vs Steelers KC and GB have first round byes NCAA Football National Championship Between #1 Alabama and #3 Ohio State NBA - beginning of the season. Any surprises so far? Surprises? 76ers are 7-2 Toronto Raptors 1-6 (last year 53-19) Phoenix Suns 6-2 (last year 34-39) Any favorites this year so far? MLB - BIG trade Francisco Lindor and Carlos Carrasco for Ahmed Rosario SS, SS 22 yr old Andres Gimenez, Josh Wolf (12 on CLE), Isaiah Greene (16 on CLE) both call up ready in 2023. THOUGHTS? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NFL - Basically ¾ of the way through the NFL Season. Four weeks left! Time to recap/look forward! Thursday night game tonight - NE vs. Rams How has the league handled COVID? Major surprises of the season Mark Steelers - I don’t think they’re the same quality as the other 11-1 team (Chiefs) but still impressive nonetheless. Miami Dolphins - 8-4 Browns to an extent. 9-3 and second in their division.  Trevor  Browns are 9-3 and looking at the playoffs Patriots still 6-6, thought they would be lower Bills back to 9-3 Dolphins 8-4? Tua going nuts Major disappointments of the season Mark AFC South - just not as good top to bottom as I thought. Houston in particular is disappointing. Baltimore Ravens only at 7-5 and 3rd in their division. NFC East - no explanation needed. Minnesota Vikings Trevor  Ravens at 7-5 Texans at 4-8 Falcons 4-8 Division by Division Breakdown (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings) AFC EAST Buffalo Bills 9-3 Miami Dolphins 8-4 New England Patriots 6-6 New York Jets 0-12 (eliminated from playoff contention) AFC NORTH Pittsburgh Steelers 11-1 Cleveland Browns 9-3 Baltimore Ravens 7-5 Cincinnati Bengals 2-9-1 (eliminated from playoff contention) AFC SOUTH Tennessee Titans 8-4 Indianapolis Colts 8-4 Houston Texans 4-8 Jacksonville Jaguars 1-11 (eliminated from playoff contention) AFC WEST Kansas City Chiefs 11-1 (clinched playoff berth) Las Vegas Raiders 7-5 Denver Broncos 4-8 Los Angeles Chargers 3-9 (eliminated from playoff contention) NFC EAST New York Giants 5-7 Washington Football Team 5-7 Philadelphia Eagles 3-8-1 Dallas Cowboys 3-9 NFC NORTH Green Bay Packers 9-3 Minnesota Vikings 6-6 Chicago Bears 5-7 Detroit Lions 5-7 NFC SOUTH New Orleans Saints 10-2 (clinched playoff berth) Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7-5 Atlanta Falcons 4-8 Carolina Panthers 4-8 NFC WEST Los Angeles Rams 8-4 Seattle Seahawks 8-4 Arizona Cardinals 6-6 San Francisco 49ers 5-7 Playoff Picture (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings/_/view/playoff) AFC Right Now (before Thursday night football game on 12/10)  - top four seeds are division winners. 1. Pittsburgh 2. Kansas City 3. Buffalo 4. Tennessee 5. Cleveland 6. Miami 7. Indianapolis First Three Out: Las Vegas, Baltimore, New England First Round matchups as of now: Pittsburgh has a bye #2 KC vs. #7 Indianapolis #3 Buffalo vs. #6 Miami #4 Tennessee vs. #5 Cleveland NFC Right Now (before Thursday night football game on 12/10) - top four seeds are division winners. 1. New Orleans 2. Green Bay 3. Los Angeles Rams 4. New York Giants 5. Seattle 6. Tampa Bay 7. Minnesota First Three Out: Arizona, Chicago, Detroit First Round matchups as of now: New Orleans has a bye #2 Green Bay vs. #7 Minnesota #3 Rams vs. #6 Tampa Bay #4 NY Giants vs. #5 Seattle --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NBA Notable Trades (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/30298702/nba-trade-tracker-grades-details-every-deal) Chris Paul to the Suns Bogdan Bogdanovic to the Bucks Jrue Holiday to the Bucks Dennis Schroeder to Lakers Rumors James Harden, Russell Westbrook both could be traded. Draft Tonight Free Agency - starts on Friday. 2020-21 Tentative Schedule Dec. 11-19: Preseason games Dec. 22-March 4: First half of regular season March 5-10: All-Star break March 11-May 16: Second half of regular season May 18-21: Play-In tournament May 22-July 22: Playoffs NCAA Football Big movement in the last few weeks with new conferences getting started ND beating Clemson in OT without Trevor Lawrence Clemson #4 so not out of playoffs ND up to 2 (UNC SYR WAKE games left) #9 Indiana at Ohio State #3 (find out how good the Hoosies actually are) #7 Cinci at UCF (5-2) #10 Wisconsin at #19 Northwestern Kansas State at #17 Iowa State Mississippi State at #13 Georgia #14 Oklahoma State at #18 Oklahoma BUNCH OF GAMES CANCELLED OR POSTPONED NFL Last Week Colts/Titans - big win for the Colts! Dolphins - win again! 3-0 under Tua. Bills/Cardinals - hail mary win by the Cardinals! Still two quality teams Rams/Seahawks - Seahawks are starting to slide a bit. On a two game losing streak. Division Leaders as of Now (https://www.espn.com/nfl/standings) AFC East - Buffalo Bills (7-3) AFC North - Pittsburg Steelers (9-0) AFC South - tie; Colts and Titans (6-3) AFC West - KC Chiefs (8-1) NFC East - Eagles (3-5-1) NFC North - Packers (7-2) NFC South - Saints (7-2) NFC West - three-way tie. Cardinals, Rams and Seahawks all at 6-3. Interesting Games this Week Arizona at Seattle - Thursday Tennessee at Baltimore - Sunday Green Bay at Indianapolis - Sunday Kansas City at Las Vegas - Sunday Night  Rams at Tampa Bay - Monday Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NFL Seattle @ Buffalo Chicago @ Tennessee Miami @ Arizona New Orleans @ Tampa Bay Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week NCAA Football Surprising rankings Cincinnati Bearcats no.6 3-0 Indiana Hoosiers no. 13 (2-0) Coastal Carolina (4-0) Beating opponents 161 to 64 PAC 12 back in play! Games coming up to watch FRIDAY - #9 BYU @ #21 Boise State #23 Michigan @ #13 Indiana #8 Florida VS #5 Georgia #14 Oklahoma State @ Kansas State #1 Clemson @ #4 Notre Dame MLS SOCCER Playoffs starting soon Top 8 from both divisions Eastern Philadelphia Union (13-4-5) Toronto FC (13-4-5) Columbus Crew SC (11-5-5) Orlando City SC (10-3-8) Western Portland Timbers (11-5-5) Sporting Kansas City (11-6-3) Seattle Sounders FC (10-5-5) Minnesota United FC (8-5-6) The 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) The playoffs will begin on November 20 and conclude with MLS Cup 2020 on December 12 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NFL HALF WAY THROUGH Report from ESPN today - want to keep capacity at 20% at Super Bowl. Want to try to stay on schedule with the season. Half way through the season  AFC EAST Buffalo Bills 5-2 Miami Dolphins 3-3 New England Patriots 2-4 New York Jets 0-7 AFC NORTH Pittsburgh Steelers 6-0 Baltimore Ravens 5-1 Cleveland Browns 5-2 Cincinnati Bengals 1-5-1 AFC SOUTH Tennessee Titans 5-1 Indianapolis Colts 4-2 Houston Texans 1-6 Jacksonville Jaguars 1-6 AFC WEST Kansas City Chiefs 6-1 Las Vegas Raiders 3-3 Los Angeles Chargers 2-4 Denver Broncos 2-4 NFC EAST Philadelphia Eagles 2-4 Washington 2-5 Dallas Cowboys 2-5 New York Giants 1-6 NFC NORTH Green Bay Packers 5-1 Chicago Bears 5-2 Detroit Lions 3-3 Minnesota Vikings 1-5 NFC SOUTH Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5-2 New Orleans Saints 4-2 Carolina Panthers 3-4 Atlanta Falcons 1-6 NFC WEST Seattle Seahawks 5-1 Arizona Cardinals 5-2 Los Angeles Rams 5-2 San Francisco 49ers 4-3 MVP so far? Biggest Suprise? Biggest Let down? Best team from NFC and AFC Superbowl Predictions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NBA Free agents Start to season - being debated. From reports - league is pushing to start in late December. Danny Green says some veterans wont play if it starts then. Revenue dropped 10% to $8.3 billion (report from ESPN). Still yet to be determined how that will impact the salary cap. TALK ABOUT LATER NOT TODAY - https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/story/_/id/30153524/nba-free-agent-rankings-25-best-players-2020 Anthony Davis Fed VanVleet Christian Wood Brandon Ingram Hassan Whiteside MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates LA Wins! Last wins 1988 (32 years ago) Kevin Cash pulling Snell on 70 pitches and 9ks Corey Seager wins MVP Kershaw gets his ring finally Can they repeat? Are they the favorites? NFL Only 1 unbeaten left Steelers (6-0) Surprises half way through season? Dolphins 3-3 Browns 5-2 Texans 1-6 Vikings 1-5 Falcons 1-6 Cardinals 5-2 Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NBA Congrats to the Lakers No surprise? MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates LA 1 - 1 TAMPA BAY RAYS Any surprises? Predictions NFL Standings through 6 weeks Miami to start Tua over Fitzmagic Dolphins 3-3 with losses to Patriots, bills, seahawks Wins against jags, 49ers, jets Fitz - 1,535 yrds - 10td - 7 int - 95 QBR Too early for Tua? LEVEON BELL? Unbeatens? Surprised? How far can they go? Pittsburgh Steelers (5-0) Tennessee Titans (5-0) Seattle Seahawks (5-0) Bills have lost their last 2 (4-2) NFC EAST Cowboys (2-4) (dak hurt) Eagles (1-4-1) Giants (1-5) Washington (1-5) GAMES THIS WEEK Pittsburgh (5-0) @ Tennessee (5-0) GB (4-1) @ Houston (1-5) Seattle (5-0) @ Arizona (4-2) KC (5-1) @ Denver (2-3) Tampa Bay (4-2) @ Las Vegas (3-2) Chicago (5-1) @ Rams (4-2) Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support

NBA PLAYOFFS - (CHECK BEFORE RECORDING) https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29647539/nba-playoffs-2020-schedules-news-odds-latest-updates FINALS! Lakers up 3-1 in series MLB Playoffs - https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29955449/2020-mlb-playoffs-schedules-postseason-bracket-analysis-updates First Round down Matchups in Divisional Round - CHECK STANDINGS. AL (best of 5) (1) Tampa Bay vs (5) Yankees (tied 1-1) (2) Oakland vs (6) Houston (Astros 2-0) NL (1) Dodgers vs (4) San Diego (LA 1-0) (2) Atlanta vs (6) Miami Marlins (ATL 1-0) Any surprises? Predictions NFL More players and teams having COVID-19 in the NFL Standings through 4 weeks Surprises? Positives Bills (trevor surprised) 4-0 on top of AFC East Cleveland Browns 3-1 (won 3 in a row) Seattle (4-0) Green Bay (4-0) Negatives Houston Texans (0-4) Firing Bill O’Brien NFC East (1-3 or 0-4 teams) Vikings at 1-3 Falcons 0-4 San Francisco Bottom of the NFC West Week 5 Games to Watch TB (3-1) @ Chicago (3-1) (thursday night) Buffalo (4-0) @ Tennessee (3-0) (if its played) Indianapolis (3-1) @ Cleveland (3-1) Las Vegas (2-2) @ Kansas City (4-0) Fantasy Recap from Last Week/Look Forward to This Week --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slackerssportsshow/support