[00:22] Opening Bounce [07:49] Basketball [39:04] Football Codes [1:08:55] Final Thoughts

Poor Stuey is recovering from major surgery so we've cobbled together an episode of (mostly) previously unreleased audio from episodes 128 with Beau Estes & 53 with Alex Loughton.   Enjoy & Happy Holidays from the Sport Blokes!!! :)

Recorded 6 December 2022 (00:22) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss? (08:11) Football (Soccer) - The FIFA World Cup rudely overshadows the announcement of Round 1 of the AFL Fixtures (21:53) Cricket (38:18) Basketball - NBA (57:01) Basketball - NBL (includes Trivia without notice!) (1:06:22) Final Thoughts   Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live   Find us on twitter @sportblokes or write to us [email protected]. Music and artwork @danntozerillustrations on Instagram/danntozerillustrations on Facebook

Recorded 26 November 2022 (00:22) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss? (10:33) Basketball - NBA (24:55) Basketball - NBL (47.27) Football (Soccer) - FIFA World Cup (44:03) Cricket (1:05:55) Final Thoughts   Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live   Find us on twitter @sportblokes or write to us [email protected]. Music and artwork @danntozerillustrations on Instagram/danntozerillustrations on Facebook

Recorded 19 November 2022   What an honour and privilege it was to chat with the GOATmentator himself, 'NBA' Beau Estes! Most of our listeners will know him as the voice of the NBA.com top 10 plays or more recently the voice of the top ten weekly plays for the NBL, but Beau is a man of many talents who has led (and continues to lead) a fascinating life! It was a circuitous conversation (as conversations are) but we've done our best to provide some time stamps below:   (00:22) Introduction (01:46) Welcome to Beau (02:35) Early career – dreams of sports journalism; first NBA memory; inspirational broadcasters (Chick Hearn, Brent Musberger & Ernie Johnson); fandom (University of North Carolina favourites: James Worthy & Michael Jordan). (10:02) The GOAT debate; memorable NBA highlights (Blake Griffin over Timofey Mozgov & Klay Thompson’s 37 point quarter); LeBron’s impending scoring record (and how NBA.com and the top ten plays will plan for it). (17:40) Life as the voice of the Top Ten plays for the NBA & NBL and how it began (NBA TV; the process and how the NBL differs from the NBA); Favourite players in NBA & NBL. (28:35) Mailbag: How do you watch the games from the US? (Includes discussion on: Sydney Kings, Melbourne United, Xavier Cooks, Keanu Pinder, Jock Landale, Isaac Humphries). (33:06) Perth/Australia (includes brief discussion on the Goodwill Games and FIFA World Cup) and Brady Manek’s early career with the Wildcats. (48:00) NBA talents/aspirants Mitch Creek, Luke Travers’ (Beau discusses Travers Summer League performance and his struggles in the NBL this season) & Kai Sotto. (55:00) Victor Wembanyama (and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s war chest of draft picks) (58:14) Sports Business Classroom (1:02:25) Favourite Live Sporting moments (1:08:10) Final Thoughts   Perthlings: be sure to keep an ear out for a very special collaboration with the NBL Pocket Podcast and Nick Tan (brought to you by the Backlot Perth and Full Court Fitness): https://www.nblpocketpodcast.com/live   Find us on twitter @sportblokes or write to us [email protected]. Music and artwork @danntozerillustrations on Instagram/danntozerillustrations on Facebook

Recorded 17 November 2022 (00:00) Interview Sneak Preview 'NBA' Beau Estes/Intro Music (02:59) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss? (11:25) Football (Australia) - AFLW/AFL (17:19) Cricket (33:50) What Made Stu (and Nath) say Bloody Hell? (37:40) Basketball - FIBA/NBL/NBA (58:10) Football (USA) - NCAA College Football/NFL (1:05:41) Final Thoughts

Recorded 9 November 2022 (00:22) What Caught Your Attention and Whatdya miss? (10:15) Basketball - NBA (29:28) Basketball - NBL (44:03) Cricket (54:48) NFL (1:05:55) Final Thoughts

Recorded 3 November 2022 (00:44) What Caught Your Attention/Whatdya Miss? (11:22) Basketball - NBA: Nets sack Steve Nash (for Ime Udoka) but don't do anything about Kyrie 'QAnon Monta' Irving; Surprises and other early thoughts on the season; Rookies; Duelling stats; Dwight Howard. (41:57) Basketball - NBL: Dean Vickerman throws Jordan Caroline under the bus; close games highlight round 5 (after some dismal performances littered the previous weeks) and the first 2 games of round 6; Should current players be commentating?   (1:00:04) Cricket: T20 World Cup continues to entertain (in spite of the rain); spotlight on India v Pakistan & Zimbabwe v Bangladesh (and surrounding crazy events/controversies. Nath's Note: I re-watched the Karthik stumping and it hit his pads, so absolutely fair play to Rizwan with the gloves!); Tess Flintoff records new fastest WBBL 50; Quick hits on the Sheffield Shield. (1:13:19) Final Thoughts   Music and artwork @danntozerillustrations on Instagram/danntozerillustrations on Facebook

Recorded 15 October 2022 (00:00) Greetings/Music/Intro/Banter  (02:35) What is a curse? Are You superstitious? (03:30) The curse of Murphy the Billygoat and the Chicago Cubs (17:58) The Kardashian Kurse  (38:46) Story time (the Kardashian Curse from 'the internet': your truly 100% reliable source for whenever you need to 'do your own research') (43:00) Final Thoughts