 Panther’s season preview NFL favorite story lines to watch UNC self-reported violations (players sold Air Jordans), and then asked for leniency citing “player safety” Lebron to LA, Kawhi to Toronto - NBA free-agency Atlanta Braves are good again, how did that happen? Buy, Sell, Hold 

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Panthers 2018 preview, NFL story lines we are excited about, Braves are good again, and a fresh round of Buy, Sell or Hold

Mike and Drew discuss the firing of David Gettlemen from the Carolina Panther's front office and what the upcoming Panther's season will be like.  We also discuss the prospect of Major League Soccer coming to the Triangle and compare the Carolina Hurricane's struggles with the likelihood of MLS success.

Ep. 38 - Carolina Panthers upcoming 2017 season and NCFC's bid for Major League Soccer team

What are the Top 3 Lessons from Round 1? What did we learn from Cavaliers 4-0 sweep that included a 26 point come from behind victory? Were the Celtics ever really on the ropes? Listen as newcomer Willie Green joins Mike and Drew to talk about playing at Rucker Park, life as a Knicks fan, and, mostly, the NBA playoffs. Mike explains why the LaMarcus Aldridge Spurs are so different from the Tim Duncan Spurs, while Willie explains the Clippers curse and compares the Utah Jazz to a “buzzsaw.” (That’s not a typo.) Join us for that and post-Round 1 investments tips.

Ep. 36 - Top 3 Lesson Learned from 1st Round NBA Playoffs

NBA Playoffs? NBA Playoffs! Can LeBron flip the switch? Early round upset? Could James Harden survive the force of nature that is Westbrook and shoot down the Spurs? The NBA renaissance is fully upon us and Drew and Mike will break down the 2017 match-ups (assuming Drew can figure out exactly whose playing). Listen as Drew tries to explain how Steph Curry is worse this year (he isn't) and Mike throws Tyler Zeller a shout out. Oh, and find out who the most interesting player in the NBA is right now.

Ep. 35 - NBA Playoffs - Best First Round Matchups

UNC basketball program just won its sixth national championship and its third one under Roy Williams. But before Roy was head coach, for 8 years he was an assistant coach under Dean Smith and during that time he was head coach of the UNC JV Mens basketball team. Dean Smith believed that every student should have a chance to play on the JV team. And if you played two years for the JV team you are given the chance to try out for the Varsity program. Which means hypothetically at least any UNC student can make the Varsity team and in doing so possible play along side the next Sam Perkins, Vince Carter, Antwaun Jamison or Michael Jordan. What follows here is the story of one such person who took a chance as a freshman went to a huge gym filled with hundreds of players, tried out for the JV team and made it. And as such he got to see and hear Dean Smith run his practices and he got to be part of the Carolina Way from the inside. That person is Dave Adams and you can hear the story of his experience now. One note: this podcast was recorded Tuesday April 4th a day after UNC beat Gonzaga for the championship.

Ep. 34 - Playing JV basketball for the UNC Tarheels

We recorded our pre-game predictions, mid-game reaction and post-game conclusions and then stitched them together in the podcast SPECIAL EDITION. . Relive the NCAA championship game with Ron, Mike and Drew as it was happening.

Ep. 33 - UNC beats Gonzaga - Our "real-time" reactions

How come the ACC got smoked during a wild opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament? Why did the NCAA force Duke to play a road game as a second seed? Plus, we discuss our favorite Sweet 16 matchups (Gonzaga-West Virginia/Kentucky-UCLA, anyone?) before a spirited round of Buy, Sell or Hold in which we predict whether or not Gonzaga will finally reach its first Final Four, North Carolina will succeed at winning it all a year after coming up agonizingly short, and Drew makes the (weak?) case that Greensboro, N.C., is an iconic sports town on par with Green Bay, Wisc., as well as a cultural mecca similar to Austin, Texas. Also, Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim is a big dummy.

Ep. 32 - ACC Bombs, Our Sweet 16 Picks And The NCAA And HB2 Combine To Hose Duke

Now that the Sweet Sixteen is here and only 1 ACC team has it, this talk is more relevant in ever. Avid listeners of the podcast will recognize this as Part 3 of Episode 30. In it, we take a list of ACC players with professional basketball hopes and Ron and Mike debate whether they will stay in school or go on to play professional basketball next year. It’s a segment we called “Staying or Going”.

BONUS - ACC Player Predictions: Who's staying and who's going?

It's NCAA Tournament time and if you are looking for a No. 12 (or 13) seed to pick to get an upset or wondering which No. 1 or 2 seed is most likely to lose, listen to this episode! In it Drew mines Mike and Ron for their best pick ideas and then brazenly challenges them to a competition. We debate the No. 1 seeds - Villanova, Kansas, Gonzaga and North Carolina. Did the Heels deserve it with seven losses - tied for the most ever for a top seed? Or should Duke, which won the ACC Tournament in fashion Ron Found spectacular and Mike found "one or two plays away from us not talking about them at all," have snuck onto the top line with eight losses? What about the Pac 12, which got no love despite UCLA being ranked third and Oregon, the Pac 12 tournament champion, being ranked fifth in the AP Top 25? We also discuss St. Mary's, Creighton, SMU, Purdue and Vermont among many other teams as we make sense of this year's bracket.

Ep. 31 - March Madness - Steal These Picks!

The North Carolina Tar Heels ended the ACC basketball season atop the standings, and we take a second to talk about their final two games - the win against the Duke Blue Devils, where they scored 90 points, and the loss against the Virginia Cavaliers, where they scored 43! We also debate the merits of UNC's Justin Jackson as the ACC Player of the Year (what about Luke Kennard?), try to understand how Louisville's Donovan Mitchell made the first team, and ponder the significance of the ACC tournament's first trip to Brooklyn before telling you exactly which league underclassmen will be bolting for the NBA and which ones won't in a new segment ingenuously called “Staying or Going."

Ep. 30 - Duke-Carolina, Debating The All-ACC Teams, And Will Brooklyn Steal The ACC Tournament?

In Mark Gottfried's 5 1/2 years as the North Carolina State men's basketball coach, he made four NCAA tournament appearances and twice advanced to the Sweet 16. Yet he was fired last week. Mike Adams, State fan and alum, talks about what went wrong and gives us a view into what Wolfpack nation thinks. Was it the right move? Also we debate who will be ACC Player of the Year, and we are asking for your thoughts on the matter. Take our poll here - s.surveytown.com/survey/?c=200157&id=1

Ep. 29 - ACC Hoops, Mark Gottfried fired at NC State

The Falcons were ahead 28 - 3 in the third quarter. Brady looked shook. Then a little thing we like to refer to as "the greatest choke in the history of professional sports" happened. We try and break down the crazy awesome comeback that was Super Bowl 51. We also talk to Dave Brown, a reporter for the Concord (N.H.) Monitor, who covered the Patriots throughout the season and was at the game. Finally we go over the results of our prop bets. Find out how well our "resident MIT-grown data analyst" did. Did he beat Ron "go with my gut" Wagner? Listen now. Show notes and to see prop bet results: http://blooperman.com/blooperman-podcast-episode-28-super-bowl-51-prop-bet-results-and-patriots-writer-dave-brown/

Ep. 28 - Super Bowl 51 Recap

It's Super Bowl 51 (LI; does anyone else miss the Roman numerals?) time, and in this episode we take on the Super Bowl prop bets. You know, the stuff only experts would know - like who will score the first touchdown, what Lady Gaga's first song will be during the halftime show and the surprising dicey proposition Luke Bryan faces when deciding whether or not to wear a hat while singing the National Anthem, among many other things. We gave ourselves $1,000 blooper bucks to wager, and next week you'll find out who took home the big money. Will it be Mike and his advanced statistical analysis? Ron and his gut-based rejection of logic? Or Drew, and his deep knowledge of the average length of the National Anthem? Hey, those sound like pretty good prop bets themselves...

Ep. 27 - Super Bowl 51 - The Prop Bets

The NFL is back in Los Angeles, and with not one team but two. Will it be twice the fun, or do LA fans really hate the Chargers as much as they seem to? Also, we jump right in on the Super Bowl, ponder just how much NBA players embarrassed themselves with their all-star voting, and let Mike have his moment in the sun after N.C. State stunned Duke in Cameron.

Ep. 26 - LA ... Chargers? Plus, All-NBA picks, Super Bowl 51, and ACC hoops

We recap Clemson vs Alabama. Was it better than last year's championship? One of the best games ever? We also check-in with ACC Men's basketball and discuss who's the team to beat. Will Florida State fade come tournament time or do they have what it takes? Also Ron and Mike make their next NFL Playoff picks and Mike lets us all know which NFL bet he would make if he were a bettin' man.

Ep. 25 - Clemson v Alabama Recap, NFL Playoffs and ACC basketball

Join Drew Adams, Mike Adams and Ron Wagner has we talk ACC Basketball, ACC Football, Panthers and the NFL, the NBA and the hot sports topics of the day.

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