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The Cavs won a Finals game! plus Spotify, Twitter and Disney - WFNY Podcast - 2015-06-09 Jun 09, 2015

Show notes

Jeff Nomina changes his twitter name too much. I think he's SportsNom now, so go search him out and find him. He's also a really fun guy to chat with about sports and life and culture and stuff, so we did that. Here's what we talked about.

Jeff Nomina changes his name a lot
The reluctant, accidental troll
The epic, weird twitter night
Women's soccer and how it doesn't discredit the sport
Comparing soccer to sushi
The NBA finals TV ratings in Cleveland and outside it
The Golden State Warriors and not having a lot of access to them
The Sportscenter highlight packages and what we get now
Talking heads and whether or not it's better or worse
Rebooting NFL AM and how awful the production was
The Cavs and whether or not they could win a game narrative
The Cavaliers and how buried they were by everyone
Enjoying the banged up Cavaliers is especially fun
LeBron's final shot and what he would have wanted
Neutralizing Tristan Thompson
Tristan Thompson switching out on a guard at the three point line
David Blatt allows the other team to dictate lineups
Getting obsessed with minutiae
J.R. Smith and how painfully limited he is with the Golden State offense
Putting a physical body on Curry and how sustainable it all is
Making predictions and how worthless they are
The old tweet dredging and how awful it is
Becoming an Internet villain in a heartbeat
Apple Music vs. Tidal and what they bring

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LeBron and why the Cavs aren't dead... yet - WFNY Podcast - 2015-06-06 Jun 06, 2015

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I've been listening to a lot of Cavs talk about how Kyrie Irving's injury spells the end for the Cleveland Cavaliers. I get it, and I understand why people feel that way, but there are games left to be played and the Cavs have LeBron James. I asked Brendan Bowers to join me on the podcast to discuss all the issues surrounding the Cavaliers and their current run in the 2015 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors.

The Cavaliers and whether or not they have a chance
Missing Kyrie's productivity from Game 1
The Cavs' series against the Hawks projecting to the Golden State Warriors
LeBron scores 44 and the Cavaliers lose?
J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert on the road vs. at home
Golden State's game plan was to let LeBron take a high volume of shots
Is there any benefit to having clarity on Kyrie Irving?
Momentum if the Cavaliers can win Game 2 in Golden State
The Kyrie Irving injury conspiracy theories
When things go wrong, people look to blame others
Do you believe in curses or any of the other silliness?

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The Cavs unlikely journey to the NBA Finals - WFNY Podcast - 2015-06-01 Jun 02, 2015

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Ben Cox joins the podcast to talk about the NBA and the Cavaliers trip to the NBA Finals. Plus, you know, DELLY!

Delly and his status as unlikely hero and anti-hero
Team construction and the Cavs having to rely on Delly
Delly shooting better from outside than from the inside
Matthew Dellavedova looking for too many alley-oops
Getting autographs from Charles Barkley and Steve Kerr
Baseball cards versus basketball cards
Cavaliers watch parties at the new Q with the giant scoreboards
LeBron does make his teammates better
Is anything ever normal when LeBron's around?
The future of Kevin Love and what he's going to do
The amount of time the Cavaliers haven't had together
Steve Kerr over David Blatt as a Warriors advantage?
Coach K and Tom Izzo compared to David Blatt
Predictions as intellectualism
Ben Cox predicts Warriors in six
Getting a playoff team after having one of the worst teams in the league
Fiction recommendations with Ben - Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Reamde by Neal Stephenson
Summer reading games

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Talking Tribe, Faith No More and Something Involving A Monkey - WFNY Podcast - 2015-05-27 May 27, 2015

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This is the third occasion that I've had to welcome Joe Petrich from Something Involving a Monkey to come onto the podcast. Joe's been a friend for a long time and he makes some of the most interesting music in the world with his band, including bass player BeZo and drummer, Ritz. The band is celebrating their new album Into the Great Blue Waffle with a show at The Foundry on Saturday May 30.

Here's what else we talked about.

Something Involving a Monkey
The return of the Cavs and LeBron James
Not caring about the NBA
Trevor Bauer and the value of a real quote
What can the Indians do after a slow start?
Kevin Maas went full Matt LaPorta
Kevin Kouzmanoff the legend of Lake County
The Indians new setup and having a good team
The brutality of Cleveland fans
Monsters becoming the farm team for the Bluejackets
Faith No More live from Toronto
Mr Bungle and Mike Patton's influence
Taking credit cards and putting business first

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Cavs, Cleveland radio, and comedy with Chad Zumock - WFNY Podcast - 2015-05-26 May 26, 2015

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Craig and Chad Zumock discuss how uncool Craig is, meeting Bernie Kosar, local radio and a whole lot more. Here's the rest of the "whole lot more."

Rock on the Range with Chad Zumock
Rob Schneider at Rock on the Range
Doing local morning radio
Shady people and not
Craig is lame and guilty as charged
Chuck Booms and Chad Zumock and if he's damaged goods
Chicago radio and whether or not outsiders can work there
Louis CK's set on SNL
The Disgruntled Waiter bit with Florentine and Mike Polk
The Fox Sports Ohio Girls and following the Reds and Bengals

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Cavs up 3-0, Dirty Delly, plus Tomorrowland and Ex Machina - WFNY Podcast - 2015-05-25 May 26, 2015

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The Cleveland Cavaliers are now up 3-0 on the Atlanta Hawks, plus we've seen a bunch of movies lately, so it was time to talk about it all with Brian Spaeth.

Cavs take game three
Why can't we get any Mozgov time at all?
Stopping Teague and nothing he can do
Dirty Delly and that whole thing
Anderson Varejao and the return with Tristan Thompson
LeBron's bad layups and misses in the first quarter
Drama King LeBron
Will the Hawks be "Boston Game Four" snippy?
Delly and playing basketball against high school wrestlers
If Korver hadn't gotten hurt none of this would have happened
Tomorrowland
Ex Machina
Mad Max

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Hating the Atlanta Hawks, plus the worst sporting event ever - WFNY Podcast - 2015-05-22 May 22, 2015

Show notes

Dave and Craig brought the podcast out live to the Nervous Dog again. The audience wasn't large, but it was a whole lot of fun.

We discussed hating the Atlanta Hawks.

Hotlanta
Ludacris
The 1995 World Series
Elton Brand
Throwback logos
Mighty Ducks
DeMarre Carroll's hair
Outkast's lack of material
Millsap's dumb name
Worst sporting event you've ever attended

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Cavs, Louis CK, Game of Thrones and Mad Men - WFNY Podcast - 2015-05-19 May 20, 2015

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Craig is on location, so Dave did the recording and most of the hosting as we discussed a variety of topics in the news.

The Cavaliers get ready for the Hawks
We are all Delly
Fan satisfaction even before reaching the final goal
Louis CK jokes about child molestation
Game of Thrones dissatisfies with shocking tactics
Game of Thrones week-to-week versus binge watching
Mad Men finale and whether or not it was good
Plus a lot more...

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The evolution of LeBron James, Bill Simmons out at ESPN and more with Martin Rickman - WFNY Podcast - 2015-05-13 May 13, 2015

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Martin Rickman of UPROXX Sports joins the WFNY Podcast to discuss a wide variety of topics from new media, social media, Bill Simmons leaving ESPN and the evolution of LeBron James and the city of Cleveland while he was gone.

UPROXX and the decision to join up on that site
Chris Mottram from SB Nation moves over to UPROXX
Feature writing vs.filling inventory
The voice and the craft of writing
Bill Simmons leaving ESPN and whether he's a good writer or not
Hiring writers to go do long-form articles and evergreen pieces
Nate Silver's comments to Freakonomics about traffic vs. quality
Letting social media ruin your day
Cavs game and the crowd showing up for game five
Wanting to believe in this Cleveland Cavaliers team
The philosophy of Cleveland sports fans with LeBron back in town
LeBron James actually believing in the right things rather than just saying them
Cleveland fans learning a lot when LeBron was gone too

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Breaking down the Browns draft and the Patriots penalty - WFNY Podcast - 2015-05-12 May 12, 2015

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The Cleveland Browns drafted players and I hadn't talked enough about it yet, so I grabbed Mike Burgermeister. We also talked about Tom Brady and the Patriots penalty.

Mike Burgermeister from 603Brown talking Browns draft
The A to Z podcast and enabling things
Podcasting vs. Talk radio and how they're different "genres of music"
The different methods of consuming radio
Liking the draft and appreciating the Browns' process
The RG3 written word and why draft coverage feels a bit futile after a while
Justin Gilbert and loving that pick
The Browns drafting principles with guys who have shown maturity and can play football
The Browns looking for boring players when drafting Barkevious Mingo
Having offensive linemen who can all play
Mike's epic post talking about having offensive linemen that can alll play at Hall of Fame levels
Emmitt Smith is overrated
Jordan Cameron's departure to Miami
Mike Wallace and Dwayne Bowe and the Dolphins and the Vikings
Tom Brady and the Patriots penalties
The Patriots deflating footballs is like DUI
Is all cheating created equally?