Pro Sports

The Changing of the Guard

08/09/2010
By Lucas Mayer
The Changing of the Guard

Back on July 26th, the Tigers and Rays played on Monday Night Baseball and an intriguing storyline began to emerge. Going into the bottom of the 6th inning, Max Scherzer and Matt Garza were both throwing no-hitters. Simultaneously, many miles away, Alex Rodriguez was attempting to become the seventh player ever to hit 600 home runs. A-Rod’s feat would be...
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IUSC Podcast – All Star Games and NBA Owners

07/14/2010
By Logan Roberson

Galen Clavio and Logan Roberson join up for a mid-week podcast, talking about the relative unimportance of all-star games in general, the disproportionate importance of baseball’s all-star game, the post-fallout fallout from the Lebroncalypse, the nutty world of NBA owners, and the relative benefits of U-Verse over Comcast.
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The 2010 All Star Game

07/11/2010
By Lucas Mayer
The 2010 All Star Game

The All Star Game has become a perennial topic of debate in Major League Baseball. Should the game count towards home field advantage? Should the fan vote decide who starts? Does every team deserve to have a representative? No matter how the MLB sets up the All Star Game there...
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SportsPolitik Podcast – World Cup Final / Lebroncalypse

07/10/2010
By Galen Clavio

Matt and Galen talk the LeBron James decision. Galen says LeBron is simply a victim of generational warfare. Matt talks about the Miami “party”. Both agree that this was actually a good basketball decision, but that the special was…weird. Finally, they talk about the World Cup final, and the overall effectiveness of this World Cup...
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SportsPolitik World Cup Podcast – Predictions!

07/01/2010
By Galen Clavio

Galen, Matt, and John pick up where they left off in the last podcast. Well, not exactly, because first they take a detour through complaining about the music in McAllister’s, and the general malaise of using 60’s songs on restaurant music channels, despite the 60’s being 40+ years ago. This improbably leads into a...
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SportsPolitik Podcast – World Cup Quarterfinals

06/30/2010
By Galen Clavio
SportsPolitik Podcast – World Cup Quarterfinals

Galen Clavio is joined by Matt Zimmerman and John Koluder. We talk about the refereeing issues in the World Cup, the surprising lack of storylines coming out of the knockout phase, and the disappointment of the United States’ loss to Ghana. Galen also talks about a harrowing tale of terror and loathing that took...
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We’ve Only Just Begun

06/29/2010
By Lucas Mayer
We’ve Only Just Begun

The United States was mere minutes away from one of its most bitter defeats. They had already been robbed once of a win by referee Koman Coulibaly, on a goal by Maurice Edu that should have given the USA a victory over Slovenia. Seemingly, déjà vu struck again when Clint Dempsey’s goal against...
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SportsPolitik Podcast – World Cup action

06/24/2010
By Galen Clavio

Team USA advances to the knockout stage! Preparations are made for the last few group stage matches, and the conversation spirals out of control. Galen Clavio is joined by John Koluder, Matt Zimmerman, and Wes Lawrence.
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Shear Sports Cuts – June 21

06/21/2010
By AdamShear

Adam Shear is back, bringing us "Shear Sport Cuts" for the week of June 21. Topics include the NBA finals, Kobe Bryant, the Pacers, and the IU basketball program.
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The anti-climactic U.S. Open

06/21/2010
By Ben Baroff

Residing on the coast of the Monterrey Peninsula, the waves sent from Pacific Ocean crashing the walls of America’s must renowned public course was more reminiscent of Shutter Island than the visually striking, picturesque, and historic golf course we have come to love. All week, Pebble Beach dared the worlds best golfers to confront the...
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