PTFO - The Last Bromance: How Wrestling Corrupted the NBA Finals

Did Dennis Rodman and Karl Malone blow the 1998 NBA Finals by promoting their pro-wrestling match... on the court?! Should there be an asterisk?! Is it time for Michael Jordan to relinquish the throne?! Correspondent Neil Punsalan enters a sports marketing wormhole to present Pablo with a box full of evidence, grill eyewitnesses, and put to rest — once and for all — if The Mailman always rings twice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Roy, David, Rose, and Ethan are back for another episode of The Hockey Show, and they are very excited about the biggest matchup in hockey right now: The Stanley Pup. Which teams have the cutest dogs and the best names? The gang is here to tell you. Plus, wins and fails of the week, including the London Knights winning the Memorial Cup, Stugotz loving The Hockey Show, and the crushing Barky news Rose received during Game 1. Then, David Pagnotta of The Fourth Period joins the show to discuss the breaking news that the Dallas Stars have fired head coach Pete DeBoer, updates on Sam Bennett, Brad Marchand, and Aaron Ekblad's contract situations, and the Edmonton Oilers win in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Finally, Rosey delivers her analysis of Game 1 in Spanish, David has a rant, and the guys give their thoughts on Game 1. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Amin joins us from Oklahoma City to recap an epic Game 1 of the NBA Finals and tell us whether or not he was offended by having to sit in auxiliary seating while Jorge Sedano was courtside. Plus, OKC has a WHAT downtown? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Zaslow drove all the way home from North Carolina on one tank of gas and made his son pee in a water bottle because the Panthers needed him to be here to talk about Game 1 of the NBA Finals and tell us why Panther fans do not need to panic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

JuJu delivers his Thursday Thunder and updates the polls, but not before a crucial debate about the difference between a pop-up and a fly-out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mike Schur is too fired up about Leon Draisaitl and them boys, so Dan peppers him with negative questions about his Boston teams. Then, Joon Lee joins Jeremy on this week's episode of The Pitch Clock as our MLB expert, and Chris and Jeremy's game of Taylor Trivia ends in a blowout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meadowlark Media's aviation expert Jessica Smetana joins the crew to chat about The Rehearsal, French Open, Women's College World Series, and Xenon gas. And when she leaves, the show immediately says a bunch of stuff that would have been made fun of by Jess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The song of the summer, the double jersey retirement, an impossible Greg Maddux story, and Nathan Fielder's CNN interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The echo chamber is not going to give you the Panthers tears you're looking for. Also, Mike's exclusive Ronaldo reporting, Jeremy's first professional thought post-30, and Dan's life rule. Today's cast: Dan, Stugotz, Roy, Billy, Chris, Jeremy, and Mike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The 2025 NBA Finals tip-off tonight with the Indiana Pacers versus the Oklahoma City Thunder, so we look back at when Mike Breen, the voice of the NBA Finals, hit South Beach Sessions with a BANG. Originally recorded on June 6, 2023, and now, broadcasting his 20th NBA Finals, he will be more than comfortable calling the games, but sitting down with Dan to talk openly about HIMSELF? That's history in itself too. Mike shares with Dan how he still feels like the shy kid who is simply a fan of the game, and the love he has for his broadcast brothers, Jeff Van Gundy & Mark Jackson, even when they won't say it back. Mike also talks about how from the devastating ashes of his family's home, deep gratitude rose. Watch the 2025 NBA Finals as the Indiana Pacers battle the Oklahoma City Thunder LIVE on ABC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices