Grudge Match
Season 1
by Julian Fadullon & Sammy Loccisano
Title Card: Lebron James and Michael Jordan: Goat Fight, Part 1 Undercards: Best Fictional Sports Commentator Team Greatest Modern Sports Rivalry The NBA Finals have just wrapped, and Juju and Sammy decide to celebrate the true Finals MVP, commentator Mike Breen, by arguing over their picks for the best sports broadcasting duo from fiction would be. Going into the second undercard, the boys take a nice break from their fighting to talk about the great sports rivalries they've seen: Duke-UNC, Yanks- Red Sox, Peyton-Brady, Tiger-Mickelson, you name it, they've probably seen it. BUT, that's all an appetizer, leading up to the main course: Grudge Match's most all-out, drag out, kick-your-teeth-in fight yet. Juju wants respect for Lebron after his fourth title, and Sammy's just about heard enough trash talk from him, so there's only one way to settle where Lebron slots in all-time right now. Goat Fight. Also, Sammy eats his feelings, and Juju gets real angry about the New York Knicks. All this and more on Episode 6 of GRUDGE MATCH.
*SPOILER ALERT FOR SEASONS 1 & 2 OF COBRA KAI* Title Card: NFL Bottom Feeders: Which Last Place Team Makes the Playoffs? Undercards: Sports & Divine Intervention Karate Kid Fight Island: Who Wins? Juju is coming into Episode 5 inspired. His Yankees are still overrated, but still past the wild card round off of an error's error of a missed catch, leading to the episode's first undercard: what is the best evidence of actual angels in the outfield? Or backfield? Or hardwood? Sammy fights a losing battle while Juju proves that God loves New York City. And from beloved winners to lovable losers, the Episode 5's second undercard pits a field of 16 fighters from the Karate Kid universe against each other, March Madness style, to determine who's the best around. AND THE THEME OF LOVABLE LOSERS CONTINUES TO THIS EPISODE'S TITLE CARD! Our boys duke it out over which division doghouse football team has the best chance to make a run for this year's playoffs: does Shanahan find gold bring San Fransisco back from the brink of death, or does Big @#$% Joe earn his stripes in Cincinnati? ALL THAT AND MORE ON EPISODE 5 OF GRUDGE MATCH.
Title Card: Giannis v Lebron: Who is the REAL 2020 MVP Undercards: The MLB Playoffs' Overrated Cream of Crap Team Pitching the Next Great 30 for 30 Welcome to Episode 4 of The Grudge Match Podcast! The MLB Playoffs are here, and our hosts are ready to bash their hometown teams in a race to decide the most overrated team in the playoffs. Afterwards, The Malice at the Palace makes a reappearance and dukes it out with Bill Russell's brilliant, revolutionary and tenuous career for the title of Next Great 30 for 30 Story. ...And that's where Sammy and Juju start throwing things. Juju isn't happy that Giannis won a second straight MVP, and Sammy just seems to hate Lebron. What do you get when those two things mix? The most explosive title card yet. All this, and more, in Episode 4 of GRUDGE MATCH.
Title Card: Which team + Giannis wins the 2021 NBA Championship? Undercards: Biggest Choke Jobs in Sports History Most Plausible NBA Conspiracy Theory Episode 3 is here, and the Flying Hawaiian has a LOT of gloating to do. Kawhi got Clip'd, and Sammy is trying to find any Nuggets of good things while trying to quip back. Our hosts fight for their cities in a duel of sports history's biggest choke jobs, and calm things down by discussing something completely uncontroversial: NBA conspiracy theories. Did Dirty Dirty Dick Bevetta fix the 2002 Western Conference Finals? How did the Knicks manage to torpedo the layup that David Stern threw their way with Patrick Ewing? And finally, our TITLE FIGHT! Despite his own epic choke job in the bubble, Giannis Antentokounmpo remains one of the top five players in the NBA. The 2x MVP and Defensive Player of the Year enters into the last year of his contract with plenty of options, and, while Milwaukee would love to keep him, the odds are long on him staying. So what would a team be willing to give up for his services? And which team in the running for the Greek Freak would freak out the League next season with him in their starting five? All this, and more, in Episode 3 of GRUDGE MATCH. ALSO! Benihana hasn't sued, and the boys partner with local sponsors.
Title Card: Daniel Jones v Kyler Murray Undercards: NBA 2k Fantasy Starting Fives Movie Character Fantasy Football Julian and Sammy are BACK to celebrate a huge week in sports! First thing's first, NBA 2k21 is HERE, and our hosts pit their two virtual All-Time Fantasy Starting Fives (s/o to Luke Lewis, @rightfulluke on Twitch for coming up with the League) against each other. But the NFL and Fantasy Football are both back too, and the boys have a special undercard to celebrate: Movie Character Fantasy Football. Which leads us to our second TITLE FIGHT! Kyler Murray and Daniel Jones are both coming off of remarkable rookie seasons, and while we might never see another second year Patrick Mahomes-level glow in our lifetimes, Sammy and Julian duke it out over who of the two sophomore studs is most likely to do it. *Disclaimer: Julian is a Giants homer and will probably end up as wrong as Sammy was with Jayson Tatum. ALSO! Julian finally gets his own nickname, and the boys attempt to get a sponsorship without getting sued.
Title Card: Luka Doncic v Jayson Tatum Undercards: Octagon Match: Ron Artest vs Dennis Rodman Sports Movie Mt. Rushmore Julian and Sammy debate who wins in a fight between '04 Ron Artest and '97 Dennis Rodman, before discussing debating their Mt. Rushmore of sports films. This all leads up to this episode's Title Card Grudge Match between Jayson Tatum and Luka Doncic: The future of the NBA is here. Luka Doncic and Jayson Tatum are barely old enough to vote and are already looking like the futures of the Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics. Who will go on to have the better career? What style of superstar lasts the longest in the NBA? And how dumb will Sammy make their nicknames?
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