Give Your Take Kyle Rathfon

It’s a pretty good time to be a sports fan right now. We are down to four teams in the NBA Playoffs, and Major League Baseball is in full swing and at full capacity. Everybody wins! Topics discussed on our T-Swift episode: NBA Playoffs update | will there be an asterisk attached to this year’s Larry O’Brien championship trophy? | Celtics trade Kemba Walker to Thunder | Which 2021 prime time NFL game are you most looking forward to? | Padres/Dodgers series round 3: full capacity crowd, Padres coming off sweep, unbelievable betting line fun fact | MLB All Star votes; agree or disagree with current results? | Rays call up #1 prospect in all of baseball, Wander “Wander-kid” Franco | Does Shohei “Showtime” Ohtani hit more or less than 50 homers this year? Will any other players hit 50 this year?

Topics discussed in this one are as follows: NBA Playoffs update | Which tanking team turns it around and has the best chance to build a contender over the next 3 years? | NFL headlines: someone bet $700 that the Lions will win the Super Bowl next year, payout would be $175K | Trevor Lawrence held out of OTA’s due to hamstring tightness | Jalen Ramsey is Twitter recruiting and trying to get Stephon Gilmore to come to Rams amidst contract disputes and minicamp absence | MLB headlines: Padres recent offensive struggles and Grisham’s return; should they go get a offensive piece now or at the deadline? | Rays acquire Matt Wisler from Giants in exchange for their 30th ranked prospect | Padres sign 44 year old Joe Beimel to Double A; hasn’t pitched in majors since 2015, but still has a fastball that sits in the mid 90’s| Aces and their injury cases; Degrom, Scherzer, Bieber, all expected to miss time | Will we see an overall decline in pitching performance over the rest of the season now with MLB’s efforts to crackdown on foreign substance use?

We got some mid-week action for you! Topics for our 20th: NBA playoffs update | should Dame Lillard leave Portland this offseason? | Will the Lakers blow up their roster? | Julio Jones traded to the Titans | MLB’s sticky situation | MLB prospect and injury update | MLB trade deadline rumors and predictions | Blake is a fan of Scott Kazmir | takeaways from the first Yankees/Red Sox series of the year

It’s June, summer is upon us, and the boys are back in town! School’s out forever for us, and we couldn’t wait to get back to our really low budget headphone mics to talk sports (you can tell how excited we were based on how long this episode is). Topics of conversation in this one include: first round takeaways of the NBA playoffs | if the “bubble effect” is legit | highlighting the QB class of this year’s NFL draft | Tim Tebow’s return to the NFL and it’s ripple effect | Julio Jone’s trade worth | Aaron Rodgers (the guy is a walking headline at this point) | the legend of Adam Vinatieri as he rides off into the sunset | Padres and Rays atop the MLB | NL East not living up to the hype | early front runners for Cy Young and MVP in both leagues | Who’s getting on and off the MLB injury carousel | Rays trading Willy Adames to the Brew Crew | Prospect Check-in | the recent success of the World Baseball Classic as International baseball competition returns to the Olympics.

On this week’s show, we discuss the following: - Over/Under on 6+ quarterbacks being taken in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday? - Chiefs trade for left tackle Orlando Brown from Ravens - Alex Smith retires - AD returns for the Lakers - our favorite MLB players who played at the universities we attend (San Diego State and Long Beach State) - MadBum’s 7 inning no hitter in second doubleheader game - A’s winning streak ends at 13, chances of winning AL West - Jay Bruce, Neil Walker both retire - Padres/Dodgers second series of season, Tatis on fire (5 HRs in 3 games)

Topics discussed on this one: NBA= Injury report. Jamal Murray is out for the remainder of season after tearing his ACL, James Wiseman is out for the rest of the year after knee surgery, Lamarcus Aldridge retires after irregular heartbeat issue re-emerges in-game, Donovan Mitchell misses game with a sprained ankle (MRI to come), and Damian Lillard misses a game with a hamstring injury. NFL= Julian Edelman retirement (maybe?), Cardinals sign James Conner, and the Browns sign Jadeveon Clowney. MLB= Carlos Rodon’s no-hitter, Tatis coming back and Bellinger missing time as the first Padres/Dodgers series of the year goes down, and a segment we’re calling Standouts and Handouts.