Closing the Gap (Year)

Alex Walkon
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How have sports managed to give us the world's longest running soap opera? It's the complexities taking place outside the field of play that keep things interesting. I hope to spend my gap year out of college sifting through the contractual gymnastics, PR nightmares, and everything else going on behind the scenes in our favorite leagues. Meanwhile, I'll be joined by my college friends scattered across the country. Hopefully we can figure out how New York fans have the perseverance to root for the Knicks and see where Harvard-Yale ranks in the pantheon of sports rivalries.

  1. 06/13/2023

    NBA Finals Recap with Lauren Walkon: How Does This Affect the League and Just How Incredible Was this Jokic Playoff Run?

    My sister Lauren joins us again to discuss the 2023 NBA Finals where the Nuggets dispatched the Miami Heat in 5 games. We discuss how a matchup without ESPN posterboys like Lebron and Steph Curry or a marquee franchise like the Lakers or Celtics still delivered the goods. We then praise the Nuggets' role players and question how the Heat's supporting cast got as far as they did. We talk about how these playoffs impact Jimmy Butler's legacy and finally where this Nikola Jokic playoff run compares to the most dominant in NBA history.

    43 min

  2. 05/17/2023

    NBA Conference Finals Preview with Brad Silverman and Vik Chakra(bortty)

    Basketball enthusiast (and Draymond Green-like on the basketball court) Brad Silverman joins us to talk Heat and Celtics. We discuss Tatum + Brown, Mazzulla vs Spo, and the impossibility that is Jimmy Butler. Then Vik Chakra calls in from Japan to help us breakdown Lakers vs Nuggets. We discuss Lebron, Jokic vs AD, the supporting casts, and if Jokic can shed the "lack of playoff success" narrative. We have picks. We have predictions. And we have a ton of love for Kevon Looney.

    1h 5m

  3. 05/09/2023

    Is 'The Last of Us' HBO MAX's Next Legendary TV Series?

    Adam Peters join us once again to talk The Last of Us. After taking 2023 by storm, we discuss the potential for The Last of Us to join the ranks of The Wire, The Sopranos, Game of Thrones, Succession, and the other HBO MAX masterpieces that have dominated award seasons the last 20+ years. We then discuss why The last of Us has succeeded where other video game adaptations have failed before giving our Mount Rushmore of The Last of Us Scenes and evaluating the show's spinoff potential.

    1h 30m

  4. 04/17/2023

    The Absurdity of Joel Embiid

    Joel Embiid is like a lot of NBA superstars before him - routinely competing for MVPs and championships. The difference is injuries almost ended his career before it started. No player has ever dealt with injuries to the extent of Embiid's and come out on the other side...better? We look at others who have tried and failed like Greg Oden, Brandon Roy, Yao Ming, Tracy Mcgrady, Derrick Rose, and Bill Walton. Have the tides shifted because of new diets and hyperbaric chambers or is Embiid simply an exception to the rule?

    13 min

  5. 04/11/2023

    NBA Playoff Preview with Vik Chakra(bortty) + Play-in Tournament Hopefuls vs Hopeless + Pigs vs Sheep

    Vik Chakra and I discuss this tantalizing opening round of the NBA post-season with massive off-season implications on the line. Will Ben Simmons get off the bench as he watches his old team thrive? Will Kawhi Leonard and Kevin Durant stay healthy for a full series...or even the layup lines? Can the Kings dethrone the Warriors and continue lighting the beam? Will Jalen Brunson or Donavan Mitchell be the offseason acquisition that wills their new team to the second round? Meanwhile, there are 8 play-in teams: 7 of them are looking at ugly offseasons, while one of them might win the whole thing.

    1h 14m

  6. 03/21/2023

    Ted Lasso Season 3: The Beginning of the End with Jacob and Zach Jennings

    Ted Lasso is questioning why he’s still coaching AFC Richmond. Nate is still the worst. Is football still life? Zach, Jacob, and I unpack the Ted Lasso season 3 opener, "Smells Like Mean Spirit" and discuss the future of Apple TV's golden child.

    45 min

  7. 03/09/2023

    The Oscars: Opinions, Predictions, and Hot Takes with Grayson Buning, Christian Kassab, Adam Peters, and Anish Tamhaney

    We may not be The Academy, but we do have Letterboxd.  Avatar 2: the Way of Water (2:35) Triangle of Sadness (11:19) Women Talking (14:46) Tar (21:18) Elvis (34:31) The Fabelmans (46:44) All Quiet on the Western Front (59:14) Top Gun: Maverick (1:09:11) The Banshees of Inisherin (1:20:49) Everything Everywhere All at Once (1:36:10) Our picks: (1:44:15)

    1h 54m

  8. 02/27/2023

    NBA Storylines with Rama Varanasi + the NFL Quarterback Carousel + The Oscars + the Greatness of Bill Simmons

    We are joined by the one and only Rama Varanasi to make predictions for which NFL teams will have a new quarterback under center next season (1:45). We then vent about the results of ESPN's latest MVP straw poll (28:09) and discuss the biggest NBA storylines with the playoffs looming (41:12). Rama and I then praise Bill Simmons (the Podfather) and how much we love this content (1:01:58) before diving into the Yale Men's Basketball Team and their push for the NCAA tournament (1:06:50). Finally, we discuss the upcoming Academy Awards and give our takes on the Best Picture Nominations (1:11:31).

    1h 31m
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How have sports managed to give us the world's longest running soap opera? It's the complexities taking place outside the field of play that keep things interesting. I hope to spend my gap year out of college sifting through the contractual gymnastics, PR nightmares, and everything else going on behind the scenes in our favorite leagues. Meanwhile, I'll be joined by my college friends scattered across the country. Hopefully we can figure out how New York fans have the perseverance to root for the Knicks and see where Harvard-Yale ranks in the pantheon of sports rivalries.

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  • Creator
    Alex Walkon
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Alex Walkon
  • Show Website
    Closing the Gap (Year)