CzabeCast

Czabe welcomes Fantasy World's PAUL CHARCHIAN to discuss the usual wide swath of notable topics. Charch reminds people "we back up" on his podcast and fantasy work. The NFL wants teams in Europe, but there's a problem I don't think can get solved. ZZ Top drummer dies. The argument about "schlock" songs vs. "their good stuff." Real sports should do "fantasy punishments." MORE....

Czabe welcomes back MATT MUELLER, aka. "A Man About Film" to discuss a variety of his passions, including this magical Brewers season, the Miz phenomenon, and what would be the biggest disaster possible once October arrives. Also, the Dodgers' financial world is unraveling; what does that mean for a possible lockout? The Field of Dreams Game got shit ratings. Will Netflix ever truly be a destination for live sports? Matt Damon's we...

Czabe gives longtime co-host, mentor, and friend ANDY POLLIN his just desserts for a massive career in DC sports radio, as the two recount the many great guests and episodes they had doing "The Sports Reporters." The Jayden Daniels #5 thing has jumped contain and gone viral, but what is the ultimate lesson to be learned here? Pat McAfee puts out an album. Better than Shaq's rap albums, but not as good as Terry Bradshaw's country di...

Czabe welcomes back MR. X to the pod, as it's been a while. It was a tough summer for him, as he lost his father. But I get the "Growing Up X" backstory, including how he was on a youth soccer team that ran the table on everybody in Northern Virginia. We talk about baseball, and the looking shutdown after the season. The Skubal trade and if it made sense. What lit a spark under the Red Sox, and are there similarities to the 2003 Ma...

Czabe welcomes PAUL CHARCHIAN from Fantasy Football World to talk about the usual wide range of topics. Including Kyler Murray winning the QB1 job in Minnesota, Claude's decision to watermark all their AI-written output to deter cheaters, fantasy emasculation, Red Flag keepaway, Ross Tucker, the Stench of Russini, what happened to Chris Berman's ass, and much more.

Czabe interviews a guy who made it out of drab Human Resources and is now a fixture covering the Green Bay Packers, Andy Herman. How he did it, and what he learned along the way. The new Highmark Field is getting low marks for seat obstructions and tinytrons, not jumbotrons. Their "Nickel City" alt's aren't doin' great either. The Fall Guy calls it a career. New Fantasy Punishment. Kapernick show. Plus listener feedback and #...

The Pro Football Hall of Fame weekend is in the books, but not before just the 3rd kicker inducted into the Hall, Adam Vinitieri, decided to dunk on his former coach in New England's face with several searing one-liners. The bigger problem with the HOF induction process. Sophie Cunningham gets clotheslined, and yet her own coach defended the player who did it! Now two ex-NBA players threaten to call the W's bluff on transgender pla...

Czabe recounts his jam-packed day of adult man-fun with Josh Albrecht, Eric Gitter, and Bryan Wolf in Milwaukee. It was fun to see the roles reversed on who sucks, and who is good in the two different sports. Christian Yelich is hard to watch at the plate right now, but imagine how hard it is for guys who were former apex predator-caliber athletes to simply stink at their sport? We learn about the Wisconsin State Fair and what a " ...

Surely, CBS doesn't want "out" of the Romo business, do they? Well... maybe. Just maybe. Hard to believe, with all of the far worse stuff that broadcasters have been accused of, that Romo might lose his $18 million a year TV gig over a garden-variety DUI. But here we are. Also in the episode, Who Killed the Switchboard, Tank Commanders, Smack the Rookie Kicker, MARTY CONWAY from Georgetown talking sports business, FIFA, LIV, MLB lo...

Czabe is in Green Bay, WI, home of the Packers, to observe a day of football practice up close. Mind you, it's not even a tackle practice, but it's still enough of a close encounter with athletic freaks that it makes you appreciate the NFL even more for the $25 billion annual spectacle that it is. Aaron Rodgers kept receipts, and he cashed 'em all in on McAfee. But was he "right?" Jerry shops for curtains. Bunt brawl in a rainstorm...

Czabe gets behind the hibachi and just cooks today, solo. As the Dodgers really have broken baseball, and people's brains with a deal for ace pitcher Tarik Skubal, that does not pass the smell test. Is it collusion, or just giving up? Why baseball is different than football, for 500 million different reasons. The origin story of "Number 1 Bullshit" and also "Let Him Cook!" Plus thanks for getting me out of Russian prison, but I don...

Czabe welcomes his Utah friend PAUL CHARCHIAN to the pod, as they discuss his decision to get internet from "Mike" in the neighborhood, instead of Starlink. Idiot. The Guinness count was off the charts in Ireland. Charch has thoughts on Fauci taking the 5th. The Kyle Shanahan crash story is entering "aurora borealis" levels of non-believability. Tony Romo bodycam footage doesn't look great. Is "strict" Monopoly actually a good boar...

Czabe gets the table set for the upcoming NFL season with a run through on season totals for all 32 teams with "Mr. Extra Half Point" handicapper KEVIN O'NEILL as well as the headlines from training camps including Baker Mayfield betting on himself, Jalen Carter being a talented bag of shit getting the bag of money, the "patch wars" have begun in college football, and who the hell is Madison Beer? That plus Fauci feedback from the ...

Of course, this little narcissistic elf should be in prison. But I am keeping my expectations low. If not non-existent. And of course, nobody who once worshipped this fraud will admit they were duped. So let's get back to baseball scores, okay? Michael Lombardi put on leave at UNC as Belichick college disaster spirals. ESPN black queens still can't stop taking shots at Caitlyn Clark. It's an utterly un-serious league. Disturbing de...

Czabe is back from his impossibly perfect Irish golf holiday, and boy has he missed a lot. A few thoughts from Ireland and the stunning upset in their version of the Super Bowl. ANDY POLLIN joins to talk about how insanely over-covered the whole Ryan Clark firing is. The melting media ice cube shows no mercy. Mike Vrabel hides behind a dog. LeBron chooses Philly. The WNBA is writing even more insane chapters of stupidity and self-s...

Czabe reacts to the scintillating World Cup semi in Atlanta, where dejected Brits were sent home, humming sad echoes of "It's (not) coming home..." NICK LAUGHNER of the Cleansheet EPL joins to discuss. Also RYAN GLASSPIEGEL of Front Office Sports pops on to talk Seahawks sale, the WNBA's insane destruction of their golden goose Caitlyn Clark, and more. Tom Rinaldi strikes again with a brilliant All-Star Game montage, and the re-rec...

Czabe is joined by PAUL CHARCHIAN who had a nightmare airline delay story for the ages, and a harshly critical review of a supposedly good cheesesteak joint in the City of Brotherly Love. People now want to go places to get out of the digital hellscape. Ticket prices are responding accordingly. Sony getting rid of physical video game media. The Odyssey is going to be awesome, with two big exceptions. The "other" Air & Space Mus...

I mean, look I get it. Just about everybody has Netflix, but it's just more friction, another couple of steps and clicks, and once you start putting stuff out of reach of casuals, it's bad for sport. CZABE goes solo today, and gets into sweetheart deals in the NBA, drafting a guy in MLB as a favor and turning it into a Hall of Fame career. The fight over "permanent" daylight savings time is at a crossroads, Freddy LA7 still thinks ...

VAR and the Evil of Replay. World Cup weekend react. Ehrling Haaland. Of Yellow and Red Cards.Home Run Derby on Netflix. ANDY POLLIN. Are we old, or are exhibition events getting tired? When was "peak sports?" Cathy Englebert shanks the interview. Conor McGregor. Lindsay Graham. Old politicians. Bison Attack. My college student newspaper buddies, Aaron Heifetz and Scott Lawrence. MORE....