The Sporting Tribune Today

Grant Mona and Arash Markazi reunite for a throwback edition of The Sporting Tribune Today, covering the biggest questions surrounding Southern California and Las Vegas sports.

Arash shares his firsthand observations from the Rams’ joint practice with the Dallas Cowboys in Woodland Hills, including the secrecy surrounding the session, Puka Nacua’s injury scare, Myles Garrett’s lingering knee swelling and Stetson B...

Grant Mona is joined by Arash Markazi, John Browner and Josh Tariff for a packed edition of The Sporting Tribune Today.

The crew breaks down Aaron Donald’s latest workouts with the Rams and whether the future Hall of Famer is really preparing to come out of retirement. They also debate what Donald could add to an already loaded defense featuring Myles Garrett and whether the Rams should be viewed as clear Super Bowl favorites...

Grant, John Browner and Beav open with the worst-kept secret in football getting one step less secret: a defensive tackle named Aaron Donald, out of Pittsburgh, officially appeared on the NFL's workout transaction wire for the Los Angeles Rams.

John torches the Adam Schefter drip campaign — tweet by tweet, "he just wanted to feel a helmet on" — while Beav shares what he's been saying all along: Donald's been in that fac...

It's a two-man Tuesday — Grant and John Browner — and it ends in the funniest place in football: the 49ers' training camp, which sits next to an electrical substation and has produced nine injuries in five practices.

Mike Evans' quad, Ricky Pearsall done for the year, hamstrings and calves and ribs everywhere — and the internet has responded by drawing the substation bigger, and more evil, with every new pull. Joh...

Hours after the trade deadline, Grant, John Browner and E Lamb sort through a changed baseball world.

Tarik Skubal is a Dodger — a two-time Cy Young winner joining the two-time reigning MVP — and E Lamb answers as fan and journalist at once: he loves it, and he's also putting on the conspiracy hat, arguing the league is letting the Dodgers stack talent to guarantee the hard cap it wants.

John isn't buying it: the lockou...

Five deep tonight — Grant, Tim Parker, David Bloom, Mykell Mathieu and E Lamb — and the Clippers news is grim. Baxter Holmes of ESPN reports the Aspiration investigation could bleed into 2027, and Grant has had it: as he puts it, it's the year 2085, Bronny James Jr. the Second is in the league, and the investigation still isn't concluded.

He torches the recycled reporting cycle — everyone re-breaking that the Rapt...

Grant, John Browner and Tim Parker finally get to the biggest story of the offseason — and they could not disagree more. Tim has never been happier to be wrong: he had LeBron going to Cleveland, then Golden State or Miami, and instead he got the biggest thing in Philadelphia sports history.

Xfinity Mobile Arena is MSG now, Broad Street is Broadway, and anybody who lived through the process — Ish Smith, Evan Turner, Thad...

The wait is over: LeBron James is a Philadelphia 76er — reportedly for peanuts — and the crew (Grant, John Browner, Beav and E Lamb) spends the night sorting through the wreckage. The biggest casualty? Golden State.

Grant cooks on the Warriors wasting Steph Curry's last prime years: the roster of exploded knees and 39-year-olds, the front-office exit that says everything, and the report that they're already "building fo...

Grant Mona, John Browner and Tim Parker close out the week with a show that gets realer as it goes. John opens the vault on the Kawhi investigation: he thinks it's already done, the league is sitting on it, and the punishment lands soft — 10 to 15 games, Uncle Dennis takes the fall, and Kawhi's cooking by Christmas anyway.

Before that, it's MLB doomsday prep: the August 3 trade deadline is a mirage (the Dodgers' IL is their t...

Tim Parker is back from Philadelphia and the crew — Grant, Tim and David Bloom — has a night full of receipts.

The Miami Heat accidentally published, then scrambled to delete, a scheduled video dated July 27 — and Grant, who lives inside YouTube Studio, explains exactly how a slip like that happens and why this one doesn't look like an accident. Is that LeBron's date?

Tim reads the tea leaves the only way that's e...

Grant welcomes John Browner, Beav and Eric Lambkins II for a show that opens in full revolt: Bleacher Report's top 99 NBA defenders of all time has Draymond Green at No. 10 — ahead of Kawhi, Michael Jordan and Gary Payton — and the crew is not okay.

John makes the case for Dennis Rodman as the greatest defender ever, E Lamb declares war on the Kobe-at-42 slander and plants a flag for Michael Cooper as the best Laker def...

The full crew is back — Grant, John Browner, David Bloom and Josh Tariff — and the biggest story finally has legs: Aaron Donald is coming back to the Rams.

It's not official, but between the grainy footage at the Woodland Hills facility, Davante Adams' posts and Myles Garrett unpacking a signed jersey, the guys treat it as done and start dreaming on a Greatest Show on Turf defense — third-down packages, double-dig...

It's a Clippers summer league postgame reaction show with the perfect crew for it — Grant, Beav and David Bloom, three guys who love the Clippers and hate them a little bit sometimes.

Keaton Wagler sits out against the Wizards and the panel splits: Grant wanted him on the floor building confidence against lower competition, David says resting a top-five pick on a back-to-back is just what summer league is, and Beav is frustra...

Grant's back from Summer League in Vegas and the crew — John Browner, Beav and David Bloom — has thoughts.

Three games in on Keaton Wagler and the panel is not having it: John calls it a red flag, Beav just says trash, David sees a passive, tentative player afraid to ruin his percentages. Grant is the lone defender, pointing to 19.5 points and 41.6% from three over the last two games and arguing the real issue is a 19-y...

It's Summer League Eve and the crew — Grant, John Browner and Beav — is holding down the whole week.

The guys preview the rookie heavyweight matchups tipping off in Vegas: the No. 1 vs. No. 2 debate in AJ Dybantsa vs. Darryn Peterson, the grudge match of Darius Acuff vs. Keaton Wagler, and Cameron Boozer vs. Caleb Wilson.

John makes his case for Boozer as a Carlos Boozer–meets–Kevin Love floor, the panel get...

The main crew is back — Grant, John Browner and Beav — for a loaded night. The guys open on the World Cup, where Argentina erased a two-goal Egypt lead in stunning fashion (Messi doing Messi things) and a VAR overturn had everyone yelling "rigged."

Then it's deep into Clippers offseason chaos: the Kawhi, Brandon Ingram and Walker Kessler deals still aren't official, the CBA apron is making everything a nightmare to trac...

The full crew's back after the Fourth of July — Grant, John Browner and Beav dig into a loaded night.

The Clippers win the Rui Hachimura sweepstakes on a two-year deal, and the guys break down the fit at the four, the John Collins fallout, and whether a Bennedict Mathurin or Peyton Watson move is next.

Then it's on to Team USA's brutal Round-of-16 exit to Belgium (and why Christian Pulisic took the brunt of it), a Summer Leag...

Grant Mona, John Browner, and Beav dig into the summer league footage of Darius Acuff looking exactly like the guard the Clippers passed on, which reignites the Kings over Clippers debate that will not die.

First they get into the day-after Jaylen Brown fallout, why John thinks the deal looks even worse for Boston 24 hours later, and how the Celtics treatment of Brown could scare off future free agents.

Then it is Acuff, the Clippe...

The wildest offseason in years keeps rolling.

Grant Mona, John Browner, Beav, and Tim Parker react to Jaylen Brown getting traded to the Philadelphia 76ers for Paul George and picks, with Sixers superfan Tim calling it a straight fleecing and John arguing Boston let spite blow up a title core.

Then it is the Lakers going all-in on the Luka Doncic era with Walker Kessler and an Austin Reaves deal the panel is not sold on, a full ran...