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Sports R Dumb

Joey Held, Sean Hill

Sean and Joey love sports, but they realize there are a lot of dumb elements within our favorite games. And each week, they'll break down one of those dumb things in this tidy, bite-sized podcast. Drop by to hear Sean lament over the stupidity of a certain aspect in sports—basketball, football, baseball, hockey, golf, tennis, volleyball, lacrosse—nothing is off-limits. If there's something dumb to talk about, you better believe we'll hit it. We're also covering some pointless tweets,

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27:11

A Dumb Recap of the Winter Olympics

Sports R Dumb ·

2026/02/24

"It takes a long time to get the train moving." The Winter Olympics are in the books, and we're covering the highlights and lowlights. Congratulations to the U.S. women's hockey team, Mikaela Shiffrin, the domesticated wolf dog who crossed the finish line in style, and all the Olympians who won a medal. That is a super cool and impressive accomplishment.Plus, a foray into Rollercoaster Tycoon, Mario Party, and going horseback riding as kids (and adults). Living in the past is fun,

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27:29

All-Star Weekend, Tanking, and Other Dumb...

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2026/02/17

We've wrapped up All-Star Weekend, but NBA teams still have about two months left in the regular season. That means there's plenty of time for tanking! We're breaking everything down and perhaps pitching a fix or two.Plus, what would you call your charity if it used wordplay based on your name? References from the episode:Aaron Gordon's Chair Dunk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q6n5NE6Cb4Uh-Oh Maggette-O Kids Nonprofit:

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38:23

Threats Against Olympic Athletes R Concerningly Dumb

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2026/02/10

The Winter Olympics are underway and have been a treat. But of course, because some people are the worst, Olympians are facing harsh criticism after answering questions posed to them during these Games. You can disagree with someone without using hateful words or wishing them harm and death. In fact, that's exactly what the athletes are doing in a very graceful way while also focusing on the biggest moments of their lives.Plus, the excellent Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show, the pedestrian

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35:43

These Situations of Professional Athletes Joining...

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2026/02/03

Is "loopholingly" a word? Certainly not, but it's a nice way to describe the dumbness going on at the college basketball level. Players who have been drafted or even played in G-League games are now returning to college in the middle of the season.Plus, Joey recalls a college classmate who received a letter from the NBA after declaring for the draft years after he graduated, and Sean makes some solid predictions for the Super Bowl, including about the pre-game show with Green Day and the

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37:39

A Dumb Weekend of Conference Championship Games

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2026/01/27

The NFC and AFC Championships are in the books, and my oh my, what a radically different experience we got. The Broncos and Patriots had to attempt some semblance of football in a blizzard, while the Rams and Seahawks had much nicer conditions and...well, played a much nicer game because of it.Plus, events we wish were at the Pro Bowl, forgotten plays from close losses, and we sadly recap the College Football Playoff championship game. What a year it was!Fernando Mendoza breaking literal records on

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31:45

Football Games in the Cold R Frostbitingly Dumb

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2026/01/20

During the playoffs, we want to see the best teams performing at the highest level. That's pretty tough to do when it's so cold outside that you have to wear cayenne pepper in your socks to keep your blood circulating. Yet year after year, we see meaningful matchups having to battle cold, wind, snow, and other elements, ultimately leading to a less than stellar product on the field.Plus, we're recapping a wild weekend of NFL moments, wondering whether it's better to take the ball

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33:25

Proclaiming Games Are Over Before They're Over is...

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2026/01/13

You may have noticed the Chicago Bears were down by 18 points to the Green Bay Packers at halftime during their game in the NFC Wild Card round. Sports fans everywhere said the game was over. The Bears were a fluke. The Packers would win easily with Jordan Love playing the whole game. Chicago is cold. Okay, that last part is accurate, but all too often, we see people putting down a team during a game, and then that team comes back and wins. And people far pettier than us will keep those receipts and

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37:08

The NFC South Race is Fittingly Dumb

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2026/01/06

It's a new year, but sports continue to be dumb! We're chatting through some of the silliest moments of the NFL season, perhaps best enshrined by the NFC South champion Carolina Panthers finishing 8-9 and making the playoffs, while the entire NFC North finished with a winning record (and two of those teams didn't make the playoffs).Plus, we're sharing some New Year's resolutions around sports, Sean is thrilled that he has continued to avoid playing fantasy football, and Joey

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36:53

Season's Greetings from Sports R Dumb

Sports R Dumb ·

2025/12/23

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and wouldn’t you know it, sports are still dumb. We’re in a nostalgic mood as part of our last episode of the year, so we’re diving into some of our favorite, most memorable, and dumbest moments from 2025. You’ll hear about the Luka Doncic trade, a bizarre stretch of behavior from Puka Nacua, and an insane amount of wild games on March 27.Plus, Sean received a lovely box of cookies as a gift but has to contend with ants. And many years ago, Joey missed

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36:34

The College Football Playoff Selection Process is...

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2025/12/16

Sean and Joey both attended the University of Miami (Sean in grad school, Joey in undergrad), and they're thrilled the Hurricanes are participating in the College Football Playoff. Does that mean they understand how they got here? Certainly not!Notre Dame was ranked ahead of Miami in every previous installment of the rankings, continued beating teams by a lot, and then dropped out. BYU beat every team on its schedule not named Texas Tech and fell out of the rankings after sounding losing its

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27:45

NFL Parity is Refreshingly Dumb

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2025/12/09

We're a month away from the NFL playoffs, and...is any team good? Are typically good teams bad? In any given week, it seems like a team could emerge victorious, then turn around and completely fall apart a mere week later. Do you trust any of these squads to win a stretch of games en route to a Super Bowl? We sure don't!Due to scheduling conflicts, this episode was recorded a week ahead of its air date. If more pandemonium unfolds in the meantime, that just feels incredibly on brand.Support

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26:39

College Football is Becoming Dumber (But We Still...

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2025/12/02

The monetization of every aspect of college football has caused the sport to lose some of its charm. Remember when it was exciting to go to a bowl game? Now, it's just a seemingly endless stream of discussion and complaints of teams missing out on the playoffs. And then you've got situations like Lane Kiffin leaving for a conference rival after leading his former team to its best regular season record ever. Wild stuff.We're also going down on a rabbit hole of classic sports video game

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24:34

A Very Non-Dumb Thanksgiving Celebration

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2025/11/25

Happy Thanksgiving! We are thankful for our listeners being just the best dang listeners in the world. We're sharing some of our grateful sports moments for the year. We're also diving into the best Thanksgiving sides. What a treat! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sports-r-dumb/donations

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33:38

The GM Who Made the Dumbest Move in History is...

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2025/11/18

Since our last episode, the Dallas Mavericks fired Nico Harrison, architect of perhaps the worst trade in NBA history. Finally, Sean and the city of Dallas can begin to heal. Plus, Joey visits the Grammy Museum, and how early is too early to begin playing Christmas music?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sports-r-dumb/donations

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27:18

Forecasting "If the Playoffs Started Today" is...

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2025/11/11

The NHL is about a month into the season. The official NHL social media accounts are posting "if the playoffs started today" content. The playoffs start in April, notably five months from now. It's the same deal with the College Football Playoff—there are still several games to be played. These types of hypotheticals are not worth stressing over.And we had a scorigami this weekend with an NFL score that's never happened before! Plus, do you think you could throw for at least 12 yards

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35:57

That World Series Wasn't Dumb, But Some of the...

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2025/11/04

We just saw one of the most entertaining World Series matchups we'll likely ever witness. Yet so many arguments after the fact boil down to nitpicking certain plays, criticizing the Dodgers for spending money and "ruining" baseball, and calling people stupid for not doing a specific thing. Sure, fans of the teams actually playing can go a little bonkers, but the rest of us? We can probably all just enjoy high-quality sports at their finest.Speaking of bonkers, how about the end of that

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28:32

Overdoing It On Dopplegangers and "Play of the Year"...

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2025/10/28

It's fine to tell someone they look like someone else, but just do it once. Repeatedly yelling "You look like [insert person here]" is just perplexing and no one knows how to respond. Concurrently, sports fans love to dub things the "catch/dunk/play of the year" REALLY early in the season. Are we just assuming everything else will be a dud? Plus, we wonder how things would be if we had Pokemon trainer encounters in real life. And Joey has started a new rec basketball league and

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25:05

A Delightfully Dumb Weekend of Historic Sports...

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2025/10/21

It was a bonkers weekend of sports with multiple record-setting events. Sure, we're lamenting about the Miami Hurricanes losing a stunner at home and Jerry Jones refusing to install blinds so the Dallas Cowboys aren't blinded by the sun during late afternoon games. But we're also covering Shohei Ohtani's bonkers NLCS Game 4 performance and the Denver Broncos with a previously unheard of level of comeback, which included a whopping 33 points in the fourth quarter.Plus, we're

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27:51

Suing LeBron James for a Hennessy Ad is Laughably Dumb

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2025/10/14

Recently, LeBron James teased a "Decision, Part 2." To people in the marketing field like Joey, this setup felt like the basis of an ad. Even to sports people such as Sean, the immediate response was not, "Oh, let me buy some expensive basketball tickets."That WAS the response for at least one dumb fan, and now he's suing LeBron for intentionally deceiving the public. Our tax dollars are going to this court case. We hope the judge laughs in his face and makes him pay his own way

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35:47

Preseason College Football Rankings R Prematurely Dumb

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2025/10/07

Texas and Penn State were the preseason #1 and #2 teams before the college football season began. It's now Week 7 and both of those teams are completely out of the Top 25. It's almost like we're just wildly guessing at the quality of teams, and maybe we should play some games before arbitrarily assigning rankings!This was also one of the wildest NFL weeks in recent memory, so we're breaking down the chaos of games like Niners/Rams (which included a crazy pre-game moment with Mac

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