In 2003, ESPN had it all: the NBA returned to the network, the "embrace debate" era was booming, poker became a TV sensation, and they almost hired an exceptionally gifted sports anchor named Josh Green. Ultimately, ESPN chose NOT to hire Josh,...

It's a special Rosh Hashanah episode of Take A 20! The boys return from their summer hiatus to ring in the new year with legendary broadcasting voice Gary Thorne. Gary was on the mic for the 2003 ALCS between the Red Sox and Yankees, and he rel...

John Gagliardi won more football games – 489 – than any college coach, ever. Gagliardi set the wins record in 2003, which was his 51st season as the head coach at St. John’s College of Minnesota. Gagliardi was famous for his list of “No’s," ...

Take A 20 is taking the "L" to the North Side of Chicago. And speaking of "L’s," we are embracing the pain to discuss the Chicago Cubs and everything that went wrong on October 14, 2003. To this day, one word comes to mind when you mention the ...

Take A 20 makes its triumphant return for Season 4! We are deep in our bag(gy suits) to break down the 2003 NBA Draft, which featured LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and countless fashion violations. Ben Osborne, former e...

It's a first for Take A 20: a surprise ending! In this episode, we talk about Tom Brady’s very first Super Bowl in 2002. And his very first retirement -- and unretirement -- 20 years later. Boston Globe sport columnist Chris Gasper joins us to ...

Josh Green and Mark Davidson are rolling deep into Season 3 of Take A 20. And speaking of #3, we are “Talking About Practice.” That’s the phrase that Allen Iverson passionately repeated 22 times 20 years ago. It’s one of the most famous press c...

Welcome to Season 3 of Take A 20! All season long, Mark Davidson and Josh Green will take you back to 2002. And we begin by going for gold. It's the 2002 Olympic Men's Hockey Gold Medal Game between Team USA and those darn Canadians. It was a m...

In this episode, we celebrate some amazing "firsts" in the history of New York sports, beginning with Venus and Serena Williams facing-off in the 2001 U.S. Open Final, their first time meeting for a Grand Slam title. ESPN tennis analyst and Hal...

We miss stadiums! So much so that we dedicated an entire episode to them. The retro stadium boom was in full bloom in 2001, highlighted by the opening of PNC Park in Pittsburgh -- a really great place to watch really bad baseball. Journalist an...

In this episode of Take A  20, we honor the Hall of Fame career of Ray Bourque, who finally hoisted the Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche, after spending 20 Cup-less years with the Boston Bruins. Our cups overfloweth with hockey expe...

In this episode of Take A 20, we confirm that defense does, indeed, win championships, as evidenced by the Baltimore Ravens’ dominating Super Bowl 35 victory. We celebrate the hard-hitting champs from Charm City, and ask the hard-hitting questi...

It’s back, back, back to the Bay Area, as we make a splash landing in McCovey Cove to revisit the exploits of the Home Run King, Barry Bonds, who went deep a record-breaking 73 times in 2001. Longtime San Francisco Giants broadcaster Dave Flemm...

Fear the Deer! And the Thunder! On this episode of Take A 20, we blow the whistle on the whistleblowers of the 2001 NBA Eastern Conference Finals, who ripped the sausage-stuffed hearts out of Milwaukee sports fans. Wisconsin sports media mainst...

It’s Daytona 500 week for NASCAR, and Take A 20 reflects on the moment when time stood still at the superspeedway. We revisit the surreal scenes of the crash that took the life of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. on the final lap of the 2001 Daytona 500. An...

We're Going Streaking! Take a 20 is back! In our Season 2 debut, we have double the fun taking a look at two baseball legacies that intersected in 2001. We celebrate the man of the iron streak, Cal Ripken, whose Hall of Fame career came to a cl...

On this episode of Take A 20, we thank our lucky stars for the statutes of limitations that apply to any music we may or may not have downloaded via Napster in the year 2000, and we celebrate the creator of “Lucky Star,” Madonna. It’s a deep di...

The votes have been counted, and it’s another winning episode of Take A 20! In keeping with the election theme, we dissect the demise of a controversial leader, Bob Knight, who was ousted as Indiana University’s head basketball coach in 2000. A...

It's a Take A 20 hat trick! On this episode, we discuss diversity in the NHL through the lens of two ice-breaking stars whose careers collided in 2000: Grant Fuhr and Scott Gomez. We also go toe-to-toe with our favorite tough guy, two-time Stan...

In this episode of “Take A 20,” Mark Davidson and Josh Green take a break from apple picking to put the Big Apple in the spotlight. It’s an extended discussion about the 2000 World Series, better known as the Subway Series, between the Yankees ...

Jews! Sports! Fun! In this episode of Take A 20, Mark Davidson and Josh Green tip their yarmulkes to two Jewish athletes, Shawn Green and Tamir Goodman, who were at the top of their games in 2000. In a fitting display of Jewish journalistic her...

Happy convention week! Whether you prefer your conventions in-person, online or in podcast form, Take A 20 has you covered. In this week’s episode, we look back at the 2000 Democratic National Convention, which took place in Los Angeles and got...

In this episode of "Take A 20," Josh Green and Mark Davidson celebrate the return of sports by talking about things that make us feel happy, like Kurt Warner's ultimate Cinderella story, which culminated in the St. Louis Rams' Super Bowl Victor...

The competition level is at an all-time high on this episode of "Take A 20," as co-hosts Josh Green and Mark Davidson engage in a heated (but friendly) battle to discuss Season 1 of "Survivor," one of the most transformational TV programs of al...

G'Day, Mates! In this episode of Take A 20, Mark Davidson and Josh Green continue their Australian expedition for Part 2 of their discussion about the 2000 Summer Olympics from Sydney. The co-hosts revisit Cathy Freeman's historic run for gold ...