Two for the Win
Mike is a U.S. Navy Veteran and Bryan has more than a decade of civil service experience. Together, these blue collar guys dissect the latest sports headlines and events.
Episodes
76 episodes
Two for the Win - S2.75 - Playoff Sweeps & Hard Truths; Welcome! Brian "Madd Maxx" Morrison!
A sweep can end a season fast, but it can also expose everything a team tried to hide. We start with the NHL playoffs and the series that are already tilting hard, then shift into MLB news that hits home, including the legacy of Braves legend B...
Two For The Win - S2.74 - Playoffs & Priorities; Welcome Jason Swain!
The sports world doesn’t pause, and neither do we. We start with two losses that hit fans in a different way: Ted Turner’s massive influence on how America watched sports and John Sterling’s iconic Yankees radio legacy. From there, we jump to a...
Two For The Win - S2.73 - NFL Draft Fallout, NBA Bracket, Umass' new AI coach!
A playoff crowd shatters the glass behind an NHL bench, an MLB pitcher “catches” a 107 mph comebacker with his jersey, and a ball strike challenge helps an entire stadium score free pizza. That’s the kind of sports week we’re living in, and we’...
Two For The Win - S2.72 - Gout Gout Bolts, UCLA's Historic Draft Night, NHL/NBA Playoffs & NFL Warm-Up Draft
A goose strolling through the outfield during live MLB action shouldn’t be a headline, but it somehow becomes the perfect snapshot of this week in sports: chaotic, hilarious, and packed with storylines that go way beyond the final score. We kic...
Two For The Win - S2.71 - Health Concerns, Duran Duran, You-Con?? From NASA To FAFSA, We're Loaded!
A UFC champ wins a title belt and then can’t find it a few hours later, which is the perfect tone-setter for a week where sports feels loud, messy, and oddly human. We’re Brian and Mike, and we bounce from that story into golf’s biggest headlin...
Two For The Win - S2.70 - NCAA Eligibility, Baseball or Base-Brawl? S*** Rosters Abound!
A golf shot lands in a spectator’s shopping bag at The Masters, and somehow that’s only the warm-up. We jump from that perfectly weird moment into the kind of sports-news stretch where every league is loud at once: playoff pushes, injuries that...
Two For The Win - S2.69 - Yoshi Bobbles, Out Like A Lion, Welcome: The Flippin Problems!
A $75 souvenir cup. A blown call so bad even the managers laugh. A new ABS challenge system that might finally put bad strike zones on notice. Baseball is back, and the first week already feels like a full season’s worth of storylines. We start...
Two For The Win - S2.68 - Ovechkin Scores 1k, Move Over Angel; Reebok's New Historic Shoe Deal & Should College Transfers Be Limited?
Opening day baseball is here, and we’re riding that “baseball eve” energy hard while also admitting the modern MLB viewing experience can be a mess. When a marquee game lands on Netflix and other matchups bounce across different streaming servi...
Two For The Win - S2.67 - SIX-Seveen, Special Guest Party McFly!
You can love pro wrestling your whole life and still be shocked by what it takes to live it. We’re joined by Party McFly, one of MATW’s standout originals, to talk about the real indie wrestling grind behind the entrances, the gear, and the hig...
Two For The Win - S2.66 - Futball Brawls, Italia-Japan Lead WBC Favs & Pippen Sells Out!
A soccer match ends with 23 red cards after a last-minute brawl, and somehow that’s only the start of the chaos. We’re Brian and Mike, and we’re catching you up on one of the busiest stretches across the sports landscape, where the headlines fe...
Two For The Win - S2.65 - The White House Divide, Joker Learns To Ride & NFL FA Chaos
A quiet moment for Lou Holtz sets the tone, then we charge straight into the question everyone’s dancing around: when the White House calls, should athletes go, no matter who’s in office? We separate politics from the privilege of being honored...
Two For The Win - S2.64 - When Sports & Society Collide
What a week to love sports. We start with a gut-check on mental health and loss, then swing into a packed slate: Olympic chills and spills, USA hockey’s double-overtime glory against Canada, and the way Italy turned competition into theater. Fr...
Two For The Win - S2.63 - A Wild Week Of Olympic Highs & Sporting Lows
A week that starts with grief and ends with gold isn’t supposed to feel seamless—but that’s exactly how this ride goes. We begin by honoring Northern Iowa tight end Parker Sutherland and NBA icon Doug Moe, then launch into an Olympic surge: Joh...
Two For The Win - S2.62 - What Does Fair Play Mean When Politics, Tech & Tanking Collide?
A week this wild doesn’t come around often. We go straight into the WADA funding freeze and what a push for third‑party oversight really means for clean sport at the Olympics, then shift to the hard question athletes face when risk meets ambiti...
Two For The Win - S2.61 - Goalies Fight, Trades Fly & Bidets Help Reset Culture Shock
The sports world decided to go full throttle at once: an Olympic legend choosing to compete through a torn ACL, a winter showcase where a goalie fight flips the script, baseball quietly retooling culture and rosters, the NBA turning its standin...
Two For The Win - S2.60 - Olypmic-Level Let Downs, Focus On Athlete Safety & Ethics, How Do YOU Ai?
A wild sports week tested our favorite lines between edge and ethics, and we went straight at it. We open with fighter safety in the UFC after a divisive title bout and Nevada’s automatic medical hold: why “suspension” sounds punitive, what it ...
Two For The Win - S2.59 - Goalie Brawl, LeBron's Future & Indiana's Record Season
A goalie in full pads sprinting into a melee. A high school guard dropping 100 in three quarters. A blue-blood baseball debate that won’t die. This one moves fast, but we ground every wild turn in what matters: identity, execution, and the choi...
Two For The Win - S2.58 - Trey Young Vanishes, The Wizards Host The Island Of Misfit Guards, Harbaugh Watch
The week gave us everything—ballparks literally changing shape, stars swapping zip codes, and playoff games decided by inches rather than headlines. We kick off with baseball’s quirks as the Royals move their outfield wall in 10 feet, reshaping...
Two For The Win - S2.57 - Farewell Regular Season Football, Welcome NFL Playoffs!
The week delivered everything: MLB signings that reshape rotations, college football upsets with legacy implications, and an NFL finale where contenders rose, favorites fell, and the playoff bracket got spicy. We kick off with baseball’s ripple...
Two For The Win - S2.56 - Mike & Bryan Debate Broadcast Rights, Santa QB & Happy New Year!!
A playoff race this chaotic deserves more than box scores. We kick off with the money moves shaping every league: MLB contract gymnastics to free cash for top Japanese prospects, the NBA’s Christmas tradition shoved aside by an NFL streaming gr...
Two For The Win - S2.55 - When December Decides Legacies: Deals, Brackets & Clutch Drives!
December served the sports feast we were hoping for: savvy MLB gambles, a marquee NBA Christmas slate, college football separating pretenders from contenders, and an NFL playoff race that flipped on a single overtime snap. We start with basebal...
Two For The Win - S2.54 - Rivers-Reset, NBA Expansion & Old Dynasties Give Way To New Ones
The sports calendar just threw everything at us—front office gambles, historic firsts, trophy drama, and playoff math that changes by the hour—and we’re here to make it all make sense. We open with the human side, offering condolences around a ...
Two For The Win - S2.53 - Wild Deals, Giannis Watch & Gruden To The UFL?
Title races are tilting, front offices are gambling big, and a few proud franchises suddenly look mortal. We open with baseball’s winter meetings and a Hall vote that crowned only Jeff Kent, then unpack how the Dodgers loaded their bullpen, the...
Two For The Win - S2.52 - Sports Collectibles, The Rise of Shadeur & Happy Thanksgiving!
Hungry for more than turkey? We lay out a full-course sports spread that starts with six-figure World Series souvenirs and a one-of-one card flip, then carves into the MLB offseason where Toronto bets big on Dylan Cease and Boston buys stabilit...
Two For The Win - S2.51 - Blackouts To Breakouts!
Start with the money, follow the power, and you’ll land right where fans live: can I actually watch the game? We kick things off with MLB’s new three-year rights package across ESPN, NBC, and Netflix—a near $800M-per-year statement that boosts ...