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
87 episodes
Two For The Win - S2.86 - Deadline Deals, Does A High Salary Cap Equal Success? Welcome back PQ!!
An $11 million Shohei Ohtani trading card sounds like a joke until you realize it’s the perfect snapshot of where baseball is right now: bigger money, louder headlines, and fans who can’t look away. We kick things off with the wildest moments o...
Two For The Win - S2.85 - MLB Deadline Heat! Seeven-Sixxers? NFL Camp Alarms!!
The sports week doesn’t ease up, it stacks pressure until something breaks, and that’s exactly why we love it. We start with MLB as the trade deadline gets close enough to feel: Hall of Fame news, wild game-changing reviews, and the kind of lat...
Two For The Win - S2.84 - Spain Streaks To Greatness & Other!
One goal in the 106th minute changed everything and it didn’t just decide a World Cup champion, it lit a fuse. We open by breaking down Spain’s 1-0 win over Argentina: the possession battle, the keeper standing on his head, the moment of brilli...
Two For The Win - S2.83 - World Cup, All Stars, Drafts, Trades; Sports On Fire!
The biggest sports stories this week aren’t just about who won, they’re about how leagues are changing right in front of us. We open by rewinding the FIFA World Cup semifinals and setting up the Spain vs Argentina final, where Spain’s near-air-...
Two For The Win - S2.82 - FIFA Fallout, NBA Splashes & The Worlds Largest Glass Of Beer.
The sports calendar hits that rare stretch where every league is loud at the same time, and we try to make sense of all of it without pretending we’ve got it perfectly scripted. We start with the World Cup 2026 heating up, from Norway’s shock w...
Two For The Win - S2.81 - Happy Early Independence Day! Welcome The Pain Train - Preston Quinn! Our Resident Cowboys Analyst! w00t, W00T!
Fire up the grill and pull up a chair because we’re running the full Fourth of July weekend sports spread, from baseball weirdness to NBA chaos to NFL debates that never stop. We start with the kind of stories that make sports hit a little deep...
Two For The Win - S2.80 - Fiscal Awareness In Pro Sports, Should Spike Get A Ring & Should Municipalities Foot The Bill For Infrastructure Personnel At Games?
A $100 million contract should mean you’re set for life, so why do so many pro athletes still end up broke? We open with Shannon Sharpe’s blunt take on financial responsibility and then pull it apart the way sports fans actually talk about it: ...
Two For The Win - S2.79 - Judge's Bat On Lease, Sour-Sorsby, Protect College Sports Act
A puck to the face at 90-plus miles per hour, a four-goal comeback that still ends in heartbreak, and an NBA Finals crowd where two seats can cost a million dollars. That’s the kind of sports week we’re sorting through, and we’re not just readi...
Two For The Win - S2.78 - Finally, The Final.. Finals.
Something feels off about sports right now, and it isn’t just the scoreboards. We start by paying respect to Larry Fitzgerald Sr and legendary coach Rick Adelman, then move straight into the heavier reality behind the highlights: BJ Penn’s ongo...
Two For The Win - S2.77 - From Hot Mikes To Home Runs; Flores Vs NFL.
The sports world can flip from heartbreak to headline-whiplash in about ten minutes, and this week proves it. We start by taking a moment for the losses that hit fans hard, including the passing of racer Kyle Bush and the ripple effect of seein...
Two For The Win - S2.76 - Tonight We Talk UFC, Trend Setters & Welcome! Brandon Casey!!
Playoffs bring out the best stories and the worst decisions, so we go rapid-fire across the sports map with the stuff fans cannot stop talking about. We react to a UFC return that ends in a blink, the kind of finish that instantly fuels controv...
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...