The Sporting Tribune Today

Welcome to The Sporting Tribune Today hosted by Arash Markazi, and Grant Mona. Markazi spent over 15 years as a sports columnist at the Los Angeles Times, ESPN and Sports Illustrated. The podcast will be published Monday-Friday and will focus on the biggest sports stories in Southern California, Las Vegas and Hawaii.

The Sporting Tribune Today is a sports podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 600 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #1505

  Caleb Williams Goes Down, Brian Flores Masterminds the Upset & John's Chargers "Malpractice" Rant

  Sep 21, 202648 min

  Grant and John Browner open with the worst news of the weekend: Caleb Williams left the Bears' loss to Minnesota with a non-contact hamstring injury, and John gives the game ball to Vikings DC Brian Flores for completely scrambling a Chicago offense that had scored 59 points the week before. Tim Parker joins to call it a tragedy for a Bears franchise that's never had a real championship quarterback — and just watched one go down with the NFC wide open. Then the recurring fight nobody can resolve: the Eagles escaped Tennessee on a Jalen Hurts game-winning drive, and Tim defends him as a winner while John questions whether two wins over the league's bottom tier mean anything with a diminished offensive line and no AJ Brown. Tim floats a wild theory — the Bears upset the Eagles next — and puts Week 4's Rams-Eagles matchup on his calendar as the real test. Plus the Ravens revert to old form in a stunning loss to Kellen Moore's Saints, the Texans implode again against Cincinnati with CJ Stroud under real pressure, and John absolutely erupts on the Chargers' wide receiver room after a 0-2 start — "this is malpractice." It closes with John admitting he was wrong about Kirk Cousins and the Raiders. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #1504

  Bills Bury the Lions 41-31, DJ Moore's Scare & Tim Parker Demands an Apology for Jalen Hurts

  Sep 18, 202648 min

  Grant and John Browner react to Thursday night's blowout: Buffalo dominated Detroit 41-31, jumping to a 27-7 halftime lead and getting five combined passing/rushing touchdowns from Josh Allen across two games. Josh Tariff joins to make the case this is a genuinely different Bills team under new head coach Joe Brady, while John isn't so sure — Buffalo's still one dropped pick away from being 0-2. DJ Moore left with a shoulder scare that turns out to be a stinger, and Detroit's defense has now allowed 71 points and nearly 1,000 total yards through two weeks. John wonders aloud whether Dan Campbell has lost his magic now that both coordinators are gone, floating the idea that the Lions may have already missed their championship window. Tim Parker joins for the back half, defends the Lions, then pivots hard into the Eagles — he wants a formal apology for Jalen Hurts after Sunday's win, and a debate breaks out over whether Hurts, DeVonta Smith and Saquon Barkley even count as "weapons" without AJ Brown in the lineup. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #1503

  Week 2 NFL Picks: Steve Cofield Fades the Chiefs, John Torches the Chargers' WR Room & "I Need You, Dak"

  Sep 17, 202648 min

  Grant and John Browner kick off Week 2 with the Thursday night marquee: Buffalo hosting Detroit in the first real game at the new Highmark Stadium, with both taking the Bills to build on their Week 1 escape. Steve Cofield joins with the picks nobody else is making — sharp money on the Texans over the Bengals despite Cincinnati's Week 1 win, the Broncos favored at home off a bad loss, and the one that stops the show cold: the Colts plus 6.5 against the Chiefs in Kansas City. John can't let it go. Along the way, John unloads on the Chargers' offseason at wide receiver — the Marquez Valdes-Scantling signing gets torched line by line — and questions whether the Colts' front office actually knows what it's doing after publicly criticizing its own coaching staff. Josh Tariff arrives for the back half: a lopsided Eagles-Titans line that should be much bigger, Cam Ward's alarming start, a Giants team with nothing to lose against the Rams that has John fuming, and a Cowboys-Commanders debate that ends with John begging Dak Prescott not to let the Lord down. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #1502

  The Kawhi Trade Is Done: Picks Come Back, John Says Toronto Gets Worse & the Clippers Reset Begins

  Sep 16, 202648 min

  It's finally official. Kawhi Leonard is a Raptor, Grady Dick and Brandon Ingram are Clippers, and LA gets a pick swap plus two unprotected first-rounders in 2031 and 2033 — which John Browner says was essential, because going forward with no picks for five years takes the legs out from under a franchise nobody trusts in free agency anymore. Then he drops the take of the night: this Toronto team will be worse than last year's Clippers. Ten Eastern Conference teams he'd put ahead of them, and a vibes-and-chemistry group that loses its chemistry the moment Kawhi walks in. Grant zags hard — 27.9 points a game, All-NBA second team, seventh in MVP voting, added to an already elite defense — and calls Toronto a contender. Beav joins to exhale, and John pitches the reset: shop everybody but Keaton Wagler. Trust the process, and hope you land on your Embiid. David Bloom makes his SportsGrid debut with the prom metaphor that explains the entire Kawhi era, plus the Paul George-for-Jaylen Brown fallout in Boston, a wide-open MLB playoff race, and which Week 1 injury actually changes a season — John says there's only one answer, and it isn't Myles Garrett. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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  Episode #1501

  Kenneth Walker Ran Over Denver, Bo Nix Couldn't Hold the Ball & Kirk Cousins Leads the AFC West

  Sep 15, 202648 min

  Week 1 is officially in the books, and the Chiefs closed it by clobbering the defending AFC West champions. Grant and John Browner explain why this is a fundamentally different Kansas City team: four straight runs to open the game, 38 carries total, Kenneth Walker going 23 for 173, and John's comparison of the night to Denver pairing Terrell Davis with John Elway. Patrick Mahomes looked rough coming off major knee surgery and it didn't matter — because Eric Bieniemy is back calling plays and Matt Nagy is as far from him as the organization could manage. On the other side, Denver was atrocious: 176 total yards, nine first downs, only 15 carries, and a quarterback who couldn't keep hold of the football. John gives Bo Nix grace (you cannot simulate a football game) but lays out the brutal next five weeks and the rule nobody escapes: you don't win eleven one-score games two years in a row. Josh Tariff joins with the trivia stat of the season — the Jets, Giants, Raiders and Cardinals have never all started 1-0 until now — plus Kirk Cousins leading the AFC West in passer rating, John's argument that Fernando Mendoza would have won that same game and actually electrified Raider Nation, and a spirited disagreement about what sports broadcasts should be putting on screen. New episodes weekday mornings. Follow the crew on X. Directed & Produced by: Grant Mona Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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