Hosted by Dan Hopper · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 19 episodes
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Comedians & writers talk about their funniest and most painful memories of rooting for their favorite sports team. Comedy writer and sports obsessive Dan Hopper interviews fans of a different franchise each week to find out how they became a fan of their team, why they’re still fans, and to bask in the hilarious and heartbreaking shared pain of what it means to be a sports fan.
Dan Hopper hosts Thrill Of Defeat, a sports show with 19 episodes published.
Comedians Megan Gailey (ESPY Awards, Roast of Tom Brady) and Tom Thakkar (Conan, Tonight Show) discuss their beloved Indianapolis Colts, from the highs of getting blackout drunk during the Super Bowl and flipping off a C
Jacksonville Jaguars fans: Who are they? What are their customs? Are they mythical creatures? Comedian and real live Jaguars fan Brennan Tasseff (Your Ex Drinking Buddy Podcast) is here to answer everyone's BURNING quest
The Ravens started existing in 1996 and have already witnessed two Super Bowls, a Ray Lewis murder investigation, a hall of fame kicker's sex scandal, the best defense of all time, the worst Super Bowl QB of all time (ar
Writers Joe Wengert (New Girl, Big Mouth) and Patrick Sauer (Squawkin' Sports) relive the many fascinating eras of the Sixers, from Dr. J. and Moses Malone to Charles Barkley to Allen Iverson to "The Process" and Joel Em
Comedian Josh Gondelman (Last Week Tonight, Desus & Mero) and writer Luke O'Neil (Welcome To Hell World) talk about what it was like to root FOR the Brady/Belichick Patriots, reactionary Boston sports fans, Tom Brady's f
Comedian & Bengals superfan Michael Turner forces us to feel what it's like to be a Bengals fan, from the hopeless '90s Bengals and Corey Dillon's "flipping burgers" comment, to Vontaze Burfict murdering Antonio Brown, t
Comedian Sarah Tiana (The Roast Of Tom Brady) talks about growing up in Georgia during the Braves' heyday, plus the Tomahawk Chop, meeting Derek Jeter and Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones's depressing final season, and her ro
Knicks diehards Dan Devine (Yahoo Senior NBA Writer) and Jason Concepcion (X-Ray Vision) help us re-live Patrick Ewing's giant knee braces, a Finals game preempted by OJ, the tragic arc of John Starks, Spike vs. Reggie,
The 49ers were SUCH a dynasty in the '80s, no one even felt bad when they lost THREE Super Bowls since 2013. Former 49er Brendan Darby and his podcast co-host Vince Mancini (The Frotcast) explain Niners fandom, Brendan's
The Tennessee Titans pulled off the Music City Miracle and came up ONE YARD short in the Super Bowl in their first-ever season... and haven't been back since. Jesse Farrar (Your Kickstarter Sucks) explains what it's like
The Maple Leafs are the most valuable hockey franchise in the world... and haven't won a championship since **1967**. Sean McIndoe (The Athletic) and John Cullen (Blocked Party) take us through the soul-numbing history o
The Saints were the NFL's laughingstock for DECADES, then suddenly turned into a powerhouse that united a city in the years after Hurricane Katrina. Lifelong Saints fans Charles Star and L. Ron Mexico (co-hosts of the Ci
The Canucks haven't won a Cup OR drafted first in 55 years of existence, and no one hates them more than their own fans. Stefan Heck & Aaron Bertovo, co-hosts of the podcast "I Hate This Team," make a compelling case for
White Sox diehards Jimmy Pardo (Never Not Funny, Conan) and Alex Schmidt (Secretly Incredibly Fascinating) talk about rooting for Chicago's *other* baseball team, the Sox/Cubs divide, a fixed World Series, THE POPE being
The Raiders moved THREE times and have sucked for 20 years. Who still roots for them? Childhood LA Raiders fan Amir Blumenfeld (Headgum) and Las Vegas Raiders season ticket holder Ed Zitron (Better Offline) try to answer
Lifelong Falcons fan Chase Mitchell (The Tonight Show, Rock Paper Scissors) tells THE WORST sports-watching story we've ever heard: seeing the Falcons blow a 28-3 lead in the Super Bowl to the Patriots while getting taun
What's it like to grow up rooting for a team that no longer exists? Matt Ufford (Yahoo Sports) and Danny Kelly (The Ringer) unleash their frustrations about the dismantling of the Seattle Supersonics, their crushing Fina
Comedian Sean O'Connor (Solar Opposites) and writer David Roth (Defector) discuss what it's like to be a New York Mets fan, from the high of the '86 World Series to a lifetime of living in the Yankees' shadow, crying to
A quick preview of what to expect on Thrill Of Defeat, a podcast celebrating the stupid, irrational, and often hilarious shared pain of being a sports fan.
Megan Gailey
1 appearance on this show
Tom Thakkar
1 appearance on this show
Bill Oakley
Seasoned TV writer and show runner
1 appearance on this show
Joe Wengert
1 appearance on this show
Josh Gondelman
comedian and writer
1 appearance on this show
Michael Turner
Representative of Ohio's 10th Congressional District · The International Concussion and Head Injury Research Foundation
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Tiana
comedian
1 appearance on this show
Jason Concepcion
Six Trophies
1 appearance on this show
Vince Mancini
The Filmdrunk Frotcast
1 appearance on this show
Jesse Farrar
Your Kickstarter Sucks
1 appearance on this show
John Cullen
Captain of the USA Military rugby team · mentaladvantage.net
1 appearance on this show
Sean McIndoe
Down Goes Brown · Down Goes Brown
1 appearance on this show
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