Episode 12: Furious 7, Sports!, Small Talk: The Sport, Unchained Melodies, and The Goalkeeper
This week Dave and Steel are joined by their old friend Spencer. The whole episode is sports themed, so brace yourself for some incredible wingspan and raw athleticism. They discuss Spencer and Dave’s impressions of the latest Fast & Furious film, the NBA sneaker landscape circa 1993, their favorite basketball video games, best basketball haircuts, the most prolific reproducers in NBA history, and their favorite sports friendships and rivalries. They also have a special sports-themed segment of Unchained Melodies, featuring songs by Belle and Sebastian, Public Enemy, Simon and Garfunkel, Skee-Lo, Camper Van Beethoven, and The Duckworth Lewis Method, and close the episode with some poetic reflections on the ignominy of the goalkeeper from the great, and recently deceased, Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano.
Links
Sports!
NBA Shoes
The spreadsheet made by 11 year old Steel to document what kind of sneakers NBA players wore in 1993, according to their basketball cards.
A list of sneaker brands currently worn by NBA players, from Hoopshype.
Thinking about buying a pair of Ewings? Check out their latest models.
Favorite Basketball Video Games
Dr. J vs. Larry Bird
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_o9l9a0XWiY
NBA Jam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mf98dAnQ88
NBA Live 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmHq451JNRw
Favorite NBA Hair Cuts
Complex Sports has produced several really outstanding lists of NBA things, including the 50 ugliest haircuts of all time.
Best NBA Names
SB Nation’s Dan Grunfield has written an excellent personal exploration of some of the NBA’s most outstanding names.
Most Prolific NBA Fathers
Complex has a list of athletes with the most children by the most women. Some famous NBA names there.
OTC Sports Friendships
You can learn more about Dave’s beloved Core Four, but more reasonable people wouldn’t recommend it.
OTC Sports Rivalries
The Price of Gold, the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary about Tanya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan’s rivalry, is well worth checking out.
Unchained Melodies
Belle & Sebastian — Piazza, New York Catcher
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7wSBqOIJBo
Public Enemy — He Got Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FmPskTljo0
Simon and Garfunkel — The Boxer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy1hXDOenOY
Skee-Lo — I Wish
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryDOy3AosBw
Camper Van Beethoven — Take the Skinheads Bowling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDB9oCgVHGw
The Duckworth Lewis Method — Nudging and Nurdling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1JBwPHr1SQ
Book Wisdom
This week’s passage came from the recently deceased Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano’s classic [Soccer in Sun and Shadow]https:s://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Sun-Shadow-Eduardo-Galeano/dp/1568584946).