On the tenth episode of the fifth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Luke Winn (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com) and David Shoemaker (Grantland). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don look ahead to the Final Four, the Frozen Four, and look back at Wrestlemania XXXI. The book club takes a look at Eleventh Heaven by Rob Miech, and the show ends with One Last Thing.
-Luke Winn is making his eighth appearance (00:32:17) on the podcast. Winn joins the podcast to look back on the first two weeks of the NCAA Tournament and to look ahead to the Final Four. Luke talks about covering the classic game between Notre Dame and Kentucky, speculates on the remaining team with the best chance to beat Kentucky, and explains why anything short of a National Championship would be a total bust. Winn also talks about Duke, the value of fewer early round upsets, and the players to keep an eye on this weekend.
-David Shoemaker is making his fourth appearance (0:52:41) on the podcast to talk about the business of professional wrestling. Shoemaker talks about his weekend in San Jose for WrestleMania XXXI, covering wrestling in the mainstream, and even looks ahead to WrestleMania XXXII in Texas. Shoemaker also talks about a renewed importance for the Intercontinental Championship, the future of John Cena, and try to figure out just how great WrestleMania XXXI actually was.