On the thirty-first episode of the fifth season of The Sports-Casters, hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Mike Tirico (ESPN, Monday Night Football), and Jonah Keri (Grantland, Baseball Tonight). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don discuss the Dolphins firing their coach, the start of the MLB baseball playoffs, and the daily fantasy sports scandal. The book club is back with this year's edition of The Best American Sports Writing Series, and the show ends with Steve's thoughts on Jimmy Graham.
-Mike Tirico is making his fourth appearance (0:32:50) on the podcast. Mike talks about another crazy ending to a Monday Night Football game in Seattle, how the broken rule was discovered behind the scenes and the mechanics of bringing it to the air. Mike also talks about calling the U.S. Open, Serena Williams season, and the ESPN micro site, The Undefeated.
-Jonah Keri is making his tenth appearance (01:11:58) on the podcast. Jonah talks the start of the Major League Baseball playoffs. Jonah explains why the playoffs are a crapshoot, why strong starting pitching isn't necessarily an advantage, and why the Royals were able to play above projection this season. Jonah also talks about how he would fix the playoffs.
