On the twenty-fifth episode of the sixth season of The Sports-Casters, hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Jon Wertheim (Sports Illustrated) and Adrian Dater (Bleacher Report). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don get pumped talk about the first week of football season and look ahead to the second, discuss the World Cup of Hockey, and speculate on the future of CM Punk. The book club is loaded with three books and big news about a giveaway. The podcast ends with Don talking about streaming video and Steve talks about Rich Hill missing out on a chance to pitch a perfect game.
-Jon Wertheim is making his fifteenth appearance (0:23:36) on the podcast to talk about his role as executive editor at Sports Illustrated. Mr. Wertheim talks about Sports Illustrated and Twitter teaming up to stream an NFL game, the sudden change of CEO at Time Inc, and the emergence of The MMQB. Also, Wertheim tells us if he thinks Marshawn Lynch is coming back to the NFL, gives his thoughts on CM Punk's future, and recaps the year that was in tennis.
-Adrian Dater is making his fifth appearance (01:06:20) on the podcast. Adrian is in Toronto covering the World Cup of Hockey for Bleacher Report. Adrian and Steve talk about Team North America, Phil Kessel's absence, and the return of ESPN to hockey. Dater also talks about Alex Ovechkin threatening to go to the Olympics in South Korea with or without the NHL, his Kiss pinball machine, and Patrick Kane's hairline. Finally, Steve and Adrian make a special announcement.
