Welcome to the Tradition's Finest Podcast, Episode #5-OH - "The Greg Oden Episode!" This Episode includes a discussion of the following topics and developing storylines:
- NFL: Perfume de Mayonnaise?
- The NFL Preseason is officially upon us.... QB Joe Milton plays well in his Rookie debut with the New England Patriots (and of course, it's a sports team from Boston...so the fans immediately began to overreact to his first career TD)
- Rookies for Dayz: Caleb Williams, J.J. McCarthy, Jayden Daniels, etc. made their NFL debuts for their respective teams - We give each QB a Grade based on his performance
Dallas Cowboys star WR1 Ceedee Lamb's response to franchise owner Jerry Jones' lack of urgency to get a deal done - was GOLDEN!
- "Q of the Day:" Is Giants rookie WR Malik Nabers injured or nah? Is he a bit dramatic?
- Tyreek "Cheetah" Hill proclaims that he would defeat Olympic Gold Medalist Noah Lyles in a race - what are your thoughts?
- 2024 NFL Preseason Theme: If you are a RB, switch careers & fast!
- NCAA: Both the University of Texas and Texas A&M will be without their starting RB's for the 2024 season - you have to hate this for Rueben Owens & CJ Baxter, prayers up, guys!
- Former Michigan & current Chargers HC Jim Harbaugh will serve as the "honorary captain" for Michigan's home opener in 2024 - I'm not entirely sure, but I think our definition of the word "honor" is a tad different??
- JD & Spencer's visceral reactions to the Release of the 2024 College Football Preseason AP Poll - Alabama at #5; Georgia ranked #1 overall...do you agree with the preseason AP poll? Email us your thoughts at Traditions.Finest@gmail.com!
- MLB: Red Sox OF Jarren Durran apologizes for calling a heckler an anti-gay slur during a game - the league would later announce that he was "suspended" for two games.
- 2024 Paris Olympics Recap: Team USA Men's Basketball team wins the Gold Medal - maintaining the streak held by Team USA - but it was NOT the smoothest path....
- Team USA Gymnast Jordan Chiles is to be stripped of her Bronze medal that she won during floor exercise - due to a "technicality?" (Where's Ashton cause I've got to be on 'Punk'd!')
- Team USA Women's Basketball wins 8th straight Gold medal after surviving a scare versus Team France, win 67-66.
The United States finished the 2024 Paris Olympics tied for 1st in Gold medals (40) and finished first overall for total medal count (126).
"The Return of the Finest Five": Episode #50 category - Favorite Condiments
Thanks for Listening, guys!!
Tune in next week as we Preview and offer our Predictions for the NFL's NFC Conference for the upcoming 2024 season!
