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Nat, Mike and Dan will drink your style down straight, no chaser, but sometimes they get bored of style and go looking for substance. No, not around the back of Lidl, they look for the things which really matter, the big questions: what power will TT be granted this week? Who's next up in the big job at Miami? And will they hire Condi Rice to take over Special Teams? In other news: DENVER WIN AGAIN, taking a commanding lead in the AFC West; James Harrison became the first player to be banned under the new helmet to helmet rules after his brutal hit on Colt McCoy; Dan explains 'The Turtle-izer'; The Cardinals became the best kept secret in the NFL winning five of their last six; Antonio Banderas: we have a job for you; Green Bay continue to 100% after thumping Oakland; Sidney Crosby has relapsed and is now classed as out indefinitely with ‘concussion like symptoms’ - very worrying time for the Penguins; also out with concussion are Claude Giroux, Brad Richard of the Kings, Marc Staal and Chris Pronger - boys p

Nat, Mike and Dan are hard men. Hard, brute, dangerous men. The only thing that can can do them damage in any way is either ice-skating or Curtis Painter's moonshine. Probably shouldn't have told you that. In other news: God bless Tim Tebow AGAIN. He rallies the Broncos to another amazing victory against the Vikings. Tebow throws for 200 yards and two passing touchdowns; Matt Schaub-less Texans won with rookie TJ Yates at the helm, but they lost Andre Johnson again; the Eagles fell apart again and are now facing a losing season after Marshawn Lynch torched their run defence and Vince Young threw several crucial interceptions; it’s the great NHL coaching merry go round! Bruce Boudreau is sacked by the Capitals! 72 hours later he’s coach of the Ducks after they chucked Randy Carlyle following a seven straight losing streak; the NHL has changed – the league will probably from next season have four conferences; NBA is still BACK baby, the league schedule has been announced with each team playing 66 games in 124 d

With Nat away repairing his secret underground lair this week, Mike and Dan turn to other distractions. They're a literary pair, they read books and everything, yeah? Except Dan says he doesn't. This proves no bar to enjoying their company of this week's guest. Please welcome Guggenheim fellow, New Jersey native and 49-er's fan: the celebrated American poet August Kleinzahler. In other news: August has never seen Mike drunk. Or after 4.30pm; Thanksgiving turned into head stomping as Ndamakong Suh is ejected for the most hilariously blatant attack in a while; Stevie Johnson gets fined only fifteen yards for pretending to shoot himself in front of Plaxico Burress; God punishes him and he drops a potentially game winning touchdown against the Jets; the Colts are now 0-11 and have benched Curtis Painter…; Tebow wins AGAIN, Norv Turner looks on the way out, the Eagles signed off on their season and the 49ers lost to the Ravens; never criticise the Boston Bruins again, it just makes them angry then they win everyth

Mike, Nat and Dan give thanks for a great American tradition: three big games on one day. Mike and Nat are so thankful that they're going to be at the No. 1 Sports Bar on Old Street this thursday for some pre- and post-game turkey eati... analysis. Come on down. In other news: JC loves TT! Tebow proves that God does exist by playing terribly and still beating the hapless Jets; Jay Cutler heaps more woe on Phillip Rivers, despite the two having similar games; Green Bay trick the Bucs into thinking they can beat them, after LeGarret Blount becomes the first man to break tackles from every man on the D and the entire opposing team bench; the Bengals run Jooooooeeeeeee Flacco close; Sidney Crosby is BACK. One of the greatest players of all time finally returns to the ice nearly a year after he last played with a media circus descending on Pittsburgh for the game against the NY Islanders; realignment is back on the agenda in the NHL; MLB Season MVP is decided; NBA is still non-existant, despite all the money that'

Nat, Mike and Dan love sports more than anything. They love the hack and slash of fierce competition, the division of winners from losers, victors from vanquished, Bradys from Tebows. That's why this week after the usual sporting goodness there's a look at who's got the stones to take on Obama in a year's time to be Pro Bowl... Sorry, the next Curtis Painter of the United States. In other news: Aaron Rodgers continues his quest to become the greatest quarterback of all time with another demolition – this time a 45-7 battering of Minnesota; Detroit did a Sanchez and handed Jay Cutler the win; Phillip Rivers threw another crucial game away against the Raiders; are Cleveland the least effective offense in the league; Pittsburgh lead the east, inspired in part by a resurgent Evgeni Malkin; Ryan Miller is the team's new hero after his treatment of anyone who dares go up against him; Sidney Crosby will be back soon! Yeah, right; MLB news; NBA news; corrections and clarifications; (nearly) six points; fantasy update

Mike and Dan welcome Nat back in classic Americarnage style: they disagree with pretty much everything he says. Nat fights back with the elevator pitch to end all elevator pitches... In other news: Aaron Rodgers continues his push for the greatest single season for an NFL quarterback ever; Baltimore snatch a last-minute second win over the Steelers thanks to an erratic Flacco; the Colts are the last game in town in the race to Suck for Luck; Canadian hockey is the talk of the league – the West is being contended by Edmonton; while the East is being shocked by Toronto; Glenn Gulutzan, the former teacher and now coach of Dallas has lead the Stars to 11 wins in 14; should penalty calls should be subjected to video reviews?; Terry Francona's interview with the Cards goes 'quite well'; Wilson Ramos is still missing, the guys' thoughts are with him; no more Passada for the Yanquis; Coco's hair is the subject of debate; no basketball; Dan turns the gun on himself in Corrections and Clarifications; your questions in

Mike is in the Chair of Power tonight for Aliterationcarnage and has the pleasure of lording it over Dan and friend of the show Marek Larwood, who brings a film crew and the iron determination to become a Detroit Lion. Meanwhile, Nat will be back next  week because he has to take care of family business. Not the interesting Italian kind. In other news: Nat picked right and the Cards won the World Series but he's not around to remind everyone; would they be there without Tony LaRussa?; 2011 is the year of David Freese with the greatest performance in WS history; it’s Tebow time! He can’t throw but he sure can spark an internet craze; the Andrew Luck bowl is down to the Colts and the Dolphins, after the Rams somehow beat New Orleans; the Bengals are looking strangely like a real team; Pittsburgh lead the East from Toronto; while Boston are now 3 and 7 and bottom of the East; Sean Avery is back by popular demand after Rangers fans have him recalled from their AHL affiliate; Ilya Bryzgalov tells reporters that he

Mike, Nat and Dan have had the most football-packed week they've ever had thanks in part to the International Series game at Wembley; they've seen more games than Curtis Painter's had completed passes. Wait a minute... In other news: Dan wants to be autotuned but won't get naked on an Irish farm to make it happen; Nat gets a hotdog... eventually; 6 interceptions and some tough running from Matt Forte won it for the Bears in a not quite full Wembley;The Saints beat the Colts 62-7, breaking all kinds of franchise records; Tim Tebow won the game for Denver despite the Broncos being only 2 yards passing at one point in the 3rd quarter; Terrel Owens turns down $400 a week; The Americarnage bid for the Dallas Stars is a BUST; Shame – because the Dallas Stars are doing brilliantly – they’re top of the Western with 7 and 2; The Bruins have made a shocking start – they’re 3 and 5; Tyler Seguin is the only bonus; Teemu Selane picked up his 640th goal in the NHL, making him joint 13th leading goal scorer; the World Seri

The boys gear up for the big game at Wembley by planning the first ever Americarnage Royal Rumble. Pride will be dented, faces will be smashed and only one man will emerge victorious... He's called Mike Carlson. In other news: Mr Carlson goes to Parliament; the Dream Team in Dreamland; Carson Palmer gets raided; Rex Grosman - when bad quarterbacks go back; Schwarz and Harbaugh fight to the death; hitting is back in MLB (Hollywood thinks so anyway); Laura Bush - Super Fan; will the Cards make Nat a mint?; the Bruins are still celebrating, months later; the Lightning's super dangerous lightning machine; how to knock someone out gracefully; who would win in a fight out of two limeys and a yank?; corrections and clarifications; the ballad of Ashton Kutcher; mailbag; two games that don't quite work and much, much more...

Nat , Mike and Dan know how great they are. People often stop them in the street with the words 'you're a great...' yet it hasn't gone to their heads. They still humbly realise there are still votes to be cast in the Podcast Awards 2011... http://podcastawards.com/ In other news: Matt Ryan is the latest quarterback to realise he isn't as good as Aaron Rodgers; the Bills sent the Eagles to 1-4, making the Dream Team a nightmare; the MLB play-offs mean Nat can't sleep; Don Cherry loves headshots; Helsinki is the capital of hockey; it's still a lockout and David Stern tells us so; sneakers are still huge business; fantasy league update; truth killers brought to justice in Corrections and Clarifications; listener action in Mailbag; new game All Apologies and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan know what they like. They like sports, they like beer, they like Curtis Painter... Kind of, anyway. They also like Sarah Palin's recent career move and wish it had happened earlier... In other news: Tony Romo looks strangely like a quarterback; Baltimore defence make history; the Eagles keep blowing it; if space is infinite, why can'tthe Dolphins find any? MLB comes to a head and the Rangers are through; the Angels lose their GM; NHL season starts but why bother? EA's simulation shows the Penguins beat the Blackhawks so we can all relax; Montreal Canadiens pissed at high-hitting Ryan Malone; Four teams are in Europe this week, good news if you live in Helsinki or Stockholm; NBA season not going to start on time but will there be any players left even if it does? Fantasy League update; Corrections and clarifications; your questions in Mailbag; Fight Song Blankety-Blank and much much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan have so much to say that sometimes they just can't wait. This is raw, man-on-man-on-man vocal combat and to the victor go the spoils. The spoils are mainly snickers bars and bragging rights but when was that not enough? In other news: The Bills win the Superbowl! Psyche. They do shed a 15 game losing streak against the Pats by coming back against all odds though, despite Brady still throwing for 386 yards; Cam Newton drops to 158 yards but wins for the first time; Mike proved right; punt return of the millenium denied; is the NHL racist and is banana ever just a banana; Drew Doughty's talk get ugly; will there be an NBA season before the bank of Kobe heads for Italy; corrections and clarifications; fantasy league update; listener questions and a game suggestion in mailbag; NFL spelling bee, and much much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan are all together again and all is right with the world. To make things even better they're joined by comedian, ideas man and friend of the show Marek Larwood to talk a whole load of NFL, a big wad of other sports and a vast amount of cra... Analysis. Sporting analysis. In other news: If you like watching quarterbacks throw thousands of yards and still lose - this is the season for you; Falcons recover form against an error-strewn Eagles side; Patriots looking imperious again; are the Bills going to the superbowl? Hurry-up Peyton: is there any replacement for Manning? Coco Crisp still has great hair; Mike Modano retires via facebook; preseason hockey: does it matter at all? split-squad games: annoying; will the NBA training camps open or have all the players gone to China? Americarnage fantasy league update; Marek takes us through his bid for NFL glory; your questions in Mailbag; Yahoo Jeopardy; the week ahead, and much much more...

Mike and Nat are joined by friend of the show and man who never sleeps Phil - The Producer - Spooner who takes Dan's seat while Hollywood mourns the Manningless Colts' opening week. Sadly he's powerless to stop the greatest density of plugs in the show's storied annals. That's how you spell it, right? In other news: The NFL season is well and truly open with upsets a-plenty and one less Manning; Ravens rule, Flacco looks genuine; Houston take advantage; Cam Newton's record-breaking isn't quite enough for the Panthers; Benny Sapp has a rollercoaster ride; Chad Henne: believe the hype; Mike has an idea about what's happening to the Sox; baseball TV money; tragic Russian crash gives hockey yet more pause; NBA lawyers talking to each other again; fantasy league gets personal; your messages in Mailbag; and much, much more...

Carlson returns from his fortnight of drinking ditchwater and roasting squirrels, and takes to the host’s chair. With Nat otherwise indisposed, he’s joined by Dan our special guest TV’s Mark Webster, to preview the upcoming NFL season and talk about the only game of b’ball in town – the thrilling Eurobasket….  In other news: the curious case of Peyton Manning; the Philadelphia Heat do well (listen before you judge); season’s predictions; tragedy strikes the NHL (yet again); Luol Deng almost saves Britain in the Eurobasket; player-run baller training camp a possibility; why Carlson hates Fantasy League; the art of internet trolling; how to say rude things about Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen; and much much more...

Nat is back from his imaginary trip to Reno, Dan is back from his real trip to Edinburgh and Mike is doing well on his continuing trip to the eastern seaboard. Missing the Iron God of Pod, the guys invite new dad and friend of the show, Ben Isaacs along to tell NFL bedtime stories. No not the one about Michael Vick. Well maybe. In other news: Peyton Manning's neck is still giving him millions of dollars worth of gyp; Rex Grossman looks like a Quarterback all of a sudden; chippies in Edinburgh sell surprising things but won't deep fry all of them; the Eagles have become the Heat of the NFL; dog days are over? Justin Verlander gets the first 20-win streak of the year; Yankees doing well blowing things; Coco Crisp still has great hair; rookie conference is a great time for everyone who loves playing NHL '12; Sharks hot for the Eastern and maybe the Stanley Cup; Sidney Crosby is still in trouble but also in contention with Barry Bonds for Mr Nanny 2; Kerry Collins gets too many mentions; Americarnage NFL fantasy

While the Nat's away... Coombs is absent but has a note so Mike slips into the still-warm host chair and by popular demand he and Dan are joined by the master of sports production and Americarnage's first ever repeat-guest, Erik Janssen. More worryingly, they're also joined by Vladimir Putin who outlines his views on the London riots and tackles the NBA round-up.   In other news: Breakfast cereals; Dan's neighborhood kicked off but Erik's didn't; pre-season games in the NFL and plenty of new faces; Cam Newton looks useful; Ndamakong Suh gets a call from Shawn Michaels; Jay Cutler is rubbish; Carlos Zambrano has a hard time making up his mind; dog-days in baseball and is the MLB season out-of-control long?; Sidney Crosby is still out of action; Mike Comrie scores; Rick Rypien tragically found dead at his home in the second off-season death this year; the KGB does NBA; new game: sporting dish of the day; a little dose of Nat in the previously-recorded section 'what happened next'.

Nat, Mike and Dan are back and, in news of near-equal importance, NFL is back. It's transfers a-go-go and things have never been finer... In other news: London Euston gets some hate; Dan's bowels get some love; free agency signing season is about the most exciting one ever; Peyton Manning equals but declines to outdo biggest pay-off ever; Patriots go big on damaged goods; Eagles buy themselves a shot at the Superbowl; Vince Young's chances of rebirth; MLB trades in full swing; Texas Rays do well; Tigers get one half of a great deal; the crew work up Dan's new NBC show pitch; big resignings in the NHL; dry island controversy; NBA lock-out continues with VP's of the players' association thinking about bailing; corrections and clarifications; football's back: the crew pinpoint the moment they fell in love with NFL; Mike Carlson: Professional Liar.   NOW WITH FIXED FILE!

  Nat and Mike lose out on Dan once again but their luck isn't all bad as they're joined by sports producer par excellence Phil Spooner to sort through the continuing lock-out madness… In other news: NHL transfer madness; K-Rod's agent forgot something madness; Coco Crisp still has great hair madness; what are the chances of a Mighty Ducks comeback match; NBA lockout unprecedented in modern American sports, the sport isn't a closed shop; Deron Williams leads the exodus; Betty Rubble gets some love; will the NFL owners settle just to shut James Harrison up? Whatever the case, get ready for NFL transfer madness too; celebrity golf gets its first (and hopefully last) mention; Costner competition results; Mike's competition results; your tweets and facebook messages.

With NFL talks grinding on and the NBA dispute getting nasty, the crew are in a bit of a funk. Luckily for them they're joined by actress, columnist, presenter and all-round comedy star Kelly-Anne Lyons who lifts their spirits by helping them answer the big questions: are the all-star games worth it? Is Tom Brady really the best player in the NFL? Will Dan stay in the country for more than 5 minutes? In other news: Mike's new competition; poor old Manny Ramirez, everyone owes him money; who's got the best name in baseball; free agency week in the NHL means big money and impossible names; are the Coyotes finished; Mavs are losing players left right and centre; Israeli basketball; Dan's take on which lock-out will end first; is hotdog eating a sport and how good is Kelly at it; the team want a million dollars a tweet; Mike is sponsored by Alka Seltzer; corrections and clarifications; twit or twat; Dan giveth and Dan taketh away; bit of film chat and the Kevin Costner competition gets close to the end; leather t