Smell The Foam Finger

We discuss the halls of fame for the professional sports baseball, basketball, football, and hockey. There are committees. So many committees.

The Foam Finger ponders if there will be a Super Bowl in 2021, then pops some popcorn and watches the classic 1986 basketball-and-yokels movie Hoosiers.

The ongoing pandemic state of sports in America, where there are bubbles and no bubbles and international complications and some athletes don’t stay out of bars.

The sports of classical Rome, including the entertainments at the arena and chariot racing.

Tom has a lot of experience in televised sports, so we discuss national, regional, and in-stadium sportscasts. And then it turns out Nic has some thoughts about sports broadcasting, too, but they are not very practical. Also, Vegas, baby!

Things are tense at Foam Finger Industries. We talk about the schemes being cooked up so American sports can start up again, NASCAR, and a little bit about, ahem, that team from Washington.

The “sweet science” of boxing, how prevalent boxing is in movies, Sweden’s beloved heavyweight champion Ingemar “Ingo” Johansson and what happened at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm.

The Foam Finger enters the Octagon (trademark) as we discuss MMA and the UFC. Remember, no fishhooks!

The pandemic still has sports in America in the deep freeze. We discuss what NASCAR, the NBA, and MLB are doing to bring sports back and how labor relations in baseball are hitting a new level of frostiness.

There are still no sports so the lads discuss how fans are coping and the more or less wide-eyed schemes that are being concocted to get athletes back on their fields.

There are no sports in the depth of the pandemic. We discuss how sports fans are coping and the more or less fanciful plans that are being made to reopen sports.

The novel Coronavirus has forced global sports to a halt. We discuss the specifics of how it’s affected the National Football League, the National Hockey League and other American sports.

The novel coronavirus is wreaking havoc across the globe. We discuss the ways its affecting basketball, college sports and baseball in America.

We discuss the new sports coming in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, marvel that there can in fact be a sport Tom has never heard of, and drink beer that’s too strong.

After an update on rule changes for the upcoming baseball season, we delve into athletic shoes.

What happens to professional athletes after their careers are over?

Or, Bang that trash can. Famous incidents of cheating in American sports.

Artificial turf solved the problem of keeping grass alive and fresh by replacing it with carpet. How did that go and how is it related to athletic injuries?

We talk about the history of race relations in American sports and sample a traditional Swedish holiday drink.

A common baseball injury is a UCL tear, while ACL tears are common in American football and basketball. We discuss causes and treatments, including the famous Tommy John surgery.