All Things Ball: Recent Episodes
Nathaniel Lowenthal
This show talks about sports and we have a good time doing it. With a strong focus in basketball, we will still provide overviews of weekly sports news with game predictions, rankings, and sharp debates. Tune in to enjoy All Things Ball and be on the lookout for special guest hosts.
With one of the most chaotic first rounds in recent memory, I invited Coach Pestine onto the show to break down the biggest matchups. We discussed everything from the Heat's upset with the Milwaukee Bucks to the most significant round-two matchups and the potential final battle between LeBron and Steph (0:00-39:32). Then we moved into recapping the NFL Draft. Headlined by the quarterbacks at the top and Will Levis's slide all the way out of the first round, there was plenty to debate about the winners and losers of Day 1 in Kansas City (39:35-1:10:13).
In today's episode of the show, I invited David Leshem onto the podcast to discuss the active offseason of the Chicago Bears. We discuss every major move from trading the first overall pick to losing some household favorites like David Montgomery. Then we go through a quick mock draft of the first ten picks, laying out our projections for the start of the draft. Lastly, we close by discussing the seemingly never-ending QB carousel with the Hurts extension, Lamar franchise tag, and the mysterious case of Aaron Rodgers.
With the conclusion of the NBA season, I sat down with my cousins, Max and Jack Schwartz, to review our picks for the league's awards. We then discuss the upcoming play-in matchups and the problems with some of the notable omissions like Dallas and Portland. Lastly, we started looking into the bracket, giving our predictions and highlighting the best matchups from the favorites to our dark-horse contenders.
In this episode, Nate continues his conversation with Max Marmitt. This time we talk about all the early offseason buzz. We start by talking about where our favorite teams stand and assess their potential for the upcoming season. We then move into the coach and, now, the player carousel that happens every offseason. Starting with the major coaching changes in the Big East to some of the biggest names in the portal ever like Hunter Dickinson. We close it out by discussing what teams' stock we are buying, holding, or selling at the moment.
In this episode of the show, Nate invites Max Marmitt onto the show to break down this year's final four. We start with the two Final Four games: FAU vs SDSU and UConn vs Miami. We then talk about the title game and what it means for UConn going forward. Lastly, we go through our rankings of the last ten national champions to see how this year's champion compares to the last decade.
In the first episode of Nate Knows Ball, Nate invites Matthew Newman onto the show to discuss one of the wildest March Madness Tournaments to date. We start by going through each region, highlighting the best players, biggest upsets, and most shocking outcomes. We then move into our tournament superlatives and draft before we give our final four predictions.
A special episode with commentary of the Brazil vs South Korea round-of-16 matchup as well as our week 13 NFL analysis highlighting the true playoff contenders. We also discuss the College Football Playoff selections with our predictions and analyze the rest of the World Cup
This week we discuss an action-packed Thanksgiving slate including week 12 of the NFL season, college football rivalry week, college basketball, and the start of the World Cup.
Parker and Nate discuss week 10 of the NFL season. Later in the show, Parker previews the upcoming World Cup with special guest host, Ananth.
Happy Halloween! This week we discussed a big week 8 of the NFL season headlined by the fall of the New York teams and the continued dominance of Buffalo and Philly. We then moved into our pretenders vs contenders for college football with the College Football Playoff Rankings release coming this week. We spoke about the NBA to discuss the struggles of some big-market teams, before discussing our final World Series predictions.
Parker and Nate discuss Week 7 of the NFL, highlighting the rise of New York football and the downfall of Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady. We then move into the start of the NBA season talking about the biggest surprises and the underachieving Sixers and Lakers.
Parker and Nate discuss week 6 of the NFL including the upsets of Green Bay, Tampa Bay, and San Francisco. We also go into the madness of college football with the implications to the playoff. Lastly, we preview the upcoming NBA season.
Parker and Nate discuss week 5 of the NFL season including the firing of Panthers Head Coach, Matt Rhule. We also discuss the Victor Webanyama and Scoot Henderson battle, the Draymond Green incident, as well as the MLB playoffs.