The Halftime Whistle: Recent Episodes
Sebastian Becerra
A sports podcast that will cover a variety of topics from the major American sports leagues as well as European soccer, tennis, and golf. I'll discuss my thoughts on the major sports stories and share feel-good sports stories that you may not have heard of. I'll treat you to some humorous takes on the world of sports but will also get serious from time to time when talking about the intersection of social justice activism and sports and other important sports issues.
What a week for Milwaukee sports as Marquette Basketball upsets #9 ranked Creighton and Bucks star and back-to-back MVP Giannis Antetekoumpo signs a record $228 million supermax to stay in Milwaukee for 5 more years. Big Al joins me to react to the early Christmas gift.
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Marquette alum and soon to be Twitter verified, Jamey, joins me to share his reaction to last Friday's improbable victory over the Badgers and he makes his predictions for how the rest of the season will unfold. I also ask him about his Washington Football team's chances of actually making a playoff run for the first time since I've been alive.
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After taking the weekend to process the shocking upset victory over the Badgers, Big Al and I react to the win and what it means going forward for Steve Wojciechowski and the Marquette program.
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Big Al and I were cautiously optimistic about the Golden Eagles this season as we share our thoughts on what we expect from this new look Marquette team.
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Happy Masters Week! Big Al joins me as we reminisce on Tiger's 2019 miracle at Augusta. We then chat about our favorite to win the biggest tournament in golf this weekend.
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This week a talk about the World Series, the Cowboys, the 3 frontrunners in NFL thus far, and Tiger Woods.
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Does LeBron's 4th title move the needle on the GOAT debate? Big Al joins me to discuss LeBron's legacy (10:15). We also chat about Rafael Nadal's 13th French Open title and 20th major championship (2:40), dive into the MLB playoffs and talk about who we want in the World Series (39:00), and talk some football (56:00).
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Big Al joined me as we dove deep into an MLB postseason and NBA Finals preview. We're used to October baseball. But when have we ever been this excited about the NBA in October? What a time to be alive with two of the four major sports' playoffs going on right now. Not to mention the Tampa Bay Lightning just won the Stanley Cup on Monday!
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WARNING: This episode is a bit lengthy! Big Al and I are trained to go an hour and a half. For your convenience I have timestamps below so you can choose whatever you want to listen to. (6:05-31:20) An in-depth NBA Conference Finals breakdown. Are the Heat the Finals favorites? Are Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic a better tandem than LeBron James and Anthony Davis? (31:31-39:43) Bryson Deschambeau captures his first Major Title by shooting 6 under at the extremely difficult US Open at Winged Foot. (39:58-1:00:01) An NFL Weekend overview. How bout them Cowboys? Not quite, Mike McCarthy has a lot of questions to answer about his decision-making. Who's surprised us and who's our favorite in each conference after two weeks.
Programming Note: This episode was recorded Monday afternoon before the Monday Night Football game so we did not talk about the disappointing performance by Drew Brees and Co.
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This week, I preview the Stanley Cup Finals that starts tonight! The Dallas Stars are my favorite to win it all and not just because they are my favorite team. But also mostly because they are my favorite team. I also get caught up on some NBA playoff action where I make a bold prediction that the Murray-Jokic tandem is better than the Lebron-AD tandem. We'll see how that holds up. The last major agenda item was an NFL week 1 overview. Mike McCarthy makes a terrible mistake, Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes are picking up where they left off, and the Washington Football team might be the favorite in the NFC east all jokes aside.
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Long-time friend Eric Hasse joins me this week as we eventually get to an NFL preview of the upcoming season. Before that, we mourn over the Bucks' exit from the playoffs. We also do a sports wraparound and look at the remainder of the NHL playoffs, discuss the significance of Dustin Johnson's Fedex Cup victory, and laugh about Novak Djokovic's default from the US Open. Hasse says he had it coming.
Correction: I boldly claim the Chiefs open up the season against the Ravens Thursday night. Maybe that was just wishful thinking as the Texans will actually be the Chiefs' opponent in the season opener. Still a great matchup, but not as great as a potential conference championship preview.
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Zac Bellman, associate editor at the Trempealeau County Times, joins me as we have the difficult but necessary discussion about the social injustice we continue to see and the impact of the NBA and other sports protests this week.
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I react to the sad news that Lionel Messi wants to leave the Catalan giants after 15 seasons with the club. After how he's been treated and a disastrous end to the season, can you really blame him?
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Big AL joins me as we preview the NBA Playoffs with our picks and players to watch in the next few weeks. This year's playoffs might be different than any other with some crazy upsets and unlikely heroes. Al and I also discuss the unfortunate situation during the FC Dallas and Nashville game where the fans boo'd as the players kneeled during the national anthem. Finally, I give Champions League and NHL playoff updates as European soccer and NHL hockey action heats up.
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Marquette Alum and associate editor at the Trempealeau County Times, Zac Bellman, joins me today as we discuss how feasible the bubble concept is for college football and the NFL. I also give a shoutout to Collin Morikawa winning his first major at 23 years old, preview the MLS is Back Tournament finals, and provide an NBA update.
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With the Champions League restarting in a couple hours with the round of 16 second leg matchups, I invite Eric Hasse to help me predict who is best fit to make it to the quarter-finals. We also make our picks for the MLS is Back tournament finals matchup between Orlando City and Portland Timbers, joke about the resurrected Miami Marlins, and reveal our favorite to win the PGA Championship this weekend.
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With golf's first major coming up this weekend, I spotlight Justin Thomas. He won for the third time this season at the St. Jude Invitational over the weekend coming back from four down to beat Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, Daniel Berger, and Englishmen Tom Lewis who all finished in a tie for second. Thomas opens as the favorite to win the PGA Championship at Harding Park this weekend. I also talk about the power 5 conferences potentially scheming to separate from the NCAA, preview the MLS is Back semis, and give my 3 takeaways from the NBA action over the weekend.
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Marquette Twitter legend and Taco Bell enthusiast Jamey Schilling joins the podcast to provide his expert analysis on his Washington Capitals and the NHL playoffs. We open by chatting about the Milwaukee Bucks and the NBA action in last night's restart. Then I ask Jamey about his thoughts on whether the MLB season can finish with more positive tests coming from the St. Louis Cardinals today. We close by talking about whether we like or dislike NHL's newest member the Seattle Kraken.
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With the NBA season re-starting tomorrow I welcomed my good friend Eric Hasse to the podcast to chat about the NBA snitch hotline and how the bubble will hold up over time. We also made some predictions for who we think will win the MLS is Back tournament and talked about the alarming Miami Marlins situation and how we think it will affect the remainder of the MLB season.
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This week I talk about how the bubble system is the best way to play out the MLB, NFL, and collegiate sports' seasons.
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Big Al joins me this week as we celebrate the Golden Eagles alumni team winning the TBT title. We also share our thoughts about the potential success of the NBA bubble amid the pandemic and close with some Tiger talk as he returns this week at the Memorial tournament.
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My friend Jamey joins me this week as we talk about potential new names for the Washington Football team, the excitement of playoff hockey, and our favorite memories from former Marquette Basketball players Andrew Rowsey and Luke Fischer. He also shares some of his FIFA 2020 struggles and lets the world know that he's, in fact, not perfect.
Special note: this episode was recorded late Tuesday night.
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Former co-host of Big Al and Besay, Alec, joins me to share his thoughts on the Coronavirus impact on the NBA and other sports leagues. We also chat about LeBron, golf, and the TBT.
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We get started with the week with news about Cam Newton joining the Patriots. Besay gives his take about Cam's potential with Belichick. He also gives a Coranvirus update and talks about Dustin Johnson's victory at the Traveler's Championship, Barcelona's troubling trend, and Chelsea's hot streak.
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Happy Friday! Congratulations to Liverpool for winning the League title for the first time in 30 years!!! Also, Happy birthday to Messi who turned 33 on Wednesday. Besay talks about what Messi means to him and the sport of soccer as a whole. Then the conversation shifts to discuss how each league should handle the pandemic as cases surge in many states. Testing is important, but also a pool of players that are in a separate bubble should be available in case teams experience a lot of players test positive and need to add emergency players to the roster.
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In the first episode of the Halftime Whistle, Besay catches you up on the format and structure of each leagues' restart and talks about Coronavirus concerns from both the players and the league. He also discusses the disturbing news regarding the noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage at the Talladega racetrack in Alabama and commends NASCAR and other sport leagues for speaking out against racism.
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