The Deadball Podcast: Recent Episodes
Bill + Erynne Zhang
It's true crime meets sports history! Welcome to The Deadball Podcast, hosted by Erynne and Bill Zhang. Erynne is a long-time true crime junkie, while Bill is a die-hard basketball fan. The Zhang Gang brings you thrilling stories from courtside to the courtroom, with a lot of bad jokes along the way. Check out our website at http://thedeadballpodcast.wix.com/ball
Returning for Season 2, the Deadball Podcast has the heavy weight fighters in this heavy weight episode. The most intense players on the most fierce teams faced off with their beef history. Can Erynne remember the names of these people/teams? And how do we think these NBA players fit in the D&D alignment chart? You gotta listen to find out!
In this special episode, Bill moved the daily excitement of NBA trades from the kitchen to the studio. Erynne brings in the usual Sriracha hot takes and important questions, like: Do flat earthers think stars are flat pieces of stickers on the wall?
Our thousands of sponsors are furious with us for taking such a long break, so we're back (finally)! This week, Bill covers the 2004-2005 season of the notorious Portland Trailblazers, while Erynne talks about the shenanigans going on both on and off the court.
This week's episode features a special crossover with friends of the podcast, Zone D -- A weekly discussion of the hottest topics around the NBA!
We are back again! 4 months after NCAA Championship game, Bill and Erynne discuss part of the history that the 2021 Champion Baylor Bears would like you to forget. It's a story of betrayal, murder, and Radio Shack tape recorders. However, they cannot start without a proper review of the Smash Hit of the Summer, Space Jam 2...
WE'RE BACK! We actually recorded a couple weeks ago, but between three wedding weekends it took a long frickin' time to edit. Bill + Erynne swap roles this episode at Bill's request -- Erynne covers the life of Kevin Garnett and the best season for the Timberwolves, while Bill covers the life and crimes of two-timing Charles Banks IV, who dunked on both KG and Tim Duncan.
Bill covers the 2017 season of the WNBA Minnesota Lynx, while Erynne covers the story of one of their players' amazing choice to follow a different passion than basketball. Bill and Erynne also do their first recording in the dark after learning that their microphones pick up the buzzing noise of the ceiling lights.
Game six of the Western Conference Finals seemed...strange. Almost like there was something suspicious going on. We got lots of tea to spill this episode about the 2001-2002 Sacramento Kings, and the shady AF ref that poured that scalding hot tea all over the NBA's laps during an FBI investigation. (note: this version has been updated to fix the audio outro at the end!)
After 15 hours of editing and a rage quit of a session where our computer decided to delete ALL OF OUR EDITS, we are bringing round 2 of this beast of an episode to you...and guess what? It's even longer because 1) we love you and 2) we're lazy and don't want to pare it down again. Bill covers the Cleveland Cavaliers 2008-2009 season, Erynne covers the tragic story of one of those players, and Rocket runs around with his little corgi feet in the background messing up our audio.
While the Phoenix Suns fell short of their first ever NBA Championship title, one of their players was engaging in something quite shady in the desert heat of an Arizona summer...