the nail in the coffin | A Cleveland sports Podcast
1) Episode 206 – High ticket attractions: Cavs-Knicks and the must-see NBA playoffs
The Nail guys are back to talk about the Cavs-Knicks series, taking in the atmosphere at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse for the NBA playoffs, and the state of sports on TV. The episode covers the Cavs' bo...Show More
Episode 206 – High ticket attractions: Cavs-Knicks and the must-see NBA playoffs
1:07:01 | Apr 21st, 2023
2) Episode 205 – Crash course: Catching up on golf’s new LIV Tour and the game’s local rec scene
Guy Cipriano, editor-in-chief of Golf Course Industry Magazine, joins The Nail to talk about the launch of the LIV Tour, a Saudi-backed golf league that is promising big bucks to steal some of the gam...Show More
3) Episode 204 – Cavs’ season of progress and promise comes to premature end
Too many injuries—and in the end, too much Trae Young—ultimately proved to be the Cavs’ undoing, as their season ended on Friday night with a dispiriting loss to the Hawks. Friend of the Nail and Cavs...Show More
Episode 204 – Cavs’ season of progress and promise comes to premature end
42:15 | Apr 16th, 2022
4) Episode 203 – Baker’s run as Browns QB is on the razor’s edge
A deal for Deshaun Watson appears to be dead, but the Browns still seem bound for a breakup with Baker Mayfield. The guys discuss Mayfield’s tenure and eventual unraveling in Cleveland, as well as the...Show More
5) Episode 202 – Back at it: Cavs, NBA All-Star, OBJ narratives and the Olympics
After a 5-month hiatus, the Nail guys are back with a lot to catch up on, from misguided narratives about OBJ’s exit from Cleveland hanging over Super Bowl Sunday to the arrival of a new era for the C...Show More
Episode 202 – Back at it: Cavs, NBA All-Star, OBJ narratives and the Olympics
1:06:39 | Feb 18th, 2022
6) Episode 201 – College football is changing (but not at the top of the polls), and the Bishop Sycamore fiasco
Bill Bender of the Sporting News is back on The Nail to talk about the new college football season, Texas and Oklahoma eying a jump to the SEC, and the implications of an alliance between the Big Ten,...Show More
7) Episode 200 – Jeopardy’s host search debacle, MLB’s Field of Dreams and wrestling’s big weekend
The long, highly publicized search for a new host of Jeopardy was over…and now it’s not. On Friday, news broke that Mike Richards, the show’s embattled executive producer who had taken the job as Alex...Show More
8) Episode 199 – Did the Indians get it right with ‘Guardians’?
The Cleveland Indians on Friday announced that they will take the field as the Guardians starting in 2022. Even if the name changing process formally began seven months ago, it was a decision years in...Show More
9) Episode 198 – WWE superstar Otis on SmackDown coming to Cleveland
Ahead of WWE SmackDown coming to Cleveland on Friday, superstar Otis joins The Nail to discuss the company’s return to live touring after spending the better part of 16 months performing in closed ven...Show More
10) Episode 197 – MLB's data-driven dilemma, NBA Play-In, Browns' big games, Crew rebrand U-turn
Strikeouts are at a record high, batting averages are at a record low, and MLB is at a crossroads as teams continue to swing for the fences even as the ball has been tweaked to cut down on home runs. ...Show More
Episode 197 – MLB's data-driven dilemma, NBA Play-In, Browns' big games, Crew rebrand U-turn
1:12:41 | May 21st, 2021