Michigan sports talk with hometown radio roots.
3 Point Podcast blends Michigan sports talk with local-radio coverage from the same mid-Michigan orbit. The conversation moves from Wolverines and Spartans debates to MHSAA basketball replays, Tigers openers, tournament brackets, and the practical details that make hometown sports feel lived-in.
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3 Point Podcast is regional sports talk with a strong mid-Michigan spine. It is not trying to sound detached. The show moves with the habits of local radio: quick resets, sponsor breaks, records on the board, venue names, score checks, and plenty of conversational back-and-forth before the sharper opinion lands. Michigan and Michigan State basketball sit near the center of the recent run. There is bracket talk, Sweet 16 reaction, rivalry analysis, concern over matchups, and the kind of fan memory that tracks coaches, tournament runs, and the feeling of being late to believe in a team. The basketball coverage is detailed without becoming stiff. A discussion can move from Dusty May and Michigan's rise to foul trouble, Houston as a bracket problem, the Fab Five alternate cast, or how a game looked from the West Coast time zone. The show also keeps a broader sports desk open. Recent episode titles and segments bring in Tigers Opening Day, Pistons playoff chances, NFL offseason news, WBC drama, and the USA in the WBC Final. Its strongest local signature comes through the MHSAA coverage. Castle Game of the Week replays turn high school basketball into full broadcast events, with Casey Smith and Joe Smith setting the scene from neutral courts, tracking turnovers and rebounds, and treating Fowler, Baldwin, Freeland, Tri-Unity Christian, and the Breslin Center path as real stakes. Those games can feel raw in the feed. That is part of the identity. The listener hears ads, station tags, archive language, and sometimes music-bed leftovers alongside the actual sports. The result is less like a clean national podcast package and more like dropping into a Michigan sports station that knows the gyms, the teams, the old stories, and the people listening. It is best when the conversation is circling Michigan hoops or when a high school game broadcast locks into score, time, possession, and pressure. It is also comfortable wandering. Travel notes, venue opinions, community references, and sponsor texture all sit inside the same rhythm. For fans outside the region, the show offers a grounded look at how local sports culture talks to itself. For Michigan listeners, it can feel like the ongoing conversation was already in progress before the episode started.
Made for: Built for Michigan sports fans who follow Wolverines, Spartans, prep basketball, Tigers chatter, and tournament season with local context. It especially suits listeners who enjoy regional radio cadence and community-level detail.
What sets it apart: The show pairs conversational college and pro sports debate with archived high school game broadcasts. That mix gives it a stronger local sports-station feel than most general football or basketball podcasts.
3 guys, 3 generations, all from the same mid-Michigan town of Corunna. We all played multiple varsity sports at a high level and are currently working as members of the sports media.Ted, the Baby Boomer of the bunch, attended Central Michigan University and since the mid 80’s has hosted The Sports Forum radio show and called high school play-by-play of a multitude of sports.Our Generation-X co-host, Matt Burns, moved on from Corunna where he was a record setting wide receiver and graduated from Grand Valley State University. He now makes his living at ESPN.Our youngest viewpoints will come from the Millennial of the trio Jerod Fattal. J-Rod starred at quarterback for the Cavaliers graduating…
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
3 Point Podcast joins detailed Michigan high school game calls with informed conversation about college and professional sports.
3 Point Podcast moves between two useful modes: sports discussion from Ted, Matt Burns, and Jerod Fattal, and full Michigan high school basketball broadcasts led by Casey Smith and Joe Smith.
Fowler's free-throw line and Michigan's bracket share a feed for your basketball brain.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Michigan hoops talk anchored by Dusty May, past runs, and a relaxed conversational pace.
Three Point Podcast stays squarely on Michigan basketball and the tournament before settling into a longer run on Dusty May, the first Michigan State win, the February turn, and the idea that Michigan has been spoiled for coaches over the last 15 years.
Michigan, bracket talk, and Houston give the episode its clearest edge.
The episode frames Michigan's game against Michigan State as part of a wider bracket conversation, not as a result standing on its own. Ted Patel, Matt Burns, and Jared Patel move from the one- and two-seed picture to the chance that the two schools could land in the same…
A tense regional-final call with local stakes and live-game urgency.
Fowler and Tri-Unity Christian meet on a neutral court with the season on the line, and the road to the Breslin Center hangs over nearly every possession.
A regional final call where Fowler's pace and Baldwin's turnover trouble tell the story.
This regional final call from Merrill High School keeps the stakes front and center: Fowler and Baldwin with Casey Smith and Joe Smith on the mic, and the winner moving one round closer to the final four in the Breslin Center while the loser sees its season end.
A close Michigan district final, shaped by live detail and Fowler's 43-41 finish.
3 Point Podcast revisits a district final at the Fowler Athletic Center in Fowler, Michigan, with Fowler and Portland St. Patrick chasing a spot in the regional round.
Birdland nerves, familiar banter, Baltimore patience.
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Three Point Podcast opens with three sports guys, three generations, and three hot takes.
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Ted Patel, Matt Burns, and Jared Patel open on Michigan's game against Michigan State.
Casey Smith and Joe Smith call a Michigan high school regional final from Merrill High School.
Casey Smith and Joe Smith call the Castle Hoops Game of the Week from Merrill High School, where Fowler and Baldwin meet on a neutral court in a regional final.
This episode of the Three Point Podcast features an interview with @CFBCampusTour, discussing topics like the D-Mo trade, University of Michigan and Michigan State basketball, and the HATR segment on the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Casey Smith introduces the District 112 Championship from the Fowler Athletic Center in Fowler, Michigan.
Z92.5 The Castle's Ted Fatale and Joe Smith call the MHSAA Division 4 boys basketball district semifinal between the Fowler Eagles and the Fulton Pirates at the Fowler Athletic Center.
Ted Patel and Jared Patel open episode 397 of the 3 Point Podcast with guest co-host Casey Smith after Matt Burns's father, Rocky, died suddenly the previous week.
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