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Jared Cohen and Greg Esposito, better known as JCo and Espo, breakdown Arizona sports like no one else can or would want to. They make podcasts for the Arizona sports fans because that's what they are, and that's what they care about.
Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Arizona sports nostalgia, loose banter, and a closing defense of better-looking uniforms.
Dry Heat Check leans hard on Willie Moe Pena as the episode 16 nod, then settles into a familiar Arizona sports memory tour. Jay Coe and Greg Esposito move from college stories into local touchstones: the first year at America West Arena, the Rattlers, the 92-93 Suns, Jeff Munn…
Episode 14 uses Ryan Roberts to frame candid Arizona sports talk and Cardinals frustration.
Dry Heat Check opens with Ryan Roberts, the tat man, and uses episode 14 to revisit a former Arizona Diamondbacks fan favorite. Greg Esposito and Jared Cohen then settle into the local-sports back-and-forth the show is built on, and the shift into Cardinals talk keeps the…
A Suns-number joke that settles into a useful read on the roster and the season line.
Episode 13 circles around Suns-number lore, using Luke Longley as the anchor and bringing Steve Nash, Gus Johnson, and Marcin Gortat into the running joke about number 13.
A Cardinals-history episode built around the Josh McCown/Nate Poole Hail Mary and strengthened by Ken Summers' team-history stories.
Dry Heat Check episode 12 returns to the Josh McCown/Nate Poole Hail Mary and the Eli Manning what-if that hangs off it, with Jayco and Espo staying anchored to that franchise-history turning point.
Pittsburgh sports, argued at full blast.
Bill Simmons debates NBA tanking, MVP races, and movies with Zach Lowe and friends.
Zach Lowe and ESPN colleagues dissect NBA trades, cap rules, and roster fit.
Big Cat and PFT Commenter cover the NFL, March Madness, and NHL for laughs.
Ryen Russillo runs weekly NFL and MLB recaps with beat reporters like Jeff Passan and Mike Sando.
Two hosts break down the ATP and WTA tour week, daily through every Grand Slam.
Dry Heat Check hosts Jared Cohen and Greg Esposito name Episode 23 for Bernard Gilkey, whose brief Diamondbacks tenure and Men in Black appearance make him an obscure Arizona sports reference.
Dry Heat Check marks episode 16 with a Willie Moe Pena nod and the usual Jay Coe and Espo banter.
Episode 14 opens with the Ryan Roberts nod.
They open on episode 13 and make the Suns' number-13 history the joke.
Episode 12 centers on Josh McCown.