Four hours of LA sports, argued at full volume.
Petros Papadakis and Matt Money Smith host four hours of LA sports talk from AM 570, built on Dodgers coverage, Lakers chatter, and whatever tangent gets there first. The banter is blunt, the callbacks are constant, and the sports takes arrive wrapped in mockery.
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Petros Papadakis and Matt Money Smith host a weekday afternoon sports show on AM 570 LA Sports, and it moves fast. Each broadcast is split into hourly episodes, so a full day arrives as several installments. The Dodgers are the gravitational center. One Friday show circles Tyler Glasnow's start against the Texas Rangers, the seven o'clock first pitch, and a Shohei Ohtani bobblehead giveaway commemorating the game where he homered three times and struck out ten. The bobblehead gets treated less as a promotion than as a logistical emergency — parking lots, crowd lines, what happens when everyone shows up at once. That instinct runs through the whole show. A subject arrives, gets poked at, and turns into an argument. Basketball gets its share. Lakers talk surfaces regularly, and a Clippers-Portland game gets flagged for what it means in the eighth-seed race. Baseball beyond the Dodgers shows up too, including the Angels opening their season and a matchup with the Reds in Cincinnati. Guests pass through without changing the temperature much — James Worthy and Yonder Alonzo both sit in for conversations that stay loose and joking rather than formal. The two hosts spend a good portion of any hour going at each other. They trade insults, argue about gym exercises, mock each other's appearance, and let a dumb premise stretch far past where a more disciplined show would cut it. Nicknames stick. Callbacks recur. Somebody says something ridiculous and the other one refuses to let it go. Station business threads through everything: promos, sponsor reads, reminders about the iHeartRadio app, a handoff to Tim Cates for evening Dodger talk and the farm report. Rather than hiding those seams, the hosts joke about them on air, needling their own station and its billboards. That self-aware, anti-polished quality is the register throughout. Local knowledge is assumed rather than explained. Street names, ballpark logistics, and station personalities appear without setup, and listeners who follow LA sports closely will recognize the shorthand. Anyone outside that world may feel like they walked into an ongoing argument, because they have. The language is coarse and the humor is crude in places. Analysis exists here — the guest segments include real evaluation of pitching rotations and April division races — but it comes barbed and sideways rather than measured. Four hours, five days a week, LA sports treated as an argument that never fully ends.
Made for: Los Angeles sports fans who follow the Dodgers, Lakers, Clippers, and Angels closely enough to keep up without explanations. Best suited to listeners who want irreverent, profane afternoon banter rather than measured analysis.
What sets it apart: Most local sports radio picks a lane; this show lets the argument between its two hosts run wherever it wants, mocking its own station, sponsors, and the very promotions it's reading. Real analysis surfaces, but always sideways and always with a joke attached.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed Los Angeles sports talk meets loose, funny radio chemistry, with especially useful attention to Dodgers lineups, development and roster depth.
Petros And Money turns Los Angeles sports radio into a running conversation between Petros Papadakis and Matt Money Smith, with sharp local attention and a taste for comic derailment.
A hot-tub panic shares airtime with Clippers talk; you're here for the score and the tangent.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A focused early-April baseball hour built around the Angels, the Reds, and a few timely bullpen questions.
The hour leans into an early-season baseball discussion that moves between Cincinnati and the Angels, with Masters-weekend praise setting the tone before the focus turns to why April still carries real weight.
A Dodgers memory-lane conversation that turns pointed about rushing young players.
It lingers in Dodgers memory lane, centered on an infield that stayed intact for eight and a half years and grew into one of the game's long-running greats.
Dodgers damage, a portal correction, and a WKRP swerve make for a loose, locally flavored sports-radio hour.
The episode has the restless charge of local sports radio, turning a Dodgers blowout into a transfer-portal cleanup before the conversation ever fully settles.
A Toronto Dodgers check-in makes lineup depth the hour's most useful baseball thread.
A Dodgers road check in Toronto gives the hour a clear baseball spine: the Blue Jays' bruised mood, Max Scherzer's discomfort, and the practical pressure of getting to Gossman early before the final game of the series tomorrow.
A flexed sports hour turns a collapsed basketball surge into jokes, callbacks, and live-radio friction.
Petros Papadakis and Matt Money Smith turn a flexed sports hour into a loose, lively argument about scheduling, collapse, and fan whiplash. The hour starts with the altered setup, as Dodgers on Deck takes the 3 p.m.
A flex-alert hour where Ohtani's grand slam and LeBron's field-goals mark share the same sharp, restless air.
A flex-alert hour turns into a brisk run through the day's baseball and basketball pressure points, with the World Baseball Classic providing the strongest jolt.
Mick Cronin gives the hour its tournament weight, while Matt's hot-tub panic delivers the wildest turn.
The Monday show moves through a crowded local sports calendar before settling into its strongest stretch with Mick Cronin and UCLA's Big Ten tournament outlook.
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.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show celebrates Frogman Friday and discusses the Los Angeles Dodgers' upcoming ring night game against the Diamondbacks.
Petros and Money open with schedule changes due to Dodgers spring training and Arizona's lack of daylight saving time.
Petros and Money host a sports talk show covering LA teams and national news.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show discusses upcoming sports events, including Dodgers baseball with Tyler Glasnow pitching and a bobblehead giveaway, as well as Clippers vs Portland game implications.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show features an LG appliance ad, promotes the Los Angeles Dodgers' upcoming game with Shohei Otani bobblehead night, and includes humorous banter between hosts Petros Papadakis and Matt Money Smith.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show features sports talk, including updates on the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani, and the Lakers, with humorous banter between hosts Petros Papadakis and Matt Money Smith.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show discusses the Dodgers' upcoming Ohtani bobblehead giveaway, game schedule, and features like Timothy Cates' farm report.
The hour opens with praise and a Masters wink.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show features sports talk including discussions on the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers basketball, and interviews with athletes like James Worthy and Yonder Alonzo.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show discusses the Los Angeles Dodgers' successful road trip and upcoming schedule, including Texas coming to town.
The hosts discuss the Dodgers' recent road game loss and upcoming series against the Rangers, while also touching on Lakers basketball and sharing personal anecdotes.
An hour with Dodgers legend Ron Cey, talking through the famous infield that stuck together for years.
Petros Papadakis argues that UCLA coach Mick Cronin is being unfairly blamed for losing Adai Mara, while Michigan’s transfer-heavy roster and the reported “north of $10 million” spending show how college basketball now works.
Petros and Money spend the hour on two recurring obsessions: a viral $650 dinner review of Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes’s 1587 Prime, and a Dodgers warm-up look built around Edwin Díaz’s brimless cap at Rogers Centre.
Matt Money Smith argues that Bronny James' nine minutes against the Dallas Mavericks made no sense next to Dalton Connect's bench role.
This episode of the Petros and Money Show provides sports updates, including the Dodgers' schedule, Clippers-Spurs game details, and promotion of their radio and podcast platforms.