Tony Cinelli
48 episodes listed below
Fast sports talk, brotherly static included.
Tony's Upset runs on quick questions, corrected guesses, and genuine sports obsession. Tony Cinelli and Gianni Cinelli bounce from NHL and NBA standings to March Madness brackets, Tottenham frustration, UFC matchups, and Winter Olympics pride without sanding off the detours.
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Tony's Upset is a sports podcast built around momentum, memory, and brotherly friction. It rarely stays in one lane for long. Tony Cinelli and Gianni Cinelli can start with the Carolina Hurricanes, jump to the New York Jets, check NBA standings, argue through March Madness, and still find room for Tottenham pain or a UFC title-card debate. The show has a homemade rhythm. Someone asks a question, someone answers too fast, a name gets corrected, a stat gets checked out loud, and suddenly the tangent has become the point. That gives the sports talk a different feel from polished panel shows. It is analytical, but not sterile. Tony brings the strong preferences, bracket reads, team loyalties, and matchup logic. Gianni pushes back, jokes, clarifies, and often turns a simple segment into a friendly interrogation. The result is both chaotic and useful. Listeners hear playoff scenarios, team form, player names, conference races, fight styles, and tournament disappointments talked through in real time rather than delivered as a finished monologue. The recurring world is broad: NHL and NBA playoff pictures, NFL Wildcard reactions and free agency, Premier League updates around Tottenham, college basketball chaos, UFC matchmaking, and Winter Olympics hockey and figure skating. Carolina sports matter here. So do Michigan swings, Jets jokes, and the emotional cost of bad fantasy football picks. The show is clean enough for general sports listeners but still carries edge through teasing, blunt takes, and fight-sport talk. Its best moments come when the conversation outruns itself, then snaps back with an actual point. Tony's Upset suits fans who enjoy standings and storylines, but also want the human texture around them: the mispronunciations, the personal memories, the family callbacks, and the joy of someone caring too much about a game that just happened.
Made for: For sports fans who follow several leagues at once and like their analysis conversational, funny, and a little unruly. It especially fits listeners who enjoy playoffs, brackets, fight cards, Carolina teams, Tottenham, and running commentary that keeps its rough edges.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by making the process of figuring things out part of the entertainment. Instead of polished takes, it offers live corrections, brotherly pushback, quick stat checks, and genuine enthusiasm across sports that do not usually share one room.
This Podcast is Hosted by me, Tony Cinelli. I have a passion for sports and a degree in Sports Broadcasting. I also have Autism and a rare genetic disease called CDK-13. I've been told throughout my life all the things I'd never be. This is my way of fighting back. I hope you enjoy.
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A busted bracket and a UFC matchmaking debate turn into an easygoing argument between Tony and Gianni Cinelli.
March Madness lands here as a brotherly argument with a bracket nearby, with Tony Cinelli and Gianni Cinelli picking through a tournament that has already wrecked three of Tony's final four.
Tottenham turmoil, free agency chatter, and a BMF argument share the same fast-moving table.
Tony's Upset keeps its focus on a week that refuses to stay in one lane, moving from Tottenham's 5-2 loss at Atletico Madrid into NFL free agency chatter and then back into a UFC 326 argument that keeps testing the conversation's balance.
Ohio State-Michigan, championship talk, and UFC 323 give Tony and Chiani a loose, argumentative sports episode.
Tony Cinelli and Chiani Cinelli spend this late, longer episode on college football championship chatter and UFC 323, but the appeal is less the schedule than the way a ruling can turn into a sibling argument.
Longhorn talk with Austin roots.
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.
Tony's Upset uses ESPN's Jordan Reed mock draft to assess the projected first ten NFL picks, including Fernando Mendoza to the Las Vegas Raiders and Ruben Bain Jr.
This episode discusses Michigan's performance in March Madness and previews the UFC 327 fight between Procházka and Ulberg.
Tony Cinelli and Gianni Cinelli review March Madness upsets, including High Point defeating Wisconsin, North Carolina losing to VCU after leading by 18, and Duke surviving a 16-seed Siena team after trailing by 11 at halftime.
Tony Cinelli opens with a Jets cornerback bit and lands on Geno Smith.
This episode discusses the USA women's hockey team's gold medal victory over Canada in overtime at the Winter Olympics, highlighting Megan Keller's game-winning goal and player statistics.
Tony and his co-host discuss the NFL playoffs, focusing on the Rams vs.
Tony Cinelli and Chiani Cinelli review Tottenham’s attacking dependence on Mohamed Kudus, Christian Romero’s two-goal performance, and Manchester City’s 5-4 win over Fulham after Fulham trailed 5-1.