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Fast takes, sharp jokes, louder mornings.
UnSportsmanLike turns the sports day into a live argument with jokes still hanging in the air. Soccer autopsies, NBA contract math, NFL coaching gossip, Masters memories, and stray movie riffs all move through the same high-speed panel rhythm.
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UnSportsmanLike with Evan, Canty and Michelle is sports radio that starts hot and rarely cools down. It moves like a debate already in progress. A segment on Team USA's loss to Belgium becomes more than a scoreline, turning into a pointed argument about preparation, pressure, player mistakes, and the manager's responsibility. The show is comfortable calling a loss ugly. It is just as comfortable leaving room for a counterpoint, then pressing that counterpoint until the take gets cleaner. That pattern carries across sports. NBA talk can jump from the Kings-Warriors foul controversy to summer roster churn, playoff expectations, and the dizzying scale of extensions for stars like Nikola Jokic. NFL conversation has the same appetite for angles, especially when a reported Sean Payton and Bill Belichick scenario opens the door to job-security arguments and wild hypotheticals. Guest segments add texture without slowing the pace. Larry Mize brings the Masters back to the ground through memories of Augusta, autographs, working the scoreboard, and learning by watching great players. Adam Schefter and Alejandro Moreno are framed as people who join the show, fitting a format that likes outside voices but still keeps the panel in the driver's seat. The lighter turns matter too. A conversation can slide from sports action figures in Toy Story to Jason Sudeikis, Tom Brady, Wayne Gretzky, charity golf, and studio teasing. Those detours are not filler; they are part of the show's engine. The appeal is the collision of morning energy, sports obsession, and quick interpersonal timing. It is strongest when a specific detail sparks a bigger argument. It is funniest when someone lands a jab and the room has to recover. It is serious about sports, but not precious about sports talk.
Made for: Built for sports fans who want the morning's arguments before the day settles in. It fits listeners who like sports debate, guest perspective, and side conversations that can turn personal or ridiculous fast.
What sets it apart: The show mixes hard sports judgment with panel chemistry that keeps interrupting, teasing, and refining the take. It can move from Belgium's intensity to NBA contract math to Masters memories without losing its argumentative pulse.
Start your day off your right with Evan Cohen, Chris Canty and Michelle Smallmon. Sports, life and laughter are what it’s all about. Energizing, informative and just want you need to take on the day.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Evan Cohen, Chris Canty and Michelle Smallmon pair sharp questions about sporting decisions with loose, good-humored conversation.
Evan Cohen, Chris Canty and Michelle Smallmon turn the day's sports arguments into a quick-moving group conversation, shifting comfortably among the NBA, NFL, World Cup soccer and golf.
A World Cup autopsy can become baby-race scouting before you've finished reacting.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A World Cup loss and a messy Broncos update keep Hour 3 moving.
Hour 3 stays with the United States' 4-1 loss to Belgium and why it hit so hard. The discussion keeps returning to the tied score that did not hold, the quick strike after 1-1, and the goalkeeper error outside the box that made a bad night feel even worse.
A sharp postmortem on Team USA's 4-1 loss, with a late swing into NBA money talk.
This review frames Team USA's 4-1 loss to Belgium as another reminder that the round of 16 has become the team's familiar stopping point. It stays with the early mistakes, the sense that the side was not ready in 2022 or now, and the uneasy question of whether the manager should…
A jailhouse movie quote, a Toy Story pitch, and Wayne Gretzky turn loose sports banter into a nimble sports-culture conversation.
A hypothetical jailhouse bailout gives this single-episode review its shape, turning sports chatter into a small test of friendship. The hosts weigh whether help would come with questions, fold The Town into the joke, and keep landing on the practical snag of whose car would…
Larry Mize's Augusta memories give the Masters conversation its most grounded sense of place.
The episode shifts from a family joke about a possible baby race into Larry Mize's memories of growing up around Augusta, and the contrast gives the conversation an easy, informal shape.
A loose sports-radio hour moves from a soul-food snub to NBA strategy and Masters dinner jokes.
A return from paternity leave gives the episode its casual entry point, as the host talks about his three-month-old son before turning quickly to a serious food-bracket grievance: soul food was left out.
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.
Race journalists and Damon Hill break down F1 driver markets, team history, and car tech.
The hosts debate NBA playoff scenarios, focusing on whether the Knicks can beat the Celtics after a recent win.
The Unsportsmanlike podcast features interviews with former NBA player Bonzi Wells about the upcoming Netflix documentary 'Untold: Jailblazers' and 1987 Masters champion Larry Mize.
UnSportsmanLike with Evan, Canty and Michelle examines Cleveland's 3-1 start, Deshaun Watson's 69.6% completion rate and the Browns' unexpected position in first place.
It starts with an arrest and bail question.
Belgium hands Team USA a 4-1 loss.
The hour starts angry.
Unsportsmanlike with Evan, Canty and Michelle analyzes the United States men’s 4-1 World Cup loss to Belgium, emphasizing three unforced errors and Matt Freeze’s positioning.