• 1:10 — NBA Playoffs: Kobe’s tweets, the on-fire Knicks, and Stephen Curry’s first trip to the postseason (13 minutes)
• 14:00 — NFL Draft: our analysis may be two days old, but the overall themes still ring true (12 minutes)
• 26:00 — A rare soccer coverage sighting on SportsWeek! Man U’s Premier League title and the semifinal legs of the Champions League. (5 minutes)
• 32:10 — The Steubenville High School football coach got a contract extension after last year’s scandal…why?  (4 minutes)
• 36:30 — With one move this week, the ACC may have effectively put an end to conference realignment. What are the consequences? (12 minutes)
• 48:55 — Evan and David look back at the year in Yale Athletics. (5 minutes)

Podcast player is posted below!

Join Evan Frondorf, Konrad Coutinho, and Nell Meosky for a special edition of SportsWeek from Yale’s open practice on Friday morning at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh as they get ready to face local rival Quinnipiac tomorrow for the national championship. We’ve got the postgame press conference, locker room interviews, and a scouting report on Quinnipiac on the podcast. The full lineup:

• 1:00 — Konrad and Evan break down Thursday’s game period by period, including highlights. (17 minutes)
• 18:30 — After the game, Yale head coach Keith Allain and select players spoke with the media at the postgame press conference. (15 minutes)
• 34:30 — Nell gives her observations from the open practice. (3 minutes)
• 38:00 — Locker room interviews with Mitch Witek, Ryan Obuchowski, Kenny Agostino, Antoine Laganiere, Jeff Malcolm, and Senior Associate Athletic Director Wayne Dean. (10 minutes)
• 48:30 — Nell and Evan look ahead to the matchup against Quinnipiac. (7 minutes)
• 55:30 — Comments at Quinnipiac press conference from Jordan Samuels-Thomas and head coach Rand Pecknold. (2 minutes)
• 57:30 — Nell and Evan wrap things up from the press box.

Podcast player is posted below.

Courtesy Peter Casolino, New Haven Register

• 1:00 — Louisville won the national title on Monday night. But did Michigan make it too easy by benching Trey Burke during the first half? (10 minutes)
• 11:00 — And we remember our favorite March Madness memories from 2013. (5 minutes)
• 16:30 — A Master’s preview, including a Jim Nantz impression from Sam Bernstein. As always, the question: is this the year for Tiger? (8 minutes)
• 26:00 — Konrad Coutinho, Nell Meosky, and Evan Frondorf sit down with Ron Vaccaro ’02, NBC Sports Editorial Director, to discuss the Yale hockey program’s rise to prominence and the upcoming Frozen Four. (17 minutes)
• 46:00 — Back in the studio, we talk about the Frozen Four, Mike Rice, and Rutgers. (10 minutes)

Podcast player is posted below.

• 0:30 — Frozen Four reaction, discussion (5 minutes)
• 5:00 — Highlights from Yale vs. North Dakota game (4 minutes)
• 10:00 — Postgame interview with Jesse Root ’14, MVP of the NCAA West Regional (2 minutes)
• 12:30 — TWEETS. FROM. YALE. HOCKEY. PLAYERS. (3 minutes)
• 18:50 — Sam interviews Rich Parker, head golf coach at Dartmouth. They discuss everything from Ivy League recruiting to the Frozen Four to Parker’s famous “Joke of the Week.” (15 minutes)
• 38:15 — A potpourri of discussion: Kevin Ware’s injury, Final Four discussion, and a discussion about March Madness commercials which somehow ends up becoming a Masters preview. Thanks Jim Nantz. We finish up with quick thoughts on MLB Opening Day. (17 minutes)

Your national championship contenders…

Podcast player is posted below. Apologies for the issues with Sam’s mic during the first 15 minutes.

Length: 13 minutes

• 0:55: SportsWeek — Now featuring one of Seventeen‘s “Top 25 Hottest College Athletes”! (1 minute)
• 1:55: What sports-related things did we do over spring break? The answers range the gamut from the First Four in Dayton to the World Baseball Classic in Miami. (2 minutes)
• 4:15: March Madness roundtable: topics include Florida Gulf Coast, remaining contenders, and bracket success (18 minutes)
• 22:15: Does Harvard Suck?: Were we supposed to root for Harvard in their win last Thursday? And what does that win mean for the Ivy League? (10 minutes)
• 34:40: Interview with Grantland’s Katie Baker ’05: We discuss Yale’s chances in the NCAA hockey tournament and favorite Yale sports memories! (13 minutes)
• 48:00: Back in the studio, we preview Yale’s matchup with Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. (7 minutes)

And one coverage reminder — WYBC’s coverage of Yale vs. Minnesota will begin tomorrow at 1 pm EDT on WYBC-AM 1340 and WYBC.com before the puck drops at 2! Tune in!

Podcast player is posted below.

• 0:50 — Who’s deserving of a No. 1 seed in the upcoming NCAA (basketball) tournament? (7 minutes)
• 8:30 — Bubble team discussion: St. Mary’s, Providence, Cincinnati, Illinois, and more. The discussion inevitably turns to the “soft bubble” and 2011 VCU. (12 minutes)
• 20:30 — The fall of the Big East — but the new Catholic 7 is still going to be called the Big East, right? We’re confused. (5 minutes)
• 27:45 — You can now carry on two — only two — golf clubs on an airplane. What clubs would Sam choose? (2 minutes)
• 29:45 — Sam saw Donovan McNabb on a plane. Did he get a picture, or did he leave him alone? What’s the right thing to do? We discuss. (4 minutes)
• 34:30 — A few minutes with new Yale football captain Beau Palin ’14 (3 minutes)
• 37:30 — Boola Boola: Takeaways from the football spring luncheon and the end of the basketball regular season (10 minutes)
• 48:00 — Highlights from the Yale men’s hockey OT win against Colgate (2 minutes)
• 50:00 — ECAC Tournament preview before Yale begins play next week (4 minutes)

Podcast player is posted below. We’re headed off campus for spring break — SportsWeek will return on March 27 with men’s hockey playoff coverage and more.

Sam got a picture with Donovan McNabb last week. Or did he?

• 1:00: “Poppin’ Bubbles” — We take a look at the resumes of a few NCAA basketball tournament hopefuls. (10 minutes)
• 12:05: Evan talks with ECAC Hockey Commissioner Steve Hagwell about the end of the ECAC regular season and the upcoming tournament. (9 minutes)
• 21:00: Evan and Sun-Kyu discuss Yale’s playoff chances and the upcoming weekend for men’s hockey. (8 minutes)
• 30:00: Konrad and Evan interview former Yale football star and Chicago Bears safety free safety Gary Fencik ’76. We touch on his time at Yale, winning Super Bowl XX with the Bears, and his career path after football. (26 minutes)
• 56:00: Wrap Up — Info about WYBC’s broadcasts this weekend.

Podcast player is posted below.

This week’s lineup:

• 1:00 — Goal line tech finally arrives at the World Cup
• 5:55 — Are the Kings actually going to move to Seattle?
• 14:15 — Who has a shot at a number one seed in the upcoming NCAA (basketball, not hockey) tournament?
• 23:35 — The NFL is adding a new cognitive test to supplement the Wonderlic. What’s the point?
• 34:35 — The R&A and USGA are about to rule against the use of belly putters. Sam gets to the heart of the controversy.
• 45:20 — Boola Boola: Yale hockey and basketball discussion, plus a look ahead to this weekend.

Podcast player is below the pic.

On Tuesday, Javier talked with WYBC’s Evan Frondorf about the Yale road sweep, chances at an Ivy League title, and upcoming home games against Cornell and Columbia. The podcast player is posted below!

• 1:25 — What is going on in college basketball?
• 10:00 — King Felix’s new $175 million contract
• 14:50 — No more wrestling in the Olympics?
• 22:45 — We discuss Yale professor Mark Oppenheimer’s cover story in Sports Illustrated, “Does God Care Who Wins The Super Bowl?”
• 33:50 — Evan Frondorf interviews Yale basketball guard Javier Duren ’15, this week’s Ivy League Player of the Week selection.
• 39:00 — We bring it back to the studio to discuss Yale basketball.
• 45:00 — Assorted discussion of Yale hockey, Yale golf, and spring break

Podcast player is below!

The four-star linebacker from the Bay Area talked with Evan Frondorf earlier this week about coming to the East Coast, meeting the Yale coaching staff, and what he’s looking forward to at Yale. The interview is posted below.

The podcast player can be found below! And stay tuned for regular episodes of SportsWeek starting in a couple weeks.

• 2:00 — What sports-related things did we do over break?
• 4:20 — Complete coverage and debate of the NFL Playoffs
• 28:25 — We talk about our experience at the Walter Camp Awards
• 35:50 — Interview with ESPN’s John Anderson
• 44:05 — Interview with Herm Edwards
• 51:00 — Quick Yale sports update
• 53:30 — Sports Underscores with Tayo Ajayi

There was a mob of people trying to get close…

…but we eventually got up to the front with Johnny Football and Manti (no comment).

Podcast lineup:

• 1:50 — We discuss the upcoming bowl schedule, naming our most anticipated and most overrated bowls, along with the bowls with the most ridiculous names.
• 18:40 — The debate you’ve been waiting for: was it okay for Spurs coach Gregg Popovich to sit his star players against the Miami Heat? And what kind of precedent does David Stern’s fine set for the league?
• 30:25 — Looking for sports-related holiday gifts under $2? We’ve got you covered here on SportsWeek, with ideas including $1 tickets to Suns at Bucks, and $0.99 VHS copies of D2: The Mighty Ducks!
• 37:40 — The NCAA announced big sanctions for little Caltech over the summer…but the reason, and the Yale connection, strike us as totally ridiculous. We discuss — and give an IMPORTANT warning for Yale athletes next semester.
• 47:15 — Updates about Yale hockey, basketball (who take on Florida AT YALE on Jan. 6), and volleyball.
•  52:40 — Sports Underscores with Tayo Ajayi: Where was Rex Ryan’s backup plan?

Comments, questions, or ideas for next semester? Let me know at evan.frondorf@yale.edu!

One of our favorite bowl names here on SportsWeek, lovingly known by all fans as the SDCCUPB.

• 1:25 — Our opinion on how the BCS Championship Game shook out: Notre Dame vs. SEC title winner
• 4:30 — USC’s pathetic fourth-quarter performance against Notre Dame last Saturday
• 11:25 — We give our take on the ongoing Heisman debate.
• 19:10 — DEBATE: In a recent commentary article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, David Pargman suggests that athletes should be able to major in sports. We discuss and debate.
• 31:00 — It’s the NFL coaching carousel! Who should stay, who should go at the end of the season?
• 36:35 — Quick discussion about the just-released ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 42:00 — TWEETS. FROM. YALE. ATHLETES.
• 44:10 — Boola Boola: The Game recap, hockey’s success, basketball’s struggles, and volleyball’s trip to the NCAA tournament.
• 51:50 — Sports Underscores with Tayo Ajayi: Notre Dame busts the BCS
• 54:45 — Coverage update for upcoming games on WYBC!

Podcast player is posted below!

One coach that might be in trouble…

• 1:35 —  Future of aircraft carrier games
• 8:40 — Texas Tech coach Tommy Tuberville’s attack on a graduate assistant (GIF below)
• 13:10 — Mike Leach and controversy at Washington State
• 19:00 — Debate: Auburn’s new curfew regulations for football players
• 25:30 — SPECIAL LISTENER QUESTION about the Premier League
• 29:30 — Lakers: Mike Brown –> Mike D’Antoni?!
• 38:50 — Interview with Yale running back Tyler Varga ’15
• 44:00 — Harvard-Yale discussion
• 52:45 — Sports Underscores with Tayo Ajayi: Landon Donovan and the face of U.S. soccer

Decide for yourself – Should Tommy Tuberville be suspended?

• The first week of the NBA regular season is in the books. Who stands out so far?
• The NHL is still locked out…what are the consequences? We mostly end up talking about the MLS instead, showing you how dearly we care.
• Guan Tianlang, a 14-year-old, has qualified for the Masters. But was his qualifying tournament legitimate?
• Even though the BCS is stupid and everyone knows it is, we talk about how stupid it is anyway, with five undefeated teams left and only two championship game spots.
• Evan interviews Katie Chockley, a co-coordinator of Athletes and Allies, a Yale organization that seeks to promote understanding and awareness of issues facing LGBT athletes.
• We briefly discuss last week’s Yale football loss, and go over the schedule for men’s basketball.
• Finally, Tayo brings us his weekly “Sports Underscores,” noting some interesting parallels between two NFL Draft classes.

Podcast player is below!

Oregon is still undefeated…as are four other teams.

• We recap the World Series quickly because no one seems to really care for whatever reason.
• The RGIII vs. Andrew Luck battle for rookie dominance
• NBA Season Preview: David Stern is retiring, why would OKC let James Harden become a
  Rocket, and why the path is now open for the Lakers in the Western Conference.
• Yale coverage — Football’s QB dilemma, looking at the Ivy League preseason poll for men’s basketball
• Sports Underscores with Tayo Ajayi — Effects of the NBA’s CBA

Podcast player is pasted below!

• Tayo says the Yankees will fall in the ALCS, but thinks that isn’t necessarily something to celebrate (1:35).
• Then Tayo breaks out the metaphors to call the Cardinals “pesky insects” of the playoffs (5:30).
• We all pleasantly agree that Peyton Manning is back and here to stay after his MNF comeback (9:38).
• Sun-Kyu and Tayo betray their own college football conference allegiances to debate the future of the Big East and ACC (17:10).
• Evan pretends he knows about the USMNT and World Cup qualifying (24:26).
• Next, Evan obsesses over the Barclays Center and the really cool lighting set-up (30:50).
• TWEETS FROM YALE ATHLETES (38:10).
• We discuss Yale football woes and missing kickoff tees (?) (42:30).
• Tayo carries us to the end with an important message about integrity at Notre Dame (52:20)

That’ll do it! Pick and choose, or listen to the whole thing! The podcast player is posted below, along with the link for the download.

SportsWeek 10.3

Whaling Crew logo looking a bit like the Yale “Y” and old Hartford Whalers logo combined…

• Just how bad are the NFL replacement refs?
• What MLB teams have the best shot at a wild card spot?
• John Ryan interviews Yale QB Eric Williams
• And we remember the late Steve Sabol, president of NFL Films.

Join us tonight at 6!

Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino crashed his motorcycle…while riding with his mistress.

And BCS officials are discussing options for a playoff…but one popular option includes three semifinals?!

Join Sun-Kyu and Evan at 7:30 for WYBC SportsWeek. We’ll discuss these bad ideas and more, including Yu Darvish’s rough start and Lamar Odom’s season-ending argument with Mark Cuban.

"Guys, I didn't mean it." ...wait, hasn't he said this before?

This year, you were kind of dull

Maybe it was “March Monotony” after all.

Look at all the talent in play, they exclaim

Sure, but just because a deer can run and jump

Doesn’t mean you put him in the game. (thanks Sir Charles)

Goodbye, March Madness

No buzzer beaters, no moments that made me say “wow”?

Instead, it was just about the unibrow.

Please, I wasn’t trying to be picky

I just wanted a last-second trey from Matt Dickey.

Whatever, Calipari

Don’t be sorry

Though I can’t stand to know

That you’re going to stick around til’ you go 40-0.

With that said, join Evan Frondorf and Sun-Kyu Kim for WYBC SportsWeek at 7:30 tonight. We’ll be talking about Jeremy Lin’s season-ending injury, the state of Yale recruiting, and if it’s right for Joey Votto to make an estimated $45,000 per at bat for the next 10 years.