In which we decry capitalism generally, specifically, and at length, and in which Nancy talks too much.

Football Season Finale:
- boring, but also frustrating; tossing the laundry; missing team pieces
- coach's car wreck; "moment of silence"; our collective agoraphobia

FSF Good Things:
- 1st woman ref; Black coaching staff; Amanda Gorman

Less Good Things:
- Patrick Mahomes' injuries; End Racism; punts; domestic violence

ETC:
- halftime; commercials and the various genres thereof; beer commercials are the only commercials who get it; Fuck Capitalism

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Foul Puck Episode 035 - The Super-spreader Bowl

The Hosts Branch Out, aka screaming about sports that are not basketball, hockey, or baseball - refreshing!!

Contents Include:
Volleyball: AU; picking a fav; team make-up; charitable connections
Sports Media: The Last Dance; Cheer Squad; Cheer
Cheerleading: is it a sport?; types and culture; an abbreviated history; injuries
Fantasy Sports: what, who and how; Feelings; skill vs luck
Tales from the Negro Leagues: Seamheads and the stats of the NL

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Foul Puck Episode 038 - Team Laser Sharks

In which we're fine, we're all fine. In fact, we're super!

Contents Include:
Extended Pandemic Check-in
Soccer: Super League - what happened; why; 27 words
Hockey: women's international cancellation
MLB: A's Faustian Bargain; A'sSHAT; baseball changes that have stuck
NBA: Steph Curry; the Warriors
NHL: Patty Marleau; Nicky Bakstrom
Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Pitchers shouldn't glare at fielders who fuck up

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Foul Puck Episode 042 - Everything is Super

Alternate title: Universal Jerk-off Motion (finals predictions and prognostications with a side of well-informed complaining)

Contents include:
NBA: Warriors 20/21: the best we could have expected, really; play-in bracket; Steph's still got it; off-season possibilities; finals thoughts
NHL: finals trajectories; Av's and Caps; Nazem Kadri's suspension
MLB: A's are still doing ok!; run differentials and why we care (or don't)
NCAA Softball play-offs
Litany of Complaints re: Trying to Watch Women's Sports
WNBA/NWSL updates

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Foul Puck Episode 044 - Drink Your Wine and Say Yes

Presenting the third of our Summer Olympics Sports Primers! A very fast and dirty overview of the types of olympic gymnastics; events, scoring, and apparatus; and who to watch in 2021. 

Alternate Title: Shut Up, Nancy.

*note: Nancy misspeaks - MyKayla Skinner is not an alternate, she is an individual competitor with the US team. Also, the women's team is not majority minority; it is an even split. And a clarification - Suni Lee beat Simone Biles specifically on the uneven bars both days and beam one day, but not in the all-around.

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Foul Puck Summer Olympics Primer 03 - Gymnastics

Ever wondered whether you'd perform better in the kata or kumite Olympic Karate competitions? Or what the difference is between a sport-based vs event-based approach to the Olympics? We have the answers!

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Foul Puck Summer Olympics Primer 09 - Karate

The Olympics have a storied history, and the early Olympics even more so. Join us as Rachel gives us a run-down on how to go from "event bystander" to "gold medalist" in a matter of minutes!

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Foul Puck Summer Olympics Primer 13 - Weird Olympic History

In which the best way to get ahead in gymnastics is to be a twin. Potential titles included: "Man go fast on bike, man win race"; "a cheeto riveted to the wall"; and "sportsmanship and kindness."

Contents include:
Gymnastics, Rhythmic and Artistic: Simone Bikes; the Averina sisters
Climbing: Janja Garnbret beats the pants off everyone
Cycling: man go fast, win race
Softball: concern trolling and play differences
Older athletes and parents in elite sports
Women's track and field: Allyson Felix, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu
First medals for many countries
Impressive people: Tamyra Mensah-Stock, Feryal Abdelaziz, Raven Saunders, the USA women's basketball team
"Gal Pals": Kristie Mewis and Sam Kerr
The composition of Olympic medals

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Foul Puck Episode 045 - Olympic Wrap-up

A Paralympics Viewing Discussion and Rec List, followed by Evander Kane: The Extended Saga. Alternate title: "Reason for Firing: Pressed Ham"

Contents Include:
Paralympics: What are we watching?
Evander Kane: The Extended Saga
Indoor sports and vaccination rules in the age of plague: continued
Unwritten Rule of Baseball: The Fans Are Never Wrong
A Brief History of Soapboxes

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Foul Puck Episode 047 - They Came For The Spreadsheets

In which we root for a sinkhole to open under the field of the 2021 World Series, and in which Nancy waxes ecstatic about the WNBA Playoffs.

Contents include:
The End of Baseball (incl the Giants)
WNBA Post-Season: Finals and formats; Phoenix vs Aces; players of note; controversies; Sky vs Sun; Chicago + Candace

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Foul Puck Episode 049 - Sinkhole 2021

Our fiftieth episode!!! In which we find that two thirds of the pod do not know where The Washington Football Team is based. Contents include:
- Pandemic check-in at 20 months
- Ovi and the scoring record chase
- Who won the World Series, anyway?
- Geography who? I don't know her.
- Native American mascots (CW: discussion of racism and racial slurs)
- Warriors update

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Foul Puck Episode 050 - Geography

Welcome to our very first Winter Olympics Mini-sode! In this short episode, Rachel gives an overview of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Content warnings for brief discussion of the Uyghur genocide. 

Alternate title: Shuffle Shuffle Bang!

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 00 - Olympics Overview

Welcome to the first of our Winter Olympic Primer Minisodes! Join us as Rebecca explains the equipment, format, points, rankings, and all the other details of Long Track Speed Skating!

Alternate Title: It's Not About The Distance, It's About The Size Of The Track

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 01 - Long Track Speed Skating

Join us for our second Winter Olympic Mini-sode as Rachel introduces us to the various types and events of Alpine (Downhill)Skiing!

Alternate Title: Gravity, Take The Wheel

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 02 - Alpine Skiing

In our third Winter Olympics minisode, we discuss whether we'd prefer to go highway speeds down an icy waterslide headfirst or on our back. The one thing we can all agree on? Driving the luge-track zamboni must be hella fun.

Alternate Title: Hey Baby, Wanna See My Monobob?

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 03 - Sliding Sports

Winter Olympics Primer the Fourth takes us to some very normal hills where we learn about V-style, the K-spot, and just a hint of sexism (in case you thought we'd gone off brand for too long).

Alternate Title: Geese Everywhere Nod Knowingly

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 04 - Ski Jumping

Join us as Rebecca, our hockey person, talks about Olympic hockey! Includes the differences between the NHL and Olympic play, why you won't see any NHLers at the Olympics, and why the women's team captains keep marrying each other. CW: minor discussion of racism.

Alternate Title: Episode Wepisode

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 05 - Ice Hockey

For Olympic Minisode the 6th, Rachel introduces us to the origins, styles, and scoring of freestyle skiing, which the rest of us know nothing about!

Alternate Title: Pipe Dragon

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 06 - Freestyle Skiing

Twizzles, Axels, and Lifts, oh my! On Olympic Minisode 7 we dive into the details of Figure Skating, including the lesser-know disciplines and the weirdness of the team event.

Alternate Title: All Licorice Is An Abomination

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 07 - Figure Skating

Join the hosts of Foul Puck for an in-depth and completely objective analysis and learning moment about the merits of cross-country skiing! Bonus content: roller skiing and the effects of climate change. 

Alternate title: Crowdsourcing the Brain Cell

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 08 - Cross Country Skiing

Tune in to our 9th Winter Olympics Minisode to learn why everything you've ever believed about which is the fastest color is wrong (and also about short track speed skating)!

Alternate title: Skate Speeding

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 09 - Short Track Speed Skating

What is it that's getting "combined" anyway? Join us on Winter Olympic Minisode 10 as we explore the origins, details, and strategies of Nordic Combined!

Alternate Title: Mitigating Mediocrity

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 10 - Nordic Combined

In Winter Olympics Minisode 11, we explore language, discuss the miracle of 3D printing, and imagine how much cooler this sport would be with a bow and arrow instead of guns. 

Alternate title: Biathlon, But In 3 Syllables

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 11 - Biathlon

Tune in to our 12th Winter Olympics Minisode to hear about the origins, types, and likelihood of injury in snowboarding! Pro-tip: wear a helmet.

Alternate title: Snurf

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 12 - Snowboarding

For our final Winter Olympic Mini-sode, Rebecca takes us deep into the labyrinthine vocabulary that makes up the sport of curling! Join us for the olympic edition of sports mad libs!

Alternate title: One Cleat and One Bowling Shoe

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Foul Puck Winter Olympics 13 - Curling

First full episode of the Foul Puck Podcast! Join us as we explore the genesis of the podcast's premise (sports talk and explanation by and for non-traditional sports fans, aka women, PoC, queer folk, and sports latecomers) and meet our hosts!

Featuring:
- Nancy, basketball enthusiast and sometime hockey fan (Warriors, Sharks)
- Rachel, baseball guru and sometime basketball fan (Marlins, A's)
- Rebecca, hockey know-a-bunch and sports fandom commentator (Stars, Capitals)

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Foul Puck Episode 001 : The Inaugural Episode

Our fourth episode! In this episode we talk about some rough hockey injuries, a full out brawl in football, professional courtesy vs cheating when you can get away with it in baseball, and much more, including: 
- Unwritten Rule of Baseball Etiquette: don't steal bases when you're far ahead or far behind
- "do your best! ...except for sometimes"
- Jazz v Warriors game Nov 11 game recap: 
-- experienced vs inexperienced teams; 
-- clock management, foul management, free throws; 
-- new additions to the Warriors
- Current teams updates: 
-- baseball MVP's
-- current controversial hockey call
-- Av's are injured
-- Warriors are improving? A little bit? Maybe?
- Mike Fiers and the Astros controversy
-Preview of an upcoming discussion: Gritty/Claude Giroux

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Foul Puck Episode 004: The One With The Cats (Knees Spread and Fingers a'Goin')

There are no sports. You know this. So in this episode we take a listener question and do a deep dive into MASCOTS!

Contents include:
-Current teams updates: is anything happening?
-We are a socialist podcast
-Cancellation of the Olympics
-Logistics of a potential sports return
-Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Hierarchy of who catches a fly ball
-when will sports return?/time is meaningless
-The Great Mascot Debate (includes taxonomies uwu)

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Foul Puck Episode 012 - what am sporps?

In which Nancy and Rachel reminisce about being young women playing sports, and the sexism that comes with. (We still promise laughs.)

Contents include:
-Sports updates: drafts? maybe? time is a flat circle
-Unwritten Rule of Baseball: Nobody but the pitcher can step on the pitcher's mound
-Being a female sports fan: as a kid; as an adult
-Church league sports vs school sports; sexism in sports leadership and culture
-being an adult woman sports fan

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Foul Puck Episode 013 - it all touches itself

Are sports really coming back? Is this a socialist podcast in disguise? Does league management know what a "bubble" really is? Listen to find out!

Contents include:
- Designated Hitter 101: pros, cons, and bunting
- Changes We'd Like To See To Baseball
- NWSL Challenge Cup: who we're rooting for; Rachel's short-lived Australian soccer career
- NHL return-to-play plan (such as it is)
- The burning question no one will answer: how many infected people is too many infected people?
- NBA and MLB return-to-play plans (one of these is better than the other)
- Socialism break
- Unwritten Rule of Baseball: the Color Line

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Foul Puck Episode 017: A Mesh Hat

Ever wonder about who on this pod has a sporps tattoo, or where such a tattoo might be? We reveal all in this scandalous episode!

Contents Include:
- Tales From The Negro Leagues: The Indianapolis Clowns; Hank Aaron; Mamie Peanut Johnson
- The ethics of the return of college sports
- WNBA: playoff structure and teams overview; considerations resulting from systemic misogyny, WNBA edition; go Storm!
- NBA: current playoff standings and games; Beat LA!
- MLB: the weird beginning of a weird postseason; A's vs Marlins
- Baseball 101: position players pitching
- NHL: Stanley Cup - 2020 Cup playoff format; back-to-back games; Khudoban and goalie percentages; Benn and Seguin and Pavelski; pick your favorite child; spare family lottery pool; Game 2 projections

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Foul Puck Episode 025 - It's A Reason, But It's Not A Good Reason

Happy Birthday, Sue Bird, and congratulations on your engagement!!!<333

Contents include:
- NHL: Stanley Cup - the origin, appearance, and logistics thereof; 2020 post-season vs a normal post-season; Lightning vs Stars results; Stars injury list; the "embellishment" call
- WNBA: Seattle Storm win the championship by kicking ass and taking names; Sue Bird, we stan
- Stanley Cup Redux: embellishment call cont.; pulling the goalie; Stars did good, we're proud
- MLB: Wild Card Series vs Wild Card Game; post-season 2020 vs normal post-season;  A's bow out; Marlins bow out; Go Rays
- the complications of following multiple teams
- MNBA: Lakers vs Heat; Lebron, AD, and JB; 40 pt triple-double; Go Heat!

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Foul Puck Episode 026 - Sue Bird, We Stan

In which we rate the Tampa Bay Ray's performance on gymnastic floor routines.

Contents include:
Listener Question: Infield Fly Rule - fly ball; base running rules; tagging up; preventing double plays; sac fly; sac bunt.
Ji-Man Choi: We Stan! also: "surprisingly athletic"; background; the "isms"
World Series: Dodgers v Rays
Game 3: fans in the stands; various calls; "starter" vs "opener"
Game 4: Arozarena and the Comedy of Errors

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Foul Puck Episode 027 - Comin' Out All Over

All of our friends live on the internet (especially now).

Contents include:
Time is meaningless: pt. 1
Presidential Series Finale Recap
Baseball Season Finale: bitches gonna complain about the manager; Blake Snell and Game 6; stats vs gut instinct
Baseball Vocab: manager vs general manager vs front office
History of Stats in Baseball: sabermetrics; moneyball; statcaster; player interactions vs player stats
Baseball Season Finale: the Public Health Edition
Basketball: back!!! probably!! maybe! Raptors need a home; Warriors draft pick; Draymond, we stan.
Hockey: 2021? maybe?; international player difficulties; Chicago team land statement; Baine Pettinger; being queer in pro sports

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Foul Puck Episode 029 - A Great Unclenching

In which there are a lot of feelings and a not-insubstantial amount of sports news!

Contents include:
Basketball: A Lot of Feelings
- NBA Draft: Warriors Edition; James Wiseman; Wanamaker and the Saga of Klay Thompson; assorted injuries; Kelly Oubre Jr. 
- vocab lesson: bench player; sixth man; ACL
Kim Ng - first female GM in men's professional sports
Brett Peterson - first black assistant GM in the NHL
Tales from the Negro Leagues - Toni Stone
NHL return??

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Foul Puck Episode 030 - A Questionable Commitment to Winning

Foul Puck Podcast: Sportsball for the Rest of Us

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