It’s appropriate that the 69th More Than a Fan podcast is a big Indians Roundtable with Marcus Seeley, Tony Mazur, Damien Bowman, Hayden Grove, and myself.

Cleveland Indians

• Grading the Indians pitching staff
• Ubaldo Jimenez
• Chris Perez
• Twitter
• Pretty much everything Indians related

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The 68th More Than a Fan Podcast is Damien Bowman, Ryan Isley, and Josh Flagner talk Cleveland Indians baseball and the NBA Playoffs.

Cleveland Indians Rock

• Nick Swisher’s value and leadership
• Can the pitching staff keep up with a busy schedule?
• Yankees double header hurts both teams
• Can the culture in the clubhouse withstand Pestano’s DL stint?
• See you next Tuesday

Dan Gilbert is the King of Cleveland

• Really?
• Why?

NBA Playoffs

• First round playoff breakdown
• Conference Semifinals predictions

Follow the More Than a Fan Players!

Damien Bowman

Ryan Isley

Josh Flagner

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The 67th More Than a Fan Podcast is a quick 20 minutes all about Tim Tebow and the Cleveland Browns.

Hayden Grove on Skype

• Check out Why I Want Tim Tebow to be a Cleveland Brown from Hayden and Tebow Deserves a Chance to Play QB from Kyle Edwards
• What role could Tebow have on a team?
• Tebow’s skill set doesn’t match perceptions of him.
• Would Tebow be in the NFL if it weren’t for his demonstrative Christianity?

Follow the More Than a Fan Players!

Josh Flagner

Hayden Grove

Kyle Edwards

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The 66th More Than a Fan Podcast is almost all Cleveland Browns talk with a little Indians thrown in.

Cleveland Browns

• Check out No More Free Passes for the Browns to start things off.
• Was Barkevious Mingo the right pick?
• Is the Browns front office capable of making good decisions?
• The Belichick tree isn’t very fruitful
• GMs around the league might not like Banner/Lombardi
• Tons of arguing about the Browns draft and front office
• Grading drafts is stupid

Cleveland Indians

• Tribe’s momentum means a lot
• Killing Cy Young winners
• See You Next Tuesday!

Follow the More Than a Fan Players!

Josh Flagner

Ryan Isley

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The official home of the Team of Rivals Podcast Archives! Team of Rivals is hosted by Josh Flagner and Chris Barron, and is part of the Indiana Talks Radio Network. Tune in to Indiana Talks to hear the freshest Team of Rivals Podcast, then come back here to catch up on everything you’ve missed!

Team of Rivals Episode #12 - Recorded 4-24-13

• Phil Jackson’s coaching future
• The worst franchises in sports

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The 65th More Than a Fan Podcast is Browns and Cavs talk from the More Than a Fan Studio

First Segment

• Nick Prokop from North Coast Sports Blog stops by to talk Cleveland Browns Draft
• Three draft day scenarios
• Best Player Available and trade options
• Our favorite options and our LEAST favorite options
• We find out what will make Nick quit Twitter

Second Segment

• Cavs re-hire Mike Brown
• Ryan’s weird, LeBron James caused accent comes back for a minute
• Was Mike Brown the best coach available
• How will the Cavs perform for him

Follow this week’s More Than a Fan Players!

Josh Flagner

Ryan Isley

Nick Prokop

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The More Than a Fan Podcast visited Medina Cigar and Tobacco for a special podcast.

• Cleveland Indians talk
• Favorite Cleveland Indian this year
• Should Byron Scott be fired
• Is Kyrie Irving LeBron James

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@RailbirdJ

@AllanFee

@Seel_Deal

@WayneEmbrysKids

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The official home of the Team of Rivals Podcast Archives! Team of Rivals is hosted by Josh Flagner and Chris Barron, and is part of the Indiana Talks Radio Network. Tune in to Indiana Talks to hear the freshest Team of Rivals Podcast, then come back here to catch up on everything you’ve missed!

Team of Rivals Episode #12 - Recorded 4-11-13

Abolishing Interleague Play, home plate collisions, and the DH Rule

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The official home of the Team of Rivals Podcast Archives! Team of Rivals is hosted by Josh Flagner and Chris Barron, and is part of the Indiana Talks Radio Network. Tune in to Indiana Talks to hear the freshest Team of Rivals Podcast, then come back here to catch up on everything you’ve missed!

Team of Rivals Episode #11 - Recorded 4-4-13

Mike Rice and Rutgers University Basketball Team is tackled.

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Segment 1

Ryan and Josh talk about the first week of Cleveland Indians baseball. Whether there’s a fair point in the season to start analyzing Terry Francona or when to start saying, “I told you so.”

They also talk about the spectacular NCAA Championship game between the Louisville Cardinals and Michigan Wolverines. When is it okay to blame referees for games, and whether either team garnered any real advantage from the calls/non-calls.

Segment 2

Allan Fee and Josh talk about Allan’s experience at the Indians Home Opener and Allan helps a Cleveland boy understand baseball history on the West Coast.

How the off-season moves affected the AL West.

Don’t forget to follow everyone on twitter!

Josh: @Railbirdj

Ryan: @Isley23

Allan: @AllanFee

More Than a Fan: @MTAFSports

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Ryan and I talk about the Cleveland Indians Opening Day and beyond. Where are we going to land at the end of the season, who are favorite players will be, and even who our LEAST favorite players will be.

You’ll be surprised by Ryan’s answers. I was.

And he STILL needs to shut the eff up.

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Ryan and I go all out talking about the NCAA Tournament. From complaining about the play-in games to me actually making my bracket totally off the cuff, this March Madness podcast is going to be all you can handle.

Check out Damon Del Rosario‘s in-depth breakdown of the tournament – I did – and Hayden Grove‘s Big Ten heavy brackets. And click on their names to follow them on twitter. They’re both worth it, especially around college basketball time.

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Segment 1

Ryan and I talk a lot about the Cleveland Indians #Tribe100k promotion.

Segments 2 & 3

Ryan and I go off the cuff and talk about anything and everything. It’s a freaking smorgasbord. From Dennis Rodman to Rory McIlroy, and every ill-fated decision in between.

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Segment 1

Ryan and I break down Kyrie Irving’s knee injury and the Cavs season so far.

Segment 2

We vehemently disagree with the ESPN Most Watchable NBA Team and name our own group.

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Damien Bowman joins Ryan and I to open up the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season.

We talk about everything from driver moves, the Generation 6 NASCAR, Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse’s relationship and give our NASCAR predictions.

And we managed to only tell ONE tasteless joke about Danica Patrick. (Okay, maybe two)

(Three, tops)

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Today’s podcast is all Cleveland Indians, ALL THE TIME.

Ryan and I talk Tribe, and we’re actually happy about it. It’s been a great off season. Why? And is it enough?

Also, I slip in some sex toy talk.

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Segment 1

It’s the Super Bowl, BABY! Josh and Ryan take you from the Sandy Hook Elementary School Choir’s touching moment to halftime.

Segment 2

It’s still the Super Bowl, but we’ve moved on to halftime, the power outage and the crazy end of the game.

Segment 3

Erik Spoelstra is a crazy person for entertaining the idea of moving LeBron James to the point of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team and starting Chris Bosh at power forward. Kyrie Irving is the best point guard in the Eastern Conference and he’s starting lead the Cavaliers into regular relevance.

And lots of jokes. (on jokes on jokes)

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Segment 1

I spread some site news about Stevand Racing and our iTunes feed before Ryan and I tackle the two Super Bowl story lines worth talking about; Ray Lewis shooting up deer antler juice and Randy Moss on enough drugs to call himself the best wide receiver ever.

Segment 2

We go ON RECORD with our Super Bowl picks… after we bash our previous Ravens and 49ers thoughts. Stupid Harbaughs. (Did you know they’re brothers?!)

Segment 3

Boston native Matt Kline joins us to talk Rajon Rondo and the Boston Celtics. I was hoping for tears on the podcast, but he held it together while we talked about blowing up his team and whether Rajon Rondo is a better point guard than Kyrie Irving. (He’s not)

Follow Ryan at @isley23, Matt at @TBone44444444 and I’m still @Railbirdj!

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Segment 1

Did you know that Ryan wrote a song?

Really. He wrote a parody of a Taylor Swift song about Manti T’eo and his imaginary friend.  We play the song then breakdown how ESPN got beat by Deadspin, and whether or not ESPN really could (would, should) have done anything differently.

Segment 2

Did you know the Super Bowl coaches are brothers?

Gah. Stupid Harbaughs. We break down NFL Championship Sunday and talk… ugh… Harbaugh….

Segment 3

I LOVE THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS.

That’s not something that I can get away with saying very often considering their play of late, but the Cavs pulled off a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies. No big blockbuster names, but a sneaky good (and valuable) haul for the Cavs could net them a bright future.

Also, jokes on jokes on jokes on jokes.

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Segment 1

Ryan and I get our Manti T’eo on. For real. (You know, because everything else about him is fake) (Except for never tackling anyone in an Alabama jersey. That’s real) (Well, at least more real than his girlfriend)

Segment 2

Rob Chudzinski and Norv Turner watching Chip Kelly fly over Cleveland on his way from Oregon to Philadelphia. Those aren’t contrails, they’re grease stains that Chip is leaving in the sky.

Segment 3

We make our NFL Championship Sunday predictions. We’re probably wrong, but we sound damn good doing it.

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Segment 1

I’m joined by Fee’s Kompany on Q104 Cleveland radio host Allan Fee to talk NFL football!

We start by talking about Allan’s hometown team, the Seattle Seahawks. We break down Russell Wilson, Pete Carroll and the 2012 Seahawks season.

Segment 2

Allan rejoins me via Skype and we go head to head picking the Divisional round of the NFL Playoffs. I’d give you the picks here, but then you wouldn’t listen.

Segment 3

Ryan jumps in the podcast to break down the Browns coaching drama. And, boy, there’s a lot of it.

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Segment 1

Ryan is back with me via skype, and we blow out another big podcast.

The first segment addresses what we think of the Jimmy Haslam and Joe Banner firing Pat Shurmur and Tom Heckert. I’d give you a spoiler, but then you wouldn’t listen to the podcast.

(I find a way to make it way more profound than it probably is)

Segment 2

We take the plunge in the second segment. We tell you who we like the best as head coach for the Cleveland Browns. We disagree, but we don’t kill each other. I wasn’t sure that was possible.

Segment 3

We say goodbye to Ray Lewis, who announced his retirement Tuesday. He will be missed. (Seriously)

Also, we pick this weekend’s NFL Playoff games. And I sneak a joke in about Eli Manning being terrible this year because I take every opportunity I can to pick on Ryan being a New York Giants fan.

Segment 4

We answer a listener email from Kashi who asks about the likelihood of the Cleveland Cavaliers trading Anderson Varejao. Neither of us are up to 50%, but one of us is close. We finish out with some Cavs and NBA talk before I sign off with a flourish of which even the late Dick Clark would have been proud. (Not really. I barely avoid swearing and just mutter “goodbye”)

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This is a special podcast with a friend of More Than a Fan, Aaron Mcghee. Aaron is a huge Cleveland sports fan, and I thought it would be a good idea to get him on the podcast and talk Cleveland Browns.

Segment 1

We break down the Browns horrible loss to the Denver Broncos from Week 16 and start a quarterback discussion that…

Segment 2

…moves into the second segment and morphs into a game of “Finding quarterbacks for next year who are better than Brandon Weeden.”

Segment 3

Coaches? We don’t need no stinkin’ coaches.

Actually, the Browns need a new coach badly. Find out who our favorite is and if we finally agree on something.

Follow Aaron on twitter @Aaronm59!

And I’m still @RailbirdJ

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I sat down in the More Than a Fan basement with Damien Bowman and we were joined via Skype by Jeff Rich to break down the 2012-13 college football bowl season. What started off as an easy podcast quickly became a detailed conversation revolving around everything under the NCAA bowl system sun.

It was, for lack of a better term, fantastic. So fantastic that we had to break the podcast up into two parts.

Part 2 is everything you need to know about the BCS Bowls. More Jeff, more Damien, more Sam, more me and more of them proving that the Ohio/Cleveland sports blogging and podcasting community is the best around!

Check out Jeff Rich on The Cleveland Fan and follow him on twitter @JRichTCF.

Check out Damien’s work on More Than a Fan and follow him on twitter @DamienBowman.

Make absolutely sure to follow along with Samuel Drew’s bowl picks and follow him on twitter @SamuelLDrew.

And I’m still @RailbirdJ.

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I sat down in the More Than a Fan basement with Damien Bowman and we were joined via Skype by Jeff Rich to break down the 2012-13 college football bowl season. What started off as an easy podcast quickly became a detailed conversation revolving around everything under the NCAA bowl system sun.

It was, for lack of a better term, fantastic. So fantastic that we had to break the podcast up into two parts.

Part one covers all of the non-BCS bowl games. Jeff, Damien and I give our picks for the games on the podcast, and More Than a Fan’s expert statistician Samuel Drew’s picks are cherry picked by us when necessary.

We close the podcast with our break down of the non-BCS games that football watchers should be paying the closest attention.

We’ll be posting the BCS portion of the picks soon, along with a big, fancy layout of everyone’s predictions in a special Bowl Prediction Post coming soon!

Check out Jeff Rich on The Cleveland Fan and follow him on twitter @JRichTCF.

Check out Damien’s work on More Than a Fan and follow him on twitter @DamienBowman.

Make absolutely sure to follow along with Samuel Drew’s bowl picks and follow him on twitter @SamuelLDrew.

And I’m still @RailbirdJ.

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Segment 1 & 2

Ryan and I break down the big Browns win over the Chiefs. A couple of minutes in, the conversation got into coaches and the long term viability of the Browns franchise. The second segment was still Browns, but we focus on some Trent Richardson stats that Ryan dug up.

We also answer the age old (okay, few months old) who do you want; Brandon Weeden and Trent Richardson or Robert Griffin III question. But, we answered correctly. (Which means asking a completely different question) (Weird)

Segment 3

It’s NFL BUZZ time! Every game, every story and every stupid joke from NFL Week 14.

Segment 4

The Cleveland Indians signed Mark Reynolds. Yippee.

Also, Ryan lets us know the big winners from the MLB Winter Meetings. (The Indians didn’t win)

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Segment 1

Damien and I talk BCS Bowls. From top to bottom, team to team. I make Damien give his bowl picks and invite you all to call him and tell him he’s wrong.

Also, we hate pretty hard on Kirk Herbstreit. Not only was he a douche while bashing NIU, he was WRONG.

Segment 2

We tackle coaching changes, especially Bret Bielema. (We also tackle how to say his name. Things get interesting.)

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I lied. I said there were going to be four segments of the podcast. Turns out that Ryan and I can talk pretty extensively about the Browns and the rest of the NFL. We’ll get more Cavs involved soon. I promise. (Forget I just admitted to lying)

Segment 1

We break down the Browns victory against the Raiders. From the good to the bad to the ugly. It’s all here.

Ryan isn’t as negative as I thought he would be. Which is weird. I mean, he even referred to himself as a Debbie Downer somewhere today.

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Segment 2 & 3

We hit every game of the NFL Week 13 slate. Even the Jets.

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Things are a little different this week. We had some technical difficulties and Ryan had some scheduling difficulties. I sat down for two long segments, one with Ryan and one with Damien.

Segment 1

Ryan and I talk about the Cleveland Browns victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. We tackle Brandon Weeden, Colt McCoy, Pat Shurmur and Trent Richardson.

It’s a long segment of all Browns, all the time.

Segment 2

Next up is Damien talking BCS football. We had a pretty defined plan for the podcast going into this segment – which was going to be two segments – but once Damien dropped his #1 NCAA football team on me, we got pretty derailed.

We made our own Top Ten, talked about fired coaches and went through a big Ohio State Buckeyes scenario. Damien is probably the smartest MTAF staffer we have. Thank God I’m so much more attractive than he is.

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The very first Few Good Minutes Podcast on More Than a Fan is here! This is the one where I talk about comparing Brandon Weeden to Robert Griffin III and Andrew Luck.

Here’s the tweet that started it all:

Damn RG3 looks 100 times better than Weeden against the Cowboys.

— Robbie Mac(@TheeRobMac) November 22, 2012

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