Season 4 Episode 32- Mike Harrington, Matt Crossman

On the thirty-second episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Mike Harrington (The Buffalo News) and Matt Crossman (SB Longform, Bleacher Report, Rolling Stone). Starting the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the NFL, the start of the Major League Baseball hot stove, and Connor McDavid's injury. The book club update starts to focus on "The Death of WCW," "Hockey Stories," and the new Al Michaels' book. Finally, the show ends with Pick4. -Mike Harrington is making his second appearance (00:30:48) on the podcast. Harrington talks about the divide between himself as someone covering the Buffalo Sabres and the fans cheering for the team to finish dead last. Mike explains his reservations about the current group of Sabres prospects, speculates if fans would be patient enough to let Connor McDavid or Jack Eichel develop enough to lead the Sabres to the playoffs, and wonders if Terry Murray is the right general manager to accomplish the rebuild. Before he goes, Mike also admits that the ECAC is one of college hockey's elite conferences (sort of). -Matt Crossman is making his fifth appearance (1:10:33) on the podcast. Matt joins us to talk about the exciting end of the NASCAR season. Matt gives the pros and cons of the new elimination style Chase for the Cup, explains why Miami is the best spot for the final race, and speculates on the narrative had Ryan Newman wrecked Kevin Harvick to win the championship. Matt also talks about Jeff Gordon's legacy, writing for Rolling Stone magazine, and what he would say to Neil Peart.