Here’s the last of our 3-part year in review for 2016. In this episode we bring on our old buddy Spencer Gardner to talk about the year in sports. It’s pretty much only for the hardcore fans (there’s a lot of nerdy talk about the NBA, among other things), but we had fun. Happy New Year to you all. We’re really holding our breath for 2017 …
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The Year in Sports Hair
Top ‘Do Nominees:
Most with Least Award Nominees [Bald of the Year]
- Brian Urlacher [Spencer]
- Rodrigo Palacio [Steel]
- Wayne Rooney [Dave]
Best Sports Moments
- The Block! [All of us]
- Lily King Mutombos Efimova [Spencer]
- Michael Phelps’ Death Stare in the pre-race warmup room [Dave]
- Cubs Win the World Series after 108 year drought! [Spencer]
- Leicester City, a provincial club who were nearly relegated in 2015, win the English Premier League, the wealthiest football league in the world. [Steel]
- Iceland, a nation of 350,000 people, made the quarterfinals of the European Championship, beating England to get there. The commentators’ call of their late, match-winning goal against Austria is the best thing ever. [Steel]
- Conor McGregor talks trash about people he beats up. [Dave]
Kabaddi!
The coolest sport you’ve never heard of. Check it out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSJfAOiulZg
Featured Image: Collage made from Robert Beck‘s images of Steven Adams for Sports Illustrated