The Maestro, Brian Hake
Co-Host of Sports Wednesday Worldwide!
Brian Hake is the Maestro, Sports Wednesday's official Yinzer, a man who stands alone, dedicated to making the show sound great and to preventing the show from devolving into an all-Cleveland love fest.
The Maestro, Brian Hake has hosted 269 Episodes.
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12.19.18: Top Sports Stories of 2018, plus We can't figure out the NFL! and Big Contract trivia: who earned the most money last year?
December 19th, 2018 | 49 mins 40 secs
We each pick our personal top story for 2018, plus we try to figure out the NFL: Are the Chargers charging? Are the Chiefs chiefing? And we talk the big numbers as we take on sports contract trivia.
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12.12.18 If CFP teams were rock bands...What's in Urban's head...The Bowls are upon us, plus Wide Receiver Trivia, Locks of the Week and the MLS Championship
December 12th, 2018 | 48 mins 46 secs
appalachain state, atlanta united, black sabbath, cfp, college football playoff, foo fighters, football, kiss, locks, mls, ncaa, nfl, picks, pink floyd, portland timbers, rock bands
Who would the top 4 college football playoff teams be as rock bands? We speculate about what's going on in Urban's head...Hooray! The Bowls are upon us! Plus Wide Receiver Trivia, Locks of the Week and the MLS Championship
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11.28.18: Rivalry Recaps, Turkey Day Pigskins, Conference Championship Trivia and the Dominance of Mariano Rivera
November 28th, 2018 | 39 mins 26 secs
We recap last week's rivalry games in college football and look ahead to conference championship week with some trivia, break down the NFL's Turkey Day ballgames and discuss the dominance of closer Mariano Rivera.
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11.21.18 College Football Rivalry Week, NFL Turkey Day matchups and Thanksgiving Sports Trivia
November 21st, 2018 | 41 mins 45 secs
bears, chicago, college football, cowboys, dallas, detroit, falcons, lions, michigan, new orleans, nfl, ohio state, osu, redskins, saints, washington
We make our Rivalry Week picks, talk about the NFL's Turkey Day matchups plus locks of the week and Thanksgiving Day sports trivia
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11.14.18: Let's talk Tanking: solid strategy or betrayal of the game? Plus D3 mascots, Heisman trivia and great fan moments
November 14th, 2018 | 1 hr 12 mins
cavs, college football playoff, football, heisman, lakers, lebron, mlb, nba, ncaa, nfl, tickets
More teams are tanking than ever before - deliberately losing games in order to get better draft picks. Is this a legit rebuilding strategy or a betrayal of the fans? We also share great fan moments, D3 mascots, Heisman trivia and, as always, locks of the week.
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11.07.18: College Football Playoff Picture, NFL Wild Card Speculation, Maestro's Time Machine and knee-jerk reactions! Plus, games to watch, lineman trivia, locks of the week and more...
November 7th, 2018 | 1 hr 12 mins
alabama, anthony munoz, bobcats, carolina, chicago bears, cincinnati, clemson, college football, crepuscular, dune, east coast basketball, football, lebron james, leveon bell, lneman trivia, miami, michigan, minnesota vikings, ncaa, new orleans saints, nfl, notre dame, ohio, ohio state, penn state, redhawks, youth sport participation
We talk through this past weekend's college football games and how the CFP is impacted, pluswe make our NFL wildcard picks, explore Maestro's idea for a time machine, stumble through a segment called "knee-jerk reactions" and, as always, have lineman trivia, locks of the week and final thoughts about LeBron, LeVeon and unresearched claims about youth sports. It's a hot mess of goodness.
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10.31.18: BoSox Reign, the Ghost Coaches of Cleveland, Best Non-bar Candies, College Football Playoff Rankings, plus the strangest technical glitch of all time, D3 mascots, Pro Soccer trivia and Locks of the Week
October 31st, 2018 | 1 hr 17 mins
alabama, atlanta braves, baseball, basetball, boston red sox, cfp, cheesesteaks, chicago cubs, clemson, clevaldn cavs, cleveland browns, cleveland indians, college football payoff, columbus crew, david blatt, green terror, green wave, gregg williams, houston astros, hue jackson, la dodgers, lsu, mean green, michigan, milwaukee brewers, mlb, mls, nba, ncaa, nfl, northwestern, notre dame, oklahoma, penn state, pittsburgh steelers, pugent sound loggers, soccer, sons of ben, sooners, sports, todd hailey, ty lue, william and frnaklin diplomats, world series
10.31.18: BoSox reign supreme, we're haunted by the Ghost Coaches of Cleveland, We debate the Best Non-bar Candies, review the College Football Playoff Rankings, plus, experience the strangest technical glitch of all time, D3 mascots, Pro Soccer trivia and Locks of the Week...
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10.24.18 World Series! Ohio State's Fall from Grace...Plus Cavs Win Watch, D3 College Mascots and Defunct Team Trivia!
October 23rd, 2018 | 1 hr 1 min
baseball, boston red sox, cavs, college football, defunct teams, la dodgers, mascots, mlb, nba, ncaa, nfl, ohio state, pick 'em, playoff, world series
The Fall Classic is underway and we break down this World Series, plus we look at Ohio State's fall from grace, fire up our Cavs Win Watch ticker and have some fun with D3 college Mascots and defunct sports teams.
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10.17.18: Greatest Sports Mustache Champion Crowned, plus #SavedTheCrew, NHL Preview and loads of NCAA and NFL football talk! Not to mention Games to Watch, D3 College Mascots, Hockey Trivia and more!
October 17th, 2018 | 1 hr 16 mins
college mascots, columbus crew, football aaron rodgers, games to watch, hockey, kansas city chiefs, mls, mustache city, mustache madness, nfl, nhl, preview, qbs, quarterbacks, sports mustaches, sports trivia, trivia
MustacheMadness comes to an end as we crown the greatest sports mustache of all time! Plus the Columbus Crew has been #saved, we look at the upcoming NHL season, talk loads of NCAA Pretenders and Contenders, NFL football parity, highlight the games to watch this weekend and have D3 college mascot and hockey trivia.
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10.10.28: Mustache Madness Finals! Baseball League Championship Series, NBA Preview, D3 college mascots andmore
October 10th, 2018 | 1 hr 11 mins
alcs, astros, brewers, dale earnhardt, dodgers, dr mascots, goose gossage, hulk hogan, mlb, mustache, mustache madness, ncaa, nfl, nlcs, playoffs, redsox, rollie fingers, yankees
10.10.28: Mustache Madness heads into the finals. We preview the matchup for our effort to determine the greatest mustache in sports history. Plus, we talk ALCS and NLCS and possible series matchups, Make our 2019 NBA Picks, locks of the week, October trivia and D3 college mascots.
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10.03.18: FIGHT NIGHT! Hats of the Week gets nasty! MLB Playoff predictions, Mustache Madness update, NFL picks, D3 College Mascots and more
October 3rd, 2018 | 1 hr 21 mins
adam rosales, al, alma scots, alvenia golden wolves, baseball playoffs, bill buckner, bjon borg, brevard college tornadoes, cairn highlanders, d3 mascots, dale earnhardt, fantasy sports, goose gossage, hats of the week, hulk hogan, indians, jack tatum, kurt rambis, lakers, lebron james, listener mail, mark spitz, mlb, ncaa football, nfl picks, red sox, reggie jackson, rollie fingers, sheffield wednesday, skidmore thoroughbreds, sporting news, sports mustaches, susquehanna riverhawks, swedish chef, ursuline arrows, wwe
FIGHT NIGHT! Coach and BMOC throw down over hats of the week, plus MLB playoff predictions, Mustache Madness update, a new card is drawn from the big box o'cards, D3 college mascots, locks of the week and Wild Card trivia...
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09.26.18: Greatest Sports Mustaches, Winner, Winner Browns and Tiger, D3 Mascots and Listener Mail
September 26th, 2018 | 1 hr 3 mins
adam rosales, alma scots, bill buckner, bjon borg, cairn highlanders, d3 mascots, dale earnhardt, fantasy sports, goose gossage, hulk hogan, indians, jack tatum, kurt rambis, lakers, lebron james, listener mail, mark spitz, mlb, ncaa football, nfl picks, red sox, reggie jackson, rollie fingers, sporting news, sports mustaches, susquehanna riverhawks, swedish chef, ursuline arrows, wwe
09.26.18: We seed the top 8 sports mustaches of all time in preparation for Mustache Madness, plus we have live audio of the Brown's win, talk Tiger Woods and Tinder, plus Listener Mail, D3 Mascots, and Baseball Playoff trivia
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09.20.18: NFL, NCAAF - What we do and do not know after 2 weeks; plus Patriot Josh Gordon, MLB regular season winds down and
September 19th, 2018 | 1 hr 7 mins
aaa national championship game, alabama, big ten, cleveland browns, cleveland indians, georgia, josh gordon, major league baseball, mlb, mlb playoffs, ncaa football, new england patriots, nfl, ohio state, sec
We're a few weeks into the NFL and College Football seasons. What do we know and what do we not know at this time? Plus, the Browns send Josh Gordon to the Patriots and sign a new kicker: is this the week they get their win? And Major League Baseball's regular season is winding down. We have what you need to keep an eye on. As always: locks of the week, hats of the week, trivia and more.
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09.04.18: Football, Football and also Football: College, NFL and more
September 4th, 2018 | 1 hr 14 mins
afc, big 12, big ten, college football, football, ncaa, ncaaf, nfc, nfl, pac 10, playoffs, sec, super bowl
Are you ready for some football? The SW crew recaps week one of college football and makes bold and insane predictions for the upcoming NFL season. Plus we talk tennis, alumni soccer and an all-new Maestro Decides.
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08.29.18: Nicknames on Jerseys! Plus CFB Week One Picks, Urban Update, No Way - Yes Way and Maestro's upcoming match
August 29th, 2018 | 1 hr 8 mins
alumni soccer, baseball, bcs, cfb, college football, fan, lock of the week, mickey klutts, mlb, nicknames, no way, ohio state, picks, player's weekend, sports, sports trivia, tiger woods, urban meyer, yes way
What the heck is MLB "Players Weekend" and why are there nicknames on their jerseys! Plus College Football Week One Picks, Urban Meyer update, No Way - Yes Way, Mickey Klutts Update, and we talk about Maestro's upcoming Alumni Soccer Game.
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08.22.18 College Football Predictions, Cupcake games, MLB Update, Rants, Trivia and Hats of the Week
August 22nd, 2018 | 1 hr 2 mins
acc, baseball playoffs, big 10, big 12, cfb, college football, cubs, hats, mac, mid-american, mlb, mountain west, nationals, pac 10, predictions, sun belt
The SW team picks conference winners for College Football, explores the phenomenon of cupcake games, talks through the Cubs-Nationals trade, predict how many games out the last place teams will finish, plus rants, trivia, hats of the week and more. Sponsored by Hoopsters.store.