Joe Maddon and Tom Verducci dive into the stories of baseball this season including another milestone for Shohei Ohtani. Tom looks at the surprising feat of Royals outfielder Tyler Tolbert. Kyle Schwarber tells Tom how he struggles with 'catcher's brain' versus his 'hitter's brain'. 31 year old Matt Seelinger makes his MLB debut with the Mets, but it didn't go as planned. Plus, the little known story of Nick Testa and his MLB connection to 9/11.

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On this edition of The Best of Stugotz and Company LIVE!: Stu and Company are broadcasting live from Lake Tahoe in advance of the American Century Championship golf tournament coming up later this week as they welcome friend of the show and noted sportscaster Trey Wingo onto the show to catch up on all things sports. Taylor and Stu update how things are going on Day 3 in Tahoe.

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On this edition of The Best of Stugotz and Company LIVE!: Stu and the guys are in Lake Tahoe in advance of the American Century Championship golf tournament coming up this week as they set the scene from their location in Tahoe. Stu and the fellas react to Argentina's amazing comeback over Egypt. Plus, Stu and the guys talk about Giannis and his number change.

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On today's episode, Jason discusses the USMNT's embarrassing loss to Belgium in the Round of 16 at the World Cup, why it might be time to admit that USA might never recover from this and thus will never be able to compete with the best countries in soccer, whether Christian Pulisic is still worthy of the 'Captain America' nickname, and the arguments for Sergino Dest, Tim Ream and Matt Freese being the USA's worst players against Belgium.

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On this edition of The Best of Stugotz and Company LIVE: Stu and the fellas are broadcasting live from Lake Tahoe in advance of the American Century Championship golf tournament coming up this week as they discuss the weekend of World Cup Soccer. Taylor offers up an interesting scenario involving a break-in and tickling. Stu and Taylor tell their story of getting into Lake Tahoe.

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Chris Plank and Arnie Spanier open up this week's show reacting live to the ending of England vs. Mexico, breaking it all down as England advanced to the quarterfinals! They get into some of the other big storylines from around the tournament, including USMNT star Flo Balogun's controversial red card ban being suspended, clearing the path for him to suit up against Belgium on Monday. They also discuss Argentina narrowly surviving in an instant classic against Cape Verse, Norway taking down Brazil behind two goals from Erling Haaland, and more! Later, Arnie and Plank get into LeBron's looming decision on his next team... Where do we think he'll ultimately land? How much do we care at this point? They also react to the Celtics trading Jaylen Brown to the 76ers for Paul George and draft picks... Do we think Boston got a fair return for the former Finals MVP? Plus, Arnie's picks!

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Mark Willard and former NFL offensive tackle Ephraim Salaam open the show reacting to the news that Folarin Balogun will be available to play for the USMNT on Monday against Belgium after his controversial red card was suspended. They also hit on plenty of other World Cup storylines like Norway taking down Brazil behind two goals from Erling Haaland, Argentina narrowly surviving a thriller against Cape Verde, and more! They also react live to the Mexico vs. England match throughout the show. Later, Mark and Ephraim move over to the NBA. They react to the Celtics trading Jaylen Brown to the 76ers, discussing whether they got fair value in return. They also speculate on where they think LeBron will ultimately end up after his agent Rich Paul laid out some of his top options on a podcast this week. Plus, more fun with this week's edition of "Three Things".

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Dan Beyer & Kerry Rhodes talk about the World Cup so far, LeBron’s future in the NBA, the Celtics trading Jaylen Brown to the Sixers, Norway beats Brazil 2-1 to advance in the World Cup, Adam Caplan joins the show, some props for Kerry Rhodes, and more!

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