Big Screen Sports - The Sports Movie ...

Hosted by Kyle Bandujo, Big Screen Sports is a weekly film review podcast discussing the best and worst in the sports movie universe. The on-screen sports action, big chill moments, actors that may or may not look like athletes, and everything that worked or didn't work about your favorite and least favorite sports movies.

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Five Best Fictional Non-QB Football Players wit...
QBs get too much love, so football writer and author of "The Blood and Guts: How Tight Ends Save Football" Tyler Dunne joins Kyle to rank his top five fictional football players that don't play QB.
27 min
77
"The Holiday" with Alex McDaniel & Caroline Darney
Caroline Darney, Alex McDaniel, and Kyle Bandujo celebrate the holiday season by swapping houses, befriending senior citizens, and basking in the glow of Jude Law's hotness. Today we're talking "The Holiday."
114 min
78
"Die Hard" with Caroline Darney and Ryan Nanni
The Big Screen Sports Patreon group voted for a Christmas movie to be covered, and picked the jolliest movie of the season, "Die Hard." Caroline Darney, Ryan Nanni, and Kyle Bandujo talk negotiating with terrorists while on cocaine, which character should be replaced by Air Bud, and what's the deal with bearer bonds?
116 min
79
"Jackass: The Movie" with Tobin Hodges
Comedy might've peaked when Butterbean knocked out Johnny Knoxville. Tobin Hodges joins Kyle Bandujo to break down the first installment of "Jackass" on the big screen.
80 min
80
Top 5's: Best Movie Santas & Fictional Athletes...
Rattling off Top Five lists based on prompts submitted by the BSS Patreon Group, with help from guest Danny Wiser.
39 min
81
"Eddie" with Ben Cruz
Whoopi coaching the Knicks can't be worst than the real thing. Ben Cruz returns to Big Screen Sports to join Kyle Bandujo in talking hecklers, bad Texas accents, Gary Payton holding a grudge, and everything else in the basketball comedy "Eddie."
81 min
82
"The Rainmaker" with Caroline Darney
Big Screen Sports returns to the courtroom, with Caroline Darney and Kyle Bandujo breaking down evil corporations, witness tampering, and everything else in "The Rainmaker."
84 min
83
Talking Sports Movies and "Bull Durham" with Wr...
First-ballot Sports Movie Hall of Famer Ron Shelton joins Big Screen Sports to talk his career making movies such as "Tin Cup" and "Bull Durham," as well as his new book "The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit”
25 min
84
"Scream" with Caroline Darney
Big Screen Sports takes on Halloween by covering a movie about the worst boyfriend of all-time. Caroline Darney and Kyle Bandujo talk cruel teens, horror movie homages, and one of the best opening sequences in film history with "Scream."
93 min
85
"The Mighty Ducks" with Caroline Darney
If there's one movie to show youth sports parents exactly how not to act, it'd be "The Mighty Ducks." Caroline Darney joins Kyle Bandujo to talk terrible adults, the importance of Minnesota Pee-Wee hockey, and the terrible time had by Adam Banks.
98 min
86
Sports Movie Top-Fives with Danny Wiser
Rattling off Top Five lists based on prompts submitted by the BSS Patreon Group, with help from guest Danny Wiser.
42 min
87
"Argo" with Brian Gill
Brian Gill returns to Big Screen Sports to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the potential Affleck peak, "Argo."
79 min
88
"Armageddon" with Caroline Darney and Mike Goli...
Did civilization peak with Michael Bay sending a group of oil drillers to blow up an asteroid? Yeah, probably. Caroline Darney and Mike Golic Jr return to Big Screen Sports to join Kyle Bandujo in breaking down every aspect of "Armageddon."
115 min
89
"Trouble With The Curve" with Christopher Crawf...
Christopher Crawford and Keith Law return to Big Screen Sports and join Kyle Bandujo to "celebrate" the 10-year anniversary of the worst baseball movie of all-time, "Trouble With The Curve." They break down miscasting, poor pacing, and every willful ignorance of the game that makes this film a baseball travesty.
80 min
90
"National Treasure" with Caroline Darney and Al...
The band gets back together to steal the Declaration of Independence. Alex McDaniel, Caroline Darney, and Kyle Bandujo talk horrible fashion, bad security, and everything else that comes with the Patron's Movie of the Month, "National Treasure."
100 min
91
"High Flying Bird" with Tipping Pitches
Alex Bazeley and Bobby Wagner of "Tipping Pitches" return to Big Screen Sports to join Kyle Bandujo in breaking down a different kind of sports movie in "High Flying Bird." The trio talks Soderbergh's take on player empowerment, a run time that might've actually been too short, and why Erick Scott is the weirdest #1 pick ever.
96 min
92
Top Five Journalism Movies with Jeff Pearlman
NYT best-selling author Jeff Pearlman returns to Big Screen Sports to join Kyle Bandujo in talking out his Top Five journalism movies, as well as some just-missed films.
66 min
93
"Bend It Like Beckham" with Haley O'Shaugnessy ...
Kyle Bandujo is joined by Haley O'Shaughnessy and Shireen Ahmed to talk great soccer action, important representation, understanding because you're Irish, and everything else in the classic soccer film "Bend It Like Beckham."
72 min
94
"Major League" with Tommy Strafaci
A first-ballot Hall of Fame sports movie deserves two episodes. Kyle Bandujo & Tommy Strafaci (better known as @RandomMLBStars on Instagram) revisit "Major League," talking the prefect blend incredible comedy and great baseball action, the best summer of Rick Vaughn's life, and Rachel Phelps inventing Moneyball before Billy Beane.
90 min
95
"Superbad" with Ben Cruz
Ben Cruz of The Ringer joins Kyle Bandujo to talk drawing dicks, fake IDs, Irish R&B singers, cocaine singing sessions, and much more to celebrate the 15th anniversary of "Superbad."
94 min
96
"Kingpin" with JR Hickey and Pete Hart
On this episode of Big Screen Sports, Kyle Bandujo, JR Hickey ,and Pete Hart breakdown bowling with a rubber hand, Amish finances, if you can get sick from drinking piss, and everything else in the bowling comedy "Kingpin."
80 min
97
"Speed" with Caroline Darney and Ryan Nanni
Pop quiz, hotshot. Caroline Darney and Ryan Nanni return to Big Screen Sports to break down the classic action movie "Speed." Talking Keanu's hungover bravery, the possible gambling debts of crazed bomber Howard Payne, physics of jumping a bus, and everything else.
119 min
98
"The Greatest Game Ever Played" with Alex Kirshner
Disney goes golfing. Alex Kirshner joins Kyle Bandujo to break down Shia's talent, stuffy British golfers, and every single way Disney used the 1913 U.S. Open to tug at your heartstrings in "The Greatest Game Ever Played."
59 min
99
"Youngblood" with Andrew Bucholtz
There might not be a more 80's sports movie than Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, and Keanu Reeves playing Canadian Junior Hockey in "Youngblood." Andrew Bucholtz joins Kyle Bandujo to talk weird hazing, big fights, and bad refs in the 1986 hockey cult classic.
65 min
100
"A League Of Their Own" with Savannah McCann
Even after thirty years, "A League Of Their Own," still holds up. Baseball America's Savannah McCann joins Kyle Bandujo to break down all aspects the surefire Hall of Fame sports movie, including "there's no crying in baseball," the incredible old stadium set pieces, and the only character that really didn't work.
76 min