In episode four of Sports IQ, we explore how fighting become such a normal part of the game of hockey and not other (non-combat) sports. What about the development of the sport made fighting common place and will it always be a part of the game?

Anthony interviews Michael Robidoux, a professor at the University of Ottawa, school of human kinetics, faculty of health sciences to learn more.

How did you fall in love with your favorite team or teams? Are you a fan of multiple teams in the same league? Do you always root for the underdog? In episode three of Sports IQ, we aim to figure out the emotional and psychological reasons we chose to root for the teams we do. Anthony interviews his daughter Isla and Edward Hirt, who is a professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University, to find out some of the psychology behind sports fandom.

In episode two of Sports IQ, we try to answer why college sports are so popular here, but not in other countries? To find out, Anthony interviews Victoria Jackson, a professor and historian at Arizona State University.

Find out what the first EVER official college athletics contest in the U.S. was, what role college football played in the college sports industry as we know it today, and what president celebrated the broken nose his son received playing football.

We've all had that argument at the bar, or watching a game with a friend. What counts as a sport? In the premiere episode of the Sports IQ podcast, I've invited some guests to try to figure it out.

In this episode I interview Rachel Fletcher, a former editor of the Cambridge Dictionary, sports writer and producer John Walters, journalist Jas Kang, and former professional wakeboarder Ben Greenwood.

Disclaimer: This episode was recorded in 2024, so some references may have aged some.

Check out some highlights from Sports IQ. Premiering January 14th.

This is a preview of my new Sports IQ podcast along with a call to action for True Stories from an Old Dirt Road fans.

Check out this preview of Sports IQ, my new podcast coming January 14th.