The fact that people are slamming Castellanos home run bets because the Pope died says so much about life in 2025.

Boxing fans, here's your first look at the heavyweight rankings as of April 8, 2030 (click the link for further details: boxingscene.com/articles/fiv...)

From just about a year ago, a little note I ran at the bottom of a column (the next column after my 50th anniversary piece on Foreman-Norton):

"This is the only major sporting event I know of where people bet underdogs." Thomas Casale joined LOW ROLLERS this week to talk March Madness (and to let us know we should have been betting college hoops in November and December, not now).

I hate to be "that guy" ... (OK, no I don't) ... I wrote this column for Ringside Seat in November 2022 ...

Attention MERDLE Nation: The listener mailbag is officially open. merdlepodcast.substack.com/p/the-1st-me...

With IBHOF inductions announced tomorrow, figured I'd share my ballot for the "modern" category. Pacquiao is an obvious pick. I also feel Pongsaklek separated himself somewhat from the rest. Beyond that, not much distance between Hernandez, Casamayor, and Sahaprom & a few others I nearly voted for.

Super-sized Saturday episode of the ICBP! BWAA Courage Award winner Ed Mulholland joins the pod to talk boxers, snapping pics, and beating throat cancer, plus Kieran andI c over #LopezOrtiz, Keyshawn, #HaneyGarcia, True Detective Ep 5, and more: tinyurl.com/mr235p27