alligatorSports Podcast 6-30-09

On a "Year That Was" edition of the alligatorSports Podcast, Adam Berry and Phil Kegler further explain the Top 10 UF Athletes of 2008-09 list, look back on the 2008-09 sports year and some of its highs and lows, then talk about Nick Calathes in the NBA Draft as well as how the Gators will replace him next season. Before handing out their Reggie Nelson Awards for Excellence in the Field of Sport and Kyle Jackson Bad Angles of the Week (including a surprisingly lengthy, angry conversation about riding the bus in Gainesville), the two do a four-topic round of 2 Minute Warning, including a quick chat about Tim Tebow's chances of winning an ESPY.

alligatorSports Podcast 6-18-09

On a "What now?" edition of the alligatorSports Podcast, Adam Berry and Phil Kegler discuss a variety of topics related to UF and pro sports during the dry period of the summer, argue which Gators team has the brighter future on the diamond and run through several recent happenings in the 2-Minute Warning segment. The duo wraps up by giving out their weekly Reggie Nelson Awards for Excellence in the Field of Sport and Kyle Jackson Bad Angles of the Week, including one in which Phil describes a near-death experience.

alligatorSports Podcast 6-8-09

On another season-ending edition of the alligatorSports Podcast, Adam Berry, Mike McCall and Kyle Maistri discuss the UF baseball team's elimination from Super Regionals, look back on an unexpectedly successful season and speculate about the future of the program. We then look back and survey the state of UF athletics, especially the state of Gators fans and how the smaller sports are regarded in Gainesville. Finally, we make our Gator Guarantees and give out our Reggie Nelson Awards for Excellence in the Field of Sport and Kyle Jackson Bad Angles of the Week, which evolves into a somewhat disheartening talk about the corrupt, businesslike nature of sports.

alligatorSports Podcast 6-3-09

On an season-ending edition of the alligatorSports Podcast, Adam Berry and Kyle Maistri convene in their Oklahoma City hotel for the last time to discuss the UF softball team's second WCWS loss to Washington and the Gators' season as a whole. After analyzing what went wrong for the top-ranked Gators and before coming back to the current loss, they look forward to next year's team and its chances of returning to the WCWS. Before signing off around 5 a.m. CT, the two ramble on about Stacey Nelson's chances of making the national team, the All-American teams and the All-Tournament team.

alligatorSports Podcast 6-2-09

On an Adam Schick edition of the alligatorSports Podcast, Adam Berry and Kyle Maistri are joined by the first guest in the show's brief history: Adam Schick of the Gator Radio Network, who has covered the team for the past two years and brings a wealth of knowledge regarding the sport and the team. On the nearly hour-long show, we discuss the UF softball team's loss to Washington in the championship series of the Women's College World Series -- what went wrong, what the loss means and how the Gators can recover -- as well as the team's chances of staying alive and potentially coming back in the series.

alligatorSports Podcast 5-31-09

On the most constructively critical episode of the alligatorSports Podcast to date, Adam Berry and Kyle Maistri relive their day at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium in Oklahoma City, including Ali Gardiner's walk-off grand slam against Alabama and the longest WCWS game ever played. The traveling duo also dives into some deeper analysis of the UF softball team before moving on to discuss the Gators baseball team. They then wrap up the show with their Gator Guarantees, Reggie Nelson Awards for Excellence in the Field of Sport and Kyle Jackson Bad Angles of the Week, which are primarily driven by several of their deep-seated complaints.