Your life has been void of the JoeSportsFan Show for two weeks, so we decided to bring it back strong this week.

The Winter Olympics are the topic du'jour, so we decided to conduct an internal round table - you know, without the distractions of our regular glory-starved guests.

Topics Include: the USA/Canada hockey game, the best sport play nicknames, abolishing one Olympic "sport", favorite message board Olympics chatter, and anticipation of upcoming sports seasons/events.

Discussion of interesting Super Bowl bets available through BoDog.com. In short, if you're intrigued by anything other than the game itself, BoDog.com has you covered.

Guests: Dan Levy (OnTheDLPodcast.com and The Sporting Blog) and Josh Zerkle (WithLeather.com and KSK).

Topics Include: dream hometown broadcasters, 100-year curses for any city, remaking classic sports movies and "official" Super bowl picks from our contestants.

As we look at the list of notable events that occurred throughout the St. Louis sports landscape over the past two weeks, we consciously wonder if we're the victims of a carefully orchestrated WWE script.

Topics Include: Mark McGwire, the Cardinals' Winter Warmup, Tony La Russa, and potential "additions" to the St. Louis sports wrestling script.

Number 43 throughout sports (easy way to make Dennis Eckersley mustache jokes)....revisiting our random preseason NFL predictions...and a very special St. Louis/Chicago round table showdown.

Guests: Kevin Kaduk from Yahoo!'s "Big League Stew" and Sarah Spain from ChicagoNow.com

Topics Include: '09 NFL surprises, athletes on "The Apprentice", stunning sports moments, the St. Louis/Chicago rivalry and blogs we vow to read more in 2010.

It's fan appreciation (read: self-indulgent) night at the ballpark (read: podcast) for the always (read: never) humble JoeSportsFan Show featuring yours truly and Josh Bacott. Hoozah.

Topics Include: our personal favorite columns and podcast clips from 2009.

In this episode, Sebek and Bacott discuss a story near and dear to St. Louis; another Cardinals player receiving a DWI. This time it was David Freese. Previously, it was Tony La Russa, Scott Spiezio and Josh Hankcock. The local message board goons had quite a bit to say about this revelation, so brought back the much-requested "Thought From a Message Board" segment. Soft music and inspiration from "the people".

Guests: Ron Wechsler, VP of series development & production in ESPN's Content Development Unit...and Spencer Hall, from EDSBS and SB Nation.

Topics Include: hockey goalie nicknames, the best sports trophies, fire "xxx" coach websites, and the best sports year of the past decade.

Episode 40 (XXXX, for those keeping tabs on their Roman Numeral cheat sheet), talking about women in sports. In a recent SI.com piece by Iam Thomsen, NBA commissioner, David Stern, revealed that it's "in the range of possibility" that women will play in the NBA within 10 years. While we think Stern needs his urine checked, we discuss which major sport is most likely to field women in the near future. We're so diplomatic.

Guests: DJ Gallo, the grand poobah of The Sports Pickle and a frequent contributor to ESPN's Page 2... and JoeSportsFan's own Aaron Perlut, who has been featured on ESPN a variety of times as the Chairman of the American Mustache Institute.

Topics Include: athete's drinking, terrible sports automobile art, athlete cameos in non-sports movies, and former star athletes returning to your home team.

With the announcement of Derek Jeter as the 2009 Sports Illustrated "Sportsman of the Year", we delve into the phenomenon of athletic man crushes. There are many types of man crushes in sports; man crushes on coaches, man crushes on athletes and man crushes that we *now* regret. In Episode 39 of the JoeSportsFan Show, we review some of the notable sports personalities in each category.

Guests: Jimmy Traina (grand poohbah of SI.com's "Hot Clicks"...and Richard Deitsch (the cyber czar behind SI.com's always-entertaining "Media Circus" column).

Topics Include: sports references in non-sports movies, unhealthy athlete man crushes, casting athletes in famous Christmas movies and embarrassing jerseys.

USA Today is taking a look at NFL tailgates across the country…and if they're compliant with "recommended" policies set forth by the NFL. Most aren't (surprise), and the NFL is thinking about toughening their guidelines. Some agree with the NFL's attempt to limit hours and subsequent binge boozing. Others (namely, those boozing)….not so much. We discuss the implications.

Guests: Dan Levy (OnTheDLPodcast and The Sporting Blog)…as well as first-timer Josh Zerkle (WithLeather and KissingSuzyKolber).

Topics Include: Restricting other miscellaneous NFL fan activities, Charlie Weis' next job, athletes getting pantsed, gruesome sports injuries and blogs we're extremely thankful for.

We begin Episode 37 by rehashing the greatest #37 to walk the planet; Keith Hernandez. We also discuss a little Twitter trend the emerged this week; rejected ESPN "30 for 30" concepts.

Guests: Will Brinson (AOL Fanhouse, BusterSports.com, Brahsome.com) and Zach Harper (TalkHoops.net).

Topics Include: worst haircuts in sports, boring uniforms, sports wall posters and celebrities running sports franchises.

We review the news of Mark McGwire becoming the new St. Louis Cardinals hitting coach the only way we know how; by looking at ridiculous message board comments from across the nation.

Guests: Jay Busbee (Y! From the Marbles, Y! Devil Ball Golf) and Maggie Hendricks (Y! Cagewriter)

Topics Include: stadium names, crying NFL players, athlete Halloween costumes, non-athlete broadcasters.

we discussed a few seemingly useless enhancements to the MLB playoff baseball television experience. We also reviewed JoeSportsFan's miraculous appearance on ESPN's SportsNation last week and I gave a few thoughts regarding Blogs with Balls in Vegas last week.

Guests: Adam Best (FanSided.com) and Chris Lucas (Blogs with Balls)

Topics Include: Worst sports week you've experienced, fat football coaches, bad NFL quarterbacks and tailgating with professional athletes.

Sebek and Bacott review one of the most successful columns in JoeSportsFan.com history; Jersey Wearing 101. In this column, Mr. Bacott broke down 7 rules that should govern any sports fan when they're choosing a personalized sports jersey.

Rules include: "No personal first names," "No personal last names" and "Clever names or numbers aren't clever".

We give our 2009 MLB Playoff Predictions (JoeSportsFan style, of course) - including guessing which playoff team's locker room smells the worst after a post-game celebration. Really the answers our listeners deserve.

Guests: an interview with the Senior Editor of Yahoo! Sports Blogs, Jamie Mottram about his infamous interview with Reggie Jackson (covered way-back-when on Episode #2 of this show) .

Topics include: worst team name in professional sports, high school athlete footage, sports injuries, playoff baseball, and creative field modifications.

We also chatted about last weekend's hideous throw-back jerseys that a variety of NFL teams wore in Week 3. The recent collection included the Tennessee Titans wearing some relatively-recent Houston Oilers throw-back jerseys and Bacott pondered if it would be possible for the Baltimore Ravens to wear some "old school" Cleveland Browns jerseys...while playing the current Cleveland Browns.

We also managed to sneak in a little "Thoughts From a Message Board" regarding this column. Intriguing stuff, as always.

Guests: Jay Busbee (Manages the golf and NASCAR blogs for Yahoo! Sports) and Will Brinson (Editor in Chief at Buster Sports.com, featured blogger for AOL's FanHouse).

Topics include: worst team name in professional sports, high school athlete footage, sports injuries, playoff baseball, and creative field modifications.

Mr. Sebek and Mr. Bacott conduct a little Week One Random NFL Observations as well as chat a little "This Week in History" - where we recap a variety of interesting nuggets that occurred in the weird, wild, world (+2 blogging points for good usage of alliteration) of sports yesteryear.

Guests: Jon Pyle from Pyle of List and True Slant and Chris Littmann from FirstCuts, The Sporting Blog and The Baseline.

Topics include: stadium bathroom infractions, Week One NFL surprises, Abbott & Costello and sports equipment rule changes.

In lieu of the holiday weekend, Sebek and Bacott forego the weekly "Wiffle Ball" round table to speak intelligently about just how bad the Pittsburgh Pirates have sucked for the past 17 years. It really is quite impressive. Have you ever wondered how many seasons the Pirates never played above .500 baseball? Or what about the amount of talent that they traded away in 17 years? We have your answers.

Guests: No guests this week; just the soothing tones of Mr. Sebek and Mr. Bacott.

Topics include: The 1918 World Series (Red Sox/Cubs), the Pittsburgh Pirates' suckitude, and NFL "Thoughts from the Message Board".

After a week off, Episode 28 began with discussion about the new "JoeSportsFan Radio Network" and talk about the infamous 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis, which may stand as the shittiest Olympic Games ever.

Guests: Sarah Spain (MouthpieceSports.com) and Ryan Hudson (RealClearSports.com).

Topics include: dumbest rule/scoring decision in sports, terrible "athlete after their prime" jerseys, one coach you'd like to play for, and most surprising 2009 NFL team.

Episode 27 began by reliving the ridiculous details behind the infamous George Brett "pinetar game". As it turns out, there's plenty more to the story than Brett emerging from the dugout like a crazed lunatic. Before and after the weekly "Wiffle Ball" round table, we give our 2009 NFL Previews.

Guests: Tim Ryan (The Sports Hernia) and show newbie, Stephen Douglas (Cousins of Ron Mexico).

Topics include: slugging Brett Favre in the teeth, best sport to watch in HD, athlete meltdowns and sitting in on one disciplinary meeting with Roger Goodell.

The fellas began the episode talking about the big baseball card news last week. Topps has been given exclusive access to use MLB team names and logos on their baseball cards. Others cannot. Pretty big news. Well, for us. Thus, we broke down the decline of the baseball card "industry" with a little assistance from our friend, Don West.

Guests: Jon Pyle - who manages (Pyle Of List) and is a featured contributor for (True Slant) and Jerod Morris - a fellow Midwesterner and, well, that guy.

Topics include: baseball cards that you thought would pay for college, past pitchers throwing for your home team, least glorious umpiring/official gig.

Sebek and Bacott began the show talking about "This Week in History" (August 3rd) and transitioned into a riveting discussion about "Jock Rock", the infamous compilation of the "Greatest Crowd Rocking Anthems of All Time". We played a few of the anthems and it brought back nostalgic, backyard memories of athletic domination while listening to the American classic on the boom-box.

Guests: Dan Steinberg (The Washington Post's "DCSportsBog") and Dan Shanoff (DanShanoff.com and TimTeblog.com)

Topics include: stupid stadium promotional giveaways, fascinating Twitter athletes, athletes that could fight in the MMA, and missing "old school" aspects of sports.

A little change of pace for the JoeSportsFan Show as Sebek and Bacott began Episode 24 talking about oddities that occurred during "this week in history". Sebek and Bacott also observed athletes currently on this week's top "Google Trends"...as compared them to the top Google searches that led people to this here site. Quite a comparison. Post "Wiffle Ball" discussion involved chatter about ESPN sending baseball analysts closer to the field in the July 27, 2009 game between the Cardinals and Dodgers.

Guests: Chris Mottram (SB Nation, Mister Irrelevant.com) and Spencer Hall (The Sporting Blog, EDSBS.com).

Topics include: putting sports analysts in strategic locations, "Jock Jams", signature athlete equipment and the best nicknames in sports.

Episode 23 began by discussing a hot-button topic on JoeSportsFan.com; namely, a photo recap of the USA/Canada Adult Mens Slow-Pitch Softball game. The softball hooligans are not happy with Mr. Sebek, as belligerent comments are pouring in by the dozen from angry, mustached, softball hardcores.

Guests: Jimmy Traina (SI.com's "Hot Clicks"), Dan Levy (OnTheDLPodcast.com) and Don Povia (Hugging Harold Reynolds).

Topics include: Seinfeld athletes, inspirational sports movie speeches, worst athlete hair and athlete autobiographies.

Sebek and Bacott kicked off Episode 22 of the JoeSportsFan Show talking about the events in and around Busch Stadium this week at the MLB All Star Game. Topics included Stan Musial, Obama's snipers, what it meant for the city of St. Louis, and the high percentage of mustaches, mullets, jean shorts that were represented at the festivities. Fun stuff.

Guests: Round table Guests: JE Skeets (Yahoo!'s "Ball Don't Lie") and Eamonn Brennen (Yahoo!'s "The Dagger" and MouthpieceSports.com).

Topics include: All Star "side events", sniping stadium vendors, athlete pre game rituals, ceremonial first pitches and sports equipment from sports movies.

The discussion in the opening segment turned into yet another riveting edition of "Thoughts from a Message Board" with topics ranging from Albert Pujols steroid accusations to bizarre responses to the Steve McNair incident

Guests: Round table Guests: Jason McIntyre from The Big Lead and veteran Tim Ryan from The Sports Hernia.

Topics include: favorite MLB All Star Game, auctioning off the Pontiac Silverdome, creating and marketing a broadcaster-endorsed candy bar, and Ron Artest raps.

Sebek and Bacott from JoeSportsFan.com begin Episode 20 talking about the U.S./Brazil Confederation Cup championship and ponder the annoying fan activities in sports. Really, it's a poor excuse to talk about how stupid ThunderSticks really are.

Guests: Round table guests are our very own Patrick Imig, DJ Gallo (ESPN Page 2 and SportsPickle.com) and Jon Pyle (PyleOfList.com).

Topics include: retro professional sports logos, annoying sports statistics, recasting "Major League" and Billy Mays pimping one piece of sports memorabilia.

The JoeSportsFan trio (Sebek, Bacott and Imig) is back in studio together after a week off. Bacott saw "The Hangover" which features a cameo by Mike Tyson and began to wonder if there are any athletes, like Tyson, who we largely underestimated as children for various reasons.

Guests: Round table guests are "Greg Wyshynski (Yahoo! Puck Daddy) and Matt Ufford (WithLeather.com).

Topics include: Turning backyard games into EA Sports video games, obscure sports records, playing basketball with one video game athlete.

Matt Sebek, from JoeSportsFan, briefly discusses the "Blogs with Balls" conference in NYC and brings in Bernie Miklasz (St. Louis Post Dispatch) and Will Leitch (Deadsin and 'New York' Magazine) to talk about some of the "traditional vs. new school" media topics that emerged from the event.

Topics include: Current/former professional athletes on adult mens softball teams, "credibility" in modern sports coverage, digital tools such as Twitter serving as a complement to traditional media (e.g. print, radio) and what (if anything) have we learned a year later from the Bissenger/Will Leitch exchange.

The JoeSportsFan crew of Sebek, Bacott and Imig talk about the construction of a full scale softball field next to Busch Stadium and what it means for the upcoming 2009 All Star Game in their hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

Guests: Round table guests are "Blogs with Balls" panelists, Jimmy Traina (SI.com) and Sarah Spain (Mouthpiece Sports).

Topics include: reuniting 90s sitcoms, sleeping in ticket lines for sporting events, casting one athlete in "Saved by the Bell" and television theme songs as at-bat music

Matt Sebek interviews Chris Lucas and Don Povia, the brains behind the upcoming "Blogs with Balls" conference on June 13th in NYC. The trio talks about common misconceptions about the event and bloggers in general.

Guests: Round table guests are Patrick Imig, Tim Ryan (The Sports Hernia) and Ethan Jaynes (NESWSports.com). Not all competitors made it top the end of this round of "Wiffle Ball". We'll just leave it at that.

Topics include: sports movies, championship games, sports psychiatrists and which WWE wrestler you would most like to see playing a "legitimate" sport.

The JoeSportsFan trio talked sports mustaches and ab0ut the "Monthly Mustache Shakedown", featured right here by our very own Dr. Aaron. Dan Lebatard sent his "mustache army" to our site last week and they promptly made sure that Dave Wannstedt won the "Best Coaching Mustache" vote last week.

Topics include: sports movies, championship games, sports psychiatrists and which WWE wrestler you would most like to see playing a "legitimate" sport.

Bacott and Imig crew discuss another batch of awe-inspiring message board thoughts hovering around the Cubs fans answer to the infamous "Zambrano Mows My Lawn" T-shirt and Bill Simmons taking his claim to be the next general manager of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Guests: Jamie Mottram (Yahoo! Sports and MisterIrrelevant.com) and The Don (HuggingHaroldReynolds.com).

Topics include: celebrity athletes, 80s baseball cards, athlete tirades, Mike Tyson's Punch Out and rare athlete charities.

The gang talks about famous #13's and ponders the question, "Do you care if your home team/player is cheating?"

Guests: Jimmy Traina (SI.com), Kevin Kaduk (Yahoo! Sports) and Eamonn Brennan (NBC Chicago and Yahoo! Sports)

Topics include: whacking professional mascots, custom made World Series MVP automobiles, bringing one sports team into a Battle Royal and choosing one ex-professional athletes to play on your softball team.

The gang talks about the infamous "Zambrano Mows My Lawn" t-shirt and narrates some of best (read: ridiculous) message board quotes surrounding the topic.

Guests: Dan Shanoff (DanShanoff.com) and AJ Daulerio (Deadspin.com)

Topics include: most desired professional sporting venue, hiring the new ESPN ombudsman, banishing Alex Rodriguez to one country for eternity and putting one figure from the world of sports on a one month media-free sabbatical.

Talk about sporting events where the "event" is bigger than the "sport"

Guests: Dan Steinberg (DC Sports Bog) and Dan Levy (OnTheDL Podcast)

Topics include: banning one Major League Baseball game tradition, teleporting into the life of one childhood sitcom star, punching one professional coach/manager in the teeth, disappointing sporting events, biggest gap between the watching "live" and "from the couch" experiences.