The Big Lead's Stephen Douglas and Kyle Koster recap episode three of Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, a dizzying and disorienting effort that raises some real questions about the sustainability of the show. A new No. 1 emerges as Dr. Jerry Buss takes a backseat to some new characters, each chockfull of eccentricity and broadness. Are we 100 percent sure Adrien Brody doesn't think he's playing Phil Jackson? A shark-hunting trip to Las Vegas largely stays in Las Vegas, plus earnest appreciation of the incredible hair featured on screen. 

Two episodes in, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty has met high expectations with a star-studded cast and that familiar Adam McKay feel. The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Stephen Douglas dive into the latest episode and endeavor to power-rank the characters. With such a crowded field, it will take a special performance to crack the Top 7. And with John C. Reilly throwing 103 mph, good luck usurping the top spot. Plenty of season left, though. 

The 2021 NFL season ended with the Los Angeles Rams taking home the Lombardi Trophy, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl LVI. It was a great year of football, and an even better one in the football broadcasting world. The quality of broadcasting has never been higher around the NFL and every network boasts a marquee pairing with a deep bench of talented secondary teams.  Before we look forward to the big changes on the horizon in the sports media realm (Al Michaels to Amazon?), let's look back upon the 2021 season and rank the seven best broadcasting booths from the NFL season. 

A 3-1 weekend moved TBL's playoff record to 6-4 and 132-118 overall. This week the boys really like the Kansas City Chiefs to roll and the San Francisco 49ers to cover. 

On this episode, Ryan Phillips and Liam McKeone debate who the top NFL quarterbacks will be in 2025. While there is considerable disagreement, both experts had the same guy at No. 1.

The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone sat through a lot of bad football during Wild Card Weekend and emerged with a 3-3 record against the spread. They'll attempt to do better as the matchups get more alluring. They continue to be sky-high on the Rams and 49ers, and wonder how Buffalo could go about avenging last yeat's loss to the Chiefs. 

The Big Lead's NFL braintrust picked every game of the NFL season and escaped with a .525 winning percentage. They attempt to continue the momentum in the postseason with their picks against the spread. 

The Big Lead's Liam McKeone and Kyle Koster enter the final and extra week of the NFL season nine games above .500 meaning they'll prove profitable barring a total disaster. They are particularly high on all the big favorites and teams actually playing for something. It's a strategy so crazy it just may work. 

With the NFL season coming to a close and the playoff picture comes into clearer view, The Big Lead is finishing strong, posting four consecutive winning weeks. Some huge spreads highlight Week 17, as well as some loser-leaves-town matchups. 

Another successful weeks moves the gang to 11 games over .500 on the year. With COVID making projecting any given rosters more difficult, we've pared down our selections to give you the surest bets. May the streak continue. 

After falling below .500 on the year, The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone have rebounded to post an 18-9 record over the past two weeks. Hear their seven best NFL picks against the spread for Week 15. 

HBO aired the season finale of Succession last night. It marks the end of one era and the beginning of another. The Roy children have tried for so long to curry favor with their father, only to have Logan do what Logan was always going to do. The show's future figures to have GoJo at the center of the frame. Meanwhile, the Tom-Greg relationship takes an unexpected turn. The Big Lead's Stephen Douglas and Kyle Koster present their final power rankings of the year and reflect on where things go in Season Four. 

The group travels abroad for a wedding no one is excited about. Connor breaks an unwritten rules. Roman has a texting mishap. Gerri would like to unsubscribe. Shiv makes a major decision. Tom is confused by spicy pillow talk. Logan and Kendall have a last supper. 

Liam McKeone and Kyle Koster of The Big Lead continue to play .500 ball but love the board this week. The Cowboys are dealing with COVID, the Falcons are getting a ton of free points and Mike Tomlin is being undervalued. 

Kendall throws himself an epic 40th birthday party. Roman discovers another meaning for the word streaming. Shiv dances with herself. Tom earns a 15-yard penalty for celebrating. Greg makes his move. Logan sends an interesting card. 

A short week brings a cornucopia of Thanksgiving Day games and some absolutely atrocious matchups. But there's no rule that a game has to be pleasing in order to have a right side. The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone give you the seven best plays on the board.  

The entire gang heads to Virginia for a conservative political conference. Kendall has legal problems but an important birthday party to plan. Roman finds a new muse. The leader of the free world is determined over Coca-Cola. Shiv reaches a breaking point. Tom is training for prison one bad omelet at a time. Greg gets hoisted like the Stanley Cup. Logan is all the way back.

The Big Lead's Liam McKeone and Kyle Koster look to rebound after another mediocre week and, like always, absolutely love the board. As is tradition, they'll be riding the Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions for very different reasons. Plus, why they need to see a bit more from Patrick Mahomes. Good luck!

Waystar Royco's shareholders gathered for an important vote that never came. Logan has an infection and it throws everything into jeopardy. Frank reinvents Shakespeare and vamps forever. Roman takes a phone call from the president. Kendall's phone number gets blocked. Greg can't find a friend. Tom is willing to hold or use a scepter. 

The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone attempt to get back to their winning ways, previewing the NFL's Week 10 matchups. Against long odds, doubts about the Kansas City Chiefs remain while optimism in the Jacksonville Jaguars is at a surprising high. 

Kendall and Logan are summoned to a private island to have a crucial meeting with a major shareholder. Tom is struggling with a future that may not include fine prison wine. Greg makes a major decision over a rum and coke. Shiv gets another humiliating dose of reality. Roman searches for proof of an ironic New Orleans bachelor party. 

The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone give their picks against the spread for the NFL's Week 9 slate. The duo hopes to continue a winning year by putting their faith in the most consistent teams and best players, a formula so simple one wonders why more don't try it. 

Kendall wants to read all the good tweets and bad tweets as long as they're about him. Logan finally finds an adversary capable of playing even harder ball. Shiv gets spitting mad over a public humiliation. Tom has a dark future in the short-term that might help him long-term. Roman tells a fish tale. Nirvana has a moment. 

The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone are feeling themselves after a remarkable 12-1 week. Can they possibly replicate the performance? Probably not. But they can keep the hot streak, which moved them to 50-38 (.568) on the year. Hear why Aaron Rodgers is a tremendous value in the desert, why the Dolphins are in for a world of hurt and the Tennessee Titans will keep things rolling. 

The second episode of Succession's third season saw an attempted power play from Kendall, a tremendous amount of uncertainty among his siblings' allegiances, and the triumphant return of Marcia. Cousin Greg struggled to navigate the complicated world of lawyers and Shiv ultimately received an intriguing promotion. Who is the most likely to Succeed? The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Stephen Douglas break it all down. 

Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone continue their weekly NFL picks heading into Week 7. The two are 38-37 thus far and are looking to turn it around with some underdog wins this week. Listen to hear explanations on why you should always bet on the Seahawks to cover at home, what kind of ceiling Kyler Murray has (and if it'll propel the Cardinals to a three-touchdown win over Houston) and if the Bengals are legit. 

The Big Lead's Stephen Douglas and Kyle Koster rank the seven most powerful Succession characters after each episode. Logan found himself on unstable ground in the season three premiere, but is he still atop the list? Has Gerri surpassed Shiv? What about Greg? Who is this week's most likely to succeed?

Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone return to rank their seven best bets for Week 6 of the NFL season against the spread.

Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone return to rank their seven best bets for Week 5 of the NFL season against the spread. Last week was a tough one for the guys, going 2-8, but their record remains a sliver above .500 at 27-25. Everyone has a bad week, and the pair anticipate a bouceback week featuring another bold Jets take, the easiest Jaguars bet ever, and utter confusion at the Seahawks' underdog status as the home team. 

Kyle Koster and Liam McKeone are The Big Lead's betting aficionados. Not really, but they do pick every game against the spread during the NFL season. Through three weeks, the pair has gone 25-17, so for Week 4 they got together to rank their seven favorite picks ATS. 

This week on Best of 7, Kyle Koster and Ryan Phillips rank the best players in Major League Baseball. Lots of big names get thrown around in the discussion. Where will phenom Shohei Ohtani rank? What about Mike Trout, Mets ace Jacob deGrom and Fernando Tatis Jr.? Tune in to find out. 

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is the most popular movie franchise in the world today. There have been 24 Marvel films released since 2008, when Iron Man came out and kicked off the multi-billion dollar franchise. The various superheroes that inhabit that world are now deeply engrained into our culture in an irrevocable way after only 13 years, and there's still a lot more to come.  After the release of Black Widow earlier in July, this coming fall will launch the MCU into its fourth phase. Liam McKeone and Ryan Phillips, two avid fans of Marvel, are very excited for that next step. So they got together to rank their seven best Marvel movies, with one notable rule: no Avengers movies allowed. Otherwise, everything is on the table.  Listen as the two biggest Marvel fans at The Big Lead break down why they love these movies and debate which should be considered the very best. 

Fast and the Furious is a blockbuster franchise beloved and reviled in equal measures around the world. The journey the movies and characters have taken from 2001 to 2021 has been ridiculous, impossible to believe, and filled with NOS. At The Big Lead, it is cherished by Liam McKeone and Stephen Douglas.  In honor of the release of Fast 9, Liam and Stephen hijacked an episode of the Best Of 7 to rank their favorite Fast and the Furious films. Despite their shared enjoyment of the absurdity of these movies, their rankings differ greatly. Sit back, crack a Corona, and enjoy, because you're saying grace afterwards. 

In this episode, Kyle Koster and Ryan Phillips count down the seven best competitors from MTV's The Challenge. Their competing lists are a deep dive into the world of MTV's long-running reality show competition. 

On this episode, Kyle Koster and Ryan Phillips rank the seven best NFL Draft picks of all-time.

In this episode, Kyle Koster and Ryan Phillips rank their seven favorite random athletes. They explored the world of non-superstars and bench guys to come up with their lists. 

In this episode, Kyle Koster and Ryan Phillips do a deep dive and rank the seven best sports video game franchises of all-time. 

The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Ryan Phillips each rank and discuss their seven favorite sports talk radio hosts. 

The Big Lead's Kyle Koster and Ryan Phillips dive deep and rank their seven most intense binges of television shows in this episode.