After reviewing over 350,00 submitted shows, the People’s Choice Podcast Awards have announced their finalists for this year, and The Fantoo Girls are honored to be nominated for the 4th year running in the Best Sports Podcast category. We aim to recapture the crown we so proudly wore in 2006, because crowns are really in this year and we firmly believe it will save us from the random threat of concussion. Voting begins on Friday, November 13th. Robin says she’ll come cook dinner for everyone who votes should we win. Her family’s really gonna miss her.

***And Carol has offered to babysit your kids***

Episode 191

Bounce Passes, Superstar Slumps and Ain’t Ocho Cinco Fun with The Girls!

Today The Girls are coming to you live from…the man, the network, the Twitterer, the only one that seems to be having fun playing professional football these days…Ocho Cinco! Child, please. You play with flair, you play with passion, and you play to win. (Bribing the refs and sending the Ravens deodorant is pretty awesome, too.) All that and somehow not ticking off Roger Goodell with all your recent business endeavors? Dude. What do you have on the Commissioner? And can we get some? Whatever the case, Ocho Cinco has The Girls wanting more Bengals and less of the NFL that has become as serious as a deadly disease. Lighten up kids. No matter the job - heart surgeon, mine worker, elephant dung picker-upper, Green Beret - everyone else manages to have a little fun on the job. You football players can too. Fun can be rejuvenating!

Just ask Sammy Sosa. Oh. Maybe not. Seems his little spa day turned into an episode of Scare Tactics! Yikes. Dude looks like a candidate for a wax museum. Hey, maybe Michael Jackson did fake his death. Just wondering.

Also in this week’s podcast we shed a small, salty tear (it’s completely fake tho) for Jeremy Tyler who isn’t loving his trip to Israel, and we vow to become avid followers of high school sports after witnessing the brilliant bounce pass thrown by Brad Heap. Look out Wildcat!

We pay homage to Bud Selig for an exciting World Series, but can’t something be done about instant replay? One league that does it right is the NHL. But no need for instant replay when it comes to Sidney Crosby’s recent performance. Who wants to see that again? Take comfort, Pens fans, it’s not Crosby. It’s the fact that he’s pretty much playing alone these days, ‘cept for those double teams. But if he wants to avoid a concussion perhaps he should sign up for the next season of “Battle of the Blades”, the hit show that pairs figure skaters with NHL players and turns them into ice dancers. For real. It’s classic. And it’s Canadian. Check it out, if only to see Tie Domi say “Wait ’til you see our pants.” Or Domi’s first performance here. Must, must see TV.

Another classic that won’t be hitting the shelves anytime soon is Tim Donaghy’s book, “Blowing the Whistle: The Culture of Fraud in the NBA”. It’s a paint-by-numbers of all the ways the NBA games have been ‘influenced’ by referees playing their own games. Somehow, in this land of free speech, the NBA and David Stern have been able to shelve this masterpiece. But, thanks to the boys at Deadspin, we can read some juicy excerpts here.

The Saints and the Colts have yet to lose, but all those hungry patrons at Lucas Oil field are about to lose their lunch. Seems some rodents and unidentified toxic substances have been turning up in the kitchens. Little fecal matter with that hot dog? You betcha! Also on the gridiron, Vince Young is back, Larry Johnson is on a forced holiday, and Vince Lombardi is about to hit Broadway. And what would a Fantoo Girls podcast be without another installment of “Eric Mangini Sucks”?

One laugh short of a podcast, that’s what. Finally, in this week’s IT HAS TO BE SAID, we tell you how strong the bond is between us Girls. So grab some fake blood, a mouse dropping or six and tell Shaq to keep it in his pants - we don’t need to see his privates or his private love texts…it’s time to talk sports with The Girls!

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