

Pardon My Take
Barstool Sports
On "Pardon My Take," Big Cat & PFT Commenter deliver the loudest and most correct sports takes in the history of the spoken word. Daily topics, guests, and an inability to tell what the hosts might be doing will make this your new favorite sports talk show. This is a podcast that will without a doubt change your life for the better- guaranteed, or your money back. *Pretend a reggaeton air horn is going off right now* PMT.You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take
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Mar 27, 2026 • 1h 57min
Sweet 16 Night 1, Giants HC John Harbaugh, Max Homa Stops By For PMT Spring Break + Fyre Fest Of The Week
Sweet 16 night 1 delivered on the first 2 games. Illinois beats Houston in convincing fashion and Arizona whoops Arkansas. Iowa and Nebraska play in a classic and the Cinderella Hawkeyes keep rolling. Purdue holds on against Texas and opening day in MLB (00:00:00-00:35:37). Our first big live show is a month away and tickets are on sale (00:35:37-00:41:42). Max Homa stops by to talk with the boys, a Zac hypothetical and TGL (00:41:42-01:01:18). We then have on Giants Head Coach John Harbaugh to talk about his end in Baltimore, new beginnings in New York, building his staff, Jameis and more (01:01:18-01:29:31). We finish with Fyre fest of the week (01:29:31-01:54:21).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 25, 2026 • 2h 34min
John Fanta, MSU Coach Tom Izzo, PMT Spring Break, Hot Seat/Cool Throne And Listener Submitted Mad Online
PMT Spring break and we’re in Arizona talking tournament games coming up and cleaning up thoughts from Sunday. We have another time zone debate that almost comes to blows (00:00:00-00:17:57). Mini MLB preview for each of our teams as baseball starts on Thursday (00:17:57-00:40:12). Hot Seat/Cool Throne including Tiger Woods, horny press conferences and Hannah Montana (00:40:12-01:13:53). John Fanta joins the show to preview the Sweet 16 and get us ready for this weekend of hoops (01:13:53-01:50:53). MSU Head Coach Tom Izzo joins the show to talk about his 17th sweet 16, what this team means to him, coaching the right way and more (01:50:53-02:21:44). We finish with listener submitted mad online takes (02:21:44-02:32:19).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 23, 2026 • 1h 50min
March Madness, Recapping The Last 4 Days Of Basketball, Sweet 16, Cal Wins The Break Up, Who’s Back and More
March Madness mega recap after watching 4 days of basketball and eating shit. We catch up on the tourney, best storylines, game recaps, people complaining about the tournament and Cal winning the breakup (00:00:00-01:20:20). Zac has facts on all the Sweet 16 teams (01:20:20-01:30:14) and we finish with who’s back of the week (01:30:14-01:48:04).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

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Mar 20, 2026 • 2h 7min
March Madness Has Begun, High Point Upsets Wisconsin, UNC Meltdown, Stanford Steve Giving Best Bets For Friday + Fyre Fest Of The Week
March Madness is here and Big Cat's tournament is over as quickly as it started. He does soggy sorrows then faces questions from the room (00:00:00-00:25:03). We talk UNC's meltdown, Nebraskas first win as a program, Michigan State, Arkansas, and Houston looking great, Duke's scare and more (00:25:03-00:52:53). We then talk to Stanford Steve about his best bets for Friday's slate, why Duke can't win it all, thoughts on Villanova and more (00:52:53-01:41:05). We finish with Fyre Fest of the Week (01:41:05-02:04:40).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 18, 2026 • 3h 39min
March Madness Mega Preview, Mark Titus Breaking Down The Bracket, USA Loses To Venezuela + Hot Seat/Cool Throne
Team USA finishes second again as Venezuela wins the WBC and Aaron Judge has just struck out again. Jaylen Waddle to the Broncos and we talk play in games (00:00:00-00:18:38). We then do our Mega March Madness preview of fun facts where we go through the entire field with facts you didn't know and definitely didn't need to know (00:18:38-01:37:47). Hot Seat/Cool Throne where we finally won an award after 10 years of podcasting (01:37:47-02:08:38). Mark Titus joins the show to break down the March Madness bracket, who can win it all, cinderellas, and does he regret not sleeping with the Ohio State president (02:08:38-03:32:20). We finish the show with lottery balls (03:32:20-03:36:55).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 16, 2026 • 1h 59min
March Madness With Jon Rothstein, We Talk Brackets And Storylines, USA Beats Dominican Republic Plus Who's Back Of The Week
The Brackets have arrived. We talk about Selection Sunday after the committee gives us a near perfect bracket. Upsets, Final Four picks and more. USA beats Hank's Dominican Republic team in the WBC (00:00:00-00:42:24). Who's back of the week including golf, Oscars and Joel Embiid (00:42:24-00:59:15). Jon Rothstein joins the show to break down the brackets and talk about each region, juicy storylines and how he always has a CBB tweet ready to go whenever the world is burning (00:59:15-01:46:00). We finish with a check in with Oldie on his bracket and Shane explains how he got Chalamet so wrong (01:46:00-01:57:00)..You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 13, 2026 • 2h 23min
WBC Hero Vinnie Pasquantino, Bill Raftery Talking March Madness, Conf Tourney Week, Bam’s 83, NFL Free Agency And Fyre Fest
Conference Tourney Week is here and we talk hoops with Miami Ohio losing their first game of the year, Duke’s scare, and Villanova out of the Big East (00:00:00-00:19:22). Trey Hendrickson is a Raven and other NFL news including Titans New Jerseys (00:19:22-00:36:00). We talk WBC and Mark Derosa being a moron and all time Hank take. Bam’s 83 points and more (00:36:00-00:56:55). Vinnie Pasquantino Joins the show to talk about saving America after hitting 3 home runs for Team Italy vs Mexico, the WBC, how awesome it is being on Team Italy and more (00:56:55-01:20:47). Bill Raftery joins the show to talk conference tournament week, March Madness and most impressive teams (01:20:47-01:52:27). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week and lottery ball numbers (01:52:27-02:20:51).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 11, 2026 • 2h 25min
Maxx Crosby Is No Longer A Raven, Nate Tice Joins Us To Talk NFL Free Agency, World Baseball Classic, Hot Seat/Cool Throne And A Laser Tag Debate During Guys On Chicks
Maxx Crosby is no longer a Raven as the trade has been officially rescinded due to a failed physical. We talk conspiracy theories and get an official statement from Stavvy (00:00:00-00:16:11). NFL Free Agency, Geno is going back to New York, Kenneth Walker to the Chiefs, the Panthers making moves and more (00:16:11-00:39:40). We talk some world baseball classic (00:39:40-00:52:34) and then do Hot Seat/Cool Throne including PFT cheating on Big Cat with an AI Colin Cowherd (00:52:34-01:13:30. Nate Tice joins us to break down all of Free Agency, winners and losers, his favorite fits, the Rams quickly improving with 2 moves and early look at the draft and how it plays into free agency (01:13:30-02:02:13). We finish with guys on chicks (02:02:13-02:23:01).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 9, 2026 • 2h 9min
OKC Thunder’s Alex Caruso, Maxx Crosby Is A Raven, Jayson Tatum Is Back, CBB Regular Season Finale And LIV Golf Conspiracy
Maxx Crosby is officially a Raven and we talk other pre free agency moves before the legal tampering window opens on Monday (00:00:00-00:25:19). Jayson Tatum is back and looks good plus Wemby is an alien (00:25:19-00:31:31). The CBB regular season finale and we already have madness plus Miami Ohio finishes the perfect regular season (00:31:31-00:54:09). Who’s back of the week including a LIV Golf conspiracy theory plus World Baseball Classic rocks (00:54:09-01:15:25). Alex Caruso joins the show to talk about his 1.5 NBA titles, is he one of the best role players of all time, trying to get back to the title, how he’s so good at defense and tons more (01:15:25-01:58:41). We finish with a very dumb debate about running plus lottery balls (01:58:41-01:58:41).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take

Mar 6, 2026 • 2h 39min
NFL Trades, Raiders Dysfunction, Who’s The Next Sam Darnold? Roger Bennett In Studio Talking Soccer And World Cup + Fyre Fest Of The Week
The trades have begun and DJ Moore is off to Buffalo. We talk looming free agency and Zac has an embrace debate for the whole crew (00:00:00-00:45:51). We make a list of top FA QB’s plus who is the next Sam Darnold. National Sports podcast topics and some CBB (00:45:51-01:12:33). Men In Blazers Roger Bennett joins the show to talk about his new book, soccer in America, World Cup, how we can win it all with some American Grit and more (01:12:33-02:10:31). We finish with Fyre Fest of the week (02:10:31-02:36:20).You can find every episode of this show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Netflix. Prime Members can listen ad-free on Amazon Music. For more, visit barstool.link/pardon-my-take


