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The Sports Hangover Podcast on Substack delivers bold, unfiltered takes on the latest sports headlines, with weekly free betting picks and a daily dose of humor and hard-hitting commentary for fans who want more than just the scores.
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Could the Chargers Start 0–6? Our Biggest NFL Week 2 Reactions (opens the original)
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I moved into a new house this weekend.First priority: Hang the TV.Furniture can wait. Scott Hanson cannot.Then Sunday happened, and I remembered that watching seven hours of football is mostly an exercise in discovering how wrong you were.Welcome to The Sports Hangover. Let’s get into it.💀 Two Weeks. More Than Half the Pool Gone.In one of our Survivor pools, 230 entries remain. Already eliminated: 264.The Bucs were the pick for roughly 30% of the pool this week.Then Cleveland happened.Elsewhere,
NFL Week 2: A 3–2 Start—and a Chargers Hangover (opens the original)
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The Thursday Betting Brief · September 17, 2026The pick’em card gave us a winning week. The Chargers gave us a headache.We finished 3 correct, 2 incorrect against the spread in our pick’em contest. In Survivor, Jacksonville and Pittsburgh came through. The Chargers didn’t.That’s the whole story—not just the part that looks good in a headline.Week 1: The recordSurvivor — 2 correct / 1 incorrectPick’em contest — 3 correct / 2 incorrectSeason totals are the
I Put a Curse on the Chargers. They Earned It. (opens the original)
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I’ve officially done voodoo on the Chargers. After what they’ve done to me, I’m declaring a losing season.The curse is active. Customer service is closed. 🪄⚡For the second straight year, the Chargers knocked me out of Circa Survivor. Another $1,000 entry gone.I went to Vegas. I made shirts. I read the analysis. I talked through the picks.My entry didn’t survive long enough to watch Monday Night Football.An entire offseason of preparation. One Sunday of participation.Welcome back to The Sports Ha
Football Is Back. Let’s Try Not to Lose in Week 1. (opens the original)
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First, a shout-out to our mutual friend Big Lou and our Canadian friend. 🍻🇨🇦 Appreciate you both being part of the Sports Hangover crew. This one’s for you.The fantasy drafts are done.One happened in a garage. Another happened with a hangover. We finally moved our auction draft out of Excel, which felt like discovering electricity.Now comes the part where we find out whether any of our research mattered.Welcome back to The Sports Hangover. NFL football is here—and so is the annual temptation to
The Commissioner Is Corrupt—and Football Is Finally Back 🏈 (opens the original)
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Football season is here.Which means three things:Group chats are getting hostile.Everyone suddenly thinks they’re a fantasy expert.Your league commissioner is probably abusing his power.Let’s get into it.🏆 Fantasy Football’s Most Thankless JobMichael recently became commissioner of a new fantasy league.His first major decision?Shuffle the draft order seven times.He received the 10th pick after the first shuffle…and the second pick after the final one.Totally random, of course.</
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