D4 Sports
D4 Sports - Day Drinking with Don and Dustin - the podcast that brings you the best of sports and the best of booze all in one place. Is there anything better than a cold beer during the game? Or a brilliant cocktail while watching your team win it all? Don and Dustin, your hosts from London and Lubbock, will engage the top stories in sports in both the US and the UK, and proffer advice on how to drink well while your enjoying your favorite sport.
Episodes

Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Episode 54: D4 in the Studio?
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Tuesday Nov 26, 2024
Intro: London, Lubbock and German Wine (1:00), Drinks of the Day (6:00)
Opening Shots: US Men's Soccer Team and the Dallas Cowboys (11:15), Dustin becomes Stat-King (14:00), The Bears go for 3 in a row (18:45)
D4 Business: The National Animal of Ecuador (21:15), DraftKings & NFL Pick 'Em Update (22:00), Premier League and Millwall (25:00), The D4 Curse strikes, with a vengeance (27:00), Unbelievable Plays (31:00)
Sports Roundup: MLB - Total Irrelevance? (51:00), NBA - sorta getting started (52:45), Netflix and Live Sports (53:30), the demise of boxing and Indy Car (56:00), NFL Top stories (59:45), The Jets are perfectly the Jets (1:05:00), the Cupcake of the Week (1:09:45)
Last Call: Wranglers and Theater Kids (1:13:00), Dustin’s sendoff and salute to King of Clay (1:16:30)

Monday Nov 18, 2024
Episode 53 - The (Christmas) Creep Episode
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Monday Nov 18, 2024
Intro: Christmas Creep (:30), How to bet on Hallmark Movies (4:00), Drinks of the Day (6:45), A Moutai Experience (10:50)
Opening Shots: NFL replay - "They Are Who We Thought They Were!" (15:40), Great Moments in Sports Announcing (18:30), Zippy's big NIL deal (20:15)
D4 Business: Daily Ecuadorian Proverbs (23:45), Premier League update (26:00), International Breaks & Pro Contracts (30:45), Ovechkin Watch (34:50), Wemby Watch (35:50), DraftKings Update (36:40), NFL Pick 'Em (39:10), Millwall Thriving (39:55), the WLL launches (41:30), and a Wheel of Fortune Classic (42:15)
Sports Roundup: D4 Names - courtesy of Mike Falls (44:30), NFL Roundup - week 10 (46:00), The D4 Curse, Jake Freaking Bates, and the Lions Big Win (49:40), Standouts and Streaks (54:35), Most Surprising Teams in the NFL this year (56:35), Does Anyone Want Parity in College Football? (1:03:30), the NCAA Game of the week (1:06:30), and Free Lutheran Bible College doing it again (1:07:05)
Last Call: Raygun Re-enacted (1:10:05), UFC Smoking and Boxing Memories (1:11:30), Team Unity (1:14:30), the D4 Curse - Winnipeg Jets (1:15:45), the OSU Band Bears Down on Michigan (1:16:40), Rodeo Gets Crazy and the Revenge of the Bison (1:17:30)

Monday Nov 11, 2024
Episode 52 - D4 Counting the Votes
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Monday Nov 11, 2024
Intro: The Gunpowder Plot (:30), Roger Bannister at D4 running prowess (3:25), Drinks of the Day (7:45),
Opening Shots: Jared Goff and the Lions are rolling (12:00), Speed Golf World Championships (17:00) and Speed Bowling (20:15), and Roof Football (21:15)
D4 Business: Millwall Goes Big (25:00), D4 Premier League (27:30), NFL Pick 'Em and Draftkings Updates (29:15), DraftKings Strategies (32:00), Wemby and the 5x5s in the NBA (34:45), Ovechkin Watch and D4 Follow-Up Stories (38:15), D4 Names Follow up (42:45)
Sports Roundup: Top Stories - the Jets, the Browns, and franchises in disarray (46:30), Incredible NFL plays (52:45), Remembering the Titans - Hopkins and Henry (55:45), Saquon, Tua, and Jake Bates (59:45), and the NCAA Cupcake of the week (1:01:00)
Last Call: NIL gone wild (1:07:20), Texas's rough basketball night (1:11:15), Vandy Trolling for the Win (1:12:30)

Monday Nov 04, 2024
Episode 51 - D4 gets spooky for Halloween
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Intro: New intro and opening, Halloween banter (1:35), Drinks of the Day (7:00)
Opening Shots: Bloody Socks and comebacks (11:45), Not understanding the NFL (14:45), Will Smith does it again (22:30)
D4 Business: D4 NFL Pick 'em Horror Show and DraftKings (24:00), A Final Pitchers Not Pitching (27:30), Millwall (31:30),
Sports Roundup: Bronnie rising (37:30), Ovechkinwatch.com (39:45), Dustin storms Atlanta (41:45), Tennis paydays (46:00), College Football Suprises (48:45), Top NFL stories (50:15), Second-chance QBs (52:30), Game of the week (56:30), First and Second year QBs (59:15)
Last Call: Onside free kicks (1:07:00), Best college football names (1:08:45), and the best college recruiting tour ever (1:13:40)

Monday Oct 28, 2024
D4 is Perfect at 50!
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Monday Oct 28, 2024
Intro: Perfect at 50 (:30), Poland Highlights and Dustin's big weekend (4:30), Nick's first cocktail (8:00), Dustin's drinks - with Hops (10:00)
Opening Shots: The Saints fall from grace (12:30) The World Series and MLB's problems (16:35)
D4 Business: Nick's Second Cocktail (24:20), Premier League Dominance (25:50), NFL Pick 'Em Perfection (27:20), DraftKings competition (31:30), Millwall News (33:00), Pitchers not pitching - playoff edition (35:00)
D4 Top4 - The Top 4 Athletes that we would want to party with (39:15)
Sports Roundup: Don's third cocktail (53:30), NBA tip offs (54:45), Nineteen year old leaders (58:40), Are they who we thought they were? (1:00:40), King Henry's revival (1:04:10), Tua and playing when the game is your identity (1:08:30), the Chiefs and what they are now (1:13:35), and the options left for the Jets (1:16:00)
Last Call: HS Football prowess (1:19:00), New York finally gets a basketball championship (1:22:00), and a great new nicknames (1:23:00) Sign off and thanks (1:25:55)

Monday Oct 14, 2024
Episode 49 - D4 Puts up 7 Touchdowns
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Monday Oct 14, 2024
Intro: Learning math through sports (:30), US Food Portions (5:00), Drinks of the day (7:45)
Opening Shots: D4 Mini-Rabbit Hole - NFL consecutive losses to the same team (12:00), the Drake Maye era begins (16:30), and the third best running quarterback in the NFL? (21:00)
D4 Business: NFL Pick 'Em (24:00), DraftKings Shocks the World (27:15), D4 Premier League Standings (30:40), Millwall's current exploits (32:45), MLB wraps up the regular season (35:00), and the Dodgers go for a "bullpen game" (37:45), and Frank Ragnow plays! (42:15)
Sports Roundup: Nick has a second (44:30), MLB end of season roundup (47:00), The Future of Baseball (53:00), NFL week 4 and 5 (55:00), Rodgers and the Jets (57:45), Mahomes and the rest of the NFL (1:03:50), Josh Allen sets a new mark (1:07:00), Running backs get their revenge (1:08:30)
Last Call: Cupcake of the Week (1:10:30), Japan vs America (1:13:45), The NFL is hard (1:16:15), and the fastest man in the NFL this year (1:19:45)

Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Episode 48 - D4 Three-way - with Jon Woodard
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
We welcome Jon Woodard on as a guest host. Jon brings the Czech beer, Nick makes history on the show, and Dustin has no idea what he is drinking. A trio of baseball opening shots gets us going, then we update the NFL pick 'em standings and celebrate D4 fans having babies, and then Jon Woodard hosts his own Relief Pitcher of the Week segment, and gives us his take on the status of modern baseball. We take a look at the NFL and the demise of Bryce Young, the emergence of surprising teams, and then the deer get to rutting. We talk about the Tua and McDaniel situation, the pretenders and the real deals, and then we look at the Cupcake of the Week in College Football. We wrap it up with last calls including dangerous hot dogs.
Intro: Wedding week (2:00), Drinks of the Day (4:15)
Opening Shots: Wilson Contreras takes a shot (9:05), Max Matis and the Ohtani ball (13:00), The Greatest game in baseball history? (16:45)
D4 Business: NFL Pick 'Em Update (22:20), FPL Cup (26:20), White Sox (27:20), Pitchers Not Pitching (29:45), Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week and the state of baseball (30:15), Jon's favorite Millwall story (39:00) and PLL final update (40:00)
Sports Roundup: NFL Chaos (42:00), Surprising division leaders (46:00), D4 gets wild… (48:15), Tua and the Dolphins (49:00), Who is done in the NFL (53:50), and who is for real (58:00), College Football (1:03:15)
Last Call: Stone Cold CTE (1:07:15), MLB team bonuses (1:09:50), Scorigamis (1:11:50), and Dangerous Hot Dogs (1:12:30)

Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Episode 47 - Lithuanian Beer for the Win!
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Episode 47 - Lithuanian Beer for the Win
Don and Dustin run down the week in sports, but first consider Švyturys Lager and Šarūnas Marčiulionis, Shaka Tea, Peach Bellinis and Functional Mushrooms, Deion losing control, and the state of MLB pitching. We provide updates on the D4 contests - NFL pick 'em - with some listener call-outs, DraftKings, and more. Then we break down week 1 of the NFL season, with some focus on Lamar, A-A-Ron, and DeShaun, and take a quick look at college football. Then we wrap it up with giving away $792K, Impressive Kicking, mystery running, and fantasy football penalties.
Intro: Celebrating the Patriots (:30), Drinks of the Day (5:15)
Opening Shots: Kegs, Eggs and Football (12:15), Buffaloes woes (13:45), Head shots in MLB (17:15)
D4 Business: NFL Pick 'em standings and DraftKings Updates (23:40), Whipsnakes going for Glory (29:15), MLB - White Sox Watch (29:50), Pitchers both pitching and not pitching (31:40), Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week (34:35)
Sports Roundup: NFL Week 1 (37:30), Panic Mode and DeShaun Watson (39:00), Game Rundown (44:00), The Fourth Leading Rusher in the NFL (48:50),The most important play of week 1 (54:05), We're talking about the Jets? (56:30), The Game of the Week (1:02:15) - and the NCAA Cupcake of the Week (1:06:15)
Last Call: Holdout Hassan (1:11:30), Punting for Glory (1:14:25), Distance Running life lessons (1:17:00), 2-4-6-8 Challenge (1:18:45

Your Hosts
Don and Dustin have been playing, watching, enjoying, and spouting off about sports for quite a while now. The NFL is what brought them together (other than being brothers-in-law) but now with Don in London and Dustin in Lubbock, their hot takes have broadened into a truly global survey of the world of sports. They are also both seasoned drinkers, with many a beer, cocktail, and bottle of wine under their respective belts.
We hope to bring you fun, interesting, and refreshing sports analysis, good drink recommendations, and an overall good time to your day.
And yes, we did happen to turn up at this event dressed like this.