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

Monday Aug 26, 2024
Episode 44 - D4 in Perfect Symmetry
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Monday Aug 26, 2024
Intro: Celebrating Symmetry (:30), Drinks of the Day (7:15)
Opening Shots: UK Beer Wars (10:50), Heckling tennis players (16:45), Tennis doping scandals (19:45)
D4 Business: White Sox Going Full D4 (24:00), D4 Ahead of the Game (27:55), Baseball's big problem (30:25) Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week (32:45), Waterdogs Done, Whipsnakes move on (34:45), Millwall's rocky start (35:45), and FPL week 1 update (37:00)
Sports Roundup: The NFL not suspending the criminals (43:35), Minshew Mania and NFL QBs (45:05), First QB Benched in 2024 (50:00), Tom Brady's Top 5 QBs (52:10), NFL Trivia (55:30)
Last Call: QR Codes in College Football (1:00:00), Stealing Sand (1:04:10), The beautiful smell of Mayonnaise (1:05:15)

Monday Aug 19, 2024
Episode 43 - D4 Taking Mental Reps
Monday Aug 19, 2024
Monday Aug 19, 2024
This week Don and Dustin welcome a special guest, Ade Odusanya, to the pod! Don't miss it...
Intro: Opening Pour (:30), Drinks of the Day - and how to collect rainwater (4:20)
Opening Shots: Curry's big Olympics (8:35) World champions? (10:30), Randy Johnson and modern pitching (13:05)
D4 Business: Games and Contests (20:30), Millwall season opener (22:30), Waterdogs and Whipsnakes (24:30), White Sox Watch and Modern Baseball (25:40), Jon Woodard RPoW (28:05)
Special Guest: Ade Odusanya - Jiu Jitsu Champion! (30:05), Ade's explanation of Jiu Jitsu (34:10), In the European Championship… (38:05), Ade the fighter (45:45), Ade's drinks of choice and fighting escapades (48:15)
D4 Olympic Experience: Passing the Torch to LA with Snoop Dogg (55:40), Final reactions and reflections (58:40), The travails of Javelin throwers custom bronze medals (1:01:30), Breaking… being Breaking (1:04:00), and Modern Pentathlon (1:11:10), the worst event in the Olympics (1:14:10)
Last Call: Keep your tee time with Tiger (1:17:00), and going nuts for world records (1:20:30)

Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Episode 42 - D4 and the Meaning of Life
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Intro - Hitchhiking our way through the summer, The craziest Olympic event (4:00), Drinks of the Day (6:40) - with zero taste (9:15),
Opening Shots - Avoiding trash talk (12:50), best sponsorships in the Olympics (15:00), drinking before work! (18:50)
D4 Business - Snakes over Dogs (22:30), Millwall season opener (24:20), White Sox Update (26:00), Pitchers sorta pitching (28:00), Modern baseball and the Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week (33:15)
Sports Roundup - NFL training camp and preseason injuries (35:45), the right approach to NFL preseason (37:45)
D4 Olympic Experience - The Race Walk and other Olympic highlights (43:00), Dustin's top moment of the Olympics (48:00), Results in Dustin's D4 sports - rowing, shooting, handball & wrestling (54:00), Winning the Meme Olympics (57:20), Don updates on swords and bikes (1:01:55)
Last Call - Golf and the Military (1:09:00), More than one LeBron (1:11:45), Sneaking out of the Olympic Village (1:12:45), Dustin's metric system encounter (1:15:00), Pins to win (1:16:55)

Monday Aug 05, 2024
Episode 41 - D4 Maximizing Our Performance
Monday Aug 05, 2024
Monday Aug 05, 2024
This week Don and Dustin look at Snoop Dogg, Flava Flav, and Olympic coverage, Keyshawn or KD?, "Man's Man" complete games, 15 pitchers in one game, Charging Whipsnakes, D4 Whiskey Bottles, Asian shooting dominance, stiff uniforms, and the confused Koreas. Plus, Jake Bates getting his shot, Jordan Love rolling in the cash, and Youth carrying the day at the Olympics.
Intro - Olympic excitement (2:00), Drinks of the Day (7:00)
Opening Shots - Shots fired (12:50), Getting paid for Gold and Public Enemies (17:45)
D4 Business - D4 Premiere League Cup (23:45), MLB and Pitchers not Pitching (26:05), Modern Baseball exemplified (33:00), Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week (36:30), Waterdogs and Whipsnakes (37:15), Millwall over 'Murica and D4 swag options (38:45)
D4 Olympic Experience - Early medal updates and highlights with shooting, fencing and other curiosities (43:15), memorable moments (52:30)
Sports Roundup - NFL Training camp injuries (58:00), QBs - paying and hoping (1:00:15)
Last Call - Young at heart Table Tennis (1:04:45), Basketball and Beach Volleyball (1:07:00), hybrid sports and switching teams (1:10:00)

Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Episode 40 - Olympic Hopefuls with an Understated Flamboyance
Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Olympic Hopefuls with an Understated Flamboyance
This week we tackle the mysterious origins of the martini, featuring hibiscus and liquid radiance, we get back on the practice field in the NFL, and explore moral victories for the Waterdogs and Real 'Murica, and the death of the long reliever. Our Olympic preview wraps up with favorite Olympic memories and our recommendations for the IOC, crying during sports, jumping over 7-footers, and the Winter Olympics get some love. And we wrap up with Nuno Borges, Xander Schauffle, the WNBA's new TV rights deal, David Blaine's Olympic opportunity and Korfball, flag bearer ideas, and Reverend Dustin closes it out - speaking of joints!
Intro - Drinks and Cocktail of the day (4:00)
Opening Shots - Security Practice Sessions (9:55), Lamar putting in the time (12:00), All mentors are not created equal (14:00)
D4 Business - Upcoming Contests and Games (18:00), PLL and Millwall friendlies (19:50), MLB - still not pitching (21:40), the ascendance of the relievers (26:45)
D4 Olympic Experience - Roundup and watch plans (35:17), D4 greatest Olympic memories (41:15), Don misses an Olympic year (46:30)
Sports Roundup - Nadal playing where? (57:45), Paydays in golf and sports TV contracts (1:00:30), Flexing our F1 chops (1:03:25), NFL holdouts (1:04:30)
Last Call - Discontinued Olympic sports (1:06:50), Canadians using technology in sports (1:09:45), Dustin's decade of ordination (1:11:50)

Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Episode 39 - Oh Say Can You… D4?
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Intro - A gift for D4 (:30), Summer Sports (4:00), Drinks of the Day (10:15)
Opening Shots - Golfers with Energy (17:15), Football in the Mall (19:00)
D4 Business - A's fan watch (22:00), PLL All-Stars (24:00), Millwall friendlies (25:15), Pitchers not pitching (26:10), Jon Woodard relief pitcher of the week (29:45)
D4 Olympic Experience - Dustin Wrestles the World (31:25) - and Don steals Dustin's Thunder (34:55), the easiest Olympic sport? (43:00)
Sports Roundup - Contests and Swag (52:00), NFL coming back and Connect 4 (53:30), MLB at the break (1:00:45), Wimbledon roundup (1:07:30), WNBA and the "Get Along Shirts" (1:13:00)
Last Call - The Real UT (1:16:45), Choose your finger (1:18:00), Babydog (1:19:30), a Beer-crushing moment (1:21:08)

Friday Jul 12, 2024
Episode 38 - Firing Away with Both Guns Blazing!
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Intro - A D4 Anniversary (3:00), Drinks of the Day (4:40)
Opening Shots- Hot Dog scandals (11:40), A D4 Rabbit hole - Joey Chestnut and Eric "Badlands" Booker, (14:00) and the phenomenal world of Major League Eating (16:00)
D4 Business - The Mark Strand Massage Chair (21:30), Your chance to earn some D4 Swag (22:40), A Request for a friend of D4 (25:20), A's fan watch (28:00), Pitchers Not Pitching (30:40), Jon Woodard Relief Pitcher of the Week (32:00), PLL (33:00), and Millwall news (34:50)
Olympic Experience - Stallone shooting them up (36:15), Dustin shoots for the Olympic rings (39:00), Don remembers how to ride a bike (45:53), Breaking your leg stepping outside (55:30)
Sports Roundup and Last Call - MLB and Wimbledon (57:45), Don't kiss your wife (1:04:20) The smartest sporting event ever (1:07:00), a two-way coach (1:08:55), and having bad days (1:10:00)

Friday Jul 05, 2024
Episode 37 - D4 Lets Freedom Ring!
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Tackling the top sports stories of the week including Cheyenne Bubenheim, Kamikazes, "Warm Fruit Guys", and D4's assault on Jon Woodard continues. We're moving out of the Waterdoghouse, talking about the best drummer on the rowing team, and exploring the first ever DJs and MCs in the Olympics. Then Tweedle-D4, Bronny's payday, puking on Cooper Kupp's lawn, and the fundamental equilibrium of the universe. All this week on D4 sports.
Intro - Yard games and shoulder impingement(2:00), Drinks of the day and the cocktail of the week (8:15)
Opening Shots - College Football Offenses (13:00), The Caitlin Clark Effect (16:40)
D4 Business - A's Fan Watch and Apple Pie (24:00), Pitchers Not Pitching and more D4 Fan Harassment (26:00), PLL update (30:00)
D4 Olympic Experience - Dustin hits ramming speed with Rowing (33:00), D-Boy Baldy explores the glories of Breaking (38:30)
Sports Roundup - NBA contracts… and Bronny finally gets his opportunity (49:00), Wimbledon Updates (55:00), Big home runs and MLB pitching (58:30), AA-Ron in Egypt and puking for the wrong reasons (1:03:30), Euros - winning ugly (1:05:30)
Last Call - Brainwashed basketballers (1:08:45), Bobby Bonilla Day, back-to-back holes-in-one (1:10:40), and Luchadores (1:14:15)

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.