***SPOILERS THRU DAY 7***
Does this basho deserve a midway episode? Well, yes, but we’re still going to whine about it.
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Category Basho Analysis
Haru 2023 Preview
We go quite a ways off the rails on our coverage of the March tournament, but stick with it. There’s gotta be some actual sumo content in there somewhere.
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Hatsu 2023 Recap
To promote, or not to promote? That is the question that we spend far too long debating.
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Hatsu 2023 Midway
***Spoilers thru day 8***
Pretty solid basho so far. Some great technical battles, some brutal striking matches, and best of all HENKAS!
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2023 Hatsu Preview
2023 looks to be an interesting year. Will we get any new yokozuna or ozeki? Will we even keep the ones we have? Ryan, Mak, Flyric, and Hakuh- I mean Jake discuss.
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Kyushu 2022 Recap
It’s time for the Kyushu Review-shu! The guys scrape the depressed pile of Jake off the floor and discuss the final heartbrea- I mean basho of 2022!
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Kyushu 2022 Midway
***SPOILERS THROUGH DAY 8***
Which of the co-leaders can continue their dominance into week 2? We have some shoddy guesses for you.
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Kyushu 2022 Preview
GSB’s better-late-than-never preview is here! Enjoy our long, meandering opinions that even manage to stay on topic some of the time.
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Aki 2022 Recap & The Way of Salt
***Book review at 1:27:28***
A dramatic and chaotic and, dare we say, “wacky” Aki basho is in the books. Hearts were broken, henkas were henka’d, hype trains were derailed.
Stay tuned for Jake’s review of Ash Warren’s new book, The Way of Salt, a great read on sumo and Japanese culture. Available now!
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Aki 2022 Midway
***Spoilers thru day 8***
Settle down, Ryan. Settle down. There’s still a whole week to go…
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Grand Sumo Breakdown 