{"podcast":{"title":"CzabeCast","slug":"czabecast-228155","podcast_index_feed_id":228155,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/05e68c1a-f593-4cae-b17e-a2c3831730fe","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/czabecast","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2022/9/5/22/8feede47-0e01-42b8-adda-34c6716558be_8-4e36-b964-1d0cd15a61f7_czabecast-itunes-icon.jpg","author":"Steve Czaban","episode_count":1656,"summary":"Steve Czaban is one of the most experienced daily sports talk radio hosts in the nation. In his 27 year professional career, Steve has worked for every major syndicated sports talk network (Sporting News, ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Yahoo Sports Radio, SB Nation Radio), filled in as a guest host for popular national personality Jim Rome, and has worked locally in markets including Santa Barbara, Chicago, Milwaukee, Charlotte and Washington D.C. \"The Czabe\" has forged a unique style of no-bullshine honesty about sports: the games, the players, the issues. Now the CzabeCast gives fans a \"bonus\" 45 minutes of unfiltered Czabe content that cannot be found anywhere else!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T14:17:12.556194+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/czabecast-228155"},"episode":{"title":"An Expanded NCAA Tournament Is The \"New Coke\" of Sports","slug":"an-expanded-ncaa-tournament-is-the-new-coke-of-sports","published_at":"2026-04-30T08:00:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/czabecast-228155/an-expanded-ncaa-tournament-is-the-new-coke-of-sports","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/czabecast-228155","url":"https://czabe.com","audio_url":"https://audio1.redcircle.com/episodes/1f03c9d5-d250-46f8-aeac-79a63f91481d/stream.mp3","summary":"The NCAA Tournament is expanding to 76 teams — and nobody asked for it. Steve Czaban and Kevin Sheehan break down why the Field of 76 is a classic case of league executives solving a problem that didn't exist, and what it signals about where college basketball is headed. Plus: reactions to a spicy early NBA playoffs, the death of Washington Football legend Monte Coleman, the latest on LIV Golf's uncertain future, and the viral video corner. Our Sponsors: * Check out Troll Co Clothing and use my code CZABE25 for a great deal: https://www.trollcoclothing.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"The NCAA Tournament is expanding to 76 teams — and nobody asked for it. Steve Czaban and Kevin Sheehan break down why the Field of 76 is a classic case of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2751,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/czabecast-228155/episodes/an-expanded-ncaa-tournament-is-the-new-coke-of-sports/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/czabecast-228155/an-expanded-ncaa-tournament-is-the-new-coke-of-sports.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}