Show notes

0:25 – Chris Horwedel and Matt Crone open The Underdog with sound-bar jokes, a listener pizza giveaway, and the usual loose setup before moving into NBA news, the World Cup, Phillies baseball, golf, and shoes. 3:07 – LaMelo Ball’s trade to Minnesota leads the sports talk, with Chris breaking down the Hornets-Timberwolves deal, the sudden pivot from rumor to news on Yesterday in Sports, and jokes about LaMelo driving in Minnesota winters. 4:48 – Matt brings up LeVar Ball’s divorce news, which turns into a conversation about live-stream clips, streamer culture, Neon, TikTok repurposing, and how professional clippers turn other people’s content into their own business. 8:00 – House of the Dragon Season 3 gets a spoiler-light reaction, including the awkward first-episode family dynamic, Matt’s decision to watch a recap instead of all of Season 2, and Chris pushing A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms again. 12:56 – Streaming and TV talk continues with Mayor of Kingstown, Jeremy Renner, Mare of Easttown, episode length, Rogue One, The Mandalorian, Star Wars lore, and why some franchises feel hard to jump back into. 15:29 – Chris checks last week’s World Cup betting results from oddsmakers, with the card down about $15, before he and Matt raise the stakes and begin a new slate of World Cup picks. 16:51 – Curaçao vs. Ivory Coast and Ecuador vs. Germany begin the World Cup card, with odds from oddsmakers, Matt’s quick logic, and Chris tracking each $20 wager as the board builds. 19:55 – Japan vs. Sweden discussion leads into the day’s closest World Cup matchup, a draw angle, and a detour into Matt’s review of Toy Story 5, Conan O’Brien’s role, recent kids’ movies, and upcoming animated releases. 23:37 – Toy Story 5 talk continues with Jessie, Buzz, Woody, Joan Cusack, Ham, John Ratzenberger, franchise aging, whether there will be a sixth movie, and how the series could eventually circle back to Andy’s family. 26:41 – Tunisia vs. Netherlands brings the biggest long-shot pick of the card, with Tunisia at massive odds from oddsmakers and Matt embracing the underdog angle despite the Netherlands being the day’s heaviest favorite. 27:51 – Paraguay vs. Australia becomes a group-stage qualification discussion, with Chris and Matt working through Group D math, goal difference, the U.S. position, and a brief Australia-New Zealand geography argument. 30:39 – Turkey vs. USA closes the World Cup card, with Christian Pulisic’s return, the U.S. group-stage situation, and the hosts debating how much the final match still matters before placing the final wager. 32:48 – Golf talk shifts to the Travelers Championship, where Matt explains his Brian Harman pick, the event’s signature status, and Harman’s wild opening round full of birdies, bogeys, a double bogey, and a late eagle. 36:14 – Chris checks Travelers odds from oddsmakers, Matt talks through his rough run of golf picks, Collin Morikawa comes up, and Chris makes a Matt Fitzpatrick wager before the show wraps.