Grand Sumo Breakdown

Grand Sumo Breakdown

Grand Sumo Breakdown

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Today Jake sits down with Honu Sumo's JJ Jones, the 2024 head coach for Team USA, to talk about how the Sumo World Championships went for our Americans. JJ's been a busy man this year, as he also hosted US Nationals just 4 months ago. Make sure
Join (most of) the crew for our first off-season news update! We plan to check in between each basho on the general goings-on in the world of professional sumo. Let us know if there are any other types of things you'd like to see us cover.
Make sure to take our 2024 Grand Sumo Popularity Poll! This is the 6th year in a row we're running it and we'll have a podcast to discuss the results before the next basho. For now though, join us to cover the spectacular Aki tournament and the
***SPOILERS THRU DAY 8*** A Mak-less GSB soldiers on to cover what is turning out to be a pretty excellent basho so far
Gearing up for the September basho and there are storylines aplenty. We cover the turmoil at the top of the banzuke all the way down to the promising newcomers.
Etan Perez burst onto the sumo scene in 2023, winning the Texas State Championship in her very first year and representing America at the World Championships. Next up: she's headed to Europe with Team USA for Worlds '24.   *Watch the Sumo World
It has finally happened. Ryan not only reclaims his Best Banzuke Guy status in the Guess the Banzuke rankings, but he also got 1st place in the whole dang contest. Certainly this won't go to his head.
With less than 2 weeks until the Sumo World Championships in Poland, we sit down with Mighty Eagle Sumo's Jay Scriven, the 2024 men's heavyweight national champ.  *Watch the world championships on September 7th and 8th on the World of Sumo yout
This one makes sense until the end where a bomb goes off...
Today we check on the progress of the year-long predictions we made in January and see who is doing the least bad so far.
Join a short-handed GSB team as they flounder through the 2024 July tournament without their beloved bus driver.
***SPOILERS THRU DAY 8*** The standings after week 1 tell the whole story so far. Will we see the ending we expect or can someone step up to make it dramatic?
The 4th pro sumo tournament of the year is upon us. Will Onosato continue his ascent or can one of the veterans finally slow him down?
Ryan keeps Jake captive long enough to explain the 2 massive crimes committed by the makers of the Nagoya banzuke.
Ryan and Jake take a look at a banzuke with some wild gaps that need filling.
The US National Sumo Tournament took place June 1st in San Diego, hosted by Honu Sumo. Join us to talk about it with Raijin Sumo's Sensei Seth Adams and Honu's Mengkin Ragan! We talk about how Seth got into sumo and go through the results of th
The May tournament started out wild and the finale didn't disappoint. The guys break down this second consecutive historic basho. Check out this link to get an Onosato shirt from our friend SumoBola!  
*SPOILERS THRU DAY 8* This basho is plagued by injuries, but we don't let that dampen our sumo hype! Mostly. Probably. Kinda.
Salt City Sumo's Goose and JJ join us to talk about their show and our recent meeting at the Rollertown Showdown in Dallas. Also featuring a special guest making his amateur sumo bonus episode debut: Iowa Sumo/GSB's very own Flyric!
After Takerufuji's historic win, the story this time seems to be a bit more pessimistic as the Ghost of Injuries Past comes to haunt the Natsu basho....
So where did Takerufuji land? And more importantly, was Ryan able to hang on to his Best Banzuke Guy trophy after a tough prediction?
Where the heck does Takerufuji deserve to be on the next banzuke? Ryan has a lot to say about it. Theme music by David Hall via SoundCloud
So uh... this new kid's pretty good, huh? Theme music by David Hall via SoundCloud
SPOILERS THRU DAY 8 Topsy turvy Haru so far. Where can it go from here? Theme music by David Hall via SoundCloud
All eyes seem to be at the top of the banzuke for the March basho. We cover the favorites for the tournament as well as the big news from Miyagino stable. Theme music by David Hall via SoundCloud
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