The New York Knicks just won the NBA championship, but Ben Maller is already calling them a one-hit wonder. He compares them to the Baha Men, the band behind "Who Let the Dogs Out" — a song that…
Ben Maller — Podcast Appearances & AI Summaries
Ben Maller has appeared on 76 podcast episodes in our AI-summarized catalog, including The Ben Maller Show. Every appearance below has a free 5-minute AI summary.
What Ben said
“This is Hall of Fame level spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, spin, the baseball version of listen, my phone auto-corrected my attitude on that text.”
— Ben Maller on Pedro Martinez's defense of Rafael Devers.
“The DeWitt's run the Cardinals like a family hardware store. Bill Jr. hands the keys to his kid, and the customers still can't find where the working power tools are and they don't understand why all of the flowers in the lawn and garden section are dying.”
— Ben Maller on the Cardinals' leadership change.
“It was his version of 'I tried to tell you.' That's what it sounded like. I tried to tell you. You wouldn't listen to me. Tried to tell you. He's like, this is what I dealt with.”
— Ben Maller, on Alex Cora's cryptic post about Rafael Devers.
“Jazz is not just stubborn. He's a full-time employee at the Department of Bad Decisions. The DBD.”
— Ben Maller, on Jazz Chisholm Jr.'s refusal to wear a cup.
“Frank Reich said, quote, I am just so impressed by Gino. I cannot express that enough. Man, he is on point. His preparation is top notch. His football mind is elite.”
— Ben Maller, reading Frank Reich's quote about Geno Smith.
“Frank Reich, the Jets offensive coordinator praising Gino Smith. It's kind of like a shady realtor bragging about the hallway.”
— Ben Maller, on the absurdity of the praise.
“The Jets aren't tanking, wink, wink, wink. They're pre-tanking, which is somehow worse than actual tank.”
— Ben Maller, on the Jets' strategy.
“Self-deprecating humor is the sports equivalent of a preemptive strike.”
— Ben Maller on Kyle Tucker's approach.
“Caballero's the guy who finds the one squeaky floorboard and then steps on it every single time.”
— Ben Maller on Jose Caballero's gamesmanship.
“They didn't buy a star. What they did is they bought hope wholesale.”
— Ben Maller on the Brewers' Cooper Pratt contract.
“The rule has always been if you have to declare yourself the GOAT, you're probably not.”
— Ben Maller, on LeBron's self-assessment.
“He at this point is a walking MRI subscription.”
— Ben Maller on L'Jarius Sneed's injury history.
Episode appearances
76
LeBron James Is Leaving the Lakers, and the Reason Is Simpler Than You Think The night LeBron James told the Lakers he was leaving, Ben Maller wasn't surprised. The reason had less to do with…
The Ben Maller Show: Ja Morant to Portland, Jalen Duren's Escape, and the Grizzlies' Reset The NBA transaction season kicked off with a thud, not a bang. After months of trying to unload two-time…
The Detroit Lions released defensive back Terrion Arnold shortly after he posted a $1 million bond in Florida, where he faces multiple felony charges including armed robbery and kidnapping. The…
The NBA's "silly season" is in full swing, and the Ben Maller Show spent a packed episode sorting through a swirl of trade rumors, player grievances, and legal trouble. The dominant theme was the…
The Buffalo Bills are opening a new stadium, and they have decided that O.J. Simpson—the franchise’s greatest running back, a Hall of Famer, and a double murderer—will not be part of the public…
Warriors chasing a nostalgia act, Clippers listening on Kawhi, and Jalen Brown fires back at the nerds The NBA rumor mill is churning at full speed as free agency approaches, and the most…
Ben Maller’s annual golf outing is not a trip to St. Andrews or Augusta National. It is a trip to Holy Moley, a miniature golf course in a cocktail bar where the obstacles are designed by people…
The United States men’s national team had already clinched advancement in the World Cup when they took the field against Turkey. They had won their group. The knockout round was secured. So head…
The Charlotte Hornets traded LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a deal that sent Naz Reid and a package of draft picks to Charlotte, and the Lakers are already looking to move on from…
Hour 1 - Micah Nori's Contract The Portland Trail Blazers gave new head coach Micah Nori a one-year guaranteed contract with team options on the second and third years, paying below market base…
The Los Angeles Lakers have decided to make Austin Reaves a foundational piece, signing him to a four-year, $185 million max contract — the richest deal ever given to an undrafted player in NBA…
Baseball Power Hour: Devers, Senga, and the Cardinals' Quiet Decline The Ben Maller Show's "Baseball Power Hour" opened with a pointed question: does Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez's defense of…
The New York Times recently published a lengthy investigation into Diana Russini, a former NFL reporter for the paper, and her relationship with New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel. The…
"Four years, $185 million max contract." That is the number that opens the episode, and it belongs to Austin Reaves, the undrafted guard who just re-signed with the Lakers. The Ben Maller Show…
"Washington is not a franchise that is playing basketball. They're a navigational hazard." That is how Ben Maller greeted the news that AJ Dybantsa had been drafted first overall by the Washington…
Hour 2 - Rafael Devers Apologizes? "Nobody believes any of this," Ben Maller says about Rafael Devers' public apology after the Giants first baseman waved off a pinch runner, covered his face with…
The NFL's Door Slam on Brendan Sorsby and the Falcons' Bet on Kyle Pitts The NFL canceled the 2026 supplemental draft entirely rather than let quarterback Brendan Sorsby enter the league. Sorsby,…
The NBA draft is hours away, but the real fireworks came overnight when the Milwaukee Bucks traded Giannis Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis to the Miami Heat. The deal, which had been rumored for…
The Minnesota Timberwolves traded Julius Randle and the 28th pick in the NBA draft to the Brooklyn Nets as part of a three-team deal and got back only the 33rd pick. Ben Maller calls it a "pure…
Hour 3 - Mayday! The Ben Maller Show's third hour opens with a coaching carousel bombshell: Dusty May, fresh off winning the 2026 national championship with Michigan, has quit the Wolverines to…
Hour 4 - Stand By Your Man? San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle recently appeared on a Barstool Sports podcast and offered a deceptively polite assessment of his former teammate Brandon…
The Ben Maller Show opened its Monday episode with three distinct storylines that dominated the NFL and golf worlds over Father's Day weekend: a viral video accusing Jets quarterback Geno Smith of…
The Greek Freak Sweepstakes and the UFC's Billion-Dollar Flex The NBA draft is 48 hours away, and according to Ben Maller, the Milwaukee Bucks are no longer managing a superstar — they're…
"Checking account." That was the answer to Ben Maller's riddle of the day: Mark Cuban said that when he ran the Dallas Mavericks, a number of players showed up making $850,000 or more who didn't…
Rafael Devers, the $313 million San Francisco Giants slugger, was pulled for a pinch runner in the ninth inning of a 2-1 loss to the Marlins on Sunday. He responded by wagging his finger at…
In a world where what looks popular online is often anything but, Ben Maller delivers a Saturday sermon on the manufactured nature of digital culture. Drawing from his own experience peeking…
The 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers championship reunion in Europe was missing one key figure: Kyrie Irving. When J.R. Smith was asked about it, he didn't mince words. "He was invited and ghosted us…
The Factory of Sadness Keeps Producing The Cleveland Browns' quarterback situation has become a reliable punchline, and the latest chapter is no exception. Multiple reports from the team's OTAs…
Hour 4 - Twin Killing The Minnesota Twins are a bad baseball team that just got worse, and their star outfielder Byron Buxton has made it clear he's not leaving. "I don't give an F," Buxton told…
Myles Garrett is walking a tightrope. Speaking on a podcast with friends and family, the Browns star defensive end addressed the possibility of Aaron Donald coming out of retirement to join the…
The NBA's Offseason Chatter Machine: LeBron, Kevin Love, and the Economics of Winning The NBA rumor mill is in full swing, and Ben Maller is not buying it. On this episode of The Ben Maller Show,…
Hour 3 - Just a Shoe The Ben Maller Show opens its third hour with a monologue about shoes—specifically, the disastrous launch of Caitlin Clark's signature Nike sneaker. But the shoe story is just…
Best of The Ben Maller Show — June 18, 2026 The episode opens with Myles Garrett walking a tightrope. Asked about the possibility of Aaron Donald coming out of retirement to form a super defense…
The Dallas Cowboys' George Pickens showed up to mandatory minicamp, which counts as news in June. Ben Maller is skeptical. Pickens, who skipped voluntary OTAs and was unhappy about the franchise…
Hour 2 - Tuckered Out Kyle Tucker, the Dodgers' $15.5 million-per-year outfielder, is off to a miserable start in Los Angeles. When asked about it, he didn't deflect or get defensive. He said, "It…
Brendan Sorsby, a college quarterback who admitted to placing over 9,000 bets—including wagers on his own team’s games—and was ruled permanently ineligible by the NCAA, had a brief moment of hope…
The Knicks finally won a championship, and according to a media narrative that Ben Maller spends the hour dismantling, the credit goes not to the players or coaching but to a giant glowing orb in…
The UFC’s White House fight card cost over $60 million to produce, making it the most expensive event in the promotion’s history. Dana White has since declared it a “one of one” that will never…
The Cleveland Browns have not named a starting quarterback, and general manager Andrew Berry recently praised second-year quarterback Shedeur Sanders, saying his growth has been "phenomenal" and…
The Ben Maller Show's latest episode is a rapid-fire tour through the most chaotic corners of sports, anchored by a major plot twist in the Brendan Sorsby gambling saga. The quarterback who…
Victor Wembanyama did not shake hands with the Knicks after losing the NBA Finals. He untucked his jersey, marched off the court, and went straight to the locker room. Ben Maller, host of The Ben…
The No-Struggle Bus: Hockey, Soccer, and NFL Drama The Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup by doing something that should not have worked. They handed the net to a 27-year-old undrafted backup…
The NBA Finals ended over the weekend, and the San Antonio Spurs lost to the New York Knicks in five games. But the result itself is not the story Ben Maller wants to talk about. The story is how…
The San Antonio Spurs had just blown a 29-point lead in the NBA Finals, and Ben Maller was watching the game while eating a burrito he suspected might contain moldy cheese. The burrito won.…
Ben Maller’s dishwasher flooded his kitchen, he burned his finger testing it, and he spent a week hand-washing dishes while waiting for a repairman. That is the literal story of “Lake Maller.” But…
Hour 2 - Early Voting George Kittle, the 49ers tight end, recently called anyone who puts head coach Kyle Shanahan on the hot seat "not the smartest." Ben Maller pushes back: it's uncomfortable…
"18 of the last 29 Cy Young winners and MVPs have had him as clients." That is the statistic Ben Maller drops to explain why Major League Baseball's investigation into Dr. Neil ElAttrache, the…
The Spurs Didn't Lose Because of a Whistle The NBA's last two-minute report for Game 4 of the Finals confirmed what anyone watching already suspected: the referees blew a call. With just over a…
The San Antonio Spurs held a 29-point lead in the third quarter of Game 4 of the NBA Finals. They lost 107-106. "Holy Choke City Batman," Ben Maller opens, and he spends the hour performing a…
The San Antonio Spurs blew a 29-point lead in the NBA Finals, and broadcaster Richard Jefferson used the moment to float a provocative hypothetical: the Golden State Warriors would trade both of…
The Philadelphia Eagles traded wide receiver A.J. Brown to the New England Patriots this offseason, and the fallout has been a slow bleed. Brown recently told reporters that his relationship with…
Victor Wembanyama shoved Jalen Brunson to the floor in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, and the league decided not to upgrade the no-call to a flagrant foul. That decision, and the reasoning behind it,…
The Knicks had not lost in 46 days. They were up 2-0 in the NBA Finals. Fans had the parade route mapped out. Then came Game 3, and Victor Wembanyama woke up: 32 points, eight rebounds, six…
The Chicago Cubs' $175 million free-agent signing Alex Bregman has admitted he has been "terrible" this season, and host Ben Maller is not letting anyone forget it. Bregman, the former Houston…
"Purple praise" is the phrase Ben Maller uses to frame the throughline of this hour: a close reading of what NFL players and coaches really mean when they talk about their quarterbacks. The…
Brandon Aiyuk, the 49ers wide receiver who signed a $120 million extension in 2024, posted a video over the weekend wearing a Washington Commanders hat, comparing himself to a toy the 49ers don't…
The Nerd Turd: Manny Machado vs. Baseball's Analytics Overload The San Diego Padres had just gone 2-11 over their last 13 games, and Manny Machado was hitting .169 — a career low that made him the…
Denzel Ward stood at his own celebrity softball game over the weekend and said he wants to retire a Cleveland Brown. He does not want to be traded, even though the Browns just traded away Miles…
The NBA marketed Victor Wembanyama as a genetically engineered Greek god, the unstoppable force who would take the baton from LeBron and own the league. Two games into the NBA Finals, Ben Maller…
“I'm not gonna tell you. I don't want to see it.” That’s Ben Maller’s immediate response when Mike the Leprechaun—the only human being in history with a Ben Maller tattoo—calls in to host the…
In the sprawling, chaotic ecosystem of the Ben Maller Show, a controversy erupted this week over a listener known as Ferg Dog — a character Maller describes as "harmless in the way a sloth is…
The Bronx Bummer Aaron Judge has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in a rib on his right side, just days after the Yankees said it was a day-to-day injury. The team now says Judge will miss…
The NBA Finals are underway, and the biggest story from Game 1 wasn't the Knicks' 11-0 closing run to erase a 14-point Spurs lead. It was a juvenile fan who ran onto the court with 6:28 left in…
Hour 3 - Kicked Out of Heaven Ben Maller opens the third hour of his overnight show with three distinct sports stories that share a common thread: organizations and players stuck in cycles of…
“Potential means you haven’t done anything. You lose jobs on potential. He got paid on potential. I like production.” That line from Ben Maller captures the throughline of this hour of the Ben…
The New York Yankees have done it again. Aaron Judge, diagnosed with a stress fracture in his right rib, will miss what the team calls “significant time”—likely at least three months, with a…
Hour 1 - Choked Away The San Antonio Spurs held a 14-point lead with 18 minutes to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals at home. They lost by 10. The Knicks closed the game on an 11-0 run, outscored…
The 49ers' disgruntled wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk has an arrest warrant out for him — not for anything violent, but for a misdemeanor charge of "exhibition of speed" after he posted a video of…
The Air Up There: NBA Politics, NFL Power Plays, and the Art of the Stiff-Arm The NBA Finals are underway, but the most revealing stories in sports this week aren't happening on the court. They're…
The San Antonio Spurs blew a 14-point lead in Game 1 of the 2026 NBA Finals, losing 105-95 to the New York Knicks at home. But the real story, according to Ben Maller, is not the Knicks'…
The Return of the NFL Book'Em: Ben Maller's Offseason Lottery Is Back The Ben Maller Show revived its long-dormant "NFL Book'Em" segment — a lottery-style draft where hosts and callers pick NFL…
The New York Knicks have won eleven straight playoff games, all by double digits, and enter the NBA Finals with the best point differential in postseason history. The San Antonio Spurs have Victor…
Hour 3 - Judge's Chambers The Yankees are telling everyone that Aaron Judge's rib injury is minor, but Ben Maller isn't buying it. Judge has been dealing with what the team initially called…
Hour 4 - Extra Fluff The fourth hour of the Ben Maller Show opens with the fallout from the AJ Brown trade still dominating the NFL conversation, but the tone shifts sharply depending on which…
The biggest story in sports this week is the Los Angeles Rams trading for defensive end Myles Garrett, a move Ben Maller calls "the defining move of the offseason" and one that effectively ends…
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