In this episode of Training Montage, Mike and Lance take a look at the game behind the game with Bennett Miller’s Moneyball. They discuss how to make a sports movie without any sports, how Brad Pitt’s real-life counterpart Billy Beane changed t

TM - Episode 07: He Got Game

Nov 27th, 2021 33m 23s

A lot has happened since last we spoke. The Houston Astros (Lance's team) defeated the Chicago White Sox (Mike's team) in the first round of the playoffs. Then the Astros lost in the World Series. And now, it's Basketball Season. Lance and Mike

TM - Episode 06 - Miracle

Oct 3rd, 2021 37m 31s

Mike and Lance celebrate the start of Hockey season with a look at Miracle.

TM - Episode 05 - Rudy

Sep 19th, 2021 37m 41s

Football season is here! Lance and Mike celebrate with the classic Notre Dame football movie, Rudy. The discuss the difference between college football and the NFL, America’s love for Notre Dame, and whether or not the movie is as good as its r

TM - Episode 04 - The Big Lebowski

Sep 5th, 2021 36m 18s

In 1998, the Coen Brothers made their masterpiece, The Big Lebowski. It’s a genre-bending take on Film Noir, but it’s also about the Dude’s favorite sport, bowling. In this episode, Mike and Lance discuss how bowling is different from other spo

TM - Episode 03: Jerry Maguire

Aug 20th, 2021 35m 10s

Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire is a movie about many things but chief among them is a sports agent. Mike and Lance discuss Crowe’s masterpiece, their history with the film, its many layers, and why it’s Lance’s favorite movie of all time.

TM - Episode 2: Field of Dreams

Aug 12th, 2021 37m 16s

Phil Alden Robinson’s Field of Dreams is a love letter to Baseball. Now, Baseball has returned the favor with a love letter to the movie in the form of the Field of Dreams Game. This week, The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees will play th

TM - Episode 1: Raging Bull

Aug 12th, 2021 43m 13s

Welcome to Training Montage, the new show about sports movies on the Nerd Party Network. In each episode, co-hosts Lance and Mike will look at a different sports movie, as well as the sport it portrays. In the premiere episode, they look at the

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