In a contraversial move, Mike has quit the shores of Blighty for a short while to gallavant around LA and NZ. Nat and Dan try to put a brave face on things and helping dry their tears is journalist, Jay Cutler apologist, super-dad and all-round friend of the show Ben Isaacs.

In other news: Linsanity – the world’s favourite Asian American non-draftees continues to amaze for the New York Knicks; the All Star teams… and they’re OK- it’s Rose, Mello, Howard, LeBron and Wade in the East and Kobe, Blake Griffin, Kevin Durant, Bynum and Chris Paul in the West; For those who care – Chicago and Miami are  pretty much neck and neck in the East and the Knicks are in the playoff zone at last after 6 straight; Albert Haynesworth is no longer a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, although he arguably never was; former Dolphon 'Fabulous' Freddie Solomon is mourned; the Combine starts next week so the first mock drafts have appeared; The Rangers lead the East, while the Red Wings lead the West; while the Blackhawks continue their post All Star game plummet; Rick Nash is the name on everyone’s list. Despite committing long-term to Columbus, he’s known to want out; the Miami Marlins will indeed be the featured team when Showtime's second season of "The Franchise" kicks off later this year; Mike's favourite Joe Maddon has signed a contract extension worth around 6 million bucks keeping him at the Rays till 2015; Coco Crisp still has, and possibly always will, have fine hair; no Corrections and Clarifications this week, dispute last week's show at your peril; listener questions in Mailbag, although without Mike the intro sounds a little different; speaking of Mike, he sends and audio postcard...and seemingly leaves messages EVERYWHERE; fun and frollicks with Dan's new game, Cadvertising, and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan have the post-superbowl blues and they thought nothing could cut through them. Then Hollywood got taken out at high speed on the escalator out of Camden tube and found out that those steps can cut through anything...

In other news: Nat did the superbash and is an entertainer, Mike did the BBC coverage and held Chappers and Danny Amendola together, Dan kipped out and missed Corey Feldman and Harry made the first minute or so of the show sound like it was taped in a bathtub; the Giants have done something good lately, can't remember what; Bill Belichick can’t count; ‘Elite’ quarterback Eli Manning won MVP for the second time; Peyton Manning will cease to be a Colt this week if Jimk Irsay doesn’t pay him his 28m roster bonus; in the NHL, no change in the East – the Rangers, the Bruins and the Flyers are pulling away, although New Jersey look like contenders again for the first time in eighteen months; in the West Detroit still lead, but the Blackhawks are in freefall, partly due to Corey Crawford, their hapless goalie; could Seattle be the next big NHL town? Corey Schenider could be the biggest trade of the trading season with Cannucks reporting looking to swap their back up goalie for an as yet unnamed defenseman; NBA-wise Chicago, Miami and Philly dominate the East although the battered Lakers are making a comeback; Kobe Bryant moves ahead of Shaq in the career scoring stakes; Chauncey Billups has torn his Achilles in an injury that threatens to end the career of the Clippers veteran; your questions (and some arguments) in Mailbag; Superbowl Half-Time Consequences; Corrections and Clarifications, and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan are wired on a combination of Superbowl week and a half-bottle of New Car Smell airfreshener Harry left in the studio by mistake. Dan makes the gang wait before swooping in, Batman-style, for a triumphant NHL round-up. In other news:

Nat's hosting the Superbash and Mike's back to being posh on the BBC for the Superbowl; the AFC wins the Pro Bowl in another disgraceful game of touch football that brought the NFL into disrepute; Aaron Ridgers reckoned that the effort on the NFC team was “embarrassing”; Osi Umenyiora is fined $20,000 for non attendance at the mandatory media day. He claimed that he misunderstood the schedule; the Muppets movie is making the guys all unneccesary; Miquita Oliver gets her first (and last) mention; in the hockey, team Chara beats Team Alfredsson 12-9 in the All Star game, featuring few stars; Marion Gabornik bagged a hat trick and the MVP award; the Rangers continue to lead the East, and the Capitals are third despite being eight points off the Flyers in Fourth; NBA-wise Chicago continues to lead the East, while Miami are getting back into it with 5 straight; OKC lead the West and are pulling away; it’s a while before the dunk contest at the All Star games but Blake Griffin has done it already – his dunk on Kendrik Perkins is being hailed the greatest dunk of all time; the average NBA ticket price has risen to $48.48; which is bad news for Allen Iverson who is officially in debt to his jeweler. Shame; Corrections and Clarifications; your questions in Mailbag, and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan are getting pretty worked up about the Superbowl but even more worked up about the fact that it was Dan's birthday just a few days ago, the Oscars are coming up and Nat's hosting the Superbash this year. Aside from that it's just business as usual with Pappy Dan making a welcome return and does everyone hate the Bruins?

In other news: It’s a Giants, Patriots Superbowl for the second time in four years after both of their opponents spazzed it late on; there will be no Harbowl after Billy Cundiff booted a last minute field goal wide, letting Tom Brady off the hook in a game that he admitted that he “sucked” in; in the NHL New York lead the East from Boston; Detroit lead the West from Vancouver. Many of the teams making the early running – especially Toronto and Minnesota - have melted away Pappy Dan talks about Tim Thomas veering further to the right than he is; Comrade Carlson takes exception; the Bulls are killing it – going to 16 and 3 despite Derrick Rose, Luol Deng,Taj Gibson, and Joakim Noah all nursing injuries; age continues to catch up with Celties and the Lakers – the latter slipping to 10 and 8 and out of the playoff places, despite having this week bumped the Knicks as the NBA’s most valuable team according to Forbes; the Prince Fielder deal is frankly mental; Kobe loses three houses; Carlson knows Seal; your questions in Mailbag; the triumphant return of Yahoo Jeopardy and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan are reunited thanks to Nat getting the hell out of Lakeside and back to Camden. He seems pretty much unchanged, although his drinking action is a bit smoother...

In other news: Broncos sent home without their supper, maybe because Tebow was just one big injury; the Saints lose a thriller leading to quite a few folks to change their Superbowl pick; the Ravens hold on to an early lead against the Texans, ready to be taken out by the Patriots this weekend; after a shakey start the Giants turn it on to take out the Packers; the Clippers are looking good, if they get Dwight Howard they might just look unstoppable; how many injured superstars can one NBA team support? Plenty are trying; the Miami Marlins are going all Brewster; Pujols does a LeBron; Ryan Braun still last season's MVP, despite recent revelations; Bud Selig officially going to be commissioner for EVER; NHL is an unhappy place; Rangers and Blackhawks still top the leagues; ridiculous All-Star game coming soon - bit like the draft in the WWE; All-Stars Alumni have to pay for their own sticks; are sports fixed to keep us watching?; no corrections and clarifications because the guys are lazy always right; your questions in Mailbag; the week ahead and much, much more...

Mike and Dan are feeling a bit Wu Tang, as is all-time record-guest and fervent Lion Marek Larwood. Nat's away keeping the ESPN-watching world appraised of happenings at Lakeside so doesn't get the chance to become Pleasing Assonance...

In other news: Wildcard weekend has been and gone and Tebow has done the jesus thing again – an 80 yard pass from the first play of overtime; busted Ben hobbled to a fourth q uarter comeback but it wasn’t enough; Texans surprised the Bengals in their first ever playoff game; Matty Ice lost his cool and failed to help the Falcons offense to a single point; NBA-wise Chicago lead the East and Oklahoma lead the West although they are a couple of games up on their rivals; America’s new favourite team is the 7 and 3 Portland Trailblazers; Kobe, stung by the recent ranking of him by ESPN as the 7th best player in the league, dropped 48 points on the Suns; Dwayne Wade is EATING SALAD; in the NHL the post- Winter Classic Rangers lead the East, although the Panthers are hot on their heels; Pittsburgh, meanwhile, are on a terminal slump – since Crosby’s latest exit; the West is dominated by talk of the Ducks, as GM Bob Murray has threatened to put the entire team (save Teemu Selane and Saku Koivu); Corrections and Clarifications, Mailbag, another new game from the ever-creative Dan and much, much more...

They're back, baby: Nat. Mike and Dan shake off the sleepiness of the post (festive) season and dive into some serious sports action, along with some pretty accurate musings on player education.

In other news: The regular NFL season is TOAST – very, very burnt toast, covered in disappointing margerine for some but the jam (jelly?) of hope for others; Green Bay and the 49ers get the byes in the NFC; while the Pats and Ravens get the top two spots in the AFC; the Steelers and Bengals making the Wildcard cut, joined by the lamentable Denver Broncos from the lamentable AFC West and the banged up Texans; the NFC is made up of the Giants, the Lions, the record breaking Saints and the Falcons; Dan changes his Superbowl pick to uted surprise; basketball is back and EVERYONE is rubbish again (except Chicago and Miami); the aged Lakers have recovered from a weak start to finally get above 500; in the NHL the Winter Classic has been and gone – the New York Rangers beat fellow high flyers the Philadelphia Flyers after the first big outdoor game of the year; corrections and clarifications; your questions in mailbag; you might know where they played but what did they study? Dan's new game fills in some gaps, and much, much more...

Nat and Dan have got themselves so tied up in work and Christmas shennanigans that it's down to Mike and Harry to serve up a seasonal treat: a few bits and bobs from the last year that they want to hear again, along with some musings from Mike. Don't worry, he took Harry's mic off him at the start of recording.

In other news: Mike gets poetic; Dan's superhero origin-story; Nat calls in to send his best wishes

Happy Christmas and a Painter New Year from all the Americarnage gang, we'll be back with loads more sports, culture and nonsense in the new year.