Illness has struck the 'Carnage crew and Nat has been laid low by lurgy. He's kicking himself double-hard as it's the simply wonderful actress, model and TV presenter Kelly-Anne Lyons in her glorious return to the show. Mike hits the hotseat and the show goes on...

In other news: The Stanley Cup Playoffs are underway and it looks like we’re in for a few shocks; Pittsburgh took a three nil lead against Philadelphia, but it’s been downhill since then; Sidney Crosby beat Claude Giroux, who himself managed the esteemed Gordie How hat trick; in the final throes of the NBA regular season, most teams have around six games left; Chicago lead the East and have now clinched their division, as have the second placed Miami Heat; the West is still dominated by OKC and San Antonio; in the MLB, Matt Kemp is firing on all cylinders, Bobby Valentine should juat be fired; the NFL is being sued by four former players who filed Monday in state court in Atlanta, said the Saints' pay-for-pain system was another example the league "explicitly relied on violence"; the team pick out three points from a tangled week; Dan outlines just how fixed the NBA is; your questions inthe Bodeans Mailbag; Kelly and Mike have a Brit-Cit showdown, and much, much more...

With Rick Santorum punking his way out of the race for the White House, Nat, Mike and Dan celebrate but fear the chance of a Nixon-like return with Santorum/Palin 2016... Then they stop thinking about such terrifying things and get on with the business of kicking each other's arses at the Wonderlic.

In other news: Ozzie Guillen ingratiated himself to his new Miami co-residents by bigging up Fidel Castro; the NHL regular season is over and the smart money is currently on Pittsburgh for the Stanley Cup; Dan goes to an art exhibition; watch out for Ryan Clowe of the San Jose Sharks, who against LA got away with one of the most bizarre bits of cheating ever – poke checking someone while on the bench; about a fortnight left of the truncated regular season and Miami have joined Chicago in the playoffs with around ten games to go; two weeks til the NFL draft and we're getting a bit too excited; your questions in the Bodeans Mailbag; Mike gatecrashes Corrections and Clarifications; Dan tests the team, Wonderlic Written Test-style and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan have gathered in their secret underground lair, called together by Harry the Producer, in order to combat... Well, what've you got? They mainly fight each other anyway.

In other news: Dan loves NBA 2K12 - maybe too much; in the MLB Reds have locked up Joey Votto through 2023 with a deal worth $225 million; Indians' Ubaldo Jiminez has been suspended for 5 games on his return to Colorado for deliberating hitting Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki; Two or three games left depending on who you support - Vancouver lead the West after a stutter at the last by St Louis; in the East New York, Boston, Florida, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Ottawa are there; in the NBA OKC are in the playoffs, joining the Bulls with thirteen games to spare; the Eastern Conference is largely the same, except Boston, who are surging to 5 straight; An LA NFL team now seems a much less distant possibility as rich weirdo Phillip Anschutz, who already owns EVERYTHING, said he would buy a full stake in an NFL team and relocate them to downtown LA; fantasy baseball update - Dan wants YOU; loadsa of good stuff in the Bodeans Mailbag; Wrestlemania hangover; good old chat about films, and much, much more...

Nat, Mike and Dan have whole lot of love for baseball, so much so that this episode takes an almost actually serious look at this season seeing as it's just a couple of days old. Domn't worry, they argue and make offensive jokes too so there's a semblence of normality...

In other news: We’re entering the final stretch of the NHL regular season and the Toronto Maple Leafs have missed the playoffs for the 7th straight season; Twitter is ablaze with fans calling for GM Brian Burke to go; the Bulls have become the first team to make the NBA playoffs, continuing to top the East, although the OKC Thunder aren’t far behind; on Sunday the Thunder beat the Heat in a game many are predicting was the tipping point that pushed Kevin Durant into the lead for the race for MVP; Dennis Rodman is going to jail unless he coughs up 860,000 in child support; NFL Rule change! The regular season will now be like the post season. A field goal from the off is no longer enough to win! What’s the point? It’s just another rule for the Saints to break… No corrections and clarifications this week but a serious helping from the Bodeans Mailbag and much, much more...

At last! After however many weeks its been, Iron Mike is back on Americarnage and in many ways it's like he's never been away. Probably because he hasn't really been anywhere, he just lost a bet and had to spend a month in the Cupboard of Shame. Otherwise known as Harry the Producer's holiday home. In other news:

Peyton Manning is a Denver Bronco! He’ll pick up $95m for a five year contract, 18m guaranteed, although he’ll pick up $40m more if his neck doesn’t bust in the first year; Matt Flynn picked Seattle; Mark Sanchez picked up a big new contract with the Jets the 49ers looked set to drop Alex Smith and then didn’t AND Tebow was traded to the Jets for a 4th and a 6th; in the NHL, Sid the Kid is back - he got on the score sheet as the Pens pummelled the Rangers at the Garden 5-2; as we enter the last few weeks of the regular season, the Flyers are involved in a mighty three horse race for top spot in the east; Steven Stamkos has hit 50 goals for the second time in his career; NBA-wise Chicago are 39-10 and haven’t lost consecutive games all season, they are the best team in the league. Period; MLB Season kicks off in Tokyo in the Japan Opening Series on March 28th - the Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners are the lucky recipients of a jetlagged start to the season; big movers in the off season were Miami, new absolutely everything for them; AmericarnageFantasy Basball (and all the other ones) starting very soon; winner of the competition for a place in our league announced; Nat talks tactics; Mike talks Obsession; Dan talks team names. His is very good; listener questionsin the Bodeans Mailbag and much, much more...