Melas, Skeets, Doyle and Osten met while attending Ryerson University's Radio and Television Arts program in Toronto, Canada from 2001–2005.Melas was the co-host of a talk show on SPIRITlive, Ryerson's Internet radio station, called the "Sports Doctors". Skeets also co-hosted a show on the station, though it was not sports related. #Handles. The "bouncing balls" opening graphics then continues with the theme song "Bones Attack!!"
During episode 1007, the final episode of the 2012–13 NBA season, Each podcast began with Skeets announcing the number of the episode, the date and a random phrase (example: "Hello, sweet world!
The show championed the "fan perspective" of sports reporting pioneered by ESPN's Though the show's audience grew, the three partners became unsatisfied with the poor audio quality yielded by recording the show over the Internet.
by The show continued with Skeets introducing each show with the greeting, "Good morning, sweet world!". Skeets explained why Leigh Ellis had joined the show. Melas, Skeets, Doyle and Osten met while attending Ryerson University's Radio and Television Arts program in Toronto, Canada from 2001–2005.Melas was the co-host of a talk show on SPIRITlive, Ryerson's Internet radio station, called the "Sports Doctors". Thursdays' shows typically featured a segment changing from week to week. Co-Host of @NBA The Bounce on @YahooSportsNBA. I planned to go watch the Raptors Game 6 win over Milwaukee but it didn't happen. Melas ended the show with a quote, to which Skeets replied, "Embrace the day people", followed by a sample of the song "Love Letter" by Easy Access Orchestra.
The host with most losses at the end of the month had to do the 'Book-off Pay-off' in which the winner of the month chose something embarrassing for the loser to do. The Starters was a podcast, blog, and television program that analyzed, and often satirized, the National Basketball Association.
Tas Melas, former host of “The Starters” on NBA TV and currently with The Athletic, thought […] Raptors news: Vince Carter autograph snafu turns into full-blown NBA Twitter investigation Hosts Tas Melas and Channing Frye engage fans using Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to recap the night's top highlights and storylines. The show was written and hosted by Canadians Tas Melas and Phil Elder, Australian Leigh Ellis and American Trey Kerby. It was shot, edited, and produced by Canadians Jason Doyle and Matt Osten.
The Starters (previously known as The Basketball Jones) was a podcast, blog, and television program that analyzed, and often satirized, the National Basketball Association (NBA). Doyle produced the weekly program. "The Overdose" featured the Pun Gun game, where Skeets, Melas, Osten, Kerby and Ellis made puns on an NBA player's name; also Leigh Ellis shared his Tweets of the week suggested by listeners on Skeets' frequent malapropisms such as "The Internets" and mispronunciations such as Shane "Ba-ché", Melas' peculiar analogies and love of the phrase "There's no doubt about that", and Doyle's eclectic musical selections, as well as various "drops" including the infamous Due to a switch in studios caused by Rogers Media purchasing The Score television channel, but not the website and mobile assets, Doyle is the co-host and producer of "Idol Chatter", a podcast about reality television.
During episode 1007, the final episode of the 2012–13 NBA season, Each podcast began with Skeets announcing the number of the episode, the date and a random phrase (example: "Hello, sweet world! He is the best known author of The Blowtorch's Big Book of Basketball Facts, a title that reached no. aired 216 days ago