Light 'Em Up

Light 'Em Up

Light 'Em Up -- the home of fan-first sports debate!

Each episode features debates on the past, present, and future of sport and sports culture from the people who care the most about sports -- fans! You won't find shouting matches and the same ole talking points on this show.

Here at LEU, nuanced debate, witty punchlines, and informed opinions sway our live listening audience to determine wins and losses across our two debate formats.

Light 'Em Up (LEUs) debates are 1:1 contests with a two, 2-minute opening statements explaining their stances; a 10-minute cross fire segment where those stances are challenged and explored; two, 2-minute closing arguments; and then a two-minute live vote from our listening audience.

Our other format is Round 'Em Up (REUs), which is inspired by the show "Around The Horn". In this format, three contestants do free-for-all battle in two, 8-minute halves where they work to convince the audience why their take reigns supreme.

At the end of the first half, the audience determines who had the weakest performance to decide who moves on the second half.

At the conclusion of the second half, another vote occurs to determine who placed 1st. 1st place gets 3 points; 2nd place gets 1 point; and 3rd place gets 0 points.

We thank you for listening!

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"JBJesus has returned"
Apr 19 2022
"JBJesus has returned"
Over the next few weeks, we will have additional debates as part of our first-ever debate tournament to address the question: "what is the best sports movie of all time?" We picked a field of eight casters and each of them selected what they believe is the best sports movie to defend throughout the tourney. We hope you enjoy the additional content! On this 17th edition of LEU -- hosted by LiveWithDavid -- casters squared off on the following topics: Movie debate #1 - "I, Tonya" vs. "Raging Bull"? (00:45) The show started off with our first debate in our best sports movie debate tourney, putting LilySchu [S2 1-1, 7-1 all-time] and her pick of "I, Tonya" up against EasyMoneyNelly [S2 2-0, 5-3 all-time] and his pick of "Raging Bull". The winner of this debate will go on to face the winner of Patrick Ruch and KapNoCap, who will face off on next week’s show with their picks of "Rocky I" and "Rocky II", respectively. Which team will win the 2022 Stanley Cup Finals? (14:58) With the Stanley Cup playoffs just two weeks away, we debated which teams look the strongest to hoist Lord Stanley’s cup in June. For this second debate, Wolmer [S2 debut, 3-2 all-time] argued for the leaders of the Metropolitan Division - the Carolina Hurricanes - against Mike Langer [S2 debut, 1-0 all-time] with his choice of the Colorado Avalanche, who lead the NHL with 116 points as of Saturday evening. Who is the best NBA center of all-time? (34:25) Our third debate took us to the Association as we debated who is the best center of all-time. KapNoCap [S2 debut, 1-0 all-time] argued for the 11-time champion, 12-time All-Star, and 5-time MVP Bill Russell against ZachCantrell [S2 debut, 0-1 all-time] and his pick of 6-time champion, 6-time MVP, and 19-time All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Movie debate #1 - "Goon" vs. "Caddyshack" (54:47) Our second movie debate will have StonedSports [S2 debut, 2-1 all-time] and his pick of "Goon" going up against ZachCantrell’s pick of "Caddyshack" [S2 debut, 0-1 all-time]. The winner of this debate will square off against the victor of RomanFurch and "Major League" and Blake with "The Sandlot" next week. Who will be the bounce back player of the year in the MLB? (66:23 | 1:06:23) Closing tonight’s show is LilySchu [S2 1-1, 7-1 all-time] who will make her case for Jackie Bradley, Jr against AConoverUSN [S2 debut, 0-1 all-time] who will argue for DJ LeMahieu.