The Rights To Ricky Sanchez is a podcast that is hosted by Spike Eskin and Michael Levin and mostly, sort of about Sixers basketball.
Once again, the Sixers will meet the Celtics in the playoffs. We go through the matchups, discuss how the team will once again torture us, and give our predictions. ESPN's Zach Lowe joins us (finally…
The Sixers locked up the six-seed and a first round matchup against the coaching-for-his-job Brad Stevens and the Boston Celtics. We talk about the takeaways from the Suns and Raptors games, includin…
Ben Simmons is likely out for the rest of the season, Joel Embiid left the Portland game with an ankle injury, so Josh Richardson had the best game of his life. We discuss how the team might operate …
Joel Embiid looks great, Shake Milton hit a game-winner, but we are somehow agonized by watching all three Sixers games since the return. We discuss the positives and negatives. Then The Ringer's Dan…
We waited four months, and the Sixers were nice enough to play all of the greatest hits in their return to the court. Ben isn't shooting! Why did Brett do that? What is wrong with Horford? Why do the…
Joel Embiid finally appears on the Ricky. It took a global pandemic, and a weird NBA hostage scenario in Orlando, and who knows what else, but here he is. We talk to The Process about his relationshi…
The Sixers are going to win it all again. This decision is made after their first Bubble scrimmage against Memphis. We discuss Simmons' shooting, Milton's playmaking and zombie optimism. Then Houston…
Chuck Klosterman showed up to the podcast with two Miller High Lifes in hand, ready to talk about whatever we wanted. We discussed his weird, cool book of short stories Raised In Captivity which is n…
Former Presidential candidate Andrew Yang joins the Ricky to talk about his life as a Knicks fan, why he gave them up (but not before trading John Starks memories with Spike), Sam Hinkie and The Proc…
We discuss the big news out of Orlando, that Ben Simmons has been playing power forward exclusively, and Shake Milton has been the primary point guard, its effects on the team and why it took so long…
The Sixers are in The Bubble, and the only people to tell us about it are the Sixers. We discuss the reports from Orlando so far, the seven year anniversary of The Ricky, welcome our newest staff mem…
We bet on over/unders for the Sixers entire stay during the Hostage Orlando Playoffs (play the free pool to win $500 on Draft Kings) including starts by Horford, threes by Embiid and Covington vs. Th…
Al Horford suggests he was hurt, Ben Simmons says he's in great shape and wants more pick and roll, and Bryan Colangelo says he was absolved of wrong-doing. We welcome Alonzo Jones to Team Ricky, sig…
Brett Brown says that nobody worked out more during quarantine than Joel Embiid. Is this good? Ben Simmons is healthy, and Brown thinks Howard Eskin looks like Forrest Gump. Zhaire Smith goes down wi…
The Sixers, whether we like it or not, are going to play more games. We talk about the Sixers bubble schedule, assessing the risk the league faces in doing it, and Joel Embiid's six year anniversary …
Charles Barkley thinks that nobody wants to play the Sixers, which would make sense if he's not watched them at all this year. We discuss Barkley's comments, Joel Embiid and Josh Richardson wanting a…
To celebrate Father's Day, the Ricky welcomed the two Ricky dads, Glenn Levin and Howard Eskin, to talk about their sons, the Sixers, dads, what what makes a good Philadelphia sports owner. Also disc…
Bryan Colangelo couldn't get anyone to hire him so he bought part of a team in Australia... we won't be letting this one go. Josh Harris bought part of the Steelers, Joel Embiid got a driver's licens…
The NBA was heading smoothly toward its Orlando arrival, and then Kyrie said that "something is fishy." We discuss the different issues in restarting, what would happen if Ben Simmons played with Mic…
Ike Reese, who once jumped on Mike's back after the Sixers won the Lottery, joins the show to talk about his afternoon show on 94WIP, Ben Simmons and the Sixers after the layoff in the weirdo Orlando…