Duck on a Rock is a Connecticut-based sports podcast hosted by Colin McDonough, Matthew McDonough, and Matthew Ouimette. This podcast delivers irreverent, insightful conversations on basketball, football, baseball, and the sports culture moments that matter - plus the occasional detour into life, nostalgia, and whatever’s rattling around our group chat.
In this episode our loyal listeners take the mic to break down their favorite NFL teams and share their outlook for the season. Hear from fans of the Patriots, Giants, Jets, Bills, Ravens, Raiders, Broncos, Commanders, Lions, and Rams.
14 Aug 2026
Episode 29: Duck on a Rock presents The Celtics Chronicles, Chapter 03
Chapter 3 of The Celtics Chronicles picks up where Chapter 2 left off, spanning the years from the Celtics' second championship of the 1970s to the arrival of Larry Bird. Jim McDonough returns to share his memories of this stretch of Celtics history, from the franchise's mid-decade title run to the dawn of the Bird era in Boston. Along the way, Jim weaves in the personal history that ran parallel to it, including Marcy's first flight to Boston and their courtship turning to an engagement then marriage.
14 Aug 2026
Episode 28: Summer reading list
In this solo episode, Colin McDonough flies solo for a summer reading list — swapping the stadium for the sports section of the local bookstore. A nod to the DoaR crew's day jobs in education (still on the duck hunt for a sponsor), Colin serves up book reports on his recent reads before diving in with quick, spoiler-free reviews. On the docket: Scott Miller's Skipper: Why Baseball Managers Matter and Always Will; Keith O'Brien's Heartland, on Larry Bird and Indiana State; Dan Shaughnessy's chronicle of the 1980s Larry Bird Celtics; Jim Calhoun and Dom Amore's More Than a Game; Clayton Trutor's Boston Ball, on Pitino, Calhoun, and Gary Williams in 1980s Boston college hoops; and Ian O'Connor's Dan Hurley biography Never Stop. Colin also touches on the state of the Red Sox, Yankees, and Mets down the stretch, plus a non-sports shout-out to historian Colin Woodard.
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699
Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
3 ratings
Spotify
5.0 / 5
3 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100
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