Stay grounded when Will and James make the call

The best way to watch The New Mexican’s most recent sports podcast is with the sound off.

The New Mexican Sports Den with Will and James is equally entertaining with the volume cranked, but any episode that starts with “A turbulent chat …” in its title works well with silence, snacks and possibly a cocktail in a can (or four).

Let’s set the scene.

Will Webber and James Barron make up The New Mexican’s sports team, staff, department, dudes in charge — whatever you want to call them — with the daunting task of covering Northern New Mexico sports along with the Lobos. It’s not an easy job because every parent of every kid in every sport in every community believes we’re not paying enough attention. This is not a new occurrence. Parents of stegosaurus and tyrannosaurus teens used to ca