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Showing posts with label Sports Radio. Show all posts
Thursday, October 13, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Mike Wise Show, The Gas Man, The Sports Junkies)
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Here is the link to this week's radio segments, including the new continuing appearance on The Mike Wise Show and The Sports Junkies. Click the permalink below, then the link to the audio links, for the newest available interviews.
Wednesday I joined The Mike Wise Show in my weekly spot at 11am. We spent much of this segment discussing the Washington Capitals in regards to what the team goals could be, and took at look at the pressure on Bruce Boudreau. Then we moved on to baseball and the turmoil going on with the Boston Red Sox, which leads to opinions of the Cubs hiring of Theo Epstein, then finished up on talk about the Eagles' struggles and the Maryland football outlook.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Mike Wise Show
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I joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. On a somewhat sore subject, we started out talking about the NBA, David Stern and the lockout situation. We followed that up discussing Steve Spurrier and what is happening at South Carolina this week, and finished off discussing the comments coming out of Boston College about ACC expansion.
Click here for the audio: The Gas Man
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Last Friday I joined The Sports Junkies in my normal slot. This segment we spoke about Tiger Woods and his continued lackluster play and discuss why he doesn't play more before moving into talk about the Tigers and Jim Leland then finished off discussing Skip Bayless and ESPN with Chris Cooley.
Click here for the audio: The Sports Junkies
Thursday, September 1, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Mike Wise Show, The Gas Man)
Here is the link to this week's radio segments, including the new continuing appearance on The Mike Wise Show. Click the permalink below, then the link to the audio links, for the newest available interviews.
Wednesday I joined The Mike Wise Show in my weekly spot. This week we started out discussing the Redskins and some of their personnel decisions, including Malcolm Kelly, before moving on to the University of Miami mess and finished off with talk on Stephen Strasburg's return and the Presidents Cup selection of Tiger Woods.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Mike Wise Show
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I joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. This week was live from Flushing Meadows so we spent a good deal of time discussing tennis in general and the US Open in specific. Tennis, like golf, needs American stars for our country to pay attention and there are differing opinions on the best way to develop the talent and we take a quick look at John and Patrick McEnroe's opposing methods in this endeavor.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Wednesday I joined The Mike Wise Show in my weekly spot. This week we started out discussing the Redskins and some of their personnel decisions, including Malcolm Kelly, before moving on to the University of Miami mess and finished off with talk on Stephen Strasburg's return and the Presidents Cup selection of Tiger Woods.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Mike Wise Show
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I joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. This week was live from Flushing Meadows so we spent a good deal of time discussing tennis in general and the US Open in specific. Tennis, like golf, needs American stars for our country to pay attention and there are differing opinions on the best way to develop the talent and we take a quick look at John and Patrick McEnroe's opposing methods in this endeavor.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, August 18, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Mike Wise Show, The Gas Man)
Here is the link to last week's radio segments, including the new continuing appearance on The Mike Wise Show. Click the permalink below, then the link to the audio links, for the newest available interviews.
Wednesday I joined The Mike Wise Show in my weekly spot, and this week we spent most of the time focused on the situation down at Miami. In it, I suggest my ideas for what direction the NCAA and it's leadership direction should go. After the scandal discussion, we moved onto golf and the Steve Williams saga.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Mike Wise Show
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I joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. Click below for the audio of this week's segment. This week we started out discussing Tiger Woods and his continuing struggles, including insight from two weeks ago in Akron and where his next tournament may be (Europe?). As expected we transitioned into talk about the scandals in college sports, and specifically what can and will happen to the programs involved.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Wednesday I joined The Mike Wise Show in my weekly spot, and this week we spent most of the time focused on the situation down at Miami. In it, I suggest my ideas for what direction the NCAA and it's leadership direction should go. After the scandal discussion, we moved onto golf and the Steve Williams saga.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Mike Wise Show
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I joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. Click below for the audio of this week's segment. This week we started out discussing Tiger Woods and his continuing struggles, including insight from two weeks ago in Akron and where his next tournament may be (Europe?). As expected we transitioned into talk about the scandals in college sports, and specifically what can and will happen to the programs involved.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Newest radio segments (The Gas Man, The Sports Junkies)
Here is the link to last week's radio segments, including the new continuing appearance on The Sports Junkies. Click the permalink below, then the link to the audio links, for the newest available interviews.
I joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. Click below for the audio of this week's segment. We spend the majority of our time this week discussing the NFL and the end of the lockout, including its comparison to other strikes/lockouts in sports, before finishing off discussing Tiger Woods and Steve Williams. Also, I was able to sprinkle in some favorite jokes by my mother.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
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I also joined The Sports Junkies in my new normal timeslot, Friday's at 7:25am. This week we spent much of the time discussing Tiger Woods and the outlook for him with his comeback at the Bridgestone Invitational. We followed the Tiger talk with looking at the NFL and whether missed OTA's are going to make a difference, and finished off talking about whether Bill Bilichick is the new version of the Oakland Raiders.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Junkies
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I joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. Click below for the audio of this week's segment. We spend the majority of our time this week discussing the NFL and the end of the lockout, including its comparison to other strikes/lockouts in sports, before finishing off discussing Tiger Woods and Steve Williams. Also, I was able to sprinkle in some favorite jokes by my mother.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
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I also joined The Sports Junkies in my new normal timeslot, Friday's at 7:25am. This week we spent much of the time discussing Tiger Woods and the outlook for him with his comeback at the Bridgestone Invitational. We followed the Tiger talk with looking at the NFL and whether missed OTA's are going to make a difference, and finished off talking about whether Bill Bilichick is the new version of the Oakland Raiders.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Junkies
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Hitting a lot of topics: Jeter, Clarification for the Socceristas, My upcoming book ‘Best Seat in the House’, Navy and other radio changes
There are a number of topics to cover today so, as my good friends in television would say, let’s get right to it.
Derek Jeter I: Of course he should have gone to the All-Star game. Look, it isn’t worth killing him for making a mistake in judgment. On the other hand, it isn’t worth Commissioner Bud Selig falling on his sword for him either saying, “I would have done the exact same thing.” (If that’s true Commish aren’t you admitting this is just an exhibition game, not a game worthy of deciding World Series home field?)
To review: Jeter gets his 3,000th hit on Saturday in Yankee Stadium in remarkable fashion, going five-for-five in the game and hitting a home run for No. 3,000. Throw in the fact that he also got the game-winning hit and The Legend of Derek became even bigger than it had been in the past. All of a sudden, the .260 batting average seemed not to matter.
On Sunday he announces he isn’t making the trip to Phoenix because he’s emotionally and physically exhausted.
Look, no one doubts the last month hasn’t been difficult. The strain of his struggles at the plate; the injury that delayed getting to 3,000; the pressure of knowing he needed to get it last weekend or he would almost certainly get the magic hit on the road—everyone gets that.
But it would not have been THAT exhausting to get on a private jet on Tuesday morning, take a bow in Phoenix and perhaps play long enough to get one at-bat. Since the game started at 5:30 local time, he could have flown home that night and probably been in bed by 2 a.m. which isn’t a lot later than he probably goes to bed after a night game. Or, he could have flown Wednesday morning and had plenty of rest before the Yankees resume play Thursday.
Again, this is not that big a deal. Jeter hasn’t committed a crime against humanity. But he should have gone. He was voted in by the fans even though, based strictly on this season, he didn’t deserve to start the game. Take a deep breath and make the effort so the fans can cheer you and you can, in affect, say thank-you.
Jeter doesn’t make a lot of PR mistakes but when he does it is usually around The All-Star break. Missing Bob Shepherd’s funeral two years ago was also a mistake. That said, if that’s the worst we can say about him after 15 years in the searing New York spotlight, the guy has done pretty well.
Jeter II: The home run ball. There is no way I’m going to criticize Christian Lopez, the young man who caught the ball Jeter hit into the leftfield stands for hit No. 3,000 for wanting to ‘do the right thing,’ and hand the ball over to Jeter. If he’s a Yankee fan it is a way of saying thank-you to Jeter for all the pleasure he’s given him through the years. Heck, if he’s a baseball fan, same thing applies.
That said, I understand the people who are saying he should have been given 48 hours to decide what to ask for rather than being whisked into Yankee-land where just being in a normally restricted area AND getting to meet Jeter probably overwhelmed him. He may look back sometime next season when he’s no longer sitting in that luxury box and say, ‘what the hell was I thinking?’ My guess is he won’t be hanging with Derek at that point either.
So, what’s the best solution? Easy. Jeter should say, ‘listen Christian I REALLY appreciate the gesture. You are a mensch. (I’ll teach him the meaning of the word). But I want to do something for you and your family so I’m going to take $100,000 of the $17 million I’m being paid this year and establish a college fund for your future kids. If you have no kids, convert it to a retirement fund when the time comes. (That 100K should be worth a lot more in 20 years. At least we hope it will). This way everyone has done the right thing: Jeter’s got the ball, Lopez walks away knowing he did the right thing and so does Jeter. Maybe the Yankees can match Jeter’s 100K and start the fund at 200K.
Make sense?
Onto other things:
Socceristas: I know some of you are upset because I said on Washington Post Live on Monday that I have trouble taking a sport seriously when it decides a championship on penalty kicks.
Sorry, that’s the way I feel.
For the record though let me clear one thing up since my friend Mike Wise in his never-ending quest to create ‘good television,’ (people shouting) kept insisting I was being sexist since the question came up after the U.S. beat Brazil on penalty kicks in the women’s World Cup.
This has nothing to do with whether men or women are playing. I feel the same way, regardless.
You don’t decide Stanley Cup hockey games in shootouts. Regular season, fine, but when the championship is at stake you keep PLAYING HOCKEY. You don’t stop a postseason baseball game—or any baseball game for that matter—after 12 innings and have a Home Run Derby. You don’t have a free throw shooting contest at the end of the second overtime in a basketball game.
The only sport that changes the rules at all is college football when it places the ball on the 25-yard line to begin overtime. I’m not crazy about that either but at least they’re still playing football.
Anyone who has read this blog at all knows I LIKE soccer. I loved my time covering the Diplomats in the old North American Soccer League but I still support Johan Cruyff’s approach to hokey non-soccer endings. When the Diplomats opening game in 1980 ended in a 2-2 draw with The Tampa Bay Rowdies, Cruyff was asked by Diplomats Coach Gordon Bradley to take one of the ‘shootout,’ kicks—the shootout was the NASL’s version of penalty kicks.
“I don’t do shootouts,” Cruyff said walking away.
I’m no Johan Cruyff but I don’t do world championships that can be decided by penalty kicks. I didn’t like it as far back as The World Cup final in Pasadena in 1994 or in the women’s World Cup in 1999—still one of the most bogus endings ever to a major sports even. For Sports Illustrated to name that team the ‘sportswomen of the year,’ when they won the championship game without scoring a GOAL was a joke—and I don’t like it now.
Socceristas like my friend Steve Goff insist this is the only way to do it. Bologne—or some word like it. You do what they do in hockey: You play sudden death overtime after 90 minutes. More often than not someone will score within the 30 minutes allotted for extra time now. If not, play on. If it takes 100 more minutes for someone to score—fine, that’s the nature of the sport. Please don’t tell me it is unfair because the winning team will be tired for the next game. In knockout rounds in a world championship you always have at least two days off and if you can’t recover, well tough, win sooner the next time. That’s part of competition. You can’t on the one hand tell me soccer players are the best-conditioned players on the planet and then on the other say overtime has to be limited lest they get tired. Use your bench. Allow more subbing in overtime. But play SOCCER.
Briefly on the Navy radio flap: I was amazed at all the various emotions my decision seemed to stir up both in posts and e-mails and in long-time friends contacting me. To those who understand why this would bother me so much, thank-you. To the ex-Army and Navy players who are friends from ‘A Civil War,’ I can’t tell you how much your rallying around me right now means to me. To those who say they understand why I’d be upset but I should suck it up and go do the games I think you’re missing a point: I’ve done the games for years because I ENJOY doing them. I haven’t done them because Navy needs me—it certainly doesn’t—or because I owe Navy anything. If I’m going to dread going to the games—whether you think I should dread it or not—I shouldn’t be going. For those who think I’m setting a bad example for the kids at Army and Navy by walking away because of some adversity, perhaps that’s true. To quote Charles Barkley: I’m not a role model—particularly for those young men. And to the one guy who posted that he is glad to be rid of me: good for you. Enjoy the broadcasts. Why you wasted your time reading the blog or posting any thoughts at all is a mystery to me.
Finally some news on a couple of fronts: Several people have asked about my new book. It will be out around Thanksgiving and the title is ‘Best Seat in The House.’ It begins the night I asked Bob Knight about doing what became, ‘A Season on the Brink,’ and proceeds through my experiences in dealing with a lot of the people I’ve worked with since that first book 25 years ago. There is a lot on Knight. I had forgotten until I checked old notes and tapes how many stories about my experiences with him have gone untold. I don’t think he’s going to like this book either. (On another front: Simon and Schuster is bringing out a 25th anniversary edition of ‘Season on the Brink,’ at about the same time.)
Another radio note: As of next week I’m no longer doing my weekly appearances on WTEM—Sportstalk 980 in Washington. The other sports station—or should I say the newer one—106.7 The Fan made me the proverbial offer I couldn’t refuse to move over there. I’ll be on once a week with Mike Wise---looks like Wednesdays at 11:05--and once a week with The Sports Junkies—time and day TBA. I’ll miss Andy and yes, even Steve, but since the new gig may also include doing some hosting down the road, I couldn’t say no. And, after what happened with Tony Kornheiser’s show, it wasn’t that tough a decision.
And finally: My wife and son finally couldn’t take it anymore and they set up a Facebook page for me. We should have a link to it on the blog shortly. Please ‘like,’ me. I think right now I have about 14 ‘likes,’ and my wife says Mike Lupica has something like 12,000. I’d be more embarrassed if I actually knew what a ‘like,’ was.
Derek Jeter I: Of course he should have gone to the All-Star game. Look, it isn’t worth killing him for making a mistake in judgment. On the other hand, it isn’t worth Commissioner Bud Selig falling on his sword for him either saying, “I would have done the exact same thing.” (If that’s true Commish aren’t you admitting this is just an exhibition game, not a game worthy of deciding World Series home field?)
To review: Jeter gets his 3,000th hit on Saturday in Yankee Stadium in remarkable fashion, going five-for-five in the game and hitting a home run for No. 3,000. Throw in the fact that he also got the game-winning hit and The Legend of Derek became even bigger than it had been in the past. All of a sudden, the .260 batting average seemed not to matter.
On Sunday he announces he isn’t making the trip to Phoenix because he’s emotionally and physically exhausted.
Look, no one doubts the last month hasn’t been difficult. The strain of his struggles at the plate; the injury that delayed getting to 3,000; the pressure of knowing he needed to get it last weekend or he would almost certainly get the magic hit on the road—everyone gets that.
But it would not have been THAT exhausting to get on a private jet on Tuesday morning, take a bow in Phoenix and perhaps play long enough to get one at-bat. Since the game started at 5:30 local time, he could have flown home that night and probably been in bed by 2 a.m. which isn’t a lot later than he probably goes to bed after a night game. Or, he could have flown Wednesday morning and had plenty of rest before the Yankees resume play Thursday.
Again, this is not that big a deal. Jeter hasn’t committed a crime against humanity. But he should have gone. He was voted in by the fans even though, based strictly on this season, he didn’t deserve to start the game. Take a deep breath and make the effort so the fans can cheer you and you can, in affect, say thank-you.
Jeter doesn’t make a lot of PR mistakes but when he does it is usually around The All-Star break. Missing Bob Shepherd’s funeral two years ago was also a mistake. That said, if that’s the worst we can say about him after 15 years in the searing New York spotlight, the guy has done pretty well.
Jeter II: The home run ball. There is no way I’m going to criticize Christian Lopez, the young man who caught the ball Jeter hit into the leftfield stands for hit No. 3,000 for wanting to ‘do the right thing,’ and hand the ball over to Jeter. If he’s a Yankee fan it is a way of saying thank-you to Jeter for all the pleasure he’s given him through the years. Heck, if he’s a baseball fan, same thing applies.
That said, I understand the people who are saying he should have been given 48 hours to decide what to ask for rather than being whisked into Yankee-land where just being in a normally restricted area AND getting to meet Jeter probably overwhelmed him. He may look back sometime next season when he’s no longer sitting in that luxury box and say, ‘what the hell was I thinking?’ My guess is he won’t be hanging with Derek at that point either.
So, what’s the best solution? Easy. Jeter should say, ‘listen Christian I REALLY appreciate the gesture. You are a mensch. (I’ll teach him the meaning of the word). But I want to do something for you and your family so I’m going to take $100,000 of the $17 million I’m being paid this year and establish a college fund for your future kids. If you have no kids, convert it to a retirement fund when the time comes. (That 100K should be worth a lot more in 20 years. At least we hope it will). This way everyone has done the right thing: Jeter’s got the ball, Lopez walks away knowing he did the right thing and so does Jeter. Maybe the Yankees can match Jeter’s 100K and start the fund at 200K.
Make sense?
Onto other things:
Socceristas: I know some of you are upset because I said on Washington Post Live on Monday that I have trouble taking a sport seriously when it decides a championship on penalty kicks.
Sorry, that’s the way I feel.
For the record though let me clear one thing up since my friend Mike Wise in his never-ending quest to create ‘good television,’ (people shouting) kept insisting I was being sexist since the question came up after the U.S. beat Brazil on penalty kicks in the women’s World Cup.
This has nothing to do with whether men or women are playing. I feel the same way, regardless.
You don’t decide Stanley Cup hockey games in shootouts. Regular season, fine, but when the championship is at stake you keep PLAYING HOCKEY. You don’t stop a postseason baseball game—or any baseball game for that matter—after 12 innings and have a Home Run Derby. You don’t have a free throw shooting contest at the end of the second overtime in a basketball game.
The only sport that changes the rules at all is college football when it places the ball on the 25-yard line to begin overtime. I’m not crazy about that either but at least they’re still playing football.
Anyone who has read this blog at all knows I LIKE soccer. I loved my time covering the Diplomats in the old North American Soccer League but I still support Johan Cruyff’s approach to hokey non-soccer endings. When the Diplomats opening game in 1980 ended in a 2-2 draw with The Tampa Bay Rowdies, Cruyff was asked by Diplomats Coach Gordon Bradley to take one of the ‘shootout,’ kicks—the shootout was the NASL’s version of penalty kicks.
“I don’t do shootouts,” Cruyff said walking away.
I’m no Johan Cruyff but I don’t do world championships that can be decided by penalty kicks. I didn’t like it as far back as The World Cup final in Pasadena in 1994 or in the women’s World Cup in 1999—still one of the most bogus endings ever to a major sports even. For Sports Illustrated to name that team the ‘sportswomen of the year,’ when they won the championship game without scoring a GOAL was a joke—and I don’t like it now.
Socceristas like my friend Steve Goff insist this is the only way to do it. Bologne—or some word like it. You do what they do in hockey: You play sudden death overtime after 90 minutes. More often than not someone will score within the 30 minutes allotted for extra time now. If not, play on. If it takes 100 more minutes for someone to score—fine, that’s the nature of the sport. Please don’t tell me it is unfair because the winning team will be tired for the next game. In knockout rounds in a world championship you always have at least two days off and if you can’t recover, well tough, win sooner the next time. That’s part of competition. You can’t on the one hand tell me soccer players are the best-conditioned players on the planet and then on the other say overtime has to be limited lest they get tired. Use your bench. Allow more subbing in overtime. But play SOCCER.
Briefly on the Navy radio flap: I was amazed at all the various emotions my decision seemed to stir up both in posts and e-mails and in long-time friends contacting me. To those who understand why this would bother me so much, thank-you. To the ex-Army and Navy players who are friends from ‘A Civil War,’ I can’t tell you how much your rallying around me right now means to me. To those who say they understand why I’d be upset but I should suck it up and go do the games I think you’re missing a point: I’ve done the games for years because I ENJOY doing them. I haven’t done them because Navy needs me—it certainly doesn’t—or because I owe Navy anything. If I’m going to dread going to the games—whether you think I should dread it or not—I shouldn’t be going. For those who think I’m setting a bad example for the kids at Army and Navy by walking away because of some adversity, perhaps that’s true. To quote Charles Barkley: I’m not a role model—particularly for those young men. And to the one guy who posted that he is glad to be rid of me: good for you. Enjoy the broadcasts. Why you wasted your time reading the blog or posting any thoughts at all is a mystery to me.
Finally some news on a couple of fronts: Several people have asked about my new book. It will be out around Thanksgiving and the title is ‘Best Seat in The House.’ It begins the night I asked Bob Knight about doing what became, ‘A Season on the Brink,’ and proceeds through my experiences in dealing with a lot of the people I’ve worked with since that first book 25 years ago. There is a lot on Knight. I had forgotten until I checked old notes and tapes how many stories about my experiences with him have gone untold. I don’t think he’s going to like this book either. (On another front: Simon and Schuster is bringing out a 25th anniversary edition of ‘Season on the Brink,’ at about the same time.)
Another radio note: As of next week I’m no longer doing my weekly appearances on WTEM—Sportstalk 980 in Washington. The other sports station—or should I say the newer one—106.7 The Fan made me the proverbial offer I couldn’t refuse to move over there. I’ll be on once a week with Mike Wise---looks like Wednesdays at 11:05--and once a week with The Sports Junkies—time and day TBA. I’ll miss Andy and yes, even Steve, but since the new gig may also include doing some hosting down the road, I couldn’t say no. And, after what happened with Tony Kornheiser’s show, it wasn’t that tough a decision.
And finally: My wife and son finally couldn’t take it anymore and they set up a Facebook page for me. We should have a link to it on the blog shortly. Please ‘like,’ me. I think right now I have about 14 ‘likes,’ and my wife says Mike Lupica has something like 12,000. I’d be more embarrassed if I actually knew what a ‘like,’ was.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in the normal 5:30 ET time slot. Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week virtually the entire time was spent on a back and forth discussing Tiger Woods, including his injury status and thoughts on his future.
Click here to listen to the segment (due to a technical glitch, you need to scroll down until July 6, John Feinstein): The Sports Reporters
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I also joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. Click below for the audio of this week's segment.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment (due to a technical glitch, you need to scroll down until July 6, John Feinstein): The Sports Reporters
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I also joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot at 5:35 PT. Click below for the audio of this week's segment.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, June 23, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in the Wednesday 5:30 time slot. Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. Coming off last week's US Open, we discussed the tournament and playing conditions, the chances the US Open returns to Congressional in the future, and what will become of Tiger during the second half of the season.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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I also joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot. We spent much of the time focusing on what Rory McIlroy has done in winning the US Open, and not looking on what he might do in the future.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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I also joined The Gas Man, out of Seattle, for my weekly spot. We spent much of the time focusing on what Rory McIlroy has done in winning the US Open, and not looking on what he might do in the future.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, June 9, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in the Wednesday 5:30 time slot. Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. Virtually the entire segment this week was spent discussing Tiger Woods (injury, pursuit of records, what he may do the rest of the year, etc) and next week's US Open, including the set-up of the course at Congressional and whether or not Tiger's tournament returns in future years after this two year hiatus.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
Thursday, June 2, 2011
This weeks radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. We started the segment discussing Gary Williams and whether he will ever coach again then moved on to the topic of the week, Jim Tressel's resignation and if Gordon Gee and Gene Smith are next. Based off that topic, maybe its time for the major college programs to break off from the NCAA. We ended this week's talk discussing Jack Nicklaus's comments on Tiger Woods.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. The Gas Man's broadcast was live from Vancouver, prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, so we jumped off talking about Seattle's love for the Canucks. After that we moved on to the power NCAA programs and as more problems creep up, will the schools look to break off from the NCAA?
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. The Gas Man's broadcast was live from Vancouver, prior to Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, so we jumped off talking about Seattle's love for the Canucks. After that we moved on to the power NCAA programs and as more problems creep up, will the schools look to break off from the NCAA?
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, May 26, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. We spent a great deal of the time this week discussing Tiger Woods and the possible disintegration of his lower body, including whether his workout regimen and subsequent weight gain may have been a hindrance instead of help over the years. After Tiger we moved on to the hiring of Ed DeChellis at Navy, and where Penn State basketball may be headed. Paterno and Bob Knight on the same campus?
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we discussed the Seattle Sounders and the MLS, including a story of mine while covering the earlier rendition of the Sounders, followed by a look at the success of the MLS including the smart choice of stadium size the league has gone with. After the soccer talk we moved on to the franchises in New York, including the amazing events that the Mets and Wilpon find themselves in, including a quick a look at the Yankees, Rangers and Islanders.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we discussed the Seattle Sounders and the MLS, including a story of mine while covering the earlier rendition of the Sounders, followed by a look at the success of the MLS including the smart choice of stadium size the league has gone with. After the soccer talk we moved on to the franchises in New York, including the amazing events that the Mets and Wilpon find themselves in, including a quick a look at the Yankees, Rangers and Islanders.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Friday, May 20, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week we discussed new Maryland coach Mark Turgeon's hiring of assistant Delonte Hill, the AAU-ization of the college basketball game then moved on to golf by talking about Tiger Woods and his short week at THE PLAYERS and finishing with a quick Paul Goydos story.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking about my reporting of Tiger Woods at Ponte Vedra before discussing the trials and tribulations of the tournament. After moving on from golf, we finished off talking about Gary Williams and Maryland.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking about my reporting of Tiger Woods at Ponte Vedra before discussing the trials and tribulations of the tournament. After moving on from golf, we finished off talking about Gary Williams and Maryland.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Friday, May 13, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week we discussed Gary Williams departure, Mark Turgeon's arrival, a look at other legendary coaches and what happens to their programs when they retire before moving on to golf and the Tiger Woods-Bubba Watson news.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking about the most important news, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, my connection to Army and Navy and their campus reactions to the event, then moved on to more trivial topics such as NFL lockout, athletes and boredom, a story of me and John Thompson and the phenomena of Gus Johnson, Dick Vitale and other announcers.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking about the most important news, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, my connection to Army and Navy and their campus reactions to the event, then moved on to more trivial topics such as NFL lockout, athletes and boredom, a story of me and John Thompson and the phenomena of Gus Johnson, Dick Vitale and other announcers.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, May 5, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week we started out talking about the Washington Capitals outlook at 0-3 (pre-last nights game), then moved on to Jordan Williams leaving Maryland, looking ahead to the program next year and beyond, then finished up talking about the George Washington basketball opening and ending with talk about the PGA Tour.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking about the outlook for The Heritage golf tournament in Hilton Head, which is having sponsorship issues before moving on to this week's tournament in Charlotte, which was kicked off by Arnold Palmer, who is still a treasure to be around and watch, playing in the Wednesday pro-am.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking about the outlook for The Heritage golf tournament in Hilton Head, which is having sponsorship issues before moving on to this week's tournament in Charlotte, which was kicked off by Arnold Palmer, who is still a treasure to be around and watch, playing in the Wednesday pro-am.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, April 21, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. We started out the segment talking about the breaking news, MLB taking control of the one of the most historical franchises, the Dodgers. Following the baseball talk, we discussed the Bob Knight, Kentucky, and ESPN situation that arose this week before ending with the NFL labor strife.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent a lot of time discussing Bob Knight and his comments on Kentucky basketball players this week, including Knight’s history with the program, before moving on to discussing the merits of the best of 5 vs. best of 7 series. That conversation led up to discussing the best playoff scenario around, hockey game 7s.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, April 7, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week we covered the multitude of topics of the day, including the Debbie Yow comments on Gary Williams, the Championship Game struggles of Butler and U-Conn and we finished up discussing The Masters, including Tiger Woods' decision not to play in the Par 3 event and who I would like to see win this week.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking mostly about The Masters, including the necessity of the practice rounds that were a challenge because of early week windy weather, where Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson sit in the ranks of golfers today, the beauty of the unpredictability in who the winner could be, the grand gesture of Ryo Ishikawa, and many other topics pertaining to the tournament. To finish up, we talked about the Final Four and the effect of the court set-up in domes.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the time speaking mostly about The Masters, including the necessity of the practice rounds that were a challenge because of early week windy weather, where Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson sit in the ranks of golfers today, the beauty of the unpredictability in who the winner could be, the grand gesture of Ryo Ishikawa, and many other topics pertaining to the tournament. To finish up, we talked about the Final Four and the effect of the court set-up in domes.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Thursday, March 31, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week we focused the current NCAA messes that are going on including the Fiesta Bowl and the U-Conn situations, then moved on to why teams such as VCU and Butler are reaching the Final Four and what it means for college basketball, what the (too short) 3pt shot has done in the sport, and whether VCU's run will make calls for expansion of the tournament to get louder.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the segment talking about NCAA athletics, ranging from the Fiesta Bowl fiasco including Bill Hancock's statements to VCU and their run through the tournament, to playoffs in football and expansion in the basketball tournament, ending with talk about Brad Stevens and Butler.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we spent the segment talking about NCAA athletics, ranging from the Fiesta Bowl fiasco including Bill Hancock's statements to VCU and their run through the tournament, to playoffs in football and expansion in the basketball tournament, ending with talk about Brad Stevens and Butler.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Friday, March 25, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in my normal time slot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week we focused on the success of the 'little guys,' the struggles of the Big East and everything in between. It includes a great story about Brad Stevens that shows how unique he is.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we discussed last weekends Butler-Pitt game, the Washington-UNC game, my championing of the non-power conferences, previewing the round of 16 games.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also Wednesday I joined The Gas Man in my normal weekly spot. This week we discussed last weekends Butler-Pitt game, the Washington-UNC game, my championing of the non-power conferences, previewing the round of 16 games.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters a little later than the normal timeslot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. This week we focused on the NCAA Tournament, the selection process, quips from the press conference of Jim Calhoun, and the overall downgrade of ACC basketball and the respect from around the country, including post-season tournaments.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in the normal timeslot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. We spent the majority of the show discussing what we don't know about the upcoming NFL lockout, comparisons to what the NHL did, contraction for the various sports and various different angles of all the labor dealings.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also, Wednesday evening I joined The Gas Man in my weekly spot. This week's discussion came from the Honda Classic, so we discussed the PGA Tour and its strong start in terms of TV ratings, players changing mentalities as the Florida swing indicates The Masters is near, then moved onto NCAA basketball and how it uses technology with in-game officiating.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Click here to listen to the segment: The Sports Reporters
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Also, Wednesday evening I joined The Gas Man in my weekly spot. This week's discussion came from the Honda Classic, so we discussed the PGA Tour and its strong start in terms of TV ratings, players changing mentalities as the Florida swing indicates The Masters is near, then moved onto NCAA basketball and how it uses technology with in-game officiating.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
Saturday, February 26, 2011
This week's radio segments (The Sports Reporters, The Gas Man, Tony Kornheiser Show)
Wednesday I joined The Sports Reporters in the normal timeslot (5:25 ET on Wednesday's). Click the permalink, then the link below, to listen to the segment from this week. The discussion focused on the NCAA's handling of Bruce Pearl, Jim Calhoun and other coaches who have colored outside the lines, the comments from and the viability of Cam Newton as a NFL QB, and brief talk about the professional golf world.
Click here to listen to the segment (once the player opens, scroll down to 'Feb 23 - John Feinstein' for the audio): The Sports Reporters
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Also, Wednesday evening I joined The Gas Man in my weekly spot. This week's discussion ranged from my AP vote to Brad Stevens and Butler to the Arizona-Washington game from Saturday to the competitiveness of the regular season of college basketball.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
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Thursday morning at 11:05 ET, I joined Tony Kornheiser in his newest version of The Tony Kornheiser Show. This week we talked about the struggles of Tiger Woods, the current state of coaches being punished by the NCAA, Steve Fisher and San Diego State, and the outlook for St. John's.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Tony Kornheiser Show
Click here to listen to the segment (once the player opens, scroll down to 'Feb 23 - John Feinstein' for the audio): The Sports Reporters
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Also, Wednesday evening I joined The Gas Man in my weekly spot. This week's discussion ranged from my AP vote to Brad Stevens and Butler to the Arizona-Washington game from Saturday to the competitiveness of the regular season of college basketball.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Gas Man
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Thursday morning at 11:05 ET, I joined Tony Kornheiser in his newest version of The Tony Kornheiser Show. This week we talked about the struggles of Tiger Woods, the current state of coaches being punished by the NCAA, Steve Fisher and San Diego State, and the outlook for St. John's.
Click here to listen to the segment: The Tony Kornheiser Show
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