Host: Bob McCown Co-Host: John Shannon Guests: USA Today columnist Jarrett Bell; Doug Smith, basketball writer for the Toronto Star, Jeff Blair from the Globe and Mail; president and CEO of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Jim Hopson; Ken King, Calgary Flames president and CEO.
So last week came and went without a word from Tillman as advertised. I personally think this is a good thing. Tillman needs to stay out of the limelight. If I were him, I would take a year off and recover from this doing whatever he needs to with his family and get his head on straight. What has happened has to have had a serious impact on his psyche and he needs time to deal with it. Tillman's employment (now allegedly in Toronto) can only serve as a distraction to moving forward.
Host: Bob McCown Co-Host: John Shannon Guests: SI.com's Stewart Mandel; Dr. Charles Tator, sports medicine expert; USA Today sports writer, Jarrett Bell; Matt Stairs, MLB free agent; Don Meehan from Newport Sports Management.
David Branch should be nominated into the Hockey Hall of Fame, regardless what he does with the rest of his career. Wikipedia doesn't have a lot of information to back this up, but Branch's impact on the game of hockey, particularly in the OHL has been significant. Regardless what you think of Branch, you know that he comes down hard on hitting from behind and "cheap hits". While this doesn't sound difficult to do, Branch does something that Bettman and the NHL can't do - protect the players at all costs.
It would be easy to prove in a court of law that the NHL hasn't done a thing to protect their players from the game or each other. If someone in the OHL passes away due to a hockey related hit or fight, it won't fall on the head of Branch. If this happens in the NHL, there is only one person that can be held liable - Bettman.
Host: Bob McCown Roundtable: Roundtable with Jim Kelley, and James Deacon
May the fourth be with you.
McCown started the first segment with the following: "I'd fix the (national hockey) league in a week and the first thing I'd do is say 'the hell with America. I don't give a flyin' Fadoo about how the playoffs affect America." With the talk of Balsillie taking ownership of the Coyotes and moving them to southern Ontario heating up, the whole discussion of hockey in Canada vs hockey in the USA is JUST beginning. …I get the sense it won't be a long argument.
McCown argued that the 92 Jays batting line-up may be the best of all time. I love how Bob McCown throws stuff out there that is completely moronic and then begins to persuade you to his side of the argument.
I would love to see McGuire and McCown engage with each other for just one segment - heck, it doesn't even have to be about hockey. Both of them are really knowledgeable, passionate, stubborn and persuasive (all good things in my books.) Hopefully the unholy alliance of Bell-Rogers will facilitate this (right Brunt?)
Host: Bob McCown Co-host: Jim Kelley Guests: Jarrett Bell from USA Today, Jeff Blair from the Toronto Star Very interesting point by Kelley, regarding Ovechkins all star game antics being aimed squarely at Crosby. He said the entire gettup by Ovechkin was designed to irk Crosby and it all boiled over on Sun afternoon. I totally see that now - great call by Kelley...take a look at the video at the bottom of the post...looks close, eh?
'The NHL has come to the realization the Ovechkin is the best player in the NHL, and if not, then Malkin is...Ovechkin has something Sydney does not, a personality." - McCown firing on all cylinders here this aft.
Next topic, NFL columbines (sp) with Jarrett Bell from USA Today. An old take from the gang on how brutally dry watching the NFL columbines are. Bobcats idea for an NFL style olympics where all running backs run the 100m against each other got a rise from Bell saying, "you guys are ahead of your time.". Goodell takes a paycut, and although he didn't say it, you could hear McCown wanting to rip into Bettman for not doing the same.
Jeff Blair next up to talk about the Jays (after McCowns diatribe about guests coming on, on cell phones - probably his biggest pet peeve). A-Roid in Florida for spring training with fans throwing their walkers at him. "The longer he talks, the dumber he sounds." - great point by Blair.
One thing I'd like to know is what Ken Griffey thinks out all of this...was he ever tempted? What did he know? (Assuming he never used steroids - can we even make that assumption?)
Been an advent listener of Bobcat and Prime Time Sports since the early 90s (if memory serves). I have listened to probably more shows than anyone (ok, impossible to prove). I started this blog to post my thoughts on Bob McCown's shows and hopefully encourage a dialogue about his thoughts (which I am often angered and inspired by - sometimes at the same time!)
I do reside in Ottawa, and although Bobcat thinks there is a bias against him here, I can assure him that there isn't (at least not by me.)
I will be posting thoughts on Bob McCown's Prime Time Sports a maximum of 48 hours after the show airs and hope you will take the time to share your thoughts and engage in a dialogue of what is probably the greatest broadcaster, sports or otherwise, of our generation.
To get any old episodes listed here and listen for yourself, CLICK HERE!
Posts
Click Here!