1/21/10 -Eugene Melnyk, Senators, Cullen, TFC

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: John Shannon
Guests: Basketball writer for the Globe and Mail, Michael Grange; Elliotte Friedman from "Hockey Night in Canada" on CBC, Eugene Melnyk, Ottawa Senators owner; Dan Shulman, ESPN broadcaster, Don Banks, writer for Sports Illustrated; David Branch, commissioner of the OHL; comedian Sean Cullen

It seems every time Melnyk comes on, McCown doesn't really talk about the Senators in any great detail, other than the cursory "how's the team doin'?" kinda questions. Melnyk always seems to be questioned about the PTS world more than anything. Since the tired notion of addressing the head shot issue was the topic of the week, that's what the conversation revolved around.

I thought Sean Cullen was the funniest thing on PTS in a long time! ...and Bobcat, just go to a TFC game the next time you get the opportunity. Or at least swear off of leaf games, will ya???

Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown: Wednesday, December 6, 2010 (4:00-7:00)

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: Stephen Brunt
Guests: David Branch, president of the CHL and commissioner of the OHL, Bryan Colangelo, president and general manager of the Toronto Raptors; Dave Van Horne, former play-by-play announcer for the Montreal Expos, Ed Olczyk, hockey analyst for Versus and NBC; CNBC's Darren Rovell; Bob Elliott, Toronto Sun baseball columnist.

Alomar should be in the BHOF. Making him "earn" it, after a couple of years is absolutely stupid. Case closed. Congrats to the "Hawk" Andre Dawson for getting in!

So Becker comes on defending Arenas to the nth degree and others have come on to slag Arenas including Colangelo today. I'm not justifying what he did, of course it was in poor judgement. But I do agree with Becker that Arenas will have a major case against the NBA for being "indefinitely suspended."

...and Colangelo called McCown out for calling Bargnani a "D-League" player at best. McCown admitted that it was tongue in cheek, but then proceeded to further call Bargnani out for his inconsistency.

Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown: Monday, November 16, 2009 (5:00-7:00)

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.

Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 (5:00-7:00)

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: Stephen Brunt
Guests: Hockey analyst for Rogers Sportsnet, Nick Kypreos; USA Today's Michael Hiestand; David Branch, CHL president and OHL commissioner; former director of players affairs for the NHLPA, Glenn Healy.

Bobcat has MORE than one vice, Brunt. Gambling and smoking! Probably the best first segment between Brunt and McCown that spread to TFC, fishing, smoking, golf, murdering, soccer hooligans, guns, vices and interests of both Brunt and McCown. Great radio!

OK, so Healy et al can't talk about what 'really' happened regarding Kelly and the NHLPA. Why doesn't someone go to Bob McCown and TELL him what happened and allow Bobcat to report this information confidentially?

Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 (5:00-7:00)

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: John Shannon
Guests: Tom Anselmi, MLSE executive VP and COO; John Branch, writer for the New York Times; Paul Waldie, business reporter for the Globe and Mail; Sports Illustrated's Don Banks.

TFC may be doing great as an "experience", live and in person, but the TFC ratings on CBC are brutal. There are almost as many people watching on tv that are attending games. McCown attending a TFC game is now a "definite maybe"?? Now this I gotta see! What do you guys think the chances are that he'll actually go?

Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown: Tuesday April 28, 2009 (6:00-7:00)

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: Jim Kelley
Guests: David Branch, OHL commissioner and president of the CHL; Bert Sugar, boxing author and historian; Canadian Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Angela James

Man, I wish I had more to write about Bert Sugar, but listen to this interview and the poetry in the man's voice…he's a legend. You can tell that McCown has been heavily influenced by his slow speech, thoughtful responses and overall mannerisms. I love how the interview ended:

McCown: "(Bert), Have a safe flight will ya?"
Sugar: "Don't tell me, tell the Pilot!!!"

Classic.

Here's the background information of another legend, Angela James.
McCown, Kelley, James, Branch, Sugar