1/26/10 - Brunt back, Why the Cormier hindsight??

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: Stephen Brunt
Guests: CNBC sports business reporter, Darren Rovell, Nick Kypreos from Rogers Sportsnet; Georges Laraque, former Montreal Canadiens forward, Buck Martinez, play-by-play announcer for Toronto Blue Jays games on Rogers Sportsnet; curler Jennifer Jones; Dan Shulman from ESPN.

Finally...Brunt is BACK! Feels like ages that he's been on. He shared stories about going to New Orleans and how amazing the experience was being there during the Saints victory on Sunday. The accounts he provides demonstrates why he is an amazing writer. He called the atmosphere in New Orleans "unlike anything that I have ever seen."

I'm not sure what the point is of McCown and Brunt attacking Hockey Canada and the IIHF retroactively for Cormier hit on the Swedish player during the World Juniors. You know what they say about hindsight, and I'm not sure where the outrage was during the World Juniors regarding the incident. I don't even remember it being discussed at the time by PTS. Perhaps a more intriguing discussion is why there was no media outrage at the time of the incident during the World Juniors.

Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown: Thursday, December 10, 2009 (4:00-7:00)

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: John Shannon
Guests: Elliotte Friedman, John Bitove, Darren Rovell, Buck Martinez, Dan Shulman, Chris Rudge, Allan Walsh.

Friedman returns!! Some great historical stories about McCown and negotiating his morning contract and his current contract with the FAN590. Love it - fascinating stuff. You can also sense the deep respect Friedman has for McCown. I think I've mentioned it before, but after listening to Friedman and McCown there seems to be a mutual bond between these two (probably similar to Strombolopolous). I just wonder how nerve racking it is for Friedman and other younger media personalities who grew up listening to Bobcat and are now in the position to work side-by-side with him. I'd be pissin' my pants, and not figuratively either!

Bobcat getting freebies from the Hockey House - c'mon Bobcat…put that pass on eBay! For more info on Hockey House, click here - looks impressive, but geez it looks expensive!!!

Here are two of the t-shirts from zazzle.com that Rovell hinted at:
I guess all Tigers can't climb trees
Tiger Did Me

Martinez was caught in a bit of a fib. He said that he spoke to Shulman about the radio opportunity before accepting it. As soon as Shulman came on, they asked him about it, and he said he had no knowledge about it before the announcement. Hmmmm…something weird about that, and Shannon and McCown knew it. Martinez also called John, Jeff…not a good start. Ah well, we'll always have that play from home plate with the broken leg, won't we??

At around 6:40 during the Chris Rudge interview, McCown exploded on Vanoc, etc for the "smoke and mirrors" these organizations utilize in asking for public funds and then exponentially raising the funds closer to game time. This is going to be coming to a head when McCown heads to Vancouver. I will be listening to see if McCown will end up "exploding" on his traditional view during the Olympics. It will be impossible for him not to, although if the freebies keep coming in, it's gonna be tough!

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

Host: Bob McCown
Co-Host: Jim Kelley
Guests: Ryan Zander, general manager of baseball products for Sportvision; Buck Martinez, TBS baseball commentator; attorney and legal analyst, Rob Becker; Dr. Christiane Ayotte, director of the anti-doping lab at the Richmond Olympic Oval.

McCown, there's a reason you do the "Goalie Mask not in the NHL Rulebook" debate, only once a year. It's because it's meaningless!!!

This Sportsnet-PTS battle is really going to get worse before it gets better. McCown called out Sportsnet for the lack of coverage he has on the Sportsnet website. Pointing to the fact that HockeyCentral interviews that are readily available through sportsnet.ca, McCown ripped Sportsnet for not having any of PTS material online. As always, he's right. ..and so far, nothing from Sportsnet on my email request. Perhaps I should start a Letterman-Oprah type log of how I feel each day Sportsnet neglects me after I wrote them such a nice letter!

Was it the smartest thing for Dr. Ayotte to release the fact that cheating athletes can produce "better" results by drinking a Litre of water before the test?? I found this a bit odd.

Why is the off-PTS-show news so much more interesting that the on-PTS-show issues?? Kinda like Letterman, eh?