A Wednesday edition kicks off with a recap of an amazingly wild first weekend of the NCAA Tournament including out favorite moments and predictions for the rest of the way, we talk NFL Free Agency (15:17) as well as where the Bears may go the rest of the way and in the draft, Roons gives a Blackhawks post mortem as their playoff hopes officially ended last night ending a 9-season streak, we talk Opening Day (32:50) and the White Sox decision to start James Shields, Tiger did Tiger things again (...
Mar 21, 2018•1 hr 16 min
Tiger's back in contention so naturally we open things up with a recap of his T-2 finish at the Valspar and what indicators it might give us for his season going forward, we move onto NFL Free Agency (16:23) including our very active Chicago Bears, Moose airs a grievance with the NCAA Tournament selection committee (31:53), we play Buy or Sell (37:17)with some football topics, and Roons Shuts it Down with the help of a special guest! As always we thank you for tuning in, please keep doing so as ...
Mar 13, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Moose is back from Spring Training for Episode 46 and starts things off with a full report of what it was like covering baseball in Arizona, we talk NFL Free Agency (16:00) including the Bears and Jarvis Landry and much more, we talk golf (28:14) including Phil's thrilling win at the WGC Mexico and the landscape of golf just a month out of Augusta, Roons airs a grievance (34:59) on Jay Williams' plea to college basketball players, we recap the B1G Tournament (38:55) as Michigan caught fire for t...
Mar 06, 2018•1 hr 5 min
We kick off episode 45 of the pod with a recap of the Honda Classic, ranging from Tiger's performance to Justin Thomas' win and kicking a fan out, from there we transition to Spring Training (18:00) and talk White Sox injuries and the Cubs "boring" Spring, we break down some of the Bears' cuts (31:00) and discuss what this could mean for their offseason additions, we talk USA/Canada Gold Medal game as well as the Blackhawks selling at the deadline(38:38) and Roons breaks down the moves made and ...
Feb 27, 2018•1 hr 18 min
It's a special Buy or Sell edition of the pod where we go back and forth with Buy or Sell questions on the biggest topics throughout our city and the entire sporting world. From the Bears roster decisions, to NBA All-Star Weekend, the MLB dominos starting to fall, NFL topics, and even debating movies we cover all you need to know! Please hit us up with your feedback, continue to follow us on social media and tune in each and every week! This week in edition to SoundCloud and iTunes we'll also be...
Feb 20, 2018•49 min
The Cubs made the first big free agency splash and we talk about what Yu Darvish means for the Cubs and the league, From there we transition to the new look Cavs and the renewed sense of excitement in the NBA (11:47), we find a way to talk football and discuss Johnny Football's attempt at a comeback as well as Larry Fitzgerald's place among the NFL's greatest WRs amidst his announcement of returning for a 15th season (26:12), Moose talks about his trip covering the pro-am at Pebble Beach (40:00)...
Feb 15, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Episode 42 takes a deep dive into Super Bowl LII and we break down everything we saw, liked, didn't like and more from the big game, the Bulls #TankWatch is back in full force, Moose airs a grievance on the city of Philadelphia, we play buy or sell talking Nick Foles, LeBron and the Cavs, Winter Olympics and Super Bowl commercials, we open the mailbag up on Chicago championship eras, Roons has an update on The Godfather while Moose lets a major spoiler slip, and Roons shuts things down with a tr...
Feb 06, 2018•1 hr 12 min
Episode 41 is live with a Super Bowl preview, NBA talk as Blake Griffin is shockingly dealt and the Bulls deal for Niko Mirotic falls apart, we discuss some Bears free agency targets, Roons airs an NHL grievance, we play buy or sell with MLB Hot Stove, XFL topics, and much more, we talk Super Bowl set ups, where and how we watch, food choices, prop bets, and Moose shuts things down! Thanks as always for listening, keep rating, liking, subscribing and thanks for tuning in!
Jan 30, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Episode 40 begins with a recap of the AFC and NFC title games and the greatness of what's going in in New England, Roons airs a grievance with the Blackhawks and offers up some possible solutions and we go around the NHL for a bit as well. Tiger is #back this week at Torrey Pines so of course we give our best preview of what we expect to see. We play buy or sell with a wide variety of topics ranging from LeBron to Pilates, we debut a new segment "The Best Thing I Read All Week" and Moose shuts t...
Jan 23, 2018•1 hr 9 min
Episode 40 begins with a recap of the AFC and NFC title games and the greatness of what's going in in New England, Roons airs a grievance with the Blackhawks and offers up some possible solutions and we go around the NHL for a bit as well. Tiger is #back this week at Torrey Pines so of course we give our best preview of what we expect to see. We play buy or sell with a wide variety of topics ranging from LeBron to Pilates, we debut a new segment "The Best Thing I Read All Week" and Moose shuts t...
Jan 23, 2018•1 hr 9 min
A day late, but we're live no less with Episode 39 kicking things off with a recap of the wild NFL Divisional Round and predictions of Championship Weekend, we talk the surprisingly exciting Bulls and Zach LaVine's return as well as some off-court drama around the NBA (23:00), Corey Crawford could be lost for the season and we break down the different paths the Blackhawks can take going forward (31:20), Moose airs a grievance with modern day college sports (38:05), we play Buy or Sell with a Whi...
Jan 17, 2018•1 hr 4 min
Getting right to it, on Ep. 38 we break down an instant classic that was Alabama vs Georgia last night, we talk Matt Nagy and the Bears (23:11), we talk NFL Wild Card weekend (35:55), Roons airs a grievance (42:06), we play Buy or Sell with some Cubs and Bulls talk (46:30), for the first time ever we reach into the archives to re-address an old Mailbag question (56:45), and Moose shuts it down (59:44). Make sure as always to like us here on SoundCloud, rate and review the episode on iTunes and s...
Jan 09, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Back and better than ever in the first episode of 2018, we kick things off recapping the day in college football, especially the two playoff games that lived up to the hype. We talk all things Bears and their head coaching search (25:11), we predict each conference's Super Bowl rep (37:27), Moose airs his grievance with the College Football Playoff (42:44), we play Buy or Sell (48:02), we react to the first Masters commercials of 2018 (59:27), and Roons shuts it down with a salute to Vegas (1:00...
Jan 02, 2018•1 hr 6 min
We're live with Episode 36, our New Year's Bowl Pick 'Em special. If you want to win some money, tune in, fade our picks and get rich! Moose and Roons make their picks on all 5 New Year's Day games and will once and for all settle the golf bet. Starting Tuesday Jan. 2, we'll be back to our normal weekly schedule each and every Tuesday! Enjoy the football (while it lasts) and Happy New Year to all of our listeners!
Dec 30, 2017•41 min
It's a Festivus miracle! On our favorite fictional holiday we give all of you the gift of a special edition of the Moose and Roons Podcast: an interview with NBA expert Mark Schanowski! Mark breaks down all you need to know about the Bulls rocky start, their unlikely win streak, possible moves to come, the NBA Draft, NBA Finals predictions and much more! Thank you all for being such loyal listeners to the Podcast, and have a very Merry Christmas!
Dec 23, 2017•41 min
After an abysmal city-wide losing streak, all Chicago does is win on W. Madison St and we dive into what's going right for the United Center's co-tenants, we begrudgingly and briefly discuss the Bears flop in Detroit (20:08), baseball's hot stove is heating up on both sides of town (26:18), after a week off we make our lock of the week picks (29:18), we dance on the Packers' grave after they're eliminated from postseason contention (32:26), Moose hits us with his grievance (32:55) and discuss a ...
Dec 19, 2017•54 min
We're back with Episode 33, Moose is live from the Denver airport and we discuss travel preferences, break down the Bears big win over the Bengals, we talk Giancarlo Stanton headed to the Bronx (17:40)and all the goings on in Winter Meetings, Roons airs an Oreo-related grievance (27:25), we play Buy or Sell including the age old window seat or aisle seat debate (31:31), should Devin Hester be enshrined in Canton (41:00), and Moose shuts it down with a tip of the cap to our favorite former Bears ...
Dec 12, 2017•48 min
We open up Ep 32 with Tiger talk and the encouraging signs we saw from his comeback this weekend, next it's another week and another disheartening effort from the Beloved Bears (10:36), the CFP final four is set and we preview it as well as discuss whether or not the committee got it right (22:15), Moose airs his grievance with the CFP committee (33:11), we play Buy or Sell including some Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes talk (37:26), we make our locks of the week pick (51:30), open up the mailbag abou...
Dec 05, 2017•1 hr 1 min
We kick things off with the Chicago team deserving of our time, the Blackhawks who seem to be hitting their stride going 4-0-1 in their last 5 games, we break down what went wrong with the Bears in Philly (P.S. it was everything) and where they go from here (10:40), we follow that up with some talk around college football including a behind the scenes look at covering Mike Riley's dismissal from Nebraska (23:30), Roons airs a grievance on the Bulls and Jordan Bell (40:45), we play Buy or Sell (4...
Nov 28, 2017•1 hr 3 min
We kick things off with a recap of the Bears heartbreaking loss to Detroit, including an impressive 2-minute drill led by Mitch Trubisky, we make our lock (fade) of the week picks (15:06, we talk rivalry week coming up in college football (17:34), Matt's Hockey Minute returns with an update on the current state of our Chicago Blackhawks (23:40), we prepare ourselves for the return of Tiger Woods (28:37), It's Moose's turn to host the Airing of Grievances (32:30), we play Buy or Sell featuring Ba...
Nov 21, 2017•1 hr 1 min
We get right to the point this week and air our grievances with abysmal performances from the Bears and Notre Dame as well as some talk around the college football world, we play buy or sell with a wide range of topics, open up the mailbag, shout out the Co-Conference Champion Illinois Wesleyan Fightin' Titans, and shut it down with a special subject near and dear to both of our hearts!
Nov 14, 2017•52 min
It's a bye week, but not an off week for the Moose and Roons podcast, with the Bears on the bye we recap the Saturday that was in College Football, talk NFL Week 9 and look ahead to the Beloved's second half (23:27), discuss the anti-climactic ending to a fantastic World Series as well as some offseason storylines (38:00), Moose airs a grievance on the NFL (46:13), we play Buy or Sell (49:12), open up the mailbag (59:25) and Roons shuts it down (1:02:34). Thank you again for tuning in, be sure t...
Nov 07, 2017•1 hr 6 min
A spook-tacular (sorry) Halloween episode of Moose and Roons kicks off with the Bears tough loss in New Orleans as well as some news and notes around the NFL, we talk college football ahead of the College Football Playoff rankings debut (30:35), Moose tries to stay hot in our lock of the week segment (39:42), we review what's been a thrilling World Series so far (41:30), Roons briefly breaks down what's been plaguing the Blackhawks (45:05), Is Tiger #Back? (47:50), Roons airs a grievance (51:49)...
Oct 31, 2017•1 hr 16 min
The Bears win again using a formula Bears fans are more than used to, despite a change of expectation this season, is John Fox the right man for Mitch Trubisky's development (19:58)? We go around the suddenly wide open NFL with each conference being as winnable as ever (23:45), we look back on a huge weekend in college football and a dominant win for Notre Dame as well as pick our locks of the week(30:51), the Cubs get knocked off by the red-hot Dodgers (40:25), we go over the mess that is the C...
Oct 24, 2017•1 hr 6 min
It's our silver anniversary episode as we kick off Ep 25 recapping Mitch Trubisky's first NFL win and discuss a suddenly wide open NFC North race with Aaron Rodgers injury, we talk about Games 1 and 2 of the NLCS and what to expect the rest of the way for the Cubs (21:00), the Bulls open up their season Thursday and we attempt to discuss it for roughly a minute (30:50), Roons recaps the week that was for the Blackhawks (36:13), we recap a wild weekend in college football and debate what we think...
Oct 17, 2017•1 hr 17 min
In episode 24 of the pod we kick things off with a recap of Mitch Trubisky's first NFL start Monday night and what to expect from the Bears going forward, we break down the fantastic Cubs/Nationals NLDS series so far and go around the MLB playoffs (19:28), the Blackhawks are finally underway and kicked things off with an explosive start (28:06), we recap the weekend in college football and look ahead to the second half of the CFB season (36:25), we make our lock of the week picks as Moose still ...
Oct 10, 2017•1 hr 8 min
Tons to get to on our Jordan episode starting with the dawning of Mitch-a-palooza as Mitch Trubisky is set to make his Bears debut Monday night, along with that we recap everything from the Bears brutal debacle in Green Bay Thursday night, we preview the Cubs and Nationals NLDS matchup (20:04), Moose lets Roons talk hockey (26:00), Moose tries to get his first win in our lock of the week segment and follow that up with some college football talk (34:27), we choose to forego Airing of Grievances ...
Oct 03, 2017•1 hr 4 min
It's the first Victory Tuesday for the Moose and Roons podcast as we get to break down a Bears win as well as look forward to Thursday Night's showdown in Green Bay and recap the week that was in the NFL, we also take a look back on a big weekend on the college football front (20:56), recap the Cubs huge week and look toward their playoff run (34:42), Moose airs a grievance (40:09), we play Buy or Sell (44:00), open up the mailbag (52:30), we list the best thing we saw this week (56:16), and Roo...
Sep 26, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Unlike the Bears, we are #back for Episode 21 to discuss the Bears debacle in Tampa, we break down the weekend that was around college football (15:51), the Cubs try to pull away in the NL Central (30:20), Matt's Hockey Minute on the Blackhawks training camp updates (35:10), Roons airs a grievance (37:59), we play buy or sell (42:10), we list the best things we saw all week (54:49), we open up the mailbag on for a question on dumb viral trends (57:27), and Moose shuts it down (1:01:04)
Sep 19, 2017•1 hr 3 min
Today marks 20 episodes down for Moose and Roons as we break down a heartbreaking, yet encouraging Bears Week 1 loss to Atlanta as well as go around the NFL, we transition to the college side of things including another oh so close effort from the Fighting Irish and Roons' issues with it (27:33), we talk Cubs panic meter after a weekend sweep by the Brewers and other topics around the Majors (39:27), Moose airs a grievance (48:58), we play Buy or Sell (52:14), we make our Lock of the Week picks ...
Sep 12, 2017•1 hr 3 min
