When you want to know what’s going on in the National Football League you call Trey Wingo. Trey talks to John and Richard about Mike McDaniels’ departure from Vegas, the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Miami Dolphins in Germany, the concerning play from the Buffalo Bills, and more on today's show as the three attempt to cover all of the storylines in the league as we approach the halfway mark of the regular season.
On November 13th, the legendary Mark Mulvoy will be recognized with the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award as a Hockey Hall of Fame 'Media Honouree.' His plaque will be displayed in the Great Hall at the Hockey Hall of Fame alongside past award recipients, and his name will be forever etched into the history of hockey. From his start at the Boston Globe to his tenure at Sports Illustrated, we talk with Mark about his legendary career in sports journalism as he shares some of his fondest memories from...
You know the drill when Gabby comes on… we never know what we’re going to talk about until it happens. John Gibbons joins us today for some baseball chat as we take a look at the worst rated World Series of all time, get John’s opinion on the abysmal Toronto Blue Jays and the issues they’re dealing with and pretty much anything else John wants to talk about on todays podcast.
They have only played four games, but it’s clear that the Toronto Raptors have some issues… Doug Smith comes on the show to share his thoughts on the team, their new coach, the struggling roster and more with John and Richard.
Well... It was supposed to be a show dedicated to the World Series, but for some reason, the conversation with Rich Griffin kept on coming back to the Toronto Blue Jays. From personnel changes to roster moves, Richard Griffin, John Shannon, and Richard Deitsch take a plunge into the pit of despair that is the Toronto Blue Jays' organization and try their best to predict what might happen this summer while looking back at everything that went wrong with the team during the regular season. We brea...
The NHL season has barely started, and there is already so much to talk about. Zeisberger and Jaffe join the show today to help us out. After dedicating the first part of the show to trying to figure out what the heck is wrong with the Edmonton Oilers, the group branches out and attempts to cover all the other storylines that have arisen so far early in this NHL season.
Footy is on the mind today as we bring on James Sharman for the first half of the show to talk about the greatest Canadian soccer player to play the game… the legendary Christine Sinclair. From the legacy she left behind to what she means for the future of Canada soccer, we pay our respects to a woman who helped shape the game in our country. Then we bring on the CEO Of Hamilton Sports Group, Chairman for both the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Forge FC and the founder of the CPL & CSB… Scott Mitch...
The Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand comes on the show today to go behind the scenes with John and Paul today and geek out over the business end of Sports media. We take a look ahead and discuss where we think the money will be coming from when it comes to TV rights within professional sports, stack up where Canada is at compared to the US with sports streaming services and much more on a very fun episode with John Ourand.
Too much has happened… and is still happening in the NBA to only talk Raptors with Jack Armstrong today, so we save our thoughts on Canada’s team for after the break. To start the show with, we take a look at the rest of the NBA, setting expectations for the supposed contenders in the East and West. We also take a look at the teams who we think will surprise us come playoff time and much more before getting to the new look Toronto Raptors.
The Toronto Argonauts are the most successful franchise in Toronto Right now and no body is talking about them… why is that? That’s exactly what we talk to Steve Simmons about for the first half of todays show as we dig into the dwindling fanbase of the CFL and what we can do to fix it. As the show’s title suggests, we take a stab at the NFL in the second part of the show as the three take a look at the Buffalo Bills and the rest of the pertinent storylines in the NFL before ending today’s episo...
It’s J.P Morosi today to end the week off with some baseball talk with Bob and John. We spend the majority of time is spent today focussing on the MLB Playoffs as J.P. tries his best to convince John and Dave why they are as thrilling as he claims them to be before ending the show with a break down on the Kim Ng and Miami Marlins situation as well as a brief assessment on the “Unfulfilling” Toronto Blue Jays.
Sticking with New York based sports teams we head to the Big Apple Today to talk with Joe Micheletti about the New York Rangers. Joe gives us an idea on how the Rangers have been handling new head coach Peter Laviolette’s system after having a tough training camp. Along with the Rangers we make sure to fit in some conversations about the rest of the NHL - specifically the leagues apparent issue with ending games in a shootout.
We’ve got Mike Schopp from WGR550 in Buffalo on today and if you haven’t guessed it already… we’re talking’ Buffalo Sports. We start the show with some Sabres talk as we get Mike to help us set our expectations for this young hockey team. Then it’s all football, with Mike catching us up to speed with everything Buffalo Bills.
He holds the record for most wins in league history, with 1,244 wins in the regular season and 223 in the Stanley Cup playoffs and is regarded as the greatest coach in NHL History… and he’s back on the show for a conversation with John and Dave. All we had to do was say hello and Mr. Bowman was off as we take a look back on his career, get his opinion on the greatest hockey team to ever play and a whole lot more on today’s show with Scotty Bowman.
Michael Farber joins us today as John and Dave throw pretty much whatever they want at him as we discuss various storylines within the NHL and Major League Baseball We kick off the episode with a talking about the debut of Connor Bedard in Montreal & the fans’ reaction to the 1st overall pick. We then start a conversation about Carey Price and the legacy he has left in Montreal before shifting focus to the other Canadian teams in the NHL. After the break, we get into some MLB talk as the Pla...
The title says it all, doesn’t it? After the end of the year interviews provided fans with absolutely nothing, we bring Dave Hodge and Dave Perkins onto the show to let off some steam and talk about Major League Baseball’s most underachieving team...The Toronto Blue Jays.
The voices of the Toronto Raptors are here and they’re ready for the NBA Season. Matt Devlin and Paul Jones join us today with Canadian basketball on their minds - The foursome cover everything they can on todays show as they discuss the influx of Canadian talent hitting the hardcourt, potential NBA Franchise destinations North of the border and of course, set expectations for the Toronto Raptors heading into the new season.
John is putting the team on his back for the first half of the show as he welcomes one of the freshest faces of the Calgary Flames to the show, Head Coach Ryan Huska. John talks to Ryan about his expectations for the Flames before we trade Ryan for our buddy Daren Millard to go over everything we missed in yesterday’s roundtable with the NHL Season Officially upon us.
The NHL Regular Season is fast approaching so naturally, we try to talk about all 32 teams in under an hour. Scott Burnside, Eric Duhatschek & Kevin Paul Dupont are on the show to get ready for the 106th annual NHL Season as we do our best to break down each and every team from the West and the East on todays podcast.
Stanley Cup Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, Art Ross & Memorial Trophy Winner, and now… guest on the Bob McCown Podcast. It’s Corey Perry joining us on this Thanksgiving Monday. From reminiscing on his days in Anaheim to his fresh start in Chicago, we try to cover everything we can with 'The Worm'… including how he got his nickname… as we are honored to talk to a future hall of famer on today’s show.
It’s the end of the week and we haven’t spent much time on the Toronto Raptors yet… so Bruce Arthur takes some time away from Raptors training camp to fix that for us. We talk the progression of Scottie Barnes , Pascal Siakam’s role with the team and more before setting expectations for their performance going into the NBA season.
Former NFL pro Damien Woody is on today for a mid week football discussion. The three cover all of the developing storylines in the league today as we try to get caught up on the never ending content farm that is the National Football League
Baseball is approaching it's most exciting time of the year, the NFl has reached new heights of popularity and NBA Superstars are getting traded... but the NHL season starts next week so we have to talk to the one and only Kevin Weekes about it. The three cover as much as they can today as we set expectations for the Stanley Cup Contenders, discuss the future of Connor Bedard and of course... take a look at the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Adnan Virk joined the show today to preview the MLB Playoffs and go over the Toronto Blue Jays’ chances against Minnesota in the Wild Card Series, and that’s what we did… until Mark Askin showed up. Two old friends in Adnan & Virk for some reason needed The Bob McCown Podcast as a place to catch up and that’s pretty much what they do for the second half of the show as Adnan, Mark, John and Richard reflect on their careers working together while trying to fit some baseball talk when they can....
He's built an NHL team from the ground up, Coached in The Stanley Cup Final, Captivated millions of fans with his expert analysis on TV and has blown more draft picks than you could imagine.... It's Doug MacLean, and he's written a book. The author's new book, "Draft Day", comes out on October 3rd and he joins us today to talk about it... and does he ever. Doug gives us some sneak peaks from Draft Day as we get into all of the fun and bizarre things he got up to over the course of his career in ...
It's another two'fer today as we dedicate the first half of the show to Lou Lamoriello and his New York Islanders. John and Dave make their best efforts to milk any informayion they can about the Islanders, their off-season growth and in-seaosn game plan for next year before sending it over to Doug Smith. With the Damien Lillard now a Milwaukee Buck, Doug breaks down the trade with us. and gives us an idea just how close the Toronto Raptors were from getting Lillard to Canada....
They surprised us all last year and now it’s time to see if they can do it again. Seattle Kraken GM Ron Francis is joining John & Dave today to talk about the NHL’s newest addition as they enter into their 3rd year in the NHL. We briefly look back at everything that went right for the Kraken last year before focusing on the future - we get an idea from Ron about where he thinks the team needs to improve, who he’s expecting to make a jump in play and even get hisperspective on who he thinks t...
What do you want to know about the Winnipeg Jets before the NHL Regular Season Starts? If your answer was “everything”... this is the episode for you. Rick Bowness joins John and co-host Dave Hodge today as we reflect a tiny bit on what’s happened over the summer with Rick’s team and get caught up with what the team is looking like as we approach the start of the season.
Meaningful baseball in September… what a feeling! There’s nothing better than when baseball games at this time of the year actually matter for the Blue Jays and we bring on Paul Beeston to talk about it! There’s no point in trying to figure out what exactly Paul does with the Jays because not even Paul knows… but what he does know, probably more than anyone else is Jays baseball. We break down the ups and the downs from the season this year and look ahead at their chances to make the playoffs an...
