The Bob McCown Podcast

Dave Hodge stops by the podcast to talk about the two teams in Toronto that are currently still active.   We look at the Leafs 7-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in their first game of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and react to everything that went wrong in yesterday's game... and there's a lot.   We then change topics to the Toronto Blue Jays as we analyze their pitching rotation and the players that have helped them show World Series potential early in the year.

It's Paul Jones - voice of Raptors Radio - back on the show today joined by none other than his brother Mark.   While Paul has hung up the mic for the NBA season, Mark is still in high gear after calling the first two  playoff games in 17 years for the Sacramento Kings for ESPN.    The foursome focus on the series between the NBA's reigning champs, the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento Kings as we get Mark's first hand perspective on the King's two wins, the home crowd in Sacramento and their new tradition of "Lighting The Beam."   We switch things up for the second half of the show as we get Paul and Mark to dig into how the two started out in the broadcast industry and how two brothers from Canada ended up calling games in the NBA.

Been a while since you've heard the soothing voice of Jim Hughson eh?   The legendary broadcaster stops by the show today to give Bob and John an update on what he's been up to now that he's not calling games and how much hockey he's watched lately as the three discuss the paridy of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs.

With all but two matchups set in stone for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the foursome take a look at who they think have the best shot to win it all. We focus on the Boston Bruins first - having had a record breaking season like they did, we question if that could have an adverse effect on their Playoff Performance before moving on to other narratives around the NHL such as the inconsistent goaltending in Edmonton, the chances the Maple Leafs can actually win a round and much more.

With the Washington Commanders of the NFL and the NHL's Ottawa Senators both in advanced talks to sell their franchise, we decided to bring on A.J. Perez from Front Office Sports to give us some details on where both franchises are at in the selling process, how much they'll sell for and what goes into the process of putting a team up for sale.

The Toronto Blue Jays are off to a 7-4 start, the Raptors play the Bulls tonight in the NBA's Play-In Game and the Toronto Maple Leafs are getting ready for a first round re-match against the Tampa Bay Lightning and it's all happening at once! To try to get our ducks in order, we bring on Richard Deitsch to break down all of the exciting story lines going on in the Toronto sports world.

The Toronto Raptors are set to take on the Chicago Bulls in Wednesday's Play-In Game so we felt like it was only right to invite Doug Smith on the show to break it down.   The three react to the season the Raptors had, questioning the make-up of their roster and wonder if they are even good enough to make a deep playoff run before addressing the recent rumours surrounding Head Coach Nick Nurse's future with the team.    

Host of Griff's The Pitch Podcast and former Jays PR, RichardGriffin joins the show to talk some Baseball with Bob and John this Easter Monday.   Griff talks to the fellas about the new renovations underway at the Rogers Centre and gives us some reasons to be excited about the makeover before analyzing the start the the Toronto Blue Jays season, the impact their roster additions have had on the team, rule changes and more.

Head Coach of the hottest team in hockey, Jay Woodcroft joins the show to talk about his Edmonton Oilers. Having the best record in the NHL since February and three 100 point scorers for the first time in almost 30 years, we talk to Jay about how he's approaching the playoffs in terms of team preparation and get a look into how the Oilers have improved from this time last year.

President of the Pittsburgh Penguins and friend of the podcast, Brian Burke joins the show today to talk to Bob and John about his Pittsburgh Penguins, their fight for the playoffs and his issues on the NHL's current playoff format.    We also spend a lot of time discussing the discourse surrounding the various NHL players refusing to take part in their team's pride nights and what the NHL has to do to make the game more inclusive for all walks of life.