The Bob McCown Podcast

We’re taking a week off! While we’re away, we will be running some of our favourite episodes that we recorded this year! Check it out if you missed it, see ya next week!    Member of both the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and one of the countries greatest golfers to play the game, Lorie Kane, graces Bob and John with her presence on todays episode. With Lorie set to compete in her 30th and final Canadian Women's Open Bob and John talk to her about her career and how her training has changed over three decades of professional golf.  We talk about the evolution of not only Lorie's game but the equipment she uses. Bob and John get some lessons on the right clubs to use and get some tips to help their putting game before the three move the discussion to the LIV Tour. Lorie gives her opinion on what the Saudi backed tour is doing to the game of golf and get some insight on if we are going to see LIV implement a women's tour anytime soon.

It’s our last episode of 2022 as Kelly Hrudey joins the show to end the year with Bob and John on a high note. We spend todays show listening to Kelly share some stories from his playing days as he remembers what it was like being traded to the Los Angeles Kings and gives us some insight on what it was like celebrating the holidays as a professional athlete.  As we get ready to celebrate the holidays with friends, family and loved ones, we at the Bob McCown Podcast would like to thank our listeners for the continued support you give to our show. Whether it be on the airwaves of SiriusXM every weekday at 6PM, your morning commute to work and everything else in-between,  your dedication and loyalty does not go unnoticed - We wish you the happiest of holidays and look forward to coming back in the new year to give you the best sports coverage we possibly can!

President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays, Mark Shapiro himself hops back on the podcast to catch up with Bob and John. With renovations currently underway at the Rogers Centre, Mark gives us a progress report on the 300 Million Dollar makeover for the leagues 7th oldest ballpark before shifting focus to the Blue Jays roster, Mark's opinion on the teams off-season signings and his exceptions heading into next year as we get closer to the start of Spring Training.

In the middle of a tough stretch of basketball for the Toronto Raptors, having lost 8 of their last 10 games, we bring on Matt Devlin to give us his perspective on the disappointing start to the Raptor’s season. We talk to Matt about the impact that injuries have had on the teams success, Nick Nurse’s hesitance to look deeper into the rotation and the non stop trade rumours surrounding OG Anunoby. Before we go, we manage to fit in some more general NBA chatter as we talk about the resurgence of the Brooklyn Nets.

Our very own Bay Area correspondent and friend of the show, Ray Ratto joins us today as we focus on what’s going on in the sports world down in San Francisco.   We start the conversation with the Major League Baseball and the Giants as we dig into some of the moves the team has made so far this off season before shifting focus to the future of the Golden State Warriors Championship core. When we come back from the break we talk some NFL as we break down the current Quarter Back issue (?) with the 49ers.

ESPN’s Ray Ferraro joins the show today to start off the week with some hockey talk with Bob and John. Does a new voice really make that much of a difference? We spend the first half of the show talking to Ray about the impact a new head coach has on his team as we discuss the success Bruce Cassidy, Rick Bowness & Jim Montgomery have found after changing locations this offseason. After the break, head over to the NHL’s Pacific Division as we talk about the surprisingly good Seattle Kraken & Bo Horvat’s situation in Vancouver.

Its the return of the Friday Roundtable as we bring on two guys who can talk about a little bit of everything in George Ofman & Richard Deitsch. We bounce around from topic to topic today as we try to take advantage of George's windy city roots, focusing much of the conversation on the sad state of Chicago sports. With each of their 5 professional sports franchises in the middle or on the verge of an all-out re-build, the four gloss over the situations of each team based in Chicago before transitioning into a more general discussion about Major League Baseball, the Toronto Blue Jays and the NBA . 

Our good friend Buck Martinez today to talk some baseball with Bob and John. The three talk about the Toronto Blue Jays and asses the teams recent signings in Kevin Kiermaier and Chris Bassitt as we talk about where we think they will fit best and speculate on the impact they will make on this Blue Jays roster. Before we go, we also talk about the moves made by other teams throughout the league and have a conversation about Buck’s health and where his head is at regarding the future of his broadcasting career.

Lost of stuff going on in the NHL this week, so who better than Nick Kypreos to come on the show and talk about it all with Bob and John?   With his 800th last night, Alexander Ovechkin is only 95 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky as the NHL’s all-Time Leading scorer… so is it realistic to think that, at 37 years old, the Russian superstar can do it? That’s what we focus the first half of todays show on as we debate the significance of Ovi’s 800 goals in todays era of the game and try to place him on our list of the best players to ever play in the NHL.    After the break, we talk to Nick about the drama coming out of Vancouver. With word saying that the Canucks are looking to trade their captain, Bo Horvat, the three look at potential landing spots for the forward before a brief discussion on the Toronto Maple Leafs and their recent string of good hockey. On Dec 13, 2022, at 5:28 PM, Vakani, Bilal wrote:

  We talk to Dan about two of the newest faces fans we see in Blue Jays gear next season as we discuss the signings of Chris Bassitt & Kevin Kiermaier. The three talk about Toronto’s off-season performance so far this winter while speculating on what the additions of Bassitt and Kiermaier mean for the franchise, further player acquisitions and the overall makeup of their roster on todays episode.