The Bob McCown Podcast

Richard Deitsch returns to the podcast to kick off the NBA season and cover other headlines across the sports world on todays show. We start with a focus on the Toronto Raptors as we discuss the beginning of another NBA season. The three talk about what teams look good this year in an unpredictable Eastern conference and wonder if the Raptors have "that guy" that can lead them into a deep playoff run. After the break and some connection issues from Mr. Deitsch, we move over to the MLB playoffs and look at game five between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Guardians. Before we end the show Bob, John and Richard talk about Russell Wilson and his poor performance on Monday Night Football.

Our good friend Glenn Healy drops by the show today to catch up with Bob and John. Being a starting goaltender in the NHL is tough, and it's even tougher when your teams star player thinks you're blind. To start the show, Glenn talks to us about his time playing with Wayne Gretzky and shares with us why the Great One was convinced that Mr. Healy couldn't see. We then move on to some NHL talk as the three cover the never ending goalie issues in Toronto and the peculiar matchups (or lack there of) found in this years schedule for the NHL regular season. To end the show, Bob, John and Glenn get into the Hockey Canada saga, speculating on what is next for the shamed organization and who would be the best fit to take it over and re-build the brand.

Johnny Hockey himself joins the show today to chat it up with Bob and John. The three talk about Johnny's time in Calgary, playing under a coach like Darryl Sutter and his decision to go to Columbus. We also talk to Johnny about how he has adjusted to his new team and playing in the Eastern conference on todays show as we get an idea of the expectations Johnny has heading into his first season as a Blue Jacket.

Baseball is over in Toronto but there are still many things to discuss. What does the future hold for interim manager John Schneider? What moves, if any, should the Toronto Blue Jays make this off-season? Is their bullpen really that bad? Shi Davidi from sportsnet joins the show today to answer all of those questions and more with Bob and John on todays episode

Two podcast regulars, Mike Harrington and Kevin Paul Dupont join the show to kick off the NHL season with a good old fashioned NHL Roundtable. Right off the bat the four address the unprecedented cap issues a handful of NHL teams are facing. We look at the teams that are struggling to keep salary cap compliant and speculate on how they are going to dig themselves out of the hole they put themselves in. Moving on, we talk about what we should expect heading into a brand new NHL season as we go over who we think got better this offseason and who we think took a step back on todays episode.

Hodge and Perkins on the show today as the two Daves stop in to continue Bob and John's conversation about the Blue Jays from mondays podcast. The four break down the wild card series loss to the Seattle Mariners and get into the moves they beleive the team needs to make to improve for next season while also discussing the future of interim head coach, John Schneider. Before we go, we make sure to spend some time discussing the issues surrounding Hockey Canada, and speculate on what should happen next within the organization.

If you are still upset about the Toronto Blue Jays' collapse to the Seattle Mariners during last weekends Wild Card Series in Toronto, todays episode will not make you feel any better. No guest today as Bob and John dissect the Jays' performance over the weekend. Breaking down every little mistake made by the coaching staff and players, the two look at what went wrong for a team that was once World Series favourites.

Nick Nurse, NBA champion and head coach of the Toronto Raptors, joins the show today to catch up with Bob and John. We pick Nick's brain on his defensive and offensive schemes, what he looks for in his young players during pre-season and find out how much he leans on his veterens for leadership. We also find out why Nick thinks his music helps him become a better coach and what exactly the role of an assistant coach entails on todays episode of the show.

With the Toronto Blue Jays set to host the Seattle Mariners at Rogers Centre for a three-game AL wild-card series on Friday, we bring on Dan Shulman of Sportnet & ESPN to tell us everything we need to know about the Jays Roster & how the two teams matchup going into game one of the series. * Episode Disclaimer * Dealing with internet issues, Bob was forced to record todays episode on his phone which caused some minor audio issues at times.