The Bob McCown Podcast

Buck Martinez joins us today to talk some baseball. Having just clinched home field for their wild-card series in this year's playoffs, we talk to Buck about the teams roster heading into the postseason. We address their pitching inconsistencies, speculate on their roster decisions and find out who Buck thinks their ideal wild-card matchup would be on todays show.

Hockey is right around the corner so why not bring in the greatest hockey player to ever play the game to come get us pumped up for the NHL's regular season. Wayne Gretzky joins the show today to talk about his former team, the Edmonton Oilers and their star forward Connor McDavid, playing against Dale Hawerchuck and his experience at TNT now that he's got a full year under his belt at the network.

Howard Simon from WGR radio in Buffalo joins the show today for some NFL talk to cap off the week with Bob and John. The three spend the first bit discussing Miami Dolphins QB Tua Tagovailoa's injury sustained in their Thursday Night Football matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. We question the teams decision to play Tua not even a week after he was injured against the Buffalo Bills and the never ending issues the NFL faces when it comes to managing head injury's. After the break, we focus on the Buffalo Bills, their loss to the Dolphins and their Super Bowl aspirations before ending the show with a bit of Sabres talk with Howard.

The playoffs are right around the corner for Major League Baseball so we had to bring on our good friend J.P. Morosi to the show to talk about it with Bob and John. We begin the show focusing on Aaron Judge's record breaking 61st home run this season in yesterdays game against the Toronto Blue Jays. The three discuss the significance of not only Judge's home run total but his overall play this year - is this one of the greatest individual performances in Major League Baseball history? After the break, we shift our attention to this years playoffs as we go over the leagues new playoff format, what we should expect heading into the post season and what teams are primed to make a run for the World Series. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zeisberger and Garrioch join the podcast today for a good ol' fashioned NHL Roundtable. 50 years exactly have passed since Paul Henderson scored the goal that won Canada the Summit Series back in 1972 yet, he is still not in the Hockey Hall of Fame. We spend the first half of todays show debating on why Henderson has yet to be inducted into the HOF and question if he even should be in it before moving on to some current NHL news. The four talk about Matt Murray and the Toronto Maple Leafs' goaltending issues as we share our concerns about having Murray be the number one goalie for the Leafs before moving on to pick Bruces brain about all things Ottawa Senators to end the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kenny Albert, the only 4 sport play by play announcer in the game joins the show today to have a chat with Bob and John. In the midst of a series against the Toronto Blue Jays, Kenny, Bob and John talk about the New York Yankees and their record breaking slugger, Aaron Judge. We discuss the significance of Judge's 61 home runs and what it would mean to the city of New York before moving over to MVP talk and speculate on the likelihood of Judge staying in New York as a Yankee once his contract is up. Before changing topics, the three pick Kenny's brain about MLB's playoff format and who he thinks we'll see in the World Series come October. After the break, the three get into some stories from Kenny's career as we talk about the difficulties of calling games for 4 different professional sports leagues before ending the show with some NFL talk along with a brief discussion on the New York Rangers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Who better to talk about one of the greatest events in hockey history than Harry Sinden? Having coached the Canadians in the 8 game series all those 50 years ago, Harry joins the podcast today with Scott Morrison, author of "1972: The Series That Changed Hockey Forever". Building off of our episode last month, Scott and Harry dig deep into the depths of their minds, pulling out forgotten facts and figures of the Summit Series while Harry gives us a unique POV as we get to see the intricacies of the series through the eyes of the coach who won it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sportsnet's own Shi Davidi joins the show to end the week with some baseball talk with Bob and John. With Shi in Tampa right now, the three talk about the Blue Jay's current series with the Tampa Bay Rays, going over the playoff implications this series brings, the shaky performance from some of the teams key players and the concerns we, along with the team, has with their pitching depth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Both podcast regulars, both from the Boston Globe yet they have never done a show together. Today, we change that as we bring on Kevin Paul Dupont & Bob Ryan to talk about what it's like writing about sports in one of the most passionate sports cities in the world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob McCown is out for today, leaving his hosting duties to none other than Mr. John Shannon. Taking this opportunity to talk some hockey, John brings on Eric Duhatschek and Scott Burnside for an impromptu NHL Media day. We spend some time on the recent retirement announcements from Zdeno Chara & PK Subban as well as Nathan MacKinnon's massive contract extension before shifting focus to the rest of the NHL. The three sift through the league, giving their opinions on their roster and analyzing each teams off-season performance and in season expectations heading into training camp. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.