The Bob McCown Podcast

Richard Zokol, former tour member and current golf expert for the podcast joins the show to go over the PGA tour and discuss the ever growing reality of the "Super Golf League" in Saudi Arabia spearheaded by Greg Norman. The three discuss some of the offers being thrown around to the PGA's top golfers, what this would mean for the PGA & European tour and much more on todays episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Doug Smith Joins us on the podcast just as the red hot Toronto Raptors start looking like a good basketball team again. We talk about their recent play and why things have started to click for them. We also talk about the heavy minutes their starters are getting, their lack of depth in the roster, Precious Achiuwa and Doug tells us about some of the trade targets Toronto could be in on as we near the trade deadline. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hockey columnists and longtime friends of the podcast, Kevin Paul Dupont from the Boston Globe & Mike Zeisberger from NHL.com come on to talk some hockey with Bob and John. On todays show we discuss the Colorado Avalanche, Nazem Kadri and his expiring contract, the Avs chances at winning the Stanley Cup and the NHL's playoff format amongst other relevant NHL news. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A rare two for one today! First, our resident soccer expert James Sharman joins the show to discuss the World Cup Qualifying match against USA in Hamilton on Sunday. We talk about the surprising amount of depth team Canada has, their elite goaltending and what the team can perform like with a healthy roster. In the second half of the show, we manage to get a hold of the GM of Canada's Olympic Hockey Team, Shane Doan. On the tail end of training camp in Switzerland we talk to Shane about the last minute coaching change due to an injury to Claude Julien and the process it took to put together a team full of non-NHL players. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the NFL Conference Championships coming up Bob and John chat with sports columnist Ray Ratto, in San Francisco, to give us some insight on the 49ers, Jimmy Garoppolo, and to go over the two matchups we'll see this weekend. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zooming in on his off day, Head Coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Sheldon Keefe joins to chat with Bob and John. The three talk about the road Sheldon took to becoming an NHL Head Coach and what pushed him into making the change from player to coach so early in his career. We talk about the history he has with GM Kyle Dubas and how impressive Auston Matthews really is. Before he goes we get his opinion on "team toughness" and hear what he thinks about how tough his roster really is. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We couldn't think of anyone better to talk about the 2022 MLB Hall of Fame voting than two guys who actually voted. Dave Perkins and Bob Elliot join the show to talk about this years inductee, who they felt got snubbed, how the voting works and give us their opinion on whether guys like Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens & Pete Rose deserve to be voted in. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Shi Davidi from Sportsnet joins us as Major League Baseball comes closer to finalizing a new collective bargaining agreement. We talk about the Players Association and their response to the owner's latest proposal. We learn about the details of both offers with the latest one being what Shi calls "The next step" in having this work stoppage come to an end. The three also analyze the wants of both parties as we look at every aspect of what has happened so far and what is to come in the rest of the CBA negotiations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pat Leonard from the New York Daily News joins us to recap the 4 Divisional Round Playoff games this weekend. We talk about each game but focus on the heart breaking loss the Bills suffered by the hands of the Kansas City Chiefs. We look at the controversial overtime rules and question whether or not they should be changed. We look at the young talent rising in the league, especially at quarter back and preview next weeks conference final matchups as well on todays episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Harrington from The Buffalo News & Bruce Garrioch from the Ottawa Sun join the show to round the week off with an NHL Roundtable with Bob and John. Bruce & Mike discuss their respective teams and how they have been doing lately, the return of Craig Anderson to the Sabres lineup and the importance of good goaltending. We also chat about Leon Draisaitl's exchange with Jim Matheson and the Heritage classic set to go on March 13th. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.