Author Archives: Tim Benz

25 Aug

Breakfast With Benz hockey podcast (8/26)–Joe Bartnick

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020 – 6:25 pm

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/bartnick.mp3 “Puck Off Podcast” host–and national comedian—Joe Bartnick joins me for Wednesday’s podcast. We talk about the Penguins’ trade to reacquire Kasperi Kapanen, rooting against the Flyers, and lingering Penguin pain from their elimination.

 

24 Aug

Breakfast With Benz Hockey podcast (8/25)–Brian Metzer

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Monday, August 24th, 2020 – 11:00 pm

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/metzpodcastaug25.mp3 Is Flyer-hating the only way for Penguins fans to stay engaged in the playoffs? Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network joins me to discuss. We also examine the Bruins-Lightning series, the Mike Milbury dismissal, and the similarities between Steelers camp and Penguins camp.

 

18 Aug

Breakfast With Benz (8/18)–Former Steeler and Olympian Jeremy Bloom

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Tuesday, August 18th, 2020 – 6:24 pm

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/Bloomint.mp3 Former Steeler and Olympic athlete Jeremy Bloom joins me to talk about the new HBO documentary he helped create, “The Weight of Gold.” Excellent interview about the struggles some Olympic athletes have endured after their games, how his time in the NFL helped him avoid those problems, and how Mike Tomlin influenced his business […]

 

14 Aug

Fantasy Sports podcast (8/14)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Friday, August 14th, 2020 – 2:57 pm

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/Ericksonaug13.mp3 Jeff Erickson of RotoWire joins me to kick around some fantasy football draft plans. Keeper conundrums for quarterbacks. Early round pivot points for RB1 vs. WR1. And the TE cut line is pretty high…and the depth is pretty shallow.