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18 Feb

Breakfast With Benz hockey podcast (2/19)–Pens plod along

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, February 18th, 2021 – 12:55 am

The Penguins goaltender Tristan Jarry makes a save agains the Capitals in the second period on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021 at PPG Paints Arena.

TribLive Penguins beat reporter Seth Rorabaugh joins me to talk about the team’s “disjointed” first quarter, goaltending, Evgeni Malkin’s issues, trade thoughts, and the state of the Eastern Division.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

16 Feb

Breakfast With Benz (2/17)–J.J. Watt to Cleveland?

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, February 16th, 2021 – 8:01 pm

FILE – In this Dec. 6, 2020, file photo, Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt (99) rushes in during the second half of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Houston. Watt and the Texans have “mutually agreed to part ways,” ending the tenure of the face of the franchise and adding another huge change to an offseason filled with upheaval. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Reports from Cleveland suggest that the Browns–not the Steelers–may have the inside track on signing Texans star J.J. Watt. Matt Thomas of Sports Talk 790 in Houston thinks that may be true.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

15 Feb

Breakfast With Benz hockey podcast (2/16)–Penguins surfing through the schedule

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, February 15th, 2021 – 11:08 pm

Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan during practice Sunday, May 28, 2017 at PPG Paints Arena.

Brian Metzer of the Pens Radio Network joins me look at some potential schedule relief for the Penguins, goaltending concerns, and blue line health.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

14 Feb

Madden Monday (2/15)–Evgeni Malkin talk, the J.J. Watt rumors, Maurkice Pouncey retiring

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Sunday, February 14th, 2021 – 10:55 pm

This week’s “Madden Monday” podcast features Mark Madden of 105.9 the X talking about Evgeni Malkin’s status, Maurkice Pouncey’s retirement, and those J.J. Watt rumors.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

12 Feb

Fantasy Sports podcast (2/12)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, February 12th, 2021 – 6:38 pm

It time to start thinking fantasy baseball! Rotowire has its new magazine ready to order. Jeff Erickson joins us to look at the season, some big signings of late, old Pirates in new places, and some NFL talk too.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

11 Feb

Breakfast With Benz (2/12)–Could Marc-Andre Fleury really come back?

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, February 11th, 2021 – 11:38 pm

Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury makes a save on the Penguins’ Juuso Riikola in the third period Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at PPG Paints Arena.

Joe Bartnick of the “Puck Off Podcast” joins me to talk about rumors surrounding a return of Marc-Andre Fleury, the front office hires at PPG Paints Arena, and the state of the Penguins defensemen.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

11 Feb

Breakfast With Benz Hockey Podcast (10/6)–Figuring out the Burke-Hextall dynamic

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, February 11th, 2021 – 1:34 am

TORONTO, ON – NOVEMBER 13: Brian Burke walks the red carpet prior to the Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Brookfield Place on November 13, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Seth Rorabaugh and I try to figure out how this Ron Hextall-Brian Burke dynamic is going to go down. And how it came to be in the first place.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

10 Feb

Food Bank: Pitt student group works to make connections in the city’s communities of color

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Wednesday, February 10th, 2021 – 7:59 pm

Interview with Destiny Harrison-Griffin, a Student Ambassador for the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh.

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