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07 Aug

Breakfast With Benz Hockey Podcast (8/7)–Seth Rorabaugh

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, August 7th, 2020 – 12:19 am

The Penguins’ Sidney Crosby beat Devils goaltender Keith Kinkaid in the first period Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 at PPG Paints Arena.

TribLive Penguins beat writer Seth Rorabaugh joins me to talk about how the Penguins will try to avoid elimination against the Montreal Canadiens Friday.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

05 Aug

Fantasy Sports podcast (8/5)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Wednesday, August 5th, 2020 – 12:44 pm

Jeff Erickson of RotoWire joins me again for this week’s fantasy sports podcast. Among other topics we get into early NBA and NHL trends, struggling Pirates bats, Rob Gronkowski’s draft status in Tampa Bay, and the ripple effect of covid-19 NFL opt-outs and MLB cancellations.

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04 Aug

Breakfast With Benz Hockey Podcast (8/5)–Brian Metzer

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, August 4th, 2020 – 11:46 pm

The Penguins’ Sidney Crosby (87) and Evgeni Malkin (71) share words prior to a face-off during their game against the Montreal Canadiens at PPG Paints Arena on Friday, Feb. 14, 2020.

Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio network joins me to talk about the Patrick Marleau debate, Penguins issues offensively, and what we’ve learned about the Montreal Canadiens in the first two games of the preliminary round of the playoffs.

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03 Aug

Breakfast With Benz Podcast (7/31)–Jason Mounts

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, August 3rd, 2020 – 7:19 pm

Wednesday’s “Breakfast With Benz” podcast features Jason Mounts. The Army infantry captain from Washington County is a veteran distance runner. And he is targeting the Pittsburgh marathon for his return after a battle against leukemia.

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02 Aug

Madden Monday (8/3)–Mark Madden, Tim Benz on Pens-Canadiens, JuJu Smith-Schuster, Pirates hitting woes

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020 – 11:41 pm

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

In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden joins Tim Benz to discuss the Penguins loss to the Canadiens in Game 1, the Pirates lineup is weak, Mike Tomlin is protecting JuJu Smith-Schuster.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

30 Jul

Breakfast With Benz fantasy Podcast (7/31)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, July 30th, 2020 – 7:28 pm

RotoWire’s Jeff Erickson joins me for our weekly fantasy sports podcast. We look at some disturbing early numbers for the Pirates, Joe Musgrove’s first two starts, MLB pitching injuries, and ripple effects from the Marlins covid-19 situation. Plus how opt outs are impacting the NFL, and the Antonio Brown to Baltimore talk

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29 Jul

Breakfast With Benz hockey Podcast (7/30)–Seth Rorabaugh

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Wednesday, July 29th, 2020 – 8:41 pm

Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan (rt) with ass. coach Rick Tocchet on the bench during the Blackhawks game Friday, Sept. 30, 2016 at Consol Energy Center.

Thursday’s podcast previews the Penguins’ upcoming play-in series against the Montreal Canadiens. TribLive hockey beat writer Seth Rorabaugh joins me. We examine the woes of the Penguins playoffs, the state of the Pens goaltending, bad ice concerns, Phil Kessel’s absence, and an X-Factor not named Carey Price.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

28 Jul

Breakfast With Benz Podcast (7/29)–Joe Klimchak

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, July 28th, 2020 – 11:51 pm

Like the rest of Major League Baseball, the Pirates are relying on live action, piped in crowd noise to fill PNC Park during games. And their broadcasts. Joe Klimchak is in charge. He tells us how the artificial crowd noise is executed in Wednesday’s podcast.

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