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02 Jul

Fantasy Sports podcast (7/2)–Jeff Erickson of Rotowire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 – 12:54 pm

Our weekly fantasy sports podcast features Jeff Erickson of RotoWire to talk about Cam Newton’s new job with the New England Patriots. We look at the impact–or lack of impact–of speed on MLB rosters for a short season. And we analyze the prospect of big seasons for Josh Bell, Bryan Reynolds, and Joe Musgrove.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

02 Jul

Breakfast with Benz podcast (7/2)–Ken Laird

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020 – 12:48 am

TribLive Radio pioneer Ken Laird joins me. Now at WEEI Radio in Boston, Ken checks in to talk about the Cam Newton signing with the New England Patriots, Spygate 2.0, and a potential return of Antonio Brown to Gillette Stadium

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

01 Jul

Breakfast with Benz hockey podcast (7/1)–Brian Metzer

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 – 7:00 am

This week’s hockey podcast with Brian Metzer tours through the turmoil of attempting to figure out how the NHL can successfully relaunch. We discuss hub city ideas, and coronavirus containment. We also flashback to the Phil Kessel trade. And we look at the NHL draft lottery conspiracy theories

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

30 Jun

Breakfast with Benz podcast (6/30)–Kevin Gorman

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, June 30th, 2020 – 12:05 am

We take a look at the Pirates as they get ready to start a rebooted 2020 MLB “spring training” at PNC Park. Who is the DH? How many middle infielders can one team have? What’s the rotation?

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

29 Jun

Breakfast with Benz podcast (6/30)–Madden Monday

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, June 29th, 2020 – 1:04 am



In this week’s “Madden Monday,” Mark Madden and I talk about the odd NHL draft lottery, coverage of the Ben Roethlisberger admissions, and the Pirates’ questions at DH.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

26 Jun

Breakfast with Benz podcast (6/26)–Brian Green

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, June 26th, 2020 – 11:36 am

Brian Green was Nick Gonzales’ coach at New Mexico State. The Pirates drafted Gonzales in the first round of this month’s MLB draft. Now at Washington State, Green joins me to talk about Gonzales’ freakish bat speed, fielding skills, and sudden rise from walk-on to batting champ.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

25 Jun

Fantasy Sports podcast (6/25)–Jeff Erickson of RotoWire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Thursday, June 25th, 2020 – 11:54 am

Jeff Erickson of RotoWire joins me for our weekly fantasy sports podcast. We look at how a 60-game MLB season may hurt fantasy interest and participation. We also talk about roster manipulation strategy, Pirates DH prospects, and Antonio Brown’s potential NFL destinations.

Posted in Sports Talk Radio

 

23 Jun

Breakfast With Benz Podcast (6/24)–Steve Mears on calling Penguins games remotely

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 – 9:47 pm

Part Two of our broadcast welcomes Steve Mears. The Penguins TV play-by-play man has experience calling live hockey games remotely. He’s done it before for World Junior championship games. He’ll have to do it again calling Penguins games soon.

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