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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.

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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.

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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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23 Jun

Breakfast With Benz Podcast (6/24)–Greg Brown on calling MLB games remotely

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 – 9:42 pm

Pirates play-by-play man Greg Brown talks about the enormous challenges of calling MLB road games from a remote location.

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23 Jun

Breakfast With Benz Hockey Podcast (6/23)–Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020 – 12:32 am

In this week’s hockey podcast, Brian Metzer of the Penguins Radio Network joins me to talk about why the prospect of being an NHL hub city isn’t all that great. Also we analyze the latest bumps in the road on the path to an NHL reboot, how the expansion team in Seattle may be viewing all of this drama, and a few Penguins flashbacks to days of yore.

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22 Jun

Madden Monday Podcast (6/22)–Mark Madden on NHL Hub cities, Steelers prospects, classic Pittsburgh wins

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, June 22nd, 2020 – 12:43 am

In this week’s “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden joins me to talk about the Steelers playoff prospects, attempts to reboot North American sports, classic Pittsburgh sports victories, and NHL hub cities.

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19 Jun

Fantasy Sports podcast (6/19)-Jeff Erickson of Rotowire

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, June 19th, 2020 – 11:42 am

Jeff Erickson of Rotowire joins me from the road this week. We look at the divisional dynamics for fantasy baseball if Major League Baseball ever gets its short season going. Chris Archer’s injury. A pitch for Mitch Keller to lose. The absence of NFL training camp and preseason information. And the idea of Antonio Brown in San Francisco.

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17 Jun

Breakfast With Benz Podcast (6/18)–Robert Morris A.D. Chris King

published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 – 11:51 pm



Robert Morris Athletic Director Chris King joins me. We talk about the decision for the Colonials to jump into the Big South for football, and the Horizon League for most other sports, including men’s basketball.

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