Hooked on Sports

In today's podcast: John goes over all the significant MLB and NFL free agent developments over the last few days, makes his official predictions for the 2022 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and what went down the last couple of nights on the finale of "The Bachelor."

In today's podcast, The MLB lockout mercilessly came to an end after 99 days following a new collective bargaining agreement on Thursday in which the players made significant financial gains, including a large pre-arbitration pool, higher minimum salaries, and a higher competitive balance tax, and the introduction of the universal DH, the banning of the shift, and a 12-team expanded postseason. Th...

In today's podcast: John talks about how the delay of Opening Day in baseball after a failure to reach a collective bargainning agreement is a collective failure of all parties involved, from owners, league commissioner Rob Manfred, and the players. He also discusses Ja Morant's budding greatness, the Lakers' mess, how James Harden has added a much-needed dynamic for the Philadelphia 76ers that th...

In today's podcast: John discusses two of the biggest trades of the past NBA trade deadline, such as the Brooklyn Nets sending James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for a package that included Ben Simmons & Seth Curry,  and a six-player blockbuster trade between the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers that sent Domantas Sabonis to Sacramento and Tyrese Haliburton to Indiana....

In today's podcast, The Los Angeles Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in Super Bowl LVI on Sunday night in a classic NFL game, full of twists and turns, so John discusses everything from the Rams' win and the performance of quarterback Matthew Stafford, wide receiver and Super Bowl MVP Cooper Kupp, and future Hall-of-Famers Aaron Donald and Von Miller on defense to the Bengals' loss and t...

In today's podcast: John goes over all of the "X"s and "O"s related to all the particular matchups in Super Bowl LVI between the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. Who will John pick to win the Super Bowl on Sunday and who will be the Super Bowl MVP?

In today's podcast: John gives his takes on the new head coaching hires from the past several days, including the breaking news that the Houston Texans have hired former Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith as their new head coach, as well as the Miami Dolphins hiring Mike McDaniel, the Jaguars bringing in Doug Pederson in to Jacksonville, and the Vikings set to introduce...

In today's podcast: (00:52-11:40) The Cincinnati Bengals shocked the world and defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 in overtime in th AFC Championship Game. John discusses the reasons why the Kansas City Chiefs lost at home to the Cincinnati Bengals in the AFC Championship Game, and he discusses the Chiefs' play calling at the end of the first half, Patrick Mahomes' performance in the second half...

In today's podcast: (00:57-23:06) John discusses the latest breaking news surrounding the NFL this week, including the shocking departure of Sean Payton, who stepped down as the head coach of the New Orleans Saints on Tuesday to focus on other ambitions, but is his NFL coaching career over. The New York Giants, Chicago Bears, and Minnesota Vikings all made decisions on their general managers over...

(01:11 – 46:39) John goes over what happened in the greatest Divisional Weekend in NFL history, with four amazing games, four instant classics. So what should people make of Ryan Tannehill’s performance in the Tennessee Titans’ 19-16 home loss against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday, and who should get the most credit for Cincinnati’s first road playoff win in franchise history? Also, is it ove...

In today’s podcast: (01:04 – 17:25) John goes over a few news stories from the NFL this past week. The Arizona Cardinals’ lost 34-11 to the Los Angeles Rams in the Monday Night NFC Wild Card Game and why their performance can date back to last year, where they missed the playoffs by one game and, therefore, lacked the requisite experience to handle pressure situations. The Las Vegas Raiders fired...

In today's podcast: John discusses why the Dallas Cowboys wasted a prime opportunity to win playoff games this year and why they lost to the San Francisco 49ers, the in-game and clock management and what led them down a path of endless annual disappointment, and if the Cowboys should make a head coaching change following the season (02:41 - 17:04), as well as other developments across the NFL duri...

In today's Hooked on Sports podcast: John goes into depth on why the perception of the New York Giants should change now that the Giants fired head coach Joe Judge and compiled a lengthy and strong list of general manager candidates (03:18 - 11:59), and why George McCaskey's press conference earlier this week is proof that the Chicago Bears will produce more of the same mediocrity they've had for...

In today's podcast: John discusses the wild and wacky sequence of events in Week 18 in the NFL, including the unprecedented nature of the Chargers-Raiders game and how it lived up to the hype, how everything broke the Steelers way the last six weeks to get into the playoffs as the seventh seed in the AFC playoffs, and the Colts shocking loss to the Jaguars to end the season, as well as the 49ers c...

In today's podcast, John exposes the hypocrisy behind Hub Arkush's comments about Aaron Rodgers not getting his vote for MVP because of outside circumstances and why they are irrelevant to the case against him, what the Pittsburgh Steelers should do to fix their roster after Ben Roethlisberger retires, and with reports about Jim Harbaugh potentially being tempted to return to the NFL, which head c...

In today's Hooked on Sports Podcast: John goes over some of the highlights and big stories that came out of some of the college football FBS bowl games over the weekend, including a controversial take about players opting out of non-CFP bowl games and how that relates to their actual lives and love of the game, and why it should be no surprise that Alabama is once again in the national title game....

In today's Hooked on Sports special!! We have several topics of concern as we round out 2021, many of it predictions based as the calendar turns to 2022. 1) RIP John Madden (01:47-07:24) 2) NFL Awards Leaders with two weeks left in the regular season (07:27-19:31) 3) Week 17 NFL Picks & Predictions Against the Spread (19:33-37:55) 4) New Year's Six and College Football Playoff Bowl Game picks...

In today's podcast: John looks at five important results from the weekend in the NFL and how it relates to the playoff picture, particularly in the AFC North, and highlights from the NBA's Christmas Day slate of games, including a wild comeback, and a flawed roster exposed.

In today's podcast episode: John discusses what the Cleveland Browns should do next now that it is likely they're going to miss the playoffs in a disappointing season (01:02-06:49), why the Bears are taking so long to let go of head coach Matt Nagy and why general manager Ryan Pace needs to go too and not select the team's next head coach (06:50-12:54) and can the Philadelphia Eagles actually shoc...

In today's episode, John goes through the best from Week 15 in the NFL, and was the Saints' shutout victory over the division rival Buccaneers the best win by any team this season, and the fallout from the Bucs' injuries to Chris Godwin (tore ACL), Mike Evans (hamstring), and more (1:29), why nobody should want to face the San Francisco 49ers (8:45) or the Indianapolis Colts (10:36) in a potential...

In today's podcast episode: John goes over how all the playoff contenders stack up in the AFC and NFC with four weeks left in the regular season, and the teams that are currently on the outside looking in to watch for to make a run to the playoffs, how relevant the recent COVID outbreaks with the Cleveland Browns and L.A. Rams are to potential success the rest of the season, and fantasy matchups t...

In today's episode: John goes over some of the key games from Week 14 in the NFL, and he analyzes the trust levels fans should have when it comes to the Buffalo Bills, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and more! Plus, is it time for the Las Vegas Raiders to make changes? Then, John will discuss NYCFC's miraculous run to their first championship, a classic Army/Navy game, Bryce Young winning the Heisman, O...

In today's Hooked on Sports Podcast: John details why the Cleveland Browns must defeat the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday to keep their playoff hopes alive and whether or not quarterback Baker Mayfield is playing for his future in the divisional clash (1:14-5:39), and why he believes Tom Brady separated himself from the rest of the MVP candidates in the NFL in the past three weeks, and why the 44-year...

In today's podcast: John discusses the ramifications of the current baseball lockout and how soon the players and the owners can reach an agreement, and whether or not part of the season will be impacted by it (01:40 -06:40), the balance of power in baseball following a free agent frenzy unlike anything the sport has seen before (06:40-19:26), and the newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, a...

College football fans have gone through one of the wildest weeks in recent memory, with several Power Five conference programs changing head coaches, a sizzling slate of conference championship games, including the Big 12 championship game between Baylor and Oklahoma State that was decided by inches, and Alabama and Michigan dominating their way to the top two seeds in the College Football Playoff...