Houston Sports Talk

Bleav Host Robert Land takes the stand as the Astros GM's Defense Attorney to save his job & makes the case to keep Dana Brown. What has everybody gotten wrong? Why is he the scapegoat? How do his trades, Free Agent signings, prospects & tenure look in hindsight? Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! Subscribe ️ Youtube, Spotify, Apple & iHeart X ️ https://x.com/HSTPodcast Facebook ️ h...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Boston College Insider Mitch Wolfe, a staff writer for the Eagle Insider (part of the 247 Network), about the potential for Texans 6th Round Pick Lewis Bond to beat out Jaylin Noel. What makes his special? What are concerns? Did he get along with Bill O'Brien? How does he look in Special Teams? Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (00:31) Background, Intelligence? (1:4...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks ex Ohio State OL & Bleav in Buckeyes Host Bryant Browning @Br_Browning about Texans 2nd Round Pick Kayden McDonald. He gets into McDonald's emergence at OSU, what makes his special and if there are any concerns. Plus, he talks about Buckeyes CJ Stroud & Tommy Togiai. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (1:20) What makes McDonald Special? (2:14) NFL Comp for Mc...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Rockets Analyst Bryson AKA ⁨@RedNationBlogga⁩ his reaction to the Ime Udoka and Rafael Stone end of year press conference. Robert goes off over the lack of awareness and cluelessness of the organization. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (00:28) No Offensive Changes? (2:53) Why is Tari Eason Coming Back? (5:54) Stone: Bad Thought Process? (8:23) Fake Concern over Am...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Bleav in Clemson's Will Vandervort @steelerwill to share the positives, negatives, personality & transformation of Texans 4th Round LB Wade Woodaz. What qualities can he bring to the defense & special teams? Is a perfect fit for DeMeco's philosophy? Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (00:29) Clemson's Texans Draft History (1:50) What makes Woodaz Special? (5:...

Bleav Host Robert Land & HST Contributor Clayton Anderson @Clay_HTXSports break down Game 6 of the Rockets-Lakers 1st Round Playoff Series. What were the keys ? Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! Subscribe ️ Youtube, Spotify, Apple & iHeart X ️ https://x.com/HSTPodcast Facebook ️ https://www.facebook.com/HoustonSportsTalkPod Classic Houston Memories & History Playlist ️ https://www....

Bleav Host Robert Land & HST Contributor Clayton Anderson @Clay_HTXSports break down Game 5 of the Rockets-Lakers 1st Round Playoff Series. Where are the Rockets after a huge win in Game 5? What were the keys to the win? Is LeBron slowing down? What are we seeing from Jabari & Sengun? Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! Subscribe ️- Youtube, Spotify, Apple & iHeart X ️- https://x.com...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks USC Insider Nara Weng (Everything USC podcast Host) to break down Texans 5th Round Pick Kamari Ramsey. He goes through strengths, weaknesses, connections to current Texans & the behind the scenes on his personality. (00:45) What's Texans-USC Connection? (1:07) Why wasn't Ramsey Drafted Higher? (2:45) Why did Ramsey go from UCLA to USC? (3:47) Kamari's Strengths? (6:...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Georgia Tech Insider RJ Schafer @the_rjschafer (Bleav in Georgia Tech Host) to give us the good & bad on Texans 1st Round Pick Keylan Rutledge. He describes his reaction to personal tragedy and hits on the big intangibles Texans fans will love. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (00:34) Georgia Tech Followers React to 1st RD (1:59) Middle Tennessee to Georgia Tec...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Texans Analyst Jacob Barzilla (with Texans Probe) about his thoughts on the Texans '26 Draft picks. He dissects them one at a time: Kayden McDonald, Marlin Klein, Febechi Nwaiwu, Wade Woodaz, Kamari Ramsey, Lewis Bond and Aiden Fisher. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (:40) Kayden McDonald: Steal? (1:42) Nation Experts on McDonald pick (3:35) McDonald with JJ Watt...

Bleav Host Robert Land & HST Contributor Clayton Anderson @Clay_HTXSports break down Game 4 of the Rockets-Lakers 1st Round Playoff Series. Did Udoka get schooled by JJ Reddick again? We look at how Jabari, Amen, Sheppard, Tari & Sengun played against LeBron. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! Subscribe ️ Youtube, Spotify, Apple & iHeart X ️ https://x.com/HSTPodcast Facebook ️ / hou...

Bleav Host Robert Land & HST Contributor Clayton Anderson @Clay_HTXSports break down Game 3 of the Rockets-Lakers 1st Round Playoff Series. We look at how Jabari, Amen, Sheppard & Sengun played choked against LeBron's Lakers. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! Subscribe ️ Youtube, Spotify, Apple & iHeart X ️ https://x.com/HSTPodcast Facebook ️ https://www.facebook.com/HoustonSportsT...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Texans Analyst Jacob Barzilla (with Texans Probe) & Jayson Braddock (with Mr. Roto) @JaysonBraddock how they feel about the Texans trading for Keylan Rutledge in the 1st round of the '26 NFL Draft. Did the give up too much draft capital? Is he a good fit? We look at Rutledge nearly losing his foot in a car accident & which position we see him playing. Who could...

Bleav Host Robert Land & HST Contributor Clayton Anderson @Clay_HTXSports break down Game 2 of the Rockets-Lakers 1st Round Playoff Series. We look at how Durant, Jabari, Amen, Sheppard & Sengun played vs. LeBron James' Lakers. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data fo...

Bleav Host Robert Land & HST Contributor Clayton Anderson @Clay_HTXSports break down Game 1 of the Rockets-Lakers 1st Round Playoff Series. We look at how Durant, Jabari, Amen, Sheppard & Sengun played vs. LeBron James' Lakers. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! Subscribe ️ Youtube, Spotify, Apple & iHeart X ️ https://x.com/HSTPodcast Facebook ️ / houstonsportstalkpod Classic Housto...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Astros Minor League Expert Kenny Van Doren (Astros Future podcast Co-Host) @thevandalorian about the Astros Top 6 pitching prospects. Is there talent in their system & what is their upside? Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (01:05) Ethan Pecko (4:40) Miguel Ullola (7:19) Bryce Mayer (12:17) Can Yordan win HR Title in '26? (13:23) James Hicks (15:14) What are the...

Here's a Bleav Network Bonus. You'll wanna Subscribe to Bleav in Astros! Mike Stanton and Jeff Balke discuss the Astros injuries and losing streak. How does it impact the psyche of the team? Also, is the ABS biased against the high strike call? We get into it all as usual. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data fo...

Bleav Host Robert Land pays tribute to Jackie Robinson on the anniversary of the day he integrated baseball. You'll hear stories from our archives with Astros 3B Bob Aspromonte & Brooklyn Dodgers 3B Randy Jackson who both played with Jackie. Plus, Houston Buff Larry Miggins played against Jackie in his very 1st Dodgers game and Astros longtime Broadcaster Greg Lucas remembers Monte Irvin - who...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Texans Analyst, Dr. Roto Contributor & longtime Houston Sports Radio personality Jayson Braddock @JaysonBraddock about potential 1st Round picks & the best Texans fits at TE, RB, OL, DT & LB. Plus, Jayson hits on the big offseason moves, who they could steal in the later rounds & how we're getting hints at who they may pick. Today's Show Is Presented by...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Houston Sports Radio vet Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane about the Rockets-Lakers 1st Round series, how the Rockets might lose it, Amen's potential breakout, if Udoka's job on the line, Rafael Stone doubling down on his gaffe & should the Rockets have made a deadline move. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (00:20) Nuggets Bad Tanking Helps Rockets? (1:54) How can Rock...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks NFL Draft Expert Tony Pauline @TonyPauline with the EssentiallySports DraftCast who he believes will be the best fit for the Texans in the '26 1st round and which Guards, Centers, LB's, RB's & TE's he could see going to the Texans. Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (00:25) Grading Texans Offseason? (2:15) Which players to Target in 1st RD? (3:59) DT Cayden McDon...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Astros longtime player & Manager Phil Garner about his fight with Cancer, playing with legendary A's, memories of Nolan Ryan & Mike Scott's no hitter, the '86 NLCS vs. the Mets, the Greatest Game Ever Played, the '05 18 inning classic, a miracle Ausmus HR, Chris Burke's Game Winning HR, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio, memories of the '79 'We are Family' Pirates &amp...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks Rockets Analyst Bryson (AKA Red Nation Blogga) what the secret's been to the Rockets improved offense in the 7 game win streak, if a 1st rd Lakers series scares him, if homecourt matters & does Jae'Sean need to play. Red Nation Blogga Channel ️ https://www.youtube.com/@RedNationBlogga/videos Today's Show is Presented by FanDuel! (00:30) How's Offense Different? (1:3...

Bleav Host Robert Land asks 'Stuck in the 80's' Author & Bleav Host about his new book about his 20 years interviewing 1980's pop icons on his podcast. Over the years, he's talked to Steve Perry, Olivia Newton-John, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis, Ice Cube, Tommy Lee, Richard Marx, Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Gibson & the biggest names of the era. Spears had an emotional moment with 80's crush Deborah...

Bleav Host Robert Land pays tribute to Guy V. Lewis, Phi Slama Jama, the Game of the Century ('68 UCLA vs. UH) & UH Cougars basketball history. We listen back at our interviews with Don Chaney, Reid Gettys & Greg 'Cadillac' Anderson - who played for Guy V. Plus, we listen back to our conversations with Houston Sportswriters Joseph Duarte, Dale Robertson, Mickey Herskowitz & Coog author...