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If you're like me, you like to see things move along in their normal course of action with little interruption.  Like basketball or baseball or football.  But in every sport, the instant replay is getting in the way and slowing the game down as well as any momentum a team may have been getting going into the replay. The noise on the Phoenix Suns vs LA Clippers earlier in the week where the last tw...

Apparently, Josh Smith has an issue with previous coaches and this time it's a vulgarity laced rip on Doc Rivers and his performance in game 7 against the Atlanta Hawks where his Philadelphia 76ers simply fell apart.  Smith squarely sets aim on Rivers as a phony.  In an embarrassing and disgusting use of language, including the "N" word prolifically, Smith blames and bashes Rivers for his lack of...

First, congrats to Jon Rahm who clearly had the course under control at the US Open Sunday at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego.  Good for him as he deserved a victory.  Class act he is.  But what the hell happened to everyone else?  It was horrible golf on the back nine.  Teed me off to have to put up with what I was seeing. Bryson DeChambeau shoots a 44?  And this is professional golf at the...

There's an old song by the "Lovin' Spoonful" called "Do You Believe In Magic".  I say we start singing it with the word Karma replacing the word Magic.  Well, maybe you do, maybe you don't but consider this... and I'll go much more in-depth than what you'll get in the notes today but here are the facts:-Rick Carlisle bashes Atlanta for firing Head Coach Lloyd Pierce and Atlanta goes on to win and...

Wow, what a weekend for the NBA!  Surprises for many. Hawks and Bucks go wild.  So, can we expect an apology ever, from Dallas Maverick's Head Coach, Rick Carlisle?  Recall, he bashed the front office of the Atlanta Hawks for the "insane" move in getting rid of their previous head coach and putting in Nate McMillan in the interim. Looks like it was a pretty good move to me, Rick.  How is it watchi...

Scott Hastings may not be a household name but he's been in and around the NBA for over 39 years.  Currently a sportscaster in Denver, he played on a variety of teams over his 11 year NBA career including the 1990 Championship Detroit Pistons.  Known as the "bad boys" of the league, they were rough and physical.  His teammates included Dennis Rodman, Isiah Thomas and Bill Lambeer.  The stories wil...

So Lebron is spoutin' off about his "warning" the NBA there would be injuries due to the players not getting enough rest and playing too much.  Really Lebron?  What kind of crap is that?  Players play in the Olympics and then come back and play in the regular season.  They don't seem to mind. YOU didn't seem to mind when you played in the Olympics now did you? And what about the players that play...

A player, a team and an agreement.  Derek Carr is a breath of fresh air in a world of stink in sports right now.  Here's the gist of today's rant and for me, it's pretty simple as you probably know.  Derek Carr says he signed an agreement.  That's his name on the paper and that means he has to fulfill that agreement.  He's not going anywhere and he might even consider retiring if he wasn't playing...

Well, the Milwaukee Bucks look like they're going to be looking for a new head coach unless something miraculous happens in the next two games.  Giannis, when they really needed him to come thru, he didn't.  Missed free throws, turnover at the end that could have made the difference, and then an inability for the rest of the team to do anything to stop an unbelievable performance by Kevin Durant....

This is it.  All the pressure is the Milwaukee Bucks tonite.  If ever there were a chance for Mike Budenholzer to prove he can get it done, they couldn't be better teed up to do it.  Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Greek Freak, needs to show what he's got if he wants to be in the same league as the Durant's and Irving's and Leonard's. It's time or they're  out of time.  If they can't win this series, l...

I want to share a little about my relationship with a guy I know has changed considerably today on the show and that's Aaron Rodgers.  He grew up in Chico, not far from Sacramento where I had my show.  He was a big Sacramento Kings fan and knew me as a result.  I've seen the change, many have talked about the change, and now, of course, Green Bay is suffering the consequence and embarrassment of t...

What is up with these guys who go out on social media and then realize what a bad move that was?  Then try to correct whatever it was they said and make it worse.  Then can't stop trying to convince everyone what they said wasn't really what they said and that they wish they hadn't said it in first place.  So Le 'Veon Bell blasts Kansas City Cheifs head coach Andy Reid and then expects some other...

Major League Baseball (MLB) is in trouble.  The games are b-o-r-i-n-g.  Who wants to watch a sport where the very essence of the game, the ball, is not in play?  NOBODY!!!  I can't even get thru two innings without turning it off.  And now the admission is that the pitchers, up to 90% of them, are using a foreign substance to help the ball stick to their fingers thus increasing spin rate.  Spin ra...

Former Voice of the UConn Huskies basketball  teams, yes both men's and women's,  ESPN radio host and so much more, Joe D'Ambrosio joins the podcast. How many sportscasters can claim to have called both winning teams in one year for both men's and women's basketball? I think none.  Not to mention an incredible career that spans collegiate sports, professional baseball and football and stories from...

Kevin Durant. Here we go again. ESPN announcer Jay Williams shares an episode he had with KD a while back and KD unloads on him. Hard. On social media.  In a comparison to Giannis Antetokounmpo that wasn't unflattering, KD goes off saying to never compare him to Giannis again.  Along with a few expletives of course.  When is Kevin going to grow up and let this stuff stop getting under is skin?  He...

Really now.  What has happened to Aaron Rodgers?  Great QB, Green Bay hero, solid legacy and certain hall of famer.  But judge and jury?  C'mon.  He's already about to burn $600K in fines and that's OK?  It's a bad look for a good guy.  What could possibly be going on and if you don't like it that much, buy your own team and do it your way but last I looked, the checks were signed by somebody othe...

First it was James Harden acting like a child in his process to get out of the Houston Rockets.  Immature and unprofessional.  Now his team is in the playoffs and he's sidelined with a hamstring pull.  May not be able to play in the playoffs likley hurting the Brooklyn Nets chances of advancing to the next round. Karma is a bitch James.  Then it was Lebron James mouthing off about the play-in prog...

35 year Sportscaster veteran, Kevin Calabro, has really seen it all.  From minor leagues to major, Olympics and two stints with fierce rivals, he went from the voice of the Seattle Supersonics to the Portland Trailblazers TV announcer after an 8 year hiatus once the Sonics left Seattle for Oklahoma.  Yes, he'll tell his understanding of that story as well as a the bumpy reception in Portland.  His...

What's all this noise about unruly fans at stadiums?  Really? We have a couple of incidents in the last two weeks, two that have made the press, and you would think the players are being assaulted at every game.  Two incidents that have been dealt with as they should have been dealt with.  If you're going to serve alcohol, you're going to have drunks do stupid things.  Period, end of story.  So, h...

My guest today is Scott Howard-Cooper author of the book, Steve Kerr.  This is an incredible discussion about Steve's life and how Scott was able to capture the information he needed to capture to  produce a book.  There's much more that many don't know about Steve beyond basketball and it's not that his basketball career was all that shabby to begin with.  He played for nine seasons on the champi...

So if you're De'Aaron Fox, and many of the younger rookies are in the playoffs, how long before you say get me outta here, Monte?  Think about it.  Players all over the place are demanding trades and getting their wishes.  Somebody brought this to my attention recently as it wasn't even on my mind.  But, reality is the Kings have been terrible.  They've had change after change to no positive effec...

That's right.  It's insane the way the Hawks have been playing since Nate McMillan took over as head coach.  It's also insane that the Sacramento Kings let Bogdan Bogdanovic go to Atlanta.  And these playoffs are playing out to where it looks like Rick Carlisle, Dalllas Mavericks Head Coach, the man responsible for the comments on the insanity of the Atlanta front office for such a choice in chang...

So Marcell Ozuna has a problem and it's not his fingers that are creating an issue.  Although Chip Caray appears to intend for you to believe that's the case. (Yes, that's Chip Caray, grandson of Harry, son of Skip.)  No Chip, Marcell is likely not in "Injury Limbo" as you call it.  Marcell was arrested for aggravated assault strangulation of his wife.  His wife may be in injury limbo but not Marc...

Talk about somebody doing what they love doing, Chris Rose is one of those people.  His passion for sports and, of course, Cleveland is evident in his successes throughout his career.  The Best Damn Sport Show, Period, Intentional Talk, MLB Network, and now, the NFL Network.   Chris shares his story of growing up a Browns and Indians fan and some of his personal memories of family sports engagemen...

You probably have already heard about the Boston fan who allegedly fired a water bottle at Kyrie Irving last night after the Brooklyn  Nets victory over the Boston Celtics.   What an idiot! What is wrong with people?  Good news is he's been arrested for assault and battery and will be going on trial for his ignorant and immature stupidity.  This is absolutely what should happen too and I applaud t...