SPORTS SIDE BAR

Sports reporter and columnist Marla Ridenour from the Akron Beacon Journal is special guest and talks about being a sports reporter when there are no sports to report on, and how reporting has changed since the Covid-19 has hit.

SPORTS ARE BACK! MLB, NBA, and NHL are finally back and Captain Bill and Dave are already concerned with run production, or lack of. Do bubble sports work better during Covid-19 or not? As more divisions in college football shut down will there be college football. All this and more.

It's nearly time to "PLAY BALL" as Captain Bill and Dave warm up the tubs o their TV's . There is also serious discussion of why fall prep sports should be cut or delayed.

This week On Sports Side Bar Captain Bill & Dave find we're a week away from the return of the MLB - with the NBA right behind. College football is cutting back games and should High School fall sports be cranking up when we're not even sure of how or when schools are opening.

Another week with Captain Bill & Dave talking sports with sports now just beginning to open up. What's up with the changes in the MLB and will be people flock to their TV's? Nascar, NBA, MLB, and the world of contract negotiations this week'sedition

Captain Bill and Dave wonder if it Is possible for the owners and the players of the MLB to agree to anything and is time running out for an 82 game season? Is the NBA really going to come back and will it all be played out in Orlando on Disney property or is this just another Micky Mouse proposal? All this and Mary Poppins this week in discussion

This week on Sports Side Bar Captain Bill and Dave look at what we know is going on with negotiations between the players union and the MLB. Will there be an agreement to play this 82 game schedule proposed? Nascar and professional golf are back bur are race drivers and golfers athletes?

Is the MLB giving us a snowjob like the one we had las weekend in Ohio? Yet another NEW plan for the baseball season that is to start around July 4th. With the amateur draft and minor league teams cut - what dies that say for the future of baseball. Is attending sport events safe even with social distancing? All this and more with Captain bill & Dave.

This week on Sports Side Bar Captain Bill & Dave talk about the late, great Don Shula and the opening of baseball with yet another plan to "Play Ball!"

This week on Sports Side Bar Captain Bill and Dave actually have some sports to talk about! The NFL Draft, It broke records as to people watching the draft on TV, maybe that will carry over here, or maybe not.

A couple of windy guys, Captain Bill & Dave, talk about the tornado strike in Captain Bill's back yard. There also is a lively discussion of possibility of a one time realignment in baseball in order to play a possible 100 games schedule.

Captain Bill and Dave spend another Sports Side Bar hour talking about the sports that isn't what is going on with collegiate athletes and High School athletes.

This week on Sports Side Bar Captain Bill and Dave are doing their first home confined program and with sports shut down the questioncirculates about COVID 19 and it's effents on the world and the world of sports.

This week Captain Bill and Dave discuss the fact that they have very little to discuss and the Covid 19 virus has wiped out professional, collegiate, and High School sports. Eventually some time is spent talking about the CBA agreement between the NFL owners and the NFL Players association and what it will mean for the players and the game when action resumes.

This week on Sports Side Bar Captain Bill is back from assignment at spring training in Goodyear Arizona to report on how this years Indians are looking. There's also a look at how Covid-19 will and may already be effecting sporting events.

This week on Sports Side Bar Tim sits in for Captain Bill And the topic goes to the Cleveland Cavs. What the heck happened with the coach and will the Cavs ever be any good. There's also talk about WHY the Astros cheating needs to be dealt with ... at least with an asterisk. There's also an explanation of the contraction of minor league teams and why it's good for baseball. And what will the India...

This week on Sports Side Bar, Captain Bill & Dave talk about the opening of spring training for baseball and the use of electronic umpires calling the balls and strikes. With the opening of baseball camp also opens up more cans of worms about the Houston Astros cheating and what can or will be done about it. There's also a change at the helm of the Cleveland Cavs. A half a year? Really? Along with...

This week Captain Bill & Dave kind of wrap up the football with the return Myles Garrett and the Browns next moves. Also some time is spent on talk of the further disintegration of newspapers and how that effects sports fans. And a bit of time is spent on how the Houston Astros cheating is getting a new and loud voice from opposing players and is what MLB did and was it enough

This week on Sports Side Bar Captain Bill and Dave have special guest, Beacon Journal Sports Writer and Columnist, Marla Ridenour. Tune in for a chance to hear a show someone who actually knows sports up close and personal - for a change.

This week on Sports Side Bar it's Super Tuesday that follows the Super Bowl and Captain Bill and Dave have plenty to say about that (about 45 minutes wort). All about what they saw, what they liked, and what they didn't. There's also a bit of talk about how women are working their way into professional men's sports

This week on Sports Side Bar Captain Bill & Dave talk about the Kobe Bryant tragedy while Dr Bob gives us a complete rundown as to how the FAA will investigate this. We also discuss the upcoming BIG GAME, and can't help but talk about the Browns dysfunctional ownership.

Captain Bill and Dave talk sports of Northeast Ohio every week. This week the topics include college athlete compensation, Changing the culture of the Browns, and more fallout from the Houston Astros cheating. All this and more.