The Bob McCown Podcast

Meaningful baseball in September… what a feeling! There's nothing better than when baseball games at this time of the year actually matter for the Blue Jays and we bring on Paul Beeston to talk about it!   There's no point in trying to figure out what exactly Paul does with the Jays because not even Paul knows… but what he does know, probably more than anyone else is Jays baseball. We break down t...

Chances are, if you're a Canadian golf fan, you remember where you were when Nick Taylor sank that 72-foot putt to become the first Canadian in decades to win the Canadian Open. John and Daren try to sap all the memories Nick has of that day on today's show as we grill him on everything from his preparation to what souvenirs he kept from the win. We get a unique look into the daily life of a pro g...

Jim Nill joins Daren and John today as we get caught up with the Dallas Stars and find out what their GM has planned for the team this year. We talk with Jim about his teams additions this off season and get an idea on his philosphy when it comes to managing a team, scouting and how he interacts with his players.

Just a day after hopping on board the Vancouver Cannucks' broadcast team, Ray joins Daren and John for some hockey talk. We go over his new role in Vancouver before getting into the Mike Babcock situation and get Ray's thoughts on the matter. The conversation then turns into a discussion on coaching in the NHL today as we figure out what has changed in style and tactic for the position. We end the...

Scott MacArthur and RIchard Griffin join John and Daren today as we try - key word being try - to figure out what kind of baseball team the Blue Jays are.... with only 12 games left in the season. Having just swept their series with the Red Sox, the Blue Jays look good? There is no way to tell for sure but we sure do try! The four attempt to figure out the identity of these team as they compete fo...

Well… that didn't take long did it? Mike Babcock is gone before he could really even begin as Columbus' Head Coach and we've got Garrioch & Harrington joining John and Daren to talk about it. The foursome go over the very brief timeline of Babcock's tenure with the Jackets. Not only do we try to figure out what the heck mike Babcock was thinking but also what was going on through the Blue Jacket's...

The title says it all folks.... John Gibbons is on to end the week with some baseball talk as just about everyone in Canada is asking the same thing - What is Happening To The Blue Jays. We take a look at what has forced a team like this...who's paying their players as much money as they are... to consistently play below expectations for the first half of the show before getting into a more genera...

Peter Mansbridge joins the show today to scratch a couple of his itches - sports and polotics.    We start with some baseball talk with the Toronto Blue Jays in a tough stretch of poor play. We take a look at whats going wrong with the team before getting into the frustrations the Blue Jans fans face year in and year out... eventually broadening the conversation to Toronto sports fans in general....

  Reflecting On Week 1 Of The 2023 NFL Season With BOOGER MCFARLAND Feel like you missed something in the football world last weekend? Booger McFarland is here to fill you in. We bring the ESPN Football analyst onto the show today to go over all of the storylines in the NFL emerging this season, and boy… there are a lot.   From Aaron Rogers taking only 4 snaps in NY to whether the Detroit Lions ar...

Paul Jones and and Doug Smith Join Deitsch & Shannon and today we take a look back at what we watched in Jakarta & Manila with Canada beating the United States for the bronze medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. We then take a look ahead at the Olympic Games this summer in Paris and wonder how good team Canada could be if they had a full roster, while saving some time for some discussions about...

Music and sports… both universal languages in their own right and today we try to speak them at the same time.   It should be no secret by now that our interim co-host Dave Hodge has a love affair with music and after weeks and weeks of not so subtle hints we finally indulge him. Jim cuddy, lead singer of Blue Rodeo joins the show today. The two subjects could very well be a perfect pair as we tal...

It wasn't too long ago that the future for the Canadian Football League wasn't looking too bright... but that certainly isn't the case now and the commissioner, Randy Ambrosie, is here to tell John and David why.    We talk about the growth in viewership this year compared to last year and why Randy thinks it's trending upward as we approach the 110th Grey Cup in November. Randy also gets into wha...

With both sports producing enough content to talk about for days, we have another Baseball/Basketball double header today with Dave Hodge in the co-pilot's seat next to John. With the Atlanta Braves the only team to hit 90 wins so far this season, we bring on an old friend in Alex Anthopoulos to catch bring us up to speed on what he and his team are up to. We go over squad's roster and what Alex c...

The Lions play the Chiefs tomorrow and we haven't talked about the NFL yet?! Kenny Albert is here to change that. With Dave Hodge sitting next to Shannon for the rest of the week, the two get ready for Thursday Night's Season Opener as Kenny catches them up to speed with everything they need to know.   With a big focus on Quarterbacks today, we start the discussion by looking at some of the top pl...

Big things are going on in both the baseball and basketball worlds so we had to get all the help we could get today.   J.P. Morosi comes on the show to talk about the frustrating baseball team that is the Toronto Blue Jays. We chat Vladdy and his downward trending play and assess the Jays' postseason chances before taking a look at the other compelling wild card races in the league right now.   We...

Wondering what Brian Burke has been up to? Wonder no further as the man himself hops onto our Labour Day show to give us an update on his role within the Professional Women's Hockey League Players Association and get a run down on what is to come with the newest professional sports league in North America.

Ron MacLean showed up on time for today's podcast but the same cannot be said for a certain unnamed part time co-host…. It's just John and Mr. MacLean for the first half of the show with Daren having better things to do… Wasting no time at all, the two talk about Ron's summer dealing with the onslaught of rumours and speculation about his job. We then get an update on Ron's relationship with Don C...

No Guest? No problem.  A select number of people know exactly how integral John was for the growth of the game of hockey on television but luckily, one of them is Daren Millard. With no guest on today's show Daren knows just what to ask and what to say to get information out of Shannon as we take a look at how it started and where it's going when it comes to how people watch hockey on TV.  If you'...

We get to cross all the "Armstrong's" off of our our Current NHL GM Wishlist in just a week with Bill on the Show. We take a look into his career before getting into his team though, as we find out what made him switch from coach to General Manager, who has influenced him on the way and what kind of GM he wants to be. After the break, we dig into Bill's expectations for the Coyotes this season. We...

Daren Millard in the co-host chair and to kick off our week with Millard, Doug Armstrong joins us for some NHL chat to start the week.   We get an update from Doug about the Blues, their off-season and his expectations for the upcoming season in the first half of the show. After break, John and Daren get Doug's opinion on the World Cup Of Hockey announcement and then have a chat about Doug's Hall...

Let's end the week off with a roundtable, shall we?   Eric Duhatschek and Bruce Garrioch join John and Richard today to go over some of the biggest storylines in hockey right now.   We talk about Auston Matthews' new deal in Toronto and what that means for William Nylander, sparking a conversation on contract terms - Why are star players avoiding long term contracts all of a sudden?   Moving on, w...

Scott Moore Joins the show today for an in depth conversation about the way sports are being distributed to fans and what we should expect for it moving forward.   With streaming services taking over cable television, the three brainstorm  ways to find a better pipeline between sports and its consumers. John, Richard and Scott break down the cost cutting trends media companies are taking in order...

It's Iron Mike Kennan on the show today to fill John and Richard in on how the heck he became the coach of Team Italy for the 2026 Olympic Games.   The three get into the process it took to get hired by the Italians and then learn about what the job entails. Mike gives us a breakdown on how he has been recruiting his players as we get into the eligibility requirements, skill level and other factor...

Sports Writer and 9 Time New York Times Bestselling Author Jeff Pearlman makes his debut on the show as he joins John and his old colleague Richard Deitsch today. With season two of the HBO series "Winning Time" currently streaming there's no better time to talk to the man behind "Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980's" The book that inspired the hit show....

We start the week off with two interviews for the price of one as Mike Harrington joins John and Richard Deitsch for the first half of the show to talk about the impact the late Rick Jeanneret had on the city of Buffalo and the Sabres franchise.   With Mike gone, in comes our friend Rob Longley to cap the episode off with an update on the Toronto Blue Jays as we get his assessment on their playoff...