The Bob McCown Podcast

After our first show with Mark a couple weeks ago we knew we had to bring him back and that's exactly what we're doing.  Former Maple Leafs Producer Mark Askin is on with John and Paul today as they reflect on the life and career of the great Bobby Baun and reminisce on their experience growing up enjoying and working with the game of hockey on television.

It's schedule day in the NBA so basketball is on the mind.   The voice of the Toronto Raptors and good friend of the podcast is here as Matt Devlin joins Paul and John for a loose preview of theToronto Raptors' upcoming season.   Matt gives us his opinion on the teams roster as it stands today, talks about what he thinks their ceiling is for this year and lets us know why he is taking a "wait and...

Armed with a list of many pressing sports topics to get to, John and Paul welcome Daren Millard to the show and accomplish...absolutely nothing.    You'd think we'd learn by now that when we have Daren on, conversation doesn't necessarily go as planned, yet... here we are again. They do manage to fit in some conversation about the sports scene in Vegas and the regulated access fans have to profess...

James Sharman joins Paul Jones and John Shannon today for a much needed update on all that's been going on in the soccer world this summer. We talk to James about his work trip to Portugal, what he was getting up to and his impression on the soccer culture in the country before shifting gears to the Premier League, the movement of top tier players and the insane transfer money being tossed around....

It's the week of Paul Jones! Jonesy is subbing in for the recovering Bobcat all week as we make this a basketball themed monday with Doug Smith joining Jones and Shannon.   The three discuss the Toronto Raptors' rather uneventful offseason and try to figure how this team will perform in the regular season under a new coach before spending the last half of the show reacting to last night's NBA Hall...

Damien Cox is in for Bob today acting as co-pilot for John as we welcome Kevin Paul Dupont to the show to end the week.   We start the show by addressing the Phil Mickelson story that has taken over the internet and somehow it turned into a deep dive into Kevin and Damien's shared love of sports. From what their watching now to their memories of the greatest live events they've been to - the three...

From player, to broadcaster and now the President Of Hockey Operations in Philadelphia... Keith Jones is on the pod to talk about his new role in the City of Brotherly Love and to talk some Flyer Hockey.   With Keith gone, in comes Damien Cox for the last 20 minutes today to briefly talk about what Kyle Dubas is up to in Pittsburgh & gives us a breakdown on where the state of tennis is at in Canad...

Blue Jays Baseball is on the docket today as we welcome Gregor Chisholm on the show for an update on this underperforming Toronto team.   Just When you think they've turned the corner, they go and stink it up against the Guardians... We talk to Gregor about the team, their batting woes and injury issues on today's show as we gear up for the impending post season.

Host of The Vegas Golden Knights TV Broadcast and "The Chirp" Podcast Daren Millard is filling in for Bob today as he and John welcome Scott Burnside onto the show for a much needed NHL update.   With plans to talk about a bucketful of pressing news around the NHL John, Daren & Scott manage to hit 3. We spend time breaking down the Pittsburgh Penguins' trade to get Erik Karlsson and wonder if this...

Dave Hodge is with Shannon today as we bring on former NHL agent of the stars and now the newest CEO of Hockey Operations for the Edmonton Oilers, Jeff Jackson. We get it all from Jeff today, finding out how the opportunity came about, what the transition of roles has been like, and where he is at with the Edmonton Oilers in terms of familiarity with the team. We also address the Oilers' recent pl...

Trey Wingo makes his first appearance on The Bob McCown Podcast today, joining John and Richard for some football talk.    Trey brings us up to speed on what has happened throughout the league this summer leading up to the regular season as we take a look at the stacked QB talent in the AFC, Sean Payton's impact in Denver, the league's dark horses and much more.

Bill Shaikin from the LA Times fills us in on everything that went down during MLB's trade deadline yesterday. We talk winners and losers, buyers and sellers and set expectations for teams as we near playoff baseball.

If you're a broadcast nerd you're going to love this show. As mentioned in the title Kenny Albert is the most versatile man in sports broadcasting and he's on the show today to chat with Richard and John.   It's not often a broadcaster is proficient in all four of the major professional sports leagues in North America but Kenny is and we try to find out how. The three break down Kenny's career fro...

Richard Deitsch filling in for Bob this week as John and Richard are joined by The Athletic's Keith Law.   The three break down what we should expect in terms of player movement in Major League Baseball leading up to tomorrow's trade deadline. We focus on some of the sellers that have emerged so far before getting into what Keith thinks about the Jay's acquisition of Jordan Hicks and the team's ap...

Nothing's better Shannon, Hodge, Longley & Griffin talkin' some baseball to end the week.   We cover it all on today's episode as we look forward to Monday's trade deadline, focusing on the Toronto Blue Jays and their deadline plans now that we know Shohei Ohtani isn't going anywhere.    Along with the Jays, the foursome get into some of the other teams in their division as well as a breakdown on...

It's Steve Simmons joining Dave and John today to catch the two up on some of the latest news in the NHL and to talk about the subject of his latest article - George Chuvalo and the lasting impression he made in the world of boxing.   Starting with hockey, the three touch on Patrice Bergeron's retirement from the NHL before digging into the status of star defenseman Erik Karlsson, Steve's Norris T...

It's the end of an era for two different NHL franchises with the passing of longtime owner of the Chicago Blackhawks & the retirement of a Bruin great in Patrice Bergeron.   For the first half of the show we talk to George Ofman about the ups and the downs of the Rocky Wirtz era in Chicago while we go over the legendary career of a Boston Bruins legend, Patrice Bergeron. 

John Gibbons is on the show today and as always, the three bounce from subject to subject in another classic Gabby interview. The three cover the Blue Jays and their quest for the playoffs, Shohei Ohtani's future as an Angel and pretty much whatever else the former Jays manager wants to talk about today.

With the news of The New York Times closing down their sports department and other publications following suit, we decided to bring in two legends in the print journalism game in Bob Ryan & Ray Ratto to come talk about it.   With Dave Hodge standing in as co-host, the group gets into the nitty gritty when it comes to the evolution of how sports are watched and reported on as we try to decipher wha...

When you are a sports podcaster at an event with hundreds of former NHL players ready to tell stories, you've got to get some content right? Our very own John Shannon set himself up on the 10th hole at Coppinwood Golf Course and haggled enough players to make a three part series for our NHL alumni special with this being the final installment in our three part series   Today, enjoy conversations w...

Two for the price of one today as we welcome Canadian Soccer Star and CBC Broadcaster, Andi Petrillo to the show, followed by The Athletic's NFL columnist Jim Trotter.   We speak with Andi first as we get set for the start of the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia. John, Andi and Richard discuss the tough road ahead of the Canadian team and go over some of the tournament favourites.   We then get...

When you are a sports podcaster at an event with hundreds of former NHL players ready to tell stories, you've got to get some content right? Our very own John Shannon set himself up on the 10th hole at Coppinwood Golf Course and haggled enough players to make a three part series for our NHL alumni special with this being the 2nd one in the trilogy.   Today, enjoy conversations with the likes of Kr...

With The Open Championship nearing we figured it was time to bring back our two golf experts in Ian Leggatt & Richard Zokol to give us a preview of the tournament. John, Dave Hodge, Richard and Ian spend the first half of the show going over the favourites leading up to the weekend.   We then shift focus to the ongoing litigations involving the PGA and LIV Tour and get an idea from Ian and Richard...

Building off of our conversation with J.P. earlier this week, John and co-host Richard Deitsch are joined by Scott MacArthur.   The three react to the recent All-Star festivities in Seattle and discuss the significance of the game and the Home Run Derby before shifting over to some more general baseball talk with a focus on the AL East. Before the end of the show, we spend some time on the Toronto...