The Bob McCown Podcast

The Blue Jays started the season strong but have seemingly hit a bump in the road after losing three straight games to the Boston Red Sox. We bring in Dave Perkins and Richard Griffin to talk about the Blue Jays, their recent poor play, how the usage of analytics in today's game has impacted the team and more before a short discussion on the business side of baseball before the end of the show.

The Boston Bruins set the NHL record for most wins AND points in a season, only lost 5 games at home and were the NHL favourites to win the Stanley Cup... yet they still lost to the Florida Panthers in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. SO what went wrong?   We bring in Mike Milbury today to answer exactly that. We spend today's show looking back at the Boston Bruins record setting seaso...

Two Interviews for the price of one today as we spend time with Bruce Garrioch and Front Office Sports' Owen Poindexter for today's show.   We spend the first 20 minutes of the show getting an update from Bruce on the progression of the sale of the Ottawa Senators. From Ryan Reynolds and his group's alleged Billion Dollar bid to Snoop Dogg's apparent involvement in the sale, never has an NHL team...

26 years after taking the Florida Panthers to the Stanley Cup, Doug MacLean joins the podcast to talk about the Panthers' improbable first round series win against the Boston Bruins.   The former coach sprinkles in some stories from his time as the Panthers' Head Coach as we break down Florida's game 7 win against the Boston Bruins last night, and look ahead to their round two matchup against the...

It's Billy Jaffe and Brian Lawton joining us for today's roundtable as we dive into all of the ongoing storylines in the first round of the 2023 NHL Playoffs.    To start the show, we focus on the four games scheduled for tonight and the four teams on the verge of elimination as we break down tonight's matchups. We also discuss the Toronto Maple Leafs and the chances that they'll blow another 3-1...

On today's episode, we're joined by Steve Simmons from the Toronto Sun as we gear up for game 5 of the Toronto Maple Leafs' first-round series against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Steve shares his insights on why the Leafs have been able to win, despite the Lightning appearing to be the stronger team for much of the series. We also discuss whether the Leafs have what it takes to make a deep playoff ru...

Fresh off of a European getaway with his family, J.P. Morosi stops by to catch up with Bob and John on today's show. With Paris and London still on his mind, J.P. notes the differences between sports media coverage in Europe compared to what we get here, sparking a discussion about player coverage in today's sports media. The three share varying opinions on on fans' access to professional athletes...

It's Pierre McQuire on the show today as the three get caught up on everything going on in this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. We talk about the poor officiating that seems to be plaguing the postseason as we try to figure out why that's been happening. We also touch on some of the series we have not focused on as much in previous episodes, getting Pierre's opinion on what he's liked and what he has...

Having missed the playoffs, the Toronto Raptors are in vacation mode but that doesnt mean the team hasn't generated anything to talk about. We bring in Doug Smith of The Toronto Star today to talk to us about Masai Ujiri's offseason plans regarding roster moves and their search for a new head coach, the teams apparent "lack of develop" as of late and the progression for their young star, Scottie B...

Ending the week with some Hockey!   Scott Burnside and Eric Duhatschek join the show today to look over the first week of the Stanley Cup Playoffs as we break down the performances of some teams we have yet to talk about in detail on the show.   With the recent news of the Toronto Raptors firing their now former head coach, Nick Nurse, Bob and John spend the last chunk of the show reflecting on Nu...

Having played in Toronto, Glenn gives us his take on the pressure the Toronto Maple Leafs are dealing with heading into game 2 tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Three talk about what the Leafs need to do tonight to gain their confidence back before shifting focus to the other series in the league right now as we break down what we've seen from the Stanley Cup Playoffs so far.

Dave Hodge stops by the podcast to talk about the two teams in Toronto that are currently still active.   We look at the Leafs 7-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in their first game of the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs and react to everything that went wrong in yesterday's game... and there's a lot.   We then change topics to the Toronto Blue Jays as we analyze their pitching rotation and the players...

It's Paul Jones - voice of Raptors Radio - back on the show today joined by none other than his brother Mark.   While Paul has hung up the mic for the NBA season, Mark is still in high gear after calling the first two  playoff games in 17 years for the Sacramento Kings for ESPN.    The foursome focus on the series between the NBA's reigning champs, the Golden State Warriors and the Sacramento King...

Been a while since you've heard the soothing voice of Jim Hughson eh?   The legendary broadcaster stops by the show today to give Bob and John an update on what he's been up to now that he's not calling games and how much hockey he's watched lately as the three discuss the paridy of this year's Stanley Cup Playoffs.

  With all but two matchups set in stone for the Stanley Cup Playoffs, the foursome take a look at who they think have the best shot to win it all. We focus on the Boston Bruins first - having had a record breaking season like they did, we question if that could have an adverse effect on their Playoff Performance before moving on to other narratives around the NHL such as the inconsistent goaltend...

With the Washington Commanders of the NFL and the NHL's Ottawa Senators both in advanced talks to sell their franchise, we decided to bring on A.J. Perez from Front Office Sports to give us some details on where both franchises are at in the selling process, how much they'll sell for and what goes into the process of putting a team up for sale.  

The Toronto Blue Jays are off to a 7-4 start, the Raptors play the Bulls tonight in the NBA's Play-In Game and the Toronto Maple Leafs are getting ready for a first round re-match against the Tampa Bay Lightning and it's all happening at once! To try to get our ducks in order, we bring on Richard Deitsch to break down all of the exciting story lines going on in the Toronto sports world.

The Toronto Raptors are set to take on the Chicago Bulls in Wednesday's Play-In Game so we felt like it was only right to invite Doug Smith on the show to break it down.   The three react to the season the Raptors had, questioning the make-up of their roster and wonder if they are even good enough to make a deep playoff run before addressing the recent rumours surrounding Head Coach Nick Nurse's f...

Host of Griff's The Pitch Podcast and former Jays PR, RichardGriffin joins the show to talk some Baseball with Bob and John this Easter Monday.   Griff talks to the fellas about the new renovations underway at the Rogers Centre and gives us some reasons to be excited about the makeover before analyzing the start the the Toronto Blue Jays season, the impact their roster additions have had on the te...

Head Coach of the hottest team in hockey, Jay Woodcroft joins the show to talk about his Edmonton Oilers. Having the best record in the NHL since February and three 100 point scorers for the first time in almost 30 years, we talk to Jay about how he's approaching the playoffs in terms of team preparation and get a look into how the Oilers have improved from this time last year.

President of the Pittsburgh Penguins and friend of the podcast, Brian Burke joins the show today to talk to Bob and John about his Pittsburgh Penguins, their fight for the playoffs and his issues on the NHL's current playoff format.    We also spend a lot of time discussing the discourse surrounding the various NHL players refusing to take part in their team's pride nights and what the NHL has to...

It's that time of the year again! Our two golf experts and friends of the podcast, Richard Zokol and Ian Leggatt join us today to talk about Augusta National, The Masters, LIV's involvement and more regarding the event this weekend on todays show. 

No guests, no problem! Bob and John are ridin' solo today with a bunch of things to talk about. We start by previewing... our masters preview show scheduled for tomorrow as we discuss Corey Connors and how he looks heading into The Masters, before talking about the Toronto Maple Leafs and their matchup against the Tampa Bay Lightning in round 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs before talking about the...

Pretty much a week away until the end of the NHL's 2022-23 Regular Season so, our good friend Ray Ferraro comes in to get us ready for the Stanley Cup Playoffs.   We talk about the teams that have presented themselves as contenders throughout the year and wonder if they can keep the momentum going heading into the postseason before shifting focus to what teams we feel like could make a surprising...

The legendary coach & friend of the podcast Scotty Bowman joins the show today for some hockey talk with Bob and John. Have the Tampa Bay Lightning hit a wall? We talk to Scotty about just that to start off the show before transitioning to the (in Scotty's words) unbeatable Boston Bruins. We break down both teams' chances at winning it all this year before having a conversation about what changes,...