The Bob McCown Podcast

Perkins and Longley are checking in to the podcast today for a Toronto Blue Jays themed MLB Roundtable.   The foursome talk about the progress of the Jay's 300 Million dollar stadium renovation as we debate on the significance of the upgrade and what it will do for the Blue Jays organization. We then shift focus to Toronto's roster as the four look into the changes they have made this off season a...

Howard Simon joins us from Buffalo as we take a look at the winners and losers of the NFL's Wild Card Games. Focusing on the Bills, we get an update on Damar Hamlin's health before breaking down Buffalo's win against the Miami Dolphins on Sunday. The three analyze the teams offense, defense and coaching staff to see where they stack up with other Super Bowl contenders before making our way over to...

With the New England Patriots missing the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, we start our focus on the NFL as the three break down the team and wonder what Bill Belichick can do to get this Patriots roster back to the perennial Super Bowl contenders they once were. Before the end of the show we fit in some Celtics and Bruins discussion. With both teams sitting at the top of the standings in th...

Burnside and Duhatschek checking into the podcast today to end the week with a good ol' fashioned Friday Roundtable with Bob and John.   The three talk about the struggling Colorado Avalanche and their chances of repeating before switching over to he Florida Panthers and the Eastern Conference.   The three debate on what went wrong for the Panthers team who are fighting for a playoff spot just a y...

Jack Armstrong joins the show to catch up with Bob and John on todays podcast.   Before we get to the hoops talk we had to address the elephant in the room. Jack's Christmas album. We get the details on how it all started, his live concert and more before shifting focus to the Toronto Raptors as they enter the second half of this years NBA season.   We discuss potential trade targets and roster im...

Zooming in all the way from Switzerland, former NHL Head Coach and current bench boss of ZSC Lions, Marc Crawford joins the podcast to catch up with Bob and John.   The three talk about Marc's return to ZSC and the differences between coaching pro hockey in Europe compared to North America. Marc gives us an idea of what kind of skill level he's working with in Switzerland, shares stories from his...

Whats going on with the Toronto Raptors? Should they blow things up and start the re-build or fight for a play-in spot? With the NBA trade deadline nearing and no clear direction for the future, we bring on Paul Jones to answer all of these questions and more as we take a deep dive into the state of the Toronto Raptors.

Dave Hodge joins us today  as we bounce from league to league and cover some of the bigger headlines in the sporting world. We start with the NFL and their response to Damar Hamlin's cardiac arrest he suffered last week in the Buffalo Bills game against the Cincinatti Bengals. With the official decision to not complete last weeks game, we talk about what that means when it comes to league standing...

John Paul Morosi joins us from Halifax to talk about Canada's 6-2 win over the United States in the smith finals of the World Junior Championships. The three talk about the to controversial goalie interference against the US team as we preview Canada's gold medal game against Czechia tonight. We then move over to baseball as we talk about the Toronto Blue Jays & some of the deals that still need t...

Another two for one episode for ya today as Richard Deitsch joins the podcast to discuss the status of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin and the NFL's response to Hamlin's cardiac arrest he suffered during their Monday Night Football matchup against the Cincinatti Bengals. We then bring Doug Smith on the show for some Raptors talk as we analyze the teams recent performance and speculate on potenti...

On todays NHL Roundtable with Kevin and Mike, the four go over last nights Winter Classic between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Boston Bruins. We talk about the significance of the Winter Classic and question the impact outdoor games actually have when it comes to profit and marketability. We also talk about the Boston Bruins and their elevated level of play compared to last year, the Carolina H...

Happy New Year and welcome back! Just Bob and John today as we kick off the new year by reflecting on some of the biggest sporting headlines of 2022 and look forward to what to come in 2023. We start the show with the NFL as we preview tonights matchup between the Cincinatti Bengals and the Buffalo Bills before we look at the rest of the league, analyzing this years disappointments, favourites and...

Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations of the Montreal Canadiens, Jeff Gorton, joins the show to talk about his team on todays episode. With almost a year under his belt in Montreal, Bob and John talk to Jeff about his experience with the Habs so far, his comprehension of the French language and what his plans for the team are going forward. We get some insight on what Jeff brings to the ta...

Former player, broadcaster & NHL executive, Dale Tallon joins the show to chat with Bob and John. With golf talk out of the way the three discuss Dale's time in Chicago and pick his brain on what he thinks needs to happen in order to have a championship contending hockey club. We talk about the intricacies of the free agent market, how important scouting college hockey players is in a 7 round draf...

From September 5th 2022 It was 30 years ago today that Canadians were introduced to "The FAN". Canada's first all sports radio station, The FAN was responsible for kickstarting the careers of some of the countries most well known broadcasters, including our very own Bob McCown. The brains behind the operation, Allan Davis, joins us today to talk to Bob and John and to look back on what made the st...

Check out one of our favourite interviews that we did this year while Bob and John are on their vacation! A man who needs no introduction.... Doug Gilmour joins the podcast today to catch up with Bob and John. We get lots of info from Doug as he reminisces about his days playing hockey. We ask him about his thinking process that went into choosing his jersey numbers, the infamous missed call that...

We're taking a week off! While we're away, we will be running some of our favourite episodes that we recorded this year! Check it out if you missed it, see ya next week!    Member of both the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame & the Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and one of the countries greatest golfers to play the game, Lorie Kane, graces Bob and John with her presence on todays episode. With Lorie set to...

It's our last episode of 2022 as Kelly Hrudey joins the show to end the year with Bob and John on a high note. We spend todays show listening to Kelly share some stories from his playing days as he remembers what it was like being traded to the Los Angeles Kings and gives us some insight on what it was like celebrating the holidays as a professional athlete.  As we get ready to celebrate the holid...

President and CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays, Mark Shapiro himself hops back on the podcast to catch up with Bob and John. With renovations currently underway at the Rogers Centre, Mark gives us a progress report on the 300 Million Dollar makeover for the leagues 7th oldest ballpark before shifting focus to the Blue Jays roster, Mark's opinion on the teams off-season signings and his exceptions head...

In the middle of a tough stretch of basketball for the Toronto Raptors, having lost 8 of their last 10 games, we bring on Matt Devlin to give us his perspective on the disappointing start to the Raptor's season. We talk to Matt about the impact that injuries have had on the teams success, Nick Nurse's hesitance to look deeper into the rotation and the non stop trade rumours surrounding OG Anunoby....

Our very own Bay Area correspondent and friend of the show, Ray Ratto joins us today as we focus on what's going on in the sports world down in San Francisco.   We start the conversation with the Major League Baseball and the Giants as we dig into some of the moves the team has made so far this off season before shifting focus to the future of the Golden State Warriors Championship core. When we c...

ESPN's Ray Ferraro joins the show today to start off the week with some hockey talk with Bob and John. Does a new voice really make that much of a difference? We spend the first half of the show talking to Ray about the impact a new head coach has on his team as we discuss the success Bruce Cassidy, Rick Bowness & Jim Montgomery have found after changing locations this offseason. After the break,...

Its the return of the Friday Roundtable as we bring on two guys who can talk about a little bit of everything in George Ofman & Richard Deitsch. We bounce around from topic to topic today as we try to take advantage of George's windy city roots, focusing much of the conversation on the sad state of Chicago sports. With each of their 5 professional sports franchises in the middle or on the verge of...

Our good friend Buck Martinez today to talk some baseball with Bob and John. The three talk about the Toronto Blue Jays and asses the teams recent signings in Kevin Kiermaier and Chris Bassitt as we talk about where we think they will fit best and speculate on the impact they will make on this Blue Jays roster. Before we go, we also talk about the moves made by other teams throughout the league an...

Lost of stuff going on in the NHL this week, so who better than Nick Kypreos to come on the show and talk about it all with Bob and John?   With his 800th last night, Alexander Ovechkin is only 95 goals away from passing Wayne Gretzky as the NHL's all-Time Leading scorer… so is it realistic to think that, at 37 years old, the Russian superstar can do it? That's what we focus the first half of toda...