The Bob McCown Podcast

Today, we bring on our two soccer experts in Bob Lenarduzzi & James Sharman to give us all the info we need to know about our Canadian Men's National team heading into the FIFA World Cup hosted in Qatar.

DAVE HODGE, checking into the podcast today to start the week off with Bob and John. We begin the show by breaking down the Houston Astro's World Series win against the Philadelphia Phillies. We discuss the underwhelming "fall classic" and the performances from both teams before moving on to some hockey talk. The three get into the Boston Bruins drama surrounding their contract offer to Mitchell M...

Former captain of the St. Louis Blues, Stanley Cup Champion and current member of the Vegas Golden Knights, Alex Pietranglo joins the podcast to talk with Bob and John. We start the show by talking about Alex's team and their strong performance to start the season before moving on to how he's adjusted to living in playing in Las Vegas. The three go back and forth as we break down Alex's career fro...

Hoops talk on todays edition of the podcast as Bob and John welcome Doug Smith back on the podcast.   We talk about the Toronto Raptors and the start to their season with Doug giving us some insight on Nick Nurse, Christian Koloko, OG Annoy and the Raptors lack of bench production.   After the break we shift our focus to the rest of the NBA but more specifically the Brooklyn Nets who have been dom...

Diving into the business of sports today with Senior Vice President of Media Rights for Octagon Sports, William Mao on todays podcast. We open up the show with a discussion about what UCLA and USC's move to the BIG10 means for college sports and the NCAA when it comes to revenue sharing and brand recognition. After the break, William gives us some insight on the future of sports consumption. With...

None other than the Commissioner of the National Hockey League himself, Gary Bettman joins the show today to talk with Bob and John. So much to talk about with so little time on todays episode as Bob and John try to fit all of their pressing questions regarding the NHL into Mr. Bettman's busy schedule. We talk to Gary about the Arizona Coyotes new facility at Mullett arena as we get an update on w...

Barry Trotz Joplins the show today to catch up with Bob and John. With his name popping up in the hockey world recently, we talk to Barry about his recent comments regarding his interest in coaching for an Original Six hockey club and gauge his interest about an eventual return to the NHL. Barry also shares with us what he does to stay ready in case another opportunity arises, his opinions on vari...

Two interviews for the price of one on todays episode of the podcast.   First, we bring in Arash Madani to catch us up on all of the Canadian Soccer news heading into the FIFA World Cup in Qatar before moving on to a preview of tonights World Series matchup between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies. Before Arash leaves, we make sure to get in some Canadian tennis talk with our count...

Buck Martinez stops by the podcast today to chat with Bob in John.   Originally intended to be just a World Series Preview with Buck, the three get into the evolution of the catching position in baseball. Its been long since the days of a Major League Catcher playing 140 games in a season and Bob wants to know if Buck has the reason why.   We also get into a conversation about Houston Astros Manag...

Ken Holland, General Manager of the Edmonton Oilers and friend of the podcast, makes his return to the show to catch up with Bob and John.   The three start the show off by talking about the peculiar set up of this years NHL schedule. With the Oilers only playing their provincial rivals, the Calgary Flames, 3 times this season, we talk to Ken about the importance of cultivating rivalries in profes...

Matt Devlin and Paul Jones Join the podcast today for some NBA talk after the Toronto Raptors 1-1 split with the Miami Heat in their series over the weekend.   The foursome start off the conversation with the NBA's new "baseball style" in-season series. We go over what it means logistically for the NBA and debate on whether the new format will affect the leagues ticket sales as we progress into th...

No guest today as Bob and John celebrate 500 episodes of The Bob McCown Podcast all by their lonesome.   We look back at some of the early days of the podcast when the show was called "Okay, You've Got Five Minutes" with just Bob at the helm before the addition of Mr. Shannon as co-host as the two reflect on why they started to podcast and note the differences they've found going from radio to pod...

Ending the week with a roundtable as we bring in Mike Zeisberger and Eric Duhatschek to come give us some insight on all of the news swirling around the NHL.   From the Vancouver Canucks rather abysmal start to the season to the Buffalo Sabres & Philadelphia Flyers unexpected early success, the foursome look at some of the teams that have surprised them the most after one week of the NHL's regular...

Our business specialist joins the podcast today to catch up with Bob and John. For the first half of the show we focus on the issues surrounding Hockey Canada as we get Brians perspective on the matter. The three talk about potential replacements for head of the board and get into the details of how Brian thinks the organization can fix the mess they made and re-build the brand. We also spend time...

John Gibbons, former Blue Jays manager and the last manager to win a playoff game with the ball club takes some time out of his busy podcasting schedule to catch up with Bob and John.   The three focus on the MLB playoffs as we briefly go over the Wild Card series loss the Seattle Mariners handed the Toronto Blue Jays before shifting over to the New York Yankees win against the Cleveland Guardians...

Richard Deitsch returns to the podcast to kick off the NBA season and cover other headlines across the sports world on todays show. We start with a focus on the Toronto Raptors as we discuss the beginning of another NBA season. The three talk about what teams look good this year in an unpredictable Eastern conference and wonder if the Raptors have "that guy" that can lead them into a deep playoff...

Our good friend Glenn Healy drops by the show today to catch up with Bob and John. Being a starting goaltender in the NHL is tough, and it's even tougher when your teams star player thinks you're blind. To start the show, Glenn talks to us about his time playing with Wayne Gretzky and shares with us why the Great One was convinced that Mr. Healy couldn't see. We then move on to some NHL talk as th...

Johnny Hockey himself joins the show today to chat it up with Bob and John. The three talk about Johnny's time in Calgary, playing under a coach like Darryl Sutter and his decision to go to Columbus. We also talk to Johnny about how he has adjusted to his new team and playing in the Eastern conference on todays show as we get an idea of the expectations Johnny has heading into his first season as...

Baseball is over in Toronto but there are still many things to discuss. What does the future hold for interim manager John Schneider? What moves, if any, should the Toronto Blue Jays make this off-season? Is their bullpen really that bad? Shi Davidi from sportsnet joins the show today to answer all of those questions and more with Bob and John on todays episode

Two podcast regulars, Mike Harrington and Kevin Paul Dupont join the show to kick off the NHL season with a good old fashioned NHL Roundtable.   Right off the bat the four address the unprecedented cap issues a handful of NHL teams are facing. We look at the teams that are struggling to keep salary cap compliant and speculate on how they are going to dig themselves out of the hole they put themsel...

Hodge and Perkins on the show today as the two Daves stop in to continue Bob and John's conversation about the Blue Jays from mondays podcast. The four break down the wild card series loss to the Seattle Mariners and get into the moves they beleive the team needs to make to improve for next season while also discussing the future of interim head coach, John Schneider. Before we go, we make sure to...

If you are still upset about the Toronto Blue Jays' collapse to the Seattle Mariners during last weekends Wild Card Series in Toronto, todays episode will not make you feel any better. No guest today as Bob and John dissect the Jays' performance over the weekend. Breaking down every little mistake made by the coaching staff and players, the two look at what went wrong for a team that was once Worl...

Nick Nurse, NBA champion and head coach of the Toronto Raptors, joins the show today to catch up with Bob and John. We pick Nick's brain on his defensive and offensive schemes, what he looks for in his young players during pre-season and find out how much he leans on his veterens for leadership.  We also find out why Nick thinks his music helps him become a better coach and what exactly the role o...

With the Toronto Blue Jays set to host the Seattle Mariners at Rogers Centre for a three-game AL wild-card series on Friday, we bring on Dan Shulman of Sportnet & ESPN to tell us everything we need to know about the Jays Roster & how the two teams matchup going into game one of the series. * Episode Disclaimer * Dealing with internet issues, Bob was forced to record todays episode on his phone whi...