The Heart of Sports

With the sports world starting to stir and make plans for a comeback, we were joined by ESPN and NBC Play by play announcer Mike Corey to talk his journey in sports, the state of sports today and what broadcasting may look like when sports return. Then we had Temple University Senior Associate AD/Strategic Communications Larry Dougherty join us on the state of college sports and the uncertainty it...

Ricky Bottalico started the show with the guys talking all things baseball, from the Korean Baseball Organization to his own journey in the sport and what comes next. Then Philadelphia Union midfielder Mark McKenzie stopped by for some soccer talk and which NBA players he thinks talk the best trash on Twitter.

This week we took a journey back in time with Phillies World Series Champion Greg Dobbs talking everything from his career in the minors, his first home run in his first Major League at bat and what it was like to play for the Series and win the World Series here.  Then we talked with Inquirer Sixers Writer Keith Pompey about the ESPN The Last Dance Documentary, the NBA looking to try to rest...

If you've been at home watching the 10 part series "The Last Dance" on ESPN, we started the show with the executive producer of "The Last Dance" Mike Tollin to talk about the original footage, getting Michael Jordan to agree to participate, the creation of the documentary and more. Then we had Philadelphia Union Forward Kacper Prsybylko join the show.

We had another real big show this week. First we had a deep dive with Phillies World Series pitcher Jamie Moyer talking life, baseball, sports psychology serving the community and more. Then Bluecoats forward Haywood Highsmith joined the show to talk basketball and e-gaming.

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We had another great show this week with with 2 amazing guests. First the original friend of the Phonetic David Raymond talked about the Power of Fun, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Phanatic and more. Then Author Brad Balukjian talked about his fun new book The Wax Pack: On the Open Road in Search of Baseball’s Afterlife, baseball and baseball cards.

We had Keith Pompey join us to talk state of the NBA, the protocols around COVID-19 testing and what information is released publicly for the league and what players are doing with the down time. Then we had Super Bowl winning former head coach Wade Phillips to talk about his book "Son of Bum" along with some stories about his time on the Buddy Ryan Eagles with Reggie White, Jerome Brown and Clyde...

The games may have stopped, but the sports world keeps turning. Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro joined us to talk Birds free agency moves and Bleacher Report NBA Writer Yaron Weitzman called in to talk about his new book, "Tanking to the Top" about Sixers and the Process.

While the sports world came to a stop this week, we kept things going talking with Jonathan Mayo of MLB.com about some of the Phillies top prospects and sat down with Philadelphia Union head coach Jim Curtin for an extended conversation.

Jam packed show this week starting off w the voice of the Union JP Dellacamera talking some soccer, then Charlie O'Connor of The Athetic on the streaking Flyers and finally Pat McCarthy talking some baseball.

We talked some Phillies big squad and farm system players with Gregg Caserta and Mike Ventola and talked Sixers injuries and struggles with Ky Carlin of Sixers Wire

We had Philly native and ESPN SportsCenter anchor Kevin Negandhi on talking his journey as a sports broadcaster, his Philly fandom, the state of the Sixers and more.

The guys talked to MLB Network Analyst Bill Ripken about his book State of Play: The Old School guide to new school baseball and the state of baseball itself. Then Sixers reporter Keith Pompey called in from Chicago and the All Star Festivities to talk state of the Sixers at the break.

Philly Voice managing Sports Editor Evan Macy was in studio for today's show. First we recapped the Super Bowl and discussed the Eagles coaching changes. Then we talked Sixers and the NBA Trade Deadline and finally we talked some Phillies as Pitchers and Catchers report next week.

Join Jeff & Jason as they talk about the latest on the baseball sign stealing scandal with Doug Glanville. Then the potential impact of Major League Baseball’s proposal of terminating some of their minor league teams. We had the Mayor of Chattanooga, Andy Berke call in.

Jeff was out at the Phillies Winter Carnival this week and got comments from Joe Girardi and Roman Quinn, then we talked Sixers, Eagles and NFL, Flyers and more...

The guys were joined by Ricky Bottalico on today's show to talk about the fallout from the Astros scandal and discipline.

This week on the Heart of Sports we talked state of the Sixers after the Embiid hand surgery, Eagles as their season ends and the NFL Playoffs, Flyers with Charlie O'Connor of the Athletic, College Football and Rutgers Mens Basketball for Jason.

As we kicked off 2020 on The Heart Of Sports with Jason Springer & Jeffrey Cohen on 610 ESPN, we previewed the Eagles/Seahawks playoff game, talked Sixers struggles and concerns, looked at the Flyers at the halfway point, talked some college bowl season and announced our new advertising partnership with the Engineers Labor Employer Cooperative ELEC. Click here to listen to today's show:

A little best of show as we enjoy some time over the new year. Listen back to our interviews with NBA Great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Women's Soccer star Julie Ertz and the Armless Archer Matt Stutzman.

We've had our Festivus airing of Sports Grievances and then talked to Author Tom Stone about his book “Now Taking the Field” - Baseball’s All time dream teams for all 30 franchises. That and much more in this episode...

With Jason on a little vacation (even though he couldn't stay away and still called in), Jeff was joined in studio by Keith Pompey for the show to talk all things Sixers.

This week on The Heart Of Sports with Jason Springer & Jeffrey Cohen on 610 ESPN we had interviews with Coach Jeff Monken of Army & Coach Ken Niumatalolo of Navy diving into the rivalry and traditions of the 120th Army/Navy game that's in Philly next week. Then we had Zach Berman of The Athletic joining us to talk Eagles, the Monday night matchup with the Giants and whether anyone wants to...

It's Black Friday, rivalry weekend in college football and we are heading down the home stretch of the NFL Season. The NBA has some crazy ideas for how they want to change their season format, we'll talk Sixers, Flyers and Union too. Just a sports cornucopia for this holiday weekend.