The Official Waiting For Next Year Podcast

Brian Spaeth joined the podcast today to discuss a bunch of different things. Here's a list. Dan Gilbert’s gambling statue Cavaliers training camp Browns season opener Guardians of the Galaxy Instagram Indians attendance Josh Gordon’s selling cars Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TD was able to find some time for me while he's on the road. Here's what we talked about. Topics include: Indians gut-punch losses to Detroit Cody Allen’s blown save Indians’ pitching prowess Indians’ hitting struggles Browns opener against the Steelers Expectations for the Browns overall Ben Tate and betting on running Predicting victory is impossible with the Browns Learn more about your ad choi...

It's been since LeBron joined the Cavaliers since I talked to Andrew. A lot has happened since. Here's some of what we spoke about... Topics include: Browns preseason game against Chicago Brian Hoyer looking decent Kevin Love’s opening press conference Nationalize sports / communism Nirvana and whether they really deserve the credit Pearl Jam and Sirens Star Wars, Robin Williams and living obituar...

I was happy to have Dave Sterling (@dimoko) back on the podcast. We started out accidentally discussing public urination and ended with the breaking news that Josh Gordon's year-long suspension has been upheld by the NFL. We also talked about Kevin Love and his "decision" to come to the Cleveland Cavaliers. We talked about LeBron James as a recruiter and the fallacy that some sports fans have at t...

I had Jeff Rosenberg from OJ the Musical on once before to promote his movie. I've been trying to get the Cleveland native back since it's been released on iTunes and other VOD places. To my benefit this time he brought the movie's star, Jordan Kenneth Kamp. We talked about the movie, what it was like to take it to festivals, and what it was like to be a comedy at the festivals. We talked a lot ab...

The fake Jim Kanicki who is also the real Mike Burgermeister came on the podcast to talk about the Browns today.  We talked about the following... Brian Hoyer's MNF game  Johnny Manziel's MNG game The offensive line vs. the defensive line The Cleveland Browns running attack in 2014 Jerome Harrison  Browns unhealthy relationship with running backs since Jamal Lewis much much more Learn more about y...

Matt Dery from 105.1 FM in Detroit jumped on the podcast to discuss lots of Cleveland sports topics. Johnny Manziel vs. Brian Hoyer The QB curse and Matt Stafford Does Detroit appreciate Matt Stafford? The Cavaliers getting LeBron James The Dolan "cheapness" bit The Cleveland Indians in 2014 Indians trade deadline Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We had planned on talking about LeBron James and Kevin Love, but then he considered going down to Ferguson to try and help out with his legal skills.  So, we did end up talking about LeBron James and Kevin Love, but we spent a lot of time talking about what's happening in Ferguson as well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I got a chance to talk to TD about all three Cleveland teams. That's always a blast for me. Today we spent a good amount of time talking about the Tribe and the season they've put together. We also talked about LeBron coming home and what that means for a sports family like TD's that is baseball, and football first.  Lastly we talked about Johnny Manziel, the Browns and what it must be like for Br...

Denny texted me to podcast last minute and despite my beverages, we did it. Great time talking about a whole host of topics including... Home improvements and Denny's new kitchen babies and missing them ultrarunning with alcohol running 5Ks and shorter runs Trulia, Zillow Sports on Earth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The fine people at the Anything to Add Monty podcast were kind enough to have me on to discuss Draft Day a few months ago. I'm a disorganized fool and never reciprocated, but I was more than happy to have Dave Sterling on. When I did that podcast there was really good chemistry as we went from liking Draft Day to nearly despising it as we talked about it. Here's what else we talked about... Dave d...

I talked to Zac Jackson  at Browns training camp today about coming on the podcast and eight hours later he was on it. I'm a fan of Zac's work and was glad he was willing to come on. We discussed the following... LeBron James coming home and that impact on media Fantasy football  Twitter block parties Whether Zac ever reads the comments Zac's hybrid role of reporter and columnist for FSO Local med...

Dave Bryan of Steelers Depot is one of the most well-informed people when it comes to the AFC North. Steelers Depot might cover the Browns mortal enemy in football, but it's really well done. Whether he's breaking down players or their contracts, Steelers Depot does it right. So today we talked about the Browns, the Steelers and the rest of the AFC North. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

Chad Zumock  joins the podcast for the first time. Here's what we talked about. Chad talks about his relationship working with Jim Florentine We talk about LeBron James coming home and Chad reporting sports Johnny Football vs. Brian Hoyer Cleveland Browns training camp and zip lines The boringness of the Cleveland Indians Is baseball boring in general now? The steroid era The Jim Thome Statue And...

I like to have @SPORTSYELLING on the podcast and she's gracious enough to make the time. Today we had another fun conversation about the following. Being dragged into watching WWE wrestling with her husband Dangerous tweets The impact of the LeBron James signing on a hardcore Tribe fan The Indians chances of making a run at the playoffs Winning streaks and whether or not you can ever see them comi...

Anthony Lima joined Craig to talk about local sports media, LeBron James, Johnny Manziel. Anthony Lima and what it was like to break the LeBron news live on the air.  The Plane, Zydrunas and more on the reporting of the story The risks of being wrong and getting punished  Opie and Anthony and losing your job for what you say on twitter The pitfalls of a public life on twitter Learn more about your...

I haven't had Les Levine on in a while, but it's always great to catch up. Here are some of the topics we discussed. Reporting in the modern world Chris Broussard and needing to be right a minute ahead of the next guy Les' history of reporting things and "being wrong" LeBron James coming home Johnny Manziel's partying lifestyle and social media Not living dangerously Joe Lull's report on Dan Gilbe...

Cleveland Kate  set the topic for this one and Josh Flagner  of More Than a Fan  was happy to oblige. We took our seats as men in the independent sports media environment to discuss... women in sports media. We talked about Erin Andrews, Suzyn Waldman and a host of other females in the game. We talked about the opportunities or lack thereof. We also discussed the fact that we can't remember a sing...

It's been a while since I chatted with Denny, but he had some time this evening so we did it up on the following. LeBron James coming back to Cleveland impacting Denny The vague, but unmistakable feelings of "home" Cleveland and the generational preference for city living athletics impact on cities Raising a family in a city Johnny Manziel and the negative obsession with his partying Learn more ab...

I've been a follower of Busted Coverage  for a while. Even though they do things far differently than we do at WFNY, but that doesn't mean I don't read and enjoy a site like Busted Coverage.  Joe Kinsey was kind enough to come on and tell us about the site. He told us about what it was like to start it back in 2007 and what it was like to be acquired in 2011.  He told us what it was like to get su...

I talked to Brian Windhorst  a year ago when the Cavs re-hired Mike Brown and I was taken aback when I started to think about all the things that have changed since then. Brian was gracious enough to join me for about a half hour to talk about LeBron coming back to the Cavaliers. The free agent market shakeout after LeBron signed The Houston Rockets' bad off-season (so far) LeBron's relationship t...

You knew it was going to happen. Scott Raab joined me this morning to discuss the return of LeBron James to the Cleveland Cavaliers.  We discussed the letter that LeBron wrote with Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated. We also discussed the sourcing frenzy that led up to the LeBron article coming out. Scott talked about what it's been like for his son to welcome back LeBron James and also a little bi...

A description for the podcast....  This is so unnecessary. Andrew and I talked about the return of LeBron James. We talked about what it means to us personally and what our reactions were to how it all went down. From the beginning rumblings all the way to the letter transcribed by Sports Illustrated.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew and Craig talk about the fact that LeBron didn't make a choice. When will he make a choice? Which source will you trust? The practical realities of Cavs vs. Heat Pat Riley vs. Dan Gilbert Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I've followed Matt Moore of Hardwood Paroxysm  and CBS for years on Twitter. I'm sure I've argued with him a time or two, but I've always valued his opinion and writing. I'm really happy he agreed to come on the WFNY podcast in the midst of a very busy NBA off-season. We talked about Twitter, his process, and his goals as a web publisher. We talked about LeBron James, NBA player culture growing up...