The Official Waiting For Next Year Podcast

Today's chat with Brian Spaeth was all over the place, but it was good. Brian and I discussed LeBron, Transformers, the Potato Salad Kickstarter and then I got sad that my favorite radio show was broken up. Brian's return to twitter with the LeBron James situation LeBron James' potential return to Cleveland The potato salad kickstarter People hating the potato salad kickstarter Brian talks about T...

It was a wild weekend on Twitter with all the sports news. TD and I ran it down. LeBron James coming back to Cleveland? Dan Gilbert's plane! The practical issues surrounding the Miami Heat rebuilding LeBron facing Pat Riley and what that might be like New song from Craig's band  The Company Line Josh Gordon getting pulled over for speeding and DWI Johnny Manziel rolling up dollar bills. Is it a st...

Mac vs. PC World Cup 2014 USMNT and Klinsmann’s goals for the future Landon Donovan’s comments about Klinsmann’s strategy NEOMG posts Cavs beat job on Craigslist NBA Free Agency Miami Heat LeBron, Wade, Bosh opt out Cavs Free Agency Kyrie Signing the max extension immediately Tyronn Lue leaving Doc Rivers for David Blatt and the Cavs The pressure on Pat Riley What would LeBron returning to Clevela...

For one last time for the 2014 World Cup, I talk to Pete Barr about the USMNT and their run to the knock-out round and eventually out. Tim Howard is a sports hero Did Clint Dempsey play out of position? Discussion of Keith Olbermann's seven suggestions for American soccer Michael Bradley, Graham Zusi and Wondo's miss Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I decided to take my podcasting gear to the #CavsTwitter draft party and spent about ten minutes or so talking to people as the Cavs were getting ready to select Andrew Wiggins.  I spoke with Jeff Nomina, Summit Omar, Jacob, Kirk and Brendan Bowers. The podcast finishes with the room reaction to the Cavaliers' pick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete Barr joined me today to talk about soccer. And of course we also touched on LeBron James and his decision to opt out. Michael Bradley's struggles Michael Bradley playing without Landon Donovan Tim Howard and Jurgen Klinsmann LeBron opts out  The Chances that LeBron could return to Cleveland The chances that LeBron could bring Carmelo Anthony to Cleveland   Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Whenever the bat signal goes up and Scott Raab wants to go long-form on Cleveland sports I jump at the chance. This morning I talked to him for over an hour on the following topics. The World Cup and the USMNT's tie to Portugal Cleveland's "savior" complex Johnny Manziel and his personality LeBron James and his potential return Mike Pettine and Scott's forthcoming profile of the Browns coach for E...

Tom Reed was kind enough to join me today to talk about the World Cup, the Browns and much more. Jozy Altidore's injury Landon Donovan left off the roster The matchup with Portugal The ugly win over Ghana Who will replace Altidore and what will Deuce be like with his broken nose? Johnny Manziel and Mike Pettine's reactions to him Lastly, Tom had a book recommendation from one of his former colleag...

John Turner of The Sporting News was kind enough to join me and talk about his time covering Johnny Manziel way back in high school. We talked about just how good and competitive Johnny Manziel is. We talked about his off-field antics. We also spent some time talking about the existing sports media culture including "gotcha!" headlines and slideshows. Even though he's a Detroit fan, you should giv...

Ben Cox wanted to get in on the movie podcast with Brian Spaeth, but we couldn't get the scheduling worked out. That's OK, because Ben's a great guest all on his own too. So, I took an hour out of this Father's Day to chat with Ben. We talked about: The NBA Finals LeBron James Edge of Tomorrow X-Men Days of Future Past Cable TV and sports networks World Cup Music I also mentioned on the podcast th...

Brian Spaeth gives advice in a new bit called Advice with Brian. After that we talked about movies and a bit about sports. Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and X-Men Days of Future Past Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Pappas came on the podcast to discuss his new book,  A Tribe Reborn: How the Cleveland Indians of the ’90s Went from Cellar Dwellers to Playoff Contenders (available at Amazon.) We talked about those famous teams from the 90's from Vizquel and Thome to Albert Belle.  We talked about the current Indians and also the Jim Thome statue. Make sure you check out the book. George tells us about so...

I nabbed TD to talk about the Tribe and we ended up talking about a whole lot more. TD can't believe how square Craig is with regard to Johnny Manziel's partying lifestyle. TD can't believe how much residual hatred there is for Cleveland fans and LeBron James. TD talks what he knows best. The Cleveland Indians, where they are today, Lonnie Chisenhall's monstrous night with nine RBI and the impendi...

It's been a bit since I caught up with Peter Barr, but he's a soccer officionado, so I figured we better check in to discuss the latest USMNT news. Of course we discussed the decision not to take Landon Donovan. It's good to talk some World Cup. Can't wait for it to start. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brian Spaeth was in my house talking into a microphone and I recorded it... poorly. I apologize for the audio quality. It's not great for some reason, but it is very listenable just the same. We talked about the fact that I haven't seen X-Men yet. We talked about Johnny Football's weekend trip to Vegas. We talked about the Johnny Football nickname too, actually. Finally, we talked about the econom...

Brian Spaeth was on once again to talk about movies. This time we also talked about the Cavaliers and the fact that they won the lottery once again. Brian saw Million Dollar Arm starring John Hamm. He reviewed that one for me since I didn't see it. Then we talked about Godzilla and how much money it made in its opening week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Cleveland Cavaliers won the 2014 NBA Draft lottery! So, at the last minute I fired up the old podcast and Andrew and I discussed the Cavs' ridiculously good fortune. What should they do? Kevin Love? LeBron James? Does this change the thoughts on the Cavs coaching search? Also, just for fun, we discussed the new album "Boys" by Herzog. Cleveland band on a Cleveland night. Such a great night! Le...

Always fun to talk to @sportsyelling  about everything. This time I wanted to help everyone get to know her even that much more before we talked about sports. So, I asked about movies, music, internet cliches and some other stuff before talking about... Lonnie Chisenhall Michael Brantley's walk-off winner Carlos Santana's struggles Jason Kipnis' statements about bandwagon fans Johnny Football Lear...

I did a solo podcast today breaking down Johnny Manziel's post-practice press conference. What did he have to say about Loggains' comments about his text messages during the draft. Were the Browns the only team that Johnny Manziel was texting with during the draft? Why did Johnny Manziel want to come to Cleveland? How does Manziel feel about Texas A&M and "The House that Johnny Built?" I comme...

The summer movie podcast is in full swing now. Brian and I saw Neighbors starring Zac Efron and Seth Rogen. While there wasn't a heck of a lot to say about it, we both kind of liked it. We also talked about the Cavaliers removing Mike Brown and how little there really was to say about that either. Somehow we managed to fill up 30+ minutes just the same.  And don't miss it. Brian sang a podcast int...

I have some interesting friends who embark on interesting pursuits. My friend Joe Petrich of the experimental rock band Something Involving a Monkey  stopped by on Tuesday to talk about his band and the local music scene as well as his recent campaign to get the Cleveland Indians to retire Ricky Vaughn's #99 jersey . We also talked about Wahoo for a bit as Joe is a proponent of keeping Chief Wahoo...

It's been quite a while since I talked to Jon on the podcast, but I asked him to keep tabs on the NFL draft as a passive Browns fan who is married to a real Browns fan. We ended up talking a lot about draft value, trades, Johnny Football, Josh Gordon's impending suspension and the cultural moment of Michael Sam being drafted.  In addition we talked about the Miami Dolphins' punishment of Don Jones...

A lot of people asked for it, and I got the fateful text last week that said Scott was ready and had something to say! In all seriousness, I loved talking to Scott Raab every week and I love talking to him whenever I get the chance to now. With the Johnny Manziel draft pick and the Josh Gordon rumors that cropped up, there was little doubt that he and I would get together on the phone and talk abo...

2014 NFL DRAFT! The Cleveland Browns are almost on the clock and Rick and Craig are talking about everything. Should the Browns take Johnny Manziel? Should the Browns take the offensive tackle? Should they take Sammy Watkins? We've got all the talk that you've heard everywhere else, but now with 100% more Rick and Craig! Cleveland Browns Super Bowl is the NFL draft. Listen now! Learn more about yo...

We had some trouble getting our schedules to match in the first few weeks, but with the opening of SpiderMan 2, we finally got our act together. It's going to be another busy movie season, so we rocked out four movies in one podcast. Spiderman 2, Transcendence starring Johnny Depp, Divergent as a Hunger Games ripoff, and finally Draft Day. It actually worked because there wasn't a whole lot lot lo...