The Official Waiting For Next Year Podcast

Tom Reed makes his first appearance on the WFNY Podcast to talk to me about his journey to the Plain Dealer.  Commuting from Columbus to Cleveland The underwhelming NFL draft The Colt McCoy trade Joe Banner and accountability Mike Lombardi's hiring The Cleveland Cavaliers' abysmal defense The silence from Chris Grant and Dan Gilbert  Byron Scott's future  Hiring a defensive coordinator for the Cav...

Les talks about his history in the Cleveland market The freedoms and restrictions of being a self-reliant show producer 17 years of More Sports & Les Levine Mark Shapiro's statements about winning on Les's show Splitting up the Browns' radio rights between WKNR and 92.3 the Fan The Browns regimes and how quickly we get negative about them Cell phone service at ball games and if we ever thought...

Indians home opener Ubaldo Jimenez Travis Hafner John Sterling Free agency and MLB Swisher and his bro dude attitude Replacing the guy who replaces the guy First Energy Field Making money on bad teams Byron Scott and silence from Chris Grant and Dan Gilbert Shaq and his bloated contract Rutgers and Mike Rice’s firing Putting a mic in front of the mother of a player Roger Ebert and the online react...

The Tribe start 2-0 Perez blowing a save isn't that big of a deal Ubaldo and his upcoming start in the home opener Brandon Phillips  Michael Brantley and Carlos Santana in the 5-6 holes Protection from Swisher Eric Wedge and how Mark Shapiro had to fire his "partner" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Access to Twitter and Facebook changing the way writers do their job Browns culture of tailgating Protecting drunkenness Keeping comments sections clean and family friendly Colt McCoy getting shipped to San Francisco The Browns roster moves cutting Chris Gocong and Usama Young The Indians' off-season and whether it will work Ubaldo Jimenez' different Spring from 2013 compared to 2012 Approach to w...

Sports talk radio Mike Holmgren and his defensive rant Colt McCoy and his concussion The act of incompetence of putting him back in the game Patton Oswalt in The Fan Ratatouille vs. The Fan Oswalt and his hunger and desire to be good Louis CK and his thoughtfulness Kevin Ware and his injury Kim Jong Un Cleveland Indians roster not inspiring confidence Tony Grossi and accountability Mark Shapiro an...

Outside the Lines report on athlete charities being shams The right ways to do charity Brandon Weeden vs. Jason Campbell and heading into year two What the Browns should think about with the 6th pick Trading down and the benefits Dee Milliner and Dion Jordan Projecting corners vs. other positions Free safeties and the blending of the definition of safety Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Walking Dead finale... Faces of Death Daniel Pearl and gruesome video Game of Thrones and the soft core additions The Sopranos and how sex shaped Tony's character David Chase and unlikeable characters Chasing Amy and Banky being anti-gay Byron Scott's trashing by anonymous sources Manny Acta's trashing last year Byron Scott and the ever-younger Cavaliers fan Eric Wedge and Mike Brown Putting your...

Scott and Craig caught up on the day's "triplecast" Browns radio moves. Who are the winners and losers in the deal? Where do all the pieces land? Joe Banner and Jimmy Haslam speak to the world. Mike Lombardi is still absent. Who's going to speak when the Browns have troubles? Listen in for the contest. Remember, you need to send an email to craig@waitingfornextyear.com with subject "Contest" with...

Craig and Ben Cox break down the Cavs loss to the Celtics. Moral victories stink. Injuries happen, but losing doesn't have to. Cavs crowds. What would Dan Gilbert tell you to do with all this losing? Basketball fans skew young. Why is that? The Spurs and their inimitable style. Frisbee golf! No it's disc golf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Traveling and eating Hotels all need to have bars in them Are the Indians the most inconsistent pitching staff in the majors?  Not the worst, but most inconsistent?  Manny Acta and Chris Perez helped pave the way for the Dolans' spending spree Did the Indians overpay this off-season or is it just participating in free agency? The Minnesota Twins, the Houston Astros and real sucking Cord Phelps vs....

In addition to the music podcast, Andrew and Craig spent a few minutes talking about the NBA, specifically the Miami Heat streak. We also talked about the Cavaliers and Byron Scott and losing big leads with inferior teams.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew and Craig like to talk music on occasion. As such we decided to discuss our personal top ten music list of favorite albums. Check it out and be sure to let us know what your favorites are. @WFNYCraig and @rockWFNY on twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Lyndall and Rick Grayshock of Waiting For Next Year discussed the Cleveland Browns' off-season so far. Rob Chudzinski and his talk with Mike Florio Phil Dawson and the Browns communication about his departure Jordan Cameron and the Browns' tight end situation The Cleveland Browns' signing of former Chicago Bears tight end Kellen Davis D'Qwell Jackson and his value to the organization Josh Cr...