The Rational Hour

Ralapeal Parker Music Director from MLBbro.com joins me to discuss the MLB offseason and what to expect for the upcoming 2024 season with Spring Training ramping up --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationalhour/support

On todays show I'm joined by former Clipper Craig Smith . We discuss the NBA season at the half way point the All-Star break with latest news and rank our top teams in each conference --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationalhour/support

Former NFL QB Rob Johnson joins me to discuss his career path from playing high school football in the Orange County area going to USC was he was first-team All-Pac-10 and being drafted in the fourth round by the Jacksonville Jaguars going on to have a nine-year career in the league cap by winning a super bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters...

Im Joined by Shawn Springs to discuss the latest NFL news at the halfway point of the season plus week rank our top five teams in the NFC and the AFC --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationalhour/support

On this episode, I am joined by Craig Smith former NBA vet and LA Clippers Ambassador we discuss the start of the NBA season and rank out top teams in the western and eastern conferences --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationalhour/support

Kenny Anderson joins me on this episode to discuss the upcoming season at Fisk University where he is the Head Basketball Coach. Me and Kenny also discuss the start of the NBA season with the Eastern and Western conferences. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationalhour/support

On this episode, I'm joined by Rob Parker! Rob, works as a TV sports analyst at MLB Network and KNBC Channel 4 in Los Angeles. He has a nightly national sports talk show on Fox Sports Radio" The Odd Couple" with Chris Broussard. Parker is also the founder and editor for MLBbro.com. We discuss Rob's road to his career as the first black sports columnist for the Detriot Free Press and Newsday of New...

On this episode, I'm joined by Irv Smith Sr. Irv a former tight end who played seven years in the NFL being drafted in the first round by New Orleans Saints with the 20th pick. We discuss his life growing up and New Jersey going to Notre Dame and playing for the San Fransico 49ers after leaving the Saints due to the hire of Mike Ditka. We also discussed Coach Prime's week one upset of TCU and the...

Nick Lowery joins me to discuss his life and career plus some of the latest NFL events. Nike, placekicker for the New England Patriots (1978), the Kansas City Chiefs (1980-1993), and New York Jets (1994-1996). Lowery was selected to the Pro Bowl three times ALL-Pro two times and when he retired, he was ranked first in field goal percentage and had the most field goals in NFL history. He is current...

I'm joined by Rico Knows College football transfer portal expert and overall real sports talk coverage. we discuss the upcoming 2023 College football season's early season matchups plus we discuss of top candidates to win the Heisman trophy --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationalhour/support

Todd Marinovich joins me on today's show to discuss his life and career. Todd became the first freshman to start at the high school football powerhouse, Mater Dei. He went on to USC, and as a freshman at USC, Marinovich guided the Trojans to a 9-2-1 record and a PAC-10 Conference championship. Marinovich was named College Freshman of the Year in 1989. the Raiders selected Marinovich in the first r...

Rajai Davis joins me to discuss the latest news in MLB one month into the baseball season. Davis a 15-year vet in MLB hit one of the most incredible home runs in major league history in the 2016 World Series. Davis hit a game-tying, two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning off of Cubs closer Aroldis Chapman Davis also lead MLB in stolen bases in 2016 --- Support this podcast: https://po...

Im Joined by Fred McGriff! McGriff played 19 major league seasons with the Blue Jays, Padres, Braves, Devil Rays, Cubs, and Dodgers. From Tampa, Fla. he attended Thomas Jefferson High where he was cut from his high school baseball team as a sophomore – and became so determined to improve he rode his bike 20 miles to the gym to train. All that hard work paid off with a plaque in Cooperstown as he i...

Rational Hour MLB coverage with David Vassegh, David Vassegh is a Dodgers Reporter for MLB Network and the host of "Dodgers Talk" on AM 570. We discuss spring training and the upcoming 2023 season for the Dodgers and the NL west and a little baseball talk --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rati...

Jamal Anderson joins me to discuss the NFL conference championship weekend outcomes and the upcoming Super Bowl LVII matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs. We also discuss Jamal's life and career  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rationalhour/support

I'm joined by Rex Hudler former MLB veteran utility player and current color analyst for the Kansas City Royals we discuss the winter meetings and some of the early moves in MLB free agency going into the 2023 season. This show is dedicated to my mother-in-law Carleen Perkins a baseball mom and an extraordinary woman in my life you will be missed I love you!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anc...

I'm Joined by former NFL QB Jake Plummer who was a first-team All-American QB at Arizona St University and was drafted as the 42nd overall pick in the 1997 draft he went on to have a ten-year run starting at QB for the Arizona Cardinals and the Denver Broncos who discuss his life and career plus top 5 QBs of all time. We also discuss his teammate at Arizona State and the Arizona Cardinals Pat Tilm...

On this episode, Terry Porter joins me, Porter grew up in the Milwaukee area where he later attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point her would go on to become the 24th pick in the 1985 draft During his NBA career, he played 10 seasons with the Portland Trail Blazers, 3 seasons with the Minnesota Timberwolves and 1 season with the Miami Heat, and 3 seasons with the San Antonio Spurs. Port...

I'm joined by Marcellus Wiley A second-round pick of the Buffalo Bills in the 1997 NFL Draft, Wiley went on to have a nine-year NFL career and was one of the NFL’s top defensive players during the prime of his career. In 2001, Wiley led the Chargers with a career-high 13 sacks and five forced fumbles.  He was voted a starter for the AFC in the Pro Bowl and named Pro Football Weekly’s All-AFC Team....

I'm joined by former All-Pro NFL running back Tony Richardson. Richardson played 17 seasons in the NFL with the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Minnesota Vikings, and New York Jets. He was a four-time AFC Pro Bowl Selection with the Kansas City Chiefs, a two-time All-Pro selection, and an NFC Pro Bowl Selection in 2008 with the Vikings. He received the Byron “Whizzer” White NFL Man of the Year...

In this episode, I'm joined by Hoops legend Kenny Anderson, one of the country's best prospects during his time at the prestigious Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, New York. Before gracing the hardwood at Georgia Tech and later the NBA, Anderson could rack up honors that no other player since Kareem Abdul-Jabbar would do becoming a four-time Parade All-American. This feat had not been acco...

Lynn Dickey joins me, Lynn Dickey, a native of Osawatomie, Kan., still holds numerous K-State passing records and ranks third on the Big Eight’s all-time list with 6,208 career passing yards. He is also second on K-State’s all-time total offense chart. He spent most of his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers but also played several seasons with the Houston Oilers. He threw for more than 21,000 y...

On this week's show I'm joined by Reggie Ballard who is an iconic actor after graduating from Ball High School in Texas, he was an all-district linebacker, and he earned a full football scholarship to Southern Methodist University, where he was also a theatre major. Spurning overtures from pro football, Ballard headed to Hollywood to pursue his acting career. We discuss his life growing up in Galv...

Former QB Brad Johnson was a two-sport athlete from Black Mountain, NC. He earned four football and two basketball letters at Florida State University playing point guard as a freshman while also playing quarterback on the football team he started the first six games of the 1990 season throwing for 1746 yards and 14 touchdowns. He was drafted in the 9th round in the 1992 NFL draft  play for 17 yea...

I'm joined by the Iconic Actor John Amos An imposing veteran actor of stage and screen, John Amos earned his greatest claim to fame as the hardworking but prideful James Evans, Sr. on the hit Norman Lear sitcom "Good Times" Born in Newark, NJ, he attended East Orange High School, where he graduated in 1958. Amos then enrolled at Long Beach City College, but graduated from Colorado State University...