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Oct 3, 2014

Podcast: Ed Valentine

The Giants saved their season with a win over the Redskins, but it’s another must-win game this week against the Falcons before the gauntlet part of their schedule begins.

The Giants are back. Well, sort of. Normally, you wouldn’t feel great about being 2-2 after a month of football, but when you started the year 0-2 with a blowout loss and an embarrassing defeat to a backup quarterback that hadn’t played in four years, 2-2 feels great. The Giants staved off early-season elimination with wins over the Texans and Redskins, but after their Week 5 game against the Falcons, it’s going to get a lot harder.

Ed Valentine of Big Blue View joined me to talk about how the Giants saved their season with back-to-back wins, what the difference has been for the offense since the first two games and if the Giants can survive their upcoming schedule and stay in the playoff race.

Podcasts • Yankees

Sep 24, 2014

Podcast: Bald Vinny

The Derek Jeter era comes to an end at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night and so does the end of a Bleacher Creature era with the retirement of Bald Vinny.

On Thursday night at Yankee Stadium, I will watch Derek Jeter play baseball for the last time ever. The first time I ever watched him play I was in fourth grade and now it’s time to say goodbye to the player we all came to expect in the lineup in every game of every season since 1996. But the Derek Jeter era isn’t the only one coming to an end on Thursday night in the Bronx. Vinny Milano, known as Bald Vinny of the right field Bleacher Creatures and the leader of Roll Call, is also retiring as a Section 203 regular, bringing to an end another important era for myself and Yankees fans.

Bald Vinny joined me to talk about the end of the Derek Jeter era and the end of a Bleacher Creature era, the differences between old Yankee Stadium and new Yankee Stadium and what the future holds for Bald Vinny’s House of Tees.

NFL • Podcasts

Sep 19, 2014

Podcast: Tim Duff

The Jets had an 18-point lead in Green Bay last week, but blew it in typical Jets fashion, which was hard to watch for even the most optimistic Jets fan.

The Jets held a 21-3 lead over the Aaron Rodgers and the Packers at Lambeau Field in the Packers’ home opener a week after they were run out of Seattle. But like the Jets do and have done for decades, they found a way to blow that lead and lose the game. And they even lost a chance to tie the game in the fourth quarter thanks to a controversial timeout called from their sideline.

Before the start of the Jets’ season, I had my friend and lifelong optimistic Jets fan Tim Duff on the podcast to talk about his expectations for the Jets in 2014. He mentioned that he we would be at Lambeau Field for the Jets’ Week 2 game against the Packers, so after everything that unfolded in Green Bay, I knew I had to talk to him again about the Jets’ meltdown.

Giants • Podcasts

Sep 18, 2014

Podcast: Brian Monzo

In the next seven days the Giants will play two games and have a chance to save their season in one week with two wins. Or a chance to ruin their season with two losses.

A must-win game in Week 3 of the season? Of course! It wouldn’t be a New York Football Giants season without the Giants putting their season on the brink before the end of September. But in the next seven days, the Giants will play two games against two beatable opponents and could turn their disastrous start around.

WFAN Mike’s On: Francesa on the FAN producer Brian Monzo joined me to talk about the Giants’ problems through the first two games, if the Giants can and save their season before its lost and how the first two weeks of gambling on the NFL have gone.

NHL • Podcasts

Sep 11, 2014

Podcast: Brian McGonagle

Brian McGonagle, who is also known as Rear Admiral, of Barstool Sports Boston joins me to talk about the rumors of expansion in the NHL and the state of sports in New York and Boston.

The recent rumors of expansion in the NHL only made me sad to know that the Whalers are never returning to Hartford and the NHL isn’t going back to Connecticut. Even though the rumors of an NHL team in Las Vegas being “a done deal” and a second team in Toronto and a team returning to Quebec and a team in a Seattle are somewhat farfetched and misreported, it’s fun to think about the idea of new teams popping around the league and which cities would make the most sense in the U.S. and Canada.

Brian McGonagle, who is also known as Rear Admiral, of Barstool Sports Boston joined me to talk about the possibility of expansion in the NHL, the state of sports in New York and Boston, how different the two cities are when it comes to sports media and the pain of one of your teams missing an opportunity at a championship.