Synopsis
In your face Chicago sports talk with great opinions, guests, and fun.
Episodes
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Rob Bradford: Pete Crow-Armstrong is breaking through nationally (Hour 2)
16/07/2025 Duration: 45minIn the second hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed how Chicago baseball players fared in the All-Star Game on Tuesday evening. After that, WEEI host and Baseball Isn't Boring podcast host Rob Bradford joined the show to share his takeaways from the All-Star Game and to discuss how Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong's breakout season is resonating nationally.
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NFL collusion story may affect availability of Bears 2nd-round picks (Hour 3)
16/07/2025 Duration: 41minIn the third hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes reacted to the findings of a collusion case against NFL owners and explained how it's affecting teams that are trying to sign their second-round picks. After that, Fox Sports 1 host Danny Parkins joined the show to discuss his Breakfast Ball show getting cancelled. He also previewed the Cubs For A Cure Radiothon.
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Will Colston Loveland be ready for training camp? (Hour 4)
16/07/2025 Duration: 43minIn the final hour, Matt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes listened and reacted to world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffer's comments about how he often struggles to find meaning in his job. After that, the guys listened and reacted to Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland's recent comments about whether he'll be ready for the start of training camp next week. Loveland had shoulder surgery in the offseason.
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Will Colston Loveland be ready for training camp?
16/07/2025 Duration: 08minMatt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes listened and reacted to Bears rookie tight end Colston Loveland's recent comments about whether he'll be ready for the start of training camp next week. Loveland had shoulder surgery in the offseason.
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Scottie Scheffler believes golf isn't the be-all, end-all
16/07/2025 Duration: 15minMatt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes listened and reacted to world No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffer's comments about how he often struggles to find meaning in his job.
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Danny Parkins shares a career update following FS1 shakeup
16/07/2025 Duration: 17minMatt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by Fox Sports 1 host Danny Parkins to discuss his Breakfast Ball show getting cancelled. He also previewed the Cubs For A Cure Radiothon.
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NFL collusion story may affect availability of Bears 2nd-round picks
16/07/2025 Duration: 18minMatt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes reacted to the findings of a collusion case against NFL owners and explained how it's affecting teams that are trying to sign their second-round picks.
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Rob Bradford: Pete Crow-Armstrong is breaking through nationally
16/07/2025 Duration: 12minMatt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes were joined by WEEI host and Baseball Isn't Boring podcast host Rob Bradford to share his takeaways from the All-Star Game and to discuss how Cubs center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong's breakout season is resonating nationally.
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Chicago players were front and center at the MLB All-Star Game
16/07/2025 Duration: 19minMatt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes discussed how Chicago baseball players fared in the All-Star Game on Tuesday evening.
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Spiegs shares his favorite moments from the All-Star Game
16/07/2025 Duration: 09minMatt Spiegel shared his top moments from the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday evening in Atlanta.
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Ending of the MLB All-Star Game was strangely entertaining
16/07/2025 Duration: 15minMatt Spiegel and Laurence Holmes reacted to the National League winning the All-Star Game in a home run swing-off.
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Catching Up With The Rookie All Stars: Shane Smith And Jacob Misiorowski | 'Baseball Isn't Boring'
16/07/2025 Duration: 06minFrom 'Baseball Isn't Boring' (subscribe here): Bradfo catches up with the MLB rookies who found themselves as All Stars despite drastically different paths, White Sox Rule 5 Pick and Pitcher Shane Smith and the talk of the town, Brewers Pitcher Jacob Misiorowski To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Full Show — July 15, 2025
15/07/2025 Duration: 02h32minLaurence Holmes and Jason Lieser welcomed on Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd to discuss what it means to represent the club at the All-Star Game. The also reacted to Bulls forward Matas Buzelis' recent comments at Summer League about the team's outlook.
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Matthew Boyd: It's 'really special' to represent Cubs at All-Star Game (Hour 1)
15/07/2025 Duration: 26minLaurence Holmes and Jason Lieser opened their show by discussing what's missing from the Home Run Derby during MLB All-Star festivities. After that, Cubs left-hander Matthew Boyd joined the show to discuss why it's so meaningful to represent the club at the All-Star Game in Atlanta.
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Russ Dorsey & Jason Lieser deliver a Sports Adjacent reunion (Hour 2)
15/07/2025 Duration: 41minIn the second hour, Laurence Holmes and Jason Lieser were joined by Russ Dorsey of Yahoo Sports to discuss how Cubs star center fielder Pete Crow-Armstrong can continue to improve. Dorsey also explained how other journalists were gracious in welcoming him into the business.
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Matas Buzelis believes that Bulls fans 'deserve better' (Hour 3)
15/07/2025 Duration: 43minIn the third hour, Laurence Holmes and Jason Lieser reacted to Bulls forward Matas Buzelis’ comments about the team’s outlook moving forward. After that, ESPN writer Kalyn Kahler joined the show to discuss the news that NFL Players Association executive director Lloyd Howell agreed to not disclose evidence of collusion from the owners and to explain Howell's potential conflicts of interest from his time as a corporate executive. After that, Holmes and Lieser reacted to their interview with Kahler.
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Other leagues need to take advantage of this sports downtime (Hour 4)
15/07/2025 Duration: 41minIn the final hour, Laurence Holmes and Jason Lieser discussed how the WNBA and NASCAR aren't doing enough with the day after the MLB All-Star Game, a dead spot on the sports calendar. Later, veteran Chicago sportswriter Mark Potash joined the show to discuss his propensity to ask difficult questions during press conferences.
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Mark Potash wanted to ask questions that fans wanted the answer to
15/07/2025 Duration: 15minLaurence Holmes and Jason Lieser were joined by veteran Chicago sportswriter Mark Potash, who discussed his propensity to ask difficult questions during press conferences.
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Other leagues need to take advantage of this sports downtime
15/07/2025 Duration: 15minLaurence Holmes and Jason Lieser discussed how the WNBA and NASCAR aren't doing enough with the day after the MLB All-Star Game, a dead spot on the sports calendar.
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NFL players dropped the ball by electing Lloyd Howell as executive director
15/07/2025 Duration: 07minLaurence Holmes and Jason Lieser reacted to their interview with ESPN writer Kalyn Kahler regarding the NFL Players Association’s collusion claims against owners and the fallout from the case.