Rutherford Sports Network: Recent Episodes
John Thomas Hill
Tonight we discuss future expansion prospects within the major sports leagues as well as possible future movement of current franchises
We’re talking the CFP, the bowl season and why coaches shouldn’t be leaving their jobs before the bowl game
On this episode I give my take on the whole Maria Taylor/Rachel Nichols saga and why it’s indicative of the corporate culture of ESPN as well as the sports broadcasting world in general
Today I talk about the incident involving Washington Capitals hockey player Tom Wilson and the incident he had with the New York Rangers the other day where he only received a fine and not the suspension that he should have gotten.
Why the twelve clubs that decided to try to form their own breakaway league went wrong, and how to fix it so that it doesn’t have to happen again.
I discuss the new Tv deals for the NHL and NFL and their implications for the future of the broadcasting industry
Today I muse upon the future of spring football, where women in football are going and how the sport will evolve in the coming years and decades
Why escalating ticket prices and other things could be a huge detriment to the major professional sports leagues.
I discuss the decision by Mark Cuban not to play the national anthem before Dallas Mavericks games and the subsequent command by the NBA to do so
In this episode, I discuss why all star games have outlived their usefulness as well as recent comments by LeBron James about the NBA’s decision to hold an all star game in March
Today I discuss what sports will be like the once (hopefully) the pandemic is over with
Just a personal blog today as I muse about sports a bit, trying to come down from the events of yesterday
Given the insanity going on in DC today, I’m avoiding it by watching Oakland at Boston from 1983
Now that the football regular season is at its end, it’s time to get some perspective on the wonderful world of fantasy football
Just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, and to give you some idea as to what to expect in 2021!
Why the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement are just the latest examples of athletes becoming involved in politics.
With the recent shooting of an African American by police in Wisconsin, Bucks players decided to boycott tonight's game and the NBA decided to postpone the whole schedule.
As more cases of Covid 19 crop up on campuses across the country, the question is whether or not we should even have a season this fall, or move all of college football to next spring?
Today we discuss the announcement by the Big Ten and Pac 12 cancelling fall sports and moving football to spring, potentially. Will other conferences do the same? What of prep sports? And what of the NFL?
Today we interview Tami Matheny, Author of youth athlete inspirational books “This Is Good! A Journey On Overcoming Adversity” and “The Confident Athlete”
As if the imminent name change isn’t crazy enough, now rumors are spreading that a major scandal is about to hit the team owned by Dan Snyder.
In our continuing series Changing The Game, I examine ways the NHL can grow their sport. Topics include: expansion, rules changes, what to do with the World Cup as well as Olympic participation and other things.
On this episode of my continuing series Changing The Game, I discuss ways to improve and grow the NBA. Topics include expansion, rule changes and improving the developmental league as well as international basketball.
On this episode I discuss what I'd do to improve the game of baseball. Topic wll include ways to shorten the length of each game, expansion, and rules changes, among other things.
Changing the Game: NFL is the third in a series of podcasts where I talk about the things I'd change about the NFL. Topics include: the overtime rule, allowing one foot inbounds for a catch like college, and what rules to adopt from the XFL.
The second of my special series on how to improve sports. Today, I'm talking about how we can change the game to make college football better.
Players and owners need to get a deal done because if there’s no 2020 season then the game may be up
I discuss when pro and college sports should start again after we have peaked from the coronavirus
We'll talk about week four of the NFL season, the last day of MLB baseball's regular season, as well as yesterday's action in college football. We'll also discuss the Ryder Cup and NASCAR as well.
We'll talk about the reported cancellation of Impact Wrestling by Spike and what this holds for the future of TNA Wrestling.
We'll talk World Cup final, LeBron heading back to Cleveland, Carmelo staying with the Knicks and the all star break in MLB
We'll talk World Cup soccer, Serena Williams' health scare at Wimbledon, the start of the Tour de France, as well as Major League Baseball's latest and NBA free agency news.
With ESPN's new SportsCenter set along with new graphics, can the Worldwide Leader rejuvinate a franchise that has become rather stale as of late?
We'll talk about the USA draw against Portugal and what to expect from the match against Germany. Also, we'll talk about the NASCAR road race in California and give a rundown of the scores and standings from Major League Baseball.
Why is it that so many Americans still don't care for soccer despite the consistent success that the national team has had on the international stage? Why is the sport so dispised by so many in sports media, and the media in general? We talk about this as well as the soccer "snobs" that seem to do the sport more harm than good in the United States.
Today the Patent office announced that they had rejected renewal of the trademark for the Washington Redskins name. Does this mean that they'll be Hailing To The Warriors or some other name soon?
We talk about the possibility that has been raised lately that FIFA might be talking with US Soccer about the possibility of moving the 2022 World Cup from Qatar to America after the recent revalations that sponsors are having grave misgivings about the Arab nation and how they allegedly bribed their way to winning the bid. We'll discuss how FIFA needs to be confronted on their corruption, and why they're not the only international sports governing body that needs to have the riot act read to them.
Updating on the Clippers story, including Donald Sterling's interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper on Monday. Also, we talk about the NBA and NHL playoffs, talk about the NFL draft and muse a bit about golf and tennis.
Talking about the latest news in WWE, especially Daniel Bryan's injury and whether or not CM Punk will ever publically announce his future plans. We'll talk about who could be a credible world champ should WWE have to take the belt of Bryan.
CM Punk's long time friend, Natalie Slater, recently wrote a column which stated that he has retired from wrestling, primarily for the fact that fame has virtually eliminated his privacy. In this show we'll talk about the price of fame and the drawbacks of celebrity.
Riffing on the NBA playoffs, NHL Stanley Cup playoffs, the Braves woes, and will the NFL finally put a franchise in Los Angeles after nearly twenty years?
Well, it's election day in North Carolina, and it's time for me to go off on why our elections suck.
Tonight I riff on what I feel is needed to make the WWE better. I'll talk about stars that deserve a push and what the WWE needs to do to make the Reality Era better than the PG era.
Tonight we riff on what technology might mean for us in the future, as well as how it will help us deal with the problems that we will face in the future.
On today's show we discuss the lifetime ban NBA commissioner Adam Silver imposed on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling for racist comments made on two recorded conversations he had with his girlfriend.
How American pop culture is changing the world in ways that the State Department never could.
We talk NBA Playoffs, and whether or not the latest news about Clippers owner Donald Sterling will have an effect on his team. We're also talking Stanley Cup hockey, EPL soccer action as their season winds down, and cover baseball through the first month of the season!
The studies are in and baseball and golf are suffering from a serious problem: the youth of today aren't interested in either sport. What's to be done to change this? Find out tonight on the show!
We'll discuss the issues surrounding the Bundy Ranch situation and why the right is wrong about it. We will talk about the fact that there is no such thing as total freedom and why it is important to know that there are limits even in a liberal democracy.
We talk about the importance of maintaining the separation of church and state and the historical reasons for that separation.
Recently the NCAA ruled that student athletes can have unlimited meals and snacks under its rules, but it's not enough to truly give the athletes what they deserve for what they do for the system.
We talk about the recent stabbing at a Pennsylvania school as well as other events and issues that makes America seem that it is on the brink of falling into an abyss.
We talk about this year's Showcase of the Immortals as well as the Raw the night after.
With the recent Supreme Court ruling, it has become a detriment to our democracy. I'll discuss what we need to change to restore our democracy to where it needs to be.
Tonight I talk about the challenges of writing, specifically writing the sequel to my first novel, Through The Hourglass.
Tonight we talk about what is needed to truly make American elections speak for the people again and not the special interests.
We'll talk about how God's Not Dead is perpetuating the myth of Christians being repressed in America and how it is doing damage to the country as a whole.
A thorough analysis of the WWE's new streaming and on-demand network. We'll talk about what's good, what's not so good, and what they need to do to make it better!
We'll discuss how the media has covered recent major news stories in Crimea and in southeast Asia dealing with Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
We fill out our bracket live after the NCAA brackets have been announced. Who do we think will make the Sweet Sixteen, and who do we think will be in Dallas the first weekend in April?
We'll discuss the future of college basketball, mainly conference alignments and whether or not the NCAA will consider expanding the tournament again. Also, we'll talk about a unique idea to make the NIT relevant again!
So with the commissioner seemingly firm in the belief that Washington should change the name of their NFL franchise, what will happen now? Will Daniel Snyder stay stubborn to the change or will he consider such change inevitable and move to create a new name? What will the fan base think, and if a change is made, will they lose fans?
With the (so far) successful launch of the WWE Network, has this begun the almost inevitable fall of the traditional broadcast and cable/satellite network?
Live show with discussion about NFL potentially placing teams in London and Los Angeles, the future of baseball, and live updates of college football games
We talk about what's coming on the show, and what I've been up to since I last posted an episode!
Since my niece insists upon being devoted to that Brit boy band One Direction, I decide to riff on why the music of the 1980s trumps anything from this decade
Talking about the role of the media in covering the bombings as well as the fact that it is a surprise attacks like this haven't happened more often!
Talking about Maggie Thatcher's passing and I go off on a rant about politics, health care, economics and education!
Yes, I go there, as I explain why I am pro choice and why I believe that the overturning of Roe v Wade and the outlawing of abortion would make it even easier to get one.