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Baseball has so many changes in mind? What will happen next at the All Star Break? Mike and Flo break down the impact on NBA free agency and we give props and future predictions to the World Champion USWNT.
FR winning awards and Cy Youngs. Or nah. St. Louis Blues and Toronto wins, who had a better run to the title?
Mike is live from Syracuse after watching Duke versus Syracuse at the carrier down. Epic
Happy Valentines Day from Fanatic Radio. Did Kyler Murrary make the right choice? What is to become of Antonio Brown, the NBA halfway and college hoops mid-season preview featuring Duke, Virginia, Tennessee and some others.
FR returns. With Elon Musk smoking week. Just kidding, shoutout to Joe Rogan for being a nobody in the grand scheme of the entire universe. Super Bowl, NBA, baseball rules and more. We'll do our best. We're on the Podcast page on iTunes if you miss us.
Boogie Cousins said the Warriors are the most hated team in sports. We beg to differ and we'll tell you why. NFL Playoffs heat up with Championship Sunday and the Pats-Chiefs, Saints-Rams. Everything is good in the world? Ottavino thinks he can strikeout Babe Ruth...?
Refs & Twitter. OMG
FR is getting festive. Bashing punk rock banks for all they are worth. Heisman Trophy winners, College Football Playoff winners. It's Christmas and Flo and Mike have gossip of their respective XMAS parties. Tune in.
FR is back! Wtf is happening in Washington? NFL defenses. Is Aaron Rodgers better off without McCarthy. College hoops, the mess of the NBA. NASCAR, duh.
Happy Halloween from Fanatic Radio! Mike and Flo talk about Klay Thompson's 52 points, the Jaguars $46,000 bar fight and the Boston Red Sox. The Packers are in trouble and East Coast Swing Tour kicks off in D.C. this weekend!
Shoutout to Hillside Elementary - Allendale, NJ
Fall is in the air and the MLB Postseason is on, the hunt for Red October begins. Flo's Yanks take on the Sox, the Rockies send the Cubs into termoil, Houston shoots for repeat and we've got the answers. Why the US was a disgrace for the Ryder Cup. The Roval...and more!
FR is back with the Flo and his coverage of Hurricane Florence in the Carolinas, so it's 100% Flo. Ask away. Football and more.
Sports! More of it with Mike and Flo. Jersey trips, broken backs and Walmart stories populate the majority of this episode. Maybe a little football, we'll see. Aaron Rodgers got paid, as did so many other players so where does that rank in terms of this NFL season. What happens with the NY Yankees and NASCAR with Martin Truex Jr and Furniture Row dissolving at season's end.
Rejoice fans, Aaron Rodgers has been extended! But is an extension worth it for NFL players, with Jerry Jones wanting a 18 game season? Mike and Ben discuss the greed in the NFL and how they have mad defense irrelevent in the league. College Football has begun and this weekend brings our Quick Em Pick Em! Tiger & Phis a money grabbing scam.
Fanatic Radio is back! Baseball trade deadline, where do Flo's Yankees stack up? What about Bryce Harper? Is the NFL going mad with the anthem policy or the helmet rule? FOX News shoutouts and more. It's all here on the Millennials Show.
Summer Series rolls on with Fanatic Radio, Mike & Flo have adventurous stories from the week. The MLB All Star Game was in DC, Clint Bowyer was with the Bills and more basketball trades. Manfred bashes Trout publicity, do playoff games matter? College football media days are back and what's up with the NFL? Frickin Larry Fedora. Congrats to France winning the World Cup.
FR is back after a wild weekend and Fourth of July. Flo preps for Vegas, Mike is bronze from Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen. LeBron goes to the Lakers and the NBA is in shambles with all the free agency. The FIFA World Cup is exciting with knockout out games, France, England are legit. Dale Jr's debut on NBC is the second coming according to NBC.
NBA Draft is going, going, gone. Players sandbagging, and the future of Kwahi Leonard. World Cup is going on, is FOX going over the edge with it's crappy coverage? Is Mike Trout the most under-appreciated player in baseball? Julio Jones is boys with Terrell Owens...why? Worst friendship ever? Flo's wedding adventure and Mike survived his family visit. Phil Mickleson's meltdown ranks where is scummy plays?
Justified can win the Triple Crown! LeBron's in trouble and the Washington Capitals are taking on a team with absolutley zero tradition. Mike and Flo break down the new NFL National Anthem rule, home runs vs strike outs and the greatest day in motorsports.
In our pot luck show, Mike and Flo talk about the implications in betting for sports with the US Supreme ruling 7-2 on Monday. The Royal Wedding is this weekend and someone's not happy about it. Flo's weekend from Bon Jovi to the Yankees and we talk hoops from LeBron to the Houston Rockets and Nick Saban's beef with UCF football. Also the FRPD has returned. Buckle up.
FR is back, with D.C. news - can the Washington Capitals make it to the Stanley Cup, the Las Vegas Golden Knights? Western Conference Finals of James Harden vs Kevin Durant. Are we not taking the Celtics seriously against the mighty LeBron. NASCAR is looking to sell, what does that mean for racing and F1 coming to Miami? We salute Ichiro and Albert Pujols.
With so much drama in the LBC, or every where, Mike and Flo break down stories that caught our eye beyond the sports wire. From Flo's adventure at the White House Correspondance Dinner, the Boy Scouts and brunch. In sports, LeBron's motives for greatness in life and the playoffs, the Washington Redskins, Capitals and more with the fans. Playoff P is out, Westbrook is fighting with the fans, Ben Roethensberger wants to all of a sudden play for five years? What a mess, but it's the Millennial's Show, so it is what it is. Also Korea is close to ending and everyone is punching each other in the face. Verlander!
Fanatic Radio goes to the deep end of pop culture from movie previews to show reviews. Borg vs McEnroe in theaters, Rosanne reboot, Dancing with the Stars all athlete cast and more. The Vegas Golden Whatevers have stolen hockey's heart, but for how long. And other stuff that we were up to.
Cheers from us at Fanatic Radio. With the NBA Playoffs starting, so many storylines from this season. LeBron's alterior motives, James Harden and the Rockets, the injury Warriors with Steve Kerr playing mind games. Andre Ingram from American University became the second alum to play in the NBA. Is golf ruined with Patrick Reed winning, Conor McGregor getting arrested and what are Flo's thoughts on Mark Zuckerberg testifying in front of Congress.
Plus Opening Weekend at Watkins Glen is the weekend, if you are in the area.
Shortened week on Fanatic Radio, Mike and Flo reflect on the NCAA Tournament and how Villanova has become a blueblood by way of playing complete basketball and few one-and-dones. Yet on the flipside there are players 18 years old going to the draft as the NCAA investigates. The Masters are this weekend and what really are the expectations to Mr. Tiger Woods, plus who could win it in a stacked field? The New England Patriots are imploding or is this the genius behind Bill Belichick with all the trades? Also more fan mail including AU's hated rival Holy Cross.
Beef among us! Flo vs Ranker...Fanatic Radio recaps the NCAA Tournament and the four teams left and what went wrong for other teams. NFL free agency and why the LA Rams are all of a sudden the golden team in the league.
MLB Opening Day, so I guess it's our baseball preview featuring Flo's Yankees and Aaron Boone. Plus the Warriors caught the injury bug at the worst, or right time? LeBron saying he'd vote for himself and the new NFL rules.
Part Two of on the eve of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Mike and Flo go in depth to the interesting year of college basketball and what the future holds for several teams and players from the South and West Region: Kentucky, Michael Porter, Michigan, Arizona...? Who controls their destiny better and who are the dark horses from the who field of 64. Shoutout to the American University women's basketball team on winning the Patriot League and facing UCLA in the first round. Also some minor details in the world of sports from big NFL trades to Rex Tillerson getting sacked by Trump.
Journey to the tourney ends now! Part One of on the eve of the 2018 NCAA Tournament, Mike goes in depth to the interesting year of college basketball and what the future holds for several teams and players from the East and Midwest Region: Trea Young, Duke, Villanova, Rhode Island...? Flo finally shows up to talk about the joke of the live audience of TBS Selection show and how they made it more than it should have been. Shoutout to the American University women's basketball team on winning the Patriot League and facing UCLA in the first round.
John Calipari, Steve Kerr, Tubby Smith join Mike and Flo on the topic of fixing the draft system and the college-NBA relationship for one-and-dones and education with Adam Silver initiative benefiting high school transition to the pros. It's all here on Fanatic Radio with college basketball conference tournaments, March Madness preview. DeMar DeRozan and Kevin Love open up about mental health in sports, the new wave of transparency. FRPD is back with a college hoops addition from tournament sites and Trae Young and Michael Porter Jr. Also congrats to Kobe on the Oscar.
With the NCAA basketball world out of control, who can really fix them? Mike and Flo have a few suggestions as to what went wrong, who's to blame and what could happen going forward. The NFL Combine is among us and Darnold won't throw, is this whole thing overrate? Flo witnessed a stakeout, so let's see where that goes. Mike has an exciting career announcement and is UFC dead with Bones Jones doping? Rodgers and the Packers and should Michael Porter return? It's all here on Fanatic Radio.
Mike and Flo are back together, for the first time in years, in the same timezone as there are stories from Upstate New York. The guys talk LeBron vs Laura in "Shut Up and Dribble" and what athlete's roles in social, political issues really should stand for. College basketball and the Olympics heat up with Louisville being stripped of their 2013 title and Lindsey Vonn retiring. Flo has a review on Black Panther for the kids as Mike has Fate of the Furious movie review as well. Also American U basketball is in deep, deep trouble...how do we fix it?
Mike and Flo return for a jammed packed Fanatic Radio with too many sports to count. All Star Weekend for the NBA, the state of the league, including Steve Kerr letting his players coach the team and LeBron. Shaun White, Chole Kim and Red Gerard won gold medals in the Olympics, so is snowboarding the new U.S. winter sport? NASCAR season begins as well, so you know what that means! Fanatic Radio NASCAR coverage.
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We brought the intern back with the Olympics several days in the books, what does Mike and Graham think? From Red to Chloe Kim, snowboarding will be the new hype-beloved sport? Which sport do we appreciate the most? What is to come for Team USA? The NBA trade deadline has come and gone, what actually happened and what difference does it make?
Parades, flipped cars and Bud Light everywhere? Must mean Philadelphia won the Super Bowl. The King of Philly, Brandon stops by with stories of Sunday night and the parade. Plus we break down just how good is this Eagles team. Matt Patricia is gone, so is this the slow demise of the dynasty New England Patriots especially with Kid Mac staying with the team? The US Soccer Federation will elected a president this weekend, so pray for that and the Winter Olympics start this weekend! Go Canada.
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Jam packed Fanatic Radio; while the Super Bowl is this Sunday between the Eagles and Patriots, Mike and Flo wonder which was our best SB moment of all time, how the commercials will go and what this season has been for old guys and football. Speaking of old guys, Federer winning the Aussie Open at 36, where does he stand among the athletes today. Fan's do we like the young gun or the veteran? Also James Harden's 60, LeBron rumors and Flo's breakdown of covering the State of the Union address Tuesday. Gold team rules!
Super Bowl LII is among us and Mike and Brandon talk what advantages each team really has. Which was the best and worst story from this NFL season and our favorite Super Bowl moments. Blake Griffin is gone from the Clippers, so what does that mean and where does LeBron fit in all of this?
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We're back! Fanatic Radio brings you more stories from beyond Super Bowl week, which is next week! Mike and Flo break down the NBA All Star voting and the mess that follows as well as the Pro Bowl. Baseball news from the lack of trades to A-Rod returning to our lives and the Hall of Fame inductees. Also FRPD is back on the case with juicy criminals and we salute two great commentators that have somberly passed on. We will preview the Grammy Awards this Sunday on CBS for all you music fans.
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Special edition of Fanatic Radio, with proud Philly resident Brandon back on the show to talk hoops and football. From the Eagles making the Super Bowl in impressive fashion to the Process being named to the NBA All Star Team. Mike and Philly Brandon talk about the NBA All Star Game, the firing of Jason Kidd and LeBron reaching 30,000 points; where he stands on his legacy.
A clean bill of health for Fanatic Radio; Mike's wisdom teeth update and the Presidential physical melee. We wonder what is the most bone-head moment in sports after Marcus Williams' missed tackle against the Vikings? That being said, who would you feel safe going into battle; Keemum-Bortles-Foles... Poltics invaded Flo's world with Trump's 1-year in office and the Hawaii mess, and we say goodbye to two titans of broadcast: Keith Jackson and Dick Enburg.
Mike and Flo only scratch the surface of what the hell happened with the Tom Brady vs Bill Belichick saga in New England, days before their playoff game. How good are the New Orleans Saints? Worst sports city; Atlanta or Cleveland? One of us is getting their wisdom teeth out, ESPN is at it again with stupid is as stupid does and there is tyranny at Bender Arena - how can we fix it?
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Fanatic Radio is back in 2018 for another exciting year of shows and hijinx. With NFL Wild Card, College Football's SEC title game and Baker Mayfield - who knows what else we have to talk about? Flo is trapped in the east with an apocalyptic snow storm and we toast the New Year on what we were up to.
Happy New Year from all of us here at the Millennials Show. Fanatic Radio goes in depth of the best and worst not only in the sports world from Tom Brady to Jose Altuve, but also a wild NBA offseason, Usain Bolt and the World Cup. Best and Worst of 2017 also touches on the humanitarian side, political and philisophical. What we want to see in 2018 and what we don't want anymore. Plus our New Years Resolutions!
Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Fanatic Radio. Why Kobe does or doesn't deserve to get two numbers retired from the Lakers, the current Lakers, Rodgers on the IR and the best Christmas movie of all time. What will become of the USOC with gymnastics and USADA on the loose? Lane Kiffen's 10-year joke of a deal and who seriously is the NFL MVP? Full-court press and FRPD is ready to crack down on the thieves this holiday season.
Yes, after much speculation - the critically acclaimed #BowlShow is back on Fanatic Radio. 41 games don't stand a chance against Flo and Mike. From the crappy Dec. 16 ESPN bowls leading up to the great matchups on New Year's Day. Baker Mayfield against the Georgia defense and another ESPN-fabricated Clemson-Alabama rematch. Oh boy. We also discuss the lack of creativity in bowl games how teams are basically hosting their own games and the "Committee" ruining everything...again.
This is a Flo episode. Gincarlo Stanton, the Home Run King is officially a New York Yankee and the pinstripes are looking like the team of old and still not finished. Aaron Rodgers has been cleared to play this weekend for the Packers, which is news to Flo's ears and FOX and Disney - what will happen to the future of television. Wentz is gone, what are the Eagles chances, Taylor Swift and UPS, and LaVar Ball sends his kids to Europe and to tone it down. Also FRPD is back on the case and a new segement of college basketball
We're back, the Millennial's Show to bring you our take on NY Giants, college basketball, football (before our all inclusive Bowl Show) and what a Baker Mayfield Heisman Trophy would do to our lives? NBA is closing in on Christmas Day matchups, the NFL is in shambles and we have more stories for the people!
We're back, yes the Millennial's Show has returned to tell our stories from distant lands last week. Mike from Phoenix and Flo from Columbia, Missouri. More sports - college basketball, football, baseball, motorsports.
Shoutout to Jeff Parles and The Sports Wire on KTGR for housing Flo last week!
College basketball starts soon and FR is on it to who are the teams to watch, because let's be real - no one can predict the Final Four anymore. College football is in full swing and with a full slate of games and Mike and Ben dysect the BIG games this week and where we go from here. Also more stories from beyond the grave. Jerry Jones vs. NFL haha.
The game of all games, the World Series is going to a Game 7, Dodgers-Astros on FOX. But Mike and Flo talk slick baseballs, how impressive these games are. The first college football playoff rankings were released on Tuesday and they stink, so who should be in? The NFL is at Midseason and the Wentz, Brady and the BILLS are the hot teams. Speaking of NFL, FR will predict the future of Ezekiel Elliott and Rodger Goodell. Also Chris Brown released a 45-song album...
Along with the World Series - the Los Angeles Dodgers vs the Houston Astros, Fanatic Radio talks ESPN cancelling Barstool Sport's new show and where the mothership stands in the world, our college football Quick Em Pick Em and rants, lots of them.
Flo was in a tuxedo and stories are soon to follow from prom to award shows. Mike recaps going behind the scenes at the United States Grand Prix in Austin. Also Justin Timberlake returns to the Super Bowl halftime show and FRPD is absolutely back on the case!
Mike is in Austin for the lead up to the 2017 United States Grand Prix, with a hotel fiasco and consumer advice that we all could use. The MLB Postseason is still underway and Flo's Yankees are trying to do the impossible, and it is time for our NBA Preview.
The Millennials Show runs from the law, sort of. After our MLB Playoff Show success, we go deeper in the postseason with Flo's Yanks, the Natinals and the Astros/Dodgers cruising. The US Men's National Team has officially been eliminated from the 2018 World Cup, so what does it mean for the landscape of the sport and what needs to change, improve? Or will ignorance take over? NASCAR and Martin Truex keep rolling through the playoffs and upsets in college football will be among us. Also the NFL and Flo's Pack.
It's time for the slow 2-month end to baseball season, with Fanatic Radio giving concise insight on the American and National League front-runners. Flo's Yankees are in, can they advance to the ALCS behind New Mr. Yankee, Aaron Judge? Are the Houston Astros for real? Can Clayton Kershaw lead the most dominate team in the 2017 season to the promise land for the first time in his career? Can the Cubs repeat? Check it out all on Fanatic Radio. Also there will be Quick Em Pick Em and Mike's golf story from last week, don't miss it.
Fanatic Radio tackles one of the most interesting dilemmas in our generation, or in show history. The elephant in the room; the leader of the free world going to a war of the words with the NFL and pro sports, where Mike and Ben stand on attending the White House, the FBI invesitgating the NCAA basketball and more. Also baseball is inching closer to Red October, Dwayne Wade is off to Cleveland and Carmelo Anthony is bringing down the Thunder. And boom goes the dynamite.
Half empty stadiums in the NFL, oh how delightful. Several teams have clinched its spot in the MLB Postseson, but some have not; Flo's Yankees, the Brewers, Colorado Rockies. Fanatic Radio laughs and mocks the Kevin Durant twitter scam and RG3 attempting to defend himself and why social media is just a bad, bad idea. Less than 20% of the tickets to the 2018 Winter Olympics have been sold and Week 4 of FR's College Football Quick Em Pick Em because it's getting good into conference season.
Plus FRPD is back. You've been warned Hollywood.
Starting this weekend, America's fastest sport goes full throttle to pilot into a hillside as the Playoff for the Monster Energy Cup begins, with 16 drivers vying for glory, Mike and Ben discuss who are the favorites, sleepers and morons. College Football Quick Em Pick Em goes week 3 with Lamar Jackson vs Clemson and other bigshot matchups in this quiet week and the Pack are 1-0 in the NFL. We also welcome bringing Fanatic Radio on Stitcher and preview the final stretches of the MLB regular season. Indians win-streak or Dodgers losing streak?
Football has already started, but the NFL officially kicks off Thursday with the defending-Super Bowl champs New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs. Mike and Ben talk league storylines from who has the funniest, worst quarterback - or what happened to the great quarterback to begin with? Other than the Pats, who can challenge them this season? Who will emerge out of the south AFC and NFC? Scam Newton? A.P. in the Big Easy? Matty-Ice!? It's our NFL Season Preview. We also talk the collapse of soccer and the rise of US tennis in America and our college football Quick Em Pick Ems for Week 2.
The big games are this weekend and Fanatic Radio is back with our notorious Quick 'Em-Pick 'Em. MIke and Ben will break down the essential Labor Day matchups. That boxing match happened, so there's that and we say goodbye to a legendary basketball coach.
Fanatic Radio, has Part 2 of the College Football Series from the sleepers, conference favorites and Heisman favorites. We preview the Money Fight of 1000 Moons, should we watch it and why has boxing become cool all of a sudden. Eclipse-mania engulfed the US, so now what? More rants and work stories from the grave. Catch us outside how bout dat!
Just in time for back to school, Fanatic Radio gears up for the 2017 College Football season. The Top 25 and where last year's trends continue into the new season - from Alabama going on a vengeful rampage after the loss to Clemson, who are the hot teams with talent, Ole Miss revisited and Josh Rosen's comments on student-athletes. Golf is changing it's schedule to accomdate the PGA Championship, NASCAR season is heating up, no Tiger for black athletes and Super Teams have been revisited with Marshawn Lynch and Michael Bennett.
Flo has more rants as the anticipation of the return of Will & Grace has us fired up. Fanatic Radio breaks down Justin Gatlin winning the 100m final over Usain Bolt and Will Byron replacing Kasey Kahne in the 5 car next season. Jay Cutler is back in the NFL, happy as ever so Kaepernick's time could be running out. North Korea is mad at us, and Fanatic Radio will tell you all the ways to survive a nuclear armageddon. Also can Jordan Speith win the PGA Championship and continue to save golf for us millennials? We also will hype our College Footbal Preview show and the countdown to the Fight of Idiots begins in 18 days...
The highest paid players? Just ask Odell and Neymar. Fanatic Radio breaks down NFL free agency, injuries, why basketball & soccer are the world's premier sports, MLB midseason trades and more rants from Flo - what else!
Fanatic Radio goes all in of movies, TV shows at San Diego Comic Con - why because nostalgia is back and we like it. Flo experiences the good and the bad with his boy, Kasey Kahne winning the Brickyard 400 and a social media beef is cooking. FRPD is back to tackle the lack of creativity in this world, this time it is actually in the sports world. Also what will happen to the Cleveland Cavailers and the SI Fashion 50? And boom goes the dynamite.
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Breaking news of OJ Simpson being put on parole, Flo has choice words. We bash the Open Championship, discuss Nike taking over the sports world, Michael Phelps racing a Great White Shark and crack down on the lack of creativity with the FRPD. The Millennials Show - brought to you buy 1800-Flowers and Planet Fitness, the unofficial-official fitness provider of Fanatic Radio.
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Fanatic Radio is back from the week break to talk about just what we did for our break. Our finalist cities are announced for the Fanatic Radio Endless Summer Tour, so we talk pros and cons of the venues and if they meet our demands. Paul George, Chris Paul and more were traded - is this the end of the Eastern Conference and what will be more exciting in the future: Trump vs CNN or his Putin meeting? Stay tuned as Fanatic Radio is presented by 1800-Flowers and Planet Fitness, the unofficial-official fitness provider of the Millennial's Show.
Happy Summer from Fanatic Radio. The podcast blows up with rants and bashing of the US Open, the USOC and Instagram. Stay tuned because we break down the magnitude of the Conor McGregor-Floyd Mayweather fight and what YouTube and an UCF football placekicker have in common.
Sports is done as we know it! Just kidding, but after this week, both the Stanley Cup and NBA Champion were crowned as Mike and Ben dissect where the legacy's of Sidney Crosby and Kevin Durant are, where LeBron and the Cavs go from here and the NHL vs. Nashville. Also more rants about graduation, work-life-balance and more, only on the Millennial's Show - brought to you by 1-800-Flowers and Planet Fitness, the official-unofficial fitness provider of Fanatic Radio.
Our advice to you is go see Baywatch. Or don't, Fanatic Radio has your answer. The Millennial's Show talks Golden State-Cleveland in the NBA Finals of how good is this GSW team compared to the greats? Where should Mike and Ben take the show on the road with the Fanatic Radio Endless Summer Tour, and much more.
With the weekend in the books, so much drama, Fanatic Radio has more on its plate than the NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers. Mike and Ben break down their adventures, Sedona, D.C. and what they were up to on the holiday break. Bryce Harper, Tiger Woods, the witches of the west and donuts on drones. It's all part of a new Fanatic Radio to ring in the summer, June and staying fit via Planet Fitness.
The greatest weekend in sports perhaps kicks off with Fanatic Radio breaking down the Indianapolis 500, NASCAR schedule changes, the Stanley Cup and potential of the tryad of the NBA Finals. Mike and Flo talk about what do they do when sports is not on, and massive shake ups and events have the world and Mike on a rant about bad grammar and more. 1-800-Flowers, friend of the show and us wish everyone a Happy Memorial Day! Drinks on us.
The Millennial's Show is back and with the NBA Playoffs at a lull, Derek Jeter has his number retired and who better to explain the legacy of the Captain than Ben Florance. We also break down the Lonzo Ball shoe, the NBA draft lottery and ediquette...everywhere. The Millennial's Show is brought to you by 1-800 Flowers baby.
Fanatic Radio, the Millennials Show wonders what went wrong with the Washington Capitals, the New York Knicks and the FBI. Flo has returned from his wedding, so there's that and more shenanigans.
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Drama hits the TV screen by way of layoffs and firings, so naturally Fanatic Radio, the Millennials Show breaks down the cultural impact of Bill O'Reilly leaving FOX and big names being axed from the mothership in Bristol. What is next for both channels, the end is near for ESPN? Dale Earnhardt Jr announces his retirement at the end of the 2017 season, so NASCAR is screwed and Beast Mode back - good or foul? FR is on it, with help of our good friends at 1-800 Flowers.
Fanatic Radio complains about airlines and how to fix the industry while breaking down the face of the NHL playoffs. What is a bigger impact for better or worse; having the Canadian teams still alive or the top seeds, the Washington Captials and Chicago Blackhawks being bounced from the playoffs? How the Brooklyn Nets are the reason the Boston Celtics can be eliminated from the NBA Playoffs and more fan mail.
Mike returns with stories from Texas Motor Speedway, NASCAR weekend as FR recaps the Masters and more stories. With the NBA playoffs starting, where do the teams stack up from Cleveland repeating, the Warriors with Kevin Durant back in the mix, and who else can be a sleeper team. Also is this the best statistical year in basketball? Only one way to find out. Sergio Garcia winning the Masters means? And the guys play fair or foul during Fan Mail.
Fanatic Radio is back from the Final Four to gear you up for our National Pastime, rather we like it or not. Flo was on-site for the Washington Nationals home opener in D.C. and we paint the MLB scene of who's hot and who's not from the defending champion Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers to the Boston Red Sox.
Fan mail is in full force of our Masters preview sans Tiger and Dustin Johnson, CBS football with ex-Cowboy Tony Romo and Mike's adventure at the Women's Final Four.
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FR NCAA Tournament Show is back by popular demand. The upsets, favorites and more - Mike and Flo break down the projections and the first and second rounds. Follow us on facebook as Fanatic Radio tracks the tournament through March Madness. Go to BFlo360.com to join the conversation.
Back from the outskirts of New Orleans, Mike and Ben talk the farce of the NBA All Star Game, the events and the trade deadline of all the poor and interesting decisions around the Assocatiation. The Daytona 500 is this Sunday, so what would be a show without our in-depth NASCAR 2017 preview from no Smoke, Carl Edwards, or fun left in the league of desperation.
Since they are blacklisted from Bourbon Street, Fanatic Radio is covering NBA All Star Weekend from an undisclosed location to talk about a season halfway in the books and what have we expected from Golden State, LeBron, the Knicks and more. Geno has won 100 straight games with his UCONN Huskies, just how significant is this historic accomplishment and more men's hoops as we are less than a month from Selection Sunday. Sponsored by 1-800-Flowers.
Fanatic Radio returns with What Did We Learn from the amazing ending to the Super Bowl and the 2016 NFL season. The Knicks are in disarray, NBA players are speaking out and going to the All Star Game in New Orleans and the FRPD may be back on the case for the missing Tom Brady jersey. College Basketball has great games and Kevin Durant returns to OKC, we're guessing to be booed. #fanaticradio
On the eve of NFL playoffs, Mike and Ben talk the end of college football, did Clemson's victory prove something larger in NCAA, where does Alabama go from here? The NBA is thinking about speeding up the end of games, but will they be men of their words or like 90% of corporate America? Carl Edwards retires, new NFL head coaches and more. The Millennial's Show is back, just before the Inauguration.
In this Christmas edition of the Millennial's Show, Fanatic Radio, Mike and Ben talk about the random served, or not served justice in college football from Joe Mixon and Oklahoma, the Minnesota football boycott and players opting to sit out of their respected bowl games. College basketball takes a prime front row seat in this episode as we gear up for conference play. Fan mail is very holiday themed as well from our favorite Christmas film to Michael Bublé. Happy Holidays and tune into our Y2K New Years Show next week.
Fanatic Radio is back as Mike and Ben fight the sickness to bring you the most eccentric episode ever. We break down which NBA feat was/is more impressive from Klay Thompson's 60 to Russell Westbrook's seven-consecutive triple doubles. In baseball, Flo's Yankees are going on the offensive, what more do they need to add, and NFL playoff scenarios, because - hey it's football. Also go see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, now in theaters!
Mike and Flo breakdown the college football bowls for the 2016 season. The Playoff has good teams competing for a National Championship, but are they the right ones? What is to fix of this "committee" as FR throws some interesting crystal ball views into the world of college football. We break down, most, of the 2016-17 bowl games kicking off December 17. The latter half is all D.C. baby, from Bryce Harper wanting more money than sense to the forever crappy Metro.
Fanatic Radio is back from Thanksgiving week to talk changes to the College Football Playoffs as several teams will be determining their positions for the Bowl Show, next week on Fanatic Radio. Ohio State vs. Penn State and the disastrous Big 10, Western Michigan vying to be the darling's of the mid-majors. Tiger Woods is back and we are both excited and extremely confused about where he is and why Thursday Night Football is the flu-virus of the sporting world. Fan mail and 1-800-Flowers on deck!
Happy Thanksgiving from Fanatic Radio. Our 2016 Turkeys of the Year. From the obsecene to the moronic to the downright distastful, Mike and Ben recap everything. US Soccer has a new manager and vision, the NFL sucks at kicking field goals, the Redskins-Cowboys match up is game of the year and Ellen won a Presidential Medal of Freedom? We give thanks to the best week of college football and Flo's No Shave November Moustache!
Fanatic Radio celebrates hump day with our college football update for where we stand after a chaotic weekend. Mike and Ben talk about a further sports take on President-elect Donald Trump and the impact of locker rooms. College basketball preview in our countdown to March, the NFL looks to speed up the pace of the game and of course, we have the answers with the help of fan mail. Feel free to send us what you think at thefanaticradio@gmail.com. You like that? You like that!
With democracy at work, who better to break down the impacts of Trump headed to the oval office than Fanatic Radio? Mike and Ben talk election night and future of policies. From a sports side, what Stan Van Gundy, other athlete's comments mean to the continued growth of Spolitics. Fan mail returns to ask LA Chargers move, US-Mexico game Friday, and the start of college basketball!
Mike and Ben return to the Millennial's Show to talk final hot takes on 2016 Election: has the FBI, Anthony Weiner revelations hurt Hilary Clinton's campaign? Can Trump sneak from behind to pull off the ultimate buzzer beater? Where do we go from here as a country? More ties in the NFL, who has more revenge: Russell Westbrook or Tom Brady, and we talk NASCAR as the final elimination round rolls into Texas Motor Speedway, baby!
Who has more beef for revenge? Russell Westbrook? Tune into Fanatic Radio to find out as Mike and Brandon talk about his matchup against Kevin Durant on Saturday, the impact of what an Indians and Cubs victory in the World Series would mean and more college football picks.
Fanatic Radio returns with Mike ranting about the 60 Minutes reports on NFL and Money and the social media influencers in corporate America (04:19). With Flo's NBA preview, we talk the scope of the league with the west and who can emerge from the Eastern Conference to challenge the defending champion, Cleveland Cavaliers (17:25). Also we answer fan mail and death to Vine as former Fanatic Radio intern Graham Burns stops buy to add some life and hot takes to the Millennial's Show (44:30).
Fanatic Radio's dynamic duo of Brandon and Al join Mike to talk about Al's Rio adventure, the 2016-17 NBA season and what to expect and anything else under the sun. The Fanatic Radio NBA Preview Show is coming soon, yet this is the tip of the iceberg because the World Series is going on, which I guess is a big deal?
With personal fouls and excessive celebration at an all-time high, Fanatic Radio finally discusses the NFL's stance on what it means to shake your groove thang - has the NFL gone too far or is it what we need to clean up the mess in this country for the youth? Speaking of that, we talk the third and final debate and what to look forward to 3 weeks until the election as well as baseball playoffs and the Cubs. The Millenials Show is back betches!
Fanatic Radio is back with Mike and Flo breaking down the MLB playoffs; Cubs win, keep the dream alive, Big Papi says goodbye in a sweep and the Blue Jays are on the rise. Weekend of football, including the return of Tom Brady, the Packers and the rise of America's Team featuring two rookies. Approaching half way in the college football season, what have we noticed in this dumpster fire of random teams and Rutgers as well as Flo's thoughts on the second Presidential Debate. It's gonna be yuge!
Ben returns as Fanatic Radio breaks down the postseason of Major League Baseball from the wild card races, BFlo360 awards and can the Cubs make history or be succumbed to history of losing to a unworthy team. How can we fix the curious case of Odell Beckham with his tantrums, is surviving a bear attack more impressive than throwing for 500 yards? We also answer fan mail from everything to Samsung explosions to what is the greatest TV show of all time.
Back at it, Fanatic Radio returns for another exciting episode recaping the weekend's headlines from the wide world of sports.
Mike recaps the first presidential debate on how more screwed our country is with Trump and Hillary throwin' it down in Hofstra. We recap and preview the NFL from the undefeated teams, who's for real or who's not and the MLB is getting closer to the hunt for Red October. Also Arnold Palmer has passed, but the drink and legacy lives on, from a younger generation, he transcends life.
The Fanatic Radio experience has expanded, to two episodes per week and Mike is joined by special guest and lifelong USOC intern, Brandon to reminiscence about the Olympics, legacy and future. We talk best and worst from the weekend, including Philadelphia, the NFL, an exciting week of Carson Wentz and we say goodbye to The Truth, Paul Pierce. The Millennial’s Show continues with the kneeling protests and those who support and oppose it with the debates in full swing.
Mike is joined by fellow AU Athletics frontman, Nick Papadis to discuss the sporting scene in North Carolina in light of the HB2 rulings and the NBA and NCAA pulling championships and games from the state. We also break down the NFL and college games this weekend and we discuss Landon Donovan's MLS return because, hey, we're diverse on this show.
With the NFL concussion protocol out of control, who else to be the voice of reason than Fanatic Radio, the Millenials Show? Mike and Ben tackles the wrongs and must needed changes of the NFL after several instances across the league. College football bananza, the trouble with football officials and did Flo ever finish his Ikea table? Only one way to find out.
Fanatic Radio helps Rio bring the Olympics to a smashing, screeching hault to assesitiate the gravity of the situation on how this Games stacks up, not only as a host venue, but the global landscape of athletes; people say that the world is catching up with the United States, but ironically the U.S. had the most medals and surprisingly in different, diverse sports. The NFL and College Football are among us as well as Mike and Ben touch the tip of the iceberg to what we should expect as well as Flo's boy Brett Favre being enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Live from Rio, Fanatic Radio breaks down the intitial events of the XXXI Olympiad from diving, judo, basketball, to swimming. After his recent gold medals, Mike and Ben discuss where Michael Phelps is on the greatest athletes list and what we should expect next week as track and wrestling begin. Some much baseball news and we got you covered. The curious case of Alex Rodriguez, Yasil Puig, Tim Tebow, the Pope and more on the Millenials Show.
Every four years a city is prepparing to coverup a massive dumpster fire with a Band Aid. The Olympics begins and Mike and Ben breakdown the drama and hopefulls for the XXXI Olympiad in Rio. Also Flo is back from Philadelphia Democratic National Covention with so much patriotism, it's coming out our ears. College football is also dictating the NCAA and is that a good thing?
With so much drama in the LBC, Fanatic Radio is back to tackle Flo's adventure with the Republican National Convention and the drama surround the "Trump Train" and the Ghostbusters. Deflategate is dead, but the lasting impact has many pointing fingers and asking questions: Why did Kraft and Brady go about it the way they did from snap to the court room? More fan mail from the UFC, Flo's boy Colin Cowherd and the NBA All Star Game moving from Charlotte due to politics. The Millenials Show, do it for the kids.
Tim Duncan retires and Fanatic Radio gives a melancholy farewell to the greatest power forward in the game. Mike and Ben also break down the MLB All Star Game, the on-going generation battle and answer questions from the FR mailbag like what is golf to do with Tiger over-the-hill and the failed Olympic return? We're here for the free food and booze.
Fanatic Radio shares stories of the long weekend from the District of Columbia to the FIVB World League. With the NBA free agency in shambles, Mike and Ben breakdown just what happened to half of the franchises in the past week; Kevin Durant, Dwyane Wade and more. Our Olympics update discusses swimming and track and field trials, with more on the way. The MLB All Star Game hits off next weekend as we try to pretend like we know the game.
Back by popular demand, Fanatic Radio returns to discuss the impact, or lack of, on the NBA Draft from the NBA turning into the dilluted league it avoided to how Thon Maker found the greatest loophole in the NBA. Why the NFL is becoming too diluted with the introduction of Amazon Prime's new show, "All Or Nothing" and what Mike and Flo have to say about the saga that is BREXIT. The Millenials Show is back in action and available on bflo360.com, facebook and BTR.
After a brief hiatus, Fanatic Radio is back, the Millenials Show, back and better than ever. Mike & Ben talk about the historic run from the Cleveland Cavailers and where LeBron James ranks among the all-time greats in basketball and what teams need to retool in order to keep up with the Golden State Warriors with the NBA Draft around the corner. With the revamped show, we bring in new takes on politics and media into the fray with insight from bflo360.com and much more with Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down. We appreciate the continued love and support - check us out on facebook.com/fanaticradio and bflo360.com.
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A month has gone by and the sports keep flowing, cue the music and enter the dynamic duo of Mike and Ben for another episode of Fanatic Radio. The NBA Draft is among us and we break it down. We recap championships - NBA and NHL. We talk the Kansas City Royals possible sweep of the All Star ballot, Jordan Spieth goes back-to-back majors and grows the game of golf to new heights and where does American Pharoah stand on Greatest Sports Moments winning the Triple Crown.
After a few weeks off, Fanatic Radio returns with a dramatic episode of biblical proportions - Mike and Ben are joined with Graham to talk NBA Finals of the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Can LeBron redeem the mistake by the lake or will Steve Kerr lead his team back to the championship was of Chris Mullin and company? Racing previews and recaps after the Indy 500 and before the Belmont Stakes and the hilarious scandal behind FIFA.
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Happy Cinco de Mayo from Fanatic Radio and we have a fiesta of an episode. Olympic coverage to the max from the OTC and NBA Playoff talk. Steph Curry with the MVP, where do the brackets go from here? Mike and Ben also breakdown the farce of the Fight of the Century and how Pacquiao fought with an injury as tension rises in both camps. Flo talks about his college memories as well and Mike's got a Friday night story for the ages.
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Mike and Ben break down the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight. The money, the insanity, the laughs and more before Saturday night as they also mention the NFL Draft Thursday and the Kentucky Derby Saturday afternoon. The NBA Playoffs first rounds got a little crazier since the last episode and how no Kevin Love could make Cleveland a sitting target.
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Mike and Ben talk the magic of Stephen Curry and Tim Duncan with the big name teams looking for first round playoffs sweeps in a surprising NBA Playoffs and the Washington Wizards. The mock drafts are out and Flo talks NFL Draft next Thursdays of who could be the face of the franchise for the bottom feeders of the League with Jameis Winston. In baseball Fanatic Radio breaks down Yordano Ventura and Alex Rodriguez approaching 660 home runs.
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Fanatic Radio breaks down the NBA Playoffs of the key match ups and dark horses in the hunt to compete with the likes of the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors. Mike and Ben dish out our NBA major awards and why the Chicago Bulls can be dangerous. Hide yo kids, hide yo wife because FRPD is on the case of Pete Rose and Tim Tebow.
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Fanatic Radio talks some baseball as the season is officially underway with our FR Baseball Preview. Are the Indians a legit contender with Franconia fully at the helm, will the Giants repeat or will the LA Dodgers finally be kings of the MLB. Jordan Speith becomes the first wire-to-wire Masters winner in 40 years, but the notorious Ben Florance predicted the champ for the first time in five tries, thus reliving the magic of his performance at Augusta.
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Duke wins the National Championship after one of the most exciting Final Four's in history and Josh Paunil joins us to break down the Dukies. Wisconsin's senior-led team took down the mighty, porous defensive Kentucky and Coach K wins number five. Mike and Flo ask the tough questions and provide insightful, educational analysis from Indy. The duo also preview the Masters and Tiger Wood's return to Augusta.
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Mike and Ben break down the offical matchups for Saturday's Final Four and discuss the issue of paying NCAA student-athletes whether it is on the horizon or a disaster in the making. Mike has stories from the McDonald's All American Game and can Kentucky go undefeated, will Wisconsin prevail, can Coach K get ring number five?
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Mike and Ben discuss part one of the 2015 Final Four in Indianapolis after exciting Eltie Eight matchups. Duke and Michigan State bring solid coaching to the table behind solid shooting guards while Wisconsin gets the anticipated matchup of a lifetime. Mike is live in Chicago at the McDonalds All American Games with stories of Jalen Rose and the best high school basketball players in the country. Flo talks Chris Mullins new gig at St. Johns and what is up with the Knicks?
Fanatic Radio brings you an exclusive preview show to the Friday matchups of the Sweet Sixteen from Houston and Syracuse. Four teams punched the ticket to the Regional Finals, Wisconsin and Arizona set up a rematch from last year and Notre Dame brings a wave of confidence against Kentucky. Michael Sam on trying to make an NFL roster and Kevin Love and LeBron not feelin' the...love (cue the drums).
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Mike and Ben go into Overtime to set up the marquee matchups for the regions in the NCAA Tournament. Who has been the most impressive team through two rounds, what memories will we have from a mostly "chalk" first rounds? Flo talks about the suspension to the Blackout Rule in the NFL from a tv perspective and we do the news - from Aretha Franklin to Jeremy Clarkson. Also Kylann Scheidt of Purdue athletics and American alum joins the show to talk hoops with us.
Fanatic Radio returns to cover the wild first round of the NCAA Tournament including the American University tip off against Iowa in the Women's NCAA Tournament. Jen Dumiak and Michelle Holmes join Flo and Mike to talk about making history and Ethan Jenkins joins us to talk more hoops and Chris Borland's decision to retire from the NFL and the impact it will make on football.
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The NCAA Tournament is offically among us and Fanatic Radio has the brackets and breakdown for the march to Indianapolis. Can Kentucky run the table and be the first team in 38 years to go undefeated in a season? Who can dethrown the Cats? Arizona? Notre Dame? Duke? Ben was on site to talk with David Aldridge and members of the American University Women's Basketball team on reaching the NCAA for the first time in program history.
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Days before Selection Sunday, Mike and Ben are back from Spring Break to preview possible matchups in the NCAA Tournament before FR's Bracket Buster Special next week. Will Kansas win the Big 12, can Duke claim a 1-seed and will Calipari's Wildcats be the second team in a row to enter the tournament undefeated? In other news, Jimmy Graham is traded to Seattle, will the league's best tight end make a difference to Russell Wilson and a recap of Spring Break.
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Mike and Ben get the jump on the Syracuse basketball infractions and the future of Jim Boeheim. With NBA action this week, has Russell Westbrook solidified himself as an MVP candidate or is James Harden better? We touch on laughable and/or outlandish stories in the news this week and plan for the NCAA conference tournaments before Selection Sunday, March 15, includuing American University.
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Mike and Ben enter overtime to talk basketball and college as the madness is just about ready to begin. The conference tournaments begin after the Friday show and who are the teams to watch out for to make their final push to make the dance...American U? We answer email regarding llamas, dresses and the downfall of society and why the MLB rule changes will make baseball more fun.
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FR enters into Overtime as we are joined by CJ Posey, east-coast hip hop artist who tells us about his new music and Nas-like motive of story-telling through his music. Mike and Ben breakdown Joey Logano winning the Daytona 500 and the Busch brothers grim. With the NFL Combine come and gone, Flo talks mock draft and if Jameis Winston has changed after the humbling experiences and Flo tells stories from fire alarms and covering his first AU Women's Basketball game.
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This Sunday, the Daytona 500 beings a new season of NASCAR and Mike and Flo break down not only who could win the Great American Race, but who are the contenders for the championships in all three series. The NBA Trade Deadline has come and gone, so who are the winners and losers? Also John has a classic Bob Knight story after his interested live call from the SMU game.
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Fanatic Radio has sent this game into Overtime as Mike and Ben talk about the NBA midseason awards after the All Star Weekend in New York City. Chalked full of interesting headline stories from across the country, the dynamic duo discuss the oddities from the news including the George Karl era and a NBA D-League story for the ages as well as the SNL 40th anniversary.
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Flo rants about recent comments Charles Barkley made about the injuries for the NBA All Star Game after we went into Overtime and Boogie Cousins. We preview the college basketball matchups to come as there are only three weeks left in the regular season before March Madness. Peyton Manning decides to return to play football in 2015 and College Basketball Gameday is actually coming to SMU!?
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Mike and Ben enter Overtime to break down NBA All Star Weekend in New York City; USA vs the World, to the loaded field of the 3-pointer Shootout to the thunderous Slam Dunk Contest and it all wraps up Sunday with the 64th All Star Game. We also pay homage to the late-great Dean Smith and mention how balloons signs are a good birthday present.
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Fanatic Radio has finally recovered from the Gronk Party Bus to break down the game and the legacy of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick going forward as Mike and Ben talk how super that bowl was. Flo is back talking media with CBS and commercials with the Grammys this Sunday. Jurgen Klinsmann is on the record to talk what the USA needs to change and Mike has stories for ages from this past week in sports.
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On the weekend eve of Super Bowl XLIX, Patriots vs. Seahawks Mike and Graham Burns break down matchups for the fans to watch and the surrounding aura of Super Bowl Week including Flo's Rant on Marshawn Lynch, the Commissioner on the league's future and just how dynamic is Tom Brady. Amy Ratcliffe of IGN joins us to talk television and movies as well and Kyle Kercheval makes his FR debut.
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Live for Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona, Mike and Ben go on a media frenzy. First it is finally time for the two to breakdown the matchup of the defending champion Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Brady versus Beast Mode, who has more attention headed into Sunday's matchup. Plus Coach K wins 1000 in the Duke fashion and the President is out of his mind.
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Nick Papadis and Josh Paunil join Mike for Fanatic Radio as we break down the delfating saga of the New England Patriots and could this lingering joke of a story affect them for next week's Super Bowl? In a week a all stars entering future-mode we say goodbye to Jeff Gordon and Kobe Bryant (for at least the season) and we talk about the Hawks-Warriors surprises in the NBA.
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Fanatic Radio goes into Overtime as Mike and Ben are reuninted in this special weekly show. The duo discuss the Championship games and what went wrong with the Packers, could the Dallas Cowboys done better? Why the Patriots dominating win means more than the surface, Tiger Wood's missing tooth, the Virginia governor falls off a horse and Jon Jones opens up about using cocaine.
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Fanatic Radio is back with a special guest, Ethan Jenkins to talk all things American University athletics such as volleyball and the impressive men's basketball games over the past few weeks. NFL Playoffs are in the Championship Game mode and we wonder if the Packers will down the Seahawks and the Golden Boy can lead the Patriots back to the Super Bowl.
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Live from Dallas not Sundance Square, Fanatic Radio is covering the College Football National Championship game featuring Oregon and Ohio State. We apologize for a dramaless game featuring teams with no attitude problems, no scandals, no arrests...just good football pitting a third-string quarterback against a Heisman winner for the ages. Mike and Ben go around the league breaking down the NFL Divisional Round with the best and brightest on display from Aaron Rogers to Aqib Talib. Baseball Hall of Famers we can actually relate to and the curious case of Marshawn Lynch.
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We ring in the New Year with Fanatic Radio's Best and Worst as Mike and Ben talk about the inaguaral College Football Playoff and the many flaws that occured. The NFL Playoffs kickoff Saturday and who has the best chance to make it to Arizona. Nick Papadis of NP Soccer Talk joins us to discuss Steven Gerrard opting to leave Liverpool...for the MLS? A new year and nothing new about the show because if it isn't broke, don't fix it.
We celebrate the holidays with style in Fanatic Radio's final episode of the 2014 calender year. Mike and Ben talk about the year in sports and media on what could be the best moment of the past twelve months. Rondo to Dallas could hurt them more than help, the College Football Playoff kicks off January 1st and NASCAR has big changes before the season has even begun. It's all here on America's premier radio program.
The Bowl Show is presented by Mike Gardner and Ben Florance and they are dissecting all 38 College Football Bowl games before the Friday year-ending episode of Fanatic Radio. All the tasty bowl games from the Texas Bowl featuring Arkansas and Texas to the Beef O'Brady's Bowl and the Bahamas Bowl. The action is all here and only here, your offical radio station for the College Football Bowl previews.
Mike and Ben break down the new NFL Rules Policies and what the President thinks of it? Mike rants how Johnny Football's first start will be either a bask in the sun or a disaster, the US Soccer team faces its toughest road in decades with friendlies like no other and we're on exclusive Heisman watch for Saturday's selection. We also browse the news of the Good, the Bad & the Ugly.
While the teams are being voted on and decided for the inaugural four teams in college football, Mike and Ben from Fanatic Radio will provide a better commentary with phone lines open to anyone who wants to discuss why there team did or didn't get in to have the right to fight for a National Championship in Dallas.
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Fanatic Radio breaks down Championship weekend in College Football before the selection show Sunday 12:30pm EST on who should go in and who could be still playing in a good bowl game. Why the Baylor-Kansas State game means more than one thinks and the case of Florida State. Who are the surprises within weeks of college basketball and more Johnny Football and why he should NOT play. Plus we debate the scenario or the Browns and the Washington Redskins.
Time for Fanatic Radio's Turkey's of the Year presented by 1800-Flowers - who and what deserve the covenent title of total turkey from Mike and Ben. Niagara Women's Basketball Coach Kendra Faustin joins the show to talk tactics and the remainder of the season after their bus was stranded in the Buffalo snow for 24-plus hours. Andrew Wiebe of MLSsoccer.com joins us as well to break down the madness behind the US Men's National Team and the MLS Playoffs.
Fanatic Radio has its own Midnight Madness to tipoff the 2014-15 College Basketball season. We preview who the bigger players and teams to watch for the march in March. American University strives to repeat as Patriot League championships with a majority of its championship roster returning, the immortal Mike Brennan and some new faces on the docket. We also break down what in the world has happened in NASCAR as the Championship round is finally here! And Mike Tyson Mysteries and the return of the FRPD.
Fanatic Radio returns to a reunion of Mike and Ben back in the original studio as we break down a pivotal weekend in college football featuring Notre Dame vs. Arizona State and Kansas State vs. TCU. The dust has all but settled in the NASCAR world as the Chase rolls into Phoenix for one last-ditch effort for Brad Keselowski to embrace the role of villian. We will tease our preview to the college basketball season and talk beef among various sports radio personalities.
Ben flies solo for the 2014 Fanatic Radio Halloween Extravaganza. He comes live from Columbia, MO at the University of Missouri. He recaps the Giants, behind a legendary performance from Madison Bumgarner, winning their third World Series over the Royals this week. We'll also discuss the opening of the NBA season, including injuries galore to the stars for the Thunder and the Lakers looking like an absolute joke, some NFL and CFB action, and even a dash of NASCAR. We're not crazy, just fanatics!
It is time for some roundball rock on Fanatic Radio as Mike and Ben break down the 2014-15 NBA season from LeBron James returning to a championship-favorite Cleveland squad to the Los Angeles Clippers bringing in more than just an enthusiastic owner. We will give you the preview of who to watch before the season tips off October 28th. The World Series heads to the Bay this weekend and the Royals are hanging in and American University is back in action with Mike Brennan at the helm.
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Fanatic Radio is back to talk the US Soccer vs MLS Debate with soccer analyst John Gardner. Mike and Ben jump on the Kansas City Royals bandwagon as the World Series pins Cinderella and the Giants. Which college football team is most likely to fall after two weeks of Mississippi Madness, especially in light of the Jameis Winston hearings and why Michael Jordan is calling out LeBron James and Dirk? Stay tuned.
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Mike and Ben hit the ice with the Fanatic Radio NHL Preview of who will hoist Lord Stanley's Cup in...June. We say farewell to US Soccer's Landon Donovan as he makes his final appearance for the US National Team against Ecuador - we break down the pros and cons of Donovan's career. Are the Kansas City Royals a flash in the pan or could they be prime to win the World Series? Is the college football world ready for another wild weekend and shakeup in the polls and what does Katy Perry have in common with football...? Nothing.
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Fanatic Radio breaks down the MLB Postseason as the hunt for October begins with NL and AL featuring tasty matchups. Can the LA Dodgers get past the consistent Cardinals? Will the Natinals make it to the World Series? How good are the Royals and Baltimore? Mike and Ben also talk Jeter's new venture, Tom Brady and we play Good Cop/Bad Cop.
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Mike and Flo discuss Derek Jeter’s final days as a Yankee and a professional baseball player and preview the MLB Postseason on Fanatic Radio. Texas track sensation Myles Marshall is our Weekly Conversation as he describes his gold medal at the Youth Olympics in the 800m, his philosophy on staying at the top of his game and his motivation from his two US Olympic track and field parents. Also Gabriel Wittosch talks about tasting world championship gold in the unique sport of fly-fishing, traveling to Poland to compete among the best in the world and how diverse the fishing community really is.
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Fanatic Radio is joined by a pair of youthful, rising stars in their fields: Brisa Hennessy, the U-18 U.S. Surfing National Champion talks about being the best in the country at 14, enjoying her love of the sport and the laid-back culture in her home state of Hawaii. Pro Mazda Champion, racer Spencer Pigot is our Weekly Conversation, as he explains his roots in motorsports, his recent crowned championship and his desire to climb the ranks of open wheel to race the Indianapolis 500. Also, the NFL's disastrous couple of weeks continues, the FIBA Basketball World Cup is recapped and we also look at the race to the MLB Postseason.
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Fanatic Radio catches up with Hall of Fame field hockey coach Steve Jennings on a new face to his American University club, his trip to Europe with the squad this past summer and if he could contain Johnny Manziel. Mike and Ben are also joined by track correspondant Ian Lutz who has returned from the Bill Dellinger Invitational in Oregon and along with predicting the new NASCAR Chase, we talk about why the sports world is in trouble with the surfacing stories of Ray Rice and Danny Ferry.
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Before the NFL kicks off, we are joined by two special baseball guests, Kendra Levesque and director Jeffrey Radice for our Weekly Conversation. Radice is the director of the upcoming film, No No: A Dockumentary, the life of former Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis and his everlasting change on the culture of baseball including his famous no hitter on LSD. Kendra is the first female to win the King of Swat homerun derby title at the Cooperstown (N.Y.) Dreams Park and played in the tournament with the Sparks, a little league all-girls team competing against the boys. As the NFL begins, the fines, penalties and drama surrounds the first week of football and Fanatic Radio is read to break it down - as well as what themes to look out for.
Junior cyclist Summer Moak is our Weekly Conversation as she discusses breaking a US national record in the 2K individual pursuit and how her team, TWENTY16 Cycling, has helped realize her lifelong dream. Fanatic Radio also kicks off the 2014 College Football season on College Colors Day previewing a wild season ahead with all roads leading to Dallas for the inaugural College Football Playoff.
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MIke goes solo on Fanatic Radio as we talk Team USA and their road to the FIBA World Cup on who Coach K should keep after tonight's game in the Garden. There is a hilarious bit of Francesa and Calipari but does the Sports Pope have a point? The hype-or-not of the Little League World Series and what a motivtional speech and a girl named Mo'ne have in common, and the drama of the Cleveland Browns on what they should do with the case of Johnny Football after shooting the bird to the Redskin's bench.
The Tony Stewart saga continues and Fanatic Radio goes indepth of the possible verdict that could be reached next week, where Stewart goes from here and will this shake up the sport. Mike and Ben assess the early stages of NFL preseason of who's hot and who's not and what the NCAA is doing with the Power Five conference approval.
We have a basketball packed segement of Fanatic Radio as Mike and Ben discuss Kevin Durant leaving Team USA, Becky Hammon hiring for the San Antonio Spurs and Kevin Love's decision to go to Cleveland. Landon Donovan announced his retirement, but what does this mean for US Soccer and MLS moving forward and is Tiger Woods a fool for playing in the PGA Championship with a injured back?
Fanatic Radio returns to dish out NFL madness of news from Training Camp, the Pro Football Hall of Fame and more. Does Johnny Football stand a chance, what is cooking in the huddle for the New York Football Giants and does the Sapp-Strahan beef escalate in Canton? Coach K talks about continuity on the court as Team USA prepairs in Las Vegas without the NBA's greatest star. The MLS takes on Bayren Munich in the All Star Game to try to save face after a disaterous Summer Series and Jeff Gordon wins his fifth Brickyard 400
After a month long spectacle, the 2014 FIFA World Cup has officially come to a close with Germany winning its fourth title over Argentina, but Fanatic Radio remembers this year's tournament for several other reasons apart from the superb goals, crunching tackles and the pure drama that surrounded Brazil.
Mike and John Gardner host the 25 Most Shocking Moments of the 2014 World Cup, from the USA advancing out of the "Group of Death" to James Rodriguez emerging onto the world scene. From the sublime to the plain stupid, Fanatic Radio concludes it's World Cup coverage with this hilarious special.
Mike and Ben contiune the Fanatic Radio Summer Series as we talk about Rory McElroy's superb British Open performance and what took him so long and we give our Top 5 Best&Worst Stadiums. We also discuss the Ray Rice suspension, the landscape of college sports after conference media days and big news for U.S. Soccer.
After a month long spectacle, the 2014 FIFA World Cup has officially come to a close with Germany winning its fourth title over Argentina, but Fanatic Radio remembers this year's tournament for several other reasons apart from the superb goals, crunching tackles and the pure drama that surrounded Brazil.
Mike and John Gardner host the 25 Most Shocking Moments of the 2014 World Cup, from the USA advancing out of the "Group of Death" to James Rodriguez emerging onto the world scene. From the sublime to the plain stupid, Fanatic Radio concludes it's World Cup coverage with this hilarious special.
Mike and Ben continue Fanatic Radio's Summer Series as we breakdown the Top 5 Best & Worst commentators on television today both play by play and color commentators. We also discuss baseball midseason reports and Jeter at the All Star Game of who are the surprised of the midseason. The USA Basketball team preparing for camp, gearing up for the World Cup in September and what the USA needs to keep American basketball relevent.
Fanatic Radio finishes our two part series with Hall of Fame basketball coach Gary Williams on his time at Maryland University and its future going to the Big Ten Conference. LeBron James heads home to the rust belt to continue his career back in Cleveland, and has this been the domino in free agency? The MLB has reaches the midpoint in the season and the All Star Game is Wednesday, the World Cup is Sunday and Fanatic Radio begins its summer Top 5 Series of Best & Worst: Sports Show on TV.
Mike & John Gardner recap the two semifinal matches in the most lopsided matches in recent futbol history. We will give you the truthful reason behind the 7-1 Germany victory over Brazil and the Netherlands vs. Argentina scoreless yet dramatic match. The World Cup Final is July 13th and we breakdown the greatest spectacle in the sporting world - who are the key plays to watch, how dominante is Germany and can anyone stop them as they go up against South America's favorite son, Leoniel Messi? With only one match left, Fanatic Radio is your one stop source to credible analysis for the beautiful game for Sunday's Final in Rio.
Mike hosts a special Fourth of July episode of Fanatic Radio to talk World Cup update. UFC fighter Justin Scoggins sits down with Nick Papadis to talk about his first bout in Vegas and his rise to stardom in the octagon this Sunday on Fox Sports 1. FR's track correspondant Ian Lutz of INSIDEtrack sits down with Rich Peters after his return from the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon to talk about working with Nike Oregon Project, running for BU as well as his country, and how he prepares for his upcoming Commonweath Games in England. We will end the show with giving you the top five best films/events to look forward to.
Nick Papadis from NPsoccerTalk is back to break down the matches in the FIFA World Cup all leading up to the final one - the United States vs. Belgium at 4pm EST on ESPN. Mexico's run is over with a Klaas-Jan Huntelaar penalty kick, kicks decided Brazil's fate, James Rodriguez is better than anyone expected and what team is more vulnerable: Germany or France?
It is now win or go home in the 2014 FIFA World Cup and Fanatic Radio is still your leading show in all things football.
Fanatic Radio begins our two part series featuring Hall of Fame basketball coach Gary Williams on his history to achieving roundball nirvana and his rise to winning a national championship with Maryland. The United States Men's National Team is through and Mike and Flo break down the Knockout Stages and the potential matchups for the World Cup. After the NBA Draft, the NBA free agency train is alive and well and we talk what moves should certain players make, also what does David Aldridge and Mike have in common?
Mike and Ben are together to talk some b-ball, the NBA Draft. The Draft is this Thursday on ESPN and we break down who the better one-and-done will be in the NBA and what team will get the potential steals in terms of players that we could see on the rise or on the downslide - Andrew Wiggins, Marcus Smart, Doug McDermott and more. Your one spot stop for everything NBA Draft before the young men talk that prestigous walk to greet Adam Silver is here only on Fanatic Radio, America's premier sports-music program.
John Gardner and Mike break down another wild week in the FIFA World Cup. The United States crazy finish against Portugal and what the chances are for the Red, White and Blue have for facing Germany and advancing to the Knockout Stages. We discuss other group scenarios like Luis Suarez versus Italy and the Ivory Coast elinimated, and what potential matches we will see for next week's single-elimination. Only one final week of group play for win or go home match ups and we have you covered with analysis and predictions only on America's premier sports-music program, Fanatic Radio.
Former US Men's National Team player Tony Sanneh is our Weekly Conversation to discuss the United State's chances in the World Cup, what his experieneces were like when his 2002 squad acomplished the greatest feat in US soccer history since 1930, what Jurgen Klinsmann is selling to his team and what Landon Donovan's plans should be for the future. Grace Wilson of the American U field hockey team also joins us to talk about the teams unique summer Eurotrip and their chances are to return to the NCAA Tournament. Mike and Ben also talk Spurs and Kings legacy, NBA Draft hopefuls and the recent rise of legal cases regarding the Washington Redskins and the NCAA.
Mike and Nick Papadis of NP Soccer Talk break down the first results from Brazil in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the United States dramatic late minute win over Ghana, Netherlands domination over the defending champions Spain, who are the early surprises and who are the teams in deep trouble of going home early. We also preview future matches of the week including Chile vs. Spain, Brazil vs. Mexico and the US vs Christian Ronaldo and Portugal. Your 2014 FIFA World Cup coverage is exclusively on America's premier sports-music program, Fanatic Radio.
Mike returns for an action packed weekend on Fanatic Radio. Bob Bradley former US and Egyptian National Team Head Coach breaks down America's first World Cup match versus Ghana June 16, we talk about a lopsided Stanley Cup, the Native American ad against the Washington Redskins and the U.S. Open golf championship. In the time of the FIFA World Cup beginning we break down trends, games and BFlo's questionable picks and talk the dominate San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Finals.
Mike is joined by NP Soccer Talk creator Nick Papadis to break down the eight groups in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Trends and odds of what all 32 teams need to do to reach football nirvana. The United States with Jurgen Klinsmann saying they cannot win the World Cup, hosts Brazil on if they can return to glory for the first time since 2002, in their backyard, dark horses, jokes, ESPN's laughable presentation. It is time to celebrate the greatest tournament in the world, in style on Fanatic Radio.
With Mike on assignment, Flo will be in the driver's seat. We have got the NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final underway as the Western Conference squads won both matches. Also, we had LeBron James suffering from some leg cramps which naturally led to some idiocy on the Twittersphere, so you know Flo will have fun in regards to that one. Plus, California Chrome could be the first Triple Crown winner since 1978 this Saturday at Belmont Park and there is a little soccer tournament kicking off next Thursday. Besides all that, not that much to talk about, eh?
Ben is live in studio where he will be discussing both the NBA Playoffs, where the Spurs and the Heat are each one game away from a rematch in the NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Playoffs where the Rangers have advanced and will face either the Kings or the Blackhawks in the Finals. We will be joined by the great Grayson "The Professor" Boucher of the AND1 Live Tour as he discusses his career with the famous traveling basketball club as well as American University wrestler David Terao as he talks about his future as a 125lb All-American and hopeful National Champion. Plus, Mike rants about the United States Men's National Team and why Ray Hudson and the country needs to let Landon Donovan go.
Dermot Corrigan of ESPNFC and FoxSoccer.com join us from Spain to preview the UEFA Champions League Final between Spanish rivals Athletico Madrid and Real Madrid. It is an underdog story of Athletico Madrid, against the economic juggernaut of Real Madrid, who is seeking its first Championship in 12 years. Dermot breaks down the impact of Ronaldo playing in his first game in several weeks and what a win would mean to Athletico. We also talk rumors of the NFL Draft and the playoff, the US Men’s National Team World Cup selection and preview the Greatest Weekend in Racing.
Mike is joined by David Wharton of the LA Times to talk the Donald Sterling case from a Los Angelean perspective, where do the Clippers go from here and the Anaheim Ducks Stanley Cup hopes. Paul Page, the Voice of IndyCar joins us as well, as we are weeks away from the 98th running of the Indianapolis 500. He talks on if an American can win again, his memories from decades of covering the sport and the state of IndyCar. Fanatic Radio also talks Cleveland Browns, World Cup News and Dallas.
Fanatic Radio is joined by ESPN.com open wheel reporter John Oreovicz as he breaks down the new IndyCar month of May with the Grand Prix of Indy and the 500, Kurt Busch doing the double and Gene Haas investing in an F1 team. The NFL Draft opening rounds have occured and we grade the good, the bad and the ugly with FR NFL Correspondant Cole Patterson and we are joined with American U track runner Ali Tyburski to talk Penn Relays and breaking a school record.
Fanatic Radio is joined by New York Times reporter, Melissa Hoppert for our Weekly Conversation as she breaks down the Kentucky Derby live from Churchill Downs, what it takes to choose the right horse and will this be the year for the Triple Crown. We also talk NBA playoffs and the Donald Sterling case of who could own the Los Angeles Clippers with former American U. basketball player Troy Brewer. Also the recent Title IX sexual harrassment case in the NCAA.
Colorado Rapids midfielder and 2013 MLS Rookie of the Year, Dillon Powers is our Weekly Conversation to discuss the new expansion in Atlanta and the differences in the MLS in 2014. USA Indoor Field Hockey medalist Ashley Dalisera returns on FR to talk about her Pan-Am Games experience in Germany and what the transition was like to play both field hockey and lacrosse. We also talk Michael Phelps and the NBA trends in the postseason.
ESPN anchor and Mr. #Cawlidgehawkey, John Buccigross is our Weekly Conversation as he breaks down the NHL Playoffs and talks about being the voice of the Frozen Four. SB Nation reporter Satchel Price joins us to talk about the Washington Wizard's first playoff appearance since 2008. Mike and Ben also talk Masters and the rise of Bubba Watson and Jordan Speith and the forensics team is on the case for Good Cop-Bad Cop.
The Masters is among us and we break down the pagentry and overhype of a simple GOLF tournament. Mike & Ben finalize college basketball talk with UCONN and where Calipari goes from here. We talk NBA Playoffs, who to watch out for and the Washington Wizards as we have an update on the Oscar Pistorius trial. Marlon Cricker aka M. Craft is our Weekly Conversation as he talks about his opening for Chance the Rapper.
With Mike on his April sojourn back to Texas, Flo holds down the fort. They will continue to discuss and preview this year's Final Four, the questions surrounding DeSean Jackson's departure from Philadelphia and his ensuing arrival in Washington, the controversial comments on the Mets' Daniel Murphy going on paternity leave by a couple WFAN hosts, and much more.
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We break down the Final Four before tipoff on Saturday and the trends entering AT&T Stadium; how long will the runs of UCONN and Kentucky last? Will the senior leadership of Florida prevail? Also we take some calls and rip the US Soccer jerseys.
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It's spring, so Fanatic Radio devels right into our MLB Opening Day preview to predict if the Boston Red Soxs can repeat, who really has the bigger payroll - the Yankees or the Dodgers and other trends in baseball including instant replay. We also talk NCAA Regionals this weekend on who will be going to Dallas and Flo leaks all the gossip in the world of sports with the Sports Pope.
New memeber of the San Jose Earthquake and former AU goalie Billy Knutsen joins us for our weekly conversation. Fanatic Radio talks all that is the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament including the North Dakota State and Dayton upsets. We recap and say goodbye to the season of the American University Eagles after its loss to Wisconsin. We also will discuss upcoming games and talk some soccer and NFL Free Agency.
USA Today reporter Nicole Auerbach joins us from the ACC Tournament to break down the mayhem that is March. Mike and Graham bring you the Spring Break episode previewing the final bids of the NCAA Tournament as Harvard guard Matt Fraschilla joins us to talk about his first trip to the dance. We also crack the NFL free agency and pay respect to the life of Shawn Kuykendall and rejoice that American won the Patriot League.
Fanatic Radio kicks off the spring in style with SI Swimsuit model Kate Bock on being part of the legacy of the 50th Anniversary of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. We talk Doug McDermott and his 3,000 points on where he ranks on college basketball greats. Plus we talk preview to March Madness and Spring Training.
Brandon Latham joins us to break down who are the favorites for the 2014 Oscars. We break down Johnny Football vs the critics, Barry Switzer and who were the best and worst of the NFL Combine. Are the WSU Shockers for real and how will Syracuse fair against ACC number one Virginia and we give shoutouts to Dale Jr winning the Daytona 500.
John Gardner joins Mike in the studio to wrap up Olympics talk, both US hockey teams losing, Bode Miller and what Sochi means to USA morale. We talk college basketball and the Ray Rice polic arrest. We get our NFL on with breakdown from the Combine and the Cleveland Browns fiasco.
In addition to our Olympic pride, it is our 4-year anniversary from the very first show of Fanatic Radio and we're doing our birthday celebration in style! We take a look back on how this small radio show turned into the dynasty it is with an all-star cast of guests calling in. We break down the NBA Midseason the season Kevin Durant has put up.
Fanatic Radio previews the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia as the Opening Ceremonies are tonight on NBC. We break down the most interesting sports to follow and watch. The Seahwaks win the Super Bowl and Peyton Manning discusses why it isn't an embaressment and the Sapp/Strahan HOF beef continues.
We hype up the Super Bowl like no one else as NFL correspondant Cole Patterson joins us from the front lines of Radio Row in New York on Denver vs. Seattle. Adam Silver takes over as new NBA Commissioner and where the NBA will go from there and much more in NASCAR.
Cole Patterson joins us live from ESPN Radio and Radio Row in New York City for Super Bowl XLVIII
Fanatic Radio rings in the new year with great news from American University Athletics, we talk NFL Conference Championships before the Super Bowl week and has Dennis Rodman lost his mind? Also we debut new segments for FR and return Tweets from Flo!
Fanatic Radio toasts the holidays with the best moments of 2013, college basketball and college football galore!
Holiday episode part one as Mike and Flo break down the future landscape of college football with championship games. We talk on the impact of the passing of icon Nelson Mandela, why our team is better than the Eastern Conference in the NBA with Jaron Berman, and John Gardner joins us for our Weekly Conversation to talk the FIFA World Cup draw.
Mike and Ben return to discuss the recent Alex Rodriguez-Bud Selig court debate, Santana Moss ripping QB Robert Griffin III's leadership and the NFC. We applaude Jimmie Johnson for winning his sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup title and who can beat him next year, and we Flo comes up with an ingenius idea to improve the World Cup.
Mike returns with Ben and Graham as we discuss the tipoff of college basketball, the new rules in regards to closely guarded fouls in the NCAA. We will break down American U's overtime win vs. UMBC and Darius Gardner's statline of 22 pts, 9 rebs, and 6 steals. College football is only a few weeks from ending and the bowl prejections are out, and the Broncos and Chiefs duke it out in the wild AFC West.
Mike is live at the Patriot League Field Hockey Tournament, so for the second consecutive week, BFlo breaks down the world of sports.
With Mike on assignment in Fort Worth, Flo is holding down the fort as only he can. He will break down the Red Sox winning the World Series as well as the end of an era for MLB broadcasting, discuss the much-anticipated Miami-FSU showdown on Saturday night, celebrate the return of the NBA, talk about the winding down of the Chase as well as the Kevin Harvick shenanigans and whatever else he can get to.
Mike and Ben are joined by James Fraschilla of the Oklahoma Sooners basketball team for our weekly conversation and how his team is prime to make another NCAA Tournament run. We talk World Series, our NBA Preview and the Patriot League
Mike is joined by our Fanatic Radio new FR team members Mark Natale and Graham Burns as they talk to American University field hockey coach Steve Jennings on the team's success and facing No. 2 UCONN Sunday. We discuss Von Miller's return, Bob Costas on the Redskins name change and breakdown the exciting Championship Series of the MLB.
Curtis Harris of ProHoopsHistory joins us to talk his take of the Spirits of St. Louis after the ESPN 30 for 30 film "Free Spirits" aired and Mike Pompeo is our resident Pittsburgh Pirates fan joins us live. We talk MLB postseason, and Flo gives his opinion on the NFL after the "League of Denial".
Fanatic Radio breaks down the MLB postseason Divisional Series, David Wharton of the LA Times sits down with us on the impact of last weeks America's Cup finale, the NFL faces Frontline and a tell-all book and we conclude our two part series with American University Athletic Director Billy Walker
Mike and Ben are joined by all-star lineup of guests featuring Louis Mora of Texas Motor Speedway, and Shawn Kuykendall as he turns a new, emotional page in his life connected to soccer. Also comedian Tom Achilles stops by to talk AU Athletics.
Ben Florance goes solo in the studio while Mike is at the ribbon cutting for American University's new locker rooms. Fanatic Radio discusses the Bo Pelini situation at Nebraska, Rick Reilly's column on the Redskins nickname along with much more.
Fanatic Radio has American University soccer player Daniel Akinkoye in studio, we go into marginal detail on the implications of the Alabama-Texas A&M game Saturday and we decide how to improve NASCAR after the recent Chase fiasco at Richmond. And rejoice, the United States has qualified for 2014 World Cup and Money Mayweather fights again.
Fanatic Radio is joined by David Verburg, US Men's 4x400m Relay World Champion as he talks of his gold and Usain Bolt's retirement desicion. We break down the NASCAR Richmond race to make the Chase and American Field Hockey goalie Ashley Dalisera is our Weekley Conversation.
Fanatic Radio returns with our college/pro football breakdown. We listen to ESPN's Jay Bilas as he discusses the recent Johnny Manziel verdict on merchandising and Arron Zimmerman of the American University women's basketball team is our Weekly Conversation on what she did this summer.
Mike and Ben are separated for the summer but reunite to talk about Mark Jackson's statement on the best shooting backcourt in basketball, the NBA Playoffs, MLS umpires a laughing stock and John Gardner is our Weekly Conversation to discuss the impact of ManU's Sir Alex Ferguson.
Mike and Flo are joined with Cyd Zeigler of SB Nation to talk about Jason Collins coming out and what will it means for the rest of professional sports. American University hires a new men's basketball head coach and we give our two sense on the decision and we dysect Tim Tebow and the NHL Playoffs.
Mike and Ben spend our Weekly Conversation with American University Women's Lacrosse Head Coach Emma Wallace and her players Kimmy Collins and Patriot League Rookie of the Year, Teal Harrison as the team prepares for its tournament run this weekend. Flo breaks down his draft selections and we pick Roger Goodell's brain on the social issues in football
Mike and Flo are joined with BIG3Sports fanatic Mike Gambardella on the recent events in Boston and the resilience of the New England sports community. We break down the NBA Draft and the start of the NBA postseason and Tweets from Flo return.
Mike and Flo return to the airwaves to talk the recent departure of American University head basketball coach Jeff Jones and the recent coaching hires. We talk our predictions for the Final Four and our opening day reactions.
Mike and Ben are back from Spring Break and fall right into the NCAA Tournament as we break down the opening rounds, upsets and regions. We see why the USA have to win against Costa Rica in soccer and how hot is the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets?
Mike and Ben talk about the good and bads of the NFL Combine, the Daytona 500 and we breakdown the recent athletics director hirings at Sacred Heart and American University. Also college basketball march to March Madness is among us as Gonzaga is the new number one.
Mike Gardner and Ben Florance will take on the NFL Combine and will post their progress on BFlo360.com and Fanatic's YouTube channel. The NBA All Star and midseason talks emerge and we dedicate the second half of the show to who will win the Daytona 500 and the Oscars.
Mike and Ben break down the NBA All-Star Game and ways we can fix it, we also give props to the scoring and shooting streak Miami Heat's LeBron James is currently going through and if he is a shooin to win the NBA MVP. A new thing called the Harlem Shake plagues the webs and we predict how the NASCAR Generation 6 car will change the face of the stock car world.
Indiana insider Ross Schumacher stops by to discuss the scope of the Big Ten Conference and to preview the Ohio State-IU game after the recent upset. We wrap up Super Bowl coverage and preview next year in the NFL, and the US loss to Honduras is a bad sign for men's soccer.
We're in New Orleans to preview Super Bowl XLVII matchup Sunday and cover the storylines that occured such as the President's opinion on the sport, Donald Driver retiring and Ray Lewis and the deer antlers. Mike Friel joins us to talk PEDs in baseball and we breakdown the college basketball weekend.
Mike Gardner and Ben Florance recap the Championship games and ask is the Brady-Belichick Era coming to a close? We talk the NBA All Star lineups who got robbed. John Wall returns, Dan LeBartard explains the recent NCAA vs. Miami U allegations and big parity in college basketball after number one falls again.
Mike Gardner and Ben Florance kick off the first episode of the new year discussing the recent Lance Armstrong interview on Oprah, the NFL Championship games this weekend and the changing of the guard from college football to basketball. Also we mention hockey's return and the baseball hall of fame.
Mike Gardner and Mike Friel are joined by three players from the American U field hockey team who volunteered for NCAA track. We talk MLB Winter Meeting shake ups and how the Knicks-Lakers game had big implications. Plus is this the end of Pacman? Johnny Heisman!
As College Football season comes to a close, Mike and BFlo break down the early season bowls and plead the fifth for NIU. Kobe reached 30,000 points, American University enters the Post-Keith Gill era as the former Athletic Director is our Weekly Conversation along with BFlo Holdiay merchandise.
Part 2 of Fanatic Radio's Thanksgiving Episode. In this segment of the show, Flo goes on a rant about Tim Tebow and the Jets and we wrap of the show with Hope Solo and a new BFlo on Twitter.
It's Fanatic Radio's annual Thanksgiving episode as Mike and Flo give out "Turkey's" of the Year. Cy Young winner R.A. Dickey joins us as he explains becoming the first knuckleball throwing pitcher to win the Cy Young award and we talk Lakers coaching debacle and NASCAR championship weekend. Listen to Part 2
Mike and BFlo discuss the recent firing of Lakers Head Coach Mike Brown, American's 1-0 semifinal win over Bucknell in the Patriot League Soccer Tournament and the big shakeup in college sports both basketball and football.
Ben and Mike are live from the Tavern for a special Halloween episode as the two break down the 2012-13 NBA season including the retirement of Commissioner David Stern. Wolrd Series is in full swing and Colin Seigfried is famous for his Stone Cold Stunner celebration on http://www.barstoolsports.com/barstoolu/super-page/rate-this-american-university-soccer-stone-cold-stunner-celebration/
Mike and Flo discuss the Lance Armstrong saga and the financial outcome for the 7-time Tour de France winner, the Red Bull Stratos freefall also Puck Daddy, Greg Wyshynski talks NHL Lockout.
Oklahoma basketball player James Fraschilla joins us for our Weekly Conversation as Fanatic Radio debuts a month long preparation before college basketball season. Miguel Cabrera on winning the triple crown in baseball and Dale Earnhardt Jr's concussion.
WTOP Washington Captials correspondant Zach Drescher is our Weekly Conversation helping Mike and Flo break down the NHL Lockout. We also talk the USA's chances in the Ryder Cup and R.A. Dickey while Flo wins our Better Referee Contest.
D.C. United Women's Soccer intern Jacquline Cassell joins us for our Weekly Conversation as Mike and Flo discuss Pia Sundhage's legacy as U.S. Women's Soccer head coach, the opening of the Barclay Center and the Billy Gillispie situation and resignation.
Special Wednesday episode as Mike and Flo return to chat with American Field Hockey junior Shelly Montgomery. Washington TImes reporter Tom Schad tells us why shutting down Strasburg is a good thing and we remember NFL FIlms' Steve Sabol.
Fanatic Radio Extra kicks off for the summer as Mike flys solo to discuss the NBA Playoffs: The Nuggets force Game 7, the Sixers upset and JJ Redick joins us for our Weekly Conversation. Also hockey news to warm the hearts of DC fans.
WTOP Washington Capitals correspondant Zach Drescher joins Mike and Flo to discuss the wild second round of the NHL Playoffs including the recent Joel Ward incident. NBA Playoffs talk and discuss the 138th Kentucky Derby.
NBA on TNT Insider David Aldridge stops by for our Weekly Conversation to discuss the upcoming NBA Playoffs and Cole Patterson joins Mike and Flo to breakdown the opening rounds of the NFL Draft.
Josh Paunil of recruitingspotlight.wordpress.com joins the Hotline to discuss the 2012 high school basketball class, Flo and Mike talk current NHL playoff and NBA playoff preview with special guests Russell Heim and Alessandro Santoro.
NHL insider and Capitals correspondent Zach Drescher and baseball insider Connor Trafton join Mike and Flo in the studio to preview the race to the Stanley Cup and opening day hot topics in the world of baseball. For the first time ever the show actually full circles back to the NFL.
Mike and Flo update the Masters to see who will win on Sunday. An exclusive former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams lockerrom speech is reveiled, and we get John Calipari's thoughts on winning the National Championship with Kentucky. Plus Opening Day is among us.
Author Michael Cannell joins Mike and Flo for our Weekly Conversation to discuss his book, The Limit, and Formula One in America. Special guest host Brendon Esposito stops by to breakdown the MLB season as well as the Masters.
Lehigh basketball star CJ McCollum joins Mike and Ben for the Weekly Conversation as he discusses his recent success in the NCAA tournament. Also we break down the Manning-Tebow Saga as well as the bounties in New Orleans.
Mike is joined by special guest host John Gardner as we break down the first two day of the NCAA tournament, the NFL and NBA trade deadlines and are joined by Ben Florance on the Sonic Drive-Thru Hotline.
Mike is joined by special guest host Collin Reynolds to discuss the college basketball finale before the NCAA Tournament, Peyton Manning saga and Gronk for Madden campaign while George Mason soccer player John Gardner is our Weekly Conversation to talk about the MLS and Messi's five goals.
Mike and Dan break down the weekly NFL headlines, discuss the Boston Red Sox as they are on the hot seat, and it is our special addition fighting episode of boxing and UFC.
Mike and Ben are joined by American Women's basketball assistant coach Josh Hutchinson, AU Club Hockey champion Josh Dorfman for our Weekly Conversation and we even give a plug to the Lorax, now in theaters.
Mike and Ben are joined by Shamar Walters to discuss the NBA All Star Game. The two get geared up for the Daytona 500 and wonder what went wrong in the American Eagles loss to Bucknell Thursday. www.facebook.com/fanaticradio
Former NFL star and current artist Todd Marinovich joins the show to talk about his 30-for-30 documentary and his studio, American wrestlers Matt Mariacher and Matt Dorf talk about the Bender Takedown and Mike and Ben go crazy on the college basketball landscape.
New York Knicks blogger Jaron Berman joins Mike and Flo in the studio for our Weekly Conversation to explain what Linsanity is and to talk about the NBA. Plus we dissect the Gronk-dance and talk college basketball, especially AU's win over Lehigh.
Mike is joined by ESPNEWS anchor Bram Weinstein and bflo360.blogspot.com writer, and new Fanatic Radio host, Ben Florence, to breakdown the Super Bowl, college football, and Lance Armstrong
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Michael and special guest Shamar Walters discuss the trends in the NBA, the USA men's soccer team's two game win streak and the road to the Super Bowl.
It's the Holiday Episode for Fanatic Radio as Dan and Mike talk about Chris Paul going to the Clippers, College Bowl Picks, and the NFL Playoff picture rolling into the New Year.
Michael and Dan spend our Weekly Conversation with ESPNEWS anchor and American University grad, Bram Weinstein. We ask AU junior and producer of ATV's SportsZone, Zack Dresher how the Green Bay Packers stock-buy works and we discuss the Heisman Trophy and much more.
MiKe is joined in the studio with special co-host John Blundo as we discuss the Joe Paterno situation, NFL Week 10. Also American University soccer players Ryan Morales, Colin Seigfried, and Tyler Colins join us for our Weekly Conversation as they prepare for the Patriot League soccer tournament.
Fanatic Radio spends the Weekly Conversation with Hall of Fame member and American University field hockey coach Steve Jennings, Michael goes solo for an hour and 45 minutes, and Indiana student Ross Schumacher calls in to talk about Hoosier basketball.
A very un-Halloweenish episode of Fanatic Radio where Dan and Mike spend our Weekly Conversation with American University Wrestler and National runner-up Ryan Flores, preview World Series Game 7, and once again make our weekly college football predictions and upsets.
Dan feels the heat from the fans about the Red Soxs not making the playoffs, we break down the NL and AL race, and Steve Rosenberg joins us for our Weekly Conversation. Also Cory Ward crashes the party to talk hockey and we countdown the best sports movie moments.
American University basketball star Vlad Moldoveanu joins us for our Weekly Conversation to discuss his legacy at AU, his recent success and his plans for the NBA. Also we break down the NBA playoff picture.
Mike discusses the NCAA basketball National Championship game between Butler and UCONN, the recap of the NCAA award winners, and gives props to Vlad Moldoveanu on playing in the Reeses College All Star Game in Houston.