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The return of LeBron James plus Johnny Manziel and Josh Gordon Jul 07, 2014

Show notes

It was a wild weekend on Twitter with all the sports news. TD and I ran it down.

LeBron James coming back to Cleveland?
Dan Gilbert's plane!
The practical issues surrounding the Miami Heat rebuilding
LeBron facing Pat Riley and what that might be like
New song from Craig's band The Company Line
Josh Gordon getting pulled over for speeding and DWI
Johnny Manziel rolling up dollar bills. Is it a story?
Michael Brantley makes the all-star team
The Indians should trade Asdrubal Cabrera and Justin Masterson

As I said in the podcast, I have a new album coming out this week. My band name is The Company Line and the album is called "Losing My Voice." It's available right now for pre-order on Amazon. It's supposed to be on iTunes and Spotify as well. Please search it out. Please listen to it. Please tell a friend. Please enjoy it.

Here's the story behind the album.

Here's a track from it.

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World Cup 2014, Mac vs. PC, NBA Free Agency, LeBron - WFNY Podcast - 2014-07-03 Jul 03, 2014

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Mac vs. PC

World Cup 2014

USMNT and Klinsmann’s goals for the future

Landon Donovan’s comments about Klinsmann’s strategy

NEOMG posts Cavs beat job on Craigslist

NBA Free Agency Miami Heat

LeBron, Wade, Bosh opt out

Cavs Free Agency

Kyrie Signing the max extension immediately

Tyronn Lue leaving Doc Rivers for David Blatt and the Cavs

The pressure on Pat Riley

What would LeBron returning to Cleveland mean?
Listen to The Antlers

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World Cup 2014 - USMNT bids farewell - WFNY Podcast - 2014-07-02 Jul 03, 2014

Show notes

For one last time for the 2014 World Cup, I talk to Pete Barr about the USMNT and their run to the knock-out round and eventually out.

Tim Howard is a sports hero
Did Clint Dempsey play out of position?
Discussion of Keith Olbermann's seven suggestions for American soccer
Michael Bradley, Graham Zusi and Wondo's miss

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2014 NBA Draft - Live from the #CavsTwitter party - WFNY Podcast - 2014-06-26 Jun 27, 2014

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I decided to take my podcasting gear to the #CavsTwitter draft party and spent about ten minutes or so talking to people as the Cavs were getting ready to select Andrew Wiggins.

I spoke with Jeff Nomina, Summit Omar, Jacob, Kirk and Brendan Bowers. The podcast finishes with the room reaction to the Cavaliers' pick.

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LeBron James opts out and the USMNT vs. Germany - WFNY Podcast - 2014-06-24 Jun 25, 2014

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Pete Barr joined me today to talk about soccer. And of course we also touched on LeBron James and his decision to opt out.

Michael Bradley's struggles
Michael Bradley playing without Landon Donovan
Tim Howard and Jurgen Klinsmann
LeBron opts out
The Chances that LeBron could return to Cleveland
The chances that LeBron could bring Carmelo Anthony to Cleveland

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Scott Raab on Johnny Manziel, LeBron James and Cleveland's savior complex - WFNY Podcast - 2014-06-23 Jun 23, 2014

Show notes

Whenever the bat signal goes up and Scott Raab wants to go long-form on Cleveland sports I jump at the chance. This morning I talked to him for over an hour on the following topics.

The World Cup and the USMNT's tie to Portugal
Cleveland's "savior" complex
Johnny Manziel and his personality
LeBron James and his potential return
Mike Pettine and Scott's forthcoming profile of the Browns coach for Esquire magazine
The Cavaliers hiring of David Blatt
Kyrie Irving, the Cavaliers and Joel Embiid
Cleveland Indians attendance talk in the media
Sports journalism and the use of anonymous sources

There was even more than all that, but like so many of my conversations with Scott, it all just flowed pretty naturally. Until next time...

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Johnny Manziel, World Cup, USMNT, and more with Tom Reed - WFNY Podcast - 2014-06-19 Jun 19, 2014

Show notes

Tom Reed was kind enough to join me today to talk about the World Cup, the Browns and much more.

Jozy Altidore's injury
Landon Donovan left off the roster
The matchup with Portugal
The ugly win over Ghana
Who will replace Altidore and what will Deuce be like with his broken nose?
Johnny Manziel and Mike Pettine's reactions to him

Lastly, Tom had a book recommendation from one of his former colleagues. It's The Hard Way on Purpose: Essays and Dispatches from the Rust Belt by David Giffels.

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John Turner discusses his time covering Johnny Manziel in high school - WFNY Podcast - 2014-06-17 Jun 17, 2014

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John Turner of The Sporting News was kind enough to join me and talk about his time covering Johnny Manziel way back in high school. We talked about just how good and competitive Johnny Manziel is. We talked about his off-field antics.

We also spent some time talking about the existing sports media culture including "gotcha!" headlines and slideshows.

Even though he's a Detroit fan, you should give him a follow on Twitter.

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LeBron James, NBA Finals, Edge of Tomorrow and more with Ben Cox - WFNY Podcast - 2014-06-15 Jun 15, 2014

Show notes

Ben Cox wanted to get in on the movie podcast with Brian Spaeth, but we couldn't get the scheduling worked out. That's OK, because Ben's a great guest all on his own too. So, I took an hour out of this Father's Day to chat with Ben.

We talked about:

The NBA Finals
LeBron James
Edge of Tomorrow
X-Men Days of Future Past
Cable TV and sports networks
World Cup
Music

I also mentioned on the podcast that I have a new album called Losing My Voice coming out on July 8th. For more information about that, click here.

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Brian Spaeth talks Edge of Tomorrow and X-Men - WFNY Podcast - 2014-06-13 Jun 13, 2014

Show notes

Brian Spaeth gives advice in a new bit called Advice with Brian.

After that we talked about movies and a bit about sports.

Edge of Tomorrow starring Tom Cruise and X-Men Days of Future Past

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