ESPN Radio

Espn radio has became ever so popular the last few years. http://espnradio.espn.go.com/espnradio/index has many on air shows that are ever so popular with sports fans nationwide. They cover all the latest sports news with on air personalities that are very interesting to listen to and have very accurate coverage, the schedule goes as follows according to the ESPN radio website.


Sunday
Show
Time
The V Show with Bob Valvano
1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
Best of ESPN
5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
RaceDay on ESPN Radio
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.
John Kincade
7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
SportsCenter Sunday
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
GameNight
8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Monday
Show
Time
AllNight with Jason Smith
1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
SportsCenter AM
5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
Mike & Mike in the Morning
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tirico & Van Pelt
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Scott Van Pelt Show
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The Brian Kenny Show
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
SportsCenter Nightly
11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Tuesday
Show
Time
AllNight with Jason Smith
1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
SportsCenter AM
5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
Mike & Mike in the Morning
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tirico & Van Pelt
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Scott Van Pelt Show
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The Brian Kenny Show
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
SportsCenter Nightly
11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Wednesday
Show
Time
AllNight with Jason Smith
1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
SportsCenter AM
5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
Mike & Mike in the Morning
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tirico & Van Pelt
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Scott Van Pelt Show
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The Brian Kenny Show
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
SportsCenter Nightly
11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Thursday
Show
Time
AllNight with Jason Smith
1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
SportsCenter AM
5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
Mike & Mike in the Morning
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tirico & Van Pelt
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Scott Van Pelt Show
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The Brian Kenny Show
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
SportsCenter Nightly
11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Friday
Show
Time
AllNight with Jason Smith
1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
SportsCenter AM
5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
Mike & Mike in the Morning
6:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Tirico & Van Pelt
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The Scott Van Pelt Show
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
The Brian Kenny Show
8:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Football Tonight
10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.
SportsCenter Nightly
11:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Saturday
Show
Time
The V Show with Bob Valvano
1:00 a.m. - 5:00 a.m.
Best of Mike & Mike in the Morning
5:00 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.
RaceDay on ESPN Radio
6:00 a.m. - 7:00 a.m.
The Erik Kuselias Show
7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
SportsCenter Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
GameNight
8:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.

A couple of these shows that are my favorite would be, The Herd with Colin Cowherd. Colin is not afraid to speak his mind and tell people when they are out of line. He also very entertaining, this month he will be doing his very own NFL combine like workouts to try and prove he is a real athlete. The results obviously will be open for his listeners to hear and see, then they will be able to comment back letting Colin know if he is worthy of the athlete title.

Another on air favorite would Mike and Mike in the morning. This airs daily from 6-10 am, when I went to school in Grand Forks I would wake up daily and listen to them or watch them on T.V. before I went to class. Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic are the two men who do the talking on the show (hence the name). Mike Golic was a professional football player and next year will have two sons playing for Notre Dame. Mike Greenberg was a strong athletic type but has a great sports mind. They are a great one two punch debating different sports topics. This show I would highly recommend to any listener and I would have to say is my personal favorite.

Busy week

Espn has had a busy week this last week keeping up with all the changing news happening in the wide world of sports. From Alex Rodriguez having a less than sincere apology at his media conference in New York when he spoke about his use of performance enhancing drugs in 01 through 03. We have also had the start of the NFL combine this week where college football players from all over the nation show up in Indianapolis working out for each of the 32 national football teams coaches and scouts. In college basketball we are coming to and end of the regular season with March madness around the corner and conference playoffs coming up. They is also college football news even though the season is over. This week was a ride for Texas Tech and coach Mike Leach. Earlier in the week Mike Leach passed up on his deadline to accept his new contract extension. His reason was that there was terminology added in the twelfth hour that was against his beliefs. After his deadline passed their was rumors that Texas Tech would fire him or he would leave for another job. Ten hours later however he was signed into a five year deal with the school and the rest is history. In college hockey the WCHA has had a lot of games this weekend that mean a lot for the conference. One game between UND and Anchorage Alaska had to take a back seat to the Volcano located 100 miles from Anchorage. It has been a scare for the teams and the WCHA conference in a whole that this volcano will not erupt this weekend with both teams in Alaska. If that were to happen it is very possible that both teams would be trapped in Anchorage for three weeks putting all games in the WCHA on hold. Finally this week the trade deadline for NBA basketball. Many teams tried to make last minute trades to better themselves but many trades either did not pan out or rejected due to failing physicals by players. It was a very busy week for the network stay tuned to see what happens next week.

ESPN

Due to the thin resources on KFAN I was forced to change my blog posting topic from KFAN to ESPN. ESPN has many different types of mediums for viewers. You have the option of ESPN the TV channel, ESPN the radio, www.espn.com is for the online sports viewer. And you also have the freedom of ESPN the magazine. ESPN gives sports fans nation wide an opertunity to view the latest news on any sports team from any where or any source. This week was national signing day for college football teams and one of the most intriguing stories I read took place last year on national signing day. A kid felt pressure from his coaches and friends and fabricated being recruited by Cal and Oregon among other schools, if you read this link it is actually an interesting and sad story http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=kevinhart. ESPN was developed September 7th, 1979 by father and son Bill and Scott Rasmussen. It is not known as the worldwide leader in sports. And is located in Bristol Connecticut.

Not Just Sports Radio

Radio talk shows can be very dry and tough to follow along with if the personality on the other side does not have much of just that, a personality. That is what sets KFAN apart from radio stations, every show that is on has people that draw your attention to the radio. Yes, most of the time they will talk about sports but occasionally they will talk about other news that is attention grabbing, good and bad. For instance a comical news story that was talked about one day was after an Iowa and Minnesota sporting event in the Twin Cities a man and women, both Iowa residents, where arrested at a local bar after witnesses complained about four legs in a bathroom stall. A 27 year old man and a 38 year old women where removed from the stall, cited, and later returned to their girlfriend and husband. A more disturbing news story talked about took place this past week in Chippewa Falls, W.I. a intoxicated man took his six children's six pets, two dogs and four cats and shot them all in the trailer house they all were living in. This not disgusting enough, he did all this well making all of his sex children watch.

Either of these stories would catch your attention and either make your gut sink or make you laugh out loud. Point being, KFAN is not only sports talk, well yes that is its bread and butter, it will also make you perk your ears with news stories to change your mood.

The Fan

After posting my first blog I was informed it was not quite what was expected. I have decided to change my topic to KFAN. KFAN is a radio station based out of Minneapolis M.N. This is my favorite radio station and I listed to it about six hours daily. KFAN is AM 740 around these parts but in the twin cities it is AM 1130. The Fan is heard in ten different places, starting with the twin cities and branching out to Bemidji M.N., Duluth M.N., Baxter M.N., Fargo N.D. (the station we receive the FAN from), Grand Forks N.D., Mankato M.N., Rochester M.N., St. Cloud M.N., and Ely, M.N. The FAN is owned by Clear Channel Inc. like I said it is a sports talk radio station. The station would be enjoyed by any sports fan, obviously it is a Minnesota sports radio station so it is bias to Minnesota sports, and that is ok because most people around there are some type of Minnesota sports fan. The personalities on each so are so unique, as the weeks go on I will show you what I mean.

NFL pick em

The NFL football season hasn't even came to an end yet, and the college season wrapped up last week. Yet already football fans are looking ahead to April 25th and 26th for the NFL draft, one of the most watched and analyzed events in sports. Fans tune in to see what players their favorite team will pick. They watch to see where players they watched in college and even high school end up and begin their professional careers.

Thursday this last week was the deadline for college underclassman to declare their NFL draft eligibility. This meaning that college players at least 3 years graduated from high school can opt to leave school early and be drafted by a team. It was interesting this year to see how players based their decision to stay or go on how other players in the same position made their decisions. For instance Jr quarterback from Texas Colt McCoy decided to come back for his senior season, as did Florida Jr Tim Tebow and Oklahoma red shirt SO Sam Bradford. So after hearing the news on all these quarterback stars USC Jr. Mark Sanchez decided to declare for the draft, even during criticism for being only a one year starter, without the competition from these other players his decision was easy. It promises to be an interesting run, stay tuned.