Heavy hundred of sports talk

I didn't hate Dino Costa the few times I listened to him. He talked a lot of gambling, which I liked.

Cooley is good on the radio. He'd be better if Czaban and Al Galdi stopped talking over him all the time.

 

Dennis & Callahan are still in the top 30? They've become completely irrelevant in their own market.

 

I used to actually enjoy sports talk radio in the late 80s/early 90s when I got the stations out of Chicago, mainly the Score.

Actual fairly intelligent talk for the most part, not much fratboy grunting, which makes up about 95% of all sports talk radio now.

 

That's what I love about Czaban. He actively steers the show away from the generic, stupid sports arguments, but is smart enough not to get bogged down in the even dumber non-sports arguments nobody gives a shit about. When he does the "slice of life" type segments, it's typically stuff you can relate to. The co-hosts are a nice counterweight for him, too. Scott Linn does a good job reining him in as the voice of common sense when he starts to get askew.

And agree on ESPN. Outside of Van Pelt, whose show has a similar same tone to Czaban, it's mostly horrible. I do appreciate their frequent score updates, but it's largely background noise for the 5-minute drive to the store.

 

The "You are looking live" friday NFL primer is the best little preview I hear on the radio/pod.

 

There was one guy from my state mentioned quite low on the list. Problem is he's not even among the best three in the market, so how he's the one that got mentioned makes the list quite suspect to me.

 

It's about ratings, market size and the timeslot, # of markets in syndicated shows. It's not ranking per se.

 

Love JT the Brick.
Others hate him. Why?

Cowherd, geez, totally sucks.
Dan Patrick is the best in my book.

Ever heard Le Batard's show?
Total gigglefest. It's fucking embarrassing.

I asked him about that once. He said he likes that.
And I said: "But SPORTS!" ... He said: "No, GIGGLES!"

True story.

 

JT is a little full of himself, frequently inaccurate in his facts and spends too much time pumping his own tires. Tomm Looney makes him palatable though.

 

I like Dan Patrick and Van Pelt / Rusillo. It would seem you would have to go out of your way not to include SVP / Rusillo on a top 100 list.