The Right Time with Bomani Jones

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

Bomani Jones weighs in on sports, pop culture, social topics and more, with your comments on Mondays, friends of the show on Wednesdays and Domonique Foxworth on Fridays.

Episodes

May 12, 2025 62 mins
On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to the NBA playoff semifinals and NFL rookie mini-camp beginning. Bo starts off the show by saying why the Cleveland Cavaliers can still win this series vs the Indiana Pacers despite being down 3-1 (3:08) and why there isn't any semifinals series he feels has been decided yet (8:44). Bo also predicts the Boston Celtics will win their series vs the New York Knicks after their...
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On today’s episode, Vinnie Goodwill of Yahoo Sports joins Bomani Jones to recap some of the NBA Semifinals games. They start off the show shocked with the New York Knicks completing their second comeback in a row vs the Boston Celtics (0:46) which makes Bo and Vinnie question if Jayson Tatum is that guy (7:19)? Sticking with the Knicks vs Celtics series, they wonder if Joe Mazzulla is limiting Tatum's game (12:57) and why is there ...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones is joined by Spencer Hall, writer for the Channel 6 Newsletter and host of the Shutdown Fullcast, to discuss NIL legislation in College Football and Bill Belichick. But first the guys talk about why Spencer's super power is napping (2:22) and his high school classmates whose family members did time at Rikers Island (4:45). Bo and Spencer move onto the NIL problem in college after N...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to the end of the 1st round of the NBA playoffs. Bo starts off the show by saying he won't call anyone a "loser," but there is a strong correlation with James Harden and losing (2:43). Sticking with Harden, Bo says why big moments swallow him up (4:30) despite thinking he is a top 5 shooting guard of all-time (12:22). Bo transitions to previewing the 2nd round of the NBA pla...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Domonique Foxworth for another edition of Foxworth Friday. On today’s episode, the guys start off by talking about the Los Angeles Lakers being eliminated by the Minnesota Timberwolves and if Nico Harrison looks a little better now that Luka Doncic is sent home (3:12). They move onto the Miami Heat and if they're capable of rebuilding with 80 year old Pat Riley (11:32). Bo questions if JJ Redick is built t...
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On today’s episode, Shannon Penn of ESPN Radio joins Bomani Jones to discuss the New York Giants Draft and the New York Knicks playoff series. The show starts off with Bo saying why he has trouble with certain people who agree with his take on Shedeur Sanders (4:21) and why he is starting to hate both of the Giants 1st round picks (9:41). Bo and Shannon explain why it's absurd for Abdul Carter to request Lawrence Taylor's #56 (12:0...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to the 2025 NFL Draft and the first round of the NBA playoffs. Bo starts off the show with a deep dive on Shedeur Sanders sliding to the 5th round and why the Cleveland Browns drafted him despite already taking Dillon Gabriel (3:14). Bo proceeds to say why mock drafts are for stupid people (9:35) and that we see plenty of college players fall every year in the NFL Draft (13:...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Domonique Foxworth for a special Thursday edition of Foxworth Friday. On today’s episode, the guys start off by talking about why Bo is struggling with the Eastern Conference NBA playoff games (1:59) and why they want NBA players to call their own fouls (7:53). Next, Domonique talks about being at the Ja Morant 'air gun' game and why it's not wise for him to continue doing that celebration (22:36). Then, B...
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On today’s episode, Tim MacMahon of ESPN joins Bomani Jones to discuss his new book The Wonder Boy. They start off the show discussing Dirk Nowitzki's relationship with Luka Dončić and why Nowitzki was against the trade happening (7:40). Tim continues to share how both Rick Carlisle and Mark Cuban lost the Dallas Mavericks locker room which led to other roster changes including acquiring Kristaps Porziņģis (16:03). They round out t...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to all the Game 1's of the NBA playoffs. Bo starts off by dissecting the Rockets vs Warriors series explaining how Houston is too reliant on Jalen Green and why this series has him rooting against his friend Joel Anderson. Bo continues by saying the Clippers vs Nuggets game was the best of the weekend and why Russell Westbrook is one of his favorite NBA players of all-time. ...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Domonique Foxworth for another edition of Foxworth Friday. On today’s episode, the guys start off by talking about the upcoming NFL Draft and why it's held in cities that cannot host a Super Bowl (1:43). Sticking with the Draft, they discuss the possibility of Shedeur Sanders sliding in the 1st round (7:19) and why Bo compared Jalen Milroe to Malik Willis (22:45). Next, Bo and Domonique ask why Aaron Rodge...
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On today’s episode, Vinnie Goodwill of Yahoo Sports joins Bomani Jones to preview the upcoming NBA playoffs. They start off the show by discussing if Draymond Green will be reliable in the Warriors series vs the Grizzlies (2:58), if the Clippers are just too old to beat the Nuggets (7:45) and why Vinnie is concerned with the Oklahoma City Thunder (9:53). Bo and Vinnie move onto the other playoff series where they debate if the Magi...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to Nico Iamaleava transferring out of Tennessee and Stephen A. Smith's potential Presidential campaign. Bo starts the show by giving praise to Rory McIlroy completing the golf career Grand Slam by winning The Masters and why the viewing experience of The Masters has gotten so much better recently. (0:40) Next, Bo breaks down the situation in Knoxville where QB Nico Iamaleava...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Tom Haberstroh of Yahoo Sports to discuss Luka Doncic's return to Dallas. Bo starts off the show by complimenting Tom having a framed Muggsy Bogues jersey hanging in the background (0:42) and how impactful Bogues is in the city of Charlotte. (2:27) They move on to Luka Doncic returning to Dallas for the first time after being traded and why Wednesday night's game was very tough on Anthony Davis. (6:25) Bo ...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Travonne Edwards, host of the The G.O.T.E. podcast with Seth Curry, to discuss all things NBA related. The guys start off the show criticizing our technology obsessed society (3:19) before asking how can we all enjoy sports without gambling interfering? (16:06) They move onto the NBA where they praise what Ime Udoka has done with the Houston Rockets (28:46), why the Clippers are the most interesting team ...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to the Men's College Basketball Final Four and UConn winning the Women's College Basketball National Championship. Bo starts the show by saying why he's bad at "being on vacation" (1:53) and which news items reached him while he was away. (2:10) Then, Bo gets into men's college hoops where we saw Florida defeat Auburn and Houston storm back vs Duke. (3:44) Bo defends Cooper ...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Howard Bryant of ESPN and Meadowlark Media to talk about some historic College Basketball moments with March Madness underway. Bo and Howard start off by talking about some pop culture scandals including Lionel Richie wife being arrested (1:17), Al Green shooting himself (5:08) and Tiger Woods infamous incident in 2009.(6:56) They move onto some classic March Madness stories like John Thompson's Georgetown...
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Bomani Jones is joined by Domonique Foxworth for another edition of Foxworth Friday. On today’s episode, the guys start off by talking about the sound of their own voice and why it never sounds as good as you think. (4:27) They move onto the NFL where Cam Heyward wants no part of Aaron Rodgers joining the Pittsburgh Steelers and how Rodgers' decision impacts Russell Wilson. (9:14) On the topic of Russell Wilson, Bomani and Domoniqu...
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On today’s episode, Joel Anderson of The Ringer joins Bomani Jones to discuss the NFL offseason. Before diving into that, Bo talks about Joel moving East (0:37) and the difficulties of migrating through Texas. (6:35) They start off their football conversation by asking if Shedeur Sanders is tanking his interviews on purpose to land with a better team (15:58) and how many more bad seasons can Kyle Shanahan endure? (24:12) Bo and Joe...
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On today's episode of The Right Time, Bomani Jones reacts to Selection Sunday and the latest NFL free agency news. Bo starts the show by joking about Bill Belichick taking a photo on the beach with his much younger girlfriend and if she is the one calling the shots in his life lately. (0:53) Bo moves onto the NCAA Tourney by criticizing Rutgers for not making the tournament (6:22) and saying why Rick Pitino is one of the greatest c...
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