John and Lance: John Granato & Lance Zierlein on ESPN Houston

John and Lance: John Granato & Lance Zierlein on ESPN Houston

John and Lance are off of The Bench, and back into the leadoff spot as the biggest sports talk duo to ever hit Houston airwaves. Still going strong after 2 decades in the market, John Granato and Lance Zierlein mix insightful sports analysis with irreverent humor and quick wit. You never know what you're going to hear, but it'll be like nothing else you ever have. Listen weekdays 7-10am live on ESPN 97.5 & 92.5 FM or anytime on demand at espn975.com.

Episodes

June 16, 2025 52 mins
We start with how exciting of a weekend Houston had! Moving onto the Astros and their win, talking about the new line up for yesterdays game. Steven Adams is back with the Rockets. What did you learn this weekend in one sentence.
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In this hour with John Granato & Lance Zierlein, Tytus Howard wants to take on more of leadership role. Caitlin Clark is back bringing more attention to the WNBA.  Astros are one of the best in the American League right now, even with all injuries. lastly, talk on the Texans defensive line.  
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We start with talking about this weekend's Astros game. We take a look at the stats. Review of the U.S. Open.  Is Kevin Durant coming to Houston? lastly, News of the weird! 
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In this hour with John Granato & Lance Zierlein, We start with touching on last nights Astros win. Then moving on to who will be winning the finals, Oklahoma City Thunders or Indiana Pacers? We then touch on the topic of legal troubles with players in the NFL. lastly in this hour, we talk about Baker Mayfield is making his redemption. 
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In this hour with John Granato & Lance Zierlein, We start with baseball talk. We talk about some of the past Astros and how they're doing now. We touch on Hector Neris and how he did the Astros, comparing it to other celerity drama. Moving on to the financial matters with the Bengals and other NFL teams. Lastly in this hour, we touch on the topic of Astros injuries. 
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In this hour with John Granato & Lance Zierlein, We first touch on the Deshaun Watson trade. Having a conspiracy theory that this trade could've been a plan to get Deshaun out of Houston. Moving onto last nights Astros win and Isaac Paredes' injury. We then talk about Pacers and Thunders predictions, carrying on with NBA talk. Lastly in this hour, News of the weird!  
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Should the Astros take a similar approach to the Mariners and lock up their core guys on long-term deals? Is Caleb Williams under a lot of pressure? Texans mandatory minicamp begins today; what are the most important things to pay attention to? Ending with 'News of the Weird.'
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What's the deal with C.J. Stroud's shoulder? It has now been over a month since the NFL Draft has concluded and only two 2nd round picks have signed contracts with their respective teams. Have the Texans ruined the NFL after giving their 2nd round pick, Jayden Higgins, a fully guaranteed contract? And is Lance McCullers a trustworthy starter going forward?
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John believes that we have never seen a team as clutch as the 2025 Indiana Pacers. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tied Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon for most 30 point games in a single postseason which gets John and Lance to look back on Hakeem's dominant 1995 playoff run. What are expectations for Nick Chubb? Does he have anything left in the tank? And a former NBA player gets trashed in Puerto Rico plus a potential CATCH OF TH...
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In this hour with  John Granato & Lance Zierlein, We start with touching on the French Open. Then moving on to the Astros, talking about last nights game and some line-ups. We touch on the Texans, Nick Chubbs is coming to Houston! Are the Texans not telling us about player injuries? We end this hour with playing, What did you learn this weekend in one sentence?
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In this hour with  John Granato & Lance Zierlein, We touch on the topic of NFL OTAs and mini camps. We look and the issues with some players with upcoming mini camps. Then taking a look at trading opportunities for the Texans.
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In this hour with John Granato & Lance Zierlein,  We start with hearing about Lance's sons graduation and about all the new Gen Z slang. Then moving to our Houston teams and looking at who could be new possible MVPs. We bring up Noah Knigga and talk about his upcoming. lastly, news of the weird!
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In this hour with John Granato & Lance Zierlein, We start with discussing the division the Astros are in and how well they are doing! We touch on the Texas VS. Texas Tech softball game and pitching. Lastly in this hour we talk about Aaron Rodgers .
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In this hour with John Granato & Lance Zierlein, We first touch on the Pacers and Thunder game last night. We take a look at all the things that have happened over the past couple of days in sports news. We then touch on the Astros and what their numbers are looking like compared to others.
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