The Heart of Sports

We started the show talking baseball and the Phillies as they try to hold on to first place in the National League heading into the Playoffs. Then we talked some NFL from week 1 including the Eagles starting in Brazil before looking at the game this week against the Falcons. Then we'll talk some NCAA including Venmo requests to a qb for gambling losses.

Award winning journalist and NY Times Best Seller Armen Keteyian joins the show to talk about his new book with John Talty called "The Price: What It Takes to Win in College Football’s Era of Chaos”

We started the show having some fun with fantasy football before moving onto football and baseball talk. Then we were joined by Eagles Insider Dave Spadaro to break down the birds from the new coaches on staff and approach, to the offensive depth, new faces and position battles at camp, to how the team is approaching Brazil.

With the Olympics ending, we look back on what we saw and look ahead to what comes next in 2028. Then we talked some soccer, gambling and the NCAA before getting into some baseball and Phillies talk.

From growing up playing football to learning under some of the best coaches in the history of the game and shaping his own legacy as the head coach of Notre Dame, we look at the career and journey of coach Ara Parsegian as discussed in the new book ARA with author Mark Hubbard.

We've got a best of this week revisiting our interviews first with Jamie Moyer talking the evolution of pitching and then looking at the life and legacy of Macho Man Randy Savage with author Jon Finkel.

With training camp opening this week, we did our Eagels season preview breaking down the roster and the storylines as players report with NJ.com Beat Writer Chris Franklin.

Coming off the All-Star break, we look back at the game, the HR derby, the Phillies hot first half to start the season and what will happen for the 2nd half.

We open the show talking about the situation with Mike Gundy and his comments after a player got a DUI. Then we talked some Phillies baseball before being joined by reporter Chris Clarey from the All England Club to break down Wimbledon as we head to the finals this weekend.

We had an in-depth discussion with 1986 World Series Champion Mookie Wilson starting with his post-playing days in the BBQ business with his family, before going back through is baseball journey and diving into the special relationship he developed with Bill Bucker. That and we talked some Phillies, Sixers and more

We talked about what the Sixers did in the draft this week, what will they do in free agency and what are they doing as a team with Inquirer writer Keith Pompey. Then we talked a little hockey, some Phillies and more.

We're going down on the farm to talk prospects and where things stand in terms of assets or reinforcements for the big squad with Tom Housenick of the Morning Call. Then we'll talk some hockey, ratings, basketball and controversy in sports.

We were joined by Hall Of Fame Coach Dick Vermeil to talk some wine, charity, cars, and football including his thoughts on the Eagles this offseason and Merril Reese getting his call to the Hall. Then we were joined by award-winning writer and author Dan Schlossberg to take a deep dive into the state of baseball from gambling, to new rules, pitching, and more.

We started the show talking about some NBA Basketball as the blowouts int he Conference finals led to a Dallas/Boston matchup. Then we were joined by Mets Radio Broadcaster Pat McCarthy to talk Phillies success, Mets struggles, the London series and his own health recovery.

We started the show talking Phillies baseball as the hottest team in the League and closed the show talking the changing college landscape with NIL. In between, we were joined by author Dan Schlossberg to talk Hank Aaron's the legacy, racism he had to overcome and legend that continues as covered in his new book Home Run King: The Remarkable Record of Hank Aaron.

We talked talk #NFL, #Phillies, #NBAPlayoffs and then are joined by Paralympic Swimmers Jessica Long & Haven Shepherd to talk about chasing your hopes and dreams, the journey, and what it means to be able to influence others.

So much going on in the world of sports and as Jeff celebrates the graduation of his son out in Colorado, we started with some NCAA Talk and the impacts of the transfer portal on coaching approaches. Then we break down the Phillies hot start to the season, talk NBA Playoffs, Union historic signing and more.