Here’s one of the aforementioned “round table” sessions with 610 Sports’ Chris & Cowboy” show. I was asked to be a guest, and until my release by the Rock, appeared almost weekly. This show focused on the NFL’s AFC West, and hindsight is hilarious because we all thought Denver was going to suck. At this point,  both the KC Chiefs, and Oakland Raiders looked to be better than they really are. This was before the Chiefs cut Amani Toomer, and the crushing career-ending injury to Lorenzo Neal.  We also talked about Michael Vick, and female sideline reporters. Sexist? Well…yeah!!!!

Part II – The Michael Vick Situation. We talk at length about what Michael Vick’s return to the NFL means, and the various potential ramifications. Both positive & negative. At this point, he hadn’t been signed. Ironically, I mention Randall Cunningham, and he ends up an Eagle. Coincidence? Actually…textbook definition.

Part III-Let’s talk about sex. The Erin Andrews nude tape had just leaked and it brought to light the question: “Why is there always a hot, sexy female on (almost) every sports broadcast?”

So, when I was in Kansas City, the company I worked for owned 8 stations in 1 building. One of which, was a Sports-talk station. I was very friendly with everyone who worked there, and as you can hear elsewhere in this archive, would sit in on the station’s weekly round table discussions. So…one day, I’m in the bathroom, and the station’s Program Director asked me if I wanted to do a fill-in for their midday guy. He had a personal matter to attend to, and they needed someone. I said “sure!” and after getting my boss’ OK, proceeded to do the gig. These (unfortunately low quality compressed) clips are the result. Enjoy!

Hour One: I discuss what constitutes a “sport,”  and if fans in KC are paying more attention to college football due to the fact that Chiefs haven’t been good. Briefly touch on the Shawn Merriman situation.  And get into this; “are KU, MU & K-State legitimate national college football powers? If so…” Took some calls….Enjoy!

Hour Two: Ever heard of “Chess-Boxing?”It’s a sport! In this hour, I discuss the correlation between economics and the performance of the pro sports teams. And whether the media’s portrayal of Kansas City as a “small market” influences a franchise’s ability to sign “superstar players.” I also go through a list of some guys that could help the Chiefs. And in hindsight, they need to sign some of them 🙂 Again, this was pre-season and I literally laugh at Denver Broncos fans. Who knew they were going to be good? None of us. And yes…I take some calls. And attempt to predict the 2009 Kansas City Chiefs season. (I went 6-10…get it 610 Sports???) Nah…I’m not that smart. I was ALMOST spot on with the Chiefs beating the Cowboys. Except…they blew it. My prediction was that the Chiefs get their first win in Jacksonville. We’ll see if I know my shtuff!

Some have suggested I get into Sports Radio.  Your thoughts?

This comes from when I was the afternoon guy at WAAF in Boston. I was friends with Scott Allen Miller, who did mornings at Boston’s talk station WRKO. When their co-host went on vacation, they would have substitute co-hosts sit in each day. I was asked if I wanted to hang. So, I absolutely jumped at the chance. Some say the future of radio is going to be talk-based. So, I can say I’ve done Talk Radio now too. I think I did well. We had never worked together. I think they were taken back a bit. But, I felt good. Maybe I’m the next Rush Limbaugh? He signed a 400 mil. deal. I’d work for 1 percent of that. But, don’t tell anyone! 🙂

Part 1 – Breast Feeding…yes I know. Seems like they used me to do a little titillating (no pun intended) programming. Surprisingly, we kept it (relatively) adult.

Part 2 – Breast Feeding…like I needed to type anything else to get you to click

Part 3 – Helmet Laws…I gotta give them credit. They knew which topics to go with while I was in-studio. I DON’T think they expected me to be an advocate.

Part 4 – Helmet Laws cont.

Part 5 – Helmet Laws in 3D!

Part 6 – Helmet Laws; Enough already!!!

Part 7 – Radio. This is something a lot of people talk to me about. It’s one of those things I am pretty outspoken on. Here we talk a bit about Radio, and specifically Satellite and the potential for it to damage terrestrial.

Part 8 – Wrappin’ it up. When it was all said and done. I think we did well. Again…there was no rehearsal. I was tossed in with very little idea of if it would even work. Hope you enjoyed listening. Maybe I’ll do this someday.

I’ve been doing radio a long time. 28 years actually. In those 2 years, I’ve been fired 4 times.  I was fired by WAAF in Boston in 2005, and showed up the next day on their immediate competitor, WBCN. WBCN is gone now. But it was a legendary Rock station. And they opened their doors to me when I needed a gig. However, when you go to a competitor, you HAVE to be careful what you say. Your former employers are usually listening. And it’s important to never burn a bridge. You’ll never hear me truly badmouth any employer on the air. Even when they put me and my wife on the street. It’s radio. You know how it goes when you get in.

Part II – It was very strange day in my career. But it felt pretty good.

Part III – The silliness continues

Part IV – Here’s how it went down. Took less than 2 minutes.

Part V – They asked me to stay the whole day. Where did I have to be right?

Part VI – The night guy joins us. They really tried hard to get me to rip on my former employer. But, it’s just not good form.

Part VII – This file is called “careful what you wish for.” My bet is that it refers to listening to a 9-part audio file on a Radio guy’s website.

Part VIII – The word began to spread amongst Boston Rock listeners, and we started getting some cool phone calls. Having a real good time at this point.

Part IX – It’s over. This was one of my favorite shows. I made two new friends and felt great about being wanted. That’s what all radio guys want. The symbolic “hug from afar.”

There are some jobs that meant more to me than others. I made lifelong friends @ KRXQ. Worked with extremely talented people. Some of whom I stay in touch with to this day. I left to take my wife home to Boston to be near her family. It was a decision I have regretted since making it. This was my last shift there and every time I listen, I remember how sad I was. Let’s hug it out bitches!