Weiu Sports And Media Podcast

Jerry Jones' ongoing war with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell continues to be worth discussing for Jeff and Joe, as does the NCAA football scene and big changes at one of the country's largest sports talk radio stations.

The college football season is approaching its crescendo and rankings for this year's playoff are beginning to take shape. There's always something happening in the NFL, as well, and Jeff can never pass up an opportunity to work in some talk on The Walking Dead.

Jeff and Joe are joined by Justin Rust of the Journal Gazette/Times-Courier sports department to discuss the recently concluded World Series and much more.

The World Series is in full swing and last night's Game 2 was particularly exciting, while Joe Girardi is history with the Yankees and Jeff, as he is wont to do, manages to turn the discussion to The Walking Dead.

It wouldn't be a week in the sports world of 2017 without some "anthem protest" talk, while Joe's favorite baseball team (the New York Yankees) finds its way into the discussion along with other topics.

Major League Baseball playoffs are in full swing and up for discussion on this week's podcast, while the continued saga of national anthem protocol in the NFL continues to stay in the news for Jeff and Joe to banter about.

Dustin White joins Jeff and Joe to discuss the merits of October vs. March in terms of which is the best sports month, while the discussion also turns to the recently underway MLB playoffs, Cam Newton's controversial treatment of a female reporter and the subsequent apology, and Katie Nolan's move to ESPN.

With NCAA basketball coaches being arrested and the NFL world ablaze with protest talk, Jeff and Joe have plenty to talk about on this week's show!

The NFL season is in full swing, and so are Jeff and Joe as they discuss the latest stories around the league.

ESPN is back in the news ... this time because of the controversy revolving around Sportscenter star Jamele Hill's Twitter condemnation of President Donald Trump and the network's handling of the situation once it became a national story.

Hurricanes have been a hot topic of discussion across the country as of late, with Hurricane Harvey wreaking havoc in Houston and Hurricane Irma threatening to batter the state of Florida. Jeff and Joe touch on that as well the way it has affected the sports world, while also hitting on the start of another NFL season and the slight chance the United States may not be represented in the next World Cup soccer tournament.

The NFL season is nearly upon us, and for many fans the most exciting part of it all is drafting that fantasy football team. Jeff and Joe talk about this industry which is nearly as popular with fans as the games themselves.

If you could change one rule in any sport, which would it be? Jeff and Joe talk it over, while also discussing the short-lived show of solidarity by Major League Baseball umpires and ESPN's much-publicized decision involving broadcaster Robert Lee and the similarity of his name to that of the infamous Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, whose memory and likenesses have been part of an ongoing national controversy.

After coming up in Jeff and Joe's discussion last week, Charleston native and Outsports writer Erik Hall stops by for a chat.

The St. Louis Cardinals organization recently had a bit of a public relations SNAFU involving Erik Hall, a writer for SB Nation's Outsports website. Hall has EIU connections; Jeff and Joe discuss this, along with Notre Dame football's own struggles with media relations and various other stories.

Jeff and Joe kick off the show with talk of Claire Smith's induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame along with more controversies for Pete Rose, Sports Illustrated's deep dive on the troubled life - and death - of former Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu, and the lack of fanfare surrounding Andrian Beltre's eclipsing of the 3000-hit mark.

This week's sports media bombshell was a New York Times piece on the prevalence of CTE in former NFL players, coinciding with the opening of NFL training camps.

After a couple weeks of vacation, Joe is back in the studio!

Joe is still away from campus, so fellow WEIU-TV/FM employees Rob Calhoun and Rameen Karbassioon join Jeff to spend an entire episode on the subject of EIU athletics.