Hwtp Sports Talk

Guests:  Michael J. Socolow has been awarded the 2018 Broadcast Historian Award for his book, Six Minutes in Berlin: Broadcast Spectacle and Rowing Gold at the Nazi Olympics. The award is given to an educator who has published or produced work specifically related to broadcast/media history by the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation (LABF) in partnership with the Broadcast Education Association (BEA). From the announcement: "Socolow uses a single case study – the gold-medal winning rowing crew from the University of Washington, which upset the Germans in front of Adolf Hitler and 75,000 fans–to illustrate the development of sports broadcasting at the personal, national, and global levels. He interweaves the broadcast of that race, heard by millions in the United States, with the memories of the oarsmen and contemporaneous press accounts to revisit the dramatic and exciting origins of live global sportscasting." Jerry Breyer, Washington Post Sports Columnist: In his latest column, The Washington Po

Boxing great Evander Holyfield and HOF President Ray McCline joined us live on Wednesday, May 2.

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Guest: New York Times Sports writer Ken Belson who will discuss the inside rules of NFL Cheerleaders.  You can read his article here.

A night of hot topics w/guests A.J. Perez (USA Today) and Laina Stebbins (The Tab Michigan State)  

Join us Live Wednesday at 9pm ET.  David will be joined by award winning journalist James Andrew Miller and Washington Post's Rick Maese. Mr. Miller will discuss his interview with former ESPN executive John Skipper.  Full article of "John Skipper Details His ESPN Exit and a Cocaine Extortion Plot".  Mr. Maese will be discussing the upcoming Supreme Court decision on legal betting in sports.  Full article of "Awaiting Supreme Court decision, pro sports leagues prepare for legal betting".

Washington Post's Des Bieler joined us Live to discuss his article: NFLPA chief says team that asked about prospect’s sexuality should be banned from the combine-- When NFL prospects speak with team officials at the league’s draft combine in Indianapolis, they expect some unusual, and possibly even upsetting, questions — but they are not supposed to be asked about their sexuality. Yet one highly regarded running back said that was exactly what happened to him. By Des Bieler and Matt Bonesteel Full article:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/03/08/nfl-prospect-says-a-team-asked-him-about-his-sexuality-at-the-combine/?utm_term=.9b5fb3d5dda6

Bill Gutman, author of All Rise: The Aaron Judge Story, joined us Live! 

Join us tonight at 9P ET!  Tonight's guests are Sporting News sports reporter Bill Bender and Washington Post's Neil Greenberg.  Discussing NFL playoffs and much more.  

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Join us Live tonight at 9pm ET.  USA Today's A.J. Perez joins David to discuss all of the trending sports topics in 2017.  

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11.29.17 Podcast: Louis Moore, author of "I Fight for a Living - Boxing..."

Ken Belson joins David tonight.  All the latest sports news.  JOIN THE CONVERSATION: On Social Media use #AskHWTPSports Email us at feedback@hwtpsportstalk.com Call us at 1 347 989 0227

Always a lively and entertaining conversation between legendary Major League Baseball picture Tommy John and HWTP host David Weinstein.  Join us tonight at 9P ET. Don't be shy! We'd love to hear from you! On Social Media use #AskHWTPSports Email us at feedback@hwtpsportstalk.com Call us at 1 347 989 0227      

Lindsay Gibbs reporter at Think Progress joins David Weinstein tonight to discuss Colin Kapaernick and the NFL. 

LIVE 10.11.17 at 9P E Guests:  Ephraim Salaam and attorney Marc Edelman

Laura Okmin joined us live on Wednesday, October 4.  A must listen -- extremely powerful conversation.  Please post your comments below. In addition to be a Fox on NFL sideline reporter, Ms. Okmin is the founder of GalVanize: http://www.galvanize.life/  

Join David tonight at 9pm EDT for a night of Hot Topics with USA Today reporter A.J. Perez and Laura Okmin of Fox NFL and founder of GalVanize