Cutting 2 the Chase

Recurring guest Ryan Quigley is back to talk about winning an Emmy as part of the NBC Sports Olympics coverage, John Tortorella and the Philadelphia Flyers, are the Vegas Golden Knights heading back to the playoffs, Evgeni Malkin’s Lion King cake, and unboxing a bobblehead.

Scott Wheeler of The Athletic and I relive the Stanley Cup Final between the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning, free agency, and the NHL Draft. I also get his thoughts on the Blue Jackets’ Kent Johnson, David Jiricek, and Denton Mateychuk. Scott also tells me what he would do with the Cup for a day.

Charlie Bevins is a producer for ESPN 1000. In this episode we get into

working for the radio station, how he got into being a comedian, can the

White Sox get onto a run and Juan Soto trade possibilities.

Jeff Everson and I talk optimistically about the 2022 Chicago Cubs season.

Christopher Morel looks legit in the batter’s box, Willson Contreras is the

starting catcher for the National League in the All-Star Game, and we’re

seeing pitching develop before our very eyes in Justin Steele and Keegan

Thompson. Jeff also provides some random, wild predictions!

Charlie Roumeliotis of NBC Sports Chicago and Blackhawks Talk Podcast

joined me to talk about the Stanley Cup Final between the Tampa Bay

Lightning and Colorado Avalanche. We also get into the Blackhawks and what

they might do with the upcoming NHL Draft, what might happen with Alex

DeBrincat, Patrick Kane, and Jonathan Toews, and how things might shape up

with the coaching search.

Alex Patt and I chat about the dismal Chicago Cubs season, the White Sox

getting off to a tough start, the Bulls and Stanley Cup playoffs, and

meeting up with a Twitter friend.

Jake Cantu, a producer for ESPN 1000, talks to me about his background in

film and radio, getting acquainted with ESPN 1000, and we dive into Dallas

sports and a little bit of the NHL and NBA playoffs.

Greg Huss of Growing Cubs Podcast and Northside Bound gives me the scoop on

what’s going on in the Cubs minor leagues. From Brennan Davis to Pete

Crow-Armstrong, Ed Howard, Max Bain, the pitch lab, and so many more names.

Jeff Young joins me for a new baseball season to chat all things San

Francisco Giants. We get into their hot start, Joc Pederson and Logan Webb,

players in the minors to watch out for like Sean Roby, and EBUG!

Dan Shulman — Broadcaster for ESPN and Sportsnet — chats with me about the

new fun and exciting Toronto Blue Jays, how great it was getting back to

normal covering college basketball, and more.