Great to speak with Rich Podolsky about his book chronicling how Brent Musburger, Phyllis George, Irv Cross, Jimmy the Greek and the many great writers, producers, directors and executives at CBS Sports revolutionized sports broadcasting, making the The NFL Today of the 70s and 80s a cultural phenomenon and it's on-air talent superstars.

It's an "Emergency" pod as the sports broadcast media landscape is overturned by Joe Buck & Troy Aikman leaving Fox to go to ESPN and Monday Night Football. Plus:

- Kirk Herbstreit to Amazon, will Al Michaels join him?

- Who gets the NFL and MLB #1 chairs at Fox

- CBS/Turner NCAA Announcer lineups

- Is John Crispin now Dan Dakich 2.0?

- MLB: Apple TV+ and Peacock

- Stephen A vs. Chris Russo

Great to have my AAC Report contributor Frank Murtaugh back on the JAS podcast as we discuss a variety of topics including the baseball lockout, the excitement of Memphis basketball both college and pro, the revolving door for NFL quarterbacks, the contradiction of the Calvin Ridley suspension and more.

My Baseball guys, Joe Finger and Jay Cresswell are back as bemoan the lockout and the delay to the start of the season. Plus we talk about Jay's lunch with baseball great Ferguson Jenkins, cats, the sports we haven't been watching, our football teams in the offseason and they select a couple of classic tv themes to close out the show.

Adam, Eric and I discuss:

-A-Rod Cast

-The passing of College Football Play-by-Play legend Ron Franklin

-Sean Payton to broadcasting

-Concert drowns out CBS halftime

-Nantz, Tirico calling multiple events same week/weekend

-Al Michaels last SB/SB 56 telecast critique

-Mike Golic Jr out at ESPN Radio

-And to celebrate legends while they are still with us, let’s pay homage to the great Verne Lundquist

It's always great to visit with Tim Brando of Fox Sports. As we head towards March Madness, Timmy B breaks down who he thinks will be the strong contenders to cut down the nets in March as only he can. Plus he gives me his thoughts on the AAC, UCF's future in the Big 12, some of his March Memories from his days calling the tournament and how often he hears his "The Iron Unkind" phrase from passers by in public.

Great to have Carolina Panthers TE and Not For Long Media Podcast Host Colin Thompson back on the show to talk Super Bowl 56, the challenges of the Panthers season and his thoughts on the Pro Bowl

My Knightline Sports Network colleague Roger Phipps, aka Knightbengal, joins me to discuss his Cincinnati Bengals going to the Super Bowl. Plus we discuss the enigma that is UCF basketball

Great to have Scott Linn, longtime national and DC sportstalk host and from the Linn, Murrary, Solly podcast back on the show as we reflect on this past weekends spectacular NFL Divisional Playoffs and the griping about the overtime rules, Plus we discuss his Eagles one and done in the playoffs and what they need to fix as well as the upcoming unveiling of the new name for the Washington Football Team and the absurdity on how they are going about it

Happy to have ESPNs' Rene Ingoglia back to give us a capper to the college football season as we discuss the national championship and playoff, the bowl season, the transfer portal, and more.