Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X


Tim Benz in for Mark Madden.
Tim opens up talking about the Penguins goalie situation, the signing of DeSmith, and what that means to the Fleury rumors

The Yankees are in town and are the best team in baseball. We talk to Kristie Ackert of the NY Daily News who covers the Yankees about the Pirate transplants having success on the mound for them, them chasing down the wins record, and much more Yankees centric topics.

We then welcome on US National Development Head Coach and U 18 Head Coach for Team USA and Logan Cooley Adam Nightengale onto the show to talk about Logan and what makes him a top 3 pick in this upcoming draft.

Tim wraps up the hour with some Steelers trade talk.

Tim Benz in for Mark Madden
Tim talks some of the College Football changing landscape and something PFT said about Claypool and Johnson

He then gets back into the Jarry discussion on the heels of DeSmith resinging and what that means for the Fleury rumors with the Penguins.

Stan Savran makes his weekly appearance on the show to talk a ton of Penguins with Tim and get into some Pirates talk as well with the Yankees in town.

Tim plays a clip from his podcast about Logan Cooley to end the hour.

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X


Tim Benz in for Mark Madden.
Tim opens up talking about the Penguins goalie situation, the signing of DeSmith, and what that means to the Fleury rumors

The Yankees are in town and are the best team in baseball. We talk to Kristie Ackert of the NY Daily News who covers the Yankees about the Pirate transplants having success on the mound for them, them chasing down the wins record, and much more Yankees centric topics.

We then welcome on US National Development Head Coach and U 18 Head Coach for Team USA and Logan Cooley Adam Nightengale onto the show to talk about Logan and what makes him a top 3 pick in this upcoming draft.

Tim wraps up the hour with some Steelers trade talk.

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X THE LIST. Mark is joined by JJ Kramer, the son of Barry Kramer who founded Creem Magazine. JJ talks with MArk about his venture to relaunch the iconic magazine after a 30 year hiatus. ASK MARK ANYTHING!!!

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X Mark lists his top five frozen foods and golf movies. He also takes your calls about the Penguins future with or without Letang and Malkin becasue there's no need to talk about the Pirates right now.

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X Opening Monologue. Mark is joined by Josh Yohe to discuss what impressed him the most from the Avalanche's Stanley Cup Championship performance and what he expects the Penguins to do the rest of the offseason with Ron Hextall in charge. No Quarter.

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X THE LIST Mark is joined by Sam Adonis to preview his event at the Enclave tomorrow night on the Southside and to discuss his history of wrestling. ASK MARK ANYTHING!!!

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X New World Order. Mark is joined by Tim Benz to pick his brain on which depth pieces on the Steelers roster will make a difference on the team this year and his predictions on what the Penguins will do with Letang and Malkin.

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X Opening Monologue. Mark is joined by Mike Rupp to get his opinions on Colorado's Stanley Cup championship run and asks what the Penguins need to do to make any kind of respectable playoff run next season. No Quarter.

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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X
The List
Mark talks about Steelers fans wetting their pants with excitement on behalf of Kenny Pickett making the preseason all-rookie team…but Mark wonders if that is just by default.
Another WR just got paid in the NFL and Mark uses what he got to discuss if the Steelers should give legit money to Diontae Johnson or just let him walk.
Mark talks about LA Guns some to start the second segment and pushes back at some of the guff he’s getting online when it comes to his take on Zach Banners cry for help essentially.
Brian Metzer joins the show to talk about the offseason with the team and touch on some of the things Yohe shared in his article.
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Afternoons 3-6 on 105.9 The X

New World Order
Mark talks about Yohes recent article about the Pens and where they stand with Letang and Malkin. Mark explores the options the Penguins have and what will play out if they bring them both back, just Letang back, or neither.
Stan Savran joins the show for the Godfathers usual hit with the SuperGenius. They discuss the Penguins topics Mark layed out at the top of the hour and also wonder what story lines there still are when it comes to the Steelers before camp starts.
Mark sums up what there is to talk about in Pittsburgh in the dead days of sports as the Pirates continue to suck royally.

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