Bob McCown and co-host John Shannon talk hockey in the first hour of PTS today. They're joined by the GM of the Metropolitan-leading NY Islanders, Lou Lamoriello [8:59], and then OHL commissioner David Branch checks in to discuss why he felt it necessary to send an 'Open Letter' to the Ontario premier hoping to define their players as 'amateurs' [32:43]. Stephen Brunt then joins Bob as co-host and in the second hour the two talk to Dan Shulman to recap 18-year-old Canadian RJ Barrett record setting debut with Duke [55:34]; followed by The Athletic's Dan Robson, who stopped by in-studio to discuss his new book 'Bower: A Legendary Life' [1:13:43]. In the final hour, the guests are Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos talking Leafs and what the future pay structure for Matthews and Marner will look like [1:28:05]; Bob Ryan on what the careers of Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady would look like had they been on the reverse teams as well as MLB award finalists [1:45:18] and Sportsnet's Shi Davidi from the MLB GM Meetings where super agent Scott Boras just held court, where he took shots at the League as well as the Blue Jays specifically [1:59:26].

Hockey talk in the first hour of PTS as co-host John Shannon joins Bob McCown in-studio and the two talk to former president and GM of the Vancouver Canucks, Mike Gillis, on what he would do differently if he became an executive in the NHL again (12:45); as well as radio voice of the Leafs, Joe Bowen, as he gets ready to go into the Hockey hall of Fame on Monday (33:06). Co-host Stephen Brunt checks in for the rest of the show as him and Bob are first joined by Brian Burke who joins them in-studio to discuss physicality in the NHL today as well as if the League should expand the number of playoffs teams (45:00) followed by Anthony LeBlanc, founding member of the Maritime Football Limited Partnership, on the dream to bring the CFL to Halifax (1:18:30). Last hour has Don Banks previewing Week 10 of the NFL (1:32:27); and Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Iole given his take on what if Floyd Mayweather was really conned by RIZIN and if the fight will happen (2:01:50).

Bob McCown and co-host John Shannon talk hockey in the first hour of PTS today. They're joined by the GM of the Metropolitan-leading NY Islanders, Lou Lamoriello [8:59], and then OHL commissioner David Branch checks in to discuss why he felt it necessary to send an 'Open Letter' to the Ontario premier hoping to define their players as 'amateurs' [32:43]. Stephen Brunt then joins Bob as co-host and in the second hour the two talk to Dan Shulman to recap 18-year-old Canadian RJ Barrett record setting debut with Duke [55:34]; followed by The Athletic's Dan Robson, who stopped by in-studio to discuss his new book 'Bower: A Legendary Life' [1:13:43]. In the final hour, the guests are Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos talking Leafs and what the future pay structure for Matthews and Marner will look like [1:28:05]; Bob Ryan on what the careers of Aaron Rodgers and Tom Brady would look like had they been on the reverse teams as well as MLB award finalists [1:45:18] and Sportsnet's Shi Davidi from the MLB GM Meetings where super agent Scott Boras just held court, where he took shots at the League as well as the Blue Jays specifically [1:59:26].

Prime Time Sports has Bob McCown with Scott Stinson to start the show, they are joined by John Shannon (13:54) and Eric Smith (33:27). Stephen Brunt joins Bob for the rest of the show, up first with them is Doug MacLean ( 44:14) followed by Cliff Floyd (1:02:38), Raptors coach Nick Nurse (1:19:50) with Elliotte Friedman closing out the show.

Bob McCown talks to Paul Jones about the Raptors dominating performance against the Lakers last night without Kawhi Leonard [6:35] and then to The Action Network?s Jason Sobel about Bryson DeChambeau?s bizarre form yet winning ways [33:17]. Stephen jumps in to co-host the final two hours. The two discuss with ESPN?s Tim Bontemps if Kawhi Leonard has dropped any hints about his future past this year [57:13] and then with Ariel Helwani about what exactly Floyd Mayweather is getting himself involved in now plus Daniel Cormier?s next fight [1:17:15]. In the final hour, Jim Hughson joins to talk about the Leafs continued road dominance as well as whether a new coach will help the L.A. Kings woes [1:30:19]; Sportsnet?s Arash Madani on what went wrong between Marc Trestman and Argos? brass [1:57:29] and Fox Sports? Jon Morosi on what the Blue Jays offseason goals are [2:01:24].

Bob McCown talks to Paul Jones about the Raptors dominating performance against the Lakers last night without Kawhi Leonard [6:35] and then to The Action Network?s Jason Sobel about Bryson DeChambeau?s bizarre form yet winning ways [33:17]. Stephen jumps in to co-host the final two hours. The two discuss with ESPN?s Tim Bontemps if Kawhi Leonard has dropped any hints about his future past this year [57:13] and then with Ariel Helwani about what exactly Floyd Mayweather is getting himself involved in now plus Daniel Cormier?s next fight [1:17:15]. In the final hour, Jim Hughson joins to talk about the Leafs continued road dominance as well as whether a new coach will help the L.A. Kings woes [1:30:19]; Sportsnet?s Arash Madani on what went wrong between Marc Trestman and Argos? brass [1:57:29] and Fox Sports? Jon Morosi on what the Blue Jays offseason goals are [2:01:24].

It's the usual Friday fare on Prime Time Sports. In hour one Bob McCown takes your calls. Then the Friday roundtable assembles for November 2nd and features Bob McCown, John Shannon, Joey Vendetta and Brad fay. They go around the table to discuss topics that include the Leafs short-comings at home, Mike Babcock’s coaching style, Nylander’s contract situation, the great play of other Canadian NHL teams like the Canadiens, Canucks, Flames and Oilers, Salva Voynov’s hockey future, the 2026 Calgary Olympic bid, the raptors’ first extended roadtrip, Lebron in LA and who could join him with the Lakers, the Blue Jays new manager and the style of play we expect from them next season.

Bob McCown is joined by co-host John Shannon for all three hours of the show today. In the first hour, another co-host Richard Deitsch checks in to talk about how important he thinks this road trip is for the Raptors as well as how bad the Monday Night Football broadcast team has been [9:25]; then TFC GM Tim Bezbatchenko joins to say what he thinks went wrong with his team, that took them from Champions to out of the playoff picture [32:23]. Second hour sees Brian Burke stops by in-studio to discuss the possibility of Slava Voynov getting re-instated into the NHL [45:51]; followed by Sam Amick who spoke to members of the Golden State Warriors on who the biggest threats to their throne are [1:14:45]. The finals has Don Banks previewing Week 9 in the NFL and remembering Paul Zimmerman [1:31:10]; then to close the show, PTS goes down to the Scotiabank Arena and speaks to Postmedia's Michael Traikos on why other teams' scouts may be at the Leafs game tonight and if it could be related to the Nylander situation [1:58:24].

Bob McCown is joined by co-host Brad Fay for the first hour; the two talk Raptors with Michael Grange [11:27], who discusses what Lowry's assists being up means and then coaching at home versus on the road in the NHL with Glenn Healy [30:33]. Then John Shannon steps in to co-host the rest of the show where they talk baseball in the first hour; The Ringer's Matt Baumann looks ahead to this year's MLB free agency class [57:09] and James Wagner from the New York Times on the Mets hiring a former agent as its next GM [1:20:01]. In the final hour, Doug MacLean weighs in on the NHL [1:30:47], WinSport's Barry Heck on the where the 2026 Calgary Olympic bid stands [1:47:01] and Washington Post's Cindy Boren on breaking news from Maryland as DJ Durkin was just terminated after originally getting the University's support [2:05:49].

Bob McCown and co-host Mike Zeisberger are joined by Gord Stellick to discuss the Leafs losing record at home [13:10] and the Washington Post's Dave Sheinin to talk about how much Manny Machado might have cost himself in this postseason [33:37]. Then Christine Brennan of USA Today weighs in on Merril Hoge's new book suggesting there's a plot to destroy football [50:01] ahead of Eric Francis coming in-studio on the news that Council's Olympic committee will be asked to cancel its Calgary 2026 bid [1:11:25]. Then in the final hour, Raptors TV voice Matt Devlin checks in on Kawhi Leonard's playing schedule [1:31:03] and then OverActive Media president and CEO Chris Overholt comes in to talk Toronto Defiant and esport as well as give his expertise on the Calgary 2026 situation [1:55:42].