The Pomp And Joe Show

Happy birthday Sidney Crosby. TK compares Kasparaitis's physique to Crosby. Would Darius be able to play in today's game? Darius's kids play hockey

Tyler Kennedy and Pens legend Darius Kasparaitis stop in studio! Darius always loves hitting guys, his hit on Lindross and goal vs Hasek, how much hatred he elicited, playing with Mario and Jagr, his injuries, his unusual healing ritual, his arrest for jaywalking.

The other Joe Starkey joins us! He talks about his legendary call of the band on the field, they reminisce about meeting each other, his call of the Miracle on Ice, his time with the Penguins, which sport is his favorite to call and which is the hardest, his time with the Golden State Warriors. What is most memorable call aside from the band on the field, when he called Daryl Sitler's 10-point game and Gale Sayers 6-TD game, how his broadcasting career took off.

We have a list of Steelers who won't be playing on Saturday. We know the Steelers travel plans to Ireland, and it sounds like they are making the same mistake

Will Rodgers play in the preseason? Gerry Dulac had interesting comments about the Steelers running game. Roman Wilson has drawn some praise from his QB. Are preseason games outdated?

Sean Gentille joins to talk about his trips with Joe, they discuss their dreams. Brian Batko joins to harass Gentille but the conversation shifts to raisins. Joe lists his biggest Pittsburgh villains: 5 Cherington 4 Mendenhall 3 Graham 2 Canada 1 Nutting. AB was an honorable mention. There's a lengthy list of guys who unceremoniously left town. Brian leaves but Sean stays to answer questions about Lemieux's group trying to buy the Pens b back, why did FSG want the team to begin with.

Have the Steelers all lost their minds about this defense? A caller settles the argument about the Steelers defense then vs now.

Joe recaps Interm Dom's crazy takes from yesterday. The Steelers defense continues to get crazy hype, with Juan Thornhill the latest to add to it. Joe compares the 1976 Steelers defense to this year's team. Archie Manning says his grandson Arch will stay at Texas after this year. Could he do this to avoid the Browns? Is there a scenario that he'd steer his way towards the Steelers?

Hour 1: Will Howard suffered a hand injury at camp, but Dom says this could actually be a positive for the Steelers. It appears Howard Stern is done at SiriusXM. And Joe doesn't know who Sydney Sweeney is.

Hour 2: Mark Kaboly joins the show to talk Will Howard's injury, preseason games, and more! ESPN and the NFL have officially announced their merger deal. And Joe and Dom get into an intense James Franklin debate.

Hour 3: Dan Zangrilli joins the show to talk about his Paul Skenes extension comments from earlier this week. Joe is feeling self-conscious about his looks. And there was confusion over when Joe should do a live read.

Hour 4: Dom says Micah Parsons will get traded to the Ravens. Should Aaron Rodgers play at all this preseason? And did CBS do the Steelers dirty with their Week 1 announcing schedule?

Dom thinks that Micah Parsons will get traded to the Ravens. Joe says it's a possibility. What would that mean for the Steelers?