Segment Highlights – 3/11/10

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Segment 1: (0:00) College basketball recap/discussion
Segment 2: (41:59) Nomar retires, and not everyone’s feeling the love; maple bats strike again
Segment 3: (1:11:15) Torii Hunter opens mouth, inserts spikes; Ken Rosenthal makes it even worse; “floating” MLB realignment; MLB fires people, but not the right people
Segment 4: (1:38:55) Little League denies a sponsor; the Vikings go all out to bring in a backup RB; McCoy talks trash about Suh; Julius Peppers gets his drink on; Pittsburgh media doesn’t all love Big Ben; social media and sports; the Kannapolis Intimidators get it right

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Segment Highlights – 3/4/10

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Segment 1: (0:00) Jason Heyward, the most overhyped prospect ever?
Segment 2: (33:27) Spend a day with Jose Canseco — for a price; maple bats; Hal McCoy is back in the game; Jeter breaking Rose’s hits record?
Segment 3: (59:49) Brian provides spoilers; SI’s list of top GMs in MLB; AirTran’s “swimsuit plane” draws complaints; Maryland riots; NFL discussion (transactions, Tebow, Suh/McCoy)
Segment 4: (1:26:34) Budgetary constraints hitting school sports; college baseball attendance; Canada wanting to change their anthem?

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Segment Highlights – 2/25/10

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• Segment 1: (0:00)  NFL combine talk; Tebow = Montana/Esiason?; running backs and “the wall”
• Segment 2: (45:03) College basketball; Tony Kornheiser vs. Hannah Storm
• Segment 3: (1:12:51)  NC State basketball player defends his coach; early TBS/ESPN baseball schedules; top baseball announcers according to MLB Network
• Segment 4: (1:29:08) Manny being Manny…again; referees, coaches and fans fighting like mad; Andy Griffith (?!)

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Segment Highlights – 2/18/10

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• Segment 1: (0:00)  Getting ready for baseball; Cards Cash; Joe Girardi and false hustle; Jerry Coleman’s reduced schedule; MLB and Bloomberg
• Segment 2: (37:53) The passing of Jim Bibby; Topps’ exclusive MLB card deal
• Segment 3: (1:12:29)  Turner Gill rips the names off jerseys and calls his school by the wrong name; 2011 BCS odds; the tragic loss of Rajaan Bennett
• Segment 4: (1:25:16)  Olympics talk; Brian goes back to his “old school” radio roots

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Segment Highlights – 2/11/10

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• Segment 1: (0:00)  Saints playing “dirty pool”? (seriously?); SI objectifying women?
• Segment 2: (35:05) Ernie Harwell wins the Vin Scully Award; MLB talk; a Selig statue?; college baseball All-America and Top 25/35
• Segment 3: (1:21:42)  NCAA basketball; the battle for DFL; new ACC theme song; Super Bowl 45 odds
• Segment 4: (1:45:12)  UFL loses a part owner; grow MLB-quality grass in your own yard; the saga of “Schulzie”

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Segment Highlights – 2/4/10

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• Segment 1: (0:00)  ESPNU Bracketbusters question; Black History Month and the Negro League Museum
• Segment 2: (36:25) WGN could have a record low of broadcasts in 2010; looking back at the 1982 MLB season; “first thought” MLB players at each position
• Segment 3: (1:19:06)  College football in the south; brief Signing Day discussion, including an odd way to secure a commitment
• Segment 4: (1:39:00)  Brief Super Bowl prop bets discussion; rushing the floor followup; a wonderful story about Clemson honoring a scholarship

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Sports Matters’ LIVE show for 1/28/10 was a bit crazy, as usual.  Join in the fun every Thursday night at 7pm ET on sportsmatters.info!

Segment Highlights – 1/28/10

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Segment Highlights – 1/21/10

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Segment Highlights – 1/14/10

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Segment Highlights – 1/6/10

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Sports Matters closes out 2009, the decade of the 2000s/oughts/whatever and year five of the Sports Matters program!  Want more information?  It’s after the jump!

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Segment Highlights – 12/3/09

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Segment Highlights – 11/12/09

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Segment Highlights – 11/5/09

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