Want some (USA or Canada) sports talk radio NOT hosted by a blowhard.

March 8, 2019 3:47 PM

I'm just looking for some daily sports discussion that's national in scope and where the host(s) has a thoughtful, calm, non-self-centered approach to her or his show.

Dan Patrick fits the bill somewhat, but almost all the famous folks are too muckraking/look-at-me hot take machines: Jim Rome, Colin Cowherd, Jason Whitlock, Skip Bayless, Stephen A. Smith. You know what I mean if you're a USian sports fan.

You'll note I gave examples of a lot of TV guys, so TV shows are okay too. As are podcasts. I just want them to be a) daily or near daily, and b) again, national in scope (sport-specific is okay, but I'm not a hockey or auto racing fan). Any time slot is okay too.

posted by mreleganza to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

I love the Effectively Wild baseball podcast. Unfortunately, Jeff Sullivan just left it (he was hired by the Rays), but Ben Lindbergh is great, too.
posted by synecdoche at 3:56 PM on March 8, 2019

Dunc'd On is a great near-daily NBA podcast that is not very hot-takey/tabloidy at all. They just watch a ton of games and talk about what they see.
posted by Polycarp at 4:01 PM on March 8, 2019

I love the Dan Le Batard show on ESPN Radio. It's a bit self-referential but definitely anti-gasbag.

This Slate article explains it better than I could.
posted by bgrebs at 4:42 PM on March 8, 2019 [2 favorites]

Joe Benigno on WFAN NYC (660 AM)
posted by 8603 at 1:10 PM on March 9, 2019

Bob McCown is reasonable. Cross-country (Canada) drive-time show.
posted by raider at 8:28 PM on March 12, 2019