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  • Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - The Super Bowl Fallout, Pro Football Hall of Fame and Baseball Hall of Fame
    2025/02/16

    In the latest episode of the show, Shawn and Howie talk about the Super Bowl, whether the Kansas City Chiefs are a dynasty or if they're finished, whether Patrick Mahomes is on his way to becoming the GOAT or not and Sequon Barkley's place in football history or as a Super Bowl performer. They also discuss the selections for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall as well. Who might deserve to be in the Football Hall that's not yet in? That's in there too.

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    50 分
  • Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Sports Dynasties, Present and Past, Good or Bad?
    2025/02/05

    It's that time of year, time to find out which NFL team will achieve supremacy. Will the Kansas City Chiefs establish themselves as a true dynasty? What about other teams that have proven themselves as a dynasty? Both today, or in the 2000s or 50 and 60 years ago. Shawn and Howie share a spirited conversation about teams that have held power over their sports over the last six decades and whether they are good or bad for their sports. It's worth the listen.

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    54 分
  • Feb 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Torts' Milestone, Flower's Legacy and Remembering Shawn Simpson
    2025/02/01

    In this episode of The Sports Lunatics Show, Shawn and Howie discuss John Tortorella's career and highlights after he coached his 1,600th NHL game this past week. They also look at the career of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, especially punctuated by the ovation given him by the fans of the Canadiens in Montreal after his last game there. The boys also remember and pay tribute to Ottawa's Shawn Simpson, goalie for the 1987 Team Canada Junior team, member of the Washington Capitals' family and sports broadcaster after he passed away this week.

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    33 分
  • Jan 2025 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Bob Uecker
    2025/01/19

    On January 16, 2025, Bob Uecker passed away. Shawn and Howie discuss the life of the catcher-turned-play-by-play man, pitchman, actor and personality. Howie's grandmother used to say that "It takes a brilliant man to play the clown." Uecker's ability to tell stories and make everyone laugh illustrated his brilliance. Uecker was 90 when he passed away.

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    50 分
  • Jan 2025 - Sports Lunatics - January 1 Bowl Games and Remembering Greg Gumbel
    2025/01/02

    In this episode, Shawn and Howie discuss how January 1 Bowl games seem different today from the way they used to be. They talk about their thoughts on the playoff system in college football today and their memories of some their first January Bowl games and some great college teams they've seen in their lives. They also discuss what Greg Gumbel meant to each of them after his passing after Christmas of 2024.

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    36 分
  • Dec 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Remembering Rickey Henderson
    2024/12/23

    On December 21, 2024, Rickey Henderson passed away. He was a Hall of Famer who was one of the greatest baseball players of his generation. He had strength, speed and personality. He stole more bases and scored more runs than anyone else in the history of the game. Shawn and Howie remember the legend who passed away too soon.

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    42 分
  • Dec 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Festivus Airing of Grievances
    2024/12/23

    In this episode, Shawn and Howie celebrate Festivus and in so doing, they have their Airing of Grievances. They talk about a bunch of things that bother them in sports today. Pricing at sports events, break dancing at the Olympics, bad owners of pro sports teams......there are a number of things that get skewered in this first of what may eventually become an annual thing.

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    36 分
  • Dec 2024 - Sports Lunatics - Dick Allen, Dave Parker Get Into BBHOF, 40th Anniversary of Gary Carter Trade
    2024/12/11

    After a long wait, Dick Allen and Dave Parker have selected by the Era Committee to enter Baseball's Hall of Fame. Shawn and Howie discuss the two men and their feelings about their selections. Shawn has mixed in some wonderful audio as well. Also, December 10, 2024 was the 40th anniversary of the day that the Montreal Expos dealt Gary Carter to the New York Mets for four players. The trade changed the fortunes of the two franchises as it sent the Mets to a World Series win a couple of seasons later.

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    36 分