Chicago Sports Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son

Chicago White Sox face the Houston Astros in the American League Division Series. White Sox radio's Len Kasper joins the show to preview the matchup. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

The 2021 Chicago Bears have a decimated offensive line before the season even began. Who better to talk to than the newest Chicago Bears inducted into Pro Football's Hall of Fame than former Left Tackle Jimbo Covert? Playing on a unit that had the same starting five for seven years, Covert gives intimate details to playing the position as well as his opinion on how the current NFL is played. Is there hope for the Chicago Bears? Covert will tell you in this episode. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

After talking to one of Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields High School coaches in Episode 058 it got us to reminiscing about our own favorite coaches growing up. Who made that impression on you? Who brought out your best? Who pushed you to limits you didn't think possible? We asked some friends to share with us who their favorite coach was growing up. Tampa Bay Rays broadcaster Dave Wills, former Chicago Bears Wide Receiver Tom Waddle, Marquee Sports Network's Elise Menaker and 670 The Score Chicago Bears sideline reporter Mark Grote all chime in. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

What makes Chicago Bears Quarterback Justin Fields tick? How did his upbringing in Georgia make him the player he is today? And can he get out of the shadow of Trevor Lawrence? We asked these questions to his High School Coach Matt Dickmann who remains close to the Fields family and has watched the quarterback blossom. Whenever the Chicago Bears make him their starting QB Dickmann is confident he will live up to the lofty expectations that have been placed on him since he was 15 years old. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

Answer me this...what is your favorite Olympic Memory? And, what event or sport should be in the Olympic Games? Jason and Peggy share their thoughts while watching the Tokyo Olympics and reach out to others "in the know". 1992 Olympic Boxer Montell Griffin, NBC Broadcaster Kathryn Tappen, ESPN and Marquee Sports Network's Beth Mowins, Olympics producer for NBC Sports Bob Vasilopoulos and Bally Sportswriter Maggie Hendricks all chime in with their favorite Olympic memories and possible Olympic sports as well. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

The generation gap between Peggy and Jason shows up as they talk NBA basketball. Peggy admits she lost interest watching the NBA after the three point shot "ruined" the game she loved. In comes, Chicago Bulls and Fox Sports broadcaster Adam Amin to convince her to watch the greatest athletes play the game. Listen in as Adam and Jason talk NBA basketball and the game which admittedly is "not your mother's or father's NBA" anymore. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

In this midsummer update on sports in Chicago, Jason takes over the show hosting and talking about summer baseball with the White Sox and Chicago Cubs. From the "sticky baseball" controversy in Major League Baseball the spat between Lucas Giolito and Josh Donaldson of the Twins as well as how its helping hitters like Kyle Schwarber too. Are the Cubs sellers? Can the White Sox get back to a strong second half? Will they actually work together on a trade? Jason has thoughts on all of this as well as former Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen, the NBA Playoffs and more to share with you. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

Mark Giangreco was the King of Local TV Sports not only in Chicago but the highest paid local sportscaster in the country. His ouster at ABC7 in Chicago came after a wisecrack but his stories of almost four decades covering Chicago sports are still flowing. Will he return to the local sports scene? Tune in and hear what it takes to succeed in local Television in the Windy City. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

For the first time we hear the truth behind Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields intelligence test results as explained by the Dr. who performed the test. Dr. Scott Goldman says Fields incredibly high scores are consistent and parallel with league MVPs and Super Bowl winners of late. So how can the Bears bring this out of their rookie QB on the field and end generational drought at the QB Position? We discuss! Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

Prior to the NFL Draft 2021 athletes go through the NFL Combine. One of the myriad of tests performed is the Athletes Intelligence Quotient, AIQ which measures an athletes intelligence: the ability to acquire, process and apply information." It's not a predictor of their success in the NFL, but it can be a contributing factor. So, you may ask, "how smart is my QB"? In part One of our interview, Dr. Scott Goldman delves into the how's and why's of this test and what has been said about the Off the Chart scoring my new Chicago Bears QB Justin Fields. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

The Chicago Bears trade up for the second time in four years for a Quarterback in the 2021 NFL Draft. But, can Justin Fields of Ohio State be what Mitch Trubisky was not -- a franchise quarterback? Or God forbid will Bears fans wait half another half century to find a signal caller to take them to the promised land! In Part 2 of "Answer me this... What draft pick were you completely wrong about?" NFL writers, former players and analysts give us their Draft Busts. Former Chicago Bear Alex Brown, ESPN's Jeff Dickerson, Dan Pompei & Adam Jahns from the Athletic and John Buffone of the Bears Barroom Network all chime in. While Bears fans hope Justin Fields is NEVER on this list. Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

The NFL Draft is when team's hedge their bets and money on who will become great football players on Sundays. But it's a crapshoot with often most top picks being busts. So who are the draft picks you were completely wrong about? We asked Brad Biggs, NFL Writer for the Chicago Tribune, former NFL player John "Jurko" Jurkovic of ESPN Radio and Greg Gabriel a former front office executive with the Chicago Bears. Listen in to this mini episode for their "draft busts"! Chicago Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son is sponsored by Foot First Podiatry and by Electri-Flex Company. Follow us on social media @PeggyKusinski & @JasonKinander or on Facebook and Instagram. Our website is up and running at www.thesportscasterandherson.com where you can find behind the scenes blog notes on each episode, photos and links to critiques of the show. You can get our Fan Merch at our store on TeePublic https://www.teepublic.com/?ref_id=23871

Ring Lardner award winner in 2020 for sports broadcasting is Chicago Sportscaster Dan Roan of WGN-TV. Thirty seven years covering Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Notre Dame football and more. Roan tells great stories from the worst athletes in Chicago sports to the best. And how PGA golfer D.A. Weibring helped Roan's career while roommates at Illinois State University.

In this mini-episode we ask the age old debate that comes up every spring in Chicago: Who will win more games the Cubs or the White Sox? From the north side to the south side it's sure to get heated as hope springs eternal in Chicago baseball! This episode's guests giving their predictions are Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune; Jon Greenberg, The Athletic; WGN-TV's Dan Roan; Mark Potash and Richard Roeper from the Chicago Sun-Times.

Ring Lardner Award winner Toni Ginnetti talks about her career as a sportswriter in Chicago. A female trailblazer in print journalism, Ginnetti shares how her instinct led to human interest stories in baseball about former Chicago Cub Rick Sutcliffe's dog "Rookie" and the Chicago White Sox Adam Dunn. Great stories from a woman who is a Baseball Hall of Fame voter and has covered DePaul basketball, Olympics and Politics in Chicago.