Chicago Sports Talk with The Sportscaster and Her Son

Jason and Peggy talk about the Houston Astros and baseball's cheating scandal and segue into legalized sports betting in Illinois. Jason's generation is the first to grow up with sports betting being legal, and it's everywhere from ESPN to local sports talk radio. But is it ok? How do you talk to your kids about another vice that's legal? Rachel Volberg a gambling researcher from UMass-Amherst explains why teens are most vulnerable to problem gambling and how to spot a problem.

2020 has to be better in Chicago sports doesn't it? Jason laments how he is finishing high school without a playoff game from his Chicago sports teams, but looks ahead to each team's future. Dan Wiederer, award winning sports reporter for the Chicago Tribune joins us to look back at what happened to the Chicago Bears in 2019 and what does the future hold for Matt Nagy's team.

David Ross joins the podcast to talk about the interview process with the Chicago Cubs - the mock press conference and his mock pep talk to the team. Ross shares the life changing conversation with Theo Epstein in Boston and the toughest talks he's had with teammates Anthony Rizzo and Kyle Schwarber. Peggy and Jason toss in some hot stove baseball talk for the Cubs and the White Sox with juicy rumors of player moves.

Peggy and Jason give thanks for year 1 of the podcast and Thanksgiving sports traditions. But it turns into a dish on family traditions and what Jason does and doesn't like about the Thanksgiving holiday. Laugh or cringe at the family secrets and maybe it'll sound familiar too!

David Ross earned a lovable nickname of "Grandpa Rossy" during the Chicago Cubs World Series season of 2016, but as a Major League Manager fans will see another persona only his teammates, coaches and team personnel saw behind the scenes. An "in your face" leader who isn't afraid to tell it like it is. Author, Don Yaeger joins the show to talk about David Ross the subject of his book "Teammate: My Journey in Baseball and a World Series for the Ages", https://books.apple.com/us/book/teammate/id1187803896?mt=11&app=itunes and a meeting with Theo Epstein in Boston that changed Ross' career.

Chicago Bears QB Mitch Trubisky is having an up and down 2019 season, did General Manager Ryan Pace make a big mistake moving up to draft him? NFL Network's Charley Casserley blames the lack of "star" weapons on the Bears offense while preaching patience to Chicago Bears fans.

An inspirational story of a girls basketball team. This book lead to a conversation with my son: How do you explain Title IX to a teenage son who doesn't see inequity in sports at the high school level? What's the big deal he says? Using the lawsuit filed by the US Women's soccer team's for gender equity and the book "State" by author Melissa isaacson as a backdrop, Peggy and Jason talk about gender equity. Join the fun and educational discussion between mother and son.

Who is the funniest guy in sports? Charles Barkley, Shaq, Peyton Manning all come to mind. Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman Anthony "Spice" Adams joins the show to talk about how his post football career in comedy and how it took off thanks to comedian Kevin Hart and others who follow his characters "Creame Biggums and Reggie" on social media. Get ready to laugh as you listen!

Who is the funniest guy in sports? Charles Barkley, Shaq, Peyton Manning all come to mind. Former Chicago Bears defensive lineman Anthony "Spice" Adams joins the show to talk about how his post football career in comedy and how it took off thanks to comedian Kevin Hart and others who follow his characters "Creame Biggums and Reggie" on social media. Get ready to laugh as you listen!

A mini episode wrapping up the first seven episodes and Jason's famous predictions segment - how many did he get right? How often was he wrong? An ego check? Maybe! Also Summer is almost over and before his Senior year of High School begins, Jason and Peggy catch up on his college applications and the strange questions asked!

In the Centennial season for the Chicago Bears, family matriarch Virginia McCaskey remembers what she learned from her father George Halas, his optimism and his disdain for the Green Bay Packers. McCaskey remembers her mother and her own college goals yet has a surprising answer when asked about the future roles women will play in the NFL's next 100 years. Hall of Fame football writer Don Pierson talks about the "Top 100 Bears" in this living anthology of an historic franchise.

Each year the greatest athletes are inducted into their sports Halls of Fame. But not every speech is the same. Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan's was jaw dropping, Chicago Cub's Ryne Sandberg admonished selfish baseball players and the Chicago Bears' Walter Payton broke down crying. His son Jarrett Payton joins us to reminisce about that day in Canton Ohio when he introduced his father and tells some stories you may have never heard.

Before Tim Tebow and Kyler Murray there were other two sport stars, most notably In 1994 Michael Jordan who was the Greatest Basketball player of all time, hung up his Air Jordans for baseball cleats and set his sights on fulfilling a dream he shared with his father. Steve Gilbert writes for Major League Baseball and as a young White Sox intern was assigned to help MJ through his transition to baseball and shares stories on MJ riding minor league buses, loaning money to him, his work ethic and playing pickup basketball games with the GOAT.

A difficult topic to discuss but one teachers, administrators. coaches, athletes, parents and fans can learn from. In 2019 Major League Baseball suspended Chicago White Sox player Tim Anderson for using the N-word but his teammates and players across baseball thought it was silly because of the common use of the word today. Dr. Neal Lester who has taught college courses at ASU on the N-word, disagrees. What ensues is a frank discussion about the history of the word, it's use by millennials and in hip hop, and why it's not like any other curse word. George Carlin's "7 Words you'll never hear on television" is used as a background to the discussion of words and their meaning.

Chicago Cubs broadcaster and former Major League Baseball Player, Ron Coomer joins Peggy and Jason to talk about baseball, the Cubs, and the sport he loved the most growing up.