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We have a new podcast. It is “Dorf on Sports” – a show from Phoenix focusing on national material.
On this edition of the show, Fred and Andy look at the NFL playoffs and this weekend’s games. Fred rants about his AT&T experience, and there is a discussion of the NBA comparing past and present players.
Stephen Kelley of WQOW ABC 18 co-hosts a weekly fantasy football radio show in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. After the jump you can listen to “Fantasy Football Weekly” on Sports Radio 1400.
WQOW ABC 18′s Stephen Kelley co-host a weekly fantasy football radio show here in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. After the jump listen to “Fantasy Football Weekly on Sports Radio 1400″
WQOW ABC 18′s Stephen Kelley co-host a weekly fantasy football radio show here in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. After the jump listen to “Fantasy Football Weekly on Sports Radio 1400″
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Welcome, friends! It’s time to rot your brains to another edition of The Deposit!
Paul M. Banks, our fearless, intrepid leader, jumps in to chat about the NBA and some other less happy topics. Do we think the Bulls can win it all? Or will the Heat crush the spirits of the masses and let evil triumph over good?
Listen in after the jump to find out. [Read more...]
Matt Lechner of The Fantasy Football Source joins Peter Christian to discuss the 2011 NFL Draft and more specifically, how the Vikings 2011 Draft class will shape the future of the organization.
It’s a somber, yet exciting edition of The Deposit, as some of The Sports Bank’s best deal with the hottest topic of the young decade — the assassination of Osama bin Laden.
No music lead in for this (sorry, Avenged Sevenfold!), and let’s keep the political and conspiratorial commentary to the minimum.
One thing, however, we can all agree on is that this is a landmark occasion, and that the repercussions of this event will be felt for many, many years to come. Listen in after the jump. [Read more...]
It took a lot longer than many experts expected, but Illinois’ Martez Wilson is taking his talents south.
Not to South Beach, granted, but to one heckuva fun city.
Early in the third round the New Orleans Saints drafted Martez Wilson and ended what was becoming something of a precipitous slide for the former Fighting Illini linebacker.
“You know, the past couple of days were ok,” Wilson said via teleconference. “Today was more of an anticipation day. I was relaxed, but I anticipating, waiting to see where I would go.”
Maybe the reason for Martez’s slide had to do with one of the questions asked in the teleconference: He was sort of a tweener at LB, with some teams listing him as an inside linebacker, some on the outside.
New Orleans is looking at him on the outside.
“They told me that they want me to learn the SAM linebacker slot, and line me up over some tight ends,” Wilson said. “They want me to learn that spot, learn more about all the positions, and then see where things go from there.”
Listen in to the whole teleconference, without the fun echoes of the Leshoure teleconference, after the jump. [Read more...]
Never mind that the Detroit Lions already have a starting running back.
Never mind that the previous few starting running backs of the Lions have had…ummm…injury problems.
Mikel Leshoure is happy to be there.
With the 57th pick of the 2011 NFL Draft, Mikel Leshoure became the latest Illini runner to make the leap to the NFL, this after slipping from a late-first round possibility to a late second round pick.
“It wasn’t really nerve racking waiting to be picked, for the most part, until the first day of the draft,” Leshoure said. “Then you get a little anxious waiting to hear your name called. As for the other RBs that went before me, that’s something I can’t control. I wish them all luck!”
It seemed like Leshoure was genuinely excited to be a Lion, especially since they moved up to make that pick.
“You know, they traded up in the second round to get me and they told me on the phone they were really excited to work with me,” Leshoure said. “I definitely feel more wanted to be there.
“I had really good vibes on my visit there (to Detroit),” Leshoure continued. “I got a good vibe not just from the coaches but the whole staff too, from the trainers to the kitchen.”
To hear the whole conference call, and hear the special reaction from Leshoure when his teammate and friend Martez Wilson was drafted by the Saints (worth the listen all on its own), tune in after the jump. [Read more...]
Just in time for your Friday commute…The Deposit returns!
Not that it’s a zombie or anything. We think.
Paul M. Banks comes on to chat about the Spring football fantabulousness in Champaign-Urbana and South Bend, and talks position battles, projections for the season and more.
Listen in after the jump. [Read more...]
Clear eyes…full hearts…and you’ll get a Deposit.
Oh yes indeedy.
Today we have a very special guest, from The Sporting News, Dave Curtis. I don’t often give accolades like this but Dave has forgotten more about college football than I have ever known. And that’s saying something.
Listen in to his takes on spring football from around the Big Ten and the country after the jump. [Read more...]
You’ve heard the best, now listen to us!!
Wait…that’s not what I meant. I mean…oh, just welcome to another edition of The Deposit already!!
Today we welcome back Paul M. Banks for his copious thoughts on the first round of the NFL Draft. Listen in after the jump. [Read more...]
