Michael Cooper Sports Talk

Coop and Callers… Plus is this the year The Chicago Cubs win the World Series? Lou Piniella thinks so!

Barry Bonds says don’t start a homerun countdown just because I got my first of the season – Can Josh Hamilton come back this year after his bout with crack cocaine and Todd Zola from Fantasy Baseball.com runs down the top 5 Fantasy Baseball players this year
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Alex Rodriguez’s big April as Baseball continues to heat up - Plus Predictions on the NBA Playoffs with callers and Phil Jackson talks about the Laker's Chances - Vince Young says he will always have a grudge against the Tennessee Titans for not drafting him.

Minnesota Twins star first baseman, Kent Hrbek, talks about having fun during his two World Series Championships, his Outdoor sports TV show and new book on his years as a Twin.

Cubs blow another big lead... how much a winning attitude can change results - What's with the Yankees ...money can't buy you wins

The Marlins Jimmy Rollins’ homerun against the Phillies was awesome but the real entertainment was Harry Kalas’ call ...oops / Clemons gets pounded in AA ball - love 'em or hate 'em, is it a pennant race if the Yankees aren't in it / Jason Giambi's drug issues / Are the Cinncinnati Bengals the victims of racial profiling / Trent Green on his way to Miami?

Bob opens with his take on Gary Sheffield’s comments about why there aren’t more Black American players in today’s baseball and the legendary careers of Willie Mayes Senior, Willard Brown and Satchel Paige.

Who's doing what in the Pennant race, predictions and why top players might be missing from the All-Star game.

Joe Garagiola interview with Michael Cooper taking a look at his amazing career, friendship with Yogi Beara, conversations with legends like Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner and discussing his new book, Just Play Ball, a salute to the true meaning of the game.

A look back at the Brooklyn Dodgers through an HBO special, The Ghosts of Flatbush – Remembering the struggles Hank Aaron went through 23 years ago setting the Home Run Record – Barry Bonds not having any fun either…

Carl Erskine interview with Michael Cooper on the new HBO documentary. The great Dodger talks about life in Brooklyn – his 11 World Series appearances and his two no-hitters – How Brooklyn almost became the Buffalo Bills of baseball by losing so many World Series.

The Brooklyn Dodgers losing everything in 1951 and winning it all in 1955 - directly from all star pitcher Carl Erskine.

Coop interviews Johnny Wilson, one of the top athletes in America in the 40's and 50's who couldn't play in the major leagues or the NBA because of his race. Johnny talks about growing up with former Brooklyn Dodger Carl Erskine.

His career with the Harlem Globetrotters, the Chicago American Giants in the Negro Leagues and coaching glory.

Coop and a caller from Manchester England discuss the impact David Beckham is having in America and another caller remembers Tampa Bay Running Back Mike Alstott whose career is stopped by injury.

Alex Rodriguez hits 500 – Glavine gets 300 - Was Hank Aaron paid to make a video tribute to Barry Bonds and Mike Vick says he loves dogs!!!

Is the City of Boston trying to buy championships in the three major sports? The Texas Rangers set a modern day record scoring 30 runs in one game – Poll results –79% of you think Michael Vick will play in the NFL maybe as early as next year!

Coop & Curry with the latest on the Baseball Pennant race, best pitcher ratings, predictions on the final matchup and Chuck's view of his beleagured Mets fan disappointment and Willie Randolph's standing.

Coop & Curry with the latest on the Baseball Pennant race and the Dallas Cowboys - Buffalo Bills NFL nail biter.

Coop and Curry on the first two games of the World Series, the next manager of the Yankees - and the debate over who's better, theNew England Patriots or Indianpolis Colts.

Coop and Curry with the Red Sox victory, the New England Patriots running up the score on their opponents and a tale of 2 Joes as Joe Torre ends up with the L.A. Dodgers and Joe Girardi takes over the Yankees post.

A caller and Coop discuss Barry Bonds, Roger Clemons, Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosa and Pete Rose - who should be in the Hall of Fame... all or none.

A caller has issues with how the past twenty years of steroid cheating will affect future athlete's abilities to ever break another record - Coop vents about issues of fairness and the moral high ground versus flawed human beings...

Matt Johanson, journalist, teacher and author of "Game of My Life: San Francisco Giants and Where Have They Gone" - discusses San Fran fans feelings about Barry Bonds and baseball steroids investigations.

Coop on the week's most bizarre sports stories including Billy Crystal's at bat as a New York Yankee

Coop and Curry on Baseball's spring training including an ugly affair between the Tampa Bay Rays and The New York Yankees

Coop and Curry - Alex Rodiguez talks about his biggest game as a Yankee played at Virginia Tech this past week - The Houston Rockets 22 game win streak ends and Major League Baseball prepares for its opening day in Japan with the Boston Red Sox and The Oakland A's.

Legendary Los Angeles Dodger and San Diego Padre, Steve Garvey, joins Coop to talk about his career and new book "My Bat Boy Days," where Steve recounts his boyhood growing up in Tampa, Florida, as a Spring Training Bat Boy for the Brooklyn Dodgers and the impact those players had on his own career.

Coop interviews Baseball immortal, Carl Erskine, who has had quite the Spring Training. The Brooklyn Dodger go-to pitcher played the National Anthem at the Dodgers last spring training game on his harmonica and threw out the first pitch at Dodgers stadium this year on the 50th Anniversary of the team moving to Los Angeles. Carl had the honor of pitching the first Dodger game at Vero Beach and the first Dodger game in Los Angeles.

Richard Bradley author of The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78. Richard talks about the long time rivalry between these two teams and the culmination leading up to that historic one game play-off.

Paul Dickson, author of Baseball's Greatest Quotations & Historical Lore - a must for every Baseball fan!

Author Gary Moore tells of his father Gene’s brush with baseball destiny, and how a farm boy from Illinois almost made it to the Major Leagues, and the obstacles that stood in his way. A film based on PLAYING WITH THE ENEMY is currently in production, with Gary’s son Toby set to play Gene Moore.

With an anthology of 20 heartfelt stories in the ANATOMY OF BASEBALL, Andrew Blauner helps fans rediscover what the game really means.

A true blue N.Y. Mets expert, Jon Springer - author of Mets by the Numbers - fields questions about the team and shares his opinion of management and key players like Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes and Sandy Alomar

Tampa Bay Sports Talk Radio host, Ted Fleming discuss the amazing season the Rays have had going from worst to [close to ] first in 2008 - plus a prediction on whether they can win the division.