Michael Cooper Sports Talk

A review of the AFC Championship game between The Indianapolis Colts and New England Patriots along with the NFC Championship match of The Chicago Bears and the New Orleans Saints.

Predictions from callers across the country and around the world on who will win America’s premiere sporting event.

Predictions from callers across the country and around the world on who will win America’s premiere sporting event.

Nationally Syndicated Media Analyst, Chuck Curry, joining Coop to review Rush Limbaugh’s latest gaff about the NFL - Michael Vick’s Miami Airport fiasco and Bill Parcell’s decision to step down as coach of the Dallas Cowboys.

Coop opens the show with emails from listeners and a report on a 7’ 9”, 370 pound, Chinese Basketball player who wants to play in the NBA – Plus, a Super Bowl Update and your calls! Coop promises to talk Basketball in a serious way just as soon as the big game is over.

More Super Bowl callers including a woman who says she’ll be glad when the game’s over so she can get her husband back on Sundays… and another caller who is willing to bet Coop’s house and his own on the Colts.

25 year veteran of the Chicago Tribune, Mike Tackett, talks about the excitement in the windy city and reveals why he’s rooting for the Indianapolis Colts! Plus Callers from across the country with their predictions for the game.

Nationally syndicated Sports Media Analyst, Chuck Curry, on why Peyton Manning is being made out to be the American Idol while Rex Grossman is the Biggest Loser – along with a preview of the Super Bowl Commercials and the Prince half time show.

Super Bowl 41 aftermath and whether the media has made too big a deal out of “black” coaches - with callers plus Coop reads your emails [send your emails to Michael@coopersportsradio.com].

The debilitating injuries Dobler and many other of his fellow players are burdened with and the NFL’s refusal to help. A class action lawsuit through Manatt, Phelps and Phillips and McKool Smith against the NFL is underway to go after tens of millions in unpaid royalties owed veteran players.

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.

Coop details the career of Keyshawn Johnson from 1st Pick in the draft to a Superbowl with the Bucs to being released by the Panthers and considered persona non grata by the Chargers.

Elvin Bethea talks about his life and 16 year NFL career from 1968-1983 with the Houston Oilers. He is the author of the new book "Smash Mouth: My Journey from Trenton to Canton.” Coop and Elvin discuss his early life, his experience with the NFL Players Union and the poor woman who came up with “Luv Ya Blue” and got shut out of the fortune made with the slogan.

Elvin came close to being a 3 time Super Bowl Champ – He tells us how his coach Bum Philips got his nickname and how he passed on the Oakland Raiders to stay with Houston after Bum talked him into a horse deal that backfired.

For 9 years Cedric Dempsey was the President of the NCAA and now he’s Chairman of the Board of The All American Football League, a new Pro Football league specializing on recent College Football players from major programs like Florida and Tennessee.

While rookies are coming into the game with multi-million dollar contracts, retired players struggle with debilitating and even life-threatening conditions while the NFL fights compensating them every step of the way. Coop reviews the recent Congressional hearings featuring Johnny Unitas's widow, Mike Webster’s son and Mike Ditka, into this gross injustice.

Lenny Moore discusses his championships with the Colts in 1958 and 1959, his career at Penn State and dealing with a white America throughout his career.

More Legends of Sports with Lenny Moore talking about Bid Daddy Lipscomb and Claude Buddy Young Lenny Moore and Coop relive the final days of perhaps the greatest NFL lineman of all time Eugene “Big Daddy” Lipscomb and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his alleged heroin overdose.

His players Joe Montana, Jerry Rice and Steve Young remember 3 Time Super Bowl winner Coach Bill Walsh. A caller reminisces about his meeting with Walsh

Chris Colston joins Coop to talk about his book, dedicated to the memory of the students murdered last April, and relates some very different stories about Mike Vick and how the student tragedy and the Vick indictment have affected the Virginia Tech campus

Legends in Sports - New Orleans Coach JT Curtis, the most successful coach in the history of high school football, and his Hurricane Season of 2005 Curtis Christian High School coach J.T. Curtis is the subject of a new book, Hurricane Season by Neal Thompson, about how Curtis and his team overcame Hurricane Katrina to win a state championship in 2005 - and again in 2006 Coach Curtis has won 21 state championships in route to a 443-46-6 record.

The start of the NFL Pre-Season – Michael Irvin’s redemption at the Hall of Fame and John Daly’s secret to the first round lead at the PGA along with poll results on who’s going to win the World Series and The Superbowl from www.Coopersportsradio.com

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!

Washington Post reporter Mark Maske talks about the NFL East in his new book War Without Death: A Year of Extreme Competition in Pro Football’s NFC East - Mark makes his prediction on who will win the NFC this year and it isn’t his beloved Redskins.

Michael Cooper and Paul Eide break down the top 5 quarterbacks and give you three great sleeper picks in the later rounds

A live caller gives us wsRadio’s first ever play by play call from Arrowhead Stadium as the Kansas City Chiefs take on the Miami Dolphins - plus Coop weighs in on what’s more important Dog Fighting or the NBA Ref who admitted his guilt and it appears to be all over for Michael Vick... Guilty Guilty Guilty!!!

Coop and Paul review the top ten Fantasy Picks in this year’s draft - you can link to this free site at www.Coopersportsradio.com – Plus Coop reveals who you think will win this year’s Superbowl and posts our latest poll on whether Michael Vick should ever be allowed to play in the NFL again.

Pac Man Jones breaks his silence on the raining money Las Vegas shooting incident and makes some good points about his innocence on Bryant Gumbel's HBO Real Sports program.

John Goodwin, Deputy Director of the Humane Society of the United States Anti-Cruelty Campaign with an epilogue to the Michael Vick case – what he actually pled guilty to – has justice been served – it’s just the tip of the iceberg in professional athlete involvement and putting an end to dog fighting.

For a decade, since the team was founded, Bill Rosinski was the Voice of the Carolina Panthers - After admitting in an interview that his saddest moment in sports was not receiving the traditional NFC ring along with the team, he was fired by owner Jerry Richardson – Bill also recounts his days with some of the Falcons more colorful players including Jerry Glanville, Kerry Collins and Rae Carruth.

Paul Eide from The FantasyFootballExpert.com with important last minute tips for Fantasy Football drafts and some key sleeper picks you can pick up late in your draft.

Coop talks to Mike Flynn from Appalachian State about the amazing win his Mountaineers had over top tanked Michigan State , their Sports Illustrated cover and what surprises to expect next from the team.

Paul Eide, Fantasy Football Director at The FootballExpert.com, delivers the best picks and strategies along with some surprises to get the most out of your fantasy team this year.

Football is on everyone's mind - an update on Miami, Tampa Bay and Jacksonville from a Florida fan.

Legends of Sports welcomes Rod Sherman, veteran from USC and the Oakland Raiders. He was a star wide receiver with the USC Trojans & an Oakland Raiders first round draft pick, playing in their first invite to the Super Bowl. His love of football stays alive with
http://www.FlashbackCamps.com