Jeff Allen Sportstalk

We cover a variety of topics with Frank Murtaugh of the Memphis Flyer including college football, the NFL, and MLB

We discuss how the NFL looks after week 2 and the UCF Knights after their big road win at TCU

We break down the baseball playoff race with Joe Finger and Jay Cresswell, share some baseball stories and lament the woeful Chicago White Sox

Great to have Jamie Seh of WKMG News 6 back on the program as we discuss Lake Mary winning the Little League World Series, the upcoming football season for the UCF Knights including some quick hits on Miam, FSU and Florida. And of course, we have to talk about her Buffalo Bills

It's our 6th annual UCF Football Roundtable as we bring you the best who cover and talk about UCF Sports. Matt Murschel of the Orlando Sentinel, Adam Eaton and Trace Trylko from the Sons of UCF and Eric Lopez of Black & Gold Banneret give us a breakdown, with their thoughts and opinions on the 2024 season

ESPN's Rene Ingoglia joins us to discuss the start of the college football season, preseason rankings, realignment, the expanded playoffs and the UCF Knights as Rene will call their first game of the season vs New Hampshire

Adam Eaton & Eric Lopez join me to discuss NBC's Olympic Coverage, CBS & Fox NFL crews and Joe Tessitore as the new voice of Monday Night Raw. We also conduct our next announcer draft for NBA & College Basketball

We honor the late great co-founder of the Orlando Magic, Pat Williams on this episode with Andrew Monaco, the voice of Texas A&M. Andrew worked with the Magic in the early days of the franchise and shares his memories of Pat. We also discuss A&M sports including baseball's run to play for the championship

From 4 years ago, I interviewed Pat Williams who had just recently retired from the Orlando Magic on his efforts to bring MLB to Orlando and we got his thoughts on legacy of NBA Commissioner David Stern who had just passed at that time. RIP Pat.

It's our mid-season check-in on MLB as we discuss the passing of baseball greats Willie Mays and Orlando Cepeda, the "retirement" of umpire Angel Hernandez, some fun baseball stories, trivia and MLB finally getting right with a full slate of games on the 4th of July

Great to be joined by Frank Murtaugh of the Memphis Flyer and Memphis Magazine as we pay tribute to three great sports legends that have passed in recent weeks in Bill Walton, Jerry West and Willie Mays. We also touch on the Caitlin Clark effect on the WNBA and some MLB conversation

Adam & Eric are back for another media spotlight show as we discuss Verne Lundquist's last call at the Masters, NFL Network cuts, and the NBA's new TV deal which has them leaving Turner for NBC. And we begin a series of announcer drafts for each of our "networks" focusing on NFL and College Football

We welcome former UCF first baseman Shannon Doherty to the show as we continue our softball appreciation week. We discuss Shannon's great career at UCF, the culture of the program and the Knights first season in the Big 12.

Great to have ESPN Softball & Baseball Analyst Alex Powers on to discuss the Womens College World Series. We also discuss UCF's first season in the Big 12 as she called many of the Knight's games on ESPN+. And we lean on her expertise as an FSU Baseball analyst to chat about the Tallahassee Regional in the NCAA Baseball Tournament where FSU hosts Stetson, UCF and Alabama in that regional.

Before 24-hour sports television and radio, the internet and social media, Sports Phone broke new ground with constant scores and news updates to fans who dialed a pay per call service called 976-1313 (area code 212 for those who dialed long distance) in New York and other major markets. Scott Orgera, co-author of this book joins me to discuss the many great names in media and beyond who broke into the business at Sports Phone, the impact it had on gamblers who craved the score updates, interview with famous celebrities and sports figures who regularly called the service and how it became a part of the media landscape.

We welcome to the show, sports radio legend Chris Russo, whom I was his producer during his Orlando days at WKIS. We reminisce about those times as well as discuss his illustrious career at WFAN, Sirius XM and more

We recap March Madness and UConn's run to a back to back championship with Mike O'Donnell, college basketball analyst from CBS Sports and ESPN. Mike also shares a great story about pickup basketball from his days at NC State.

As the MLB season is set to open, Joe & Jay are here to talk about our teams, expectations for the 2024 season, some fun baseball notes, Jay's supersized Spring Training trip and we do some TV Themes, which I almost forgot to do again during our show!

With our friend Adam Eaton under the weather, it's just me and Eric Lopez on our media spotlight as we discuss the March Madness broadcast roster changes, Tony Romo ruining the end of the Super Bowl broadcast and we get some great stories and behind the scene stuff from Eric on calling UCF Softball and other sports

As the 30th Anniversary of UCF's first ever trip to March Madness approaches, we bring you a best of JAS as I interviewed former basketball coach Kirk Speraw on the 25th anniversary about that special 1994 team