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Stanford Cardinal podcast with Jerry Feitelberg: The hurt so good win puts Hogan start on ice

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by Jerry Feitelberg

PALO ALTO–Stanford Cardinal quarterback Kevin Hogan is nursing a left ankle sprain and he might not be able to start this Saturday at Oregon State this Friday night. Hogan had a banner game last Saturday against the USC Trojans in the 41-31 win. Hogan didn’t practice with the club on Monday.

After further examination Hogan won’t be able to practice with the team until later this week and at best Thursday. Instead of the normal seven days to recover from a game Hogan has until Friday night to get ready on the road against the Beavers. Hogan who was injured in the first half of the game against the Trojans who came out in the second half and helped Stanford get two more touchdowns.

Jerry Feitelberg does the Stanford Cardinal podcast each week to hear more on the Cardinal click below for the podcast at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco Giants podcast with Michael Duca: After dropping Arizona series Giants looking for some semblance in San Diego

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by Michael Duca

San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt had just as tough an outing with the rest of his teammates. For Belt he went 0-3 and the Giants were shutout as a team twice by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday and Saturday. They figured it out on Sunday with a 5-1 win to take one out of three.

On Friday night the D-Backs Randall Delgado helped in the D-Backs win, the D-Backs used a five man rotation to shutout the Giants and used three pitchers on Saturday in the 2-0 shutout. Rubby De la Rosa, Andrew Chafin, Delgado, Daniel Hudson, Brad Ziegler their MLB pitchers who got a job done on Friday with the five man shutout on the Giants.

Starter De La Rosa has always been a guy with all kinds of respect in the pitching department he went 5.2 innings, one hit, four walks and five strikeouts on Friday at AT&T against the Giants. His ability is remarkable and it was surprising that he was throwing 97-98 with regularity down in the zone.

Giants starter Madison Bumgarner on Friday who went eight innings, five hits, two runs, and Mad Bum pitched well enough to win and gave up one earned run in eight innings you can’t complain about that. It was the fourth time in Bumgarner’s career that he has given up two or fewer runs in a loss.

So what happened for San Francisco on Friday and Saturday is that they had absolutely no hitting whatsoever and they beat themselves left fielder Alejandro De Aza dropped a ball in left field which would have gone for a single most likely and it was scored as a double and it would have been a single and he would have been able to hold the lead runner.

Hear the commentary of Michael Duca on the Giants podcast right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Sportstalk at Buca Di Beppo San Francisco: Top Bay Area Sports headlines and remembering George Devine Sr

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Sportstalk at Buca Di Beppo at 855 Howard Street in downtown San Francisco Cast: Michael Duca (host), George Devine Jr, Amaury Pi Gonzalez, Morris Phillips, Jeremy Kahn, David Zizmor, Jerry Feitelberg and Lee Leonard (Producer). Make sure you stop in at Buca Di Beppo and try some of their best dishes. Sportstalk recommends and enjoyed the Spaghetti with meat sauce, Chicken Penne, Chicken Parmesan, Cannoli, and Italian cake.

Sportstalk in this edition discusses headline sports, Cal’s victory over Texas, Stanford’s upset over USC, and a tribute to the late great George Devine Sr broadcaster and print journalist. Our Thanks to Buca Di Beppo hosts Chantal Call and our server Ryan.

NCAA Podcast with Michelle Richardson: Ole Miss led by Kelly for the winner; TCU gets large win over SMU;LSU shocks Auburn

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by Michelle Richardson

photo of Chad Kelly Ole Miss by google images

Ole Miss (3-0) 43 Alabama (2-1) 37: The Alabama and Auburn dynasty is done for about a minute because there are new players and remember I told all of you about last year eventually there are people who don’t want to be fourth string and their going to go to other SCC schools. Ole Miss didn’t want to sit back and wait for their time. Alabama is going to try and pick up some ballers.

For Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly there was the one pass where he just chucked it up in the air and the ball hit the helmet of the receiver on the other end and it was caught. You just can’t make that up. That’s just not in anybody’s playbook, that was just one of those games that if you didn’t see it you really missed one great game.

TCU (3-0) 56 SMU (1-2) 37: TCU quarterback Treyone Boykin threw for 21 completions, 454 yards, five touchdowns, and one interception. Boykin has one pick a game he’s got to clean that up. Boykin was a Heisman Trophy winner and last year they were talking about Boykin being a Heisman Trophy candidate.

Boykin has to clean up those picks but he’s doing what he has to. He hasn’t really got into the art of his Big 12 schedule. Boykin is going to have to go down to Texas, he’s got to go to Baylor the arch rival TCU, their going to have to go to Oklahoma and a lot of places and their definitely not out of the woods.

LSU (2-0) 45-Auburn (2-1) 21: It was offense and defense and get out of the way of LSU running back Leonard Fournette with 19 rushes, 228 yards, three touchdowns, and quarterback Brandon Harris completed 12 passes, 74 yards, and one touchdown. I went to get a bottle water and then I heard the announcer going ballistic when Fournette would carry and the announcer would go crazy a lot Saturday.

Auburn’s Jeremy Johnson had the longest rush with a 65 yard carry for Auburn’s first touchdown of the game at 14:07 in the third quarter. Fournette had ran a 70 yarder on the kickoff of the first play of the game. Fournette would later rest after compiling so many yards he was pulled out later in the game to be on the safe side which paid off in LSU’s 24 point win over Auburn.

Michelle Richardson does the NCAA Podcast for http://www.sportsradioservice.com each week listen to the podcast below

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Local Bay Area Radio icons make it to Hall of Fame

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

photo of Terry McGovern courtesy google images

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO–On Saturday Bay Area radio personalities were introduced at the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame by former great DJ formerly with KSAN and KSFO Terry McGovern the former morning personality and voice actor. McGovern served as this year’s master of ceremonies and introductions at the BARHOF. McGovern a well known film actor, television broadcaster, radio personality, voice over specialist, and acting instructor.

The Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame, the California Historical Society and Broadcast Legends inducted nine of their own to the Hall of Fame. In the Sports Category former Raiders head coach, television analyst, and KCBS Sports personality John Madden started his introduction on former morning personality from the former flagship station of the A’s and Giants KSFO 560 Gene Nelson (BARHOF 2006).

Then Madden switched his attention and introduced former morning personality from KNBR Frank Dill (BARHOF 2006) who called it a day in 1988, coach Madden also worked with former news anchor at KCBS Al Hart (BARHOF 2006) and current KCBS morning anchor Stan Bunger (BARHOF 2010). Madden who was not there to present but he sent his most heartfelt thanks via video to introduce the personalities.

News Categories: Former KFRC and KCBS newsman from the South Bay Bureau Mike Colgan was introduced by former KGO ABC 7 reporter from the South Bay Bureau Rigo Chacon who is now retired. Colgan has been on the Bay Area radio news scene now for over 40 years. Colgan was part of that legendary 610 KFRC, the Big 610, 20/20 news team, and part of those Billboard Station Of The Year Award years when KFRC won consecutive Billboard awards in the 70s.

Colgan also worked at KPEN Los Altos before working at KCBS in 1988. Colgan’s current assignment is with the KCBS South Bay Bureau. I have personally known Rigo for along time, he does a lot of stuff for the community and told me his dad used to love to listen to me when I first started doing the A’s on the radio in the mid 70s.

Former KYUU great Gil Haar was brought in from Denver to work at KOBY as a DJ in 1958, then Haar worked at KYA and KEWB then moved to KMJ Fresno for five years, and came back to the Bay Area in 1966. He spent the next ten years as news director at KNEW. For those of you who knew him from his work in the 80s he worked with Don Bleu morning disc jockey, Vicky Jenkins news anchor, Whitey Gleason Sports Director at the formerly NBC owned 99.7 KYUU. Haar was famous for ending his news casts by saying “so now you know” he was also there to accept his Hall of Fame induction.

Pioneer: Elma Greer from KSFO radio which was called for many years “the world’s greatest radio station” where Greer was music director who started her 28 year tenure in 1961. Greer won numerous awards during her career as music director. Kathy Antsey Elma’s daughter accepted on behalf of Elma.

Engineering and Education: Ken Nielson a true radio and TV pioneer. He came to the Bay Area from Denver in 1941 and convinced the San Francisco United School District to apply for an FM license and purchase an RCA demonstration FM transmitter used in the 1939 Treasure Island Expo. The end result was that of KALW radio which became the first FM station on the West Coast. Later Ken convinced the school district to purchase TV cameras and related equipment for classes. The equipment was used after school hours to help start KQED TV. Yes, same KQED 9 as we well know it today.

Specialty: Peter Scott came to KSFO after several years at KSJO in San Jose. Peter worked his way up from production coordinator to assistant program director and then onto program director in the mid 70s. After his KSFO days he owned his own recording studio in San Francisco and did voice overs until his passing in 2008. McGovern inducted Scott with the Hall of Fame award.

Personality: Dusty Street got her start in Bay Area radio as one of the fabled “chick engineers” at KMPX in 1967. Street later became a DJ when she moved over to KSAN after the KMPX strike. Street later moved to the LA market from 1979-1995. She spent the last ten years at Sirius XM radio as radio host of classic vinyl.

Program host: Lisa Kreisler started his career at KLOK in the news department after graduation from San Jose State. When her station switched formats she jumped over to KBAY doing news before becoming co host of the morning show with fellow BARHOF 2015 and former K101 disc jockey Sam Van Zandt. The Lissa-Sam show put KBAY on top of the San Jose ratings. Van Zandt presented Lissa with the plaque.

Executive Harvey Stone originally from Cleveland served 33 years as General Manager/President of KBLX “The Quiet Storm”. He guided “The Quiet Storm” against the giant corporate stations to be rated in the top three on a consistent basis through the 1990s. Harvey is also the CHRS godfather. In 2003 he invited and allowed CHRS to use the historic KRE building in Berkeley as the first home of the CHRS Radio Museum.

Priceless stories about radio, when radio was really radio, when station had news, sports and weather staffs along with their music and program directors. I’m proud to be a part of the BARHOF (2010) preserving history of radio in the Bay Area, mixing with some of these people I have know for years and some that I used to listen to when I first arrived from New York City to San Francisco in 1969 it is always a thrill and a privilege.

A great afternoon was had by all and lunch at the Basque Cultural Center in South San Francisco with an attendance of 140 people on Saturday. For more information please visit http://www.broadcastlegends.com.

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for the A’s, the Spanish TV voice for the Angels, and does News and Commentary each week for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Legendary Astro broadcaster Milo Hamilton dead at 88

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by Amaury Pi Gonzalez

photo of Milo Hamilton courtesy of google images

LOS ANGELES–It was Milo Hamilton who was at the microphone calling the play by play for WSB Radio in Atlanta when baseball home run king Hank Aaron swatted his 715th home run to surpass former king of ding the late New York Yankee Babe Ruth. Hamilton made the call on April 8, 1974. Hamilton passed away at the age of 88 and the cause of illness was not disclosed.

Aaron’s 715th home run was anxiously anticipated during the off season as he was held to 713 homers at the end of the 1973 season. It was on opening day 1974 in Cincinnati that Aaron faced the Reds starter Jack Billingham when Hammering Hank belted the home run that would tie Ruth’s all time mark at 714. For the rest of that three game series Aaron wouldn’t go yard.

The Braves wanted to sit Aaron until he got back to Fulton County Stadium to face the LA Dodgers but MLB Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn ordered Aaron to play in every game of the Red series. The Braves wanted to save Aaron for the home games in Atlanta.

It was Hamilton who was on WSB calling the most famous call in baseball when Aaron broke baseball’s all time home run record and it was the mantle of Hamilton’s legendary career. Hamilton called Major League Baseball for 60 years and he always said that Aaron told him when he travels all over the world people refer to Hamilton’s call of Aaron’s home run on radio that night.

The way Hamilton would tell it “were kind of joined at the hip with home run number 715” of Aaron and the home run call. Aaron said of the call, “Your voice goes with me all over the world, everywhere I go when people start talking about that home run, your voice comes back, and I want to say how much I appreciate that.”

Amaury Pi Gonzalez is the Spanish radio voice for the A’s, the Spanish radio voice for the Angels, and does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNZl6HN5c-0 (link for Milo Hamilton call on Aaron’s 715th home run courtesy of You Tube)

Cal Bears Podcast with Morris Phillips: Longhorns doing a serious study on Cal offense

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by Morris Phillips

photo credit bleacher report of Charlie Strong Texas U

BERKELEY–Cal is off to a great start the Golden Bears are the only undefeated team in the Pac 12 North which is comprised of the six teams that are here in the Bay Area and in Washington in that half of the conference that’s competing, that’s trying to get to the Pac 12 Championship. Oregon has already lost a highly important nationally visible game last Saturday with a loss to Michigan State last week in a narrow three point loss for the Ducks.

Cal is off to a great start in terms of what their doing and also what’s happening around them in the Pac 12. In the game against San Diego State the Bears started slow on Saturday against the San Diego St. defense and then right after half time they scored 25 seconds and made it 21-7 and got on a roll from there.

A lot of good things were happening in that game before they scored and also after, it’s really going to be interesting to see just how good they are as they go forward. There’s a lot of good things regarding Bears quarterback Jared Goff his maturation, his ability to connect with his receiver the types of routes and kind of hang in there and beat the pass rush.

There are a lot of good things going on with the Bears and with the Bears playing their first away game in Texas this Saturday against the Longhorns is a game that is winnable. When these games are scheduled this far in advance you never know what your going to get when you when you get there. For example Cal just played a series with Ohio State then and now could go home at home with Texas.

Depending when these games come up anything can happen and Ohio State this year’s defending national champions. With Texas you have a team that’s in the second year of their head coach Charlie Strong whose in his second year in tenure but their not there yet.The Longhorns don’t have the depth that Cal has and the Bears are a slight favorite this week for them to go into a great football environment and have an opportunity to win.

Morris Phillips covers the Cal Bears listen to the podcast below at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Oakland Raiders Podcast with Joe Hawkes Beamon: As Raiders get ready for Baltimore Carr trying to recover from bruised thumb

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by Joe Hawkes Beamon

photo credit USA Today of Raiders QB Derek Carr

ALAMEDA–After taking a tough loss to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday the Raiders are trying to recover from an offensive 33-13 trouncing and they would have no where else to go after week one but up as they get ready to host the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr left after receiving a bruised thumb and was replaced by Matt McGloin.

Carr went seven for 21 for 61 yards before injuring his hand, Carr was three and out for most of the first half before McGloin took over but he did throw a touchdown in garbage time. The Raiders safety Nate Allen was put on the injured reserved list due to a knee injury. An MRI showed that Allen tore his MCL.

Other Raiders out: Charles Woodson was injured on a tackle attempt, Woodson dislocated his shoulder, head coach Jack Del Rio said Woodson will be out “an extended period of time, when you get hurt it’s serious for the guy that’s dealing with it” the Raiders have some players that are banged up right now.

As far as defense is concerned the Raiders Del Rio will have to make sure that the middle field doesn’t get wide open like it was against Cincinnati. The Raiders coverage against the Ravens tight ends will be challenged. The Ravens played a close game against Denver last Sunday in a 19-13 close match.

In that game there was not even an offensive touchdown, so the task the Raiders would have to consider is trying to study film and see where their at in trying to defend the Ravens on Sunday. The Ravens have Joe Flacco at quarterback he went 18-32 for 117 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions.

You would think that after the kind of game the Ravens had an offense getting held to no touchdowns and winning. That’s something the Raiders could come up with a defense for the Ravens who can be stopped and the games were on the road for them in Denver. The Ravens came in trying to put up some points and they definitely have an offense that can do that so it’ll be interesting to see what the Raiders can come up with on Sunday.

Joe Hawkes Beamon is a talk show host covering the Raiders join him for the podcast below at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

San Francisco 49ers podcast with David Zizmor: Hyde the best choice at running back could match Gore’s talent

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by David Zizmor

SANTA CLARA–In Monday night’s game the San Francisco 49ers Carlos Hyde was the key guy, when former running back Frank Gore left because of free agency and ended up better off with the Indianapolis Colts. A lot of people were wondering what was going on with the Niners letting Gore go as Gore is the Niners all time rusher.

Gore was a also a fan favorite, and is an all around good guy whose been around the team through thick and thin. It did hurt the fans because they just loved Gore. He’s one of those guys if your a 49ers fan your always going to remember Gore and losing him was tough. If you watched the Niners last season and it wasn’t a great season a couple times Gore got ten or 11 touches in the game Gore looked good.

He didn’t get enough carries to make a huge impression and all eyes focused on Gore, Hyde was pretty good last year there was a reason he was considered the top running back in last year’s draft and why the Niners took him in the second round. Now he is the full time running back for the Colts.

Gore is a starter he’s the bell tower as they would say, Gore why is reason why the Niners felt comfortable letting him lead off and obviously the salary was an issue as well. Hyde’s talent is unquestionable and this guy looked fantastic on Monday night. You saw every little bit of talent that he had on display.

Hyde is big, he is tough, and he’s very, very fast. His running was decisive and you would see that on the replays. Hyde would kind of start out very patiently. He would see his hole open up in the offensive line and make a quick cut and boom through the hole. That’s something that Gore used to do three, four, five years ago when Gore had more traction in his legs.

David Zizmor does the 49ers podcast each week to hear more click below at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

NFL Podcast with Tony Renteria: Suh slides on helmet kick but if it walks like a duck…it’s a duck

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by Tony Renteria

In terms of the headsets running the New England Patriots radio broadcast on the Pittsburgh Steelers on opening day helmets, this further update the NFL rule is what happens to one team (the Steelers) should apply to the Patriots as well. So when the headphones had problems they should also shut down the Patriots phones down.

There should be no advantage, there have to be four or five plays that happen where one team has an advantage and the other team doesn’t have the advantage. The Steelers headphones were off but the Pats headphones were still working so until it’s resolved by the officials they have to make the situation even. So the next four or five plays could be the difference in the game.

If it walks like a duck, if it quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck chances are it’s probably a duck.It just seems that the Patriots have a history of suspicious work ethics and something seems to happen when they play and there is some pomp and circumstance that develops.

Ndamukong Suh of the Miami was under suspicion for kicking Washington’s Albert Morris helmet off after rising after a play after Suh’s right leg made contact with Morris. After further review by the league they say the kick was unintentional. If your a bully your always going to be a bully and that’s how Suh’s always been.

Even stepping on Green Bay quarterback Aaron Rogers and now kicking Morris’ helmet off. There’s unintentional then there’s intentional and with Suh he’s just one of those players if it walks like a duck, acts like a duck, and quacks like a duck it’s actually a duck. Chances are it’s a duck with Suh.

You’ll find lots more NFL commentary with Tony Renteria on tonight’s podcast right here at http://www.sportsradioservice.com