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Headline Sports podcast Charlie O: Knicks looking at Kidd as next coach; Can Pacers Haliburton lead again?; plus more news

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Dallas Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd yells to his players during the first half of an NBA play-in tournament basketball game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Friday, April 18, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Headline Sports podcast Charlie O:

#1 The New York Knicks have expressed interest in obtaining the services of Dallas Mavericks coach Jason Kidd. The Knicks have not requested to speak with Kidd who has two years left on his current contract extension that he signed with the Mavericks in 2024.

#2 Former New York Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau took the Knicks to the Eastern Conference finals. It was the deepest that a head coach had taken the Knicks in 25 years. The Knicks looked like a contender and then after losing to the Indiana Pacers Thibodeau was fired in what the Knicks called a “difficult decision.”

#3 In game 1 of the NBA Finals the Indiana Pacers Tyrese Haliburton’s buzzer beater shocked the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110. The Pacers take a 1-0 lead going into game 2. A win by the Pacers would give them a leg up 2-0 going back to Indiana. A loss by the Pacers would tie the series with the Pacers having home court advantage for game 3.

#4 Charlie switching to baseball, do you look at the Los Angeles Dodgers slump like a this is a time to panic situation. The Dodgers have scored only once on a wild pitch after going 18 innings and 19 hits over the weekend against the St Louis Cardinals.

#5 What do you make of the blinking lights for game winning home runs and for closers coming into the games. It’s now part of the baseball culture that closers are getting a lot of the hype on social media with the lights and coming into games.

Charlie O does Headline podcasts Sundays at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: How much blame falls on Oakland Mayor Thao or A’s owner John Fisher in loss of A’s

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Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao speaks during the Oakland 68’s and the Last Dive Bar’s FanFest at Jack London Square Oakland back in March 2024. Thao is facing a recall from office as being organized by Oakland residents. (photo by the City of Oakland)

On Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 An Oakland poll that was taken asked if Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao should go and she got a 96.6 percent rating that asked if Mayor Thao should be recalled. Although Oakland residents blame Oakland A’s John Fisher for taking the A’s out of Oakland Thao is being blamed for a large part of losing the A’s.

#2 Thao and the City are also being blamed for not solidifying their negotiations in trying to bridge the gap to get the financing done to get a ballpark village at Howard Terminal. How much of the blame of losing the A’s will be part of Thao’s legacy?

#3 It’s very likely a recall to remove her from office will be in motion soon. Thao is being blamed for the high crime, retail closing and leaving, the high profile closure of In and Out Burger at the Airport Corridor, and the failure to negotiate an agreement with the A’s to keep them at the Coliseum for the interim for three years.

#4 Charlie, how much did the $92 million for three years offer by Oakland to keep the A’s at the Coliseum for interim while the park is being built in Las Vegas seem like a pie in the sky offer by Thao and the Oakland Coliseum Joint Authority?

#5. What really went wrong between Fisher and Thao in negotiations in terms of closing the deal at Howard Terminal?

Charlie O does Headline Sports podcasts each Sunday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Two leagues, six divisions, two different states in MLB idea for regular seaon

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photo file from City of Scottsdale: Scottsdale Stadium in Arizona will remain empty one way or the other as fans will not be allowed to watch exhibition and regular season games from inside the park if baseball season is ever to resume

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 MLB is considering realigning MLB teams and canceling out the National League and American League traditional schedule where teams like the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Yankees could be rivals.

#2 The alignment would be changing six divisions. The two different leagues would be called the Cactus League in Arizona and the other league the Grapefruit League in Florida with three divisions in each league.

#3 The idea is to play regular games in two different states with no fans in attendance in an abbreviated season how will that work for TV revenue and most importantly for radio.

#4 How will an idea like this be received by the fans? They’ll miss baseball but some might just tune out if they can’t get to the ball park or if they feel like their team is away and it doesn’t have the local feeling to it.

#5 The other benefit to it is they will all be one hour drive from each other and if they going to compact so many games in in a short amount of time this might be the best way to do it.

Charlie O does Headline Sports every other Friday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

 

Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O: Trump hopes to have NFL going by August; Antonio assault charge on repo man pretty much ends career; plus more

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file photo from nbcnews.com: Former Oakland Raider Antonio Brown appears in front of Broward County judge. Brown is facing assault charges of assaulting a truck driver.

On Headline Sports podcast with Charlie O:

#1 Trump hopes to have the NFL season going and able to start on time when August pre season kicks off. Trump was in a conference call with other pro sports commissioners and the discussion was on where the country was at in flattening the curve. No doubt the commissioners were concerned about the economic impact from the shut down.

#2 Former Oakland Raider Antonio Brown was accused of assaulting a moving truck driver, Brown refused to pay moving fees, and forcibly retrieved his possessions in the truck. Also a Broward County prosecutor said that police had been call to Brown’s house some 18 times in two months after the assault on the truck driver.

#3 Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett are set to be honored as they get inducted in the NBA Hall of Fame this has been billboarded  one of the best classes of the NBA’s Hall of Fame classes.

#4 Houston Astro veteran pitcher Justin Verlander  said he’s donating every check he gets during the pandemic shut down to charity. He and wife Kate Upton said they will be donating to a different organization each week.

#5 Charlie O what do you miss most about baseball right now, is it the smell of the concession stands when you first walk into the ball park, the cut green grass, your seat ready when you walk into the pressbox after picking up the stat sheets and line ups, or Dick Callahan on the A’s PA system doing play by play on which is fastest BART car?

Charlie O does Headline Sports every other Saturday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com