Kevin Kloss

With major sports leagues back in action, adaptation is at a premium. On this week’s episode of Talkback, host Cooper Boardman looks at the winding career paths of podcast pioneer Seth Everett and Phoenix Suns broadcaster Jon Bloom. The 90’s SU grads talk about making the most of opportunities and rolling with the punches.

With the team almost entirely back in voluntary practices, we explore the new faces of the Syracuse Men's Basketball team and take a look ahead to the 2021 recruiting class. Hosts Owen Valentine and Ben Shulman are joined by Paul Biancardi, who talks national, ACC and 'Cuse recruiting.

Sports is a deeply rooted part of popular culture in countries all around the world.  From big games like the Super Bowl to tournaments like the NCAA Final Four, sports have a way of bringing us together and creating new tribes like few things do in our society.  From post-game pizza outings in little league baseball to grabbing a brew with your friends at a neighborhood sports bar, sports serve as a popular backdrop for human connection, bonding, and community.  That’s all changing in the face of the Covid-19 global pandemic.

In this episode of Pop Life, Joe Lee chats with veteran sports broadcaster Ian Eagle about the return of sports, the impact the pandemic is having on the business of sports, and what the future of the fan experience might be like in a post pandemic world.  

Basketball comes back this week inside the bubbles in the NBA and WNBA. On this week’s episode of Talkback, Orlando and Bradenton take center stage. Minnesota Timberwolves play-by-play radio voice Alan Horton walks through the challenges ahead for the NBA’s Disney World reopening, and 2018 WAER Syracuse alum Sean Salisbury details calling the WNBA season from a studio.

As the fall approaches and Syracuse Football's scheduled training camp inches closer, we explore the new faces of the 2020 recruiting class. Hosts Owen Valentine and Ben Shulman are joined by Stephen Bailey talking guys that can have immediate impact as well as some others that could be big names a few years down the road.

With Major League Baseball’s return marking the end of this sports drought, host Cooper Boardman dives into the challenges ahead and what the return to baseball means with ESPN’s Jeff Passan, Boston Red Sox TV announcer Dave O’Brien and Houston Astros radio announcer Rob Ford.

With things still up in the air regarding when and how the 2020 college football season will be played, hosts Owen Valentine and Ben Shulman look ahead to the Syracuse Football 2021 recruiting class (1:24-9:07); special guest Matt Hauswirth shines a light on some faces to look out for in orange in the coming years (9:07-34:52); and we dive into the upside potential of 2021 QB commit Justin Lamson (34:52-41:51).

The fifteenth episode of Talkback comes less than three weeks before the National Hockey League restarts its season. Two NHL voices—Jim Jackson of the Philadelphia Flyers and Steve Goldstein of the Florida Panthers—join the podcast to break down the sport's return in Canadian bubble cities. 

After a three month hiatus, Syracuse Basketball is back (and so are we)! Hosts Owen Valentine and Ben Shulman tackle Boeheim's Army's first game in The Basketball Tournament and look into the team and their early round matchups. We also talk to Kevin Belbey, the team's general manager, about the quarantine bubble and this year's tournament.

The NBA was one of the first dominoes to fall on March 11, when Rudy Gobert's positive test halted the league's season, and ultimately, sports. Now, it plans its return in a Disney World bubble. This week on Talkback, Adam Schein, John Jastremski and Noah Eagle explain what that return looks like and what it means to those inside and outside the basketball world.