The times they are a changin' for the All Star Bloggers Show!

I recently spoke with Steve Miller, managing editor of Fox Sports.com and both he and his boss have been checking out the show and they like what they have been hearing. They've also seen some of the buzz that the show has generated on the blogs. They have asked if I would be interested in having FoxSports.com promote the show and of course I said yes. Possibly for this week and definitely by next week, they will begin running a link to the show on the FoxSports.com website. They will include a blurb concerning guests and topics. There is concern about routing traffic away from the Fox Sports site but I have agreed to do some promotion of Fox Sports.com on the show (The Fox Funhouse page in particular).

Steve seems to think that the show may get so much traffic that we may crash the BlogTalkRadio server. I have alerted the folks at BTR so they are preparing for tomorrow (as best as they can) and they will hopefully be set by next week.

I will be sending Steve a list of guests and topics every Tuesday and he will begin linking the show to the Fox Sports site. The ultimate goal will be to get FoxSports.com to actually house the show right on their site but they are not at that point yet.

I can use your help folks. I would love it if you could go onto the blogs and promote the show. The new show name is:

The Fox Sports.com Bloggers Show (do not refer to it as the "Fox Sports Bloggers Show"...you need the "dotcom" in there to avoid me getting an earful from the TV Division)
The url is:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FoxSportsdotcom_Bloggers_Show
If you'd like to put a button for the show on your blog, here is the html code that you can copy and paste in:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/hostpage.aspx?host_id=4930">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/images/BTR_Button_88x31.gif" />

I am keeping my fingers crossed for tomorrow night!

As for the show tomorrow night....................................

Eleventh show and we are still going strong!

This week's FoxSports.com Bloggers Show will air at 10:00 pm EST on Wednesday evening.

Our guests this week will be:

Wednesday, August 1, 2007, 10:00 pm EST

1. Lisa4USC
2. Demonicume
3. Broblog
4. bluegrassLady
5. Reverend Rhythm
   

We have some interesting items to discuss this week including:

1) Race and sports. Does race play a role in the way the fans, the media and others look at the Barry Bonds situation, the Michael Vick case and even the Donaghy referee scandal. Broblog and Demonicume will be on board to debate that.

2) Bringing their "He said, She said" blog to the show, bluegrassLady and the Rev will be debating the future of the Boston Celtics in light of the Garnett trade.

3) Lisa will open the show and will be on board for some football discussion. College football season is ONLY 27 days away!

We will discuss/debate these issues but we also want to hear what YOU have to say!

The call in number is (646) 478-5128. Please don't hesitate to call in. Part of what makes the show special is the interaction with the callers who bring such a strong dimension to the show. Also, if you would like to be a guest on the All-Star Bloggers show, please contact me at Gatordebate@aol.com. There are so many great bloggers out there and I want to give anyone that wants to have it, a chance to come on the show. Make no mistake folks, the show is not about me but about the great guests we have had, we are having and will continue to have. This is a show by the bloggers and for the bloggers.

I hope you all tune in on Wednesday evening!

Tenth show and we are still going strong!

This week's All-Star Bloggers show will air at 10:00 pm EST on Wednesday evening.

Our guests this week will be:

Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 10:00 pm EST
SoCalSportsFan
Broblog

We have some interesting items to discuss this week including:

1) Mike Vick - Will he ever play again in the NFL and what does this scandal to to him, the team and the league as a whole?

2) The NBA Referee Scandal - Does this doom the prospects of an NBA franchise moving to Vegas?

3) Ian Johnson says he needs extra security for his wedding in Boise.  Is this a sad ending to an otherwise storybook tale?

We will discuss/debate these issues but we also want to hear what YOU have to say!

The call in number is (646) 478-5128. Please don't hesitate to call in. Part of what makes the show special is the interaction with the callers who bring such a strong dimension to the show. Also, if you would like to be a guest on the All-Star Bloggers show, please contact me at Gatordebate@aol.com. There are so many great bloggers out there and I want to give anyone that wants to have it, a chance to come on the show. Make no mistake folks, the show is not about me but about the great guests we have had, we are having and will continue to have. This is a show by the bloggers and for the bloggers.

I hope you all tune in on Wednesday evening!

We are heading into the eighth installment of the show folks and still going strong. The feedback has been great. This week's All-Star Bloggers show will air at 10:00 pm EST on Wednesday evening. We have had over 1200 hits on the show on the archive and our live listener base has been strong so I thank you for that!

Last week, I tweaked the show format a bit and did the show by myself and went right to the phone lines. This week I will have two guests and we will divide the show into two segments; a 10:00-10:30 segment and a 10:30-11:00 segment. The lineup for this week is as follows:


Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 10:00 pm EST
kenrickthomas - 10:00
Neil Blackmon (theninthinning) - 10:30

We have some interesting items to discuss this week including:

1) The topic of the quality of blogging on the Fox Sports site as well as some interesting political commentary was brought up last week by Kendrick so we will discuss that a bit.

2) The Major League All-Star game is taking front and center sports news so we will wrap up the first half of the season and look ahead to the second half of the season with Neil. Neil is a good friend of mine and he is new to the Fox Sports blogging community so I wanted to get him on the show to introduce himself and talk some baseball. He really is like a young Peter Gammons!

We will discuss/debate these issues but we also want to hear what YOU have to say!

Just a few quick things:

1) The show is going to go on at 10:00 pm instead of 11:00 for those of you that can't remember when we air.

2) Promote the show. Mention the upcoming show in your blogs. Maybe include a link to the show:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/All_Star_Bloggers_Show

the more promotion = the more listeners.

3) I think I'm doing better with the phone calls each week and I'll try to do even better this week. As I've been saying, the show is a work in progress and I know some folks did not get their calls through last week. I will try my best to correct this.

4) The call in number is (646) 478-5128. Please don't hesitate to call in. Part of what makes the show special is the interaction with the callers who bring such a strong dimension to the show. Also, if you would like to be a guest on the All-Star Bloggers show, please contact me at Gatordebate@aol.com. There are so many great bloggers out there and I want to give anyone that wants to have it, a chance to come on the show. Make no mistake folks, the show is not about me but about the great guests we have had, we are having and will continue to have. This is a show by the bloggers and for the bloggers. I promise to try my best to not mess it up!

I hope you all tune in on Wednesday evening!

After a day of backyard barbeque's,drinking some brews, and watching baseball, make sure you come on over to BlogTalkRadio.com and check out this week's All-Star Bloggers Show. This week's All-Star Bloggers show will air at 10::00 pm EST on Wednesday evening.

The guests for this week's show will be..........................

YOU!!!

That's right folks, this week's guests will be the callers that call into the show. In the spirit of Independence Day (coupled with the fact that few folks would commit to doing a show on a holiday), we are turning the entire show over to the callers, many of whom are great bloggers at Fox Sports. Over the past few weeks, I've had trouble getting to all of the callers so for this week we will take a page from the Rush Limbaugh playbook and have "open mike Wednesday."

Got a rant? Share it with us.

Got a question? Share it with me.

Looking for a debate? Bring it on!

I'll give my rant on what's got me worked up in the world of sports and then the phone lines will open!

There are a few things that have ME pissed off in the world of sports this week:

1) Big Papi should not be starting in the 2007 MLB All-Star game. The guy played seven games at 1B and either Youkilis or Morneau should be starting ahead of him. He is NOT a first baseman.

2) Grant Hill is thinking of going to the Suns? The guy makes $93 million from the Magic who stuck with him through a ton of injury plagued seasons and this is how he wants to pay back the fans of Orlando? What a jerk.

3) Yi Gianlin says he wants to be traded from the Bucks. I think he should just shut up and sign with the team that drafted him but I don't think the Bucks did there homework either. Just like when the Magic drafted Rudy Fernandez with the 11th pick a few years back and he opted to stay in Spain, should teams do a bit more homework before they make a draft day blunder?

I will give my take on these issues but I also want to hear what YOU have to say!

Just a few quick things:

1) The show is going to go on at 10:00 pm. This will be our time slot.

2) Promote the show. Mention the upcoming show in your blogs. Maybe include a link to the show:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/All_Star_Bloggers_Show

the more promotion = the more listeners.

3) The call in number is (646) 478-5128. Please don't hesitate to call in. Part of what makes the show special (and this show in particular) is the interaction with the callers who bring such a strong dimension to the show. Also, if you would like to be a guest on the All-Star Bloggers show, please contact me at Gatordebate@aol.com. There are so many great bloggers out there and I want to give anyone that wants to have it, a chance to come on the show. Make no mistake folks, the show is not about me but about the great guests we have had, we are having and will continue to have. This is a show by the bloggers and for the bloggers. I promise to try my best to not mess it up!

I hope you all tune in on Wednesday evening!

I never thought I would see a worst dressed draftee than Karl Malone in the 1985 NBA Draft.....

...until I saw Joakim Noah come on the stage tonight!

The bow tie might be worse than the knit tie and although Malone looked like he pulled a pair of old Dockers out of his closet and mugged a 6'11" waiter on his way to the draft, nothing compares to the Krusty the Klown Hair and the peace sign. This image will live in infamy FOREVER!!!

Go Gators!