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CzabeCast
Steve Czaban is one of the most experienced daily sports talk radio hosts in the nation. In his 28 year professional career, Steve has worked for every major syndicated sports talk network (Sporting News, ESPN Radio, Fox Sports Radio, Yahoo Sports Radio, SB Nation Radio), filled in as a guest host for popular national personality Jim Rome, and has worked locally in markets including Santa Barbara, Chicago, Milwaukee, Charlotte and Washington D.C. "The Czabe" has forged a unique style of…
Episodes
CzabeCastNo Dunking, Crowd Noise Rule, and Other Insanity
As absurd as the NFL's new "Squishing the Passer" rule has been, there are other rules in sports history which were equally insane. Andy Pollin sizes…
CzabeCastThe NFL's Passing Fetish Is A Death Wish
Everybody loves high scoring, high-flying, throw it all over the field football. Problem is, the NFL is now like a heroin junkie, willing to do anything to…
CzabeCastThe Bell Tolls For Tomlin
The Pittsburgh Steelers rarely have down years - hell, just TWO losing seasons in 25 years! - but Notorious J-A-Y says they are heading for just that this…
CzabeCastCzabe Is In A Club Daze
So many questions... so many. This is what happens when a middle-aged white dude wanders into one of Vegas' so-called "hottest" night clubs. An ear…
CzabeCastThe Ghost Ship of Raljon
The brutal home crowd for the Redskins opener, and are these fans ever going to "come back" to FedEx Field? Busy Monday in the NFL, as Josh Gordon is a…
CzabeCastThe NFL Deserves To Be Punished, But We Are Powerless
The Packers-Vikings game was un-acceptable on multiple levels. To begin, "the horseshit roughing call to decide a game" has already come home in just…
CzabeCastKeep Your Friends Close, Cowboy Friends... Closer
I had been wanting my boy "Cowboy Mike" to come on the show/podcast for some time now, as his takes on his beloved blue stars are always spot on…
CzabeCastA Lie Agreed Upon, No More
The Redskins will admit their first sell-out "L" in over 50 years on Sunday. What it means, and why I think it's a good thing. Drew Olson still doesn't…
CzabeCastCrazy Dreams, Shoes and Sacrifice
The Kapernick ad by Nike is a conflicted mess on several levels. I try to dig through it and untangle the themes. Andy Pollin joins me and we talk Redskins…
CzabeCastAaron Rodgers Is Risen
One moment Aaron Rodgers is riding a cart into the lockeroom with tears in his eyes, his season presumably over. The next moment, he's returned to the field…
CzabeCastThe NFL Is Just A TV Show About Quarterbacks
And this season looks like it's a blockbuster. In fact, if you told me I had to pick between the 2018 NFL season, and the concluding 8th season of Game of…
CzabeCastRedskins 2018 Season Prediction: "Patch and Pray"
Oh, how I would love to be dead wrong.... but my number for this year's team is not optimistic. A 6-10 year, with more things going wrong, than right. I…
CzabeCastGood Luck Finding Another Khalil Mack
The Raiders don't seem to get the point of the draft. You hope to find generational talents, and when the prove to be durable leaders who love, love, love the…
CzabeCastBurgundy Jesus With His Panties In A Bunch
Adrian Peterson believes he's going to be a big part of the Redskins season. I love his confidence. But history says it's highly unlikely. Not just that, but…
CzabeCastAaron Rodgers Has All The Money
Packer fans enjoyed their best day since winning the Super Bowl in Dallas almost 7 years ago. Minor-league out-of-bounds slinger Brett Hundley and his…
CzabeCastRyan Braun Was The Gummy Monster
Our guest today Drew Olson of the Big 920 in Milwaukee alerts us to a book excerpt where convicted 'roid pusher Tony Bosch explained how the Brewers slugger…
CzabeCastA Very Rich Bag of Almost Crazy
The New York Giants "load the boat" on Odell Beckham Jr. (what, too soon?) The kind of broken soul who would shoot up a Madden tournament just because…
CzabeCastMedium Take Alert! Urban Meyer Punishment Was About Right
It's easy to climb aboard one's media soapbox and demand a football coach's scalp and many did this week regarding Ohio State. But as I see it, this was a far…
CzabeCastEagles Now Singing the Red Jersey Blues
How much should you play your important, non-replaceable players in meaningless August games? I say none, after what happened to Nick Foles against the…
CzabeCastThis Is A Man's Game, Always Has Been
The curious case of Su'a Cravens. How did it unravel so quickly in DC? Drew Olson warns: Hey dads, forget trying to look "cool" on a campus visit with…
CzabeCastMaryland Takes the "Loh" Road To Accountability
It took 63 days, and a bombshell ESPN report to finally get Maryland to say "sorry for killing your kid." Better late than never, I guess. Orlando…
CzabeCastThe 7 Circles of Interior Painting Hell
Apparently, if ESPN says "Boo!" then D-1 football programs jump. Who is Tiger's new "lil' shawty?" Greatest home runs in baseball history…
CzabeCast"Dude... I Stole A Plane"
Tiger Woods and his spectacular SECOND PLACE finish at the PGA. Gary McCord is the worst. Brooks Koepka is kicking sand in everybody's face. The crazy…
CzabeCastBeer Mile Now, Donuts And Cigarette Mile Next!
Who wouldn't want to have 4 beers in 4 minutes, and then have them slosh around your stomach like a washing machine while running balls-out for a…
CzabeCast"You Gotta Have Some Skin In The Game"
August means fantasy, and our guy Paul Charchian from KFAN and Fanball.com sets the table for the upcoming season. The Zero RB theory. Nice weather cities…
CzabeCast"There's No Money In Being Right"
I ponder the odd economics of sports TV punditry, where both the loudly wrong and the timidly neutral can BOTH make upwards of $6 million a year. Mr. X weighs…
CzabeCastThe Ultimate "Catch-81" Who Was Better?
Both Randy Moss and Terrell Owens had their moments of being a total pain in the ass. Both guys could light it up against your team on any given Sunday. Both…
CzabeCastThe Phony Importance of the 3rd Pre-Season Game
NFL coaches are men of superstition, cliches, and tradition. Most of them do things because either a) everybody else is doing it or b) that's the way it's…
CzabeCast"If Kaepernick Is Not In The Game, He's NOT In The Game!"
EA Sports has been known for their hyper-realism when it comes to the Madden video game franchise, but this was perhaps a step too far. The new helmet rule in…
CzabeCast"Urban Meyer, Doing the 'Right Thing' and Ugly Marriages"
So let's say the minute Urban Meyer hears of a domestic violence he "swings into action." What action should that be? Whom should he tell? What should…
CzabeCast"You Know It's Easy to Get Fat On A Cruise"
I'm back from another glorious weekend of golfing in cheese country! LeBron James builds an amazing charter school for unlucky kids and their families. Now…
CzabeCast7/25/18 - "Bourbon, Scotch and Whiskey... Oh My!"
I know just enough about the brown stuff to make me dangerously confused on many aspects of this subject. But my guest today is an AUTHORITY! Fred Minnick…
CzabeCast7/23/18 - "The Kid Was In The Front Row! Wasn't That Enough?"
File this viral video under "too bad to be true" or something like that. Turns out that just because the camera catches one ball, one time, not landing…
CzabeCast7/22/18 - "I Had This Crazy Dream About Tiger...."
For a dreamy, amazing hour or so, we all time travelled back to the year 2000 at the British Open. Tiger Woods, in a blood red shirt and ink black pants, stood…
CzabeCast7/18/18 - "One Of The Most Stupid Things In Golf"
When Jean Van De Velde melted down like Velveeta on a hot sidewalk in July at the British Open, even the announcers were agog. Listen to the "back…
CzabeCast7/17/18 - "Aaron Rodgers Has 40/40 Vision"
How much would Aaron Rodgers make on the true "open market" and how long does he want to play? Short answers: "We'll never know." And…
CzabeCast7/16/18 - "Blokes On A Plane"
What's it like to watch a World Cup match between England and Columbia while FLYING TO London from the states with half a plane full of drunken Nigels rooting…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Friday July 13, 2018
Uncle Andy puts us on his knee, to tell us the one time in recorded history that a Pollin actually splurged for something kinda pricey! The NFL's domestic…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Thursday July 12, 2018
The NFL is heading right toward a Titanic-sized officiating iceberg this fall, and I doubt they even see it. Kylie Jenner is going to be a billionaire. Think…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Wednesday July 11, 2018
Shady McCoy has got some 'splainin' to do and could be in serious trouble. Roger Goodell, call your office. What would an NFL "Fantasy" draft of…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Tuesday July 10, 2018
Will the US ever actually *win* the World Cup? In my lifetime? In yours? Is our soccer too white, too rich? Drew Olson and I debate, you decide. All Star…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Monday July 9, 2018
What happens when you make a teeny little suggestion about how to change soccer rules during a World Cup game on Twitter? About what you would expect…
CzabeCastCzabeCast July 6, 2018
What goes into producing "The Herd" with Colin Cowherd? My former producer Sam Betesh gives us a tour of the sausage factory. Everything from topic…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Thursday July 5, 2018
Did anybody JPP themselves on 4th of July? Hope not! The Nats are blowing the season. Now, watch, here comes the Harper drama. Just wait. Kim.com extradition…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Tuesday July 3, 2018
Boogie Cousins to Golden State breaks the internet, maybe the NBA. Could it blow up in the Warriors face like a trick cigar? Lakers load up on "big…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Monday July 2, 2018
LeBron has taken his talents to La-La Land. Finally! Now, will Kawhi get his wish and join him? Tiger Woods with a solid finish. What does it mean? Paul George…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Friday June 29, 2018
Jameis Winston's incredulously lawyer-speak Uber-apology. The "Ace Rothstein Rule" as applied to Winston. The Redskins season ticket "waiting"…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Thursday June 28, 2018
GOAT Ranch 101. All the GOATS, all the time. Tim Tebow keeps hacking away in the minors. And he doesn't totally suck. Should the Mets just bring him up?…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Wednesday June 27, 2018
NFL Top 100 List. What would expansion draft look like? Why LeBron is afraid of going to LA. Yes, afraid. California privacy bill has Google spooked. 10 Day…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Tuesday June 26, 2018
James Harden, your NBA MVP? Oh... really? Have him. I'll take LeBron. Adventures in VAR. Solly. The NFL heads into the season, with several depressing…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Monday June 25, 2018
An below ground, backyard pool: the American dream! The Jameis Winston story just got worse. And it could get even worser. An act of simple human kindness in…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Friday June 22, 2018
NBA Draft night edition. Why we all can't help to compare white guy to white guy draft prospects. Woj ignores bosses, bombs away. Lavar Ball. Luca's mom…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Thursday June 21, 2018
Summer solstice time means Stonehenge, baby! Jeff Triplette has been given a cushy TV job. For real? Phil Mickelson is sorry. Hot dog to the face! Airline…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Wednesday June 20, 2018
I want my legacy in sports radio to be TWO things! The "ALE" theory and "3-TV Set-ups." I think I am on my way! Rumor season in the NFL. Popp…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Tuesday June 19, 2018
Mickelson's ball-slap the way we'd like to hear it on TV someday. "Did Dustin just win?" Cowboys cheerleader suing team. World Cup replay, or…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Monday June 18, 2018
World Cup fever has struck! Mexico with a massive upset of Germany! Landon Donovan has a new *2nd favorite team in soccer. Boo! Badass granny chokes out…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Friday June 15, 2018
This summer is the 30th Anniversary of the movie "Bull Durham" and we have the author of the "Making Of..." who tells us the small miracle it…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Thursday June 14, 2018
US Open begins. Bigger story: Phil completes career slam, Tiger wins to re-ignite comeback? Terry Collins audio with umpire. Opening bid: "You…
CzabeCastCzabeCast June 13, 2018
Alex Ovetchkin closes the Championship parade in style: "I told you we were not going to fucking be suck this year!" Social media continues to make…
CzabeCastCzabeCast Tuesday June 12, 2018
Winning a championship is sweet, but it wouldn't be complete unless you shared the experience with a good sports friend. Andy Pollin has been that guy to me…