WGBB Sports Talk New York

Islanders Season Preview, Jiggs McDonald, 1992-93 Isles

FLASHBACK: Tommy Lasorda (2015)

FLASHBACK: Boomer Esiason (2007)

Host Rob Cramer begins the show welcoming former New York Giants tight end Mark Bavaro. Mark talks about the current Giants late season push to make the playoffs, the craziness of games with no crowds during the pandemic and the use of fake crowd noise in the stadiums. Mark also talked about the Super Bowl winning teams he played on with the Giants in 1986 and 1990, playing for Bill Parcells and the genius of Bill Belichick he witnessed in New York while with the Giants and later playing for him in Cleveland with the Browns. Then former New York Rangers captain and current MSG analyst for the Rangers Dave Maloney joined the show to discuss the current Rangers team as they head into the season. Dave talked a bit about the World Junior Championships before briefly getting into his run to the Stanley Cup Finals back in 1979. Then Dave gave his thoughts on the current Rangers team, including the challenges facing the team in the upcoming pandemic shortened season.

Host Bill Donohue brings in the new show by welcoming former New York Mets and Yankees outfielder Darryl Strawberry. Darryl talks about some of his favorite teams and players (Pete Rose?!) growing up in Los Angeles. Strawberry also talked about playing for Davey Johnson, losing to the Dodgers in 1988, leaving the New York Mets to play in Los Angeles, his relationship with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and playing for the Yankees and being a part of a Simpsons episode. The Straw man also talked about his new book coming out on January 12th, Turn Your Season Around: How God Transforms Your Life and how his life and perspective has changed since his baseball career ended. Then former New York Nets star forward and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Julius Erving joined the show as "Dr. J" talked about his favorite teams and players growing up in Roosevelt on Long Island, as well as some of the great basketball players that grew up in the area. Erving also talked about the evolution of the dunk, his relationship with basketball Hall-of-Famer Pete Maravich, the early days of the ABA and playing at the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island for the Nets, and his time in Philadelphia with the Sixers. "Dr. J" closed things out talking a little about comparisons to Michael Jordan and other stars that came into the NBA after him.

New Name, Same Great Show and More!

Host Bill Donohue begins the show welcoming former New York Mets OF Benny Agbayani who spoke about his MLB career and his time with the Mets. Later Bill talks with author Brian Wright about his new book, The New York Mets All-Time All-Stars.  

Host Andy Suekoff begins the show talking with 1980s Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour star Don Genalo about his bowling career. Later Andy talks about his teenage career goal of being a Major League Baseball player agent, and why he is glad it did not turn out that way! Featured guest Don Genalo was a four-year...

Hosts Gary Harding and John Panarese talk with Patrick Hickey, author of The Minds Behind Sports Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Video Game Developers about the power of video games in our society, and even talk a little Islanders hockey. Then the boys talked about Covid-19 and its impact on the sports world, as well as...

Hosts Gary Harding and John Panarese speak with American ice hockey player and analyst AJ Mleczko about the upcoming NHL season and the impact of the Johnny Boychuk departure from the Islanders. The boys then talked about the NFL season, and the strong play of the Buffalo Bills.

Debut Show Coming in January

Host Bill Donohue welcomes former Archbishop Molloy and New Jersey Nets point guard Kenny Anderson, followed by former New York Knicks forward and Hoops Hall of Famer Spencer Haywood, who spoke about his new book The Spencer Haywood Rule.  

Host Bill Donohue begins the show welcoming former Mets and Yankees 1B Doug Mientkiewicz. Later Bill talks with Bill Madden, member of Baseball Writers’ Association of America and author of the new book Tom Seaver: A Terrific Life.  

Host Bill Donohue begins the show welcoming , retired Canadian ice hockey goaltender, Olympic silver medalist and first woman to play in any of the major North American pro-sports leagues when she played an NHL exhibition game with the Tampa Bay Lightning back in 1992. Later Bill talks with Steve Garvey, long time Los Angeles...

Host Andy Suekoff begins the show talking about NBA Free Agency and the draft with Gerald Bourguet, NBA writer/editor and Suns reporter for FanSided. Then Long Island University men’s ice hockey team head coach Brett Riley joins the show to talks Sharks hockey and recap their series against Holy Cross.