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On the eve of Chanukah 2024, the New York Yankees are building a roster for the impending 2025 season, and for the first time in a long time, some of the major pieces are jewish. Pitcher Max Fried and first baseman Paul
Hosted by Benjamin Block · EN · 29 episodes
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On the eve of Chanukah 2024, the New York Yankees are building a roster for the impending 2025 season, and for the first time in a long time, some of the major pieces are jewish. Pitcher Max Fried and first baseman Paul
I remember being in the throws of my Yankee fandom in the late ‘90s, so the name Bellinger is familiar. In 1999 it was Clay Bellinger, a 30-year-old Yankee rookie, who at first mention back then elicited reactions of, “C
Juan Soto is officially a New York Met. The contract signed by Soto and his handlers late Sunday evening was for $765 million over 15 years. The contract offer from the incumbent Yankees that he spurned was for $760 mill
I don’t know Jon Heyman personally, but I became a fan of his Friday evening. It was about 8:30pm on the east coast. He was about ten minutes into a radio guest spot with WFAN host Keith McPherson when Heyman had enough.
As the US Open forges on with the second week of the year’s final major, men’s quarterfinal matches beginning Tuesday include two Americans. With that, comes the annual reminder that an American man has not won the US Op
Whoever is in charge of scheduling the tennis players that get to play at night in Arthur Ashe stadium at this year’s US Open sure has their finger on the pulse. If the pulse was 2017/18, and their finger was a nub maybe
Late August in New York City usually means one last dose of sticky heat, droves of tourists filling the boroughs, Manhattanites fleeing for the shores of Long Island and New Jersey, or the mountains of the Adirondacks, a
Ahead of his first professional fight inside Madison Square Garden, I remember speaking with then-20-year-old boxer Shakur Stevenson. The fresh-faced pugilist had a smile plastered across his face that never contracted,
In 2013 Jordan Burroughs was the guy for USA wrestling. It wasn’t until April of 2021 at the Olympic Trials that his reign was disrupted. Longtime rival and fellow American Kyle Drake defeated Burroughs, denying him a sp
Three years ago hall of fame thoroughbred trainer Bob Baffert told me, “Horse trainers need to stick to training horses and stay out of politics.” He severed eye contact with me as his answer trailed off. Surveying the r
Don’t tell the New York Yankees that time heals all wounds. Not in recent memory has a mid-week, three-game affair in May meant so much to a Yankees team. Roughly 18 months after the Houston Astros cheated them out of an
Do you prefer the term “sell papers” or “get clicks?” It doesn’t matter. Regardless of the era you grew up in, a sports writer’s objective remains unchanged, and that is to garner eyeballs. A mint example of this came fr
As the Yankees open up the 2021 baseball season Thursday at home with a 1:05pm ET start versus the Toronto Blue Jays, remember this fans: “There is no contingency plan for your best players.” These words first entered my
As horse racing broadcaster Kenny Rice readies himself to host a virtual edition of the Eclipse Awards, he stopped by Block's Corner to chat about 2020 and the year that was. Kenny's love of sports stretches beyond the t
As a member of the ownership group of the 2020 Kentucky Derby winner Authentic, Starlight Racing's Jack Wolf joins me to talk about his 2020 Horse of the Year candidate. Jack also shares some memories about how he got in
Five-time winner of the New York Golden Gloves, 1984 Olympic gold medalist and two-time welterweight champion of the world Mark Breland joins me to talk about his recent departure as trainer for heavyweight prizefighter
About a year ago I secured an exclusive interview (for Playboy) with British-Pakistani prizefighter Amir Khan hours before he would go on to challenge WBO welterweight champion Terence Crawford at Madison Square Garden.
About four years ago I secured an exclusive interview (for VICE) with Mike Francesa and Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo of the now defunct Mike and the Mad Dog radio program on WFAN in New York. For your listening pleasure,
Appearing in the April 2020 issue of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's magazine, Memories and Dreams, is a featured article that I wrote commemorating the 100 year anniversary of the founding of the Negro National Lea
Former New York Yankee and two-time World Series champion and postseason legend Jim Leyritz joined me to evaluate the acquisition of Gerrit Cole and the rest of the Yankees offseason moves, as well as share stories about
Jon Heyman
MLB Insider · MLB Network
1 appearance on this show
Shakur Stevenson
Vayner Sports
1 appearance on this show
Amir Khan
GP, TV doctor and bestselling author · First Drop International
1 appearance on this show
Bob Kendrick
President of the Negro Leagues Museum · Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
1 appearance on this show
Ken Burns
documentary filmmaker · Dream Team
1 appearance on this show
Mr. Ed Randall
Vice President and SBA Development Officer · United Community Bank
1 appearance on this show
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