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In this edition of the Open Mike program from January 30, 2013, host Michael Cohen previews the Super Bowl match-up of brotherly love between Jim and John Harbaugh as the Baltimore Ravens get set to take on the San Francisco 49ers. In hour two, Michael welcomes in Dan Feuerstein of Triple Coverage to take a look at the Alex Rodriguez steroid scandal. HOUR ONE HOUR TWO

Alex Rodriguez can forget about the Hall of Fame. He can forget about being considered one of the greatest players to ever step on a ball field, and he can quickly forget about jumping up into the top five of All-Time Homerun leaders. Because, as of this moment, the career of Alex Rodriguez is basically over. No, he hasn't decided to retire just yet, but when a story broke on Tuesday with damning information that Rodriguez had acquired PEDs from Anthony Bosch, and his "BALCO of the East coast," Biogenesis, Rodriguez's credibility came tumbling down yet again. In a career that has been marred with steroids, front page and back page embarrassment, infidelity, pictures of him with dozens of women not named his wife, and of course not to mention a reputation as the most un-clutch postseason performer in baseball history, Rodriguez finally got TKO'd in the 12th round. And this time the Yankees have had enough. According to the report Rodriguez began acquiri...

The New York Jets are ready to part ways with the best player this franchise has seen in decades. Darrelle Revis, the star cornerback, who missed almost all of the 2012 season due to an ACL injury is likely on his way out of town , and if you look at Revis' Twitter account, you would know he a'int too happy about it, and who can blame him. Darrelle Revis ‏ @ Revis24 I'm speechless by far but more importantly I feel more upset for the jet nation for having to go through this!!! Jets Owner Woody Johnson is ready to part ways with his star cornerback, because he...

In this edition of the Open Mike program from January 23, 2013, host Michael Cohen takes an early look at Super Bowl XLVII between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers. In addition he discusses the new Jets’ front office, and the continuing Manti Te’o saga. LISTEN HERE

RAVENS 28, PATRIOTS 13 49ERS 28, FALCONS 24 Exactly one year ago, brothers Jim and John Harbaugh walked off the field in their respective conference championship games losers. John watched his Ravens come oh so close to upsetting the New England Patriots in Foxboro were it not for a dropped Lee Evans touchdown pass, and a missed field goal by Billy Cundiff. New England won 23-20. Meanwhile on the west coast, Jim's Niners couldn't hold a 14-10 lead over the New York Giants thanks in part to two fumbles on special teams that cost San Francisco a chance at the Bowl. New York went on to win the world championship two weeks later. This time the Harbaugh's got the second chance they wanted and as a result both will square off against one another in Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans in two weeks. Both the 49ers and Ravens used their overpowering physical style of play dicate the second half of each game, as both erased halftime deficits to win big in the end, outscoring ...

BRUINS 3 RANGERS 1 No team came into this shortened hockey season with higher expectations than the New York Rangers. Picked by many to win the Stanley Cup, the Rangers got off to a sluggish start in Boston, losing 3-1, and getting totally outplayed in the process. New York was out-shot by Boston 34-21; lost their face-offs 35-23, and even worse, gave the puck away 10 times in defeat. The Rangers were not crisp defensively, as goalie Henrik Lundqvist had to spend the night on his heels, as Boston attempted 25 shots on goal in the first two periods alone. Meanwhile, New York averaged only seven shots on goal per period, with Brad Richards proving to be the lone star of the game for New York. Big name free agent acquisition, Rick Nash had only two shots on goal the entire night. Boston scored two goals in quick order. First Milan Lucic scored with six minutes remaining in the first period. Then, early in the second period, Daniel Pallie scored with an assist Greg Campbell to m...

DEVILS 2 ISLANDERS 1 After an 113 day lockout that cost almost half the 2012-2013 season, the New Jersey Devils were finally back on the ice to begin defense of their Eastern Conference title from last season. The Devils out-hustled a very young New York Islanders team, beating them 2-1 in a game that was really never that close. The Devils out-shot the Isles 28-19, and at one point held New York to only nine shots on goal through two periods of play. The Devils got big opening night performances from: Ilya Kovalchuk, who looked crisp after spending the lockout playing in Russia; Travis Zajac, who inked a brand new deal earlier in the week, as well as veterans Patrick Elias and David Clarkson. Even rookie Stefan Matteau looked good in his first game in red and black, taking three shots on goal. Midway through a scoreless 2nd period, the Devils struck gold, when Kovalchuck sped around Islanders Evgeni Nabokov, passed the puck to Zajac who punched it in for the first goal of t...

Ok, you can stop laughing Jets fans! We know, we know. It is so painful it's funny. Yes the New York Jets have decided to sign former Eagles offensive coordinator and head coaching flame-out Marty Mornhinweg as the teams offensive coordinator. This coming just hours after the club signed John Idzik to the post of General Manager. Mornhinweg is the third offensive coordinator for the Jets in two years. The club failed with Brian Schottenheimer, and failed even more with Tony Sparano. So why not bring in a guy who couldn't manage the Eagles offense well, and is widely condsidered the biggest failure in the NFL for his 2-year stint with the Detroit Lions as head coach where he compiled a 5-27 record? Brilliant move by Woody Johnson and company. Mornhinweg is considered a "quarterback guru," which is laughable since he couldn't get Joey Harrington to play well at all in Detroit. Unless you consider his work with established quarterback's Donavan McNabb an...

Manti Te'o, the man in the center of the greatest lie in the history of Notre Dame football denies having any involvement in girlfriend-gate, and that he was indeed duped by his friend (excuse me) non-friend, Ronaiah Tuiososopo, as part of an online prank on the linebacker according to an exclusive interview on ESPN. Te'o denied that he ever met Kekua, and said he tried to meet with her via Skype, even though it was reported that Te'o had met her in 2009, and was seen with her over the course of the last three years. Te'o even decried reports that he knew of Tuiososopo, showing Jeremy Schapp a text message from Tuiososopo admitting to him he started the prank and that he was sorry. Te'o said he never met Tuiososopo until that November 24 game in LA. However it doesn't answer the question as to why the two were friends on Twitter long before that game. It also doesn't answer why friends of the family were saying that Tuiososopo and Te'o were buddies...

After more than three weeks of failing to sell the Jets General Manager position to any potential candidates, Woody Johnson and company may have settled on a individual to take up the job. And it isn't who you think. No the next GM of the New York Jets will not be in-house candidate Scott Cohen. (Take a sigh of relief Gang Green Nation). No, the new GM will be Seattle Seahawks Vice President of Football Administration John Idzik. Like former GM Mike Tannenbuam, however, Idzik is a salary cap guru. While that may make Jets' fans stomachs ache, Idzik has had far more success in the NFL. According to his bio on Seahawks.com , Idzik had a hand in some of Seattle's day-to-day football operations, and before joining the Seahawks in 2007, was the Senior Director of Football Operations for the Arizona Cardinals. Idzik entered the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He spent 11 years with the Buccaneers, first as a Pro Personnel Assistant and then was elevated to Director of F...

When word came on Wednesday afternoon that Manti Te'o, the heralded linebacker of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish upon whom had been lavished more praise and media attention than anyone could imagine for both his play on the gridiron and his "handling" of a "tragic loss" in his life, was embroiled in the most heinous and devious plot this side of Lance Armstrong, how could anyone be surprised? Te'o's "long-time" girlfriend, Lennay Kekua, never died, never went to Stanford, and, in fact, never existed. This is by far the cruelest deception someone has played on an American public so willing to discover a feel-good story and a newer hero. While there is more to come on this story, Te'o, and the university, are in scrambling mode trying to paint Te'o as a victim of online pranksters. Notre Dame and Te'o want us to believe that he is dumb enough to fall for a woman's fake profile picture, and that he was okay with never meeting ...

In the first hour of the Open Mike program, host Michael Cohen breaks down the upcoming AFC and NFC Championship match-ups with John Pielli, host of the Passed Ball. Michael also gives his take on the wacky Manti Te’o scandal. Listen here! In the second hour of the Open Mike program, host Michael Cohen welcomes in Dovid Dobin and Bret Leuthner to discuss the upcoming truncated NHL season which begins on January 19. What’s in store for the Rangers and Devils? The boys’ preview. Listen here!  

In the first hour of the Open Mike Program, host Michael Cohen takes a look at the shocking vote by the Baseball Writers who decided not to elect anyone to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013, with the faces of the Steroid Era, Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds on the ballot. Sean Bretherick and Daniel Feuerstein of Triple Coverage join the debate. LISTEN HERE!  In hour two of the Open Mike Program, Michael Cohen, Sean Bretherick and Daniel Feuerstein talk about the return of the NHL after a very long and weary 113 day lockout. The group then moves on to break down the Rex Ryan press conference from Tuesday afternoon. LISTEN HERE!

Before anyone could settle down into their arm chairs to watch "the most anticipated college championship" in quite some time, the game was over. Alabama scored a touchdown only 2:57 into the contest when Eddie Lacy raced in from 20-yards out to give 'Bama a 7-0 lead. After Notre Dame went three and out on their first possession, Alabama marched right down the field against the so-called greatest defense in college football and pounded it in when Michael Williams caught a three-yard pass in the end zone from quarterback A.J. McCarron. With 6:14 left in the 1st quarter the score was: Alabama 14, Notre Dame 0. Not only did Notre Dame look lifeless, they were totally out of their league. The Fighting Irish were so bad they made the New York Jets look like world beaters. The only aspect of the game was even mildly interesting was ESPN's numerous shots of McCarron's smoking hot girlfriend, Katherine Webb, who is Miss Alabama! It's good to be the starting qua...

Anyone expecting to hear something incredibly revealing from the Jets press conference, Tuesday were greatly disappointed. Not only did Jets owner Woody Johnson endorse the job security of coach Rex Ryan, the duo danced around questions regarding the future of the franchise in terms of the clubs' GM search, the quarterback, and of course Tattoogate. The most prevalent information to come out of the Jets press conference was the idea that Johnson will allow Ryan to be part of the search for a new General Manager. This is baffling. To give the head coach say in who the GM will be does not solve the team's personnel issues, especially when the coach is Ryan who has done nothing but destroy the Jets during his four year as head coach.  With Ryan having a say on who the GM will be makes working for the Jets an untenable situation. Nobody is going to want come to New Jersey and work for the Jets if Ryan is going to serve a s a bully to whomever is making the personnel decisi...

The New York Jets may have their man. Reports are surfacing that 49ers Director of Player Personnel Tom Gamble is the favorite to become the new GM of the Jets . Gamble has extensive NFL experience having spent 24 years in the league in the player personnel and scouting departments. He has spent the past seven years in the 49ers developmental department focusing on college and pro scouting. He has been apart of the recent turnaround in the Bay Area that has seen the 49ers become a relevant franchise the past two seasons. Before that, Gamble was a college scout for the Indianapolis Colts from 1998-2004. That's right, the prime of the Peyton Manning era in Indy. Gamble learned under former Colts GM Bill Polian, and received a ringing endorsement from him. He started his career in the Philadelphia Eagles organization in 1988, so he is familiar with the Ryan persona, having worked under Rex Ryan's father Buddy when he was the Philly head coach. The one negative about Gambl...

The 2012 NFL playoffs got off to an interesting start this weekend. while Saturday's action didn't offer much drama at all there was plenty of drama and emotion on Sunday in Maryland as the Ravens hosted the Indianapolis Colts and the Redskins hosted the Seattle Seahawks. SEAHAWKS 24 REDSKINS 14 After a sizzling start right out of the gate by the Redskins, the Seahawks rallied big time thanks to a superlative effort by both Seattle's fearsome defense and the incredible play of quarterback Russell Wilson. The Seahawks erased a 14-0 deficit in the first quarter, posting 13 unanswered points in the second quarter, highlighted by a four-yard touchdown pass by Wilson to Michael Robinson to make it 14-10. After Robert Griffin III was picked off on a bomb down the sideline, Wilson led another time consuming drive, this one 10 plays and 62 yards in 3:36 to set up a Steven Hauscka field goal to cut the Skins lead to one.  The Skins were never the same after taking a 14-0 ...

After four bitter months and with more then half the season already canceled the NHL will finally return to the ice after the players union and the leagues owners came to an agreement on a 10-year deal early Sunday morning. The deal, which seems to heavily favor the owners, especially those who complained about unfair competition in the league based on player compensations, is going to see some big changes. The Pension Plan is going to see players hockey related income drop from 57% earned income to a 50-50 split with the owners, thus giving owners more leverage. Earlier in negotiations the owners wanted to bring the players down to 46% of income revenue, but came back to 50% in recent talks. The players share of hockey-related income reached $3.3 billion during the 2011-2012 season. Now one can understand why the players were in a fight to keep their compensation, and why a season was almost lost. Also the salary cap max for teams is going to come skyrocketing down over the ...

Andy Reid is offiically the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. Five days after being dismissed by the Philadelphia Eagles, Reid lands on his feet in KC, becoming the fourth coach the team has had in the last five years. It has been a long time coming since Kansas City was even a decent football team, and they hope that Reid can turn the franchise around in the fairly weak AFC West. Reid brings instant credibility to franchise and fan base longing for better days. With Reid aboard the Chiefs agreed to part ways with General Manager Scott Pioli. Pioli drew the ire of media and fans out in Kansas City for his Belichick-like approach to the football business. Pioli failed to establish a winner in Kansas City, hiring two failed coaches in Todd Haley and Romeo Crennel during his tenure. With Pioli available, don't be shocked if the Jets throw their hats into the ring to get Pioli to be their GM. Woody Johnson has always had an obsession with the Patriot Way up in New England. ...

In this episode of Open Mike, host Michael Cohen discusses the movers and shakers in the NFL after Black Monday, as seven coaches and five general mangers were fired this week. Michael welcomes Dan Feuersetein in to talk about the firing of Mike Tannenbaum. Listen Here !