SportsTalk with Steve Kaplowitz

[kickballpro]

What are your thoughts about our local Daily SportsTalk Show?

I think Steve Kaplowitz is as good as he has ever been. He's witty, funny, informative, he has a good balance of entertainment and sports....really enjoy my daily drive home.

I think Adrian is excellent, he brings a ton of knowledge. Steve is a great mentor to him.

The show is able to get really good guest.

Things I don't like. Lane Frank. Sounds like a spoiled rich kid. I think his family sponsors the show. He is super smart and knows his shit for sure. I just think he comes off as pompous.

UTEPZay has definitley grown on me. At first I didn't like him but he seems to mean well and he is geniune.

The Foss. Name Dropper. I turn of the Radio when I hear is voice.

Is the show too soft on UTEP? Does it do a good job covering local and national sports?

 

[axingfools1]

What are your thoughts about our local Daily SportsTalk Show?

I think Steve Kaplowitz is as good as he has ever been. He's witty, funny, informative, he has a good balance of entertainment and sports....really enjoy my daily drive home.

I think Adrian is excellent, he brings a ton of knowledge. Steve is a great mentor to him.

The show is able to get really good guest.

Things I don't like. Lane Frank. Sounds like a spoiled rich kid. I think his family sponsors the show. He is super smart and knows his shit for sure. I just think he comes off as pompous.

UTEPZay has definitley grown on me. At first I didn't like him but he seems to mean well and he is geniune.

The Foss. Name Dropper. I turn of the Radio when I hear is voice.

Is the show too soft on UTEP? Does it do a good job covering local and national sports?

Overall I enjoy the show when I listen. I think it's too long so it gets diluted a bit, but very informative at times.

As far as the Golding and players interviews I enjoyed them, but I would like to know info about detailed basketball stuff like how are Jones and Mbengue coming along? Will there be any adjustments on defense with the loss of Cox or our poor rim defense? What kind of coach is Golding trying to bring in next? What are the pros and cons of hedging and what might change or stay the same? How much does the team practice offense, shooting and free throws? Are those a focus and what has coach changed to improve those areas of deficiencies? How is the recruiting of the last player coming along?

I don't care about blowing smoke up the coaches and players asses and trying to hype the fans to the players.

 

[KaneFan29]

I don’t listen very often, but yeah Foss is an automatic turn off when I hear he’s up next or already on.

Same goes for the guy who talks baseball and beer. Especially during the offseason, they would still bring him on for 20 minutes. Snooze fest.

 

[utep1966]

Things I don't like. Lane Frank. Sounds like a spoiled rich kid. I think his family sponsors the show. He is super smart and knows his shit for sure. I just think he comes off as pompous.

His father is Adam Frank (President of River Oaks Properties) and his grandfather is Gerald Rubin (owner of River Oaks Properties).

 

[kickballpro]

His father is Adam Frank (President of River Oaks Properties) and his grandfather is Gerald Rubin (owner of River Oaks Properties).

Explains why Lane Frank's Podcast is the Sponsor of the show.

 

[utep2step]

What are your thoughts about our local Daily SportsTalk Show?

I think Steve Kaplowitz is as good as he has ever been. He's witty, funny, informative, he has a good balance of entertainment and sports....really enjoy my daily drive home.

I think Adrian is excellent, he brings a ton of knowledge. Steve is a great mentor to him.

The show is able to get really good guest.

Things I don't like. Lane Frank. Sounds like a spoiled rich kid. I think his family sponsors the show. He is super smart and knows his shit for sure. I just think he comes off as pompous.

UTEPZay has definitley grown on me. At first I didn't like him but he seems to mean well and he is geniune.

The Foss. Name Dropper. I turn of the Radio when I hear is voice.

Is the show too soft on UTEP? Does it do a good job covering local and national sports?

 

[dementiajoe]

Kappy is my choice as the next Voice of the Miners once John Teicher finally decides to hang up the mic.

 

[UTEPfan1966]

Steve's a great guy and knows his stuff. Remember tho, sports talk is his side gig. He's the executive for advertising for krod/klaq. The thing that does bug me about his interviews is that he comes across as a butt kisser to everyone. And his "I love that" line is over used.
I used to listen daily because of afterwork commute. Now it's once a week.
I HATE when lane is on. Extremely annoying. I assumed they were trying to target a younger crowd, but the dad/grandpa thing makes more sense.

 

[JCorona]

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I don’t agree. I rather be regular season conference champions than win 2/3 games in the conference tournament.

 

[KaneFan29]

I don’t agree. I rather be regular season conference champions than win 2/3 games in the conference tournament.

Result is the same, no NCAA or NIT. That tells you the type of slow fans UTEP has. Seeing the colorful, shiny object and thinking it’s great. Winning 2 games doesn’t erase the previous 31. If you win that magical 3rd game, different story.

 

[KaneFan29]

Kappy is my choice as the next Voice of the Miners once John Teicher finally decides to hang up the mic.

That would be the typical, lazy UTEP hire. Not that he wouldn’t do a serviceable job, it’s just the thing UTEP will end up doing.

 

[BillyFlava08]

Steve is one of the very few, if any, media members that criticizes and questions UTEP athletics. He listens to us complain all of the time and he’s also a fan and agrees, while trying to maintain professionalism. I can definitely do without the same weekly guests like the fantasy sports guy especially during baseball season. Far too many commercials to fill up air time but I understand bills have to be paid but how much of the air time is actually sports talk? I would say 60/40.

 

[JCorona]

Result is the same, no NCAA or NIT. That tells you the type of slow fans UTEP has. Seeing the colorful, shiny object and thinking it’s great. Winning 2 games doesn’t erase the previous 31. If you win that magical 3rd game, different story.

Yeah same difference. We both watched the ncaa from home. I guess biggest difference is that in one year SHSU has as many CUSA championships as we do in 20 years 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[Dmanminer]

Don't mind it when the talk sports, but they go off on to many personal conversations. What movies do they like, dinners etc.
Not a big baseball fan so I don't like when they bring the beer guy on, or the "Foss". Adrian is knowledgeable but I disagree with a lot of his opinions.
OT: I HATE WHEN THEY GO TO THE NEWS AND ITS YESTERDAYS OR LAST WEEKS. THAT HAPPENS ALL DAY LONG.

 

[nattybry]

Overall I enjoy the show when I listen. I think it's too long so it gets diluted a bit, but very informative at times.

As far as the Golding and players interviews I enjoyed them, but I would like to know info about detailed basketball stuff like how are Jones and Mbengue coming along? Will there be any adjustments on defense with the loss of Cox or our poor rim defense? What kind of coach is Golding trying to bring in next? What are the pros and cons of hedging and what might change or stay the same? How much does the team practice offense, shooting and free throws? Are those a focus and what has coach changed to improve those areas of deficiencies? How is the recruiting of the last player coming along?

I don't care about blowing smoke up the coaches and players asses and trying to hype the fans to the players.

Golding did at least answer the offense question in the Miner Talk pod cast. Seems like offense is going to be more a focal point this upcoming year.

 

[utep2step]

 

[1KiddMiner]

The only intrest I have is UTEP related, I rarely listen live and use the on demand recordings as I can forward through the show. Cade has future in broadcasting if and when he goes down that path.
Frank needs to take some ToastMaster classes, he talks to fast and his words jumble, he does know his stuff though. Zay also knows a lot about the sports world and could have a future in broadcasting as well.

KROD as a whole lags behind other "Professional" sports shows as far quality. One thing is the breaks in commercials before they finish or at times the hosts are cut off as they go into breaks...etc. I brought it up once but the response was "Hey things happen in broadcasting".

I have lived in the OKC area for 30 yrs now and the local radio sport stations are better at it.

That is all for now

 

[FarWestTexas]

Kap is THE sports authority when it comes to EP sports. As good sports reporters come and go, Kappy has and will continue to be here. With that said, he’s just the tenured professor coasting it. As the authority he can call attention to or apply some heat for local sports and I just don’t see him doing that.

I assume the ad executive side of Kap is a force, because of the success of Townsquare. But sports Kap and Sports Talk is just ultra generic sports show. Thing is there is just no competition for Kap to elevate his game. 1380 had Tipton, but it’s just another iheart afterthought. And that’s pretty much the local competition he’s had. The Sports Grind on 1380 has always been a San Antonio staple, but they are not going to talk UTEP or anything local.

I just can’t imagine Kap competing versus the hosts on the Ticket in Dallas or San Antonio - past or present.

AB moves the needle for me. It’ll be interesting to see his growth. Hell, give him his own show! The station doesn’t need more national programming hacks providing hot takes! Give me a non-westsider, puro El Pasoan that visits a carnecería for his cookout while listening to Mike Guerrero on Sundays, while helping the Ysleta JV baseball team fundraise for new equipment - to have his own show!

In the end, traditional sports radio will die off soon with all these podcasts. I’d listen to a Colin and Andy podcast if they had one.

Kap would absolutely be the lazy UTEP hire to replace Jon. It should be Tim Hagerty’s if he hasn’t already left.

 

[UTEPMiners8106]

the question of who replaces Teich is an interesting one. His official title is Assistant Athletic Director. So if they expect the next play by play guy to handle administrative duties on top of radio duties that may eliminate several prospective candidates.

 

[groundrounds]

I vote for Mondo ☠️😂🤣

 

[Lil_Train]

I vote for Mondo ☠️😂🤣

That would be "tremendous". 😀

 

[dementiajoe]

the question of who replaces Teich is an interesting one. His official title is Assistant Athletic Director. So if they expect the next play by play guy to handle administrative duties on top of radio duties that may eliminate several prospective candidates.

It’s an honorary title only.

 

[dementiajoe]

Kap is THE sports authority when it comes to EP sports. As good sports reporters come and go, Kappy has and will continue to be here. With that said, he’s just the tenured professor coasting it. As the authority he can call attention to or apply some heat for local sports and I just don’t see him doing that.

I assume the ad executive side of Kap is a force, because of the success of Townsquare. But sports Kap and Sports Talk is just ultra generic sports show. Thing is there is just no competition for Kap to elevate his game. 1380 had Tipton, but it’s just another iheart afterthought. And that’s pretty much the local competition he’s had. The Sports Grind on 1380 has always been a San Antonio staple, but they are not going to talk UTEP or anything local.

I just can’t imagine Kap competing versus the hosts on the Ticket in Dallas or San Antonio - past or present.

AB moves the needle for me. It’ll be interesting to see his growth. Hell, give him his own show! The station doesn’t need more national programming hacks providing hot takes! Give me a non-westsider, puro El Pasoan that visits a carnecería for his cookout while listening to Mike Guerrero on Sundays, while helping the Ysleta JV baseball team fundraise for new equipment - to have his own show!

In the end, traditional sports radio will die off soon with all these podcasts. I’d listen to a Colin and Andy podcast if they had one.

Kap would absolutely be the lazy UTEP hire to replace Jon. It should be Tim Hagerty’s if he hasn’t already left.

Tim Hagerty deserves his call up to The Show. He doesn’t need to waste his time with a third tier university.

 

[Firstdowndash]

Yeah that Lane Frank kid does not have a voice for radio or show business. Not a fan at all.

 

[minerfan_14]

 

[utep2step]