Starting Lineup Podcasts

Episode 1343 Join Travis Sparks & Eric Frye on the Monday Podcast edition of The Starting Lineup: With the return of high school football the guys are back to tell you about the new look and feel to the show, how you can be more interactive with the show, Plus the guys dive into the upcoming HS Football Season with a look at the changes to playoffs, Area Conferences that you care about, preview of week 1 and the return of Pick'Em as well!! Follow us on Facebook at The Starting Lineup 98 9 The Game to vote in our weekly Pick'em game Text us on brand new text line to get involved with the show!

Join Travis & Eric on this special edition of the podcast: as per tradition on the 4th Of July the guys sit down and have a bracket style tournament to determine the BEST POTATO CHIP for your America 250 barbecue and or party, 32 chips separated by 4 quadrates, tune in to find out what the best chip will be and if you agree with the winner. Also stick around for the end to find a special announcement regarding the future of the show!!

Join Travis & Eric on the last show for awhile today: start with news for future of the show, MLB to catch up on, NBA news and notes with the Giannis trade and Wagler going 5th overall in the draft, NHL movers and shakers, World Cup, US Open and Nascar Pick'em and Nascar at San Diego recap!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today final local sports recap of the season with North Clay finishing in 3rd, MLB recap, Knicks NBA Championship, Hurricanes raise the Cup, Nascar recap and Pick'Em for San Diego

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the only local sports action is in Champagin with North Clay baseball at state, MLB whip around, Cards and Cubs update, we witnessed the 28-3 version of basketball, no way Spurs came back from this, Hurricanes on the brink of a championship as well, College World Series, and Nascar Pick'em at the Tricky Triangle in Pocono!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the local sports recap of the Supers Monday , North Clay on to Final Four at State, MLB from around the league, Good Cardinals Bad Cubs, NBA and Stanley Cup Finals, and Eric catches us on all the Nascar news, notes and races!!

Join Travis & Eric is back on the show today and Eric unleashes his latest sports takes from when he was away, sectional championships and super sectional preview for today (hopefully), Cubs rant and MLB weekend recap, NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final, College Baseball Super Regional recap as well!!

Join Travis on the last one man show for the week, local sports recap of sectional semis , softball state so far, Coach T from Teutopolis stepping down as HC of the Lady Shoes, MLB reacp from the roller coaster of 48 hours, NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Finals, College Baseball Super Regionals, Bears in Hammond, Nascar Pick'em!!

Join Travis on this one man show today, local sports super sectional softball, baseball sectional semi finals, MLB recap with not good starts to the week and month for Cardinals or Cubs, Stanley Cup Final Game 1, NBA Finals start tonight, Caleb Williams on the Madden cover if that matters anymore, Nascar Cracker Barrel 400 quick recap as well!!

Join Travis on this one man Cardinal fan podcast, on the show today, a local sports sectional and regional championships recap, Cubs-Cardinals series, Cubs new theme song, the rest of MLB this weekend, NBA and Stanley Cups finals are set for later this week!!

Join Travis on the solo show today, a local sports recap from baseball regionals and softball sectional semis, preview all the area championships for today and tomorrow, state track meet in Charleston as well, MLB from the last couple of days, Cubs and Cardinals are this weekend, NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs, Nascar Pick'em!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys are back from Memorial Day Weekend, a local sports recap from the extended weekend, regional and sectional re caps, MLB recap, Abner Uribe goes full Degeneration X on the Cardinals, Cubs are miserable from a 10 game losing streak, NBA and Stanley Cup playoffs recap and Nascar / Indy 500 recap!!

Join Eric on the show today a local sports recap for a few regional championships, look at the schedule for today and tomorrow, Travis is back from assignment and recap what he's been up, MLB, NBA, Stanley Cup, INDY 500, and Eric shares his thoughts on the sudden passing of Kyle Busch

Join Eric Frye as he travels through the world of sports on a solo mission, recapping everything that has happened since Monday. High school baseball, softball regionals, MLB, NBA Playoffs, NHL Playoffs and Nascar All Star "Dud". All on The Starting Lineup

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap from the finales of the city series games, not much local sports be happening today or maybe even tomorrow, MLB recap from rivalry weekend and its Tarps off in St Louis, NBA and Stanley Cup light action this weekend, PGA Championship, MMA Fight, and a tiny bit of Nascar Hall Of Fame!!

Join Eric and Travis as they talk all things sports. Local baseball including the City Series as well as MLB, NHL and NBA Playoffs and Nascar Pickem for The All Star Race!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap from a wild last two days, set the schedule for today including the City Series getting underway tonight, MLB whip around, NBA playoffs, Stanley Cup Playoff, Basketball Schedules, Nascar Watkins Glen recap, and Eric cooks up next years schedule for Nascar!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap from the weekend, MLB whip around with the Cards, Cubs and the rest of baseball, NBA playoffs and Stanley Cup playoffs as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap from Weds and Thursday, take a look at the hopefully dry schedule today and tomorrow, whip around MLB with the hot Cubs, cool Cardinals and the rest of the league, what are we doing 4 different platforms to watch a baseball series, NBA playoffs, Stanley Cup Playoffs, NCAA Tournament Expansion, Nascar at Watkins Glen and Pick'em as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap from mix of rainy and dry weather to start the week, rain effecting the schedule for today and more in the forecast, MLB whip around with Cubs and Cardinals, NBA Playoffs, Hockey fix your schedule and the fix is in for your draft, Nascar at Texas recap and Pick'em to recap as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap from over the weekend, look ahead at the rain affected schedule for today and tomorrow, take a whip around MLB with a good weekend for the Cardinals and a great weekend for the Cubbies, NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap from the past couple of days, MLB report Cubs and Cards, Playoffs NBA and Stanley Cup, Kentucky Derby, Nascar Pick'em

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a local sports recap yesterday and a peek into the schedule for today and tomorrow, Cardinals and Cubs report and a whip around the rest of the league, Stanley Cup and NBA Playoffs, Nascar at Talladega recap!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball from the start of the week, look at the schedule for today, MLB so far this week, NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs have delivered so far, Draft Day in Pittsburgh, Nascar from Kansas recap and Pick'em recap as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball from Friday and over the weekend, recap from MLB over the weekend, NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs get into full swing as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball, breaking Illini News Stojakovic is running it back at Illinois, MLB, the beginning of the NBA and Stanley Cup Playoffs, Nascar at Kansas and Nascar Pick'Em. Plus it is WrestleMania weekend in Las Vegas!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball from the last couple of days, MLB with a recap of Cardinals and Cubs & a whip around the rest of the league, NBA Play In underway, Nascar at Bristol recap and Pick'em recap as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball from Friday and this weekend, a whip around MLB for the weekend, and it was a tradition like no other Master concluded yesterday and both of the guys have plenty to say and rant about the tournament, the viewing and presentation of it all, the sport and society itself!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball from past couple of days, whip around MLB from last episode, Masters is off and going in Augusta and setting up to be a good weekend, Nascar makes its return and Nascar Pick'em!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball from Monday and yesterday, MLB from the beginning of the week so far, College Basketball National Championship, No News is Good News for the (way to early) #1 Team in the country Illinois Fight Illini, couple of quick Nascar hits from Eric our Nascar Expert, Masters week is here!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of baseball and softball results from Friday and take a look at the stacked local schedule for today, Illinois magical season comes to a close on Saturday at the Final Four, some nights it just isnt going to be your night, was the moment too big for the players, will Illinois be back, Travis is not even going to watch the championship game, MLB recap from the weekend and take a look at the schedule for today!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of what little local high school sports action there was from Thursday, take a peek at schedule for today and tomorrow, a recap of MLB from since the last show, Eric is not a huge fan of the ABS challenges, Illinois & UCONN Final Four preview and more!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local high school sports action from Tuesday, may not have much luck for the rest of the week however, a recap of MLB so far this week, also another recap for ya the guys recap the Nascar race at Martinsville and Pick'Em

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a a look at the schedule for today and a recap of the LIC vs NTC All Star Game, Illinois is going to the Final Four, how they did it, what are the haters going to say about Coach Underwood now, the vengeance tour with UCONN in the national semi final, a recap of MLB opening weekend!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball scores from Thursday, NCAA Tournament recap Illinois is on to the elite eight and the only thing that stands in their way of a Final Four is IOWA, recap of MLB opening day the highs and lows of the day from a Cubs and Cardinals perspective, Nascar at Martinsville and Pick'Em

Join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local baseball and softball from yesterday, a recap of Pick'Em and the Nascar race from Darlington this past week, and the guys preview the MLB season whos winning the divisions, how are the Cubs and Cardinals going to finish, who winning the awards and is it the Dodgers or the field this year for the World Series!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today recap of the weekends local baseball and softball action, recap of the NCAA Tournament, had some moments but overall kind of chalkey, Illinois on to the Sweet Sixteen 2nd time in 3 years, right where you want to be and have a major chip on their shoulders entering the game against Houston

Join Travis & Eric on the show today recap of yesterday's local baseball and softball action, take a peak at the schedule for the weekend, NCAA Tournament Day 1 Recap, Illini Roll past the Quakers, Illinois have to be careful against VCU, Nascar at Darlington and the guys set their Pick'Em lineups!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a look at the local schedule for baseball and softball, let march madness begin and the guys got their brackets and final four and champions to revel, WBC Finale and the USA goes down again, Nascar in Las Vegas recap and Pick'em recap as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the boys state championships and the cold and snow preventing baseball and softball seasons getting off to a smooth start, College Basketball and March Madness Brackets are set, Illinois lose on Friday has Travis feeling a surprising way, and the WBC as well!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the boys state semi finals, college basketball and the Illini vs Wisconsin, World Baseball Classic and Nascar is in Las Vegas the guys have their picks for Pick'Em!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of boys super sectional games, a couple of softball games to get the spring season off and going, Eric immediately discredits Bam Adebayo 83 point performance, World Baseball Classic Team USA on the brink of elimination thanks in part to our manager not knowing the scenarios, Fall out of the Maxx Crosby trade falling thru, Nascar at Phoenix and Pick'em recap!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the sectional championships from Friday, state championships in girls basketball and girls all state teams, Illinois wins an ugly regular season finale, World Baseball Classic as well!

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Join Travis & Eric on the show today a quick recap of the girls basketball state finals, preview the sectional championships with Effingham County representation, College Basketball Mens and Womens, World Baseball Classic, Nascar at Phoenix and Pick'em as well!!

Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of last night sectional semi final action, Altamont and Teutopolis on the sectional championships, Illini with a get right performance against Oregon, and the rest of college basketball, Nascar recap at COTA and Pick'em

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Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the regional championships from Friday, take a peak at sectional semi finals tomorrow and Teutopolis girls super sectional tonight, college basketball and Illinois loss to Michigan, Plus St. Louis Cardinals news

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