Sports Live! With Steve and Justin

Send us Fan MailThe NFL keeps telling us it “takes gambling seriously,” but the business of football is now built around betting lines, sportsbook ads, and apps that live on everyone’s phone. We start with the Ryan Gold suspension and the allegation that confidential, non-public information made its way outside the building, then pull back to the bigger question: what did the league think would...

Send us Fan MailTomorrow’s World Cup final isn’t just a matchup, it’s a referendum on two completely different ways to win. Mark Leonard joins me to break down Spain vs Argentina with real tactical detail, plus the human stuff that makes this game feel bigger than sports: Messi’s late-career magic, Yamal’s rise, and the kind of pressure that makes teams either freeze or level up. We start by...

Send us Fan MailHe logs on wearing a clown suit, and it somehow turns into one of the most honest conversations we’ve had about New York sports, sports radio, and what it takes to stay relevant in a world of nonstop platforms. We’re joined by Sal Licata, a longtime New York voice known from WFAN and SNY’s Baseball Night in New York, and we start with the story behind the suit: an apology for...

Send us Fan MailA $760,000 MLB minimum salary sounds like a dream until you see what actually hits a player’s bank account and how long teams can control a career before true free agency.We take a labor law view of Major League Baseball and walk through the MLB collective bargaining agreement in plain English: what it is, what it controls, and why the contract structure shapes the entire sport....

Send us Fan MailLeBron James can still play, so why does the hardest part feel like finding a team that actually wants the whole package? We get into the NBA free agency theater and the real question underneath the headlines: roster fit, team culture, and whether a young core can grow when the spotlight is guaranteed to tilt toward one superstar.We game out the most talked-about landing spots,...

Send us Fan MailThe NBA never stops rewriting its own stories, and we’re right in the middle of a few that could swing the league. We start with Patrick Ewing and the question people keep dancing around: what kind of coach is he now, after the Georgetown run, the early bumps, and the growth that came from taking the job seriously? We talk about why his biggest impact may be as a mentor who can...

Send us Fan MailA late goal can feel like an earthquake when you’re watching from the winning team’s backyard. Mark Leonard joins us from Portugal minutes after Spain’s 1-0 win, and we unpack the whiplash: the streets that were loud last week, the sudden quiet tonight, and what it means when Cristiano Ronaldo plays the full match as the World Cup window starts to close on a legendary national...

Send us Fan MailA perfect game into the eighth inning gets ended by the manager, and the bullpen nearly blows the whole thing. That moment sends us into a bigger question: why does modern MLB feel like it has less stamina, less action, and fewer players who can truly carry a game from first pitch to last? From pitch counts and the vanishing complete game to the way strikeouts and “three true...

Send us Fan MailPicking a couple “best sports movies” should be easy, right up until you realize you have about twenty you would defend in court. We start part two of our live hang by setting up a sports movie draft, then immediately tumble into a fast, opinionated watchlist: baseball staples like Major League, kid classics like Rookie of the Year and Little Big League, and football favorites...

Send us Fan MailThe NBA Draft moves fast, and the story changes even faster. We jump on a quick follow-up right after day one to talk about how many picks landed exactly where we expected, plus the trade chatter that instantly reshapes the board. A Knicks-to-Lakers deal grabs our attention because it hints at bigger front-office plans, and we lay out what we’re watching as day two unfolds and...