Mark Lawrence Against the Line Radio, Brandon Lang and More

We get a lot of questions about sports handicapping radio shows. Let’s give credit to Mark Lawrence, one of the pioneers in radio handicapping with his “Against the Spread” radio show. Mark and Lenny Stevens, whom I was a guest many times, are probably the two pioneers. Journeyman Mike Lett is another.

Now Scott Spreitzer, Brandon Lang, and Bobby Ventura spend a lot of money doing infomercial appearances. Spreitzer and Lang (AKA Brandon Lane) both are solid broadcasters who bring information and personality to the table, but Ventura is “painful to listen to. It is radio at its worst,” reports Brian Gould of ScoresOddsPicks.com.

SportsByline with Ron Barr used to have some of the SportsMemo handicappers on satellite radio and was pretty useful.

Still, we use sports radio hosts who have great overlapping information for the sports bettor. Norm Hitzges of The Ticket in Dallas, the recovering Jody McDonald of WPEN ESPN Radio in Philadelphia, Billy Werndl off the “Too Much Show” in San Diego, Mike Francesa and even the Mad Dog of WFAN in New York, Mitch Levy of KJR in Seattle.

Others report they like Stoney & Wojo, Howard Eskin of WIP in Philadelphia (a favorite of Lines-Maker.com staffer Rex DeStephano), the Dennis and Callahan Show on WEEI in Boston, Mike and Mike (Mike Goldberg and Mike Golic) of ESPN Radio, Tony Rizzo of WKNR in Cleveland, among many others.