{"id":1474,"date":"2008-09-01T11:50:37","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T16:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/sports-radio-mark-lawrence-brandon-lang-scott-spreitzer-bobby-ventura-and-others\/"},"modified":"2008-09-01T11:50:37","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T16:50:37","slug":"sports-radio-mark-lawrence-brandon-lang-scott-spreitzer-bobby-ventura-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/sports-radio-mark-lawrence-brandon-lang-scott-spreitzer-bobby-ventura-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Radio: Mark Lawrence, Brandon Lang, Scott Spreitzer, Bobby Ventura and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><A href=\"http:\/\/tracking.earnreal.com\/clickthrough.asp?br=27003&#038;aff=1000339&#038;cmp=118021&#038;pct=387\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pct.earnreal.com?aff=1000339&#038;br=27003&#038;cmp=118021&#038;pct=387&#038;type=gif\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>\n<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'><\/p>\n<div class=Section1>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>We get a lot of questions about sports handicapping radio<br \/>\nshows. Let\u2019s give credit to Mark Lawrence, one of the pioneers in radio <a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/index.php?Page=Articles&amp;ArticleID=2887\">handicapping<\/a><br \/>\nwith his \u201cAgainst the Spread\u201d radio show. Mark and Lenny Stevens, whom I was a<br \/>\nguest many times, are probably the two pioneers. Journeyman Mike <span\nclass=SpellE>Lett<\/span> is another. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Now Scott <span class=SpellE>Spreitzer<\/span>, Brandon<br \/>\nLang, and Bobby Ventura spend a lot of money doing infomercial appearances. <span\nclass=SpellE>Spreitzer<\/span> and Lang (AKA <st1:Street><st1:address>Brandon<br \/>\nLane<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street>) both are solid broadcasters who bring<br \/>\ninformation and personality to the table, but <st1:City><st1:place>Ventura<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\nis \u201cpainful to listen to. It is radio at its worst,\u201d reports Brian Gould of <span\nstyle='color:black'><a href=\"http:\/\/scoresoddspicks.com\/\">ScoresOddsPicks.com<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText><span class=SpellE>SportsByline<\/span> with Ron Barr used<br \/>\nto have some of the <span class=SpellE>SportsMemo<\/span> handicappers on<br \/>\nsatellite radio and was pretty useful. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Still, we use sports radio hosts who have great<br \/>\noverlapping information for the sports bettor. Norm Hitzges of The Ticket in<br \/>\nDallas, the recovering Jody McDonald of WPEN ESPN Radio in Philadelphia, Billy <span\nclass=SpellE>Werndl<\/span> off the \u201cToo Much Show\u201d in San Diego, Mike Francesa<br \/>\nand even the Mad Dog of <span class=SpellE>WFAN<\/span> in New York, Mitch Levy<br \/>\nof <span class=SpellE>KJR<\/span> in Seattle.<\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Others report they like <span class=SpellE>Stoney<\/span> &amp;<br \/>\n<span class=SpellE>Wojo<\/span>, Howard <span class=SpellE>Eskin<\/span> of <span\nclass=SpellE>WIP<\/span> in <st1:City><st1:place>Philadelphia<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><br \/>\n(a favorite of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lines-maker.com\/\"><span style='color:black'>Lines-Maker.com<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nstaffer Rex <span class=SpellE>DeStephano<\/span>), the Dennis and Callahan Show<br \/>\non <span class=SpellE>WEEI<\/span> in <st1:City><st1:place>Boston<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>,<br \/>\nMike and Mike (Mike Goldberg and Mike <span class=SpellE>Golic<\/span>) of ESPN<br \/>\nRadio, Tony Rizzo of <span class=SpellE>WKNR<\/span> in <st1:City><st1:place>Cleveland<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>,<br \/>\namong many others. <\/p>\n<p class=MsoBodyText>Either way, nobody disputes the premier source of sports<br \/>\nbetting experts is <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span\nstyle='color:blue'><a href=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><span\nstyle='color:black'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><span\nstyle='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0 <\/span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><br \/>\n<\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We get a lot of questions about sports handicapping radio shows. Let\u2019s give credit to Mark Lawrence, one of the pioneers in radio handicapping with his \u201cAgainst the Spread\u201d 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, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/sports-radio-mark-lawrence-brandon-lang-scott-spreitzer-bobby-ventura-and-others\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sports Radio: Mark Lawrence, Brandon Lang, Scott Spreitzer, Bobby Ventura and Others<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports_betting_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1474\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}