New York Daily News Giants beat reporter Ralph Vacchiano joined us to look back on the 1st half of the Season and preview the rest of the way.  It's going to be a tough road for Big Blue, but we leave no stone unturned in our 48 commercial-free minute discussion with Ralph (in MP3 format).  Check out Ralph's Blog "The Blue Screen" at www.nydailynews.com and at www.twitter.com/thebluescreen

We spoke with Nick Giglia from Let There Be Lighthouse regarding the upcoming August 1st Referendum on the "new" Nassau Coliseum.  As you can guess from his website, Nick is urging a "Yes" vote on the topic.

Full Disclosure: We invited County Executive Edward Mangano (heard nothing) and Islanders Senior Vice President Michael Picker (also heard nothing) on the Yes--vote side.  We invited ABLI Executive Director Desmond Ryan (heard back immediately from his PR person Gary Lewi, but never again) and Nassau County Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs (heard nothing, but was immediately added to their mailing list!) on the No--vote side.

The interview is approximately 45 commercial-free minutes in MP3 format.

On the Eve of the First Subway Series of the Year, ESPN New York's Mets beat reporter Adam Rubin joined us for a no-holds-barred, behind the scenes look at the State of the Mets.  Who will be traded?  What will happen with the Wilpons?  What does the future hold for this team?

As we're commercial-free, the interview is 100% Mets Talk.

As he's been doing for many years with us, Giants beat reporter Ralph Vacchiano from the New York Daily News, SiriusXM Radio and SNY joined us to review the recent Draft Picks of Big Blue.  As we can't avoid it, we also do some Lockout Talk,  Please note that the the first 30 seconds and last 30 seconds of the interview are missing.  It's really just the hi's and goodbye's.  So, we start with talk about Camp Eli.

Andy Serling joins Mike Ewald to discuss the running of the 137th Kentucky Derby. Listen in as Andy narrows his choices down to four horses, and he gives an in depth look at each horse in the field.

NFL Draft Expert Rob Rang from NFLDraftScout.com and CBSSports.com joined us to preview the upcoming 2011 NFL Draft.

Rob knows his stuff, so you'll want to listen to the 18 commercial-free minute interview.  You can find Rob's Mock Draft at http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfldraftscout-RobRang

Rob will be joining us next week for a Draft Review.

By now, you've no doubt seen many, many clips of Wally Backman back when he was managing the South Georgia Peanuts.  Well, that footage all came from "Playing for Peanuts."  We recently spoke with filmmaker John Fitzgerald who produced/directed the 10 episode series.  Interestingly enough, John also gave us the Hall of Fame's Critic's Choice Award-winning "The Emerald Diamond" about the Irish National Baseball team.

You can purchase the entire DVD series at http://www.amazon.com/Playing-Peanuts-DVD-Box-Set/dp/B001NYRCIA/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Keep an eye out for the bonus "Prank School," too.

New York Daily News Jets beat reporter Manish Mehta joined us for 27+ commercial-free minutes of nothing but Jets talk, as we dissected the upcoming First Round Playoff game against Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts.  Every position on the field is discussed, and Manish is chock full of facts and opinions.

Don't forget to follow Manish on Twitter and us, too.

Chris Botta, former VP of Communications for the New York Islanders, now runs an independent Blog called Islanders Point Blank which is also affiliated with Fanhouse and SNY.  Chris was with the team for 20 years, years that included Mike Milbury, John Spano and the Gang of Four (should I go on?).  So, obviously, Chris is uniquely qualified to give his thoughts on all things Islanders and to regale us with stories of the sometimes sublime, sometimes ridiculous, history of the team.

Chris was kind enough to give Sports Talk an EXCLUSIVE when he read from e-mails that he received from John Spano from Federal Prison.  The interview is 49+ commercial-free minutes in MP3 format.  You can follow Chris on Twitter, too.

As we broadcast in the shadows of their home arena and consider ourselves one of the few places where Isles fans can go to talk about their favorite team, we were fortunate to welcome Newsday's Islanders beat reporter Katie Strang for a Season Preview.  The Preview is 14+ commercial-free minutes of nothing but Islanders talk and provides a nice discussion on how the team is shaping up coming out of Training Camp.  Check out Katie's work everyday in Newsday, in her Isles Files blog and at Twitter.