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Sports Zone Podcast: Prep football is battered, but not broken after Ida

WGNO Sports - September 18, 2021 21:52 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, a high school football team – battered by Ida, but not broken. Their coach said this is a group that still has plenty of juice, even if their abode does not. Tulane bre...

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Friday Night Football Podcast: Post-Show on Facebook Live

WGNO Sports - September 11, 2021 21:26 - 13 minutes
Welcome to Friday Night Football presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl post-show audio from Facebook Live. Watch Friday Night Football at 11 p.m. on NOLA 38 'The CW' every Friday night and again at midnight on WGNO-ABC 26.

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Friday Night Football Podcast: Delayed start to local prep season finally kicks off despite destruction caused by Hurricane Ida

WGNO Sports - September 11, 2021 21:20 - 44 minutes
With Southeast Louisiana still reeling in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, the local high school football season got underway on Friday after most schools missing the opening week. Friday Night Football, presented by the Allstate Sugar Bowl, is also back after an unexpected week off as ...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Another chance for Saints to make NOLA happy after hurricane

WGNO Sports - September 11, 2021 20:50 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, The Saints are in Florida against the Packers ... it's another chance for New Orleans to make its fans happy after a major storms smacks our coast. Our esteemed panel p...

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Friday Night Football Podcast: Jamborees kickoff as Hurricane Ida kicks in

WGNO Sports - August 29, 2021 01:47 - 44 minutes
Welcome to the Friday Night Football Podcast. The 30th season of Friday Night Football is underway, despite the fourth surge of COVID-19 and the looming presence of Hurricane Ida, which saw some New Orleans-area jamborees canceled prior to the storm's expected landfall on Sunday. Tune...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Ida catches Saints by surprise, and will LSU come 'roaring' back in 2021?

WGNO Sports - August 28, 2021 17:53 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In the WGNO Sports Zone, Saints head coach Sean Payton is busy working hard, so much so, that a tropical system nearly caught him by surprise. Do the Saints have a contingency practice p...

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Friday Night Football Podcast: 30th Season Preview Show

WGNO Sports - August 21, 2021 22:56 - 22 minutes
Friday Night Football kicks off its 30th season with a jam-packed preview show with hosts Ed Daniels and JT Curtis. Watch Friday Night Football at 11 p.m. on NOLA 38 'The CW' every Friday night and again at midnight on WGNO-ABC 26.

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Sports Zone Podcast: Which Saint impresses the most this preseason?

WGNO Sports - August 21, 2021 22:41 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. If you are expecting the Saints defense to take a dip, think again. The WGNO sports team talks about one of the most underrated parts of the Saints success and how crucial it is this se...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Are the Saints and Michael Thomas headed toward divorce?

WGNO Sports - August 14, 2021 20:23 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, The Saints quarterback battle nears the top of the stretch. Is the two or the seven in front, and can either state their case Saturday night in Baltimore? The Saints a...

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Sports Zone: Opening week of Saints training camp

WGNO Sports - August 08, 2021 23:27 - 21 minutes
One week after the opening of the New Orleans Saints training camp, what do the quarterbacks and the decision maker have to say about their on-going battle? From the happy-go-lucky Jameis Winston to the more reticent Taysom Hill, the Saints try to sort out their starter – and we discus...

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Sports Zone: No No.9 in Saints camp this year

WGNO Sports - July 31, 2021 17:00 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, Saints training camp kicks off and for the first time since 2005, Drew Brees is not there to take the first snaps. So it will be either Jameis Winston or Taysom Hill, a...

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Sports Zone: LSU athletes are cashing in on 'Name, Image & Likeness'

WGNO Sports - July 24, 2021 20:40 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, the Red River Shootout may have a new home, the Southeastern Conference. What does does Oklahoma and Texas perhaps bolting for the SEC mean for the wide world of college...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Demario Davis inspires, Kim Mulkey one-on-one, Nicholls' announcer to make Olympic debut

WGNO Sports - July 18, 2021 20:30 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, WGNO Sports Director Ed Daniels sits down Kim Mulkey to discuss her decision to be the women's head basketball coach at LSU. "This school really wants you. People want ...

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Sports Zone Podcast: LB Demario Davis talks Saints 2021 season

WGNO Sports - July 10, 2021 21:03 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, a Saints linebacker talks faith in a higher power, and in the Saints 2021 season. Is Demario Davis one of the club's best ever free agent pick ups? Our illustrious pane...

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Sports Zone Podcast: 'Hail State,' 'Lion up,' and 'Hello somebody'

WGNO Sports - July 02, 2021 22:29 - 20 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, do we dare say in Louisiana – "Hail State!" What that CWS title means for our neighbors in maroon. Closer to home, a former Southeastern star "Lions up" to reach the O...

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Sports Zone Podcast: 'Name, Image and Likeness' in college athletics

WGNO Sports - June 26, 2021 20:09 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, we discuss a hot topic in college athletics – name, image, and likeness. If approved nationwide – how some coaches feel it will be handled locally? Tulane football head...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Stan Van Gundy is out, Ron Hunter signs extension

WGNO Sports - June 20, 2021 20:41 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. The Pelicans will have a different coach for the third straight year. Stan Van Gundy is out. How much did the team's superstar forward have to do with that? Meanwhile, Tulane men's bas...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Bobby Hebert, John Brady, Tim Floyd and more

WGNO Sports - June 12, 2021 05:00 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, LSU wins four in a row in Oregon. Two coaches born in Mississippi, but with Louisiana running through their veins... our interview with former LSU head coach John Brady...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Drew Brees talks life after football

WGNO Sports - June 06, 2021 17:48 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, Drew Brees spent many years answering to Sean Payton. Now the newly retired quarterback answers to Meghan Payton. Hear her one-on-one with Brees talking life after footb...

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Sports Zone Podcast: BTS with the Saints/Pelicans production team

WGNO Sports - May 29, 2021 19:44 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, Paul Mainieri says he will be retiring after the Tigers’ 2021 season. Now it’s just a matter of when that could be. Is their resume impressive enough to earn them a spo...

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Sports Zone Podcast: New Orleans Pelicans, Southeastern baseball and Taysom exclusive

WGNO Sports - May 22, 2021 22:55 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, we look at Taysom Hill's battle for the Saints starting quarterback job, and Hill tells Meghan Payton he's climbed big mountain's before. The Pelicans grounded for the ...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Jameis Winston talks crucial year for Saints, career

WGNO Sports - May 15, 2021 21:53 - 21 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, you thought Jameis Winston answered to one Payton? Guess again. He fields questions from our Meghan Payton as he talks about a crucial year for the black and gold, and W...

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Friday Night Fastball: Entering the final stretch!

WGNO Sports - May 08, 2021 17:22 - 20 minutes
One of the three pillars of the WGNO Sports ‘Friday Night’ series, which includes Friday Night Football and Friday Night Sports, Friday Night Fastball returns this week. WGNO sports director Ed Daniels is once again joined on the desk by Delgado Athletic Director and head baseball coac...

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FRIDAY NIGHT FASTBALL: Entering the final stretch!

WGNO Sports - May 08, 2021 17:22 - 20 minutes
One of the three pillars of the WGNO Sports ‘Friday Night’ series, which includes Friday Night Football and Friday Night Sports, Friday Night Fastball returns this week. WGNO sports director Ed Daniels is once again joined on the desk by Delgado Athletic Director and head baseball coac...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Pelicans, Saints and Manning – oh my!

WGNO Sports - May 08, 2021 03:34 - 22 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. In this episode, Arch Manning is a long way from a college choice ... but he does have a list of visits set for the summer. The Pelicans have a handful of games left, but after more tha...

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Friday Night Fastball: Prep baseball playoffs underway

WGNO Sports - May 01, 2021 16:36 - 20 minutes
One of the three pillars of the WGNO Sports ‘Friday Night’ series, which includes Friday Night Football and Friday Night Sports, Friday Night Fastball returns this week. WGNO sports director Ed Daniels is once again joined on the desk by Delgado Athletic Director and head baseball coac...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Saints sold on NFL Draft first rounder – are you?

WGNO Sports - May 01, 2021 01:23 - 19 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. This season, at 5800 Airline Drive, there will be two Payton's in the building. Sean is obviously sold on turner – but did the Saints reach for this Houston defensive end? In the first...

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Friday Night Fastball: Catholic League baseball steals the show

WGNO Sports - April 24, 2021 23:07 - 20 minutes
One of the three pillars of the WGNO Sports ‘Friday Night’ series, which includes Friday Night Football and Friday Night Sports, Friday Night Fastball returns this week. WGNO sports director Ed Daniels is once again joined on the desk by Delgado Athletic Director and head baseball coac...

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Sports Zone Podcast: Brees analysis on Saints QB competition

WGNO Sports - April 24, 2021 20:44 - 22 minutes
Welcome to the Sports Zone Podcast, where we discuss, opine, and report on all things local sports. Drew Brees leaves football for the broadcast booth, and in this episode, he gives his first analysis of the Saints upcoming quarterback competition, and what the Saints must do for the q...

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Friday Night Fastball: Baseball happened this week!

WGNO Sports - April 17, 2021 22:56 - 20 minutes
One of the three pillars of the WGNO Sports ‘Friday Night’ series, which includes Friday Night Football and Friday Night Sports, Friday Night Fastball returns this week. WGNO sports director Ed Daniels is once again joined on the desk by Delgado Athletic Director and head baseball coac...

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