The Ticket

One of the best parts about moving to Florida are the sports talk shows. I've really taken to 790 am, The Ticket. Back in New York I had to put up with the constant whining and bickering of Mike and the Mad Dog and the incoherent psycho babble of Stephen A. Smith. The only hosts that I liked were Brandon Tierney and Don La Greca and neither of him even had their own shows.

Salvation is upon me though because in South Florida there are good shows with really creative programming. The thing that I like about The Ticket is that when something comes up in conversation they immediately turn it into something that listeners can interact with. For example, they were talking about the Florida Marlins payroll and how Yankees GM Brian Cashman has the perfect name for a man with an open checkbook. In turn they asked listeners to come up with sports names for a man who was running a penny pinching operation like the Marlins. Names that were dropped included Brad Penny, Rachel Nichols, R.W. McQuarters, Syd Thrift, and even Ryan Dempster changed to Ryan Dumpster.

Then the other day they asked listeners to come up with the best redheaded athletes of all time. Wade Boggs and Bill Walton were up there obviously but listeners also nominated the Worm Dennis Rodman. It was really a great segment. But not nearly as great as their bit over the weekend, the Mocking Draft, in which to poke fun at the obsession of the NFL draft they drafted sound bites and infamous b list celebrities such as Chuck Norris. It was great.

Inspired by the greatness of this radio station I would like to nominate The Ticket as today's topic. If you have suggestions for sports names related to tickets call in and let me know. Here are some to get the ball rolling:

'Speedy' Claxton
Ty Law
Lawyer Milloy
Nate 'Speed' Bump
Flex Wheeler
Isiah 'Don't call me JR' Rider