The MeanGene Show/Sports Kings
The MeanGene Show/Sports Kings is hosted by Gene Thompson ”The Sports Machine”. MeanGene is the former host of the Yahoo Sports Kings on Yahoo Sports Radio, SB Nation Radio, KFNX AM 1100 in Phoenix, KRLA 870 in Los Angeles and most recently KDWN 720 AM-101.5 FM in Las Vegas. MeanGene has been in the Sports Radio broadcasting business for over 20 years and have interviewed some of the biggest names in Professional Sports.
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Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
The MeanGene Show Podcast
iHeartRadio
February 21, 2022
MeanGene addresses the Wisconsin /Michigan postgame incident including what punishment Howard might be facing in response to his actions. Comments from both coaches immediately after the incident giving their account of what happened.
The MeanGene Show Podcast
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Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Saturday Feb 12, 2022
Saturday- February 12, 2022
Pre SuperBowl SuperBowl 56 Show
MeanGene and Mr. Picks get you ready for SuperBowl 56, an exciting 1 hour back and forth on who's going to win the big game on Sunday February 13, 2022, at Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles California. Mr. Picks will provide us the numbers for placing bets on this big game.
Here's the tail of the tape:
QB MATTHEW STAFFORD ranked 2nd in NFL in TD passes (41), 3rd in pass yards (4,886) & 6th in rating (102.9) in 2021. Passed for 337 yards & 2 TDs vs. 1 INT for 96.2 rating in NFC-C vs. SF. Is 2nd QB ever (PATRICK MAHOMES, 2019) with multiple playoff games with 200+ pass yards, 2+ TD passes & 1+ rush TD in single postseason. Is 1 of 4 QBs to average 300+ pass yards per playoff game (302.2) all-time (min. 5 games).
QB JOE BURROW set franchise records in pass yards (4,611) & TD passes (34) this season. Ranked 2nd in NFL with 108.3 rating. Can become 1st QB ever drafted 1st overall to start SB within 1st 2 seasons & 7th 2nd-year QB to start in SB. Has Cin. franchise-record 842 pass yards this postseason.
WR COOPER KUPP led NFL with 145 catches, 1,947 rec. yards & 16 rec. TDs in 2021, 2nd-most catches & 2nd-most rec. yards in single-season in NFL history. Has 13 100-yard games & 11 games with 100+ rec. yards & TD catch, both most in single season, incl. playoffs, all-time. Had 11 catches for 142 yards & 2 rec. TDs in NFC-C vs. SF. Can become 3rd player ever with 30+ catches in single postseason. WR ODELL BECKHAM JR. had 9 catches for 113 yards in NFC-C vs. SF & Rams became 5th team in SB era with 2+ 100-yard WRs in same Conf. Champ game.
WR JA’MARR CHASE is 1st rookie ever with 100+ rec. yards in multiple playoff games & has 279 rec. yards in 2021 playoffs, most-ever by rookie in postseason history. Ranked 4th in NFL with 1,455 rec. yards this season, most by rookie in SB era, & 3rd with 13 rec. TDs. WR TEE HIGGINS led team with 103 rec. yards in AFC-C at KC & aims for his 3rd playoff game in row with 95+ rec. yards.
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Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
The MeanGene Show- Super Bowl 56 Show
Super 56 Show, interviews with Rams Safety Nick Scott and Bengals DT B.J. Hill, bonus interview with former Houston Oilers QB and Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Moon.
Saturday February 12, 2022
KDWN 720 AM-101.5 FM Las Vegas
The LOS ANGELES RAMS are the 2nd team to play a Super Bowl in their home stadium (2020 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS) & 5th team to play a Super Bowl in their home state [OAK. RAIDERS (SB XXXVII), L.A. RAMS (SB XIV), SAN FRANCISCO (SB XIX) & TAMPA BAY (SB LV)
The CINCINNATI BENGALS became the 1st team to win each of their Wild Card, Div. & Champ. games by 7-or-fewer points & are 3rd team since 2003 to go from ‘worst-to-first’ & make the Super Bowl [PHILADEPHIA (2017) & NEW ORLEANS (2009)].
BENGALS overcame 18-point deficit to win AFC-C at KC, tied largest comeback in Conf. Champ. game history, to advance to 1st Super Bowl appearance since 1988 (SB XXIII).
RAMS overcame 10-point deficit to win NFC-C vs. SF & advanced to 2nd SB in past 4 seasons (2018).
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Saturday Feb 05, 2022
Saturday Feb 05, 2022
The MeanGene Show
KDWN 720 AM-101.5FM Las Vegas
Co-host- Dustin Phifer- Bally's Sports Southeast
Topics: Brian Flores Lawsuit, Current NFL Coaching Vacancies, 2022 NFL Pro Bowl
The 2022 Pro Bowl presented by Verizon will be played at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, February 6, at 3:00 PM ET and will be televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes and simulcast on ABC and Disney XD, with Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick and Lisa Salters on the call.
The 44-man Pro Bowl teams are comprised of 21 offensive players, 18 defensive players and five specialists. MIKE VRABEL and the coaches from the Tennessee Titans will lead the AFC Pro Bowl team and MATT LAFLEUR and the coaches from the Green Bay Packers will head the NFC squad.
Pro Football Hall of Famer and 11-time Pro Bowler ROD WOODSON and six-time Pro Bowler REGGIE WAYNE will serve as the 2022 Pro Bowl Legends Captains for the AFC, while 11-time Pro Bowler JASON WITTEN and seven-time Pro Bowler LUKE KUECHLY will serve as 2022 Pro Bowl Legends Captains for the NFC. The captains will additionally attend various events throughout Pro Bowl Week in Las Vegas, including the 2022 Pro Bowl Skills Showdown, and will serve as mentors for the Pro Bowl players and be present on the sidelines on gameday.
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Saturday Jan 29, 2022
Saturday Jan 29, 2022
The MeanGene Show
NFL Championship Sunday
Saturday January 29, 2022
Guest- Cohost Dustin Phifer- Ballys Sports Southeast
On Championship Sunday, the Super Bowl LVI participants will be determined. In the AFC (3:00 PM ET, CBS/Paramount+), the CINCINNATI BENGALS (12-7) take on the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (14-5) while the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (12-7) travel to SoFi Stadium to face the LOS ANGELES RAMS (14-5) in the NFC (6:40 PM ET, FOX/FOX Deportes).
With Cincinnati and San Francisco, this marks the fifth year since 1970 in which multiple teams have advanced to their conference Championship Games the year after finishing in last or tied for last place in their divisions.
If either team wins this weekend, it will become the fifth team to advance to the Super Bowl the season after finishing in last place in its division since 2000.
Each of the four head coaches remaining in the 2021 postseason can cement themselves in NFL history with victories on Sunday.
In the AFC, Kansas City’s ANDY REID became the fifth head coach in league history to guide his team to at least four consecutive Championship Games. He is aiming to advance to his fourth Super Bowl as a head coach, and third with Kansas City. Overall, Reid has 19 postseason wins, tied with Pro Football Hall of Famer DON SHULA for the third-most in league history.
The KANSAS CITY CHIEFS are the first team in league history to host four consecutive Championship Games. With a win on Sunday, they would become the fourth team all-time to advance to three-or-more consecutive Super Bowls.
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Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
The MeanGene Show
NFL Divisional Playoffs
January 22, 2022
Guest- Cohost- Dustin Phifer- Ballys Sports Southeast
After securing the No. 1 overall seed in the AFC playoffs for the first time since 2008, the TENNESSEE TITANS (12-5) will be making their 2021 postseason debut when they host the CINCINNATI BENGALS (11-7) on Saturday (4:30 PM ET, CBS/Paramount+).
When the GREEN BAY PACKERS (13-4) host the SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (11-7) on Saturday night (8:15 PM ET, FOX/FOX Deportes), two of the most successful postseason teams in league history will meet.
San Francisco has a 33-21 (.611) all-time postseason record, the second-highest postseason winning percentage in NFL history. Green Bay ranks third with a .600 (36-24) postseason winning percentage.
When the TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (14-4) host the LOS ANGELES RAMS (13-5) on Sunday (3:00 PM ET, NBC/Peacock/Universo), it will mark a meeting of the top-two leaders in touchdown passes this season.
The Divisional Playoffs conclude with a rematch of last season’s AFC Championship Game, as the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (13-5) host the BUFFALO BILLS (12-6) on Sunday night (6:40 PM ET, CBS/Paramount+).
Quarterbacks PATRICK MAHOMES and JOSH ALLEN, who each recorded five touchdown passes last week, will be the fourth pair of starting quarterbacks to have multiple playoff meetings within their first five seasons in NFL history.
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Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
The MeanGene Show
Saturday January 15, 2022
KDWN 720 AM - 101.5 FM Las Vegas
Guest: Dustin Phifer from Ballys Sports Southeast, Dustin covers the Carolina Panthers and the Charlotte Hornets. Rudy Reyes from CoachellaValley.com, Rudy is also the host of the Rude Dog Show.
Get ready for a three-day weekend unlike any other.
Super Wild Card Weekend begins with two games Saturday, continues with a tripleheader on Sunday and finishes with the debut of a Monday night Wild Card game.
Seven of the 12 teams in action this weekend are new to the postseason in 2021, having missed the playoffs a year ago: ARIZONA, CINCINNATI, DALLAS, LAS VEGAS, NEW ENGLAND, PHILADELPHIA and SAN FRANCISCO. Two of those teams – Cincinnati (AFC North) and Dallas (NFC East) – won their divisions.
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Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
The MeanGene Show
KDWN 720 AM-101.5 FM Las Vegas
Week 18 NFL
In the AFC, five teams are fighting for the final two playoff invitations. In the NFC, two clubs have a shot at the final playoff reservation. Only the GREEN BAY PACKERS have secured their playoff seeding, clinching the NFC’s No. 1 seed and only first-round bye.
The Season Finale kicks off on Saturday with a doubleheader on ESPN and ABC: The KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-5) visit the DENVER BRONCOS (7-9) at 4:30 PM ET and the DALLAS COWBOYS (11-5) travel to meet the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (9-7) at 8:15 PM ET.
For the 12th consecutive year, all 16 games scheduled for the final week are division contests. The last matchup on the 2021 regular-season schedule features the LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (9-7) at the LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (9-7) on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC). The winner will earn the final spot in the NFL Playoffs.
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Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
The MeanGene Show
Saturday January 1, 2022
KDWN 720 AM-101.5 FM Las Vegas
The KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (11-4) – who clinched their sixth-consecutive AFC West division title – have a winning record in each of their nine seasons under head coach ANDY REID, including at least 12 wins in each of the previous three seasons.
The NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-6), who enter Week 17 as the No. 6 seed in the AFC and are looking to return to the playoffs after missing the postseason in 2020, have won at least 10 games in 18 of their 22 seasons under head coach BILL BELICHICK
Last week, Cincinnati quarterback JOE BURROW passed for 525 yards and four touchdowns for a 143.2 rating, the fourth-most passing yards by a player in a single game in NFL history. Burrow ranks second in the league with a 105.0 rating this season and ranks sixth with a career-high 4,165 passing yards. In 25 career games, Burrow has totaled 6,853 passing yards.
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Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
The MeanGene Show
Week 16 NFL
Christmas Eve Show December 24, 2021
The NFC North champion GREEN BAY PACKERS are the only team to have reserved a playoff berth with three weeks to play, marking the first time since 1993 that the NFL has entered a Week 16 with only one team guaranteed a postseason spot.
The BUFFALO BILLS (8-6) visit the NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (9-5) on Sunday (1:00 PM ET, CBS). With a win, the Bills would capture a one-game advantage over the Patriots in the key divisional tiebreaker, division record.
At one point this season, the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (10-4) were 3-4 and in last place in the AFC West. They enter this week’s game against the PITTSBURGH STEELERS (7-6-1) with the top record in their conference in the bid for the AFC’s only first-round bye in the playoffs. The Chiefs put their seven-game winning streak, the longest in the league entering Week 16, on the line at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday (4:25 PM ET, CBS).
The DALLAS COWBOYS (10-4), who own an NFC-best 8-1 conference record and sit only one game behind Green Bay in the race for the NFC’s lone first-round bye, host the WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM (6-8) on Sunday Night Football (8:20 PM ET, NBC).
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