Coppock On Sports: The Chet Coppock Podcast

The Chicago White Sox aren't that good. But they aren't that bad either. Host Chet Coppock wonders aloud what Sox management will do if they are a couple games out as the trade deadline nears. Hey Jerry, if you're close on July 31st, step up and become a buyer!

When you need to get from point A to point B in Chicago, American Taxi should be your first, last and only call! Speaking of last calls, Chet Coppock doesn't feel like Kerry Wood's career, as exciting as it was, warrants the Cubs organization retiring jersey No. 34.

Memo to Theo Epstein from Coppock on Sports... Time to put on the PR cap! Time to realize loveable Cubbie fans have a limit to the amount of bad baseball they can watch, and they will be hitting that limit shortly! Step up to the mic and let the paying fans know you have a plan.

Coppock on Sports is back for more courtesy of the fine folks at American Taxi! This time, host Chet Coppock isn't drinking the latest Kool-Aid being served up by the Bears coaching staff at Halas Hall. Namely, the idea that Devin Hester is a quality NFL wide receiver. Hello!?! He's a return man!!!

Host Chet Coppock is a big fan of former Bulls head coach Doug Collins. Back in 1989, Coppock and Collins were about to go into the restaurant biz together. There was only one problem. The day after they crossed the Ts and dotted the Is, the Bulls fired Collins and hired a guy named Phil Jackson.

In this edition of Coppock on Sports, Chet Coppock checks in on the happenings at Alcatraz... er, U.S. Cellular Field! Coppock doesn't mind that Ozzie Guillen is no longer causing trouble and filling up reporter's notebooks on the South Side, but Robin Ventura is dull as a doorknob with a capital D!

Memo from Chet Coppock to the Bears front office! Please do not give jersey number 99 to your first-round selection in last month's NFL draft. Linebacker Shea McClellin might be a good football player someday, but he is no Dan Hampton. Do the right thing and retire the man's number!

Isiah Thomas is a basketball legend, with a pair of NBA titles, a NCAA title, and 12 NBA All-Star appearances. But where is Thomas now? He was recently canned as head coach of Florida International! Chet Coppock wonders if the 2nd half of Thomas' career will eclipse the first?

Coppock on Sports time with your host Chet Coppock, brought to you by the fine folks at American Taxi! After Ozzie Guillen's early-season remarks about Fidel Castro, Coppock predicts the former ChiSox skipper will NOT be the manager of the Miami Marlins by Opening Day 2013.

Host Chet Coppock doesn't have much to say about the 2012 White Sox's chances in the AL Central, but he doesn't want the broadcast booth to share the same stench! Coppock advises Steve Stone to loosen up and give ol' Hawk Harrelson a hand. Oh, and Hawk should be in the HOF!

Chet Coppock is back for another episode of "Coppock on Sports" thanks to the the support of the Chicago transportation veterans at American Taxi! Speaking of veterans, Coppock makes a plea for veteran Bears wide receiver Johnny Knox to walk away from the game of football following his horrific injury last year!

American Taxi gets rave reviews as Chicago's premier transportation company! Meanwhile, Chet Coppock has rave reviews for new Bears WR Brandon Marshall as an athlete and a football player. But Coppock warns that signing any big-name wide receiver carries the huge risk that you just let a powder-keg diva into your locker room.

Coppock On Sports is back and American Taxi is riding shotgun! Everybody assumes Peyton Manning will be under center next year with a new NFL team, but Chet Coppock has some advice for Mr. Manning that involves a broadcast booth powerplay and Troy Aikman's cardboard dull personality.

It's time for more "Sports Court" with ESPN legal expert Lester Munson and host Chet Coppock! On the docket... Should Jerry Sandusky get time with the grandkids? Is a Kim Kardashian promotion a sign of the apocalypse? And what does Big Ten commish Jim Delany really want? Plus more!

Listen up White Sox fans, it's time for a chat with Chet and the transportation specialists at American Taxi. Mr. Coppock wants to warn you that the PR and marketing folks for the pale hose have completely lost their minds. "Appreciate the Game???" Are you kidding me?!?!?

Host Chet Coppock remembers broadcast icon Don Cornelius, who died at age 75 last week. As the mastermind behind the dance show "Soul Train," Cornelius was a remarkable promoter who understood exactly what his black -- and white -- audiences wanted. A musical P.T. Barnum.

Chet Coppock tells the pen and mic club of Chicago to pipe down about the fact that new Bears GM Phil Emery is not Johnny Carson when it comes to public speaking. Let the man do his job and go get some players! And next time you need a ride in Chicago, check out American Taxi!

Is it possible to head off the beaten path by 180 degrees? Host Chet Coppock attempts to as he recounts the tale of the "Gangsta of Love", a third-rate professional wrestler who was recently sentenced to 32 years in prison for having sex with multiple women without telling them he was HIV-positive.

Chet Coppock -- brought to you by the fine folks at American Taxi -- says Detroit's decision to sign Prince Fielder for $214 million is one of the worst deals in the history of Major League Baseball. Tigers fans will know exactly how Cubs fans feel about Alfonso Soriano in a couple years!

In this episode of "Coppock on Sports" host Chet Coppock takes the temperature of hardball fans in the Windy City, and gets the chills. Can you remember an off-season with less interest in BOTH Chicago's MLB clubs? You think Theo-mania will last? You think Adam Dunn has started hitting the ball?