Baskin & Phelps

Baskin & Phelps is a weekday Cleveland sports-talk program built around co-hosts Andy Baskin and Jeff Phelps, released to feed as individual hour segments (Hour 1, Hour 2, etc.) rather than single unified episodes. The dominant recurring subject is the Cleveland Browns, with heavy attention on 2026 NFL Draft strategy at pick No. 6, prospect evaluation (players like Carnell Tate, Kenyon Sadiq, and Jeremiah Love come up repeatedly), and a running audit of GM Andrew Berry's six-year draft record. A second major thread follows the Cleveland Cavaliers' playoff run, with recurring analysis of the team's transition-defense weaknesses and matchup questions against the Raptors and other Eastern Conference teams. The format blends the hosts' own debate and opinion with structured interview segments from national NFL insiders (Albert Breer, Sal Paolantonio, Dan Graziano) and Cleveland beat reporters (Mary Kay Cabot, Scott Petrak, Jimmy Watkins), plus live caller reactions worked into the discussion. Episodes are conversational and opinionated rather than scripted, often circling the same storyline (a trade rumor, a coach's job security, a draft prospect) across multiple hours and days. Some entries are labeled 'Best of' compilations condensing a segment, and others splice in adjacent station programming such as Afternoon Drive. The show assumes a listener who already follows Cleveland sports closely, since it moves quickly between named prospects, front-office figures, and beat-reporter sourcing without much background explanation. It fits a local, team-specific sports radio niche rather than a national or league-wide analysis format. Listeners who want daily, high-frequency Browns and Cavaliers talk with direct access to the reporters covering those teams are the core audience.