Lee Hacksaw Hamilton
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San Diego sports talk with a full board.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton works like a packed sports bulletin board: Padres, Dodgers, Lakers, March Madness, NFL draft notes, hockey, soccer, and whatever just broke. Lee Hacksaw Hamilton drives the room with John Reilly reacting from left field and the Fans Forum waiting at the back end.
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Lee Hacksaw Hamilton is a fast-board sports show built around headlines, reaction, and consequence. It starts in San Diego and quickly spreads across the sports map. Padres talk is a regular anchor, especially around opening day, road trips, pitching concerns, uniforms, and matchups with teams like the Dodgers, Angels, Tigers, Red Sox, Mariners, and Pirates. Baseball is treated as both daily news and ritual. The show can linger on the history and feeling of opening day, then snap back to velocity, injuries, division races, and roster pressure. Basketball arrives with similar urgency. March Madness, UConn, Duke, UCLA, the women's final, the Lakers, the Rockets, the NBA playoffs, and draft-lottery speculation all sit on the same crowded table. Football stays in the rotation through NFL draft previews, roster notes, depth charts, and Raiders dirt. Hockey gets its own playoff heat through Hockey Hotline, while soccer is not ignored when the board gets wide. Lee Hacksaw Hamilton usually drives the long analytical runs, stacking item after item until the shape of the sports day becomes clear. John Reilly gives the show its second voice. He reacts, jokes, pushes back, and helps pull live-stream comments into the flow. Their dynamic is loose but familiar, with teasing about sweatshirts, basketball overload, or playing hurt after an accident folded into the sports load. The tone is fan-room direct. It is informed, impatient, and comfortable saying an opinion out loud before handing the room to the chat. Fans Forum is a recurring feature, not a side note. The show regularly invites questions and hot takes from YouTube, X, and Facebook, turning the final stretch into a live sports argument with a notebook nearby. The strongest episodes have a stacked, almost breathless quality: Masters drama, Padres news, Lakers trouble, NFL draft prep, NHL playoffs, and soccer can all land before the first real pause. That pace rewards listeners who already know the teams and want someone to sort the day fast. It is not detached studio chatter. It is local, opinionated, and packed with the practical details that make sports news matter by tomorrow.
Made for: For sports fans who want Padres-first urgency with room for Dodgers, Angels, Lakers, March Madness, NFL, NHL, golf, and soccer. Best for listeners who like live-chat energy, strong takes, and quick context.
What sets it apart: The show combines sports-radio command with a live Fans Forum structure, so headlines become arguments before the episode is over. Its edge is volume: many sports, many consequences, little dead air.
I’m Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and I want to talk sports with you. You’ll get Hacksaw’s Headlines and the Best 15 Minutes in Sports. From Baja to the Canadian Rockies and points beyond, we’ll cover the hottest sports headlines.Lee ‘Hacksaw’ Hamilton has built a national reputation as one of America’s top sports-talk show hosts. He has been named Talk Show Host of the Year seven times by the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Association. He has spent over 3 decades doing Sports-Talk Radio in San Diego, and was the first talk show host hired at the legendary 77,000-watt XTRA-Sports-69...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Lee Hamilton and John Reilly pair San Diego loyalties with sharp, detailed debate about the national sports news cycle.
Lee Hamilton and co-host John Reilly turn a crowded sports calendar into an opinionated running conversation. Baseball and the NFL supply much of the recurring business, with the Padres, Dodgers and Angels sharing space with trades, free agency and the draft.
Lee Hamilton and John Reilly keep four leagues arguing, so your attention never has to pick a season.
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A fast, opinionated sports roundup that keeps its live-show rhythm.
Thursday's Hacksaw's Headlines moves from Padres baseball to the looming NFL draft, NBA playoffs, and a Jackie Robinson column with the kind of fast, opinionated radio rhythm that keeps the whole hour in motion.
A brisk, opinion-heavy sports talk show that moves from NFL free agency into wider live sports discussion.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly open with a Monday bonus podcast that moves quickly through day one of NFL free agency before widening to the rest of the sports board.
A brisk Thursday sports roundup from San Diego, with spring training, March Madness, NFL free agency, and a Lou Holtz remembrance.
The episode follows Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly through a Thursday San Diego sports conversation that stays close to the moment. Spring training, the coming NFL free agency window, March Madness, and the NHL trading deadline all get airtime, with a remembrance of Lou…
A brisk Monday sports roundup that moves from baseball to NFL, college basketball, and hockey.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly keep the Monday bonus podcast moving at a steady clip, shifting from baseball into NFL, college basketball, and hockey without losing the easy give-and-take of sports radio.
A brisk Monday roundup that keeps Team USA, spring training, and UCLA in one sharp local sports conversation.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly keep the Monday bonus podcast moving at a quick clip, touching Team USA, the post Olympic shift toward baseball spring training, the NFL combine, free agency, and the draft without much pause.
Big Cat and PFT Commenter cover the NFL, March Madness, and NHL for laughs.
Ryen Russillo runs weekly NFL and MLB recaps with beat reporters like Jeff Passan and Mike Sando.
HBCU sports talk with institutional memory.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly open a Thursday podcast with a busy board of sports topics.
This episode previews a sports talk show covering the Masters golf tournament, baseball, NBA playoffs, hockey, and soccer, while inviting listener participation through a Fans Forum segment.
This episode covers sports headlines including the Masters golf tournament, Padres news, Dodgers and Angels baseball updates, Lakers issues, and upcoming NFL, NBA, and NHL playoffs.
This sports podcast episode recaps a busy weekend including March Madness basketball, MLB games, and NBA news while teasing a unique story at the end.
This episode is a sports talk show discussing topics like March Madness Final Four, MLS umpires, MLB opening week for Padres/Dodgers/Angels, and NFL rosters, with audience interaction through fans forum.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss March Madness, opening weekend of baseball, and other sports headlines, inviting listener participation.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the excitement of MLB Opening Day and preview the Padres game.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss March Madness basketball and invite listeners to join the fans forum.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly kick off a March Madness broadcast discussing college basketball and inviting listener participation.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the weekend's sports headlines, including March Madness and WBC Championship Week, and invite listeners to join the conversation.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the latest sports headlines, including NFL free agency and college basketball tournaments.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly open the Monday bonus podcast by jumping straight into the swirl of sports headlines.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly open with a busy Thursday board from San Diego and move briskly through spring training, NFL free agency, March Madness, and the NHL trading deadline.
Hacksaw's Headlines opens on a Monday sports stack.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly open with Team USA and an Olympic sports weekend that still has them buzzing.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss sports headlines and opinions ahead of Super Bowl weekend.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the weekend's NFL wildcard games and college playoffs, inviting listener participation via fans forum.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss upcoming sports events, coach firings, and invite listener participation via fans form.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the weekend's NFL and MLB action, preview Black Monday, and invite listener participation in Fans Forum.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly kick off 2026 with sports headlines, holiday stories, and invite listeners to join the fans forum.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss major sports headlines including MLB free agency, NFL playoffs, and college football, inviting listener participation.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton discusses his career in sports talk radio and NFL play-by-play in an interview format.
A sports talk podcast previewing a busy weekend with discussions on baseball free agency, NFL games, and college football playoffs.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the weekend's sports highlights, including college football, NFL Sunday, and baseball winter meetings, inviting listener participation via fans forum.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss upcoming college football championship weekend, NFL games, and winter baseball meetings, inviting listener participation via Fans Forum.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss NFL upsets and college football games, inviting listener participation in Fans Forum.
This episode previews upcoming sports events and discussions, including Aztecs-Michigan football, Rams dominance, MLB deals, NHL, SDFC, and F1 Las Vegas, while inviting listener participation in a Fans Forum.
This sports talk podcast covers breaking stories including the Padres sale, Dodgers defiance, Angels updates, NFL Week 11, Aztecs vs Boise State, and Lakers news with interactive fan participation.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the weekend's top sports stories and invite listener participation.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss breaking sports news, starting with MLB updates from Petco Park.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and John Reilly discuss the latest sports headlines including the World Series, NFL, and college football.
This episode is a sports talk podcast discussing recent events like the Dodgers in the World Series, NFL games including the Chargers, and other sports topics, while inviting listener interaction through a Fans Forum segment.
This sports talk podcast episode covers major topics including the World Series matchup between the Dodgers and Blue Jays, Padres updates, an NBA gambling scandal, Angels news, and NFL Week 8 preview.
Lee Hacksaw Hamilton and co-host John Reilly discuss the weekend's biggest sports stories, including NFL and college football upsets, and invite listener participation.