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Tek & Prem react to the deflating Game 7 loss to the Hawks, welcoming Lucas Johnson of SixerSense & Matthew Maratea of Last Out Media on the VetLine. Ben Simmons historically bad at the free throw line. Trade rumors and questions. Daryl Morey press conference addressed. Many offseason unknowns. Game 7 losses in Sixers History. Eagles Training Camp in a month. Phillies remain up and down. Segments include: VetLine, Enter The Center, Numbers Don't Lie, & Prem's MLB Picks.Courtesy of the Vet Alumni Members Association (VAMA)

We are back with Episode 110 of Cat Crave Radio! The Carolina Panthers held their first mini camp of the off season this past weekend. We have the details and analysis. Our first guest this week was Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports. Jason talked to us about the draft, John Fox, Jimmy Clausen and it couldn’t end there. Not when talking to a veteran reporter like Jason. Chris Harris has been traded back to Chicago. He did a farewell tour and stopped by to speak to us. As always, Chris proved to be gracious and one heckuva nice guy! You gotta hear this one!! Mike Minter was back for another installment of The Minter View. This week, Mike tells us what he thinks of the rookies, the QB battle and who he thinks will step up to fill the veteran leadership roles on the team. Nick Yeoman joined us for The Panther Preview. We cover the weekend’s mini camp and how the rookies fared. Call us and make yourself heard! Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show. It’s all in the latest episode. Check it out and feel free to comment below. Don’t miss the exclusive content in The Litter Box! Sign up for the CCR Newsletter by clicking here!

Cat Crave Radio is back with Episode 109! We thought the NFL Draft would be the only big story this week. Wrong! The Carolina Panthers decided to trade Chris Harris back to the Chicago Bears. We have reactions and analysis as well as our draft recap. Darin Gantt of the Rock Hill Herald and the Charlotte Observer was with us to cover the moves the team has made. Of course, you can imagine that Darin was happy with the team’s selection of Armanti Edwards since he’s an ASU guy also. Nick Yeoman joined us for The Panther Preview. Chris Harris was discussed as well as the draft. We discuss each pick and give our final grades. We feature another Sound Off! this week. The fans provided their feedback on the team’s picks. Call us and make yourself heard! Do you agree with our draft grades? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

Episode 108 of Cat Crave Radio is here! The draft is upon us and Carolina Panthers general manager Marty Hurney spoke this week. We said he talked. That doesn’t mean he said anything. Either way, we have the details. We also have a schedule for 2010! Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer was along to help us make sense of what Marty said during his press conference. Tom also talked to us about Moose among other topics. Mike Minter joined us for another edition of The Minter View. Mike speaks about the team’s biggest needs, player character and Tim Tebow. As always, Mike’s thoughts are a must for any Panthers fan! Nick Yeoman joined in once again for The Panther Preview. This week, we talked about free agent signings (mostly our restricted guys signing), Marty and our lack of new blood on the roster. Finally, we break down the schedule. Call us and sound off. What are you thoughts on the team? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

We are back with Episode 107 of Cat Crave Radio! The only news out of Charlotte these days is that the Carolina Panthers are signing players we’ve never heard of. Of course, it’s in an effort to upgrade their woeful special teams. We have the details and the analysis. The NFL Draft is only a week away. We have a complete preview! Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports is with us to discuss the draft and some of the players. Also, we discussed how the CBA talks could impact the team’s plans in this most important event. Nick Yeoman was back with us for the Panther Preview. We talked about Aaron Francisco, Jason Campbell and even Marc Bulger. Hey, what else was there to talk about? Oh yeah! The draft! We welcomed Eric Quackenbush of Cat Crave and Jaxon of Cat Scratch Reader to the show. Three people, three opinions of what to do with the 48th pick, sleeper picks and whether or not the team might make some deals in this draft. Call us and sound off. Were our picks the right call? What are your thoughts on the team? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

Cat Crave Radio is back with Episode 106! This week Jonathan Stewart, Jason Campbell, and a host of former Carolina Panthers made headlines. We have the details and the analysis. Darin Gantt of the Rock Hill Herald and the Charlotte Observer was back to give us the inside scoop on all the latest news. He also gave his opinion on whether or not the team should go after Campbell and Armanti Edwards. Nick Yeoman joined us for another Panther Preview. This week, all those former Panthers are finding new homes. We also discussed a potential move in the draft. We also have a Sound Off segment as GK called in to make his opinions known on how he thinks the team will fare in 2010. Call us and make yourself heard! What do you think about our proposal for the team in this year’s draft? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

Episode 105 of Cat Crave Radio has arrived! The Carolina Panthers continue their recent penchant for making no news. However, Smitty was kind enough to grant an interview in the past week that made some waves. We have the details and more! Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer was back to cover some of the remaining issues facing the team. Will Dwayne Jarrett make it? Who might the team target in free agency, if anyone? We even talked about Donovan McNabb. Nick Yeoman was back in the house to join in on The Panther Preview. This week we talked about Steve Smith’s recent comments about becoming a number two receiver, Marty Hurney’s future and we break down the best remaining free agents at two key positions. Call us and sound off. What are you thoughts on the team? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

We are back with Episode 104 of Cat Crave Radio! There is some news for fans of the Carolina Panthers, namely, a player recently cut by the team has signed once again on the dotted line. We have the details and all the other news. Things might be a little slow and there may be a lack of headlines coming from Charlotte but Darin Gantt of the Charlotte Observer and Rock Hill Herald joined us to discuss where the team stands now and where we might head from here. Mike Minter was back with us this week for another edition of The Minter View. We discuss the recent purge of the over-30 crowd, the defensive line, Matt Moore and a new venture that Mike is now involved with. As always, Mike’s insights are a must listen! Nick Yeoman joined in on another Panther Preview. We break down the few news stories of the week including Brayton’s re-signing, those draft picks we were just awarded and the Big Cat among others. Call us and sound off. Were our picks the right call? What are you thoughts on the team? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

Cat Crave Radio is back with Episode 103! There is little news coming from the Carolina Panthers‘ headquarters. However, Jake Delhomme found a new home. We have the latest. This week we are joined by Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer. Tom talked to us about Jake, Brad Hoover, Dwayne Jarrett, John Fox and Marty Hurney. As always, Tom was insightful. We present another installment of Around the Web this week. Our guest was Jaxon of Cat Scratch Reader. He provides another unique view from Panther Nation. Nick Yeoman was back for another Panther Preview. With the draft coming up, we broke down our choices for the five best and the five worst draft choices in Panthers history. Take a listen and tell us if you agree or disagree with our selections. Call us and sound off. Were our picks the right call? What are you thoughts on the team? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

Episode 102 of Cat Crave Radio is here! The past seven days will be remembered as one of the most emotional weeks in the history of the Carolina Panthers. Jake Delhomme and Brad Hoover both found themselves released by the organization. Others were sent home as well. We have the details and the analysis. Just before all the emotions started to boil over, the team placed the highest tender possible on their future starter, Matt Moore. Just after he was given the news, we had the chance to speak to our new starting quarterback. Listen to hear his thoughts on how the organization handled his situation as well as what he thinks about shopping his services to other teams. Darin Gantt of the Rock Hill Herald and the Charlotte Observer joined us to help us all make a little sense of the moves the team has made. We discussed Jake, Hoov, Damione Lewis…well the list goes on and on. Nick Yeoman was back to provide the fans’ perspective in The Panther Preview. You can just imagine what we discussed. Is anybody happy about these moves? Is Nick happy to see Jake leave the building?

We are back with Episode 101 of Cat Crave Radio! General managers, coaches and pretty much anybody who is anybody spent their weekend at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. The Carolina Panthers have some free agents who could make news as well. We have the details. Jason Cole of Yahoo Sports was back in the house. Jason talked to us about the draft-eligible players who may have helped their case in Indy. We also discuss the possibility of trading back into the first round, Julius Peppers and more. Jason is a respected journalist who always brings a great deal of knowledge to the show. Nick Yeoman provided his awesomeness to another Panther Preview. This week, we break down the Panthers’ free agents and those guys who are currently out of work who we could bring in to help us out. Plus, a four-letter word stirs us up a little.
Last week, Brad Norman of The Statesville Record & Landmark was nice enough to give us a little coverage. You can read the article here.

Cat Crave Radio has reached the milestone this week of Episode 100! And what a time for it – the very week that the Carolina Panthers decide not to place the franchise tag on Julius Peppers! So, The Pepp will walk. We have complete coverage and analysis. Darin Gantt of the Charlotte Observer and the Rock Hill Herald was with us this week and spoke to us immediately after walking out of BofA Stadium to attend Marty Hurney’s press conference. Of course, Darin talked to us about what Hurney had to say about Julius, Thomas Davis‘ future with the team among a host of other topics. Darin was his normal effervescent self. Also joining us this week was Ross Tucker of SI and Sirius Satellite Radio. Ross was nice enough to discuss a number of topics including Matt Moore, the CBA and more. Ross is always an excellent guest you don’t want to miss. Nick Yeoman of You Tube fame continued his contributions this week as the fans’ perspective in a lengthy Panther Preview. This week we take a closer look at the wide receivers and tight ends. The grades are all in so we recap the entire process.

Episode 99 of Cat Crave Radio is here! The Carolina Panthers begin their offseason with questions to answer – one of which was brought up by Steve Smith recently regarding a complementary wide receiver. We’ll discuss. Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer, the man who had that conversation with Smitty, joins us to discuss it. Tom also talks to us about the CBA and playing cheap among other topics. Nick Yeoman of You Tube was back to join in on The Panther Preview. We continue our break down of the roster. This week it’s the running backs and fullbacks. Some questions were raised between Nick and myself. One of which actually motivated Nick to call me crazy. Let’s see what you think. Am I crazy? You tell us. Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

Cat Crave Radio has returned with Episode 98! The Julius Peppers Saga took another turn this week when Pepp appeared on the Mack Attack on WFNZ. We have the details and a whole lot of thoughts. Legendary Carolina Panther Mike Minter joined us for another edition of The Minter View. Mike gave us his thoughts on Julius, what to do next with the disgruntled star and the salary cap. As always, it’s an illuminating conversation. Nick Yeoman of You Tube was back to provide the fans’ perspective in The Panther Preview. This week, of course, we discussed Peppers and we broke down the defensive line. It’s all in the latest episode. Check it out and feel free to comment below. Don’t forget to call! Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show. Oh, yeah, one more thing…you can now subscribe to our show on iTunes! And one more thing…give us a follow over on Twitter.

We are back with Episode 97 of Cat Crave Radio! The Julius Peppers Saga II: The Spurned Agent is now playing in theaters for the offseason. We have details and a few opinions. We also cover the promotion of Jeff Rodgers to Special Teams Coach. We are honored this week to welcome quarterback Matt Moore to the show. At no time can we recall a more popular Panthers player. Matt talked to us about his desire to remain with the Panthers, the quarterback competition, Jake Delhomme and more. Don’t miss it! Darin Gantt of the Rock Hill Herald was back. We talked at length about the most recent version of the Peppers saga, Jeff Rodgers and more, of course. Nick Yeoman of You Tube provided his awesomeness once again to another Panther Preview, Boom Or Bust and Pick ‘Em – the Super Bowl Edition. It’s all in the latest episode. Check it out and feel free to comment below. Don’t forget to call! Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play your thoughts on the show.

Episode 96 of Cat Crave Radio has arrived! The Carolina Panthers hired a new coach this week while a recently fired coach got a job elsewhere. We have the details. This week marks our first visit with Panthers middle linebacker Jon Beason! Jon talked to us about a number of topics including the Julius Peppers flap from last season, the Pro Bowl snub, Ron Meeks, Thomas Davis and how he has grown as a person since his days at The U. It’s an excellent conversation. Our thanks to Jon for taking time out of his off season to speak to us. Legendary Panther Mike Minter was back for another installment of The Minter View. With the season in the record books, we talked about the most surprising player, most disappointing player, team needs and more. Mike provided us with the same knowledge and passion we’ve come to expect from one of our team’s all-time greats. Nick Yeoman of You Tube was back with us for The Panther Preview. This week we got a closer look at the linebackers. For some reason, our scores don’t match up very well. One of us is a little generous while the other grades like Simon Cowell. The Sound Off segment covers the answers we received on the previous Question of the Week – Who should be the Panthers MVP for the 2009 season? Maybe we stumped everybody and maybe we bored you. We’re not sure. But we received only one call this week. GK, you da man! While we’re are it, don’t forget the Question of the Week for next week – What is the team’s biggest area of need this off season? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play all the answers we get on next week’s show. It’s all in the latest episode. Check it out and feel free to comment below. Oh, yeah, one more thing…you can now subscribe to our show on iTunes! And one more thing…give us a follow over on Twitter.Thanks for listening! Enjoy!

Cat Crave Radio has returned with Episode 95! Coaches are leaving. One was fired. One retired. We’ve got the story and the analysis.

This week, we welcomed Panthers’ fans favorite safety, Chris Harris, to the show. Chris has been raising money to aid those suffering in Haiti due to last week’s devastating earthquake. We spoke to him about this effort as well as about his feelings on facing Chicago, Jon Beason’s Pro Bowl snub and all things Panthers. We truly appreciate Chris for taking time out of his schedule to speak to us.

NOTE: Please donate to the Red Cross by texting “Haiti” to 90999. A $10 charge will be added to your cell phone bill that will go to aid those impacted by this disaster. To find out how to take advantage of Chris Harris’ offer, click here.

Tom Sorensen of the Charlotte Observer was back with us. He provided his insights into the team’s coaching vacancies as well as on the dead of the off season. As always, Tom provided invaluable information.

Nick Yeoman of You Tube came along for the ride to give us a fan’s perspective in our Panther Preview, Boom Or Bust and Pick ‘Em. As usual, Nick was his awesome self.

The Sound Off segment covers the answers we received on the previous Question of the Week – If John Fox leaves, who, besides Bill Cowher, would you like to see as the Panthers’ next head coach? There were some outstanding answers as well as one that was so funny we couldn’t help but include it!

While we’re are it, don’t forget the Question of the Week for next week – Who is your choice for team MVP for 2009? Call us on the CCR Hotline at 206-350-9673 and leave a message. We’ll play all the answers we get on next week’s show.

It’s all in the latest episode. Check it out and feel free to comment below.

Oh, yeah, one more thing…you can now subscribe to our show on iTunes! And one more thing…give us a follow over on Twitter.

Thanks for listening! Enjoy!