meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Kevin Sheehan Show

Ben Fawkes breaks down the crazy CBB betting scandal & gives his NFL Playoffs analysis

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

Sports, News

4.7697 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

1.16.26, Ben Fawkes from Yahoo Sports joins The Kevin Sheehan Show to discuss the recent news on a sports betting scandal for College Basketball and overseas basketball then gives his analysis on the Divisional round of the NFL Playoffs.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Ben Fox is the senior sports betting analyst at Yahoo Sports. We've had Ben on the show before.

0:08.4

He does a great job. I read Ben all the time. I follow Ben on X at B Fox. That's F-A-W-K-E-S-22 on Twitter.

0:19.0

Always has great betting information, great betting nuggets.

0:24.7

And we'll get to some of those for not only the four divisional round games this

0:29.2

weekend, but the championship game Monday night between Indiana and Miami.

0:33.8

But I'm reading in your Twitter byline that you are Brooklyn-born, but a fan of all

0:41.8

teams, Minnesota. So it's a bit timely here. We had Paul Chartian on yesterday. Charch comes

0:47.9

on with us every week. He's a big Minnesota guy. And there's a possibility. It may be remote,

0:58.7

but if you're a Vikings fan, tell me about Brian Flores because he interviewed here the other day for the DC job.

1:03.0

Yeah, definitely.

1:04.3

Always good to have charge on, know him from the FFPA days as well.

1:08.7

So always a good guess.

1:10.6

I mean, I would,

1:12.5

I'm hoping that he is using this kind of as leverage

1:16.8

as opposed to places he actually wants to go because

1:19.7

no offense to the commander's defense, but I'm not sure

1:22.5

why you would be choosing that over everything that's in

1:25.6

Minnesota and the system they have and the players who know

1:28.9

the system and all of that. But he's just elevated, I think, a defense that if you actually

1:35.9

look at it, Minnesota doesn't have that many blue chip players, right? I mean, they're relying

1:42.0

on, you know, whether or not Harrison Smith comes back, we'll see.

1:45.1

But they have some very solid players and Van Ginkle and, you know, Jonathan Ginnard,

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Audacy, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Audacy and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.