Full Show | May 18, 2026

The Kevin Sheehan Show

Audacy

Sports, News

4.7 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 136 minutes

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Summary

Hour 1, Kevin opens the show with some thoughts on Aaron Rai's PGA Championship victory as well as a look ahead at the NBA conference finals. Then, we hit a "What do ya got?" on the passing of former Redskins play caller Sherm Lewis. Before closing out the first hour with a discussion on Aaron Rodgers return to Pittsburgh and a final thought on Caitlin Clark and the WNBA. Hour 2, NFL Analytics Schedule Planning Manager Max St. John joins Kevin Sheehan on The Team 980 to provide an inside look at how the NFL schedule is constructed, breaking down the league’s process for balancing competitive fairness, television windows, travel demands, primetime exposure, and marquee matchups throughout the season. Later in the show, Kevin opens the discussion to listeners by asking which NFL quarterbacks are truly capable of leading their teams to a conference championship this season, sparking debate across both conferences before offering his own predictions and evaluating where Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels fits into the evolving landscape of elite NFL passers. Hour 3, Ben Standig joins Kevin Sheehan to break down the Washington Commanders’ biggest roster needs, expectations for the 2026 season, and how the organization is positioning itself after an offseason filled with growing national attention and heightened expectations. The conversation explores Washington’s remaining concerns on both sides of the ball, the pressure surrounding the team’s difficult schedule, and how the franchise’s long-term outlook continues to evolve around quarterback Jayden Daniels and head coach Dan Quinn. Later in the hour, Kevin reacts to comments from Eli Manning during an appearance on Bussin' With The Boys, where the former Giants quarterback detailed why he refused to play for the San Diego Chargers over 20 years ago, a decision that ultimately led to one of the most famous draft-day trades in NFL history with the New York Giants.

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0:00.0	Golf
0:01.6	Unbelievable.
0:19.0	Golf doesn't play great on radio, but have you ever listened to golf on Sirius XM and the play-by-play of it?
0:27.7	It's exquisite.
0:28.8	Good morning, everybody.
0:30.3	Max is with me.
0:32.4	Another Max is going to join the show.
0:34.6	Max St. John is one of the few involved in the league's schedule
0:41.2	making team. We've had Mike North on the show many times in previous years. Max St. John is actually
0:47.6	their analytics guy on the schedule making team, and he really has some good insight on the schedule.
0:56.0	You'll hear my conversation with Max coming up here in the first hour of the show. Ben Standing will join us in his normal
1:00.3	spot 12 noon here today on Monday, May 18th. The NBA's down to four, and the weekend really was disappointing in terms of trying to get just one competitive
1:15.5	game in a close-out situation. Man, the Pistons were horrible last night. The Timberwolves
1:22.2	horrible on Friday night. More on that coming up shortly. Steph Diggs and Washington linked together over the weekend.
1:33.9	I'll tell you what happened and who said it coming up shortly. Man, I'm going to be honest with you.
1:40.0	I did not even really know who Aaron Rye was. I've seen his name on leaderboards before.
1:47.2	I didn't even know how to pronounce his last name until I heard it on the telecast yesterday.
1:53.5	He was three under par when he went to number nine, and he was a shot off the pace at that point. He went six under
2:04.2	par over the final ten holes. Included in that was that 68 and a half foot putt that you
2:11.1	heard coming in on the very difficult par three 17th. And what I found out many of you did if you watched is that Aaron Rye winning
2:20.9	a PGA championship yesterday was a very, very popular result among everybody on the tour.
2:29.1	Apparently, this is truly one of the most liked guys on the tour came up from a very humble immigrant in London beginning, not of means, not even close to it, and he has grinded his way into the top 50 at 31 years old, and went off on Thursday at 190 to 1 to win the PGA championship.
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