Shows
The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1296 The Starting Lineup March 2nd- "They Call It March Madness For A Reason"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the regional championships from Friday, take a peak at sectional semi finals tomorrow and Teutopolis girls super sectional tonight, college basketball and Illinois loss to Michigan, Plus St. Louis Cardinals news
2026-03-021h 12The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1295 The Starting Lineup Feb 27th- "2,605 Days"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local girls basketball sectional championship action from last night and take a look at the regional championships for boys basketball tonight, college basketball and Illinois vs Michigan tonight, plus Nascar Pick'em!!
2026-02-2741 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1294 The Starting Lineup Feb 25th- "Sweet Sixteen & Regional Semi Finals"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local sectional semi final girls basketball last night, look at the championships and take a look at regional semi finals for the boys as well, college basketball since the last episode plus Nascar from Atlanta recap and a close week in Pick'Em recap as well!!
2026-02-2549 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1293 The Starting Lineup Feb 23rd- "Regional & Sectional Time Plus Unacceptable Illini Loss"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from Friday, take a look at the regional schedule for tonight and the girls sectional tomorrow, college basketball and Illinois falling to UCLA, Team USA wins gold in mens hockey!!
2026-02-231h 13The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1292 The Starting Lineup Feb 20th- "Regional Champions & Illini Dominating USC"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local girls basketball regional championship from last night, preview of tonight's matchup, College Basketball and Illini destroying USC, on to face the misirable Mick Cronin and uCLA, Olympics, Nascar and Atlanta Race Pick'em!!
2026-02-2059 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1291 The Starting Lineup Feb 18th- "Redemption & West Coast Road Trip"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from last night and take a look at the local schedule for tonight and tomorrow regional championships, college basketball and Illinois matchup with USC and Nascar Pick'em and Daytona 500 recap!!
2026-02-181h 00The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1290 The Starting Lineup Feb 16th- "Indiana Scored More Points In Football Against Illinois Than They Did In Basketball"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from Friday & this weekend, regionals continue for girls basketball tonight, college basketball from over the weekend including Illinois bullying and dominating Indiana and a few more things to dive in to!
2026-02-161h 04The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1289 The Starting Lineup Feb 13th- "Whoops Chalk It Up To Friday 13th"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from Thursday, take a look at Friday action and the start of Regionals on Saturday, College Basketball, NBA All Star Game Weekend & Nascar Pick'em for Daytona!!
2026-02-151h 12The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1288 The Starting Lineup Feb 11th- "Frustrating Illinois Loss"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from last night, Illinois frustrating loss to Wisconsin last night, Nascar season preview and Eric give his playoff and championship prediction!!
2026-02-111h 35The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1287 The Starting Lineup Feb 9th- "Not A Bad Loss & Not The Greatest Big Game Of All Time"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from over the weekend and take a look at the schedule tonight, college basketball and Illinois loss on Saturday over reactions, Super Bowl Hangover and Seattle is on top of the football world!!
2026-02-091h 13The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1286 The Starting Lineup Feb 2nd- "European Street Fight On Saturday, American Big Game On Sunday"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from Thursday, take a look at the schedule for today and tomorrow, Illinois destroys little brother on Wednesday, a good old fashion European street fight might break out in East Lasing tomorrow, Super Bowl 60 is almost here and the guys have there picks. Plus Eric discusses the Clash at Bowmen Gray!!
2026-02-061h 23The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1285 The Starting Lineup Feb 4th- "Wheeling & Dealing Season Rolls On"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local basketball from last night, take a look at the light schedule for tonight and peak at the schedule for Thursday as well, Illinois Basketball and College Basketball, NBA Trade Deadline wheeling and dealing!!
2026-02-0456 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1284 The Starting Lineup Feb 2nd- "Epic NTC Championship Game & Illinois Now In The Top 5"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the epic NTC Tournament championship Game between St. Anthony & Altamont, a recap of the tournament as a whole and other basketball, Another day and another Illinois big road win for the Illini!!
2026-02-0256 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1283 The Starting Lineup Jan 30th- "Chaos Ensues At The NTC Tournament An Important Conversation"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from last night at the guys experiences at the NTC Tournament, Travis & Eric give their perspectives of the events that transpired in the Altamont and Cumberland game, other games elsewhere, Illini Basketball win the trap game against Washington, Nascar Pick'Em Returns as well!!!
2026-01-301h 23The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1282 The Starting Lineup Jan 28th- "NTC Tournament Has Begun & It's Off To A Great Start"Join Travis & Eric back at it from being snowed in and on the show today a recap of local basketball and the opening of the NTC Tournament from last night, look at the schedule for tonight and tomorrow, Illinois Basketball after an historic performance by Keaton Wagler at Purdue, get ready for a trap game for the Illini, Illinois Football Schedule drops for 2026 & NFL Championship game recap!!
2026-01-281h 28The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1281 The Starting Lineup Jan 23rd- "Winter Is Coming...Snow Is Here"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from last night, a look at the schedule for tonight and the modified schedule for Saturday, College Basketball and Illinois passes the first game without Boz, NFL Championship Sunday and One of the last Football Pick'Ems of the season
2026-01-2354 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1280 The Starting Lineup Jan 20th- "What A World We Live In"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from yesterday and looks at the action for tonight, Indiana are the Kings Of College Football, Miami unsurprising horrible fanbase, Illinois basketball wins over Minnesota but big injuries news will hamper Illini moving forward, NFL Divisional Round Recap!!
2026-01-201h 23The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1279 The Starting Lineup Jan 16th- "The Matchup Travis Did Not Want"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball take a look at the schedule for tomorrow and Monday, College Basketball & Fighting Illini, NFL Divisional Round Weekend, College Football National Championship, Pick;Em & Two MLB Signings
2026-01-161h 16The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1278 The Starting Lineup Jan 14th- "Bas-ket-ball, Tomlin Out, Cards Have Trade Arenado"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from Tuesday, look at the upcoming schedule, College Basketball & Fighting Illini, Mike Tomlin out as Steelers Head Coach, Football Pick'Em Recap, Catching up on the news and from Nascar, and the Cardinals have done they have traded Nolan Arenado!!
2026-01-141h 23The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1277 The Starting Lineup Jan 12th- "What A Glorious Weekend & Bear Down"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of loaded local basketball action from Friday and Saturday, take a look at the schedule for tonight, recap of a mostly wild and exciting Wild Card weekend in the NFL, the playoffs did not miss the Chiefs whatsoever, and BEAR THE (BLEEP) DOWN!!
2026-01-121h 17The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1276 The Starting Lineup Jan 9th- "Has It Really Come To This Point Of Cheering For Indiana"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from Thursday night, look at the schedule for tonight and this upcoming weekend, College Basketball & an Illini winner over Rutgers, College Football Playoff, NFL Wild Card Weekend, Football Pick'em continues!!
2026-01-091h 08The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1275 The Starting Lineup Jan 7th- "Back In The Saddle Again"After an extended absence the show is back for the first pod of the new year and join Travis & Eric on the show today with a recap of local basketball from Tuesday and a look at the schedule to come, College Basketball & College football as well, plus a recap of Pick'em since they guys have been away!!
2026-01-0750 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup End Of The Year Pod 2025- "Top Ten Local & National Sports Stories Of The Year"Join Travis & Eric on this special edition of the show: The time has come once again for the end of the year pod and that can only mean one thing. It's time for the guys to count their top 10 sports stories of the calendar year. The guys look back at their personal top tens in National sports as well as the sports stories that impacted you right here at the local level! Tune in to see what stories made the list!!
2025-12-291h 39The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1274 The Starting Lineup Dec 19th- "Local Basketball & The College Football Playoff"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from Thursday night, look at the schedule for tonight and a take a peak at the Saturday schedule, College Basketball, CFP, MFL & Football Pick'Em
2025-12-1958 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1273 The Starting Lineup Dec 17th- "Football Playoff Expansion"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from Tuesday, look ahead at the schedule for tonight, Football Expansion Passes Here in the state of Illinois, College Basketball, And a side swipe at the NCAA Tournament!!
2025-12-171h 17The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1272 The Starting Lineup Dec 15th- "Saturday Bad Sports Day For Your Boy!"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from the weekend, the schedule for tonight, College Basketball from the weekend, Illinois loses in typical usual fashion, College Football, NFL and a slew of injuries and the can the doubters finally come around and say the Chiefs Dynasty is officially O-V-E-R!!
2025-12-151h 01The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1271 The Starting Lineup Dec 12th- "Dashing & Dribbling Thru The Snow"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from a snow effected Thursday Night, the schedule for tonight and this weekend, College Basketball, College Football & the Heisman ceremony, NFL & Nascar Settlement!!
2025-12-121h 11The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1270 The Starting Lineup Dec 10th- "Unlucky 13"Join Travis on this solo show today a recap of local basketball from Tuesday Night, recap of Illinois vs Ohio State, look at the rest of college basketball plus why if you are ranked in the Top12 this week that is a great thing and of course Illinois is just on the outside of it!!
2025-12-1047 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1269 The Starting Lineup Dec 8th- "Rocky Top Conquered, CFP Controversy & The Fall Of A Dynasty"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from Friday and over the weekend, College Basketball & Illinois conquers Rocky Top, College Football Playoff Aftermath, NFL & Chiefs dynasty is over!!
2025-12-081h 31The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1268 The Starting Lineup Dec 5th- "What's In Store For The Weekend"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from Thursday night and take a look at tonight schedule and take a peek at the schedule for Saturday as well, FB Pick'Em, NFL, College Football Championship Weekend & College Basketball For The Weekend!!
2025-12-0549 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1267 The Starting Lineup Dec 3rd- "R-E-S-P-E-C-T, Illini at MSG, Ungrateful Illinois Football Fans!Join Travis on a solo show today a recap of local basketball from last night including Cumberland winning over Altamont, 5A & 6A Football Championships, College Basketball & Illinois Fighting Illini game vs UCONN, Illinois Football & CFP!
2025-12-031h 04The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1266 The Starting Lineup Dec 1st- "A Loaded Sports Weekend Effected By Mother Nature"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local basketball from a weather affected weekend, IHSA State Football Championships (or part of them at least), College Football, NFL & some college BBall as well!!
2025-12-0153 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1265 The Starting Lineup Nov 26th- "Feast Of Sports"Join Travis & Eric on the show today: local basketball from last night and the upcoming tournament schedules, HS FB State Championships, FB Pick'Em, College Football, College Basketball & more!!
2025-11-261h 03The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1264 The Starting Lineup Nov 25th- "Everyone Has A Trap Game & Let The St. Louis Black Friday Sale Begin"Join Travis & Eric on the show today: plenty of basketball to recap from last night and plenty of more on tap for this evening, Illinois basketball wins barely by just 14 points on a way less superior opponent, and let the fire sell begin for the St Louis Cardinals!!
2025-11-2543 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1263 The Starting Lineup Nov 24th- "Let Basketball Feast Week Begin"Join Travis & Eric on the show today: the start of basketball feast week with boys basketball and girls basketball both in action starting this week, HS FB Semi Finals recap, NFL, College basketball and nothing to do with College Football because it doesn't exist any more!
2025-11-2449 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1262 The Starting Lineup Nov 21st- "Semi Final Preview & MAKE YOUR FREE THROWS"Join Travis & Eric back on the show today: a recap of girls basketball Thursday and a look at the schedule for the evening, High School Football Semi Final Area Preview, Semi Final Pick'Em, Illinois Basketball recap from Alabama, Illinois Football as well!!
2025-11-211h 20The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1261 The Starting Lineup Nov 19th- "Big Time Matchup On Madison & Just Went You're Out They Pull You Back In"Join Travis on this solo show today a recap of high school girls basketball last night and a look at the schedule for tonight, College Basketball, Illinois vs Alabama tonight, and Illinois FB is back in the CFP rankings!!
2025-11-1932 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1260 The Starting Lineup Nov 18th- "Opening Week Of Basketball Is Here"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap opening night of high school girls basketball and take a look at the schedule for tonight games, College Basketball from last night and tonight, Monday Night Football as well!!
2025-11-1827 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1259 The Starting Lineup 11-17-25- "Football Quarterfinal Recap"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap volleyball state tournament, football quarterfinals from over the weekend, for some its on to the final four and others season come to a close. How Do Like Me Know and Beast Mode for the quarters, Recap of football pick'em, plus NFL Sunday recap and Illinois rises in College Basketball polls ahead of Wednesday tussle with Alabama!!
2025-11-171h 06The Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" - End Of Season Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the season finale of inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up one last time for the season with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the season ending loss to Arthur last week in the second round, Eric and Coach also reminisce about the season as a whole and all the great accomplishments the team and this group of senior had this year!
2025-11-1312 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1258 The Starting Lineup Nov 12th- "It Is Only November & We Aren't Even Healthy Yet & FB Quarterfinal Preview"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap the Illinois vs Texas tech game from last night, the rest of college basketball and the upcoming days, College Football, Illinois back in action against Maryland, High School Football Quarterfinal Preview of the game that involve our local teams, Football Pick'Em as well!!
2025-11-121h 07The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1257 The Starting Lineup Nov 11th- "Top 15 Matchup In Champaign Tonight"Join Travis & Eric on the show today only one local volleyball game from last night who punched there tickets to the Final Four, Monday Night Football, College Basketball, Illinois Basketball win vs FGC and it's on to tonight's top 15 matchup with Texas Tech, Illini Women's Game on Sunday!!
2025-11-1136 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1256 The Starting Lineup Nov 10th- "Round Two IHSA Playoffs Recap"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap Round 2 of the playoffs from over the weekend, Arthur moves on and Cumberland bows out, who else punched their tickets to the elite eight, Volleyball Super Sectionals tonight with Stew Stras still going strong facing familiar foe Cissna Park, NFL, College Football from the weekend as well
2025-11-101h 18The Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" - Week 11 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the prep for round two of the postseason against yet another familiar conference foe in Arthur, Cumberland already lost to Arthur once but that was in week three of the season, this game is one of the biggest games in both programs history!
2025-11-0607 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1255 The Starting Lineup Nov 5th- "Super Sized Wednesday Show With Playoffs Round 2 Preview"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap Volleyball from last night and set up the sectional championships for Thursday, its the IHSA Playoffs Round 2 Preview, of course the guys dive deep in the Cumberland vs Arthur matchup for Saturday and with the table set the guys pick the games for Pick'Em as well, Illinois football from Rutgers, first CFP rankings, Cubs not picking up Iminaga, and college basketball as well!!
2025-11-051h 18The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1254 The Starting Lineup 1Nov 4th- "Illinois Basketball Is Here & One Of The Most Soul Crushing Championship Losses Of All Time"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys have local volleyball sectionals tonight, College Basketball opening night, Illini cruise to victory, Illinois State with a win in women's hoops as well, Monday Night Football that some people saw and the ones that didnt were the lucky ones, the guys recap the last Nascar race of the season and the latest soul crushing loss again for Denny Hamlin!!
2025-11-041h 12The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1253 The Starting Lineup Nov 3rd- "Upsets, Controversy & Everthing In Between Round 1 Of IHSA Playoffs"Join Travis & on the show today the guys recap round 1 of the IHSA Playoffs, opening round was filled with blowouts, upsets and controversy, Cumberland on to round 2 in another rematch with Arthur, Pick'Em recap, How Do You Like Me Now and Beast Mode for round 1, fans were treated to a classic World Series with the Dodgers going back to back, NFL and another wild Bears game!!
2025-11-031h 34The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1252 The Starting Lineup Oct 31st- "Supersized Playoff Football Pick'em & Nascar ChampjionshipJoin Eric & Travis on the show today as the guys pick all the playoff games that were previewed yesterday in this supersized version of football Pick'em, plus is the last race of the Nascar season so its the finale of Nascar Pick'em, can Denny Hamlin win his first championship, also Travis has his state of Illini address of the week
2025-10-3157 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 1 - Week 10 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the prep for the postseason against familiar opponent, the Pirates first round opponent is a rematch from few weeks ago with Sullivan
2025-10-3107 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 2- End Of Season Effingham HC Brett HefnerJoin Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss Effingham season ending loss to Centralia, Hearts came so close to a playoff berth but miss out for the 2nd straight year, Coach also talks about the season as a whole and the future of the program!
2025-10-3012 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1251 The Starting LineupOct 30th- "First Round Playoff Preview"Join Travis on this solo show today as we got your First Round Playoff Preview, we cover all the usual suspects plus some bonus teams for the playoffs
2025-10-3054 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1250 The Starting Lineup Oct 28th- "And World Series Game 3 Just Got Over"Join Eric & Travis on the show today as the guys discuss local volleyball results from last night and the postseason schedule for today, local flavor in the soccer sectional today as well, WS Game 3 was an marathon instant classic, MLB should have made Toronto pitch to Ohtani in extra innings, Nascar recap of Martinsville and pick'em as well!!
2025-10-2838 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1249 The Starting Lineup Oct 27th- "Week 9 HS Football Recap"Join Eric & Travis on the show today as the guys recap week 9 of HS Football, How Do Like Me Know, Beast Mode for the week, Pick'Em Recap, Overreactions for the week and look how Eric did for the whole season, NFL, World Series!!
2025-10-271h 08The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1248- "The Starting Lineup Playoff Spectacular Extravaganza Hour 2Join Eric & Travis on part two of the special playoff edition of the show, the guys reveal the matchups in each of the classes 1A-4A, who did our area teams draw in round one, where did Cumberland go, the guys also make their show picks for who comes out of the south from the classes!!
2025-10-2645 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1248- "The Starting Lineup Playoff Spectacular Extravaganza Hour 1Join Eric & Travis on this special playoff addition of the show, the guys break down each one of the playoff qualifiers from the area that made the postseason, and even hit on those teams that did not get in at 4-5!!
2025-10-2652 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset"- Week 9 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the two point conversion win against Nokomis, and Cumberland unique situation of having a bye week before the playoffs, and not only not knowing the opponent for next week but unsure of the Class the Pirates' will be put in
2025-10-2409 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1247 The Starting Lineup Oct 24th- "Jam Packed Local Sports Time Of Year!!"Join Eric & Travis back on the show today as the guys discuss local sports from yesterday and the local schedule for today, Week 9 Preview for HS Football, NBA and the NBC broadcast on Opening Night
2025-10-2448 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1246 The Starting Lineup Oct 23rd- "Week 9 High School Football Preview"Join Eric & Travis back on the show today as the guys discuss local sports from yesterday and the local schedule for today, Week 9 Preview for HS Football, NBA and the NBC broadcast on Opening Night
2025-10-231h 17The Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup- Episode 1245- We Talking PlayoffsJoin Eric Frye for a one man show talking about the Illinois High School Football Playoff Picture entering the final week of the regular season. Who is in? Who is out? Who is in good shape? Find out all the information here on the Starting Lineup. Don't forget to tune in for our playoff spectacular on Saturday after the Illinois game on 98.9 The Game or Effinghamradio.com!
2025-10-2234 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1244 The Starting Lineup Oct 21st- "Everything Coming Up Blue In The World Series"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local scores from last night, look ahead yo the schedule for today, MLB & the World Series is set after Game 7 of the ALCS, the last weekly MNF doubleheader (possibly ever), NBA starts tonight, Nascar & Nascar Pick'Em!!
2025-10-2154 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1243 The Starting Lineup Oct 20th- "Week 8 Recap & MiLLLLwaukee Gets What Thye Deserve"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of week 8 high school football teams get some wins that set up important games for Friday, Beast Mode, How Do You Like Me Now, Pick'em recap, Overreactions, other local sports, NFL, MLB Playoffs
2025-10-201h 21The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1242 The Starting Lineup Oct 17- "Too Many Illini Mistakes & Fair Weather Students!!Join Travis & Eric on the show today local sports results from last night and a look the schedule for today and this weekend, HS FB PIck'Em, College Football and a recap of Illinois vs Ohio State, NFL, MLB Postseason, Nascar Pick'Em!!
2025-10-1759 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 1- Week 8 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the comeback wins against Sullivan on Saturday, Coach also discusses what will end up being the last regualr season game of the year against Nokomis!
2025-10-1708 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 2- Week 8 Effingham HC Brett HefnerJoin Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss Effingham loss against Mt. Zion and the upcoming matchup with Mattoon with the Hearts season against the wall!!
2025-10-1707 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1241 The Starting Lineup Oct 16th- "HS Football Week 8 Preview Plus MLB Postseason"Join Travis & Eric on the show today local sports schedule for today, Week 8 HS Football Preview, MLB Postseason recap and look ahead, & more!!
2025-10-1646 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1240 The Starting Lineup Oct 15th- "New Playoff Outlook, New Proposal Shakes Things Up"Join Travis & Eric on the show today local sports from yesterday and a look at the light local schedule for today, MLB Postseason from last night NLCS goes more of the same from game 1, HS Football Playoff Outlook, new proposal set to shake up playoffs and scheduling!!
2025-10-151h 00The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1239 The Starting Lineup Oct 14th- "Things In Chicago Aren't So Bad"Join Travis & Eric on the show today local sports from yesterday and a look at the local schedule for today, MNF and the Bears win last night, MLB Playoffs and Nascar & Nascar Pick'Em Recap!!
2025-10-1455 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1238 The Starting Lineup Oct 13th- "Weekend Winners & Others Fly The L"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of all the weekend happenings, a recap of Week 7 of HS Football, Beast Mode and How Do You Like Me Now for the week, Eric's Over reactions for the week, NFL, MLB Playoffs and Cubs season comes to an end!!
2025-10-131h 13The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1237 The Starting Lineup Oct 10th- "Biggest Home Game Of My Lifetime"Join Travis & Eric (kind of) on the show today a look at the results from local sports and the upcoming weekend schedule, MLB Postseason, Illini vs number 1 Ohio State, Football Pick'em and Nascar Pick'em
2025-10-1059 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 2- Week 7 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the win against Sangamon Valley and the distractions of homecoming and moving the game with Sullivan to Saturday
2025-10-1006 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 1- Week 7 Effingham HC Brett Hefner"Join Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss the Hearts loss against Mahomet and how the team focus is getting healthy and Mt. Zion
2025-10-1007 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1236 The Starting Lineup Oct 9th- "Baby Bears Survive To Play Another Game"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local results from the NTC Tournament, local schedule for today, Week 7 HS Football Preview in depth with all the news and notes, MLB Playoffs with the Blue jays knocking out the Yankees and the Cubs surviving one more game!!
2025-10-091h 04The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1235 The Starting Lineup Oct 8th- "Quadruple Header & HS Football Playoff Outlook"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the local results from Tuesday, take a look at Weds schedule, Baseball Playoffs from yesterday and four games loading up for today, NHL Opening Night and the guys look at this week's high school football playoff outlook!!
2025-10-0847 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1234 The Starting Lineup Oct 7th- Local Sports Recap, Cubs, Nascar News & Notes"Join Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of local sports from Monday including the NTC Baseball Tournament, Golf Postseason results, take a look at the schedule for today , NL Playoffs from yesterday and its not looking good for the Cubbies, Monday Night Football and Nascar Pick Em and plenty of Nadcar news and notes!!
2025-10-071h 08The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1233 The Starting Lineup Oct 6th- "HS Football Week 6 Recap, MLB Playoffs, Wild NFL SundayJoin Travis & Eric on the show today a recap of the high school football games from Friday, Beast Mode of the week, How Do You Like Me Know for Week 6, Overreactions, for the week, MLB Postseason from the weekend not the best start from the Yankees or the Cubs, a wild NFL Sunday as well!
2025-10-061h 11The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1232 The Starting Lineup Oct 3rd- "Cubs, Illini & Pick'Em Friday"Join Travis & Eric on the show today local sports from yesterday, local schedule for today and NTC Tournament, MLB wild card series recap, Cubs fly the w but with a little help the guys of course dont agree, NFL, Illini win against USC, Pick'em and Nascar Pick'em for the Roval
2025-10-0355 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 2- Week 6 Effingham HC Brett Hefner"Join Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss the Hearts tough loss against Taylorville, lots to go in depth with, how the team is refocused to this week's opponent in Mahomet Seymour
2025-10-0306 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 1- Week 6 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the win against Arcola last week, how the preparations are going for this week's game against Sangamon Valley are going, and how this game and other teams previous week's opponents affect Cumberland playoff points
2025-10-0307 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1231 The Starting Lineup Oct 2nd- "Week 6 Football Preview Plus Playoff Outlook"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys talk about high school football week 6 preview plus the extended playoff outlook find out YOUR favorite team is looking for the playoff race, MLB postseason and Cubs baseball!
2025-10-021h 33The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1230 The Starting Lineup "One Era Ends, Another Begins"Join Travis on this solo show today as the resident Cardinals fan of the show, while the Cubs battle the Padres in the playoffs, The St Louis Cardinals end one era and begin another. In this episode Travis takes a deep dive into the Mozeliak tenure and what the future holds for a once proud franchise
2025-10-0254 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1229 The Starting Lineup Sept 30th- "And So It Begins"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys talk about local sports results from yesterday and take a look the schedule for today, MLB postseason begins, NFL clunker of Monday night games, Nascar and Nascar Pick'em!!
2025-09-3046 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1228 The Starting Lineup Sept 29th- "Many Highs & (Some) Lows Of The Weekend Plus HS Week 5 Recap!!Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap the week of high school football all the highs and lows of Friday are covered, How Do You Like Me Now, Beast Mode, Over reactions and Football Pick recap, MLB regular season is over Cubs sweep the Cardinals and all the Wild card Series are set, NFL Sunday ends ina tie and more!!
2025-09-291h 16The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1227 The Starting Lineup Sept 26th- "Finally Ready To Talk About The Indiana Loss"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys talk local sports results and upcoming schedule, MLB heading into the final weekend of the regular season, Travis is finally ready to discuss Illini football lost to IU on Saturday, on to big game against USC, Football Pick'em and Nascar and Nasc Pick'em!!
2025-09-261h 07The Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 2- Week 5 Effingham HC Brett Hefner"Join Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss the Charleston game last week and take a look at this week's matchup against Taylorville, it's also homecoming for Effingham which adds another layer to the festivities
2025-09-2605 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 1- Week 5 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to talk about the performance against tri County and a look at this week's matchup with new Co-Op Arcola / Cerro Gordo
2025-09-2605 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1226 The Starting Lineup Sept 25th- HS FB Week 6 Preview & St. Louis Cardinals Eliminated"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys talk local sports results and schedule, preview the matchups for HS FB Week 5, official classification numbers impacting basketball and spring sports season, MLB, and the much to be said about the St. Louis Cardinals!
2025-09-251h 04The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1225 The Starting Lineup Sept 24th- "The Way To Early HS Football Playoff Outlook"Join Travis & Eric on the show today local sports from yesterday and a look at the light local schedule for today, MLB from last night with the playoff picture becoming into focus, and speaking of playoffs the guys look at a very early look at the High School Football Playoff Outlook!!
2025-09-2438 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1224 The Starting Lineup Sept 23rd- "The Tuesday Tussle"Join Travis & Eric on the show today local sports from Monday and the local schedule for today, little time left in the MLB regular season, Monday Night Football, Nascar at New Hampshire, Nascar Pick'Em
2025-09-231h 01The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1223 The Starting Lineup Sept 22nd- "Guess, It's Time For Me (Air Quotes) To Get Back To WorkJoin Eric & Travis is back on the show today the guys recap of Week 4 of high school football, Pick'em recap, How Do You Like Me Now, Beast Mode Of The Week, Week 4 Overreactions, Wacky NFL Sunday, MLB and more
2025-09-221h 06The Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 2- Week 4 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to talk about Cumberland big game with Arthur and how the Pirates can move on from a big game loss, Cumberland opponent this week is Tri County as Coahc will discuss!!
2025-09-1906 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Inside The Headset" Part 1- Week 4 Effingham HC Brett Hefner"Join Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss the wild and wacky plays from an interesting game against Mater Dei, all is well and that ends well with a W for Effingham, Hearts will look to clean some things up and focus on the first Apollo game against rival Charleston!!
2025-09-1907 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1222 The Starting Lineup Sept 18th- "HS Fb Week 4 Preview, Indiana Super Bowl & Cubbies Are Playoff Bound"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys preview High School Football Week 4 all the matchups in the conferences from the area, Football Pick'Em is also on tap, the guys also look at the HUGE matchup between Illinois and Indiana football on Saturday night, also MLB from yesterday and the Cubs are going back to the playoffs!
2025-09-181h 04The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1221 The Starting Lineup Sept 17th- "The Wheels Keep Turning"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys discuss local sports from yesterday and the light local schedule for today, MLB from last night, and the Nascar Playoff Round 2 Re Draft and Nascar Pick'em for this week in New Hampshire
2025-09-1735 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1220 The Starting Lineup Sept 16th- "Tuesday News And Notes"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys local sports from yesterday and the local schedule for today, MLB from last night, Monday Night Football, Nascar and Nascar Pick'Em!!
2025-09-161h 07The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1219 The Starting Lineup Sept 15th- "HS Football Week 3 Recap"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys recap Week 3 of the high school football season, tones of great matchups around the area to talk about, how do you like me now for week 3 and beast mode of the week, week 3 over reactions and Pick'em recap plus some NFL to talk about as well!!
2025-09-151h 05The Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1218 The Starting Lineup Sept 12th- "On To Bigger And Better Things Than Duke Football"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys talk about the local action from yesterday and look at a jam packed sports weekend, Illinois Football win over Duke and its on to Western Michigan, Football Pick'Em, NFL, College Football, Nascar and Nascar Pick'em!!
2025-09-121h 02The Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Indside The Headset" Part 2- Week 3 Cumberland HC Lucas WatkinsJoin Eric on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Eric catches up with Coach Watkins of the Cumberland Pirates to discuss the Week 2 win over Argenta and talks about this weeks preparation for this week's important game against ALAH
2025-09-1106 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9The Starting Lineup "Indside The Headset" Part 1- Week 3 Effingham HC Brett Hefner"Join Travis on the inside the headset portion of the progrem. Travis catches up with Coach Hefner of the Effingham Hearts to discuss the first win of the season against Mt. Carmel, EHS with some great individual performances discussed as well, also discussed is the upcoming game with Breese Mater Dei!
2025-09-1105 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1217 The Starting Lineup Sept 11th- "Week High School Football Preview"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys preview week 3 of High School Football, all the intriguing matchups from the area conferences, look at the week AP Polls and where our area teams rank, other local sports from yesterday and today, MLB as well, College Football and NFL too!!
2025-09-1152 minThe Starting Lineup 98.9Episode 1216 The Starting Lineup Sept 10th- "(Insert Large Donnor Name Here) Presents The Starting Lineup"Join Travis & Eric on the show today the guys talke about local sports from around the area including HS Baseball from around the NTC yesterday, and take a look at the local schedule for today, been awhile since we took a whip around MLB, Anthony Rizzo retires and Eric is alll up in his feelings about rich person donating a large sum of money to a university and then having said person name being ADDED to the stadium name.
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