“John Renshaw, The Freak, was born to ride shotgun with every sports fan in America.  His talk show is Perfect Sports Radio Entertainment. John Renshaw calls it "scratch-and-sniff sports radio." I call it the best, most creative, compelling talk show on the air. He has the kind of timing and instincts that comedians and poets die for. Renshaw, whose nationally syndicated sports radio show airs every morning across America and here in in New York City, is a bright, funny and engaging fellow, a likable wise guy with an encyclopedic knowledge of sports Renshaw is funny, naturally, without trying. Renshaw works for the largest national sports radio network in America, The One on one sports radio network. With a weekly audience of 13 million on 400 stations,  It’s easy to discern that he wants to share his zest and joy for sports with his audience, and although he possesses a mountain of knowledge, he never lords it over his callers Voted best national sportscaster by the KC Star 5 years in a row, 1994-1998, Renshaw is a rare breed. He is one of just a dozen or so who make a living talking sports to a national radio audience. Renshaw’s high octane style combines two of his main passions, sports and rock-and roll. He is a fanatical devotee of The Grateful Dead. New York Newsday printed his SUV license plate as TERP STN.  TERP STN is shorthand for his favorite Dead Song and ironically, his favorite college too: Terrapin Station Radio is a theatre of the mind so Renshaw makes magic with words.  The Freak-show is as eclectic a mix as you will find in any sports media. Listeners love his off the wall, from a barstool delivery, in which he delivers sports news in rap and talks to callers in hippie speak  He marries popular tunes with sports news and sports personalities  For example, Black Sabbath’s Iron Man for Cal Ripken jr, The Grateful Dead’s, He’s Gone, for Len Bias, and The Beatles, Why don’t we do it in the road? For the NCAA Tournament! He’s earned his nickname , the freak and he sounds like Beavis and Butthead talking with the speed of a Sothebys auctioneer  Renshaw likes to riff on his show, free style rap, he will suddenly go off on a stunning, rhyming rap, it can be about sports, Movies, music or all three. You expect two or three neat verses, tops. Renshaw will rip off a dozen, no sweat, off the top of his head He is both a voracious reader and human sponge who consumes nearly 50 sports pages a day in preparation for his radio show. Nasty. Knowledgeable, and nuts, he holds nothing back.  He is a loud and passionate, and proudly lists his passions as sports, music, Marijuania, movies and playing hoops. On the air, his show goes head to head with Howard Stern, Limbaugh, Rome, Liddyand the sports babe, making his slot incredibly competitive  Renshaw now turns to college basketball with the speed and intensity of Kobe flying toward the hoop. He gives you in depth Analysis on tonight’s big games, rocks you with stats and rapid fires you with opinions  I have to catch my breath!  Renshaw is THAT fast! I become hooked on The Freak, I find excuses to stay in the car and listen to.   I am a Renshaw Junkie When you tune in, get ready to snap on your seatbelt   The experience is line driving 85 mph in a 55 zone Renshaw uses Caddyshack, Stripes and other cult-classic films. He also uses musical selections fPearl Jam and Bob Marley going into and coming out of each commercial break. He encourages callers to establish an identity, a nickname and a personal style. They seldom disappoint.  The best of the bunch was George from North Carolina, a dead-ringer for Mr. Anderson from the aforementioned "Beavis and Butthead." The show's features include The Tent of the Bearded Lady, an offbeat look at sports and other news accompanied by film and play-by-play clips. The  show is not for the conservative or boring, as Renshaw's over-the-top delivery could be off-putting for them.  For example, he welcomes first-time callers with an audio orgasm.  But for sheer entertainment -- and a show the likes of which exists nowhere else on sports radio  Perhaps combining courage with craziness, Renshaw famously said live on air that he has trouble with the NBA’s new policy based on his own marijuana use, which he indicated is on-going. Renshaw in no way was trying to cater to the yahoos in his audience. Quite the contrary. He made some serious, credible points, while several times noting, only half in jest, that his candor might cost him his job. Renshaw insisted that he neither encourages nor condones marijuana use, but, given the big picture, moderate marijuana use should only be the NBA’s biggest headache. If, said Renshaw, well-adjusted humans can reasonably be expected to indulge in some sort of mood-altering substance, be it alcohol or pot, he cited empirical evidence that told him that people drunk on alcohol are far more prone to violence, vandalism and car wrecks. I found Renshaw’s take to be indisputable. Renshaw didn’t call for the repeal of marijuana laws, he didn’t try to be Cheech nor Chong, and he asked listeners of all ages with dissenting opinions, consenting opinions and everything in between to call. And they did. One man, claiming to be a former pot smoker now in his early 50s, said that people tend to outgrow their use of marijuana while alcohol drinkers are not nearly as likely to outgrow their use of alcohol. Renshaw agreed, and, again, so did I. Renshaw’s tacit admission over network radio that he smokes pot was not designed to titillate knuckleheads, but to stimulate a meaningful discussion. And he succeeded. His sense that the NBA is top-heavy with far greater social sins, including cocaine and steroid use, weapons possession, physical abuse of women and a fatherhood rate that has lapped the marriage rate, was a point well-made and well-taken. I don’t know if anything will come of Renshaw’s candor, and I suspect that I’m not doing him any favors by revisiting his Thursday show. But if his superiors plan any punitive action against him, I’d remind them that they accept money to air commercials for creatine, a banned substance in several sports, and that they accept money to air commercials for scamdicappers, who are just plain crooks. John Renshaw, The Freak, was born to ride shotgun with every sports fan in America.  His talk show is Perfect Sports Radio Entertainment. John Renshaw calls it "scratch-and-sniff sports radio." I call it the best, most creative, compelling talk show on the air. He has the kind of timing and instincts that comedians and poets die for. Renshaw, whose nationally syndicated sports radio show airs every morning across America and here in in New York City, is a bright, funny and engaging fellow, a likable wise guy with an encyclopedic knowledge of sports Renshaw is funny, naturally, without trying. Renshaw works for the largest national sports radio network in America, The One on one sports radio network. With a weekly audience of 13 million on 400 stations,  It’s easy to discern that he wants to share his zest and joy for sports with his audience, and although he possesses a mountain of knowledge, he never lords it over his callers Voted best national sportscaster by the KC Star 5 years in a row, 1994-1998, Renshaw is a rare breed. He is one of just a dozen or so who make a living talking sports to a national radio audience. Renshaw’s high octane style combines two of his main passions, sports and rock-and roll. He is a fanatical devotee of The Grateful Dead. New York Newsday printed his SUV license plate as TERP STN.  TERP STN is shorthand for his favorite Dead Song and ironically, his favorite college too: Terrapin Station Radio is a theatre of the mind so Renshaw makes magic with words.  The Freak-show is as eclectic a mix as you will find in any sports media. Listeners love his off the wall, from a barstool delivery, in which he delivers sports news in rap and talks to callers in hippie speak  He marries popular tunes with sports news and sports personalities  For example, Black Sabbath’s Iron Man for Cal Ripken jr, The Grateful Dead’s, He’s Gone, for Len Bias, and The Beatles, Why don’t we do it in the road? For the NCAA Tournament! He’s earned his nickname , the freak and he sounds like Beavis and Butthead talking with the speed of a Sothebys auctioneer  Renshaw likes to riff on his show, free style rap, he will suddenly go off on a stunning, rhyming rap, it can be about sports, Movies, music or all three. You expect two or three neat verses, tops. Renshaw will rip off a dozen, no sweat, off the top of his head He is both a voracious reader and human sponge who consumes nearly 50 sports pages a day in preparation for his radio show. Nasty. Knowledgeable, and nuts, he holds nothing back.  He is a loud and passionate, and proudly lists his passions as sports, music, Marijuania, movies and playing hoops. On the air, his show goes head to head with Howard Stern, Limbaugh, Rome, Liddyand the sports babe, making his slot incredibly competitive  Renshaw now turns to college basketball with the speed and intensity of Kobe flying toward the hoop. He gives you in depth Analysis on tonight’s big games, rocks you with stats and rapid fires you with opinions  I have to catch my breath!  Renshaw is THAT fast! I become hooked on The Freak, I find excuses to stay in the car and listen to.   I am a Renshaw Junkie When you tune in, get ready to snap on your seatbelt   The experience is line driving 85 mph in a 55 zone Renshaw uses Caddyshack, Stripes and other cult-classic films. He also uses musical selections fPearl Jam and Bob Marley going into and coming out of each commercial break. He encourages callers to establish an identity, a nickname and a personal style. They seldom disappoint.  The best of the bunch was George from North Carolina, a dead-ringer for Mr. Anderson from the aforementioned "Beavis and Butthead." The show's features include The Tent of the Bearded Lady, an offbeat look at sports and other news accompanied by film and play-by-play clips. The  show is not for the conservative or boring, as Renshaw's over-the-top delivery could be off-putting for them.  For example, he welcomes first-time callers with a female audio orgasm.  But for sheer entertainment -- and a show the likes of which exists nowhere else on sports radio -- Renshaw is king. Perhaps combining courage with craziness, Renshaw famously stated live on air, ( IN 1999!!!) that he has trouble with the NBA’s new policy based on his own marijuana use, which he indicated is on-going. Renshaw in no way was trying to cater to the yahoos in his audience. Quite the contrary. He made some serious, credible points, while several times noting, only half in jest, that his candor might cost him his job. Renshaw insisted that he neither encourages nor condones marijuana use, but, given the big picture, moderate marijuana use should only be the NBA’s biggest headache. If, said Renshaw, well-adjusted humans can reasonably be expected to indulge in some sort of mood-altering substance, be it alcohol or pot, he cited empirical evidence that told him that people drunk on alcohol are far more prone to violence, vandalism and car wrecks. I found Renshaw’s take to be indisputable. Renshaw didn’t call for the repeal of marijuana laws, he didn’t try to be Cheech nor Chong, and he asked listeners of all ages with dissenting opinions, consenting opinions and everything in between to call. And they did. One man, claiming to be a former pot smoker now in his early 50s, said that people tend to outgrow their use of marijuana while alcohol drinkers are not nearly as likely to outgrow their use of alcohol. Renshaw agreed, and, again, so did I. Renshaw’s tacit admission over network radio that he smokes pot was not designed to titillate knuckleheads, but to stimulate a meaningful discussion. And he succeeded. His sense that the NBA is top-heavy with far greater social sins, including cocaine and steroid use, weapons possession, physical abuse of women and a fatherhood rate that has lapped the marriage rate, was a point well-made and well-taken. I don’t know if anything will come of Renshaw’s candor, and I suspect that I’m not doing him any favors by revisiting his Thursday show. But if his superiors plan any punitive action against him, I’d remind them that they accept money to air commercials for creatine, a banned substance in several sports, and that they accept money to air commercials for scamdicappers, who are just plain crooks. Renshaw was fired exactly one week later in August of 1999 He turned down weekly radio auditions in NYC, KC, Cinncinatti and other locals dotting the map from San Francisco to Duluth Why did Renshaw turn his back on traditional terrestrial sports radio stations ? Because, as he stated in my book Sports Talk: A journey inside Sports talk radio  - “ you know why nobody gets me brother? It’s because I’m a  PIO Fucking Neer! All my life I have either created or preached ideas or inventions that nobody understood  while choosing not to support my idea pitches, laughing them off as a bit too freaky and too out there to win over my flock  What ideas? 1993 on air I invented reality tv as I called for a show about someone like Paul McCartney  I explained that I don’t want staged interviews and concert footage, no, I said this, I wanna see famous people at 11am at home when they r doing nothing. Just like us Well.  It took 13 years, but in 2005 MTV changed tv forever with the debut of THE OSBORNES Live on the air in 1993 I questioned why beer and car commercials used canned lifeless musical pieces that were performed by nameless musicians and were documented as one of life’s. Biggest mysteriey Why not play a legendary guicl by Hendrix, The Alman  Brothers or Lynyrd Slyntd for crying out loud This musical tv revelation took off soon after so much so, that PGA Tournaments now play Led Zeppelin to commercial break and Fox plays Grateful Dead and Phish jams during World Series games I cold list dozens more I told the author interviewing me, Alan Eisenstock who legendarily wrote Morl and Mindy episodes in the late 70s and then he made millions more by creating and introducing the world to ERKLE on his tv show, Family Matters  Just last year in 2024 he published his latest bestseller with the perfectly timed memoir of Darius Rucker, Country star, Dolphin’s fan, Hootie and the blowfishes uber popular lead singer Shoot back to November 1999 as I explained to him that all computers would soon be the same size As quickly changing celll phones  Furthermore, I told him that in 5 tether only folks listening to daytime sports radio would e those in their cars at lunch Like every great idea, the most revolutionary changes are always the simplestt. Most crystal clear always  become such industr shaking game changers People will plug headphones into their computer at work to listen privately  Much more of the reason that I’m building up to my greatest invention is that this would change the game of life and how we choose to dictate our own joy” OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE RENSHAW BIO: EVERY word from a newspaper article, a chapter in a novel, or while being interviewed by fellow members of the journalism community