Christopher Gabriel Program
CG is an award-winning host covering sports and stuff from California to the world, Saturdays at 10:00 am PT The Christopher Gabriel Program is all about Sports and Stuff. CG welcomes guests that run the gamut from sports figures to New York Times bestselling authors while discussing everything from the College Football Playoff to the latest advances in medicine at Mayo Clinic. Engaging, informative and entertaining The CGP, now in its 19th year, is proud to have developed a national following from California to Carolina.
Episodes
Kent Owings is the founder of Ironstone Financial. He's an economist, a wealth manager and a regular visitor to The CGP. Kent will tell you where the economy is -at, he'll explain China's response to the Biden administration's $18 billion tariff announcement and why gas prices are so volatile in California.
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CBS Sports anchor Tommy Tran returns to The CGP to talk Big Ten, SEC and how the two venerable conferences are welcoming new friends, for better or for worse. And, the new 12-team playoff: Good thing, bad thing or... a thing some already want to tweak without having played a game.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager, in the first of two segments this week. Here he reviews IF (theaters), The Strangers: Chapter 1 (theaters) and Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Scandal (Netflix).
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More with Nick Schager. Does it ever seem like streaming shows (namely the ones on Netflix) go one season too long? It seems that way to Nick and CG. Also, why does Hollywood rush to turn a news story into a documentary or feature film, sometimes within months of the story's conclusion!
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Armen Ekezyan is the owner of Ark Mediterranean Grill in Fresno and Clovis. He owns the restaurants with his wife, brother and sister-in-law. Armen joined the program to talk about his journey to the United States from Armenia, how he got the business started and why the restaurants have become such huge successes.
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Bay Area AP sports writer Janie McCauley returns talking about the Oakland Athletics. Much has been made of the A's impending move to Las Vegas... with a first stop in Sacramento. We've heard from everyone - owner John Fisher, team president Dave Kaval, players - except the fans. Janie fills in the blanks.
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Author, nationally syndicated journalist and consumer advocate Christopher Elliott is back telling everyone about new airline consumer protection rules! But should travelers be legitimately excited about them?
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (theaters), Dark Matter (Apple TV+) and The Last Stop in Yuma County (theaters/VOD).
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Elite boxing analyst and longtime CGP regular Derek X returned to break down the April 27th Jose Ramirez-Rances Barthelemy fight in Fresno. Ramirez won in a unanimous decision - how did he look, was he ever in danger of losing and who's the preferred next opponent.
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More on Ryan Garcia testing positive for Ostarine. Also Derek goes A to Z on the July 20 Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight. Can Tyson win or will age catch up to him?
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Sean Highkin, winner of the Oregon Sports Writer of the Year award and founder of the Rose Garden Newsletter (Portland Trail Blazers), returned to talk NBA Playoffs. In particular, the upcoming Minnesota-Denver Western Conference semifinal series, the immediate future of the Los Angeles Lakers and reality vs myth on Bronny James, the son of LeBron James.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Unfrosted (Netflix), The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Peacock) and The Fall Guy (theaters).
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Rick Mirigian is an elite boxing promoter and two-time Boxing Manager of the Year. His primary client, Jose Ramirez, has a massive fight Saturday, April 28th against Rances Barthelemy at Save Mart Center. Rick talks about the importance of the fight for both fighters, working with Golden Boy Promotions and Oscar De La Hoya, how the fight came about (as well as an impressive overall card) and what concerns him about Barthelemy.
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Mike McFeely is a longtime columnist for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead, the host of "The McFeely Mess" podcast, a former radio talk show host on Fargo's KFGO and a frequent guest on The CGP. Mike discusses whether a powerhouse FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) program like North Dakota State should follow schools like James Madison University and leave FCS for FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision). Also, will unintended consequences ...
Dr. Bill Morice is the CEO of Mayo Clinic Labs, the former Chair of Lab Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic and a CGP regular. He returned to the program to discuss Measles and how cases globally are rising, Alzheimer's / Dementia / Early Onset Dementia and when pulmonary nodules are, and aren't, serious.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews The Jinx - Part Two (HBO), Boy Kills World (theaters) and The Veil (FX).
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Ben Ross is a Bay Area play-by-play broadcaster, sports writer, anchor and host along with being a CGP contributor for many years. He stops by for a couple of segments this week. This first one, the Oakland A's are up to bat. At the end of this season they've decided to leave Oakland for Sacramento for three years on their way to Las Vegas. Is anything else at work here?
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In part two of Ben Ross joining the program this week he looks at the Golden State Warriors. Are they the NBA miniseries that has hung around for one or two episodes too long?
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Eli Boettger is the founder of Heat Check CBB, a national college basketball writer and a longstanding contributor to The CGP. He stops by to share insights after his time at the Final Four and tries to explain what's going on in Lexington, Kentucky after John Calipari bolted for the University of Arkansas.
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Daily Beast Entertainment Critic and CGP regular Nick Schager reviews Fallout (Amazon), Civil War (theaters) and The Sympathizer (HBO).
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