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The Sports Junkies, also known as The Junkies or The Junks, are the hosts of an eponymous morning drive time radio show aired in the Baltimore Washington Metropolitan Area. The hosts are John Auville, Eric Bickel, Jason Bishop, and John Paul Flaim. Their show is heard on WJFK, 106.7. Their show focuses on a mix of discussions about sports, women, popular culture, and the day to day lives of the Junkies. The show has made the Talkers Magazine Heavy 100 a number of times over the years, and was ranked 8th on the 2020 Sports Talk Heavy Hundred list.

Known as "Cakes", Auville, (has also been credited as Martin Auville, and J. A. from Olney) was born in 1970. He was raised in Bowie, Maryland alongside fellow Junkies Eric Bickel and John Paul Flaim, and attended Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland. After high school, Auville studied communications at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland, about which he is occasionally ridiculed for achieving a 1.5 grade point average (GPA) one semester; Auville's family currently lives in Olney, Maryland. He married his wife, Amy, in 1995. They have three children, Kurt Joseph (1997), Juliet (2002), and Brendan Craig (2004). After the birth of their third child, Auville had a vasectomy and has since been mocked with the name "Johnny Blanks".

Bickel was born in 1970 and grew up in Bowie, Maryland where he grew up across the street from fellow Junkie John Paul Flaim and in the same neighborhood as John Auville. Bickel attended DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he befriended soon to be Junkie Jason Bishop. After high school, Bickel attended the University of Maryland, where he majored in psychology and got a Masters of Education. He worked as a study hall monitor for the athletic department while working on his masters and was a college counselor at Howard Community College before becoming a "Junkie" in 1997. Bickel married his wife, Dina, in 1996 and they have three children, Stephen, Megan and Kate .

Nicknamed "Lurch" because of his 6'6" height (a reference to The Addams Family butler on the television show), Bishop grew up in Lanham, Maryland and befriended fellow Junkie Eric Bickel while attending DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Maryland, where he played basketball for legendary coach Morgan Wootten. Bishop received a scholarship to play basketball at the University of Richmond, then eventually transferred to Salisbury State University to pursue a degree in communications. In 2007, he was ranked 991st out of the top 999 boxers in the light middleweight division. Flaim and his ex wife Carol, have two children together, a daughter Kelsie (2000), a professional fitness model and former Hooters girl, and Washington Redskins cheerleader. Through the show's history it occupied a night slot from 7 11 p. m. and 8 midnight from mid 2001 until early 2002. In October 2002, the show moved from WJFK to WHFS during the morning drive time slot. The program debuted for an initial eight episode run

Beginning on September 6, 2016, NBC Sports Washington simulcasted the show. In June 2018, the Junkies celebrated the first major championship for a Washington team in the show's history – the Capitals' 2018 Stanley Cup win – and NBCS Washington Capitals announcer Joe Beninati announced in studio that the Junkies would be part of the parade.

Since the 2004 season, the Junkies have hosted a two hour pregame show prior to the kick off of each Washington Redskins game. The show is broadcast live from a Washington area restaurant or bar and airs on WJFK FM. The show is considered "unauthorized" because they have continued doing the program even though WJFK no longer holds the rights to broadcast the team's games.

The Junkies host a party for the NFL championship game at a Washington area restaurant or bar. The name is based on a Pig Latin version of the phrase "super bowl" due to the NFL's active pursuit of trademark issues with the Super Bowl name.

An annual spring break themed party held at the State Theater in Falls Church, Virginia. This event is no longer held.

First held in 2008, the Junkies host an annual end of summer party. Women are encouraged to attend wearing a sundress. They also promote a "V. I. P. section" for women who do not wear underwear, but do not actively check to verify "V. I. P." eligibility. As of 2011 the Junkies were forced to change the name of the party to "Summer Dress Party" due to trademark issues.

An interview with tennis player Justin Gimelstob made international headlines because of comments Gimelstob made about Anna Kournikova and other female tennis players. Gimelstob was reprimanded by his employer, Tennis Channel, and made a donation to the Women's Sports Foundation as a result of the incident.

The Junkies created an international controversy on December 5, 2013, when they interviewed Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At the time of the interview, Ford was embroiled in a scandal resulting from his admitted use of drugs and alcohol. The interview was conducted while the Junkies were hosting their periodic gambling tournament at The Borgata. Producers Matt Cahill and Matt Myers arranged for the interview by appealing to Ford's interest in the National Football League and most of the interview focused on Ford's predictions for that weekend's upcoming NFL games. During the course of the interview, Bishop asked Ford to confirm the latest press accusations that he had tried to buy the incriminating video that allegedly showed him smoking crack cocaine. Ford denied the accusation and shifted the interview back to the topic of football.