Sports Authors Showcase: The God Squad by Matt Sieger
I feature the book The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978 this week. Author Matt Sieger joins me to discuss the writing of the book. Matt is of Jewish faith and a believer of Jesus Christ. He explains his faith and also the…
Talking Penn State Football History: Steve Griffiths
Steve Griffiths joins me on the podcast this week. Steve migrated to Happy Valley from upstate New York and played for the Nittany Lions from 1977-1980. His stature was wiry to say the least, but he was tough as nails. Steve had a great season at…
Back When There Was Baseball: Charlie Leibrandt
This week on Back When There Was Baseball, Rex and Steve take a look back at a "control/finesse" pitcher, which you don't see very often in today's game. His name is Charlie Leibrandt and he pitched in the majors from 1979 through 1993 with the…
Talking College Football History: Dave Campo
Dave Campo joins me this week. You should be familiar with Dave as the former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. But he also had a lengthy career coaching to get to the NFL ranks. Dave played college football and baseball at Central Connecticut State…
Talking Penn State Football History: Bill Crummy
Bill Crummy joins me this week on the podcast. Bill came out of Mars High School, north of Pittsburgh. He escaped the Johnny Majors regime at Pitt to migrate to Happy Valley. I met Bill and was shocked as to how small he was. He was very fast and tough…
Back When There Was Baseball: Steve Luebber
Steve Luebber joins us this week. Steve played in the Major/Minor Leagues from 1967-1988. He made his Major League debut with the Minnesota Twins in 1971 and had stints with the Twins in 1971, 1972 and 1976 as both a relief pitcher and a starter. Steve…
Talking College Football History: Jimmy Burrow
There is no place like Nebraska and our guest this week is a former Cornhusker. Jimmy Burrowjoins us on the podcast to talk about his years at Nebraska (1974/1975). I am sure you know his son, former Heisman Trophy winner Joe Burrow, but did…
Talking Penn State Football History: Doug Allen
I travel back to the "heyday" of Penn State football (1968-1975) with my guest, Doug Allen. Doug came out of Corning Painted Post West High School in Southern New York and migrated to Happy Valley for his freshman season (1969). He endured a lot of…
Back When There Was Baseball: Randy McGilberry
Former Major League pitcher Randy McGilberry joins us this week. Randy was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in 1975 out of Louisiana Tech University. He made it up to the Big Leagues in 1977-1978 as a relief pitcher. This was in the middle of the Royals…
