Back When There Was Baseball: Eric Raich
Eric Raich joins us this week. Eric played his college baseball at USC coming out of Compton, CA. He was involved in the middle of that great Rod Dedeaux run at Southern Cal where they won the National Championship in 1968 and from 1970-1974. Eric…
Talking College Football History: Ralph “Shug” Jordan
We honor Auburn's winningest football coach this week. Ralph "Shug" Jordan coached at Auburn from 1951-1975 and even though Shug passed away in 1980, we have his son, Ralph Jordan, Jr. as our guest. Ralph, Jr. shares his introspection into not…
Talking Penn State Football History: Bob Torrey
We are fortunate to have a member of one of Penn State's best fullback tandems in their history. Bob Torrey joins us to talk about his career which spanned 1975-1978. Bob was a member of those great teams I wrote about in The…
Back When There Was Baseball: Chris Wheeler
Former long-time Phillies broadcaster Chris Wheeler joins us this week. "Wheels" was behind the mic for 37 years of Phillies baseball which included their only 2 World Series championships (1980 and 2008). The Phillies have only appeared in 7…
Talking College Football History: Kelly Kirchbaum
We view the 1977 Kentucky football team as quite possibly their best team in history. Our guest this week is Linebacker Kelly Kirchbaum who played at Kentucky from 1975-1978. He also played against Penn State in each of his four years in…
Talking Penn State Football History: Leroy Thompson
This week's guest is Leroy Thompson. He played at Penn State from 1987-1990 and was an unsung, versatile running back (tailback along with fullback) playing alongside Blair Thomas and Gary Brown. Listen to Leroy share his 1989 Holiday Bowl and Penn State…
Back When There Was Baseball: Ten Cent Beer Night
We celebrate the 50th anniversary of Ten Cent Beer Night which occurred on June 4, 1974, in Cleveland. The game featured the visiting Texas Rangers, with manager Billy Martin, up against the home Cleveland Indians. Our guests are Steve Foucault and Tom…
Talking College Football History: Tom Luken
Boiler Up folks!!!! We are talking Purdue football this week and our guest was an integral part of those Purdue teams in the late 1960s through the early 1970s. He played for legendary coach Jack Mollenkopf early in his career. Tom was an offensive…
Sports Authors Showcase: The Right Thing to Do by Tom Shanahan
Author Tom Shanahan released a new book this year entitled The Right Thing to Do: The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s. We hosted Tom on a previous book, Raye of Light, and this book goes deeper into Coach…
