Talking Penn State Football History: Mike Guman and Barry Krauss
November 14, 2023
The 1979 Sugar Bowl was one of the greatest college football games of all time. This game competed Alabama (#2) vs. Penn State (#1) and there was an infamous stop of Penn State's Mike Guman by Alabama's Barry…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rich Hand
November 8, 2023
Pitcher Rich Hand is our guest this week. Rich is one of only two pitchers in MLB history that played with polio (Gary Ryerson being the other). You will enjoy Rich's stories about playing for the Alaska Goldpanners…
Talking College Football History: Ray Parson
November 7, 2023
This week the podcast travels back more than 50 years to Minneapolis, MN with our guest Ray Parson. Ray had a great athletic career at Uniontown High School (PA) in both football and basketball. He was heavily recruited but decided…
Sports Authors Showcase: Called Out But Safe: A Baseball Umpire's Journey by Al Clark
November 7, 2023
Our guest this week is former American League umpire Al Clark. Al umpired in the American League/Major League from 1976-2001. He co-authored the book Called Out But Safe: A Baseball Umpire's Journey with Dan Schlossberg. Al…
Talking Penn State Football History: Tom Bradley
November 6, 2023
Former Penn State player and coach, Tom Bradley, joins us on the podcast this week. Tom shares many memories which include the Bradley family's trek to Happy Valley: Jim (1972-1974), Tom (1975-1978) and Matt (1978-1981) all played…
Back When There Was Baseball: Ted Power
November 1, 2023
The time machine travels back to the 1980s to take a look at our guest this week, Ted Power. Ted had an interesting path to the Major Leagues, through amateur baseball and Kansas State University. Ted ended up stuck in the mix with…
Talking College Football History: Doug English
October 31, 2023
We go back to the early to mid-1970s this week during the Darrel Royal days at Texas. Our guest this week is Doug English. You may remember him as a member of the Detroit Lions "Silver Rush" defensive line in the…
Talking Penn State Football History: Keith Dorney
October 30, 2023
This week we host one of Penn State's best offensive linemen in the history of the program. His name is Keith Dorney and he played at PSU from 1975-1978. Keith came to PSU from Emmaus High School near Allentown, PA…
Back When There Was Baseball: Paul Hartzell
October 25, 2023
We have a Pennsylvania player today, but not one who played for the Philadelphia Phillies or Pittsburgh Pirates. Paul Hartzell played high school baseball for Central Columbia High School near Bloomsburg, PA, then…
Talking College Football History: Gary Barnett
October 24, 2023
In late 1991, our guest this week proclaimed that he planned on "taking the purple to Pasadena". Gary Barnett joins us this week and he made true on that promise in 1995 by taking the Northwestern Wildcats to the Rose Bowl. Gary was…
