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…
Talking Penn State Football History: Rod Bratton
Our guest this week is probably not a household name among Penn State football fans, but he has a great story to share. Rod Bratton joins us this week. Rod did not play football until his senior year in high school as his school was one of the…
Back When There Was Baseball: Jim Sundberg
We are privileged to host one of the best catchers in MLB during the mid-1970s through the mid-1980s. Jim Sundberg joins us to talk about his career. He came out of the University of Iowa and was told by a scout that he was not very good.…
Talking College Football History: Frank Pomarico
We are going back to the 1973 National Championship this week with our guest Frank Pomarico. Frank was an offensive lineman on that great Notre Dame Fighting Irish team. Notre Dame capped off that season with a thrilling 24-23 victory over Alabama in the…
