Back When There Was Baseball: Curt Kaufman
Curt Kaufman joins us this week. Curt received a scholarship out of high school to play baseball at Iowa State University. After that he was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the New York Yankees on July 10, 1979. He worked his way through the minor…
Talking College Football History: Don Gaffney and Gerald Loper
We visit Florida Gator nation this week. I would like to say we are visiting The Swamp, but that moniker didn't happen until 1992, so we will visit Florida Field and its artificial turf this week. Our guests are Don Gaffney and …
Sports Authors Showcase: Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football by Frank Pomarico
We are privileged to have Frank Pomarico this week who wrote a book with Ray Serafin titled Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football. Frank was one of the captains of that great 1973 Notre Dame national…
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 from 1975-1978. Bob was a member of those great teams I wrote about in The Forgotten…
Back When There Was Baseball: Doug Rau
Doug Rau joins us this week. Doug had a good collegiate career at Texas A&M which earned him a #1 draft pick of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the secondary phase of the June 1970 draft. He had an 81-60 record with a career ERA of 3.35 from 1972-1981.…
Talking College Football History: Don Patterson
Don Patterson is my guest this week. Don was an Army graduate and part of one of the best coaching staffs in college football history. The 1983 Iowa Hawkeye coaching staff included: Head Coach Hayden Fry along with assistants Bill Snyder, Kirk Ferentz,…
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…
Back When There Was Baseball: Rudy Meoli
Rudy Meoli joins us this week. Rudy played in the Major and Minor Leagues from 1969-1979 for several teams (California Angels, Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies). He got up to the Majors in 1971 for a short stint, but 1973 was the season that he…
Talking College Football History: Dirt Winston
We visit Razorback country this week with our guest Dennis "Dirt" Winston. He played at Arkansas from 1973-1976 under legendary coach Frank Broyles. The Razorbacks had a great season in 1975 culminating in a Cotton Bowl trip where they…
