Talking College Football History: Ricky Churchman

by Rex Naylor on March 26, 2024 College Podcasts Football

We head down to the Lone Star State this week with our guest who played at Texas from 1976-1979.  Ricky Churchman joins us to talk about his Longhorn experience which included a National Title run in 1977 and one of the best defenses…

Sports Authors Showcase: View from the Booth: Four Decades With the Phillies by Chris Wheeler

by Rex Naylor on March 25, 2024 Podcasts

Rex Naylor sits down with Chris Wheeler this week to discuss his book View from the Booth:  Four Decades with the Phillies.  Wheels talks about his career with the Phillies which started in 1971 through the publication of the…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: March 22

by Tim Clark on March 22, 2024 

Tim weighs in on the Shohei Ohtani gambling scandal, and in Tim’s Time Machine he compares it to the Pete Rose situation of 1989. Does baseball need to rethink its gambling rules? Tim has Pirate, Phillies, Orioles, NHL, NBA, and golf snippets On The…

Back When There Was Baseball: Bob Randall

by Rex Naylor on March 20, 2024 Podcasts Baseball

Bob Randall is our guest this week. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of Kansas State University in 1969. Bob ended up stuck behind those great Dodger infielders in his stint with L.A. (1969-1975) and could not break into…

Talking College Football History: Bill Snyder

by Rex Naylor on March 19, 2024 College Podcasts Football

This week we are blessed to have one of the best college football coaches in the game's history as Coach Bill Snyder joins us.  He was the orchestrator of the greatest turnaround in college football history.  Coach Snyder came from…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: March 15

by Tim Clark on March 15, 2024 

It is a different kind of podcast this week, as Tim does a full episode of What’s Your Problem. The rant line is open on everything from Aaron Rodgers as VP to travel ball nonsense and NIL to a 14 team college football playoff. Tim does open the…

Back When There Was Baseball: Tom Grieve

by Rex Naylor on March 13, 2024 Podcasts Baseball

Tom Grieve joins us this week.  Tom was a 1st round draft pick in the 1966 MLB draft by the Washington Senators.  In fact, Tom and his son Ben were the 1st father-son team to both be drafted in the 1st round.  He made it up to the Big…

Talking College Football History: Doug Dieken

by Rex Naylor on March 12, 2024 College Podcasts Football

Doug Dieken joins us this week.  If you followed NFL football in the 1970s to the early 1980s, Doug is a household name, but did you know he started out as a receiver, then a tight end at Illinois?  Doug played for the Illini from…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: March 8

by Tim Clark on March 8, 2024 

Tim discusses the Pens trade deadline possibilities amid a disastrous season. Full blown rebuild? Mini rebuild? Tim wishes GM Kyle Dubas well in a near impossible situation. The Time Machine looks back to 2008-09 for two really good Pens trades at the…

Back When There Was Baseball: Tom Burgmeier

by Rex Naylor on March 6, 2024 Podcasts Baseball

Our guest this week is Tom Burgmeier. You should remember Tom as a left-handed relief pitcher mainly in the 1970s, but do you really know how good he was? Tom pitched in the Majors from 1968-1984, had a record of 79-…