Talking College Football History: Dale Castro

by Rex Naylor on  College Podcasts Football

We journey to College Park, MD this week with our guest, Dale Castro. Dale played for the Terrapins from 1978-1980. He walked onto the football program after an illness ended his college baseball career. Dale punted for Maryland in 1978, then added…

Talking Penn State Football History: Jim Rosecrans Tribute

by Rex Naylor on  Penn State Football Podcasts

We pay tribute to Jim Rosecrans this week. Jim passed away on December 22, 2022, at the age of 69. He attended Penn State and played the linebacker position from 1971-1975. Jim was banged up for a lot of his career but had a very good senior season…

Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian

by Rex Naylor on  Podcasts Baseball

Zack Minasian joins us this week to talk about his book Lasorda University: A Recollection of My Summer of '68 with Tommy Lasorda and the Ogden Dodgers in our combined Sports Authors Showcase and Back When There Was Baseballpodcasts. Zack…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 22

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Tim jumps in the Time Machine right out of the gate to discuss the career of Lee Corso. Then it is Two Cent Takes(moving from Tim’s column to here) on MLB, including making sense of the Pirates approach plus a look at pennant races, sports insisting on…

Wall2WallFootball: NFC Preview

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Eagles repeat in NFC? Seems possible. Should we sleep on Detroit? Not likely. Do the 49ers bounce back? Maybe. Listen to Tim and Eric preview the entire NFC Conference plus some college football news and notes.  

Back When There Was Baseball: Steve Whitaker

by Rex Naylor on  Podcasts Baseball

Steve Whitaker joins us this week. Steve played from 1962-1972 with parts of 5 seasons in the Big Leagues. He started out in the Yankees organization and talks about playing in Yankee Stadium (when the monuments were in the field of play) with Mickey…

Talking College Football History: John Wangler

by Rex Naylor on  College Podcasts Football

We honor the 1980 Michigan season this week. This season culminated in Bo Schembechler's first bowl win which was also his first Rose Bowl victory. John Wangler is our guest this week to discuss that season and his career. Wangler was the quarterback of…

Talking Penn State Football History: Chris Sydnor

by Rex Naylor on  Penn State Football Podcasts

We look back at Penn State's first national championship season this week. Our guest is Chris Sydnor who played defensive back on that squad. Chris played at PSU from 1981-1984. We not only discuss that national championship season,…

Musings of a Sports Fanatic: August 15

by Tim Clark on  Podcasts

Tim finds a good looking doppelgänger for the hideous Pittsburgh Pirates and compares the two. More baseball including the New York teams crashing and the Phillies and Mariners bashing. FedEx Cup talk in golf, Tim’s Time Machine looks at teams that did…