Back When There Was Baseball: Ten Cent Beer Night
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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
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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
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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
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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…
Musings of a Sports Fanatic: Oct 18
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Tim leads off with the not so stunning retirement of Virginia head coach Tony Bennett. The Time Machine stops off at four times when coaches retired at inopportune times in order to promote the guy they wanted to get the job. Penguins hockey, 76ers…
Wall2WallFootball: Re-evaluation Edition
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Tim and Eric rehash the Penn St/USC game and the Ohio St/Oregon game which leads to a re-evaluation of the Big Ten and all power conferences at the halfway point in the season. Wide receivers are on the move in the NFL. The boys discuss other possible…
Back When There Was Baseball: Jim Sundberg
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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
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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…
