Sports Authors Showcase: Raye of Light by Tom Shanahan
August 19, 2024
Our guest this week is Tom Shanahan who wrote the book Raye of Light: Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the Integration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans. Michigan State had 23 African American players on…
Sports Authors Showcase: Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football by Frank Pomarico
July 29, 2024
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…
Sports Authors Showcase: Bring In the Right-Hander! by Jerry Reuss
July 8, 2024
We are privileged to have Jerry Reuss as our guest this week to discuss his book Bring In the Right-Hander!: My Twenty-Two Years in the Major Leagues. You will hear Jerry recount several stories of his…
Sports Authors Showcase: Jake O’Donnell
June 17, 2024
We have a different take on Sports Authors Showcase this week. There hasn't been a biography written about our guest, Jake O'Donnell, but there should be. Jake was a longtime NBA official from 1967-1995, but most people don't know…
Sports Authors Showcase: Split Season: 1981 by Jeff Katz
May 20, 2024
Jeff Katz joins us this week to talk about his book Split Season: 1981. I read this book and discovered many things about that season and the ongoing events of the time. I was 14 years old when the strike occurred, and I…
Sports Authors Showcase: The Baseball Era of Fred Frankhouse by Wayne Taylor
May 6, 2024
The subject of today's podcast is the book The Baseball Era of Fred Frankhouse: Roundhouse Curveballer, The Duke of Port Royal by Wayne Taylor. Rex interviews Wayne and discusses baseball in the time period…
Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
April 22, 2024
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 Baseball…
Sports Authors Showcase: View from the Booth: Four Decades With the Phillies by Chris Wheeler
March 25, 2024
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…
Sports Authors Showcase: Walk the Plank: Winning the Game of Life on 4th Down by Doug Plank
March 4, 2024
I am joined by Doug Plank this week to discuss his book Walk the Plank: Winning the Game of Life on 4th Down. This is a book about the way Doug Plank not only approached the game of football, but also how he approached life…
Sports Authors Showcase: Playing for Paterno: A Father's and Son's Recollections of Playing for JoePa by Charlie and Tony Pittman
February 12, 2024
We have Charlie and Tony Pittman with us this week to discuss their book Playing for Paterno: A Father's and Son's Recollections of Playing for JoePa. This is a book not only about college football, but more importantly about…
