Sports Authors Showcase: The God Squad by Matt Sieger

 Podcasts Baseball

We feature the book The God Squad: The Born-Again San Francisco Giants of 1978 this week. Author Matt Sieger joins us to discuss the writing of the book. Matt is of Jewish faith and a believer of Jesus Christ. He explains his faith…

Sports Authors Showcase: The Right Thing to Do by Tom Shanahan

 Podcasts Football

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…

Sports Authors Showcase: Eyes Up by Terry Shea

 Podcasts Football

We are joined this week by QB coaching guru Terry Shea who is the author of the book Eyes Up. Coach Shea has mentored many quarterbacks during his several decades in the profession. He decided to create a "manual" to coach quarterbacks and…

Sports Authors Showcase: Forty Minutes to Baton Rouge by A. Zach Williams

 College Podcasts Football

The subject of this week's podcast is intriguing. How many of you remember the name Bo Rein? There was a 30 for 30 episode on Bo entitled The Bo Nobody Knows. This Bo was a college football coach at N.C. State, then took over the LSU job for the…

Sports Authors Showcase: Raye of Light by Tom Shanahan

 Podcasts Football

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 their…

Sports Authors Showcase: Ara's Knights: Ara Parseghian and the Golden Era of Notre Dame Football by Frank Pomarico

 College Podcasts Football

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…

Sports Authors Showcase: Bring In the Right-Hander! by Jerry Reuss

 Podcasts Baseball

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 playing days, which spanned four decades. Jerry will…

Sports Authors Showcase: Jake O’Donnell

 Podcasts Basketball - NBA

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 that…

Sports Authors Showcase: Split Season: 1981 by Jeff Katz

 Podcasts Baseball

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 gained a perspective…

Sports Authors Showcase: The Baseball Era of Fred Frankhouse by Wayne Taylor

 Podcasts Baseball

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 that Fred played (1927-1939). Wayne is a local…