Sports Authors Showcase: The Called Shot by Tom Wolf

 Podcasts Baseball

Author Tom Wolf joins me this week to discuss his book The Called Shot: Babe Ruth, the Chicago Cubs, & the Unforgettable Major League Baseball Season of 1932. Tom has written several pieces including books and essays. I was pleasantly surprised when…

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

 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…

Sports Authors Showcase: Tales from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Locker Room by Diggger Phelps

 Podcasts Basketball - NBA

Coach Digger Phelps joins us to talk about his book Tales from the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Locker Room. Digger Phelps has a career record of 419-198 over a 21-year coaching career. This is an outstanding book and exceeded expectations. When you attempt…

Sports Authors Showcase: Five Laterals and a Trombone by Tyler Bridges’s

 Football

Tyler Bridges joins me to discuss his book Five Laterals and a Trombone:  Cal, Stanford, and the Wildest Ending in College Football History. Tyler is a two-time Pulitzer-Prize winner and writes mainly about politics in Louisiana. He steps into the…

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

 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…

Sports Authors Showcase: Walk the Plank: Winning the Game of Life on 4th Down by Doug Plank

 Podcasts Football

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

 Penn State Football Podcasts

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 leadership. I read this book…

Sports Authors Showcase: On the Eighth Day, God Made Baseball by Mark Littell

 Podcasts Baseball

This week I review the book On the Eighth Day, God Made Baseball written by former MLB pitcher Mark Littell.  Unfortunately, Mark passed away from complications due to heart surgery on September 5, 2022.  Mark did this…

Sports Authors Showcase: Swinging ‘73: Baseball’s Wildest Season by Matt Silverman

 Podcasts Baseball

This week we look at the book Swinging '73: Baseball's Wildest Season. Author Matt Silverman joins us to talk about that season and what made it the "Wildest Season". The book takes a look not only at that season, but the…

Sports Authors Showcase: Finley Ball by Nancy Finley

 Podcasts Baseball

This week we discuss Finley Ball:  How Two Outsiders Turned the Oakland A's Into A Dynasty and Changed the Game Forever by Nancy Finley.  Nancy is the niece of Charlie O. Finley and daughter of Carl Finley who orchestrated the greatest dynasty…