Sports Authors Showcase: Called Out But Safe: A Baseball Umpire's Journey by Al Clark
Our guest this week is former American League umpire Al Clark. Al umpired in the American League/Major League from 1976-2001. He co-authored the book Called Out But Safe: A Baseball Umpire's Journey with Dan Schlossberg. Al was the only umpire hired by…
Sports Authors Showcase: The God Squad by Matt Sieger
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
