We are privileged to have Frank Pomarico this week who wrote a book with Ray Serafin called 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 championship team. Frank talks about not only that 1973 season, but what transpired (more…)
Kelly Park is featured this week as he discusses his book Just Like Me: When the Pros Played on the Sandlot. Listen to the interview Rex conducted with Kelly as he discusses his experiences with the Major League players he spoke with. If you are wanting for more after reading this book, there is hope. (more…)
This episode of Sports Authors Showcase features Paul Domowitch, co-author of the book A Bird’s-Eye-View: My Mostly Wonderful, Always Unforgettable Half-Century with the Philadelphia Eagles. The book was co-authored with long-time Eagles Ticket Director Leo Carlin. Listen in as Jed Donahue interviews Paul on a trip down memory lane with the history of the Philadelphia...
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 every few years as the lessons in this book have no...
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 the American League who is Jewish and he is the only official in (more…)
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 keep you on the edge of your seat and make you (more…)
This week’s feature is the book Doc: The Life of Roy Halladay. Jed Donahue interviews author Todd Zolecki, Phillies beat writer for MLB.com. Listen in as Jed and Todd discuss Roy’s career and just how good he was. Roy Halladay’s life was cut short in 2017, but he will go down as one of baseball’s...
Jed Donahue features the book The Big 50: The Men and Moments That Made the Philadelphia Phillies on this episode of Sports Authors Showcase. Jed interviews author Scott Lauber from the Philadelphia Inquirer and reviews some of the great Phillies players of all time. Phillies and baseball fans will enjoy this trip down memory lane....
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 author from Juniata County, PA and worked for Fred on his Tree Farm...
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 NC State, then took over the LSU job for the retiring Charlie “Cholly Mac” McClendon. Bo...