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…
Sports Authors Showcase: Split Season: 1981 by Jeff Katz
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
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…
Sports Authors Showcase/Back When There Was Baseball: Zack Minasian
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 podcasts…
Sports Authors Showcase: View from the Booth: Four Decades With the Phillies by Chris Wheeler
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
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.…
