Oct 7, 2024
Baltimore-based music historian and unwitting baseball biographer Tim Newby ("The Original Louisville Slugger: The Life and Times of Forgotten Baseball Legend Pete Browning") joins the show to delve deep into the story of one of the most formidable baseball players of the 19th century, whose mastery with a bat...
Sep 30, 2024
Despite their name, the Harlem Globetrotters weren’t originally from New York's Harlem neighborhood, nor did they start out as true world travellers. This all-Black basketball team, founded by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, originated on Chicago’s South Side and began touring the Midwest rather humbly...
Sep 23, 2024
With the
Mets th-i-i-i-i-s close to a rare MLB
playoff berth this season, we do our best not to jinx their chances
with a look back at the local New York post-game TV show synonymous
with the club's first 32 years in Gotham with sports
reporter/author Mark Rosenman ("
Sep 16, 2024
From the tough
streets of Louisville's Smoketown to corporate success, former
college hoops standout and American Basketball
Association pro George Tinsley's life is
a testament to resilience and opportunity.
In his
inspiring new memoir "
Sep 9, 2024
Metroplex
restauranteur and armchair football historian Mike
Cobern ( the mostly forgotten saga of the 1952 Dallas
Texans, the one-year wonder that has nearly vanished from
the annals of National Football League...