A while ago, we had the chance to sit down and chat with Chase Coffman. Chase was the 2008 John Mackey award winner at Missouri before being drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals and beginning an up and down NFL career. It was amazing to talk with Chase and see how his family, faith, and love of football kept him going and what it all means now as he begins the next phase of his life.

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When you start to listen to my chat with Bob Wilber, he seems like one of the most normal guys you’ll meet. But when you finish listening to our chat, you’ll realize he has enjoyed a seemingly Gump-esque run of opportunity, excitement, and stories in the world of sports. We talked for quite a while, but to really grasp the scope of Bob’s life, you need to go and buy his book, Bats, Balls...

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Ross Owen Williams is my best friend. He doesn’t know that yet, and may be happy that he lives so far from me, but when you listen to this episode you’ll understand my feelings. Williams is an extremely talented guy who has used his writing talents to help tell some of the best stories in pro wrestling. He has partnered with Bob Holly, Dylan Postl, and Al Snow. Three guys who personify all things...

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I could have talked to Lawrence University History Professor Jerald Podair for hours. His latest book, City of Dreams, is the story of Brooklyn Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley and the journey he embarked upon in moving his team to Los Angeles. Jerry Podair is a proud historian and takes his research and accuracy extremely seriously, but this book reads like a novel. If all history books were as easy...

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Wee is the author of John Cangelosi: The Improbable Baseball Journey of the Undersized Kid from Nowhere to World Series Champion He has also written wonderful sports books on great subjects such as the 1988 Dodgers, Knuckleballers, famous knuckleball pitcher Tom Candiotti, and much more. We had a great time chatting with him and have truly become friends. His personal story is worthy of a...

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In the first episode of Bleav in Sport Lit, we had the pleasure of interviewing Zack Moore about his first book, Caponomics: Building Super Bowl Champions. Zack is not only an author, but is also a statistician, an agent, an MBA, a former college football player, a jiujitsu fighter, and an all-around great guy. In Caponimics, he breaks down the intricate and confusing NFL salary cap and puts it in...

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