The Villanova University women’s basketball team is getting ready for the NCAA Tournament. The 28-6 Wildcats are a #4 seed and they will open things up at home against 30-4 Cleveland State on Saturday at Finneran Pavilion.

On this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Villanova head coach Denise Dillon to talk about her team’s success, the incredible play of senior Maddy Siegrist and what she expects against Cleveland State.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on Twitter @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @MattLeon1060.

The Swarthmore College men’s basketball team is headed to the NCAA Division III Final Four. The 28-3 Garnet have defeated SUNY-Delhi, St. John Fisher, Keene State and Nichols College to get to this point and in the national semifinals on Thursday evening in Fort Wayne, Indiana, they will take on Christopher Newport University.In this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks with Swarthmore College head coach Landry Kosmalski about his team and this magical run."1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on Twitter @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @MattLeon1060.

Alyssa Gagliardi is a rarity in college hockey -- a woman coaching a men’s team. She just completed her first season as an assistant coach on head coach Kyle Mountain’s staff at Division III Neumann University in Aston, Pennsylvania.

In Episode #165 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Gagliardi about her career on the ice. They look back on her season with the Knights, talk about her playing days at Cornell University and later in the pros and much more.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on Twitter @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @MattLeon1060.

Ryan Carty is preparing for his second season as the head football coach at his alma mater the University of Delaware. In his first season, Carty led the Blue Hens to the second round of the FCS Playoffs.

In Episode #164 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt talks to Carty about his life in football. They talk about playing for his dad Kevin Carty Sr. at Somerville High School in New Jersey, how he got into coaching, taking over at Delaware and much more.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on Twitter @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @MattLeon1060.

Yolanda Laney was a star basketball player at Cheyney University who helped lead the Wolves to the first ever NCAA Women’s Basketball National Championship Game back in 1982. That Cheyney team remains the only HBCU to play for a college basketball national championship.

In Episode #163 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Laney about her incredible career on the court. They talk about that national title game against Louisiana Tech, what it was like to play for legendary coach C. Vivian Stringer, how much she enjoys watching her daughter play in the WNBA and much more. 

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on Twitter @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @MattLeon1060.

Kamran Khan has been the head cricket coach at Haverford College for half a century.  The sport is a passion for him and it has taken him around the world as a player, representing both his native country of Pakistan and the US, and as a coach.

In Episode #162 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt takes a ride out to Haverford College to sit down with Khan and talk about his life in cricket. They talk about the growing popularity of the sport in the US, they discuss Khan’s career as a player, talk about how he came to Haverford and much more.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on Twitter @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @MattLeon1060.

The Eagles and Chiefs are moving closer to their Super Bowl 57 match-up. In this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt catches up
with Kansas City Star sports columnist (and Swarthmore native and University of Pennsylvania alum) Vahe Gregorian. Matt and Vahe talk about the game, look at some under the radar Chiefs to keep an eye on (including another Penn alum) and discuss how Andy Reid is looked at by the Kansas City fan base.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. Follow the show on Twitter: @1on1pod (https://twitter.com/1on1pod), and follow Matt: @MattLeon1060 (https://twitter.com/MattLeon1060)

The Eagles continue to prepare for the Kansas City Chiefs, and in this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon” Matt welcomes the one and only Ray Didinger into the studio and they take a big picture look at the Eagles. Didinger actually came out of retirement to analyze the Eagles this postseason on our sister station Sportsradio 94 WIP and NBC Sports Philadelphia. Of course, Matt & Ray talk about the match-up with the Chiefs, but they also discuss how remarkable the fact is that the Eagles are where they are, given where they were just a couple of years ago. They also talk about whether a Super Bowl win would cement this Eagles team as the best in franchise history.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. Follow the show on Twitter: @1on1pod (https://twitter.com/1on1pod), and follow Matt: @MattLeon1060 (https://twitter.com/MattLeon1060)

The Eagles are back in the Super Bowl and set for what should be a great match-up with Andy Reid’s Kansas City Chiefs. In this bonus episode of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt speaks with Ridley High and University of Pennsylvania product – and former Kansas City Chief  offensive lineman – Joe Valerio to get his thoughts on the game. Valerio co-hosts the popular “Bleav in Chiefs” podcast.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. Follow the show on Twitter: @1on1pod (https://twitter.com/1on1pod), and follow Matt: @MattLeon1060 (https://twitter.com/MattLeon1060)

Karin Colby has been the head men’s and women’s swimming coach at Division III Swarthmore College since 2015. She has led the men to three Centennial Conference titles and the women to one since taking over, and both the men and women are nationally ranked here in 2023.

In Episode #161 of “1-on-1 with Matt Leon,” Matt welcomes Colby in studio to talk about her career. They look back at her days as a competitive swimmer, talk about what it was like to lead both the men and women to conference titles in 2022, and much, much more.

"1-on-1 with Matt Leon" is a KYW Newsradio original podcast. You can follow the show on Twitter @1on1pod and you can follow Matt @MattLeon1060.