Rising Stars

Welcome back to the Shamrock Spotlight on the Rising Stars Podcast! In week three of our month-long series, we detail the incredible story of how the Detroit Catholic Central hockey team won another state title in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The JV team even had to step in during the playoffs to keep the season alive! 

Interviews with: 

- Head Hockey Coach Brandon Kaleniecki (3:55 - 30:51)

- Senior varsity captain Nich Borchardt (32:07 - 51:23)

-JV Blue team member Conner Bell (52:38 - 1:06:43)

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Welcome to the Shamrock Spotlight on the Rising Stars Podcast! In the second week of our month-long series, we examine how the Detroit Catholic Central Quiz Bowl team has become one of the premier programs in the country, and how they've maintained their success despite the COVID-19 Pandemic. 

Coaches Chris Gismondi and Ben Herman are interviewed, along with team members Drew Laroo, Michael Yousif, and Liam Cross. 

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Welcome to the Shamrock Spotlight on the Rising Stars Podcast! In the first week of our month-long series, we examine how the Detroit Catholic Central football and soccer teams navigated playing fall seasons during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Interviews with: 

- Head Football Coach Dan Anderson (3:22)

- Football captains Sean Field and Michael Ramirez (24:38 - 46:42)

- Soccer captain Vincent Stockton (48:48 - 1:02:28)

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Over the next month, the Rising Stars podcast becomes the "Shamrock Spotlight!" 

Take a listen as we detail our upcoming focus on how Detroit Catholic Central High School has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year. 

Adam Giardino joins on us on a very special episode of the Rising Stars Podcast! 

The play-by-play broadcaster and founder of the Black Play-by-Play Broadcaster Grant and Scholarship Fund discusses the inspiration behind the Fund's founding, the work it has already accomplished, and the lasting legacy it hopes to leave on the broadcasting industry as a whole. 

James Piot is our latest guest on the Rising Stars Podcast! One of the top amateurs golfers in the country, the Michigan native talks about his time playing for Michigan State, what has led to all his recent success, and what he's focusing on improving as he approaches the start of his professional career. 

We're happy to have Josh Appel on the next edition of Rising Stars! The NFL radio broadcaster for Sports USA Media discusses his quick rise up the broadcasting ranks after graduating from South Florida in 2016, how winning the Jim Nantz Award accelerated his career, and what it's been like calling NFL games in the midst of a pandemic.

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Welcome to our latest edition of the Rising Stars Podcast! Our next guest is David Fine, the play-by-play voice of the Reading Royals, the ECHL affiliate of the Philadelphia Flyers.

David discusses his broadcasting career path so far, the changes that are coming to this ECHL season, why he loves what he does so much, and why the onion rings in The Sopranos finale aren't actually that good in real life.

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It's a special week on the Rising Stars Podcast! In the first of two brand-new episodes, Brad Tunney (the voice of the Great Lakes Loons, the Midwest League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers) explains why the Dodgers have risen on the top of Major League Baseball on the backs of their excellent farm system. Plus, he details the changes soon coming to Minor League Baseball. 

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On our next edition of the Rising Stars podcast, we're happy to welcome on the voice of Central Michigan athletics, Adam Jaksa! He details what it means to him to be the play-by-play broadcaster for his alma mater, the challenge of going back and forth between doing games on TV and radio, and where he hopes his career will take him next.