As Raiders legend Tom Flores anxiously awaits the announcement of this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction class he joins the Sports Racx to discuss:
*His playing career as first starting QB in Raider history*The challenges of replacing the popular John Madden as head coach*Leaving the fans in Oakland as the team moves to Los Angeles*The huge  disappointment of not being in the Hall of Fame

As Raiders legend Tom Flores anxiously awaits the announcement of this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction class he joins the Sports Racx to discuss: *His playing career as first starting QB in Raider history*The challenges of replacing the popular John Madden as head coach*Leaving the fans in Oakland as the team moves to Los Angeles*The huge disappointment of not being in the Hall of Fame

As Raiders legend Tom Flores anxiously awaits the announcement of this year’s Pro Football Hall of Fame induction class he joins the Sports Racx to discuss:
*His playing career as first starting QB in Raider history*The challenges of replacing the popular John Madden as head coach*Leaving the fans in Oakland as the team moves to Los Angeles*The huge &nbsp;disappointment of not being in the Hall of Fame

Sports Racx (S2, E7) Tom Flores

Storytelling, or raconteuring, is one of the most understated forms of American art. Regrettably, many of the tellers of  fables, feats, and frontline experiences are no longer here to spin those stories one more time.  Even sadder, most of those tales were never recorded, catalogued, or otherwise archived.

     The Sports Racx looks to gather the best storytellers from the playing fields, locker rooms, grandstands, periphery and shadows of sport. Nothing fancy or formal, Steven Maggi holds court in an over-cocktails- style sit down with people who make us laugh and stare in open-jawed amazement with their behind-the-scenes anecdotes that we probably never heard before. And if we did hear them, they often come with a fresh new spin and varnish.

     We’re not necessarily interested in big names and A-listers. We’re looking to present the voices that really have something to say; the watchers and observers who mentally catalogued their experiences and are just plain entertaining and f...

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Storytelling, or raconteuring, is one of the most understated forms of American art. Regrettably, many of the tellers of fables, feats, and frontline experiences are no longer here to spin those stories one more time. Even sadder, most of those tales were never recorded, catalogued, or otherwise archived. The Sports Racx looks to gather the best storytellers from the playing fields, locker rooms, grandstands, periphery and shadows of sport. Nothing fancy or formal, Steven Maggi holds court in an over-cocktails- style sit down with people who make us laugh and stare in open-jawed amazement with their behind-the-scenes anecdotes that we probably never heard before. And if we did hear them, they often come with a fresh new spin and varnish. We’re not necessarily interested in big names and A-listers. We’re looking to present the voices that really have something to say; the watchers and observers who mentally catalogued their experiences and are just plain entertaining and f...

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Sports Racx (S2, E7) Tom Flores

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