In the first hour of today’s show, Brett was joined by Sam King who covers the Purdue Boilermakers for the Lafayette Journal and Courier! Sam and Brett discuss Purdue’s close overtime win over the Northwestern Wildcats last night down at Mackey Arena. We hear from Sam his thoughts on the freethrow disparity between the two teams, his thoughts on the postgame comments by Northwestern Head Coach Chris Collins, and more. We ask Sam the question if Purdue still has its “kryptonite” in dealing with teams that feature impressive guard play. Also in the first hour, Brett catches up on how some of our local college basketball teams are doing on both the Men’s and Women’s side at schools such as Indiana Tech, St. Francis, and more! Plus: The PFW Mastodon Women fell last night to the Cleveland State Vikings after getting out to a hot start in the game. All that and more in Hour 1!

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Brett is joined in the Second Hour today by Tim Tassler, a baseball historian here in the city of Fort Wayne! Tim will be giving a presentation on Sunday afternoon about the history of Black Baseball here in the City of Fort Wayne, and we hear from Tim about the research and preparation process for this presentation. We also hear about how he got into the world of baseball history! You can get all the details about his presentation on Sunday by listening in. Also in the second hour, Brett is joined by Eric “Doot” Dutkiewicz of Parkview Sports Medicine! Doot shares with Brett his top 5 Boys Basketball teams from around the area for the past week of play, and also previews sectional matchups coming up this weekend on the girl’s side of the action! Plus, we hear about the latest going on at Parkview Sports Medicine! All that and more!

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In the first hour of today’s mid-week Sports Rush, Brett is joined on the guest line by 2024 Fort Wayne TinCaps Manager, announced just yesterday, Mike Daly! Brett schools Mike on some Fort Wayne Trivia before getting into some questions about the MiLB Season with the TinCaps that is just around the corner! Brett asks Mike for his thoughts on the balance between winning as a team and individual player progression as a manager at a minor league level, and about why Mike chose to leave a position in the front office of the Padres organization for a chance to become a manager down on the field. Also in the first hour, Brett is joined by Indiana sports media mogul, Kent Sterling of KentSterling.com! Brett and Kent discuss the Indiana Hoosiers getting a win over the Iowa Hawkeyes, but at the expense of several Indiana players going down with injuries. Also, the two discuss Anthony Leal, who hadn’t played much all season for the Hoosiers all season but came in last night and contributed heavily to the win. All that and more with Kent!

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In an abbreviated second hour of The Sports Rush as we make way at 5:30PM today for Purdue Basketball as they take on Northwestern in a rematch, Brett is joined by Purdue Fort Wayne Women’s Basketball Coach, Maria Marchesano! Coach Marchesano joins Brett ahead of the Dons Women taking on the Cleveland State Vikings tonight at the Gates Center. Also in the second hour, Tom Brady in the media, previewing the Purdue Men’s game against Northwestern, and the Pacers fell last night in a game against the Boston Celtics in Beantown!

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On this Tuesday edition of The Sports Rush, there’s a whole lot to talk about today! To start the show today, Brett previews the Indiana Pacers taking on the Boston Celtics tonight in Boston, and what the Pacers need to do to win the game and whether or not they’ll have point guard Tyrese Haliburton playing with them tonight. Also, a preview of tonight’s Indiana Hoosiers Basketball game as they’ll be taking on the Iowa Hawkeys in Assembly Hall this evening. Plus, a new scheduling format in the Big Ten Basketball Tournament starting next season with the addition of new schools to the Big Ten, and Purdue has a rematch tomorrow against Northwestern!

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In the second hour of today’s show, Brett is joined by Dustin Dopirak, who covers the Indiana Pacers for the Indy Star! Dustin joins the show today ahead of the Pacers taking on the Boston Celtics tonight out on the East Coast. We hear from Dustin about how the Pacers have gotten some big wins in the last stretch of games without Tyrese Haliburton on the roster, and whether or not Tyrese will play tonight against the Celtics. We also hear about the addition of Pascal Siakam to the team and how his addition to the team has affected the roster. Also in the second hour, Brett is joined by TinCaps Team President Mike Nutter! Mike joined Brett today to talk about the new coaching staff for the TinCaps 2024 season that was announced earlier today by the Padres organization! In addition to the new staff, we also hear from Mike about the new grass field that was installed earlier in the year, and a whole lot more about the TinCaps!

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Back in action on a Monday, it's The Sports Rush with Brett Rump! In the first hour of today's show, Brett has to discuss the Conference Championship Games that took place yesterday in the NFL, with the Kansas City Chiefs and Patrick Mahomes defeating Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens, and the Detroit Lions falling on the road to the San Francisco 49ers. Brett shares his thoughts on the Lions blowing a sizable lead that they had in the second half, and some questionable decisions made by Dan Campbell. Plus, we ask our listeners: who was more impressive for the Kansas City Chiefs: Patrick Mahomes, or the Chiefs Defense? Plus, Indiana fell to the Illinois Fighting Illini, and Purdue gets a win on the road at Rutgers! All that and more in Hour 1! 

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In the second hour of today's Sports Rush, Brett is joined by Indiana Hoosiers Broadcasting Hall-of-Famer, Don Fischer! Don joins Brett every Monday at about 5:20 for a segment that we like to call "Fifteen Minutes with Fisch!" On today's segment, Don, who is dealing with a bout of laryngitis and might not sound absolutely perfect vocal-chord wise, and Brett discuss Indiana's loss on the road to the ranked Illinois Fighting Illini over the weekend. We hear from Don about what the team did well, what they still need to improve on if they want to win games like this, and more!
Plus in the second hour, Brett shares his predictions for girls basketball sectionals in our area, Michigan Basketball is struggling immensely, and more! 

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Following a win for the Purdue Fort Wayne Mastodons Men’s Basketball team last night against Northern Kentucky down in Highland Heights, Brett is back in action today in the Captain’s chair to wrap up a week of The Sports Rush! In the first hour today, Brett is joined by Kyle Rowland of the Toledo Blade! Kyle joins Brett today to talk about Jim Harbaugh leaving the Michigan Wolverines to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers. We hear Kyle’s thoughts on Harbaugh leaving and what his reasoning was for doing so, how he’ll do with the Chargers, and more. Plus, we hear what Kyle thinks will be next for the Michigan Football Program, including the next head coach. Kyle and Brett also discuss the poor year that the Wolverines Men’s Basketball team is having this year, and if Juwan Howard’s time there might be coming to an end soon. Also, previewing HS Basketball tonight, Belichik done in the world of coaching, and more!

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In the second hour of The Sports Rush today, Brett is joined on the guest line by the play by play voice of the Fort Wayne Komets, Shane Albahrani! Shane joins us live from Kalamazoo tonight as the Komets are getting set to take on the Wings up in Michigan tonight. We hear from Shane about the Komets current situation amongst their division in the ECHL and where they’re at in the standings, and how important this time of the Komets’ season is. Then Shane and Brett break down the current construction of the roster and its strong points such as at the goaltender position. But we also hear about some of the places that the team still needs to improve as well. Also in the second hour, Brett and Adam make their NFL Picks for this weekend’s Conference Championships on Sunday, Brett does his weekly ranking of D1 Basketball teams in Indiana, and a whole lot more on a Friday!

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