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Sports Yak episodes
- Episode 15Happy Birthday Evander, here’s your ear back. Plus, loud concerts, the Red Sox wait patiently, what’s happening at Notre Dame during a bye-week, Purdue and Indiana, Da’ Bears, high school football playoffs begin, and much more.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy34 min - Episode 14Chuck is back and has plenty to say. What college football game is worth watching this weekend, Corey has an inside source feeding him photos of the Garth Brooks stage, is the NBA worth watching, college basketball gets closer and closer, this week is the anniversary of “Catholics Vs. Convicts”, Chuck loves submarines, but he doesn’t like “This is Us”, and more.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy30 min - Episode 13What do we do when Chuck Freeby is sick? We call in Bob Nagle off the bench, another local legend who has a wealth of sports knowledge that you are about to witness. This guy can spin a story, talk the talk, and not take a breath once. Bob talks about his first year in broadcasting in 1977, this past Friday night’s game with Penn and Mishawaka, Notre Dame has a week off, Garth Brooks is in town, and once again – Bob will be calling the National Champions Notre Dame Women’s Basketball games (which you can hear on Pulse FM again this season.) Corey says 6 words in this episode, enjoy.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy1 hr - Episode 12Its #6 Notre Dame and Pitt, great local high school rivalries, no more chili for the Cubs, Drew Brees is a class act, Hulkamania runs just a little wild, Corey endorses “one of the greatest performances I have ever seen”, plus our first Sports Yak winner! Subscribe, download, and listen!
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy29 min - Episode 11How do you prepare for a ‘hostile environment’ on the road? Notre Dame has done some things this week to get ready for Virginia Tech. A couple of great local football games in Indiana and Michigan, basketball practice has begun, plus, is Captain America all done? What happened to the cubs? And how do you get ready for gameday? Chuck has some thoughts…plus Corey has vertigo, lets see if he can make it thru the episode without vomiting on Chuck.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy35 min - Episode 10Chuck explains baseball antics for the next couple of days, plus are the Bears that good or are the Bucs that bad? Notre Dame chops down Stanford and gets ready for a road game this Saturday. Locally, Warsaw and Northwood on Friday night, Corey makes an early prediction using a Disney classic. And, from the archives, we dust off a on-air TV rant from Chuck from 4 years ago that has over 30,000 views on facebook. “GET OFF MY LAWN!”
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy23 min - Episode 9On the eve of 2 Top 10 teams, Stanford comes to South Bend, Indiana, (without their weird band and mascot) and play under the lights of Notre Dame Stadium against the Irish. Chuck makes a prediction that not many will like, plus 2 local high school teams that have never played – play Friday night. Top 5 NFL Player Nicknames, and Top 3 Mellencamp songs, (since he’s coming to South Bend), plus singer/songwriter Chris August talks about his love of Texas teams.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy30 min - Episode 8Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Stanford,….Clemson…Purdue and Indiana, LSU Band, Packers, Eagles…Penn vs. New Prairie…The Flyers and “Gritty”,….Top 3 Mascots…Cubs….Hockey….candy…all in the first 3 minutes! (Kidding.)
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy33 min - Episode 7The Yak welcomes our first guest ever! Bethel College Head Basketball Coach Ryne Lightfoot. He’s a handsome man, it’s almost sickening to look at how handsome he is. Practice is underway for the Pilots, but Ryne pulls back the curtain on his father, Mike Lightfoot. Some high school football chatter, Notre Dame is 3-0, the Chicago Bears are #1 (for now), Tiger Woods is the comeback kid, even the Lions won. The question is, will Chuck accept the invitation to watch Shawshank Redemption for the first time ever?
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy38 min - Episode 6Browns win! Corey makes a bold, early Bears prediction. Chuck has his Top 5 Chicago Bears player’s list, but Corey has his Top 5 favorite Bears of Pop Culture. Notre Dame and Wake Forest, Purdue and IU chatter too, what’s happening in Indiana high school football, some ‘feel good’ player stories, plus one host has never seen a Stephen King movie, or has he…….?
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About Sports Yak
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CHUCK FREEBY - Indiana’s 2017 Sportscaster of the Year, WHME Sports Director Chuck Freeby knows the complete Michiana sports scene as well as anyone…mainly because he’s been a part of it all his…
life. Born in South Bend, he is a 1982 graduate of Elkhart Central High School. In 1986, he received a B.A. in American Studies from the University of Notre Dame.
These days, he is well known for his love of area high school sports. His passion showed for 17 years at WNDU-TV, where Chuck pioneered expanded high school television coverage with “Friday Night Flights” during football season and “Roundball Roundup” for basketball.
Now, Chuck has served for over 14 years as Sports Director at WHME-TV 46 where he calls play-by-play on the high school football and basketball “Game of the Week”, various college sports events, including Notre Dame athletics on PULSE-FM and their HD.2 frequencies, and provides morning sports reports and co-hosting duties on Pulse FM.
You can also catch Chuck locally in the South Bend area before every Notre Dame Football home game on WNDU-TV with “Countdown to Kickoff”.
Chuck and his wife, Diane, have been married 27 years and are parents of six children: Peter (25), Christopher (24), Mary (22), Jeanie (20), Rosie (20) and T.J. (16). They live in South Bend, with their schnoodle, Skipper.
COREY MANN - I was born in Benton Harbor , MI , moved to South Bend , IN in 1991, and made Michiana home. In ’94, Debbie and I got married and we live in Granger, IN!
My wife cuts hair at her salon in our home, and she works with incoming students at a local Beauty College. Chloe (my oldest) is a graduate of Grace College in Warsaw, Indiana and is getting married in 2019.. Caleb (my youngest), is in 6th grade and loves Star Wars, Legos, Xbox, and family activities. He currently runs cross-country because I make him.
I started in mainstream radio in 1988. Alongside waking up early for the morning show on Pulse FM in South Bend, Indiana, (92.1, 96.9, 103.1) I published my first kid’s book in 2016, with more on the way. I also host “What Else with Corey Mann” podcast on the Studio DNA Network. Oh, and more thing. I know absolutely nothing about sports.
2018 – Leader Publications Best of the Best Local DJ / Personality of the year
2011 – CMB Air-Personality of the Year