October 11, 2025

Steve Albert, Emmy Award Winning Sports Broadcaster and International Boxing Hall of Fame Member and Rob Arocha, Bullhorn BBQ's Champion Pitmaster

1 hour 57 minutes

Emmy Award winning sports broadcaster and International Boxing Hall of Fame member, Steve Albert discusses his new book, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Broadcast Booth and Bullhorn BBQ's champion pitmaster, Rob Arocha discusses his winning team, his podcast, and baseball.

Steve Albert is an Emmy Award winning sportscaster, providing play-by-play for the New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, New York Mets, Phoenix Suns, New York Arrows, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Cleveland Crusaders, and New York Jets. He has worked as the sports anchor at WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV, WWOR-TV, and did morning sports reports on WABC radio. He covered major boxing fights on Showtime Championship Boxing, including the infamous "Bite Fight" between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield. He is a member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. He joined us to discuss his book, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Broadcast Booth in which he chronicles the ups, downs, and unforeseen mishaps that occurred throughout his lifelong journey on the air. The book also has amusing stories of growing up in a sportscasting family with his brothers, Marv Albert and Al Albert.

Rob Arocha is an award winning pitmaster as a member of the competition barbecue team, Bullhorn BBQ along with his wife, Dianne. Per their website, their goal is to "have our guests, family and friends entertained and BBQ stained." They have been tailgating for Houston Texans games since 2002 and began their competition barbecue journey in 2012. The team has also been recognized for having one of the best party atmospheres at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue. Rob is the host of the So Smokin' Gooder Show which is available as a podcast and airs live every Wednesday evening on Facebook.

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We conclude the show with the song, Baseball Always Brings You Home from the musician, Dave Dresser and the poet, Shel Krakofsky.

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