Lance Reisland is a Browns analyst for Cleveland.com and a contributor to various media outlets including pre game of Browns broadcasts. He’s a former head football coach at Garfield Heights high. We talked Super Bowl matchup .. Mike Vrabels great coaching, Browns coaching search.. Kevin Stefanski , Sam Darnold and more . Recorded 1/26/26

Noah Potter is a former college football player who began his career as a standout defensive lineman for the Mentor high school Cardinals in suburban Cleveland.

He spent six years in college football ,starting at Ohio State University, then with the Cincinnati Bearcats, and finally the Wolfpack of North Carolina State. Potter, the son of a pastor, endured a plethora of injuries, had Covid on two separate occasions and dealt with a coaching change ; all factors that ultimately led to him, stepping away from the game and getting on with his life.

Joe Callari is a men’s health and performance coach and founder of Heartletics. In 2025, he was one of 200 selected out of a half million applicants to take part in Beast Games S2. A former MMA fighter and boxer , Joe suffered a severe concussion while fighting, and that led him down a very dark path. In our interview, he discussed mindset, his faith, and giving yourself the grace necessary to keep on the journey towards a better life.

Andre Knott, is an Emmy award winning television sports commentator. He has hosted numerous radio shows and podcasts over the course of his career. Today we talk about the state of the college football playoff. What solutions are out there to make it better?. We also talk about youth sports in today’s culture

This podcast is a compilation of three more of my favorites of 2025. Let’s call it. Telich Talks, Best of 2025, part 2. Hall of Fame football coach Chuck Kyle, the Iron Chef, Michael Symon, and three Time Olympic gold medalist Tianna Madison.

This episode features three of my favorites from 2025. All of them center around the theme of home, from Hall of Fame broadcaster Tom Hamilton, to Tracy McCool longtime news anchor in Cleveland, Ohio to former convict Rickey Jackson who served 39 years due to a wrongful conviction. The Lovely Jackson documentary is on Amazon Prime .

Kyle Stahlberg was, up until the fall of 2025, a middle school science teacher and the head baseball coach at Tri- C community college in Cleveland, Ohio. A very successful three year stint at Tri-C, which featured a 41 game winning streak, caught the attention of the Miami Marlins, and now Kyle is plugged into that organization with tremendous potential to move up as either a coach or manager. The sky is the limit !

Chuck Galeti is a former television and radio sportscaster in Cleveland Ohio. His appearance on the podcast in 2024 registered the highest amount of listenership as he talked about his path to sobriety. So, I decided, let’s make this an annual affair. On the podcast, he celebrated becoming a grandfather, we talked about Shedeur Sanders, Myles Garrett, high school, football, Guardians baseball, the college football landscape, and much much more.

In this episode, I enlist the services of former Cleveland State University basketball player Pat Vuyancih and journalist David Glasier to talk about the late, great hoops coach Kevin Mackey, who passed away in early November. Mackey led CSU to a stunning win over Indiana in March Madness, 1986 ,sending the Vikings to the Sweet Sixteen. In the late nineties, Mackey was let go due to issues with alcohol and drugs. He would notch 35 years of sobriety before passing. CSU played a “ run n stun “ brand that was relentless. Vuyancih, who coached on several levels and does color commentary for CSU, stayed close to Mackey up until his death.

Greater Clevelander Ron Shadrach spent years and years, trying to right a wrong. His ancestor, Private Philip Shadrach , and one other man, Private George Wilson were not recognized by the US government as persons of valor regarding a heroic feat they and a small band of men performed against the confederate forces in the Civil War.. They stole a train and disrupted enemy forces before being captured and hanged. Shadrach details the ordeal he went through and why it was so important to him to have the men earn their medals of honor