Telich Talks

Katie Spotz is a world adventurer from Mentor Ohio. In 2010 she became the youngest ever to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. That is just one of the dozens of epic adventures and challenges she has completed all the while trying to raise money for a clean water around the world and other initiatives. Her most recent adventure was 3,100 mile bike & kayak trip across South America. We discuss where fear comes into the equation, and how she comes by these adventures in an organic way. In other words, there’s no bucket list. Katie wrote a book in 2015 called Just Keep Rowing. She’s done numerous media appearances over the years, including The Joe Rogan Experience.

Her non profit established in 2011 is called Schools for Water

Martin Savidge is a network anchor/correspondent having reported from all over the world for CNN, NBC, Public television and others.

Born in Canada, he is a Rocky River High School graduate and Ohio University alum. After short stints with Illinois tv stations he landed a job, in 1984 at WJW Channel 8 in Cleveland, winning 9 local Emmy Awards in 12 years.

Since taking his skills to the networks, Savidge has covered 12 world conflicts, countless natural disasters, including Katrina.

He’s won 2 Headliners Awards, 2 Edward R. Murrow Awards. A Peabody and a duPont Columbia Award.

Legendary Cleveland sportswriter and Media personality Danny Coughlin died over the weekend at the age of 86. He has been considered by many to be one of the greatest storytellers the city of Cleveland has ever had. He had a distinguished career as a sports writer with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and then in the early 80s branched out and became one of Cleveland‘s most popular TV personalities at WJW. I have been his colleague for 44 years. And still as recent as last Friday night was on the set with him on our popular high school football show , Friday Night Touchdown. This episode will also contain a podcast episode we had in 2019 and he talks about how the JFK assassination altered his career path. Also Browns legend Doug Dieken sat down with me on Sunday for a few stories about Dan Coughlin. Thanks for listening !

The Miracle League of Lake County , Ohio for individuals, from children to adults that deal with developmental disabilities, physical limitations, down syndrome, autism, and other situations. Enjoy the chance to play baseball each summer on an adaptive ballfield next to Captains ballpark in Eastlake, Ohio. The program is reliant on buddies and coaches and many volunteers and sponsors, but there’s a reason each week players can say they’ve been on the happiest acre in Lake County. I visited on the final Saturday of the season. Thank you to commissioner Mike Piper and everyone for their hospitality.

Our Team is a fascinating book written by Luke Epplin that chronicles the World Series that changed baseball, and sports in general. It was 1948, won by the Cleveland Indians. Luke profiles owner Bill Veeck, pitcher Bob Feller, outfielder Larry Doby who was the first black man to play in the American League, and Satchel Paige, who was the first black to pitch in a World Series and already had mythical and legendary status. This is the 100th episode of Season 2.

The NEO24 is a fixed timed 24 hour race in Brunswick, Ohio. In this race, 12 people reached the 100 mile mark. Pete Kostelnick, who used to live in Brunswick ran 121 miles just 13 months after sustaining a fractured pelvis in a car crash. He has 3 big screws in his body..was in a wheel chair for 2 months and couldn’t run for 6 months. Kostelnick is a two time winner of Badwater 135 and owns the transcon record of just 42 days. He’s just one of the stories…. Ed “ Jester” Ettinghausen was running in his 300th, 100 mile race. You read that right. How he came to running these races was born out of the real estate crash in 08. I also interview woman’s overall winner Gina Snyderburn, and Mike Melton, the timing guy who does these events more than 40 weekends a year. Shout out to Race Director Larry Orwin.

Mark Schroeder is the owner of Auction Brio. His business has raised over 175 million over 20 years for various charities all over the country. He is a licensed auctioneer after roughly 20 years at WJW Fox 8 in Cleveland as an award winning sportscaster. He is a native of Chicago, and played four years of football and baseball at John Carroll University. In the podcast, we discuss how he settled on John Carroll University…why Woody Hayes punching a college football player changed his life. We also discuss why JCU has 42 alums involved in various front office and coaching jobs in the National Football League. What’s the secret to getting great bids at an auction? Mark will fill us in.

Brian Verne is the founder and CEO of Wave Sports and Entertainment. The company , based in Santa Monica, California touts itself as the leader in sports storytelling for the next generation. Podcasts such as New Heights with the Kelce brothers, Podcast P with Paul George, 7PM in Brooklyn Melo & Mero, and The Right Time with Bomani Jones are some of the more high profile entities of Wave Sports.

Verne , a Cleveland, Ohio native is a former college baseball player at Oberlin College. He started Wave Sports in early 2017. He is also a tortured Cleveland Sports fan. Aren’t we all!!

Lance Reisland is a teacher, a writer and football analyst for cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a former high school football coach, who left his head coaching position at Garfield Heights after the 2018 season to spend more time with his wife and daughter . He is the son of the late high school football coaching legend in Northeast Ohio, Chuck Reisland. Chuck passed away in September of 2023 and this fall, Lance is developing his craft as a sports journalist, and trying to get used to not having his father around to take in the sport they both love so much. Our discussion is a lot about the Football Legacy his father placed in front of him. We also broke down some of the Cleveland Browns prospects for 2024.

Mark Price was one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. When he retired from the game, he had the highest percentage of free throw shooting in league history. He was a four-time NBA All-Star for the Cleveland Cavaliers out of Georgia Tech. In the 1988-89 season, Price achieved the 50 /40

/90 distinction. 50% shooting from the field, 40% from three-point line, and 90% from the free-throw line ……….. at the time he was only the second person to ever accomplish that behind Larry Bird. Also adding to his resume, Price was a two time NBA 3 point shooting champ. Price was one of the stars on the Cavalier teams coached by Lenny Wilkens in the late 80s and early 90s. They were one of the more dominant Eastern conference teams, but usually ran up against either the Bulls or the Pistons. In light of Steph Currys Olympic barrage of crucial 3 pointers, I directed most of my questioning about shooting; What is the mentality of a shooter?