Telich Talks

Andre Bernier is a multi Emmy award-winning meteorologist at WJW Fox 8 in Cleveland Ohio. He is also an ordained pastor, and has served as an interim pastor at several NEOhio churches over the years. Bernier has done more than 600 episodes to date of his very popular Weather Jazz podcast. www.weatherjazz.com Andre is a product of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and began his TV career right out of college in 1981 with KGAN TV in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He was also part of the initial group that put The Weather Channel on the air. We talk about the solar eclipse, about the great Dick Goddard, about his faith, and his love of Iceland and about his impending retirement from television weather forecasting. Hope you enjoy.

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Joe Jurevicius is a former NFL football player, who played in three Super Bowls, winning one of them, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2002. Jurevicius is a Lake Catholic, Ohio graduate and starred at Penn State University. Joe and his family have dealt with personal tragedy and heartbreak. His infant son Michael died shortly after the Super Bowl victory 22 years ago, and Jurevicius saw his football career end due to complications from a staph infection incurred while playing for the Cleveland Browns. In 2018, Joe was held at gunpoint in his Cleveland home, which led to suicidal thoughts. And very recently, a business of his, the Clean Group burned to the ground. Our wide ranging conversation dealt with Joe picking up the pieces and overcoming other setbacks. We also talked of his love of hunting. His two daughters are standout volleyball players; Caroline at Penn State, & Ava at a Lincoln, Nebraska high school .

Author David Lee Morgan talks about the book he wrote on the pro football great, who helped break the color barrier in the modern era. Marion Motley, Pro Football Hall of Famer starred with the Cleveland Browns in the AAFC and the NFL. Hailing from Canton, Ohio, Motley played fullback and linebacker on those title teams. He was named to the NFL’s 100 Anniversary team. Morgan also wrote “ LeBron James, the Rise of a Star”. He currently is a media and journalism teacher at Stow high school in Ohio.

Chris Fields is a former Ohio State University wide receiver. He hails from Painesville Ohio. In recent years, he has developed some unique businesses, one of which, the Buckeye Box, down in the Hocking Hills, pays tribute to his late brother James, who passed away to cancer. Fields played for three Ohio State coaches, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell, and Urban Meyer. We also talked about the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer, which Fields and many more former Buckeyes help raise money for.

Greg Lockhart is a retired video journalist from Fox 8 television in Cleveland Ohio. The one time high school stand out at Cathedral, Latin , earned his degree from Kent State and then embarked on an award-winning news professional career at 3 tv stations in Cleveland, most notably WJW Fox 8. He was recently named the chairman of the Cleveland chapter of the 100 Black Men organization. I sat down to chat with one of my former colleagues about the business but mostly about the 100 black men organization. I hope you enjoy the podcast and ask for your support,…. follow or subscribe on Spotify or Apple or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks very much.

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New book written about NFL, Hall of Famer, Joe Thomas, by Marc Bona and Dan Murphy

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Xavier Crocker is Chef Zae on social media. Much of his content this NFL season , on Instagram, and Tik Tok and elsewhere garnered a ton of attention . Check him out on Instagram @ChefZae23 . His popularity grew so much that Browns coaches played clips of his to the players and soon, they were singing his praises and a few have joined him on his Croc Pot podcast. Let’s find out a little more about Xavier