Telich Talks

Jack Mulhall of Euclid, Ohio is a retired gentleman, who, for a myriad of reasons, embarked on a spiritual journey on the famous Camino de Santiago, ( Way of St. James ) which is a 500+ mile walking route from France due west through northern Spain. ( There is actually a network of routes) It’s a spiritual journey, not necessarily religious in tone, although some people do find their peace on the journey. Jack’s adventure came about because of grief, insomnia, (a result of his grief over losing his wife of 42 years, ) real bad knees, and YouTube videos that just seem to speak to Jack. He met three gentleman from Northeast Ohio ;Michael Dolan, Andy Conrad, and Dennis Matson enroute. #camino #spiritual #grief #kneesurgery

Natalie Herbick is a morning show cohost, and a news anchor woman on Fox 8 television in Cleveland Ohio. She opened up about her early 2023 diagnosis of breast, cancer, and of undergoing a double mastectomy. Cancer has been a factor in her family history. Her mother passed away just a few short years ago due to cancer. Natalie is a Pittsburgh native and we spent some time chatting about how she got into the business. Thanks to an internship at KDKA in Pittsburgh, she worked on Steelers Saturday Night. Natalie just happens to be one of the most positive, outgoing, and down to earth people in the business. I wanted to make sure we chatted and made this episode especially with this being Breast Cancer awareness month.

Paul, a Navy veteran and anesthesiologist has competed in many triathlons , including the famous and very difficult Escape from Alcatraz. But starting in 2009, he endured a harrowing medical saga, that involved heart surgery’s, deadly bacteria, infections and more, which culminated in an above knee amputation in January, 2020. But Paul , with great encouragement from his wife Teresa, and family, still would not take things lying down. He would compete again. The Challenged Athletes Foundation played a big part in getting Paul back in the sport. Cover photo courtesy Triathlete Magazine

Dean Hall is a life coach based in Oregon. Roughly 10 years ago, Dean was still grieving the loss of his beautiful wife from 2 to 3 years previous. And Dean was suffering from lymphoma and leukemia. Frankly, he was dying. However, he discovered while going through some old artifacts at his home, something he had written as a little boy, a life goal. And, let’s just say that life goal sparked a quest to swim the 187 mile Willamette river in Oregon. That cold , foreboding body of water and his determination to swim it saved his life. I hope you enjoy your conversation.

Vince Cellini has enjoyed a more than 40 year career in television. It began at WJKW TV in Cleveland, Ohio in the early 80.s. He was a sports anchor at age 22 in the 9th largest tv market at the time. He went on to anchor sports for CNN, was the lead anchor for The Golf Channel, Turner Sports, NBA TV, The Learning Center and much, much more, including anchoring news for CNN. Recently he has been an Adjunct teacher for Full Sail University/ Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting based in Orlando, Florida. We worked at Channel 8 together from 1981 to 1989. This chat will be of interest to those pursuing careers in sportscasting/ journalism.

Ron Ross is a 65 year old ultramarathon man who started his distance running career while at West Point back in 1976. He’s run more than 180 marathons and he goes much further. Ross is close to ninety, 100 mile ultramarathons and has a goal to get one hundred , 100’s. This year he ran in the toughest race on earth, the Badwater 135 miler in Death Valley. His military and police background has certainly helped him be incredibly disciplined in his training and his preparation for races. Early in the interview you’ll hear one of the big reasons why he hardly ever breaks during a long competition. Mentally I’m speaking. I hope you enjoy the interview and share and subscribe. Hitting the subscribe button really helps this old guy grow the pod…

Mark Termini is a Cleveland based multi billion dollar sports attorney, and agent. He is the man behind the groundbreaking contract negotiations on behalf of LeBron James, and many of the clients of Klutch sports. Termini started his agency Termini and Associates in 1986 in Cleveland, Ohio. He held his client, Jim Jackson of Ohio State out for the first 54 games of the 1992 season. but got him a 6 year, 20 million collar deal. That deal seem to shift the paradigm between the leverage players could wield and what teams could handle. Termini is a behind the scenes, kind of a guy and isn’t really a boisterous, in front of the media type of an attorney.He also an author, with his first book “Words to Negotiate by.” … on Amazon and wherever you find books. If you want more information go to www.marktermini.com.

David Kahn designs golf courses all over America with his design company partner Tim Jackson of Jackson Kahn Design. In 2017 Kahn and his wife Karen found out their two daughters , Amelia and Makenzie had a rare disease .. Juvenile Batten Disease. It’s a fatal genetic disorder of the nervous system . David talks of golf course design and of dealing with the somewhat overwhelming situation with his daughters , all the while battling on behalf of families in this same dilemma through the Fore Batten Foundation, he and Karen started.

Tony Fisher played high school football as a Panther at Euclid High, college ball for Notre Dame, and played the bulk of his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers. Tony is coming full circle returning to Euclid high school as the Athletic Director. In our chat, Tony talked about playing with Brett Favre in Green Bay, about being recruited to Notre Dame by Urban Meyer, and spent a good chunk speaking about the necessity of being smart financially. I joked that he prefers pensions to a Porsche. And it’s very true. Allow this to be podcast advice for young athletes who think making a lot of money is a great excuse for squandering it all. Fisher has been smart with his money and spoke a lot about that. He also talked about the current state of the running back position in the NFL.

How do you measure or define success? With part of Joe Thomas’s Hall of Fame speech in Canton leading it off, I chatted with some Cleveland sports greats, Austin Carr, Greg Pruitt, Felix Wright, Reggie Langhorne and Carol Russo about ingredients for success in sports and life. Wright and Langhorne both played for Marty Schottenheimer, one of the best Browns coaches in history. Also, a shout out to the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame, as Pruitt, Russo, and Carr are past inductees.