Telich Talks

Rafa came to the United States at age 16, escapeing war torn El Salvador. He has had many careers, and shows a great talent in re inventing himself. He was a national distributor, promoter for Coors. Hosted talks shows and car advice shows on radio and tv (Univision) He has done a lot of work in the boxing game. His first time ever doing college basketball play by play, Rafa did it at Madison Square Garden.  He knows only one speed. Full speed ahead.  This is a re release from June 2019

Steve Trivisonno is the highly successful coach at Mentor High School and Mac Stephens just guided his Cleveland Heights Tigers to a 9-1 regular season record.  Their two teams meet in week one of the Playoffs.  I did a deep dive with both gentlemen before the season in seperate episodes.  Coach Triv is in his final season and has the top ranked team in the state.  Coach Mac, a former NFL player has done a tremendous job with the Heights Tigers.  This is a re-release.

Jason is the editor in chief of The Athletic Cleveland and has had a long career of covering NBA basketball, specifically the Cleveland Cavaliers.  Not bad for a guy who did not even think he was going to college. We talked about the relationship he has had with LeBron James and what it is like covering the best player on the planet, and all the baggage that goes with it. We also talked about The Athletic. Its business model and what its goals are and how it can fit in with "print" journalism.

Chet Mason is the boys hoops coach at Brush High School in suburban, Cleveland Ohio. He was named Mr. Basketball in 2000, (along with Medina's Tony Stockman)  when a freshman from Akron St. Vincent St. Mary named LeBron James finished back in the voting.  (James would win the next 3 years) Mason played college ball at Miami of Ohio and is in their Hall of Fame.   He played 11 years as a professional, most of it overseas in places like Turkey, and Bosnia and elsewhere. His first game overseas fans threw M-1,000's on the court...THAT WENT OFF!!   How does he lead young athletes? What is important?? How does social media impact the job?    I hope you enjoy the interview. Thanks for swinging by.

Zac Jackson has written a fun and enjoyable book about the Cleveland Browns . It covers many of the characters and favorite players of the new expansion era team.  Jackson had an unique view of the team as he began his sports writing career writing for ClevelandBrowns.com . After a long stint in Berea, he joined other organizations such as Fox Sports Ohio, and The Athletic, where he currently writes about the Browns and other topics.  The book is available at many outlets such as Barnes and Noble

Mike Schaffer has run in 13 , 100 mile trail ultra marathons, finishing 10 of them in the past 7 years.  He just completed the Grindstone 100 in Virginia, which featured 21,000 feet of elevation gain. He will be running another 100 miler, just 6 days later, the Oil Creek 100 in Western Pennsylvania.       His story is one of overcoming substance abuse issues, and abuse of alcohol and how running has been a huge part of his recovery and his mission in life.  The mission is to make others lives better, by inspiring them to be active with the thought that more movement and fitness can be so much better for ones mental health and outlook on life.  He is  now taking classes, and is studying to become a nurse at age 58. On a personal note, I have run with him many times, and he has even paced me in one of my 100 mile ultra marathon quests.

I hope Julie doesn't mind that I call her a legend. Julie has had 4 finishes of 5th or better in the Crossfit Games, including a 2nd and a 3rd. Julie retired from competition but still is very active in the sport, with teaching seminars, and serving as an inspiration to so many  Crossfit athletes.  Julie is doing her residency and will one day have a practice with her husband. I love her attitude in using Crossfit, and healthy principals to be the bedrock of a medical practice.  Its attacking health on the proactive basis, instead of just treating symptoms.   I hope you enjoy the chat we had.  I wish her all the success in the world. She spoke of Greg Glassman, the sports founder and his principles and also of Northeast Ohios own Scott Panchik, who continues to be one of the best on the planet in Crossfit.    Any images we use are courtesy of Crossfit Inc.