Telich Talks

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

Organ donation is truly the gift of life. This week, a selfless, heroic act by dying 21 year old Bryce Dunlap gave Cleveland Browns legendary quarterback Bernie Kosar a new lease on life. Bryce , a lifelong Browns fan passed away unexpectedly from a brain injury. He expressed wishes to be an organ donor. The family put Bernie Kosar’s name on the list. And Bernie did receive Bryce’s liver. The surgery was performed Monday, November 17 in Cleveland. In this episode, I talk to Cleveland broadcaster Andy Baskin about organ donation. He has been very passionate about it since his late brother was gifted a double lung transplant 20 years ago while dealing with cystic fibrosis .

This episode of Telich Talks looks into the career of the great Josh Cribbs, NFL return dynamo who spent much of his career with the Cleveland Browns. He’s a 2023 inductee of the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame. My cohost on this episode is Cade Cracas, Ashland University grad and multitalented journalist who is also the social media director of the Greater Cleveland sports Hall of Fame.This episode will tease a concept that will start in early 2026, a new podcast called Forging Greatness, the stories of the Greater Cleveland sports Hall of Fame.

Jared Beasley is an award winning author. His recent book, the Endurance Artist, chronicles, the story of Gary Cantrell of Tennessee, a man who has created some of the toughest and most unique ultra endurance races in the world. His Barkley Marathons race each year is legendary in reputation and the concept of Backyard Ultra’s has captivated the imagination of a lot of the ultrarunning community . Beasley has written for the New York Times, The Guardian, Canadian Running , Outside, and Ultrarunning Magazine. Also, see my October 7th episode with ultra running legend Harvey Lewis.