The Mike McFeely Mess

WDAY-TV sports director Dom Izzo joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about the "mutual agreement" that has Maren Walseth and NDSU parting ways. The women's basketball coach was not successful in her five years at NDSU and Izzo believes the reason is simple enough -- she didn't recruit good enough.

Beth Ambrosio of the Fargo-Moorhead Derby Girls joins podcast host Mike McFeely to chat about the 10th season of the team, roller derby in general and all of the fantastic nicknames the competitors come up with.

North Dakota State University political science professor Thomas Ambrosio joins podcast host Mike McFeely to talk about the U.S.-North Korea denuclearization talks that ended without a deal. Ambrosio believes the U.S. is shooting too high by trying to get denuclearization and should instead try for something easily attainable as a show of good faith -- like officially ending the Korean War.

Former North Dakota State men's basketball coach Saul Phillips, now at Ohio University, joins podcast host Mike McFeely for an hour-long trip down memory lane, recalling the 2008-09 season when the Bison qualified for the NCAA tournament in the first year they were eligible in Division I. Led by Ben Woodside and other seniors, NDSU packed the Bison Sports Arena and made national headlines.

Philadelphia sports columnist Marcus Hayes joined podcast Mike McFeely to discuss Hayes' piece in which he says Eagles' quarterback Carson Wentz reacted to recent criticism like a true Christian, using the moment for self-reflection instead of anger. Hayes believes that response is unusual in sports, but shows the character and depth of both Wentz and his Eagles born-again teammates known as "The Brotherhood."