The Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Jeff Potter. For the last 12 years Potter Baseball has thoroughly enjoyed working with kids, families, organizations, and the community at large to bring some fun to the game of baseball; whether through the annual Potter Baseball Tour, yearly trips to Cooperstown with teams, running free clinics, or visiting schools. We love baseball, and we love kids. We have tried our best to combine the love of baseball with community service and charity work.The Potter Baseball Tour alone has traveled to over 100 towns, played hundreds of baseball games, run hundreds of free clinics, and raised over $100,000.00 for non-profit organizations. Along with this, we have focused on teaching life lessons through many different methods, and we are constantly striving to put emphasis on our four tenets of passion, hard work, respect, and selflessness. Since 2009 we have taken 12-u teams to Cooperstown for their weeklong tournament, starting that year with one team, and now we take three teams annually to take in this wonderful event. Over 200 families have participated over the years. Coach Potter has also written three books, all available on Amazon. They are "Whatever Happened to Baseball?", "Saving Baseball", and "Far from Being Done". This summer, the Potter Tour is taking on a large goal of setting a World Record for most people playing catch at one time. The main event will take place in Red Lion, PA, but there will also be over 100 virtual locations set up all over the country participating at the same time. Coach Potter grew up in Ellwood City, PA, located about 30 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. Although he now resides in the Baltimore area with his wife Sheryl, he is still a Pittsburgh fan at heart. We will talk with Jeff about his passion for the game of baseball. SOme of the life lesson's he has taught young people through the game and what his goals and aspiration were when he began this adventure and just exactly where they have grown to today. We will have Jeff share with us some of the most monumental moments that he has encountered through Potter Baseball in our "We Just Gotta Know" segment. You can find Jeff on Social Media at: Facebook at www.facebook.com/jeffpotter and Potter Baseball Summer tour at facebook.com/potterbaseballtour jeffpotterbaseball.com You can join Jeff in his venture to break the Guiness Book of World Records by emailing him at:[email protected] =========================== CONNECT WITH US =========================== Check out our websites, apps and much more:originalsportspodcast.com Like our Facebook page facebook.com/OSPwithMM Join the conversation on Twitter twitter.com/OSPwithMM Follow us on Instagram pics instagram.com/originalsportspodcast Reach out to us on Snapchat at: OSPwithMM Watch our Tik Tok at: OriginalSportsPodcast Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/OSPwithMM =========================== Feel free to let us know if you have any comments or questions By emailing us at: [email protected] Audio Engineer: Shawn Antkowiak Video Engineer: Angela Antkowiak Voice intro: Matt Noble Intro and outro music provided by Ryan Benton and Preston harper Social Media Manager: William Franciscus WebMaster : Terri Maradei Join us each week to Experience the "O" on the Original Sports Podcast!!!

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Randy Karraker. Karraker has been a huge part of the St. Louis sports media for more than two decades, but his super-fandom started years before as an usher for both the Cardinals and Blues. He is half of the morning show (Karraker and Smallmon) on 101 ESPN in St. Louis. Randy is involved in several St. Louis charities as well, including his annual golf tournament benefiting Every Child's Hope.

We will talk with Randy about his career covering St. Louis sports and what sparked his passion. His feelings about the Rams leaving town, how he thinks the Cardinals will look in the 2021 season and what exactly we can expect from the Blues heading towards the Stanley Cup playoffs. For the "We Just Gotta Know" segment we will have Randy shrew tih us his Mount Rushmore of St. Louis athletes.

You can listen to him holding court on Karraker & Smallmon every day from 7-10 a.m. on 101 ESPN.

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The NHL playoffs are probably, no they are, the most exciting time in professional sports and we tackle the entire bracket with NHL guru Eric Rigsby from "Beers in the Lot" podcast. We breakdown each opening series, look at who will come out of each division along with conference champions and yes, of course, we pick our finals. Our Shocking fact focuses on the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Be sure to listen because I think our upset picks will really surprise YOU!!! ===========================

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This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Kim Becker. Becker is a host and reporter for Sports Illustrated's coverage of the Las Vegas Raiders, Denver Broncos and USC Trojans. She was a professional ice skater with Disney On Ice for ten years before getting her degree in broadcast journalism from Chapman University in Orange, CA. She interned at FOX Sports in LA where she got to shadow show talent and learn the behind the scenes of live productions. Football is by far her favorite sport to cover but hockey and basketball are a close second and third. One day she hopes to host her own live sports talk show for a major network.

We will talk with Kim about her early profession as an ice skater working for Disney on Ice. What motivated her to complete her degree in sports journalism and about some of her earlier stops in route to her current position with Sports Illustrated covering the Las Vegas Raiders, Denver Broncos and the USC Trojans. We will also discuss with KIm her take in regards to recruiting this season and how she sees it being impacted by the pandemic.

For our Decade Definers segment we will ask Kim to share with us some of the most exciting games she has covered thus far in her career.

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In this weeks episode the Barbershop Crew welcomes Mike Icenhower from TopOff Sports to breakdown with to the fullest extent the 2021 NFL Draft. We look at some of the good , the bad and the ugly picks. We discuss who is gonna be a STUD and DUD from the first round and we even get into the trades that impacted the draft either personnel wise or just moving slots and what they could eventually bring to teams. This episode is sure not to disappoint so crack open a cold one, kick back and let it flow. Twitter: @TopOff Sports Instagram: @TopOffSports Facebook: www.Facebook.com/TopOffSPorts ===========================

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Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast is Rob Havenstein. Havenstein is an offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams. He was drafted by the Rams in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft after playing his college football at Wisconsin.

Havenstein played on Wisconsin's offensive line as a right tackle from 2010 through 2014 after his redshirt freshman year. He held such honors as All Big Ten 1st and 2nd team as well as being named All American by the AFCA in 2014. He was the only Badgers player invited to play in the 2015 Senior Bowl. Havenstein remains a starter on the Los Angeles Rams offensive line where he has been locked in since his rookie season in 2015 when he earned all-rookie team honors and was part of the Rams Super Bowl team in 2018.

We will talk about Rob's journey from Wisconsin to the Los Angeles Rams. What it was like to play in the Super Bowl so early in his professional career. Who has helped in his career development as far as coaches and veteran players. His expectations for the Rams going into 2021. We will also discuss how he viewed the acquisition of Matt Stafford and what that could mean for the Rams. For our Decade Definers we will ask Rob to share the most challenging defensive players he has faced thus far at any level.

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This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Vinnie Iyer. Vinnie Iyer has been with Sporting News since 1999, covering the NFL full time since 2001. He is a 1998 graduate of Northwestern University. He is also a three-time Jeopardy! champion, a trivia and crossword nerd. He also considers himself a film and television geek. He also writes a lot about fantasy football and hosts the Locked On Fantasy Football podcast.

We will talk with Vinnie about NFL free agency inc;luding who he thinks the winners and losers are to this point. We will also breakdown the NFL draft Who Vinnie thinks are the top 10 picks, what direction the Jaguars will go with pick #1 and who he believes the five top Quarterbacks actually are. For our "We just gotta know" segment we will have Vinnie share who he thinks need to have the best draft to take their team to the next level and challenge for the Lombardi Trophy.

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On the first episode under the new name (Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei) I start season 2 with a BANG featuring the BS crew. We visit the Master's and which PGA tournament is our favorite along with the performances of the weekend. We talk boxing and the joke or at least what I thin is a joke with the Paul brothers challenging professionals and how in the world can "old school" dudes like Tyson still draw a crowd. Baseballs early studs and duds as far as players and teams go is a can't miss topic and finally our piece on the NCAA portal and how amateur college athletes are always looking for greener pastures. We finish the show with a new segment called "Shocking Facts". =========================== CONNECT WITH US =========================== Check out our websites, apps and much more: https://www.originalsportspodcast.com/​ Like our Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/OSPwithMM​ Join the conversation on Twitter https://twitter.com/OSPwithMM​ Follow us on Instagram pics https://www.instagram.com/originalspo...​ Reach out to us on Snapchat at: OSPwithMM Watch our Tik Tok at: OriginalSportsPodcast Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZu...​ =========================== Feel free to let us know if you have any comments or questions By emailing us at: [email protected] Audio Engineer: Shawn Antkowiak Video Engineer: Angela Antkowiak Voice intro: Matt Noble Intro and outro music provided by Ryan Benton Social Media Manager: William Franciscus WebMaster : Terri Maradei Join us each week to Experience the "O" on the Original Sports Podcast!!!

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On this Final episode (49) before the rebrand of the Steel City Nation podcast the Barbershop Crew and I will talk NCAA tournament, NFL free agency and some draft maneuvering, NHL at the mid-point and finally we talk about baseball, yes, baseball and the validity of spring training and just how working without a salary cap is good? for the sport. =========================== CONNECT WITH US =========================== Check out our websites which includes our store and much more: https://www.steelcitynation2020.com/ Like our Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/steelcitynationpodcast Join the conversation on Twitter https://twitter.com/SCNpodcast Follow us on Instagram pics https://www.instagram.com/steelcitynationpodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZuudj681oIAbnscyHBa0g?view_as=subscriber =========================== Feel free to let us know if you have any comments or questions By emailing us at: [email protected] Audio Engineer: Shawn Antkowiak Video Engineer: Angela Antkowiak Voice intro: Matt Noble Intro and outro music provided by Ryan Benton Artwork for SCN: Joelle Miller and Nick Stewart Web page/Store Manager: Terri Maradei Join us next time where we are Iron City built on the Steel City Nation podcast….

Our guest this week on the Steel City Nation podcast is Mickey Morandini. Michael Robert "Mickey" Morandini is a former professional second baseman and coach, who played for the Philadelp[hia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays. His career highlights include selection as a 1995 National League All-Star, playing for the Phillies in the 1993 National League Championship Series and World Series, and for the Cubs in the '98 NLDivision Series. Morandini attended Indiana University, where he started his college career as a centerfielder then moved to the infield. Morandini played for the United States National Team in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea then returned to Indiana for his senior season and was named a second-team All-American. After graduating from IU with many records he was chosen by the The Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth round of the 1988 Amateur Baseball Draft. Moving through Philadelphia's minor leagues rather quickly Morandini returned to the major leagues in 1991 for good. One of the most memorable moments of Morandini's career. was in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1992,when he turned an unassisted triple play . After the 1997 season, Morandini was traded to the Chicago Cubs. Morandini made his only appearance in the MVP balloting in 1998. He retired from baseball in 2000 after two months in the American League playing for the Toronto Blue Jays. Morandini coached high school for a short stint then went on to coach in the minors for 5 years and in the majors for two years. He current;y is a baseball ambassador for the Philadelphia Phillies. We talk with Mickey about his career in the MLB. What it was like playing in the Olympics. Some of his favorite moments playing college baseball. What the process was like moving through the minors and getting that first call to the show and finally the excitement of playing in the World Series. For our Decade Definers Mickey will share with us the five toughest pitchers he faced in his career at any level. You can find Mickey on Instagram @mickeymorandini12, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Mickey-Morandini-231310883573786/ Related Social Media Instagram and Twitter @phillies Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Phillies/ =========================== CONNECT WITH US =========================== Check out our websites which includes our store and much more: https://www.steelcitynation2020.com/ Like our Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/steelcitynationpodcast Join the conversation on Twitter https://twitter.com/SCNpodcast Follow us on Instagram pics https://www.instagram.com/steelcitynationpodcast/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZuudj681oIAbnscyHBa0g?view_as=subscriber =========================== Feel free to let us know if you have any comments or questions By emailing us at: [email protected] Audio Engineer: Shawn Antkowiak Video Engineer: Angela Antkowiak Voice intro: Matt Noble Intro and outro music provided by Ryan Benton Artwork for SCN: Joelle Miller and Nick Stewart Web page/Store Manager: Terri Maradei Join us next time where we are Iron City built on the Steel City Nation podcast….