The Rant

Malik took his talents all around NY, across the country, and around the world. The Corona Virus preempted all of that. In this pod, we discuss his early life in NYC, playing in the final days of Rice HS, then boarding school, playing Juco to D3, how he got to the pro level, all the while waiting for the pandemic to end, yet still training people all around NYC. All that and more, my conversation with Malik, now.

Bernard Bowen Sr. and Bball Referees continue their pandemic-long collaboration with us to bring you this virtual camp. Bernard and I saw opportunity as most camps have great guests with limited interaction. We flipped that, bringing along with us clinicians from the NBA, WNBA, and the Highest Levels of Men’s and Women’s NCAA Basketball. The Camp About a Camp. Session 1, Part 1, now.

From the early days, Jaquam was fixated on the game of Basketball. In this pod, we discuss his early days at UDC, watching the nicest of the nice getting busy on the court, to college getting into journalism, and ultimately reporting it on his website, Hoop Dreams NYC. All that and more, my conversation with Jaquam, now.

A couple years back, I met Ernest doing the same old hustle as me. In this pod we discuss his beginnings playing Sports growing up, how he gravitated towards officiating, and how he does Soccer, Football, Volleyball, and Basketball, all year round and at a high level. All that and more, my conversation with Ernest, now.

Chris and I have similar passions in both Basketball, and Baseball. In this pod, we discuss his early exposure to umpiring, what Baseball means to him, and all the things that he’s accomplished as a Baseball coach, and as a Basketball Official. All that and more, my conversation with Chris, now.

On this special 125th episode, I sit with the other other Ralph, about growing up in Baldwin, playing Sports, playing video games, and the bond that we share to this day. All that and more, my conversation with Ralph, now.

Continuing on Dan Grave’s appearance on #therant, we discuss Steve and his experience playing with him as well as myself. We also go back on his upbringing in sports, how he developed his jumpshot, our times at the Hofstra Rec Center, and what he’s up to now. All that and more, my conversation with Steve, now.

As a 16 year old, Dan Graves came to my life as a quiet unassuming high school student, we often used to pick up when we were one player short. In this pod, we discuss his experience playing sports as a kid, his experience in the AAU circuit and Kellenberg, as well as his most exhilarating time playing at Hofstra at the Rec Center. All that and more, my conversation with Dan, now.

With the striped shirt, I have a polarizing relationship with one Mike Mastro. Off it, we chopped it up for almost an hour about him growing up in Jericho, his experience playing in college, and living the phrase #neverretire in the Ultimate Hoops League at Lifetime Fitness. Along with my co-host Anthony Leo, my conversation with Mike, now.

Ken has always had an aptitude for refereeing. In this pod, he discusses his come up and getting exposed to the game early, his philosophy of being in the building, cutting hair and balancing it with officiating, and how he maintains his humble-yet-aggressive disposition. All that and more, my conversation with Kenny, now.