The great Derrick Brooks is back on The Rock Stops Here Podcast. The Pro Football and College Football Hall of Famer tells Rock about his new job Chief Operating Officer of the USF Bulls Athletics. How he and Rob Higgins will do everything in their power to bring USF to new heights. Why now? What has he learned working for Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and more!

Rock has stories about when to report inside info. Rock is a strong believer of ‘off the record’ is off the record. Rock is referencing the Bucs Bucky Irving story and Rock has a good one going all the way back to Boxer Jerry Cooney and plenty of other stories.

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Aileen Hnatiuk returns is a Sports Anchor/Reporter at WFLA TV in Tampa Bay. She grew up in Weeki Watchee Springs and is thrilled to be able to work her dream job and still be able to visit her family. She fills in Rock on all the things she’s been doing since she last appeared, how to balance work/life, what she likes covering most and a little of her personal life too!

Rock has more stories about covering the LPGA stop at the Pelican Golf Club in Bellair, how he got to tell Annika Sorenstam how blown away he was with the tournament as well as being up close with the secret service who were there to provide security to Kai Trump the 18 year old Granddaughter of President Donald Trump making her LPGA Tour debut!

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Barstool Sports’ Ohio’s Tate is a former high school girls basketball coach and English teacher that is crushing it full time with Barstool. A huge Ohio State Buckeye fan, Tate Moore has adopted the USF Bulls as his second team. He explains to Rock why. How did he get into Barstool and why did he have to be secretive for so many years? Tate talks about some of his bits, what’s it like working at Barstool and what might be next?

Rock tells how his talk with Barstool Tate came about, how Rock enjoyed being around the USF program last week and how cool it is to see USF ascending and more!

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Jim Louk has been calling USF football, basketball, baseball and softball games for 43 years. Louk has been the only USF Bulls play-by-play voice for football for 29 years! Incredible. Why is he stepping down now from calling football games? His favorite memory? Jim reflects on how far the football program has come and more!

Rock has stories of going back to Celebration Florida where he covered the Bucs when they trained at Disney’s Wide world of Sports and stayed at the Celebration Hotel over 20 years ago.. Rock is blown away by just how many people come to Disney’s parks every day and why Rock is pumped for the second half of NFL football.

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Hall of Famer, the greatest female golfer of all-time Annika Sorenstam, who changed the way women’s golf was played, talks about her Tournament, The Annika driven by Gainbridge at Pelican in Belleair, Florida. Why she enjoys giving back and helping young female golfers, why she was able to amass 95 wins worldwide, 72 on the LPGA Tour, 10 Majors and a whole lot more!

Rock also talks with Todd Lewis from the Golf Channel about Annika.

Rock’s got stories about being back in a TV studio with former Buccaneer Brad Culpepper on Tampa Bay’s 28, the difference between doing radio and TV and why it’s so hard for Rock to keep his lawn up to par!

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Bucs Rookie 400 pound plus nose Tackle Desmond Watson is back on the Rock Stops Here Podcast. The Plant City Florida native and Florida Gator tells Rock how thankful he is for the Bucs to believe in him. How did he lose weight after getting cut? Who’s been in his corner and when he thinks he’ll be called up to the active roster.

Rock tells of the nicest guys (including Desmond) that he’s covered this year in baseball and football, how hockey guys are always good guys and marriage proposal stories in public Rock saw one last weekend at the USF game.

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WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil returns, but this time it’s not about wrestling. Titus tells Rock of his relationship with new CEO of USF Athletics Rob Higgins. What kind of job Rob will do and how USF will just skyrocket! Rock fills you in on the incredible life story of Titus and how he’s a Champion in and out of the Wrestling Ring.

Rock’s got his best story of the time he covered the USF Bulls at the Sun Bowl in El Paso and he takes you behind the scenes of what it’s like daily to cover an NFL team.

Good stuff!

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Rene Ingoglia loves calling college football games as a color analyst! The UMass All American and Hall of Famer and Buffalo Bills fullback was a police detective with the Orlando Police Department for more than 20 years. Really interesting stories on his years in the police department but what he likes about being in the booth and now thinking about coaching.

Rock tells of his respect for our law enforcement, how he got to know Rene how Rock blew out his calf playing pickleball recently and much more!

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Gene Deckerhoff has been calling Tampa Bay Buccaneers games on the radio since 1989 and he’s still going strong! Gene talks about some of his more memorable calls, favorite Bucs players and coaches, doing FSU games as well and how long he plans to keep doing it.

Rock tells of his limited play-by-plays days and when he realized it’s not for him. The difference Rock’s seen in talk show hosts doing play by play and vice versa.

Rock is unusual in that most broadcasters his age are ready for retirement. Not Rock and again thanking those that have been helping him.

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Kendra Dlouglas has come a long way and continues to soar!

Kendra has worked her way up from TV markets in Wilmington, Wichita and Orlando to being Orlando Magic Host and Reporter, ESPN and ACC Network Reporter and FanDuel Sports Network game reporter for the Tampa Bay Rays. How she’s done it and how much higher she plans to go!

Rock meanwhile has behind the scenes stories of the end of the Stu Sternberg ownership of the Rays, how Rock has mixed feelings. Rock also tells of being thankful for increasing opportunities in local radio and Tv and trying to keep a positive attitude and more!

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