Joey Johnston has been a Sports Journalist for 45 years, all of the time in the Tampa Bay area. Joey is currently the Sr. Writer for USF Athletics. He also works at several other outlets. How is he still doing it and still getting offers after 45 years? Have the players (especially in college) changed that much? What are his secrets?

Rock tells of all of his mishaps in broadcasting, crank calls, what he got away with and all the times he got called into the boss’s office.

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JT the Brick has been Hosting Sports Talk Shows for 30 years. It all started as a caller to the Jim Rome Show. JT won the smack off, got started in broadcasting and it is still going strong. JT has been on all the big national networks including Fox Sports Radio, SiriusXM, Raider National Radio and many more. How has he been able to do it for so long? What’s the difference between local sports talk and national sports talk? His relationship with Jon Gruden and more.

Rock has stories of how he still has the passion for the business, not taking any day for granted, behind the scenes at Steinbrenner Field and tons more!

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Joe Buck has been calling NFL games since Fox Sports started in 1994. Joe has called the World Series over a 25 year span starting in 1996. Joe and his NFL broadcast partner Troy Aikman moved from Fox to ESPN to do Monday Night Football in 2022. Joe talks about that move, his storied career, what’s it like working with Aikman and how long he wants to do this.

Rock explains how this interview came to be, about all the play-by-play announcers he’s met and his appreciation for his new boss at WDAE throwing a Masters Party for the staff and more!

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How the former ESPN SportsCenter Anchor made it to being one of the top NFL Insiders and now is succeeding as the Senior NFL Insider at The Athletic. Growing up in NJ playing soccer at George Mason worked her way up from being a news reporter at WRC-TV in Washington. Fascinating stories about her career.

Rock’s got a lot of stories behind the scenes at the NFL Annual Meeting and his trip from Tampa Bay to Palm Beach and more!

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Rock chops it up with former Chicago Bears guard 3X Pro Bowler Kyle Long. What was it like trying to follow in the footsteps of his famous father Howie Long and his 2X Super Bowl Champion brother Chris? Kyle has some great stories and is crushing it in broadcasting and podcasting too!

Rock has stories himself on taking his daughter to her first NHL game and what it was like to experience a Lightning game as a fan. Rock also gives insight into the Rays now playing in the spring training home of the New York Yankees and more!

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Brian Engblom loves calling Tampa Bay Lightning games on FanDuel Sports Network. The former NHL defenseman and 3X Stanly Cup Winner with the Montreal Canadiens, Brian tells Rock about his playing and broadcasting career, the biggest difference between broadcasting games on National TV compared to local and why he’s so thankful for his current gig.

Rock’s getting pumped for playoff hockey, what he saw at the Valspar PGA tour Stop at Innisbrook, some great downtown Tampa stories including one’s with Ric Flair!

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Darren Rovell is a highly successful Sports Business Analyst, founder and partner in several businesses and an accomplished author. He’s always been ahead of the game. He had a Sports Business College Radio Show at Northwestern. He was one of the first influencers on Twitter. Find out why he’s been successful and what’s next for Darren.

Rock details his trip to Waycross Georgia for his son’s wedding, what Southern hospitality is all about and his thoughts on the Rays pulling out of another Stadium deal and a lot more

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Former A’sand Cardinals pitcher Mark Mulder might even be a better golfer than he was as a hurler. The 2X All Star finished 2nd in Cy Young voting in 2001 and had 21 wins that year. Mulder talks about his career, how he got to be so good at golf, why he likes playing in The Pro Cup and life at home as a family Man. Goodguy!

Rock talks about how much he loves Opening Day in MLB and even going back to his Little League days. But wait till you hear Rock’s stories of his bachelor friends and coworkers. Hysterical.

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Roman Oben has found a successful career with the NFL since retiring as a player. Rock used to Host the Roman Oben Show on Bay News 9 and reconnected after twenty years. Roman fills Rock in on what he’s doing now with the NFL as VP of Football Development and of course great stories as a player.

Rock’s got tons of stories about getting stuck in a NYC elevator, staying in a celebrity’s room in Beverly Hills, his Saturday radio show on WDAE in Tampa and so much more!

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Kenny Mayne had a successful run at ESPN known for his dry sense of humor. Kenny pretty much did it all at ESPN. He talks about his days as a college quarterback, to his injury and his time at ESPN. Kenny now is helping combat veterans be able to walk and run pain-free. Kenny is currently doing events to promote his documentary ‘Wiffelball’. For more info go to runfreely.org.

Rock’s got stories, behind the scenes at WDAE Radio in Tampa, driving to Port Charlotte for Rays camp and how technology got Rock again!

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