Rock takes you inside the Pro Football Hall of Fame Ceremony, covering Ronde Barber’s Induction. Rock is on the field at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium and interviews Claudia Barber (Ronde’s wife) right after Ronde’s speech. Rock talks to Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Bryan Glazer in an extremely rare interview as well as Sports Director Dan Lucas of News Channel 8 in Tampa, since Dan has worked with Ronde.

Rock has some entertaining stories about his trip from Tampa to Canton and more!

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Kade Warner is a rookie wide receiver on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. It’s been a long and winding journey and Kade wouldn’t have it any other way. Yes, he’s the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer QB Kurt Warner, but Kade is forging his own path. An incredibly confident yet humble undrafted free agent out of Kansas State. How did Kade overcome all odds to get here and advice on how to overcome all!

Rock talks about how this all went down, the early stages of covering Bucs camp and more!

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6’7 Ben McDonald was a standout basketball and baseball legend in Louisiana. Ben played hoops and pitched at LSU and was the first overall pick in the 1989 MLB Draft. He helped the USA Olympic team win Gold at the Olympics in South Korea. So much pressure was put on Big Ben and he tells how he tried to handle it. Ben’s got incredible stories, especially the one with Cal Ripken Jr. Ben is currently the color analyst on TV for Baltimore Orioles games. He’s a father that’s coached his kids teams and has some great advice for all of us.

Rock tells how he managed to get this sit down interview, how excited he is that football preseason is here and where’s the hype for Jake Paul and a whole lot more!

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A little different. Rock jumps into Wade Boggs’ media session after being inducted into the Tampa Bay Rays Hall of Fame to ask Wade why he was so good as a hitter with a .328 Batting Average over 18 MLB seasons. A Baseball Hall of Famer as well as being in the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame, Wade talks about what getting 3,000 hits meant to him, being able to play for his hometown team as well as another Tampa native Fred McGriff going into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rock tells of reconnecting with Wade and his wife Debbie after 25 years. Rock is trying to beat Father Time in getting into baseball pitching shape (Father Time is winning) as well as the trials and tribulations with his family during this summer time in a new community and more!

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One of the top broadcasters in the country, Tom McCarthy sits down to talk about his 20-plus years broadcasting Major League Baseball as well as NFL games and countless big-time college basketball games. Amazing career and he’s far from done.

Rock and Tom knew each other back when Tom was an intern in the Sports Department Rock worked in at New Jersey Network. Incredibly they reconnect for this episode. Great stories!

Rock has stories of his own on just how small of a business sports broadcasting is as well as the blockparty his family was invited to in their new neighborhood and more.

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Tampa Bay Rays radio play-by-play broadcaster Andy Freed returns. How is Andy doing after losing his radio partner and best friend Dave Wills? Dave unexpectedly passed away this spring training and Andy has had to carry on even adding TV duties as well. It’s a heartwarming interview Andy has a message for all of us. Can’t miss.

Rock tells of how he’s seen Andy just go about his business at Tropicana Field despite having that loss. Rock also has some great stories about former MLB players Bobby Bonilla and Josh Hamilton and gearing up for the football season!

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Ira Kaufman has been covering pro sports for 47 years and is still going strong as a columnist and podcaster with JoeBucsFan. How has he been able to be employed that long? He started at UPI in New York and moved to Tampa to work for the Tampa Tribune and now JoeBucsFan. Ira is also a Pro Football Hall of Fame representative and is on numerous other platforms including the Chris Russo Show on Mad Dog Radio SiriusXM.

Rock’s looking forward to the break covering the Bucs and their QB battle, has stories about the Tampa Bay Rays and preview’s next week’s guest Andy Freed of Rays Radio and how he’s dealing with the loss of his broadcast partner Dave Wills.

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Rock guest is Big Cody Mauch, rookie offensive guard for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. What’s it like going from North Dakota State to the NFL? How much difference has he noticed in the speed of the players? Has his growing up on a farm helped him? Cody noticed quite a change in the weather in Tampa Bay from what he’s used to and much more.

Rock details what he’s seen between the QB battle of Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask as well as stories of settling into his new home, looking for a local watering hole and what drives his nuts when he goes to his local gym to work out.

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Rock’s got tons of great stories from his trip to LA. But first, how did former NFL OL Geoff Schwartz go from playing in the NFL to being a successful broadcaster and podcaster?

Jeff can be heard on SiriusXM NFL Radio as well as Fox Sports, and the Geoff Schwartz Is Smarter Than You Podcast. What’s Jeff’s secret to success and more?

Rock tells of his many excursions with his girls in LA including Hollywood, Santa Monica, Westwood and Beverly Hills. His trip to the Legendary Rainbow Bar and Grill is hilarious! This is a can’t miss episode.

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Steve Phillips worked his way up to GM of the NY Mets as well as ESPN. After losing both gigs he bounced back and has become one of the best baseball analysts and insiders anywhere for MLB Network Radio and MLB Network on TV as well as TSN. How he started out as a football player, what he thinks of the game today and so much more.

Rock talks about coming back from adversity as well as what he’s seen so far from Baker Mayfield and Kyle Trask at Bucs camp, hanging out with Jeff Zito from 987 The Shark and the Celebrity Jobber Podcast fame and a whole lot more!

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