The Secrets Behind "Starting And Closing" With World Series Champion And Cy Young Award Winner John Smoltz

World Series Champion. Check!  Only Pitcher With 200 Wins and 150 Saves. Check!  Cy Young Award Winner. Check!  3000 Strikeouts. Check!  8 Time All Star. Check!  First Ballot Hall Of Fame Resume. Check!  One of the Greatest Pitchers Of Our Generation. Check!  With all that being said, the amazing thing that you find out about the incomparable John Smoltz in his incredible new memoir “Starting and Closing”, is that none [...]

 

Experiencing A Different Kind Of "Father's Day" With Buzz Bissinger (Pulitzer Prize Winning Author Of "Friday Night Lights")

Buzz Bissinger was already one of my personal heroes, having achieved celebrity status as arguably our generation’s best sports author, writing one of the great sports books of all time, “Friday Night Lights” (Sports Illustrated called it the greatest Football Book ever written, and ESPN called it the best sports book of all time!), which was then turned into a hit movie and successful television series (Coincidentally directed by his [...]

 

Becoming A Sports "Fanatic" With Radio Talk Show Giant Tony Bruno

There are few more respected and successful names in the sports radio world, and ones that have helped pioneer programs at media outlets like ESPN, FOX, Sporting News, The Content Factory, etc..then the incredible Tony Bruno.  Starting out in Philadelphia, Tony has become one of the most recognized names in radio, having been an award winning host on countless Syndicated Shows, having been the original partner to Mike Golic on [...]

 

Building A Fitness Empire With "The Hollywood Trainer" Jeanette Jenkins (TV Personality)

Jeanette Jenkins is the trainer to the “Who’s Who” of Hollywood, counting among her clients such names as Kimora Lee Simmons, Serena Williams, Queen Latifah, Kelly Rowland, Robin Thicke, Paula Patton Thicke, Tia Mowry, Christina Applegate, Lauren Velez, Taryn Manning, Kendra Wilkinson, Ian Ziering, Holly Madison, Carmen Elektra, Jordana Brewster, and an endless list of more celebs and athletes including Terrell Owens, Bryant McKinnie, and more, but what’s even more [...]

 

Finding Out "It's A Big World, Little Pig" With Olympic Champion Kristi Yamaguchi (NY Times Bestselling Author/Winner Of "Dancing With The Stars")

How many people in the world can say that they have won an Olympic Gold Medal, won ABC’s #1 Show “Dancing With The Stars”, served as a correspondent for NBC’s “The Today Show”, and become a NY Times Bestselling Children’s Author?  The answer to that incredible question is one, the amazing Kristi Yamaguchi!  Growing up as the face of American Figure Skating as a teenager, and then achieving a Gold [...]

 

From Super Bowl Champion To Super Singer: My Sit Down With Ben Utecht (Super Bowl Champion Tight End From The Indianapolis Colts)

This is such a heart warming story, one that landed on the cover of USA Today last month, because in an age where we see athletes holding on too long, or having trouble with finding their footing after their career is over, it is amazing to see the path that Ben Utecht has taken.  One year removed from retiring from the NFL due to concussion issues, Ben has found himself [...]

 

Sitting Down With The World's Greatest Eater: My Interview With Takeru Kobayashi (World Eating Champion/Guinness World Record Holder)

To be the best in the world at anything is an amazing accomplishment, but to be possibly the “Greatest Of All Time” is truly legendary, and when you are talking about “Eating Food”, then the Michael Jordan of that sport is the one and only Takeru Kobayashi!  He has become world famous by setting the world record for hot dog eating for nearly six years at the famous Nathan’s contest [...]

 

Sitting Down With The Greatest Philadelphia Flyer Of All Time: My Interview With Hall Of Fame Goalie Bernie Parent (2-Time Stanley Cup Champion)

There are certain moments in your life that put goose bumps on your arms, because of the unique and unbelievable fashion in which a certain event occurs, and you will always remember where you were when that moment happened, so to see Bernie Parent, the 66 year old, Hall Of Fame, 2-Time Stanley Cup Champion Goalie, and greatest Philadelphia Flyer of All Time, suit up one last time and skate [...]

 

Getting "Philadelphia's Most Beloved Athlete" Richie Ashburn Into The Hall Of Fame With Bestselling Author Bruce Mowday

Philadelphia Magazine just released a list of it’s all time beloved sports figures in the city’s history, and sitting atop that list was the great Phillie player and announcer and ICON, Richie Ashburn, who was a central figure in the lives of several generations of this city’s proud sports history…But one of the great travesties that followed “Whitey” was despite an amazing career both on the field and in the [...]

 

Making "Stuntin' A Habit" With Hip Hop Star David Banner (Grammy Award Winning Artist And Producer)

He has been one of my favorite artists for the last decade with hits like “Like A Pimp”, “Stuntin’ Is A Habit”, “Get Like Me (featuring Chris Brown, Yung Joc, and “Shawty Say“)”,  and “Play”, as well as a Grammy Winning Producer for some of the biggest names in Hip Hop and R&B like Lil’ Wayne, Kanye West, Diddy, T.I., Nelly, Maroon 5, Snoop Dogg, Quincy Jones, Jamie Foxx,and Chris [...]