Adam Cheek's Sports Week

After playing baseball at VCU from 2015-2018 and serving as a pitching coach this past season, Sean Thompson was named the team's head coach for the Rams in 2025. I sat down with the new man at the helm to talk all things Black and Gold baseball 🐏 ⚾ We discuss his career at VCU, which overlapped some of my time there; what he's seen in the team as they play a pair of fall matchups ahea...

Marc "Cheats" Cheatham, founder of The Black Baseball Mixtape, joins the podcast for another MLB postseason discussion after doing the same last year! We talk about the ALDS and NLDS currently underway and our predictions for those, the championship series and the World Series. Cheats and I also discuss the impressive young crop of players featured in this year's playoffs, some of t...

I talked with Virginia native Astravoid Cosplay about her appearances at Richmond's approaching Nightmare Weekend 2024 and RVA's GalaxyCon from earlier this year. We chatted a few months back in an extended conversation about her craft, what goes into making a costume, how she became interested in the art form and more. She and I also discussed her famous Lavagirl suit replica -- plus ac...

After marathoning the legendary Tony Scott's entire filmography -- which includes several sports movies! -- this summer, I welcome my friend Pat Brennan back on the podcast to talk all things #TonyScott4Lyfe. We break down the late, great Tony's career, from his sports-themed projects -- Days of Thunder, The Fan and (sort of) The Last Boy Scout -- to seminal classics like True Romance an...

With college football underway and the NFL season just around the corner, I sit down with my friend & coworker Alex Soderstrom to talk about "Remember the Titans" after I finally knocked it off my list of sports movie blind spots. We discuss Denzel Washington being one of the coolest dudes to ever grace a movie screen, how the film handled its subject matter without being too schmalt...

Frankie Tostado played minor-league baseball in Richmond for the Flying Squirrels for two seasons, becoming a fan favorite in 2021 and 2022 while racking up 25 homers, 174 hits and a .267 average. The Mariners then acquired him in the Rule 5 draft, and he was then traded to the Nationals, where he returned to a warm RVA welcome while with Harrisburg before then playing a stint in Triple-A Rocheste...

Six months after they first appeared on the podcast, Andy Blum and Evan Zalewski -- creators of the Richmond Flying Squirrels fan account "The Tostado Section" -- are back to talk about their OWN podcast they've been working on. We talk about the Flying Squirrels' season to date, break down our favorite players that have come and gone on the Richmond roster and discuss how Andy...

In the second episode of "The Sports Movie Showcase," my good friend, roommate, fellow VCU grad and former coworker Adam Harrell joins the podcast to talk about "The Sandlot," released in 1993. We discuss watching the movie when we were kids and the lasting impact it had, plus where it falls in our all-time baseball movie rankings. We also take a look at the careers the actors...

"The Sports Movie Showcase" is the podcast's new miniseries: each month, one episode will be dedicated to me sitting down with someone who's a fan of (or who might even be involved with) a specific sports movie. We'll talk about the film itself, its impact on us, its legacy and more. This week, I'm joined by Pat Brennan, who recently had me on his podcast to do a comm...

We're back from a short break, one that was filled with being glued to the TV for all SEVEN games of the Stanley Cup Final 🏒 The Florida Panthers held on to win their franchise's first Stanley Cup (and avoid a historic and embarrassing collapse after being up 3-0), taking down the Edmonton Oilers in seven games and winning the seventh in an absolute 2-1 nailbiter. Ryan Brown joins me on...

Ryan Brown joins the podcast once again, this time to preview the Panthers-Oilers matchup in the Stanley Cup Finals 🏒 We talk about whether Sergei Bobrovsky or Connor McDavid will finally hoist the Cup, if Corey Perry will lose out on (yet another) title and if the Panthers will continue last year's run of first-time champions thanks to their ability to crash the net on Stuart Skinner more t...

I'm joined by my good friends, fellow VCU grads and former "Beyond Basketball" podcast hosts Jason Boleman and Cameron Quinn to talk all things Celtics-Mavericks ahead of the NBA Finals 🏀 We preview the championship matchup, but also look back over the playoffs, including the Timberwolves and Pacers' Cinderella runs to the conference finals; the emergence of the Magic and Knic...

As Memorial Day weekend approaches, and the "Greatest Day in Motorsports" with it, I called on three of my compatriots at Frontstretch to help me break down and preview the trifecta of races this weekend. Michael Massie, Alex Gintz and Tom Blackburn all join me to look ahead to Formula One's Monaco Grand Prix, IndyCar's Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 on this c...

In Part 2 of my conversation with VCU Gold Rush Dance Team coach Vicki Wells, we talk about what it's like seeing those who performed under her guidance make it to the professional -- be it to the NFL or NBA or even outside of sports entirely -- level, her audition process and the progression of the season. Vicki also details how the team gets rolling as the basketball schedule begins, starti...

I sat down again with Vicki Wells, head coach of the VCU Gold Rush Dance team, to talk about her 25th season at the helm of the program. In Part 1 of a two-parter this week, we talked about the origins of the team under her leadership, her own background in dance and what goes into choreographing routines -- be it on the floor or the sidelines. We also chat about her custom design of the team&apos...

For the 40th episode of the podcast, I just took a few minutes to look back on the installments I've done over the past eight or nine months since I started the podcast last year, preview some content in the near future and more. Random little celebration episode -- stay tuned for the Vicki Wells interview next week! Follow me on X: @adamncheek Follow me on Instagram: @adamcheek3 ------------...

I sat down with SiriusXM and FantasyGuru's Justin Fensterman, a former guest of my radio show, to talk all things NBA playoffs. The first round was about halfway done when we sat down for this (April 26), but Fensty and I discussed everything from whether this is the last year of the Celtics' window to why he thinks the Thunder are being disrespected. Fensty gives some great insight into...

Richmond Flying Squirrels voice Blaine McCormick and I reunite after I produced games for the team frequently the last few years, and we discuss a variety of things revolving around the beloved tenants of the Diamond -- right before this past weekend's special River City uniforms and back-to-back deep no-hit bids from Richmond's pitching staff. We discuss Blaine's return to the boot...

Cheek's buddy Jason Boleman joins the show once again for a scattershot episode covering a bunch of topics. Adam and Jason first discuss the NBA playoffs and whether the Celtics' window to win a title is closing, as well as VCU basketball news after multiple players -- including Tobi Lawal and Jason Nelson -- entered the portal recently. Then, the dynamic duo breaks down Sunday's wi...

After a short break, Adam returns with a frequent guest from his 910 days: former 910 host himself and current voice of the Carolina Hurricanes Mike Maniscalco. The two discuss the Stanley Cup Playoffs that start in just a couple of days, teams to watch out for, how the Hurricanes got to the postseason and much more. Mike also breaks down the Arizona Coyotes' sale finalization and eventual mo...

As always, it was awesome to be out covering the NASCAR race weekend at Richmond Raceway for Frontstretch along with the one and only Michael Massie, who joins the podcast this week to recap all the Easter-weekend action on (and off) the track. We talk Joey Gase chucking his rear bumper at Dawson Cram, Denny Hamlin's restart controversy, Martin Truex Jr.'s domination and more -- plus, re...

Big thanks again to the great folks with GalaxyCon for the chance to cover their Richmond event again this spring! Hope to be back out for Nightmare Weekend this fall. This is Part 2 of a collection of interviews from the weekend. I chatted with: - Chris Parnell (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock, Archer, Rick & Morty) - Barry Bostwick (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Incredibles 2, Spin City) - Wit...

Huge thanks to GalaxyCon Richmond 2024 for having me out to cover the event again a couple weekends back! I was fortunate enough to interview some amazing actors, artists and guests during the event, as I did with Nightmare Weekend last year. This is Part 1 of a collection of interviews from the weekend. I chatted with: - Corbin Bernsen (Major League, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Dentist) - Dino Stama...

Just days after the Richmond Spiders' women's basketball team won the Atlantic 10 tournament championship out in Henrico in early March, I sat down with head coach Aaron Roussell and senior forward -- and A-10 tourney Most Outstanding Player -- Addie Budnik to talk hoops. We chatted about what that moment was like as UR clinched the tournament title, their impressive regular season, prep...

A few days before the University of Richmond women's basketball team headed to Columbus for their NCAA Tournament matchup with Duke, I sat down with graduate forward Anna Camden to talk about her first season as a Spider. Though she didn't play due to an ACL injury, we discussed the recovery process, what led her to Richmond after four years at Penn State, working with SpiderTV and her s...