Airing It Out-Files From Leahy's Broadcast Booth

Happy Thanksgiving! This week we celebrate this special holiday by visiting with good friend Ken Cail. A longtime New Hampshire sportscaster and former voice of the New Hampshire Monarchs as well as multiple time New Hampshire Sportscaster Of the Year, we examine the four F’s of Thanksgiving- family, food, football, and fun. Wherever you celebrate this year, I wish you all a joyous and blessed Tha...

This episode is one of my most popular ones- and this week I am airing a replay of it. My guest was Chuck Kaiton, the longtime voice of the Hartford Whalers and the Carolina Hurricanes. We reminisced about Chuck’s time in Hartford and Raleigh, and discussed various elements of hockey broadcasting.

In this episode I caught up with Merrimack men’s head hockey coach Scott Borek. We discussed the team and it’s play thus far as well as touching on the untimely passing of assistant coach Josh Ciocco.

In this episode, I caught up with Andy Powers, the radio color commentator of Boston College hockey. Listen as Andy shares his colorful background and career, thoughts on Boston College hockey and thoughts about the upcoming BC-Merrimack weekend.

Former NHL referee and player Paul Stewart joins me in this week’s episode as we discuss a wide range of topics, including classic arenas, fisticuffs from his playing days, fisticuffs from an official’s perspective, a special memorabilia exhibition , a special reunion and a special look back at a mutual old friend.

Catching up with my new work with ESPN, my crazy schedule, and an update on our crazy house adventure.

This episode features Canton (MA) high school educator Ed McDonough, who teaches visual production at Canton (MA) High School. For two decades, Ed has had a passion for teaching the youth of today about the fine art of visual storytelling. Broadcasting work has been a large component of that. In this episode we talk about everything from storytelling to high school football to human interest stori...

This week I take time and share my most downloaded episode of the podcast to date- a chat with College Hockey News and Mack Report reporter Mike McMahon. Nearing the end of our first season, I thought I’d take some time to reshare the most listened to episode. Stay tuned for the season premiere of Season 2 in a few weeks!

In this episode, I invite in my longtime childhood friend and hockey expert Peter Sewcyk to preview the 2022-23 NHL season. Pete is a physical therapist based out of Randolph, MA. who is fully capable of working in the hockey industry- his wealth of hockey knowledge is vast. We take a look at the four divisions and break down all 32 teams.

Stopping by this week is former Boston Red Sox radio play by play voice Jerry Trupiano, a veteran play by play voice who has worked for multiple teams over the course of his brilliant career. Jerry was a wonderful guest who had wonderful stories to tell. I hope you enjoy this wonderful episode!

This episode takes an in depth look at the upcoming 2022-23 Hockey East men’s season. Along with Merrimack color analyst and CHN reporter Mike Machnik, as well as college hockey podcaster Ian Beauchesne, we preview all 11 teams and share our thoughts on the upcoming season. I hope you enjoy this in depth look into the league!

With college hockey season just around the corner, this week’s episode features CBS Sports Network analyst Dave Starman, who breaks down the upcoming season. We take a look at all six conferences as well as the independent teams.

This episode features long time sports information professional Pete Divito, a former colleague of mine at Merrimack. Listen as Pete shares his time in the industry and what goes into the job of being a sports information director. A fascinating guest who also works with the New York Jets.

In this episode, I reflect back on some memories of the legendary Vin Scully and top it off with a few of my favorite baseball stories from my vast library of baseball archived notes.

This episode features Lisa Pride, the play by play voice of the Jupiter Hammerheads and Palm Beach Cardinals of the Florida State League. The wife of former MLB player Curtis Pride, she is one of a handful of female play by play broadcasters. Here is her amazing story.

This episode dives into the 2022 NFL season as I preview the upcoming season with Jason (Jay-Dawg) Arsenault , a New Hampshire radio personality. Find out where your favorite team stands as the season kicks off.

In this episode, I chose a few songs that my father loved and did my best to recreate them myself. I hope I did Dad justice enough.

This episode features longtime college hockey broadcaster and colleague Dan Parkhurst. We talk about his storied broadcast career, spanning from his start on student radio at UNH right up to his work on the NBC Sports Network. We also take a look at his love of music, his thoughts on his daughter’s successful music life, and his current work with website development and management.

This week I chat with Worcester Red Sox play by play voice Mike Antonellis. We explore Mike’s background and his path to become the voice of the Boston Red Sox AAA play by play voice,.

This episode features one of the play by voices of the Worcester Red Sox and the voice of the Hockey East Game of the Week on NESN, Tyler Murray. Tyler has done a wide variety of sports in his career, and his resume is very impressive. As a tease, Tyler shares a thought that I’ve believed in all my life- all you need is one person who believes in you. I hope you enjoy our discussion.

Joining me this week is the radio voice of the Portland Sea Dogs, the AA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, Emma Tiedemann. Learn about Emma’s fascinating sportscasting background that has taken her from Alaska to Maine and many points in between. We also explore the evolvement of women in the sportscasting industry. I hope you enjoy this episode with this most fascinating guest.

Joining me this week is the voice of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats and 6 time New Hampshire Sportscaster Of the Year Bob Lipman.

In this episode, I dive into some baseball talk with the beat writer for the Boston Red Sox from the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune, Mac Cerullo. We examine the Boston Red Sox, a look around the Red Sox organization, and some general baseball discussion.

In this episode, I visit with Helen Williams, coach, basketball TV analyst, educator, public speaker, and author. Helen and I worked together at Merrimack College, as she served as head coach for women’s basketball. She is a mentor for coaches in addition to her many other roles.

Joining me this week is former colleague Josh Caray, voice of the Rocket City Trash Pandas, the AA affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. Josh is the son of the late Skip Caray, Hall of Fame voice of the Atlanta Braves, and the grandson of Harry Caray, the legendary former voice of the Chicago Cubs.