Dogs on the Hill

In the latest episode of Dawgs on the Hill, host Haley Fisackerly takes the Dawgs on the Road down to Winter Park for the 2025 Rollins College Alumni Meet. In this excerpt, join Haley for an exclusive interview with Head Coach Walker Thaning on the current state of the program. Go Tars!

Welcome to the NEW Dawgs on the Hill Podcast! Host Haley Fisackerly interviews Rollins College senior Diego Spielmann on the current landscape of Rollins Swimming as the Tars prepare for the beginning of their 2025-26 season. Join Haley and Diego as they look at the Tars meet schedule and discuss Diego's summer and mindset going into his final year on the team.

The 2023 college football season kicked off this weekend and gave us plenty to talk about. Diego Spielmann joins the show to look over the weekend and discuss narratives going forward this season. Coach Prime looks to be leading Colorado in the right direction, defenses showed out in a battle of the Carolinas, Florida State put the pedal to the metal in the second half against LSU, and Oregon'...

In just a few days, the Pac-12 lost five of its members. In only 14 months, the Pac-12 dropped from 12 member universities to four. How did this happen? Conference realignment has been a summer headline for college sports for the last three years. Join host Reeves Fisackerly in this new episode of DOGS ON THE HILL to learn where Oregon, Washington, Colorado, and more will be playing in 2024 and he...

The MLB All-Star Break begins Monday, marking the midpoint of the MLB season. The top talent in the league will face each other as the National League versus the American League on Tuesday night. Now is a great window to discuss where teams and players stand after the first half of the season. Join host Reeves Fisackerly in this first installment of the new series "Summer Lull" for this...

The NBA and NHL seasons have reached their finales! Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and Denver Nuggets tips off Thursday Night in Denver. Can Jimmy Butler and the Heat continue their underdog success story and muster enough strength to power through the mighty Denver Nuggets led by Nikola Jokić hoping to grab their first NBA championship? The Stanley Cup Final has unlikely faces th...

Game 3 of the Western Conference Final in the NBA between the Nuggets and Lakers is tonight. After the Nuggets came back and took a 2-0 series lead in Denver on Thursday, can the Lakers respond in their first home game of the series? In the NHL, after a 4OT thriller on Thursday, the Panthers and Hurricanes are back in action in Raleigh. Will the Panthers continue to soar after the momentum they bu...

It's a football Wednesday on Dogs on the Hill! The NFL Draft begins with Round 1 on Thursday night. How many quarterbacks will be taken on night one? Who should be taken, who will, and when will they go? The Alabama Crimson Tide are making headlines with Bryce Young and Will Anderson, Jr., but are there any other members of the Tide who fans should be paying attention to this weekend? There ha...

Guest Diego Spielmann joins the show to talk a variety of topics. Since 1968, the A's have called Oakland home. That will change come the 2027 MLB season when they move to Las Vegas. In a ten year span, Vegas has added the Raiders, A's, and Golden Knights, just to name a few. The Premier League table looks very different this year than years past. Will Arsenal hold the number one spot, or...

The Stanley Cup Playoffs begin today with the first matchup seeing the New York Islanders visit the Hurricanes in Raleigh. In this episode, host Reeves Fisackerly shares his picks and predictions for the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the first round to the final based on statistical research he conducted that dives into team by team analytics. Will the division winners run the table or will a dark hor...

The NBA Playoffs begin today with the first matchup seeing the Brooklyn Nets visit the 76ers in Philadelphia. In this episode, host Reeves Fisackerly shares his picks and predictions for the NBA Playoffs from the first round to the final based on statistical research he conducted that dives into team by team analytics. Will the #1 seeds run the table or will a dark horse emerge and cause chaos? Wh...

The Tampa Bay Rays have extended their win streak to 12, winning their first 12 games of the season as they continue to chase history. With the Stanley Cup Playoffs approaching, the field of 16 is set. For the first time since 2005, that field will not include the Pittsburgh Penguins. The NBA Play-In tournament began Tuesday and saw some wild comeback wins by the Lakers and Bulls. Who will be the...

The NBA playoffs start tonight with the play-in round, first with the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat and then the Minnesota Timberwolves and Los Angeles Lakers. Which teams have the edge and who will make it to the full field of 16? Odell Beckham, Jr. surprised the NFL world when he announced he signed a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens. How will this affect the Ravens offense in the imme...

The NCAA Men's Basketball tournament final is set, as number five seed San Diego State will take on number four seed UConn. The Aztecs have proven to be the best defense in the tournament while the Huskies have proven to be the best offense. Who will have the upper edge Monday night? Aaron Rodgers is still a Packer despite stating he intends to play for the Jets next season. What is going on b...

This may be the craziest men's NCAA basketball tournament ever, truly putting the word madness in "March Madness." Florida Atlantic will take on San Diego State in the first semifinal while Miami faces UConn in the second. Three teams have never made the final four before, but UConn has done so for the sixth time in program history. Lamar Jackson shared news via Twitter yesterday tha...

A new era for the Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team will start next year as Ed Cooley, head coach at conference opponent Providence for the last decade, will take the helm. The Hoyas look to Cooley to save their program which has seen little success since Patrick Ewing took over in 2017. There were upsets galore in the first two rounds of the men's tournament, but the women's tour...

March Madness is upon us! The 2023 NCAA men's basketball tournament began with the rounds of 64 and 32 over the weekend which were full of upsets. Possibly the biggest upset was 16 seed Fairleigh Dickinson's five point win over number one seed Purdue, causing some to ask if this was the biggest upset in NCAA men's basketball history. A second one seed went down in round two, as Arkansa...

In this special episode of "Dogs on the Hill," Diego Spielmann joins the show to discuss current events in the NFL, NBA, and offer a selection for "Dog of the Day." The Chicago Bears made headlines last night when they traded their first overall pick in the 2023 NFL Draft to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for four draft picks and wide receiver DJ Moore. The New York Jets have reportedly worked...

NFL free agency is yet to begin, but players are still finding ways to sign new contracts, whether with their same teams or new ones. Derek Carr will play his 10th NFL season in a black jersey accented in gold rather than silver, as the quarterback signed a four year $150 million contract with the New Orleans Saints. While Carr leaves the west coast, Geno Smith will stay, signing a three year exte...

The NHL trade deadline is this Friday, and big moves are heating up! Chicago Blackhawks legend Patrick Kane has been traded to the New York Rangers, leaving the Blackhawks unquestionably in full rebuild mode and the Rangers with heightened a chance to win the Stanley Cup. As NHL player movement closes, the NFL is just starting the roster shakeup for the 2023 offseason. Leonard Fournette has reques...

"Dogs on the Hill" is back! It may be the offseason, but NFL news never sleeps. The Bears are in the spotlight as they try to decide the future of their franchise with the first overall pick in the upcoming 2023 NFL Draft. Do they draft top quarterback prospect Bryce Young, someone else, or trade the pick entirely? Speaking of quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers has emerged from his days in the dark while...

Super Bowl LVII lived up to the hype as the Kansas City Chiefs emerged victorious over the Philadelphia Eagles to win their second Super Bowl in the last four years. The third highest scoring Super Bowl in history, a 73 point night gave fans a pair of explosive offenses and a flag at the finish to remember. Chiefs fan and Kansas City native Sammy Brisch joins the show to share his point of view as...

Any thoughts of the Nets trying to make a championship run with Kevin Durant ended when they sent him to the Suns in a trade involving four first round draft picks going to Brooklyn. With the Nets entering a full on rebuild, the Suns are in win now mode, emerging as the favorite to represent the western conference in the NBA Finals and have the second best odds to win the title. Oklahoma and Texas...

Basketball history was made when LeBron James scored 38 points on February 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder. James passed NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the NBA's all time leader in points, now holding a career total of 38,388. In NFL news, Derek Carr will visit the New Orleans Saints on February 8, potentially emerging as a new front running franchise where Carr may play next season....

The collapse of what the Nets hoped would become a super team, consisting of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving, is upon us. With Irving traded to Dallas, joining Luka Dončić as a Maverick, Durant is now the only remaining member of the trio still playing as a Net. Reeves asks what the Nets do moving forward and if the Mavericks will climb the standings, or fall further down. In NFL news...