I Played, Too

Kalamazoo Wings assistant coach and former Huntsville Havoc player Billy McCreary (whose cousin is Hockey Hall of Fame referee Bill McCreary) joins the show. Billy talks about winning league titles with both Huntsville and the New Jersey Outlaws, playing on a line with Zach Parise at Shattuck St. Mary's, getting to meet Mike Modano, how he got his current role with Kalamazoo, why it didn't...

Former college lacrosse player and current St Louis Cardinals broadcaster Stefan Caray (whose broadcasting relatives include Harry Caray, Skip Caray, Chip Caray and Chris Caray) joins the show. Stefan talks about calling an Athletics-Cardinals series with his twin brother Chris, being in Chicago in 2016 during the Cubs' World Series title run, his love of lacrosse and playing in college at Win...

Former Illinois women's college basketball star Tauja Catchings, whose sister Tamika Catchings is a Basketball Hall of Famer, joins the show. Tauja talks about playing against Tamika in college, her book "Faith on the Sidelines,"  the Catch the Stars Foundation that she co-founded with Tamika, young players having to navigate NIL and social media, watching her son Kanon play in the N...

Voice over actor, musician, and comic book artist Jesse Blaze Snider (son of Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider) returns to the show. Jesse talks about working with his family, why he feels his script for The Punisher potentially influenced the look of Heath Ledger's Joker character, how his frustrations with the comic book and entertainment industries led to his creation of Black Light Distri...

Former Louisville Cardinals quarterback and professional wrestler Erik Watts (son of wrestler and promoter Bill Watts) joins the show. Erik talks bringing Andre the Giant to show-and-tell, a kind gesture from "Macho Man" Randy Savage, being behind the curtain at MSG when The Kliq broke kayfabe, being teammates with future NFL head coach and Arena Football legend Jay Gruden, how Buff Bagw...

Actor, comic book artist, and voice over actor Jesse Blaze Snider (son of Twisted Sister vocalist Dee Snider) joins the show. He talks being a voice over actor for Burger King, Game Stop and for over 200 episodes of Food Paradise, his great impressions such as Bobcat Goldthwait and Leo Sayer, his upcoming music and comic book projects, why he thinks The Beatles were the first boy band, his love of...

Former college baseball player and current data analyst for the Texas Rangers Braden Halladay, whose father is Hall of Fame pitcher Roy Halladay, joins the show.  Braden talks about playing at High Point University and helping to create a winning culture, the difficulty of being a teenager and losing his father, playing for Canada as a member of their junior national team and getting to face Bo Bi...

Former Miami(OH) college hockey player Phil Knies, whose brother is Toronto Maple Leaf forward Matthew Knies, joins the show. Phil talks his career at Miami and being named captain his senior season, knowing Auston Matthews as a teenager, the commercial he did for Adidas alongside Matthew, being coached at a young age by current Vancouver Canucks head coach Adam Foote, his family moving from Slova...

Former Wake Forest basketball player Anthony Bilas, whose father is current ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas, joins the show. Anthony talks about starting his first game on Senior Day vs Florida State, his current role as Director of Statistics and Original Programming with the WWE, playing a pick-up game against Tim Duncan and Chris Paul, working at CBS Sports with Jay Wright and Ernie Johnson,...

Retired hockey player Mark Heatley, whose brother is former NHL All-Star and Olympic gold medalist Dany Heatley, joins the show. Mark talks about winning multiple league titles in the German second division, meeting Justin Bieber while playing for Manchester in the UK, currently living near Freiburg in Germany, the advice he got from college teammate and future NHL All-Star Joe Pavelski, why Hallo...

This week, Northern Michigan junior lacrosse goalie Lauren Esposito, whose grandfather Tony Esposito and great-uncle Phil Esposito are both members of the Hockey Hall of Fame, joins the show. Lauren talks about having Chiari malformation and the difficulties that come with it, undergoing Chiari malformation surgery prior to her sophomore season in college, her first game back after the surgery,  b...

Softball player Alexa Langeliers, whose brother Shea Langeliers plays for the Athletics and was the August 2025 American League player of the month, joins the show. Alexa talks about playing in the Women's College World Series with Texas Tech, overcoming some mental health struggles and her belief how important it is to talk to someone about them,  spending a summer interning in Boston, her pa...

UTSA quarterback Owen McCown, son of former NFL quarterback and current Minnesota Vikings assistant Josh McCown, joins the show. Owen talks about being the starter at UTSA, why he tries to model his game after Drew Brees, the McCown family's love of basketball, setting a UTSA single-game record for most passing yards, how he ended up at UTSA after initially going to Colorado,  why he enjoys ti...

George Washington gymnast Nancy Kiner, whose grandfather Ralph Kiner is a MLB Hall of Famer, joins the show. She talks about working with former US Olympic gymnast Chris Waller and winning the beam as a high school senior at Waller's Heart of a Champion Meet, spending the summer interning for the Washington Nationals, being a photographer, having her work displayed in the El Segundo(CA) Museum...

This week, former tennis player Cassidy Boyer, whose cousin Freddie Freeman is a nine-time MLB All-Star and a two-time World Series champion and whose sister Carson Branstine currently plays on the WTA Tour, joins the show. Cassidy talks about originally committing to Utah State,  playing her sister Constance in juniors, how transferring to UC-Irvine led her to meeting her future husband Markus, g...

This week college baseball player Tyler Cox, whose father is Tony-award nominated actor Richard Cox, joins the show.  Tyler talks about how his baseball path has taken him from California to New Hampshire to Texas, playing at Globe Life Field for the Big XII tournament, being an Angels fan and getting to see the impact of Shohei Ohtani, how to marry the new and old schools of thought in baseball w...

Baseball player Jaden Sheffield, whose father Gary Sheffield is a nine-time MLB All-Star and whose great uncle is former Cy Young winner Dwight Gooden, joins the show. Jaden talks about playing against his brother Noah in a game vs Florida State, his close relationship with his dad, the advice he received from Jazz Chisholm Jr., his favorite professor at Georgetown, going viral for being ejected i...

This week, former NHL defenseman Bill Mikkelson, whose daughter Meaghan Mikkelson won 2 Olympic gold medals for Canada and whose son Brendan Mikkelson played in the NHL and has been a guest on the podcast, joins the show. Bill talks about playing for two expansion franchises in the New York Islanders and Washington Capitals, owning the worst single-season plus/minus rating in NHL history, growing...

Former Utah Valley University basketball player and current assistant Trey Young, whose cousin Vince Young led the University of Texas to the 2005 National Title, joins the show. Trey talks about how he originally got to Utah Valley as a player, how beating Rice as a player eventually led to becoming a grad assistant at VCU, a family trip to watch his cousin play in the Rose Bowl, the importance o...

Chayse Primeau, whose father Keith Primeau is a former NHL All-Star and whose uncle Wayne Primeau has been a guest on the podcast, joins the show.  Chayse talks about playing college hockey at both Nebraska-Omaha and Notre Dame, how competitive the Primeau family is, playing with his brother Cayden in both high school and in the USHL with Lincoln, going to a Nebraska Cornhuskers vs Oregon Ducks co...

This week indoor and beach volleyball player Natalie Glenn, whose father is former NFL wide receiver Terry Glenn, joins the show. Natalie talks her college career going from Minnesota to Long Beach State, losing her father in an automobile accident and overcoming all the trauma associated with it, how she lost then regained her love of volleyball, her love of the TV show Abbott Elementary,  differ...

This week podcast host and writer Kelly Carlin-McCall, whose father George Carlin is an legendary stand-up comedian, joins the show. Kelly talks about her Humans on the Verge podcast, working with director Judd Apatow, being at Summerfest in Milwaukee with her parents, donating her dad's archives to the National Comedy Center, her memoir "A Carlin Home Companion," how she met comedia...

This week Broadway and theater actress Nikka Graff Lanzarone, whose mother is Broadway and tv actress Ilene Graff and whose father Ben Lanzarone was a composer and pianist, joins the show. Nikka talks about playing Velma Kelly in "Chicago" on Broadway,  her one-woman show "Hero Worship," having and writing about battles with depression, the important advice she's received from her parents, co...

This week former college baseball player Jared Van Der Beek, whose brother James Van Der Beek starred in Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues, joins the show. Jared talks about playing college baseball at Vermont, acting with his brother growing up, overcoming concussions in high school, a family trip to the Caribbean when he was a child,  his Pathway2Healing practice which blends Eastern and Western...

Volleyball player Lauren Harrison, whose brother Christian Harrison was a multi-sport athlete in Georgia, joins the show. She talks about playing abroad in Switzerland and getting the opportunity to see the country, her favorite matches from playing at Baylor, tearing her ACL, the memories of her grandmother's garden from growing up, the meaning behind her first tattoo, the reason behind her trans...