It's Never Just A Game

The Pesci brothers interview 1980 Olympic Gold Medalist, member of the Miracle on Ice U.S.A hockey team, Jack O'Callahan. Reliving the U.S.A's semi-final win over the heavily favored Soviet team and defeating Finland for the Gold Medal. Listen in as the Pesci Brothers breakdown why It's Never Just A Game. 

Good news, baseball is back! Former CEO of Chiquita, Fernando Aguirre joins the show and tells how coming to America to play baseball changed the course of his life. Fernando  also takes the Pesci Brothers through his career and the lessons he learned as a CEO. NJ and Greg then talk about goal setting and why it is important to be open to coaching.

NJ and Greg tell stories about Pop for Father's Day. An interview with Olympic swimmer Jason Lezak, recounting his record breaking swim in the 4X100 Men's Free Relay in the 2008 Beijing Olympics to win gold and beat the favored French. If you're afraid, don't get in the water!

Richie Norton talks about his book, "The Power of Starting Something Stupid." How you need to start living and doing what you love while you have the chance. The Pesci brothers talk about how fear and doubt will hold you back from achieving your full potential. It's all business on this week's It's Never Just A Game. 

The Pesci brothers take a trip down memory lane with Coach Ryan Odom as his number 16 seed, UMBC, shocks number 1 seed Virginia. Coach talks the game, the win, hard work, dedication, and passion. 

Author Joan Ryan talks about her book, "Intangibles" and the impact of team chemistry on sports (1:06-31:36). In It's O-V-A, OVA, AJ talks about his superstitions while watching the NY Yankees in the play-offs, "Get Up, or Get Out!" (31:36-40:10). The Pesci brothers talk about making soap for Proctor&Gamble and the great teams they worked with while doing it (40:10-55:...

Leo Pearlman, Executive Producer of "Sunderland 'Til I Die" talks all things Sunderland, pitching Netflix, and the new 2021 Cinderella. When is $175 million not enough? Dak wants more, and we don't know how to spend $20 million.

Tone-deaf MLB pitcher Blake Snell says he needs to get paid, not pitching unless "I get mine." Is the shortened MLB season already at risk? He also seemed shocked that he has to pay taxes on his earnings, like the rest of us do. Pop joins the show and recounts his time growing up in the Bronx and how he started swimming at age eleven. Just a few years later swimming helps him earn enough...

We finally got some good news this week with the NFL schedule coming out, Brady and Brees week one, Taysom got paid, and who is the QB week one for the Cowboys? College Football: Are we playing? What happens if certain states don’t let their boys play? Does a conference go forward with only half of its teams? We discuss all of this and more (00:00-28:27). Former T.V. Executive, Steve Gigliotti, ex...

We break down Tom Verducci's "The Cub's Way" giving a strategic approach to winning the World Series (00:00-23:30). It's OVA for the Houston Astros, AJ let's the fastballs fly, and not even Sammy the Bull is safe (23:30-29:06). Third overall pick in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, Dylan Nealis, talks FaceTime with David Beckham and the influence of his brothers on his succes...

The Voice of the BYU Cougars, Greg Wrubell, joins the show and shares his thoughts on all things BYU. From Steve Young as Cosmo the Cougar, to the current QB competition, and finally to the impact of Mark Pope on the basketball program (3:47-58:17). Mailbag: In our first letter, a listener asks us, what are we watching on T.V. without live sports (58:17-64:13). It's OVA: Gronk goes to the Buc...

NFL analyst, voice of Madden, and University of Tennessee Hall-of-Famer, Charles Davis shares his insight on a number of subjects including the NFL draft, life without Tom Brady in New England and how the Vols QB situation might play out.   And we will end our first episode with one of our most entertaining segments, and that is, "It’s O-V-A, OVA." Yeah, that’s how you spell it.