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Jack welcomes back his trusty right-hand man and former college professor Andrew Stem to the show to recap all games, scores, news and stories from the tenth week of NFL action and the eleventh week of the college football season. First however, Andrew and Jack share some thoughts on the first week of the college basketball season, and when the proper time to put up Christmas lights is. Then, they...

Jack welcomes Andrew Stem back to the show once again, to preview the 2021-2022 college basketball season! Together, they take a look at the lead stories heading into the season: Coach K's final season, the college coaching carousel, players transferring nationwide and players *legally* collecting paychecks in the sport of college basketball for the first time in college sports history. How will t...

Jack's friend and former Carthage College classmate James Ivkovic returns to the Jack Vita Show to recap NFL Week 9 (0:00 - 37:50) and the tenth week of the college football season (37:50 - END). There's a lot to cover from the first weekend of November! Jack and James discuss Derek Carr's MVP case, the Browns cutting Odell Beckham Jr. loose, the Steelers and Bears clashing on Monday night, the Mi...

The Atlanta Braves have defied the odds and won the 2021 World Series! Jack has three friends that are lifelong Braves fans call in to share their thoughts and break down the World Series. Back on June 20 when the Braves were 5.5 games out of first place in the NL East with a losing record, former Bachelorette contestant and current golf pro Garrett Powell predicted on this show that the Braves wo...

Jack welcomes back Chad Vautherine to the show to recap the weekend's sports action, including a World Series update, and how the Braves have taken a 3-1 lead in the World Series (0:00 - 24:25). Is this the last dance season for the Astros' core, as we know it? If the Braves run away with this series, is it indicative that the National League was better than the American League this year? Did the...

The Atlanta Braves and Houston Astros are heading to the World Series! Ryan Pacatte and Jack recap the ALCS and NLCS and talk about how the Braves dethroned the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, finally breaking through after losing to the Dodgers in two of the Braves' last three postseason trips. How did a supremely talented Dodgers team come up short to a team that won 20 fewer games? Ryan...

In this special bonus episode of the Jack Vita Show, longtime Braves fan and Survivor: Africa contestant Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper calls in to celebrate the Braves' first National League pennant since 1999. T-Bird attended the Braves' NL pennant-clinching game 6 of the NLCS at Truist Park in Atlanta Saturday night. T-Bird tells us of her experience at the historic game, her 40-year friendship with Br...

Jack is joined by his high school friends Connor Boehm and Nathan Rice to recap the seventh week of the NFL season (0:00 - 24:50) and the eighth week of college football season (24:50 - END).   Along the way they talk Justin Fields' development after a brutal game at Tampa Bay, the source of the Chicago Bears' enduring problems, the Kansas City Chiefs' early season struggles, the Bengals 5-2 start...

Philadelphia Phillies fan favorite All-Star second baseman (and member of the 1993 Phillies' World Series team) Mickey Morandini visits the Jack Vita Show to break down the 2021 ALCS and NLCS, reflect on his All-Star career and talk about how the game of baseball has changed since the 1990s. Mickey and Jack talk 1998 Home Run chase, Cal Ripken Jr.'s streak, how the 1994 strike damaged the populari...

Back by popular demand, it's Bachelorette star, golf pro, Mississippi State alum, and friend of the Jack Vita Show, Garrett Powell! Garrett helps Jack recap the seventh week of college football action and NFL Week 6.   In this episode of the Jack Vita Show, Garrett and Jack get you caught up on the weekend's football scores, stories and news, in a week that saw yet another top 4 team fall, as the...

For the first time ever, Jack welcomes Orestes Destrade AND Albert Destrade BOTH to the show, to recap ALDS and NLDS, and preview the ALCS and NLCS! Orestes just completed his 12th season broadcasting Tampa Bay Rays' games on Bally Sports. Previously, he played 15 years of professional baseball and he worked at ESPN for five years as an analyst on Baseball Tonight, the Little League World Series a...

After two weeks off, Jack is back for another football episode of the Jack Vita Show! This week, he welcomes Fort Wayne NBC News anchor Jack Keenan to the show to recap everything from NFL Week 5 (0:00 - 51:25) and the sixth week of the college football season (51:25 - END), including: Russell Wilson having finger surgery and missing the next four to eight weeks, the Bears winning two straight wit...

Brian Cohen, cohost of The Challenge RHAP-Up Podcast on the Rob Has a Podcast network joins Jack to share his MLB regular season award selections and preview the 2021 MLB playoffs. Jack and Brian set the stage for both wild card games (Yankees-Red Sox and Cardinals-Dodgers), as well as all of the 2021 Division Series' including Rays-Yankees/Rays-Red Sox, White Sox-Astros, Braves-Brewers, Giants-Do...

Mario Lanza, creator of The Funny 115 and host of the Survivor Historians Podcast and Staff Picks, makes his annual visit to the Jack Vita Show. He and Jack take a look at the MLB playoff picture with just six days remaining in the regular season. After a quick rundown of where teams stand, Mario shares his thoughts on what has been a magical season for his Seattle Mariners, who will likely win 90...

Stephenie LaGrossa Kendrick is a Survivor great and a baseball wife. Her husband Kyle was a member of the 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies, but Stephenie is a star in her own right: she starred as a Division I all-conference lacrosse player where she won a conference championship, and a few years later, she quickly became one of the most popular, famous Survivor cast members the CB...

Andrew Stem ( @astem00 on Twitter) once again visits the show for a rundown of the weekend's football games, scores and news. Rookie quarterbacks seeing time and struggling was a common theme for Week 2 of the 2021 NFL season, as Zach Wilson threw four interceptions, and Justin Fields saw time in Andy Dalton's absence of the second of the Bears-Bengals game. Andrew and Jack discuss the pros and co...

Bally Sports' Tampa Bay Rays pregame and postgame analyst, former Marlins player, and former member of ESPN's Baseball Tonight team, Orestest Destrade returns to the Jack Vita Show for a quick rundown on the latest baseball news. The Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinals have moved in to American League and National League wild card positions, respectively. Both teams are heating up at the rig...

Jack welcomes back Paul Oren to the Jack Vita Show to recap Week 1 of NFL action and Week 2 of the college football season. First, Paul and Jack chat about the conclusion of the Greatest Sports Movie of All-Time bracket and Jack's first trip to Wrigley since the trade deadline, as he attended Friday's game: Kris Bryant's first return to Wrigley after being traded to the Giants (0:00 - 10:15). Then...

In the September 7th (2021) episode of the Jack Vita Show, Jack and Andrew Stem say "welcome back" to college football! Jack provides a rundown of the week's biggest games, scores and stories, and he and Andrew dive headfirst into college football to talk the ACC's embarrassing showing in week 1, Georgia-Clemson, Notre Dame-Florida State, Wisconsin-Penn State, the most impressive and disappointing...

Jack welcomes back CJ Revis for part two of our two-part 2021 NFL season preview, this time covering all things NFC, and revealing their Super Bowl and MVP picks. If you missed part one covering the entire AFC, check it out here . Together, CJ and Jack take a look at each NFC division and each NFC team's over/under win totals according to ESPN. CJ and Jack estimate how many wins each team will hav...

One week after releasing both parts of our two-part 2021 college football season preview , it's time to set the table for the coming NFL season! In part one of our two-part 2021 NFL season preview, CJ Revis, winner of our 2021 Jack Vita Show March Madness pool, joins Jack to preview the AFC side of the National Football League, in anticipation of the 2021 season. Together, they take a look at each...

Jack welcomes back Jonathan "JJ" Jaggard to the show as JJ's Yankees are playing better baseball than anybody right now. Prior to Saturday's loss in Oakland, the Bronx Bombers had won 13 straight, and the Red Sox have jumped back in to the AL's second Wild Card spot, potentially laying the groundwork for a Red Sox-Yankees Wild Card game for the ages if the standings hold through September. JJ, a d...

Just a few days out from the kickoff of the 2021 college football season, Andrew Stem joins Jack to preview for part two of our two-part college football season preview. In today's episode, Andrew and Jack put the Big Ten and the SEC under the microscope (0:00 - 34:25). As a Michigan alum, what are Andrew's thoughts on Jim Harbaugh's Wolverines heading into the season? What is Jack's outlook for h...

College football season is coming soon! In part one (of two) of our 2021 College Football Preview, Andrew Stem and Jack Vita take a close look at the Big 12 (0:00 - 16:45), ACC (16:45 - 26:10), Pac-12 (26:10 - 40:25), and the best Group of 5 and independent teams (40:25 - END) in anticipation of the coming season. Oklahoma and Clemson are generating the most hype out of the teams in these conferen...

Former NBA Phoenix Suns forward and current European basketball player Alec Peters visits the Jack Vita Show to discuss Valparaiso University's name change from the Crusaders to the "Beacons", his time playing at Valpo, his decision NOT to transfer from Valpo (find out which schools tried to pry him from Valpo!), his rookie season in the NBA (and career game where he went OFF for 36 points and 9 r...