Legends of Sportsball

Shawn Travis Kemp Sr. (born November 26, 1969) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Seattle SuperSonics , Cleveland Cavaliers , Portland Trail Blazers , and Orlando Magic in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed the "Reign Man", he was a six-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA Second Team member.

Kevin Darnell Mitchell (born January 13, 1962) is an American former Major League Baseball left fielder. Mitchell was a two-time All-Star and the 1989 NL MVP.

Doris Burke is a Hall of Fame broadcaster and one of the leading national NBA commentators, having covered basketball for three decades.

Special episode alert! We recorded this at the Jungle Jim's podcasting studio with special guest comedian Mark Borison. Join us for some laughs as we deep dive one of our favorite all-time human beings, "The Cowboy" Jeff Brantley.

Ernie Harwell is the only broadcaster ever to be traded for a player.  That explains the brilliance of the man that dedicated his life to baseball, spending 55 years as a broadcaster and 42 years calling Detroit Tigers games.

Robert Lee Elder was an American professional golfer. In 1975, he became the first African-American to play in the Masters Tournament, where he missed the cut. Elder was invited to the tournament after he won the 1974 Monsanto Open

Andre Previn Rison was born March 18th, 1967, in Flint, Michigan. Rison blossomed into a star football player at Flint Northwestern High School, and would commit to play for Michigan State University. As a Michigan State Spartan, Andre was featured as both a wide receiver and kick returner. In his senior year, Andre turned 30 catches into 709 yards and 5 touchdowns; heavily contributing to a 1987...

Our second annual season finale awards show, The Sportys. We award "Golden Peaches" to winners in six unique categories. Who do you think won Jabroni of the Year in '21?

Season's greetings! Our Christmas episode includes special holiday segments "Impish or Admirable" as well as the legendary "Letters To Santa".

This week we induct former NFL defensive specimen Lyle Alzado, as well as conclude Jabroni History Month.  Comedians Andrew Rudick and Gabe Kea return to guest star in our second annual Thanksgiving Day fantasy classic Turkey Bowl.

Vontaze DeLeon Burfict Jr is a former American football linebacker. He played college football at Arizona State. Considered the most highly ranked football prospect Arizona State ever signed to a letter of intent, Burfict was recognized as an All-American in 2010 and projected an early first round pick for the 2012 NFL Draft. However, a mediocre on-field performance and poor pre-draft workouts dim...

Former NFL and USFL running back Herschel Walker is this week's inductee, here in the second week of Jabroni History Month, 2021.

Tracy Donald Jones was born March 31st, 1961, in Hawthorne, California. Jones was a standout baseball player at Lawndale high school and would go on to play outfield for Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Tracy would be drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1982 amateur draft, but he did not sign. In January of 1983, Jones was selected as the first overall pick of the secon...

Legends of Sportsball: Halloween Sportacular II

The Rally Monkey was officially created on June 6, 2000, in a game against the Giants at Angel Stadium. Video board operators Dean Fraulino and Jaysen Humes had no clue how big it would eventually become for the organization.

Carlos Juan Delgado Hernandez was born June 25th, 1972, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to Carlos “Don Cao” Delgado and his mother Carmen Digna Hernandez. Both Don Cao and Carlos’ grandfather, Asdrúbal “Pingolo” Delgado, were prominent figures in Aguadilla, and while Carlos admits that this made him feel “protected”, he wasn’t allowed to be a kid or get in trouble. At the age of 16, Carlos had 5 differe...

Drew McQueen Bledsoe was born February 14th, 1972, in Ellensburg, Washington, to Mac and Barbara Bledsoe, who were both school teachers. The Bledsoe’s moved five different times before Drew reached the sixth grade, but they’d finally settle in Walla Walla, Washington. Drew attended Walla Walla High School where he lettered in football, basketball, and track, and his father served as his football c...

Chad Javon Johnson was born January 9th, 1978, in Miami, Florida. When Chad was very young, his mother, Paula, moved to Los Angeles with his younger brother, Chauncey, but sadly did not take Chad with them. Chad’s father would be in prison for almost all of his childhood and the two would not meet until Chad was out of high school. Instead, Chad was raised by his grandmother, Bessie Mae Flowers, a...

Maurice Christopher Jones-Drew was born March 23rd, 1985, in Oakland, California, to Sidney Gayles and Andrea Drew. Maurice was raised in Antioch, California by his maternal grandparents, Maurice and Christina Jones, and would attend De La Salle High School in Concord. Maurice competed in track and football during high school, playing both linebacker and running back. De La Salle owns the record f...

Kenneth Leonard Carter was born September 12th, 1973, in Westerville, Ohio, just northeast of Columbus. Kenneth would go by the name Ki-Jana, nicknamed to him after a character from ‘Shaft In Africa’, and has gone by that name since his birth. Carter attended Westerville South High School where he starred in basketball, track, and football; earning All-American honors at running back, in 1991. Fol...

Larry Kenneth Robert Walker Jr., was born December 1st, 1966 in Maple Ridge, a suburb of Vancouver, Canada, to Larry Sr., and Mary Walker, both of Scottish decent. Larry Jr. was the youngest of four sons, Barry, Carey and Gary, with all four boys dreaming of playing in the NHL. Early on, Larry wanted to be a pro-goaltender, and made a childhood friend with future Hockey Hall of Famer Cam Neely. Wa...

Jason Steven Plummer was born December 19th, 1974, in Boise, Idaho, to Steve, a lumber wholesaler, and Marilyn Plummer, a teacher. Jason, who preferred Jake, and his brothers Eric and Brett, grew up in Smiley Creek, Idaho, which was a town of about 50 people in the Sawtooths, a section of the Rocky Mountains. Jake was a three-sport, star athlete, playing baseball, basketball and football at Capita...

Althea Neale Gibson was born August 25th, 1927, in the town of Silver, South Carolina, to Daniel and Annie Bell Gibson, who worked as sharecroppers. The Great Depression would hit farmers and the Gibson’s hard, so in 1930, the family moved to Harlem, New York in the Great Migration. It was in Harlem that Althea, and her three sisters and one brother, would grow up in a Police Athletic League, wher...

Vladimir Alvino Guererro was born February 9th, 1975, in Nizao, Dominican Republic as one of nine children. In his youth, Vladimir and his siblings would play make-shift baseball on bare feet, with a stick for a bat, and lemons wrapped in rags for baseballs. The Guerrero’s were not well-off financially, and Vlad often worked with his grandfather tending to cattle, rather than going to school. It w...

Roberto Martin Antonio Bonilla was born February 23rd, 1963, in the South Bronx of New York City, to parents Roberto Sr. and Regina Bonilla. The Bonilla’s lived near the infamous 40th precinct in the Bronx, an area known for robberies and homicides and not many success stories, but Bobby knew he was destined to play Professional baseball. From a young age, Bobby learned to tune out the climate of...