The Moonlight Graham Show

A "bucket list" guest is on this week's Moonlight Graham Show in Jayhawk killer Ali Farokhmanesh. Ali will be forever remembered for the two clutch shots that downed both UNLV and Kansas in the 2010 NCAA tournament and landed him on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Recorded in the University of Nebraska locker room, Tim and Ali candidly revisit "the shot" and much more.   After playing two years a...

Matt Bohannon is the all time 3 point leader at the University of Northern Iowa.  One of four in his family to play D1 hoops (including current Hawkeye stud Jordan), the brothers Bohannon are a basketball institution in the state of Iowa.  In this episode, Matt sits down with Tim, Andy, and Neil Flattery to talk about the epic March Madness moments that he is well known for at UNI, including the e...

"There is so much more that we have in ourselves" Peter Dill has been dubbed "The Ultimate Benchwarmer" for his time on the Seton Hall basketball team where his bench antics were lauded by ESPN, Huffington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. Pete is a unique student athlete and truly an inspiring story. For starters, he played very little organized basketball before walking onto the Division 1 prog...

Dan Lyons is a slick fielding veteran shortstop for the Long Island Ducks of the Atlantic League. A two- time Atlantic League All-Star and former member of the Washington National organization, Danny holds the distinction of being the only Rawlings Gold Glove winner in the history of the Atlantic League. Prior to his 11 year career in professional baseball, Lyons played college ball for the Iowa C...

World-class middle distance runner Tyler Mulder joins resident track correspondent Neil Flattery for an in-person chat about the Drake relays, Olympic trials, and the inside scoop on competing professionally with the Oregon Track Club. Highlights include training with the great Nick Symmonds and the humorous tale of rooming with a Polish Shot Putter while competing overseas.   A native of Orange C...

In this episode of the Moonlight Graham Show, Tim Flattery and Ben Meyer have a conversation with the type of guest that we have always dreamed of welcoming to the studio. Nic Ungs is an eleven year Professional Baseball veteran pitcher for both the Florida Marlins and Milwaukee Brewers organizations, among others. He's a true pro and has all the stories to show for it, including his experience in...

In this special episode, The Moonlight Graham Show takes a slightly different direction than our typical conversation with a former or current player. If you are interested in NASCAR and the inner workings of big time sports marketing, then you will enjoy this conversation with Jimmy Small, the President of the Iowa Speedway.  Highlights include Jimmy describing a classic story of bootstrapping hi...

This is a landmark episode for the Moonlight Graham Show as we were privileged to have a conversation with Iowa Hawkeye football legend and true Moonlighter Chuck Hartlieb.  In this conversation, Chuck tells the legendary underdog story of beating out Mark McGwire's brother to win the starting QB gig. He describes the all-time classic win against Ohio State in '87 that gave Iowa their first win in...

It was a special honor to sit down for a conversation with the distinguished Adam Emmenecker. Adam was THE Cinderella story of the Cinderella team of college basketball in 2007-2008 and was very gracious in sharing stories from his career.  Topics of discussion include the vital role that innocent hazing plays in team camaraderie, inside the world of professional basketball life, and the thrill an...

Our conversation with Jack Brownlee was so enjoyable that we cut it into 2 parts. No joke- Part 2 is even better than the first. In this episode, Jack unloads some gems. Highlights include the time he went head-to-head with Dwyane Wade, his personal experience that demonstrates why Billy Donovan can recruit his ass off, and the time he got picked over Kyle Korver to play on a star-studded AAU team...

This conversation with Jack Brownlee is the epitome of why we created this show. Our friend Jack is the Iowa High School all-time assists leader out of our very own Saint Edmond High School in Fort Dodge, IA. At 6'0'' 160lbs, Jack grinded and persevered when he turned down scholarships out of high school to play JUCO basketball, to become a walk-on in the Big 10 conference, to finally become a sch...

In this special conversation, Tim and Neil discuss old guy baseball stories, getting drafted 4 times to the MLB, and records that will never be broken (literally) with our Dad, Dave Flattery.  Dad is a former High School All-American pitcher, an Iowa State Cyclone, and holds the unique distinction of being one of the only players ever drafted 4 times by MLB teams and never signing.

Current Nike Athlete, Erik Sowinski, tells the remarkable story of getting the call to run in the premier indoor track meet in the country while working at a shoe store in Iowa City. He scrambled to get to the event on time and eventually shocked the world by upsetting a field full of Olympians to set the American Record in the 600m.

Ben Meyer is a former collegiate basketball player for Grand View College in Des Moines, IA. In this episode the guys cover everything from what it is like coming off of the bench to the coach threatening to pack Ben's dorm up for him. Enjoy! Permalink

Nick Kirk is the fascinating inaugural guest on the Moonlight Graham Show. Nick is a pitching coach at Loras College in Dubuque, IA and a former player for Northern Iowa Panthers baseball and the Cleveland Indians organization. In this episode, Nick, Tim, and Tom Griffin cover plenty of ground, including town-team ball in eastern Iowa, being a part of a loaded Cleveland Indians farm system, and th...

Christmas came early with the very first episode of the Moonlight Graham Show! In this introductory episode to The Moonlight Graham Show, brothers Tim, Andy, and Neil Flattery discuss a vision for a better sports podcast and (of course) the Field of Dreams.