The Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei

Pew, Pew, Pew ….he shoots and scores…  how does the force and hockey mesh! This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Justin McElwee. He's a baseball fan, a self proclaimed video game nerd and described by many on his beer league team as an extremely mediocre hockey player. If that doesn't grasp your curiosity his bank of worthless knowledge when it comes to Star Wars ju...

The thundering sound of engines roaring, the handing off of the Lombardi trophy and the awarding of Olympic Gold….. This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Jay Busbee. Busbee is a journalist who has been writing for Yahoo Sports since 2008. He has covered the Super Bowl, the Daytona 500, the Masters, the Indianapolis 500, the Kentucky Derby, the Final Four, NBA, NCAA...

He shoots and scores…..Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is bringing some serious hockey knowledge to the show. David Amber is a Canadian anchor for Sportsnet as a host and reporter. He is best known for his time doing NHL On the Fly on the NHL Network and as the anchor for Gate 5 Live, Raptors Pregame, and Raptors Post Up on NBA TV Canada. He had been an anchor...

The OG of MMA, well maybe one of the OG's…. This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Mike Murray. Murray fought in the first MMA in March of 1980. So No! UFC is not groundbreaking, people. It was the first sanctioned MMA fight recognized in the United States and the SHowtime documentary entitled "Tough Guys"  reaffirms that. Recognized with Dave Jones as the first two...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we are celebrating our 100th episode. Hard to believe when this all started back in March of 2020 that we would get to this point but we have and there is much, much more work to be done. We are joined on this episode by a regular recently in Mike Neubeiser and former high school and college coach Dave Mencarini. Dave does not disapp...

My guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei was born and raised in Erie, PA with a love of football. As a young boy, his uncle tried to brainwash him into becoming a Dallas Cowboys fan by sitting him in front of the TV and put on Cowboys film from the 90's. Finally he was able to escape from the spell he was under and follow in his grandfather's footsteps and become a Steel...

Taylor Green is a Board Member and Director of Communications for Black Girl Hockey Club . She leads on messaging and strategy to ensure BGHC's mission of advocating for the inclusion of Black women and girls in hockey resonates throughout all levels of the sport. Outside of her work with BGHC, she chairs the Youth Council of the Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA), where she works to affirm th...

Raining threes, throwing down tomahawk dunks and swatting weakness…our guest on this episode of Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Lauren Gunn. Gunn is a credentialed NBA media reporter who covers the Dallas Mavericks. She also does some writing for SB Nations "Mavs Moneyball" . Gunn is a co-host of the @The Gunnshot Podcast with her brother Grant Gunn @Gunn_Grant.  We will talk with Lau...

On Episode 1 of Season 3 the Barbershop Crew breaks down the 2022 NFL draft. We look at the best of round 1, sleeper picks, who helped themselves the most and which teams "dropped the ball" when it came to helping improve their team. For our "We just gotta know" segment the Crew will share some of the most interesting draft facts that have occurred through the years.    ===========================...

Think you can GM? Huh! We got together a handful of guys who are "GM wanna-bes" and mocked out the first 3 rounds of the NFL draft. Some picks were solid and some picks, were head scratchers. The best part about it was that it's the same way in the NFL. Check out our picks as your's truly moderates this event -filled adventure into the world of mock drafting.  ===========================  CONNECT...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we field questions from individuals from around the country who are fans of the show but have some burning questions that that need answers to. Along with Terri Maradei (yes, it's my beautiful and multi-talented wife) I attempt to give you some in depth knowledge on the sports information that is driving you crazy. Give it a listen a...

Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei hails from none other than Fitchburg Wisconsin. Stop racking your brain to figure out which famous person comes from Fitchburg, it's none other than fellow podcaster Thomas Duncan, Yes that Thomas Duncan! The one famous for being ta co-founder of Ronny Duncan Studios.  A prestigious Green Bay Packers Stockholder he swears his all...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Martina Kwan. Born in Hong Kong to a German mother and Chinese father, Martina Kwan was destined for a life that was different.  She spent her childhood in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, but credits living in war torn Beirut, Lebanon between the ages of 8-10, as an experience that defined much of her fearlessness today.   Af...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Thea Lafond. Thea LaFond is a triple jumper from Domineca. She competed at the 2016 SUmmer Olympics in the women's triple jump; her result of 12.82 meters in the qualifying round did not qualify her for the final. She was also selected to represent Domencia at 2018 Commonwealth Games. During the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she crea...

Joel Hunt's favorite saying is, "Tough times don't last, tough people do," and Hunt certainly fits the bill for a tough person. After serving three tours of duty in Iraq as an explosive-ordnance disposal technician, Hunt was medically retired from the Army in October 2007 with a partially paralyzed left leg and a traumatic brain injury that left him dealing with memory loss, headaches, dizzy spell...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei I invited some new blood to join in the post Super Bowl chatter and look at how we can fix the league with one move for each team (or at least try to).  We discuss Top Plays, Performers, Unsung Heros and of course plays that could or did change the outcome. Next we look at each division and each team from within to try and piece toge...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we tackle the issue of race in the NFL. The clouded views and hiring practices with rules in place. The "Good Ole Boy" Network continues to hire who they want without necessarily giving the best candidates a shot at success. The facts are there,  just read between the lines.  While speaking of questionable practices we discuss the Ba...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we will be talking with Paul Stewart. Stewart is a  former professional ice hockey player and referee. He was Inducted in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018, he is the grandson of Bill Stewart. Stewart played in both the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League. He played with Mark Messier for the Cincinnati Sting...

Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Karl Darden. Darden is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a 20 year veteran, a former helicopter pilot, and a chronic Navy Sports fan. His enthusiasm for all Navy Sports led him to create the Navy Sports Nation blog in 2020. A year later, he started Navy Sports Central, which is the Official Podcast of the Navy Sports Natio...

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures. Evan Burk is not your typical football coach. Despite not playing football beyond high school and no network in the coaching profession, Evan's unlikely football journey began as a 4...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we get the gang back together after K-Watt's hiatus and talk NFL regular season, awards and the strange but true life of one, Antonio Brown, It wouldnt be a Barbershop show though without talking some Steeler football and how they find themselves in the playoffs. We also play GM and try to make heads or tails of how that 2022 Steeles...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we will be talking with journalist Adrian Dater. Dater covered the Colorado Avalanche for 20 plus years for The Denver Post, before moving on to become the lead NHL columnist of Bleacher Report and now currently heading up Colorado Hockey Now. Dater, born in Barre, Vt., Daughter attended Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Canaan, N.H.,...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Aubrey Dawkins. Dawkins currently plays for BG Gottingen of the Basketball Bundesliga. He played college basketball for theUCF Knights. He transferred to UCF after he completed his sophomore season for the 2015-16 Michigan Wolverines. He is the son of Johnny Dawkins who became the UCF coach following the 2015-16 season. As a col...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Kayla DiCello. DiCello is an American Artistic Gymnast and part of theUnited States Women's Gymnastics team. She is the 2021 World all-around bronze medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2019 Junior World vault champion and the 2019 U.S. Junior National all-around champion. She was an alternate for the 2020 Olympic team. Thi...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei, Terry "T-Sizzle" Young and I discuss the unorthodox rivalry between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens. Is Lamar Jackson really a QB or just a Super Athlete. How does a lowly Steeler team that got tagged for 41 the two previous weeks and tied Detroit the week before those games manage to frazzle the Ravens. We also loo...