The Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei

This weeks episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei features guest Dave Barend.  Barend went to St. Bonaventure in New York and started doing stand up comedy. He had the fortunate opportunity to have  opened for Jerry Seinfeld and Jon Stewart before going on to Boston College Law School. He continued his standup routine while in Boston as he worked to become a lawyer. Dave then mov...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Malik Boynton. Boynton has played football all his life. After a challenging time growing up in Detroit Michigan,  Malik parlayed his solid grades and athletic talents as an all state high school football player into a productive football career playing for Austin Peay University. Boynton got a shot with the Pittsburgh Steelers...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Peter Kennedy. Kennedy has been podcasting for over 4 years and done 250+ episodes. Worked in sports talk radio for 3+ years. And combined that with 5+ years experience in ad sales at CBS & Disney. Peter is the Host of Subway Sports Talk - A New York & National Sports Podcast. Additionally, His daily duty includes being the Dire...

In this episode of the Original Sports Podcast, the Barbershop Crew and I yack it up about the College and NFL contenders and pretenders at the halfway point. We discuss top Quarterbacks making their way towards the finish line and heading to the League and we evaluate the top 5 defenses after 8 weeks of grueling NFL play. We also throw around thoughts on the World Series, the beginning of basketb...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Alex Parr.  Parr is the Director of Sports Performance at the University of Central Florida. He got his degree in finance from the University of Maryland and decided to change course in his career pursuit. He enrolled in graduate school at George Washington University in the exercise science program. Upon graduation,  Alex worked...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Louis Neglia. Neglia is a three-time World Kickboxing Champion, a former U.S. Kickboxing Champion, a Florida Karate Champion, New York State Champion, and an Eastern American Karate Champion. No opponent has lasted more than three rounds against Louis Neglia since he won his first World Championship in 1980. Lou is a tenth-degre...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Barry Grant Jr. A  graduate of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting and a podcaster himself since July 2020, Barry Grant Jr.  has been working his butt off to get things going in his media career. He self proclaims he was not the strongest student in school when it came to academia but Barry was the guy you talked sports to be...

Shawn Harper is a former NFL offensive lineman who played a total of seven seasons with the Rams, the Oilers, the Colts, and NFL Europe. Since 2004 he has owned and operates American Services and Protection, a multi-million-dollar security services firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.  His journey from the grit and sweat of the NFL locker room to the corporate culture of the boardroom proved that...

Three weeks into the college and NFL seasons the Barbershop Crew reconvenes to dissect early season pluses and deltas. How Tom Brady continues to work his magic, the Browns, The Chiefs and the Rams OH MY! Early MVP candidates and flops. What rookie is what was advertised and what is wrong with the Pittsburgh Steelers. All this and more on Episode 22 of Season 2 ... ===========================  CON...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Bolt Brady. Brady is a Sports handicapper who has a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Football, basketball and Golf. He has Over 1,400 games documented and his claim to fame is that he practiced with All-Pros, and Hall of famers while in college playing football. You can listen to him weekly on his podcast which is called "Bo...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Joey Myers. Joey played four years of division one baseball at Fresno State from 2000-2003.   He's been in the corrective movement industry since 2004, and is an expert in applying human movement principles validated by REAL Science to hitting a ball.   Joey is an Amazon bestselling author (book: Catapult Loading System), has ov...

On the episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei along with the my co-host Terri Maradei, we field questions from loyal listeners that relate to the NCAA and the many faucets of change taking place as well as questions relating to the 2021 NFL season which kicks off on September 9th. Be sure to listen to our takes and how we have come up with them..... ===========================  C...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei our guest is Ed Hunt. Hunt is a draft specialist who watches and studies 250 prospects a year. He got interested in this through his love of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He also writes for fansided's Still Curtain which is a blog covering the Pittsburgh Steelers. Follow Ed on Social Media: Twitter: @NFLDraftEd Instagram: nfldrafted Faceb...

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we do a roundtable conversation with three Northwest High School graduates who have gone on to Division 1 football programs. We not only feature the athletes but their former high school Head Coach Michael Neubeiser.  AJ Woods, Jr, Defensive Back from the University fo Pittsburgh ; Kaden Prather, Fr, Wide Receiver from West Virginia...

Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Bobby Trosset. Trosset is a broadcaster for the flagship radio stations of the Baltimore Ravens and anchors their pre, half and postgame shows. Originally from Albany New York Bobby has worked for NBC Sports Washington, Monumental Sports and Entertainment helping produce Washington Wizards games as well as some play by play fo...

Robert Patrick "Rocky" Bleier was a National Football League Halfback for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1968 and from 1970 to  1980.Born and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. Bleier played college football at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend , Indiana, winning a National Championship his junior season. He then graduated in 1968 and was selected in the 16th round of the 1968 AFL/NFL Draft by th...

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Kerrick Jackson. Jackson is the President of the MLB Draft League. Prior to his role as MLB Draft League President, Jackson served as the head coach at Southern University, where he took a 9-win team to the NCAA Tournament in just three years. Jackson was named SWAC Coach of the Year for leading the Jaguars to the 2019 Starkvill...

On the episode we have our friends from The Sports Podium Podcast join us and talk McGregor vs Poirier fight, All things MLB All Star game including Shoei Ohtani and his magical season, we discuss the draft and its cap but no cap on MLB teams, we talk top edge rushers heading into the 2021 NFL season and NBA Finals along with the Scripps Spelling Bee Champ and her incredible victory coupled with e...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Josh Brewster. Brewster is in his 15th season as host of "Duck Calls", a radio show following Anaheim Ducks games on KLAA AM830. The show enables fans to discuss games with players, broadcasters, writers and , executives from around the hockey world. In addition to "Duck Calls" Brewster does work the NHL TV Network and Sirius/XM...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview. Gilbert Dionne. Dionne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League from 1990–96. Dionne played Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Drummondville. Dionne was drafted 81st overall by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1990.He...

On Episode 10 of Season two of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we welcome into our Barbershop discussion Claudio Reilsono. Reilsono is head baseball coach of Carnegie Mellon University as well as a professional baseball scout and hitting instructor. Somehow, he finds time to host and be part of various other podcasts and we were lucky to have him join us for this episode. We will tal...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Matthew Barnaby. Barnaby is a retired professional ice hockey right winger. Barnaby played in the NHL for the Buffalo Sabres,Pittsburgh Penguins, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche, Chicago Blackhawks and the Dallas Stars. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres 83rd overall in the fourth round in the 1992 NHL...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Jeff Potter. For the last 12 years Potter Baseball has thoroughly enjoyed working with kids, families, organizations, and the community at large to bring some fun to the game of baseball; whether through the annual Potter Baseball Tour, yearly trips to Cooperstown with teams, running free clinics, or visiting schools. We love bas...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Randy Karraker. Karraker has been a huge part of the St. Louis sports media for more than two decades, but his super-fandom started years before as an usher for both the Cardinals and Blues. He is half of the morning show (Karraker and Smallmon) on 101 ESPN in St. Louis. Randy is involved in several St. Louis charities as well, i...

The NHL playoffs are probably, no they are, the most exciting time in professional sports and we tackle the entire bracket with NHL guru Eric Rigsby from "Beers in the Lot" podcast.  We breakdown each opening series, look at who will come out of each division along with conference champions and yes, of course, we pick our finals. Our Shocking fact focuses on the history of the Stanley Cup playoffs...