The Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Kim Becker. Becker is a host and reporter for Sports Illustrated's coverage of the Las Vegas Raiders, Denver Broncos and USC Trojans. She was a professional ice skater with Disney On Ice for ten years before getting her degree in broadcast journalism from Chapman University in Orange, CA. She interned at FOX Sports in LA where sh...

In this weeks episode the Barbershop Crew welcomes Mike Icenhower from TopOff Sports to breakdown with to the fullest extent the 2021 NFL Draft. We look at some of the good , the bad and the ugly picks. We discuss who is gonna be a STUD and DUD from the first round  and we even get into the trades that impacted the draft either personnel wise or just moving slots and what they could eventually bri...

Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast is Rob Havenstein. Havenstein is an offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Rams. He was drafted by the Rams in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft after playing his college football at Wisconsin.  Havenstein played on Wisconsin's offensive line as a right tackle from 2010 through 2014 after his redshirt freshman year. He held such honors as All B...

This week on the Original Sports Podcast we are excited to interview Vinnie Iyer. Vinnie Iyer has been with Sporting News since 1999, covering the NFL full time since 2001. He is a 1998 graduate of Northwestern University. He is also a three-time Jeopardy! champion, a trivia and crossword nerd. He also considers himself a film and television geek. He also writes a lot about fantasy football and ho...

On the first episode under the new name (Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei) I start season 2 with a BANG featuring the BS crew. We visit the Master's and which PGA tournament is our favorite along with the performances of the weekend. We talk boxing and the joke or at least what I thin is a joke with the Paul brothers challenging professionals and how in the world can "old school" dudes li...

On this Final episode (49) before the rebrand of the Steel City Nation podcast the Barbershop Crew and I will talk NCAA tournament, NFL free agency and some draft maneuvering, NHL at the mid-point and finally we talk about baseball, yes, baseball and the validity of spring training and just how working without a salary cap is good? for the sport.  ===========================  CONNECT WITH US  ====...

Our guest this week on the Steel City Nation podcast is Mickey Morandini. Michael Robert "Mickey" Morandini is a former professional second baseman and coach, who played for the Philadelp[hia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays. His career highlights include selection as a 1995 National League All-Star, playing for the Phillies in the 1993 National League Championship Series and World Se...

This week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Chris Samuels.  Samuels is a former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the (NFL) for ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Alabama , and was a consensus All-American . Selected third overall in the 2000 NFL Draft , Samuels played his entire pro career for the NFL's Washington Redskins...

This week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Mark Mendelelevitz of the American Ultimate Disc League. Mendelovitz grew up in Rockville, MD and played youth sports here and there, mostly soccer and basketball. He was a varsity football his senior year as well. But he was always a Lego and model rocket kid at heart - so I attended Florida Tech to pursue a degree in aerospace engi...

Our Guest this week on the Steel City Nation podcast is Dr. Josh Funk. A lifelong athlete, Funk became interested in becoming a physical therapist when going through PT as a D1 lacrosse player at Ohio State. After avoiding shoulder surgery for a torn labrum and rotator cuff, Josh has been entrenched in the world of physical therapy and sports performance. Dr. Josh Funk was born and raised in Montg...

Our guest this week on the Steel City Nation podcast is Gus Frerotte. Frerotte was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 1994 NFL Draft . He played college football at Tulsa . He was selected to the 1997 Pro Bowl while with the Redskins, also played for the Detroit Lions , Denver Broncos , Cincinnati Bengals , Miami Dolphins , Minnesota Vikings , and St. Louis Rams . He pl...

Jesse Marshall is the Pittsburgh Penguins beat reporter for The Athletic in Pittsburgh. Previously, Jesse provided Penguins coverage for Faceoff-Factor and The Pensblog with a focus on analytics, the draft and video-based analysis. We are going to talk all Pittsburgh Penguins hockey with Jesse and pick his brain about the current state of the team. WE will start with the former General Manager Jim...

Our guest this week on the Steel City Nation podcast is Michael McKenry. McKenry nicknamed "The Fort", is a former professional baseball catcher who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates , Colorado Rockies , and St. Louis Cardinals , Atlanta Braves, Milawakee Brewers and Tampa Bay Rays. McKenry was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 7th round of the 2006 Major League Ba...

On this Episode of the Steel City Nation podcast the Barbershop Crew, Terry "T-Sizzle" Young and Kevin "KWatt" Watson and I breakdown the Steelers first playoff game in 3 years, the future of Ben Roethlisberger, the NFC and AFC championship games and  much more.  Don't forget to hit the "Thumbs up" button and subscribe!!!  ===========================  CONNECT WITH US  =========================== ...

Steel City Nation!!! on this episode we will be talking with sports writer Bill Bender. Bender has covered college football for Sporting News since 2013 and has been with Sporting News since 2007. Bender is a graduate of Ohio University and writes about fantasy, college and NFL football but is an avid fan of all sports. We will talk with Bill about his career as a sports writer. What his favorite...

Hey Steel City Nation, on this episode we will be talking with Charlotte Heyward. Yes you heard me correct, the wife of Craig "Ironhead" Heyward and mother of current Pittsburgh Steeler Defensive Lineman Cameron Heyward. Charlotte is born and raised a Steeler fan and has been attending games since she was 10 years old. She attended the University of Pittsburgh where she met Craig and began her fam...

On Episode 38 of the Steel City Nation podcast, your host, Mark Maradei, has his barbershop crew of Kevin "KWATT" Watson, Rashene "Real Deal" Hill and Terry "T-Sizzle" Young on to do some deep diving as the NFL season regular season concludes and the playoffs get ready to launch.  We divulge into the Week 17 game between the Steelers and the playoff bound Cleveland Browns and discuss if what we wa...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I'll interview Michael Decourcy. Mike DeCourcy has been a college basketball columnist for Sporting News for 25 years and its Senior Writer covering college basketball and other sports for the past two decades. He also has served for a dozen years as a studio analyst on basketball coverage for the Big Ten Network, where he has been a panelist on the...

On Episode 36 of the Steel City Nation podcast, your host, Mark Maradei, has his barbershop crew in to talk Steelers football and the recent slide and cracks in the armour that they have been displaying. Two of the three guys from the Sports Podium podcast, Michael Mills (Chops) and James Lawhorn (Mic Dr.) join me along with Rashene Hill in our in depth breakdown of the Steelers-Ravens on December...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Ike Taylor.  Taylor is a former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback. The two time Super Bowl champion, was a fourth round selection in the 2003 NFL Draft , and spent his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh. He played college football at University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he began as a walk on in 2001 where he earned a sch...

On this episode of the Steel City nation podcast,  host Mark Maradei is flying solo and breaking down some good Thanksgiving football from past, present and future. We take a look at what is transpiring in all major sports in and out of season, a breakdown of the previous Ravens and Steelers match up and forecast what is yet to come this week and finally we look back at the Top 10 Thanksgiving Day...

This week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Solomon Wilcots.  Former NFL defensive back, Solomon Wilcots has served in many roles across the landscape of broadcast television and radio including studio host, anchor, analyst and reporter. He also has served as a live game analyst, sideline reporter, and field reporter for major sporting events such as Super Bowls 41,44, and 47...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast we will be breaking down the Steelers most recent victory over the Dallas Cowboys. We will talk about how the offense has been sputtering in recent weeks but gains enough through Ben Roethlisberger's experience to come out on top. We will highlight the performance of JuJu Smith-Schuster and how he has become a version of a former Steeler who also wo...

This week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Shawn Springs. Springs is a graduate of The Ohio State University and a former All Pro in the National Football league for the Seattle Seahawks. At OSU  he was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Athlete and was named the Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 1996. In 1997, Shawn entered the National Football League and was drafted by t...

On the episode of the Steel City nation podcast we take an in depth look at the validity of the Pittsburgh Steelers 6-0 record and discuss of they are real of if they are a product of their schedule. We will break down the Week 7 victory over the Tennessee Titans and look ahead to the divisional foe Baltimore Ravens. We are joined by Kevin Watson and Rashene Hill as we make every effort to dissect...