The Owner's Box

It's a treasure trove of topics for host Mark Farinella, who discusses the Patriots Hall of Fame nominees, the Artemus II spaceflight, a former homestead lost to the wrecking ball and a Lightning Round that includes his least favorite commercials.

Host Mark Farinella solves the mystery of the missing Episode 60. Also stopping by virtually from Florida is his fellow announcer on local sports TV telecasts, Alex Salachi, to chat about the recently ended high school basketball season and the proposed Donald Trump Presidential Library. Plus local golf news and more.

Host Mark Farinella returns with commentaries about his long-awaited knee replacement, the Patriots Hall of Fame Committee meeting, and what was so important over the past eight months, it caused him to neglect these podcasts. And yes, there's a reason why there's no Episode 60 -- coming soon.

Host Mark Farinella ends another seven-month sabbatical by bringing his equipment outside of the studio and sharing his thoughts with the planes, trains, automobiles and animals that invade his space on a beautiful summer day. Among the topics discussed are summer basketball, Patriots training camp, summer movies and selling his ancient comic book collection.

For the first time since 2019, host Mark Farinella welcomes long-time friend, mentor and international shipping and delivery magnate Cristoforo Cringlione to the podcast. The CEO of KringCo Overnight Delivery shares opinions about international commerce, consumer trends, Donald Trump, Greenland, Taylor Swift, Boston sports and so much more. It's an absolute must-listen.

Host Mark Farinella returns from a four-month hiatus to update listeners about an outstanding high school football season in his area, and look ahead at the coming basketball season with the help of unofficial co-host Lisa Downs, coach of the Foxboro (Mass.) girls' basketball team. And for the first and last time on this podcast, he comments on the result of the presidential election.

Host Mark Farinella welcomes Amy Dolores , the coach of the state Division 1 champion girls' basketball team from Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, Mass., for her first visit to The Owner's Box. They talk about the Shamrocks' path to a state title, what it means to Dolores to be a part of the Feehan community, and the recent upswing in interest in women's basketball thanks to Caitlin Clark a...

Host Mark Farinella welcomes special guest co-host Alex Salachi for another "Mansfield Memories" episode, in which both 70-year-old gents try to recall important and interesting aspects of how their hometown of Mansfield, Mass., has changed over their lifetimes. Alex talks about the butcher shops that served the unique tastes of the once predominantly Italian community, while Mark chronicles the s...

Host Mark Farinella sounds off on the latest controversy surrounding WNBA star Caitlin Clark, and the upcoming, star-studded Patriots Hall of Fame induction ceremony for Tom Brady, as well as offering some coming attractions.

Host Mark Farinella chats about hie recent eye injury and recovery status, a terrific and just-concluded high school basketball season for his local teams, and much more in his first podcast of 2024. Special guest appearance by Foxboro (Mass.) High School girls' basketball coach Lisa Downs, whose team just won its fourth state title in the last six years.

Host Mark Farinella presents his preview of the high school basketball teams for which he'll be doing play-by-play this year, and his guests are the five coaches of those teams -- Mansfield (Mass.) High boys' coach  Michael Vaughan and girls' coach Heather McPherson , Foxboro (Mass.) girls' coach Lisa Downs , and King Philip Regional High (Wrentham, Mass.) girls' coach Jeff Miszkiewicz and boys' c...

Host Mark Farinella is joined by college hockey play-by-play announcer John Leahy, a native of Stoughton, Mass., who went back to his roots on Thanksgiving to broadcast a high school football rivalry game. He and Mark chat about the current state of high school football in Massachusetts, and then Mark recaps the results of all the local holiday games played in his home area.

To celebrate the 50th episode of "The Owner's Box." host Mark Farinella and guest Alex Salachi take a stroll down the Memory Lane of Mansfield, Mass., their long-time hometown. Each looks back to the Mansfield of the 1960s, Alex recalling the town's abundance of barbershops and Mark taking a drive to all the new car dealers located in the relatively small town of 60 years ago

Kristen McDonnell, the coach of the Norwood (Mass.) High School girls' basketball team, joins host Mark Farinella for the fourth time to discuss her transition back to coaching girls from a successful stint with the boys' team. She also explains her innovative summer program of "pickup basketball" for high school girls, and she offers Mark a few tips on what to expect if he gets a knee replacement...

Host Mark Farinella calls an audible and goes solo after a planned guest had to postpone. Topics include a controversial plan to install a video scoreboard at a local high school football field, hurricanes and earthquakes in California, the failed bid for the Pro Football Hall of Fame by Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and much more.

Host Mark Farinella takes on a bevy of topics, including his fall schedule of King Philip Regional High School sports telecasts on North TV, the controversial Big Blue A that now stands in front of the new Attleboro High School, and whether Patriots fans have Malik Mania or Cunningham Colic after the first preseason game.

Foxborough (Mass.) High School girls' basketball coach Lisa Downs makes her sixth appearance on the podcast. She and host Mark Farinella talk about her team's third state championship, her approach to coaching and maintaining a strong rapport with her athletes, and her fundraising efforts to send the team to a tournament in Florida in December.

Host Mark Farinella returns to regular podcasting with a solo episode, checking in on topics such as the Northwestern University football controversy, Patriots training camp, backyard bunnies, the US Women's National Soccer Team, and much more.

Host Mark Farinella returns with his first all-new episode since October 2021. Topics for the third-season debut include what in the heck he was doing all that time when he should have been podcasting, trash-talking in women's basketball and a new national holiday -- Indictment Day!

Host Mark Farinella dusts off what he calls "the lost episode" -- Episode 43, which was recorded on Nov. 1, 2021, and then promptly lost when his computers melted down. The topics are two years old, but it won't be too long before the content is fresh and new again.

Host Mark Farinella welcomes his broadcast partner on North TV high school sports telecasts, Glen Farley , to chat about the new season for Massachusetts high school football and the team they cover, the King Philip Regional High School Warriors of Wrentham, Mass. Recorded on Sept. 11, 2021, before their first TV game of the year, Mark and Glen also offer remembrances of the 9/11 attacks on the 20...

Host Mark Farinella talks with Brian Lee, the two-time state-champion head coach of the King Philip Regional High School (Wrentham, Mass.) football team, as he prepares his Warriors without the oppressive COVID-related restrictions from the hybrid "Fall 2" season that ended in April. also, in his Final Rant, Mark examines the circumstances that led to the departure of QB Cam Newton from the New En...

Lisa Downs , the two-time state champion coach of the Foxborough (Mass.) High School girls' basketball team, meets up with host Mark Farinella at a nearby year-round basketball facility to chat about the return of summer-league ball to post-pandemic Massachusetts. In her fifth appearance on the podcast, Downs also looks back at the rigors of dealing with pandemic-related restrictions during her te...

Host Mark Farinella chats with new Army women's basketball coach Missy Traversi , a native of Attleboro, Mass., about how she made the move to West Point from Division II Adelphi University, what she is learning about the tradition and culture of the U.S. Military Academy, how she believes her style of coaching will dovetail with the mission at West Point, and the personal challenge and commitment...

Mansfield (Mass.) High School boys' basketball coach Michael Vaughan visits The Owner's Box for the second time (after a 17-month hiatus) to chat about a myriad of topics with host Mark Farinella . Among those are what it took to go from pandemic panic to a basketball season this past January; how Vaughan's Hornets were able to win 15 of 16 games and ensure that their best player, senior guard Mat...