The Sports Deli

Taylor Soule, an old soul and an incredible spirit, grew up in New Hampshire along with her baby sister. They we're adopted by two white parents, and today, you will hear the rest of the story of how she went from small town girl to Boston, Massachusetts and Boston College to Blacksburg, Virginia and Virginia Tech helping the Hokies earn their first ever trip to the 2023 NCAA Women's Baske...

Join Hoot and today's incredibles guests including the G.O.A.T. Cheryl Miller along with 2x WNBA Championship Coach, Dan Hughes, the Legends of the Ball, Judy Sweet, the first Female President in the HERstory of the NCAA, and many others as we celebrate the 45th anniversHERY of the original "W" and the 28.5" women's and girl's basketball. The original "W", bett...

We're so honored to welcome Earl Smith, PhD, is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of American Ethnic Studies and Sociology at Wake Forest University, and is currently teaching classes in Sociology, African and African American Studies, and Women & Gender Studies at the University of Delaware. Anthony Alegrete, M.A.O.L.Anthony Alegrete, M.A.O.L./COO | Creative Director | Brand Strategist | A...

Jon Patricof, Co-Founder and CEO of Athletes Unlimited joined Hoot along with some incredible SHEros on today's episode. These incredible women included, Colleen Matsuhara, Carol Stiff, President of the Women's Sports Network, Val Whiting, former 2x National Champion at Stanford who later went on to play in the WNBA, and Taylor Soule of the WNBA's Chicago Sky.

Join Hoot in the Sports Deli for today's incredible menu. Tops on the list is Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and the most recent news from Showtime as to why the Documentary STAND was pulled. Next up is my thoughts on Dan Lanning, Head Coach of the Oregon Ducks and why I think he missed a golden opportunity. Where is the support for Colin Kaepernick? All he wanted was to have a chance at an NFL practice s...

Deion and the black and brown community have had naysayers and gas lighters for years, decades and centuries. Not only is it monumentally more difficult for black and brown coaches to secure head coaching jobs in the NFL and at the collegiate level but they don't get as much of a chance once they are afforded an opportunity and they aren't recycled like white coaches. Deion deserves our su...

Join C-Roc and Hoot for this thoughtful discussion about two in-state rivals from the state of Maryland in the form of a Seagull and a Bobcat. C-Roc as he is known in the hallways of Clubhouse attended Salisbury University. And today, you will hear the rest of the story. THE SPORTS DELI PODCAST www.thesportsdelipodcast.com (Now on) AUDIBLE: https://lnkd.in/gXAwci_9 Google: https://lnkd.in/gDN-XnKU...

Mark Gottfried was one of the coaches that gave me a chance to work at UCLA's basketball camp when I was a first year coach. He was always there if I had a question even though he was coaching at the likes of UCLA, Alabama, and NC State. He never forgot the man that gave him his first big shot, Jim Harrick at UCLA and he has been paying it forward ever since with his assistants while mentoring...

Hoot and Jeaner team up again to discuss the Taylor Swift Concert, Team Jeremiah, her newest dance and The Summer I Became Pretty. Feel free to send us an email to, hashtaggirldad@gmail.com if you have any questions or suggestions. Thanks for the love and support and we hope that you found some sort of inspiration, motivation, and education along with some comedic relief from this episode. #girlda...

Hoot & Jeaner join forces for our first ever episode of the Hashtag Girl Dad Podcast. We hope that it offers you some inspiration, education, and motivation along with some inevitable comedic relief so that you may put some better tools in your toolbox. Thanks for joining us today and if you have any questions for us or would like to discuss something in particular, feel free to email us at, h...

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf was Colin before Colin, Kobe before Kobe and Steph Curry before Steph Curry. That's real. He was destined for the Hall-of-Fame until HBO and the NBA railroaded him and his career. And now Showtime is doing the same. They all owe him a public apology in my opinion as does the Big 3. Shout out to Craig Hodges, Bruce Maxwell, Colin Kaepernick and Mahmoud Abdul Rauf in particula...

Mahmoud Abdul Rauf played in the NBA in the 1990s. He was Steph before Steph, Kobe before Kobe and Colin before Colin. And what he's had to endure after getting white balled in the NBA, and most recently in the Big 3 and now with Showtime is a travesty of justice. HBO and the NBA and now Showtime owe him, Director Joslyn Rose Lyons a massive publicly apology and to put STAND back on at Showtim...

Today's podcast is brought to you by my Amazon shop, at: www.amazon.com/shop/thesportsdeli I may make a commission as a part of the Amazon Influencer Program but it's at no extra cost to you! We're so honored to welcome on this 7th day of Pride Awareness Month and 16 days away from the 51st anniversary of Title IX, one of the most historical pioneers and trailblazeHERS of women's b...

This episode is sponsored by my Amazon Shop. I may make a commission as a part of the Amazon Influencer and Bounty programs but it's at no extra cost to you. Some companies do send me items for free or I am sometimes compensated. www.amazon.com/shop/thesportsdeli Brenda VanLengen, an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster, has worked as an ESPN women’s college basketball analyst since 1996. In 2014, s...

Host and Producer of The Sports Deli, Hoot, discusses the accumulation of being black and brown in Amerikkka as well as the toll of generational trauma. Hoot also talks about a recent article featured in the NY Times about The Toll Police Violence Plays on Mental Health in the black and brown communities in America. Hoot also gives his NBA Finals prediction for this years 2023 NBA Finals between t...

Ja Morant has not to state the obvious, made a lot of really poor decisions. But we owe it to him to give him grace and allow him time to find himself and make the changes I believe he will make to show us that the best is yet to come. I believe in you Ja! I think you'll learn from all this and be an incredible version of yourself down the road.

Alicia Berber has endured decades of inhumane treatment. She has been abused, denied access, been overlooked, endured misogyny, sexual harassment, gas lighting, and retaliation. She's lost her home, feared for her life on many occasions, and endured more than two decades of mental anguish and post-traumatic stress. Her physical health has suffered and yet she continues to fight because she ref...

Several of Phil Jackson's players have called him a racist for years. But after hearing his recent comments, in conjunction with his decades of comments and beliefs, is being exposed for the fraud that he is. And he's getting a pass. And that is not okay. Phil is basically telling people to shut tf up and dribble and keep politics out of it. And many of you are going to ask the question, w...

Nicole Jeter West is the Chief Executive Office of underdog venture team, an organization on a mission to change the game of sports business with a new “pay it forward” model that invests in unique, social-impact driven business opportunities led by passionate and diverse leaders. As CEO, Jeter West is responsible for the organization’s leadership, strategic vision and growth initiatives with a fo...

Arne Duncan, former Secretary of Education under former President, Barack Obama joined Hoot and co-host, Dan Bruton for an incredible conversation about the impact of his incredible parents, his early professional years including his time as the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and his time at Harvard where he was co-captain and an academic all-American as a Sociology ma...

My neighbor since 1991, Pete Corrao was born in San Diego, California on November 3, 1925. Just 3 months before graduating high school, he was drafted and never received his diploma. On the afternoon of December 7, 1941, he was attending a football game at Balboa Stadium when it was announced that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. He attended boot camp in San Diego and went on to radio school. Pete...

Sven Erlandson is one of the most incredible humans I've ever met. And he will be the first person in the history of my 4 podcasts to be on all 4 of them - Healthy Living With Hoot, The Sports Deli Podcast, Life Coaching With Hoot and FYI-Follow Your Intuition. And today you will hear the rest of the story. It was one of the most powerful podcasts I've ever done. As always, you can watch i...

Caitlin Clark is white. Angel Reese is black. Both are polarizing women's college basketball players for their respective teams - Iowa and LSU. They played in the National Championship Game. And in this special episode, I break down not only Caitlin's interview on ESPN with Jeremy Schaap, Angel Reese's comments on Paper Route, and my thoughts on race and sports in Amerikkka, the histor...

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Former Olympian, Greg Whyte joined me today for an amazing podcast  filled with education, motivation, inspiration, and laughter.    Greg and I attended graduate school together at Frostburg State  University (MD) and have stayed in touch for the last 30 years.   We discuss his privileged and supportive upbringing, his love for  movement, his time in the Olympics and...