The Sports Deli

Cheri Kempf, Vice President and Executive Producer for Broadcast Distribution for Athletes Unlimited joined Hoot today for an incredible conversation about Athletes Unlimited (www.auprosports.com) and her life leading up to this incredible opportunity. She won a World Cup with the U.S. national team in 1992, four years before softball made its Olympic debut. She ran the Club K softball clinic in T...

Dr. Shaun Anderson grew up in Arkansas and it wasn't easy to say the least. He was homeless twice. He attended both an HBC (Historical Black College) and a PWI (Predominately White Institution). He was the first and last African-American to be in his doctoral program. And sadly, he had to deal with so much racism at the University of West Virginia, it took him a couple of years to heal from the tr...

Welcome to the first episode of Season 4 of The Sports Deli Podcast. This historic podcast brings together some of the most influential and historic women in the history of women's professional and intercollegiate sports. We are joined by Judy Sweet, the first female President in the history of the NCAA along with 1999 Women's Basketball Hall-of-Fame inductee Ann Meyers Drysedale - four-time All-A...

DaWon B. Baker joined Hoot for this final episode of Season 3. It was an honor and a privilege. DaWon is the Associate Athletic Director (one of the youngest in the country) for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the University of Colorado. Baker came to the University of Colorado from the University of Nebraska, where he has served in a similar role as the Huskers' Diversity & Inclusio...

We are so honored to be joined by Former MLB Player, Born in Anola, Manitoba, Canada in 1973, the same day as Elon Musk, Corey Koskie. Koskie was a multi-sport star in high school, excelling in baseball, hockey and volleyball. After choosing to focus on baseball, he honed his skills at the National Baseball Institute in Surrey, B.C., in 1993 before he was selected in the 26th round of the 1994 MLB...

Forbes Riley is a Celebrity TV Host, Health & Fitness Expert, Entrepreneur, Visionary. The New York native joined me today to talk about her incredible journey and what her vision is for not only herself but for the world going forward. Forbes Riley mesmerizes audiences with her authentic, inspirational style that is second to none. Often referred to as Oprah meets Tony Robbins she transports,...

Alicia Berber, Head Women's Basketball Coach at Riverside City College continues to fight the injustices, harassments, Title IX violations and unbearable conditions that have been going on for over 20 years. She updates us in this part 3 of our ongoing chronicling of her fight for women and girls everywhere.  Join Alicia and I along with Judy Sweet, the first female President in the history o...

Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL was seen in a photo in 1957 that prevented 6 black children from entering North Little Rock High School. He claimed that he was "Curious" but didn't denounce the entire situation or condemn it.    He wasn't required to like we asked of Kyrie to meet with black and brown leaders or go through sensitivity or diversity, equity, and inclusi...

Rabbi Harry Rosenberg joined Hoot from Israel for this epic conversation about his upbringing as a Knicks fan to how he became a Rabbi to where he is now and where he hopes to be in five years. We discuss Kyrie Irving, Kanye, Elon Musk, Palestine, the 2018 documentary by Ronald Dalton, Hebrews to Negros, the Anti-Defamation League, Psychedelics, former NBA star, Amar'e Stoudemire, the Torah, and m...

Join Hoot for this Special Edition of The Sports Deli Podcast where he discusses the Dave Chappelle monologue from the November 12, 2022, episode of Saturday Night Live. Hoot believes that Dave should have either not discussed or framed 3 of the topics differently because in this new era of comedy, you have to think about what you're saying about whom otherwise you run the risk of being cancelled...

I completely disagree with the Brooklyn Nets requirements for Kyrie to return to play. I understand he needs to be a better example and more thoughtful before he posts on social media but I personally think he's struggling with life, his past and his heritage. 

Jazmyn Jackson is a pro women's softball player for  @Athletes Unlimited   and a former member of Team USA.   She's played and coached at the D1 level for both a PWI and HBC.   This incredibly polarizing woman joined Hoot for this powerful episode as a part of our 50th Anniversary of Title IX Celebration Series. Check out all the VIDEO and AUDIO episodes, including this on...

At age 11 Kelly told her parents she wanted to play football and ice hockey, her father said, "there is no future in either sport for you, so just pick one". Kelly picked hockey and went on to play for 24 years including college back-to-back champions, 7 years on Team USA and 4 years playing men's professional ice hockey -- once retired she went on to develop a line of sticks and protective equipm...

THE SPORTS DELI PRESENTS: Cheryl Miller, The G.O.A.T., Judy Sweet, The First Female In The History of the NCAA, along with Flo Luppani From Santa Ana College, Paul DeBolt from Napa Valley College and attorney, Daniel Kolodziej Join Hoot in Support of Alicia Berber, Head Women's Basketball Coach at Riverside Community College whose endured 20+ Years of Abuse and Violations of Title IX. FIND ALL THE...

Alicia Berber Head Women's Basketball Coach at Riverside City College Has Been Violated for Decades. And she is fighting back. We support her 100% and need all of you to help us fight these abuses, violations, harassment, and illegal activities. This is about Alicia but also about all the women and girl's everywhere who continue to fight the misogyny, inequalities in the work place, and abuse in s...

Marie Ferdinand-Harris joined HOOOOOOOOOT in #thesportsdelipodcast along with Dan Hughes and Legends of the Ball, Inc. -  LOB, Inc. What an honor to welcome our 35th WNBA, ABL, WBL and Overseas Player or Coach to our show as a part of 50th Anniversary of Title IX Celebration Series. ANY AND ALL PLAYERS AND COACHES FROM THE W - THE ORIGINAL W and the NEW W as well as the ABL HAVE AN OPEN INVIT...

WNBA star, Brittney Griner, has been sentenced to 9 1/2 years in jail for having less than 1 gram of marijuana oil in her possession while in Russia.  This antiquated law should be changed. It should be decriminalized, even in Russia.    This non-violent offense, with no criminal intent, was prescribed in the United States. And despite our differences, Russia should view their curre...

Alicia Berber a Hall-of-Famer at Riverside Community College join another Hall-of-Famer, Cheryl Miller, along with a pioneer and a legend, Elizabeth Galloway McQuitter to discuss Alicia's two decades of harassment and retaliation in violation of Title IX and the subsequent lawsuit that she is pursuing, the second of it's kind alleged against Riverside by Coach Berber.

Adrienne "Goody" Goodson from A WNBA State of Mind Podcast and Hoot from The Sports Deli Podcast joined forces for their first ever Collaborative Podcast. Goody, a former WNBA and ABL Star, NCAA D1 Women's Basketball National Champion at Old Dominion University and Captain and Member of USA Basketball, shares her incredible story and you don't want to miss who she would want at her dinner table if...

Bianca Smith is the 1st ever African-American Women's Coach in the history of #majorleaguebaseball  @MLB  #mlb .    She was so gracious to share her incredible journey from soccer player to following in her parents footsteps at  @Dartmouth  to choosing  @Case Western Reserve University  over the  @University of Michigan  to where she is now in #ftm...

Mel Pender who was roommates at the 1968 Olympic games with John Carlos, Joined Hoot for a podcast of epic proportions. Carlos and his teammates executed one of the most famous silent protests in American Sports History along with Tommie Smith and Australian Peter Norman. Pender, who also competed in the 1964 Olympic games, won the gold medal in the 4 x 100 in the 1968 Olympics. Mel served in the...

Along with former 10-Year Major League Baseball star and MLB Hitting Coach, Jacque Jones, San Diego native who attended the University of Southern California, Future Hall-of-Famer, Kenny Lofton, and USA Today writer, Bob Nightengale, we're so honored to welcome on Ruby Bridges' birthday,  one of the most feared power hitters of his era, Rhino, The Big Piece,  Ryan Howard.    In...

Kate Paye played for and now coaches side-by-side with one of the most legendary women's college basketball coaches in history, Tara VanDerveer. Kate walked-on at Stanford in 1992, after turning down several scholarship offers as well as several Ivy League Schools. And as a freshman, she was a part of the 1992 National Championship team.  She has her law degree but opted to go into coaching i...

Leslie Knight was taught the ropes by her older brothers in Mennetonka, Minnesota.  She played all kinds of sports growing up and then opted to play her college ball in the Big 10 for the Minnesota Golden Gophers.   She then received a call from the legendary Barb Smith, former D1 women's basketball coach for 30 years, and current founder of Find My Team who asked her if she wanted to go...

We are so honored to welcome the pride of Brinkley, Arkansas, former Harlem Globetrotter, Herb "Flight Time" Lang. He's traveled to nearly 90 countries several times and all 50 states as a member of the Harlem Globetrotters for 18 years His grandmother taught him the meaning of his famous hashtag, #kindnessisfree He shook hands with Bill Clinton in Middle School He has 5 sisters and 3 brothers He'...