The Sports Deli

Curt Miller, Head Coach and general manager of the WNBA's Connecticut Sun joined former WNBA original, Dr. Auntie Chantel and Hootie Hoot for this incredible interview. Coach Miller becomes the 14th WNBA player or coach to join us in The Sports Deli Podcast. Coach Miller talks about his upbringing in Girard, Pennsylvania, and how he became the youngest Division I coach in history at the time he st...

Join Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli Podcast as we give flowers, love and mad props to some incredible women and in particular women of the black and brown community from Simone Biles to Allyson Felix to Valerie Daniel's-Carter.

Lou Scott was a member of the 1968 Olympic team that included John Carlos and Tommy Smith who protested social injustice in Mexico City. Coach Scott's journey is absolutely unreal and you don't want to miss this incredible 3 part series where Coach Scott chronicles his rise from Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, to the Olympics and how he ran all over the world as a result of his bike breaking down...

Future Hall-of-Famer, Dave Stewart joins Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli Podcast to discuss his time growing up in East Oakland, his time in the major leagues and his 18-year career, and what he has done since retiring from the game he fell in love with as a kid. Dave shares his passion for the game and his hometown and why he is so passionate about his recent 115 million dollar bid on the Oakland...

Voted the greatest coach of all time, John Wooden, the Wizard of Westwood spent a great deal of time with Jim Harrick, former Head Men's Basketball Coach at UCLA. Coach Harrick joined us again to talk about his experiences with the Wizard of Westwood. Coach Wooden had 3 rules and many other famous quotes that he lived by on and off the court and Coach Harrick does a masterful job of giving us grea...

Lou Scott was a member of the 1968 Olympic team that included John Carlos and Tommy Smith who protested social injustice in Mexico City. Coach Scott's journey is absolutely unreal and you don't want to miss this incredible 3 part series where Coach Scott chronicles his rise from Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, to the Olympics and how he ran all over the world as a result of his bike breaking down...

Lou Scott was a member of the 1968 Olympic team that included John Carlos and Tommy Smith who protested social injustice in Mexico City. Coach Scott's journey is absolutely unreal and you don't want to miss this incredible 3 part series where Coach Scott chronicles his rise from Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, to the Olympics and how he ran all over the world as a result of his bike breaking down...

Karl Mecklenburg joins Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli Podcast to discuss his journey from Seattle, Washington, to Minnesota to Denver and what he hopes one day will be Canton and the call. Karl and his teammates earned three trips to the SuperBowl (86, 87 and 89) and played with some amazing players including the #1 pick in the draft the same year he was drafted (1983), John Elway. Karl talks abou...

Dr. Auntie Chantel Tremitiere's story is an incredible one of courage, empowerment, and hard work. She was the youngest of 15 children, 12 of which we're adopted (including her). She played on one of the original 8 teams in the first year in the history of the WNBA. She has overcome cancer, become a Tik Tok sensation and is now working for Nike in hopes of being V.P. of Nike one day to help put Wo...

Join Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli as we welcome former WNBA player Edwige Lawson-Wade. Edwige is our 12th player or coach to share space with us as we continue to honor the W during this historic 25th season. Edwige is the wife of Chicago Sky Head Coach, James Wade and she shares her experiences growing up in France, her time in the WNBA and overseas, her thoughts about mental health, the summer...

What does it take to lead her team to a State Championship in high school? Or play two sports in college? Be a two-time Pac-12 Women's Basketball 1st-Team All-Conference selection at Oregon State? Or be drafted 25th overall in the WNBA?  Mikayla Pivec is here to share her incredible journey and tell you what it takes. In part, an incredible support system, a phenomenal work ethic, and never g...

Who played against Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Shaq, D-Wade Tony Parker, and Steve Nash? None other than, Dan Dickau. He was the first ever Zag at Gonzaga to be named 1st-Team All-American. Dan played for 7 teams in the NBA over his 6-year career and had one of the most effective Hesi's (Hesitation moves) and mid-range jumper during his time in the league. He shares some incredible...

Join Hootie Hoot for round 2 for this unbelievable interview with Phaidra  Knight, who shares in this tell-all life story as an MMA Fighter,  Women's Sports Foundation President, PSK Collective athleisure clothing  line entrepeneur (now featured at Walmart, TJ Maxx, Lids, and Kohl's), NBC announcer, actress,  lawyer, grillmaster, author, and USA Hall-of-Fame Rugby player. You c...

Join Hootie Hoot for this incredible interview with Wally Green, USA Ping Pong and International Sensation. He went from the Pistol to the Paddle and it changed his life forever. He's been featured on ESPN, traveled to North Korea and China, is a rapper and filmmaker and believes that his life is one big inspirational and motivational movie that he hopes Denzel Washington plays him one day in a mo...

Jim Harrick joins Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli for this epic podcast. He talks about his days growing up in Charleston, West Virginia where he was segregated but how he and the neighborhood kids didn't care and integrated together through basketball at the local parks. He then talks about his move to Morningside High School in Inglewood, California in 1964. He learned from the late great John Wo...

Join Hootie Hoot for this incredible podcast with James Wade, Head Coach of the WNBA's Chicago Sky, James Wade. You don't want to miss this incredible 2-Part interview with Coach Wade as he discusses his evolution as a player, the importance of relationships, his incredible wife, being a dad and how proud he was of his players and the league as whole after the death of George Floyd. He also talks...

Join Hootie Hoot for this incredible podcast with James Wade, Head Coach of the WNBA's Chicago Sky, James Wade. You don't want to miss this incredible 2-Part interview with Coach Wade as he discusses his evolution as a player, the importance of relationships, his incredible wife, being a dad and how proud he was of his players and the league as whole after the death of George Floyd. He also talks...

Join Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli as we welcome Ray Young, former All-American and UCLA Bruin to the podcast. Ray only wants to "Do Epic Shit" as his name plate says in his Edgemont Way Venture and Media34 offices. You don't want to miss this incredible 2-part podcast where Ray talks about his days as a McDonald's All-American to his time at UCLA and how divine intervention and destiny came into...

Join Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli as we welcome Ray Young, former All-American and UCLA Bruin to the podcast. Ray only wants to "Do Epic Shit" as his name plate says in his Edgemont Way Venture and Media34 offices. You don't want to miss this incredible 2-part podcast where Ray talks about his days as a McDonald's All-American to his time at UCLA and how divine intervention and destiny came into...

Join former Duke Blue Devil Roshown McLeod, Coach K. and Hootie Hoot in part 2 as we welcome former UCLA Bruin and NBA Champion with the 2002 Los Angeles Lakers, Jelani McCoy for this incredible 2-part podcast. Download and listen if you want to hear some epic stories and get an education about college basketball, the NBA, cannabis, mental health, white privilege, networking, the black dollar, and...

Join former Duke Blue Devil Roshown McLeod, Coach K. and Hootie Hoot as we welcome former UCLA Bruin and NBA Champion with the 2002 Los Angeles Lakers, Jelani McCoy for this incredible 2-part podcast. Download and listen if you want to hear some epic stories and get an education about college basketball, the NBA, cannabis, mental health, white privilege, networking, the black dollar, and much much...

You don't want to miss this powerful part 2 interview with Kris "KJ" Johnson, former UCLA Bruin and 1995 National Champion. This riveting, intense and hilarious interview shows Kris' many sides and the depths of who he really is. He shares with how it was going back and forth between Bel Air and Crenshaw as a child to his time at UCLA and what it's like now as he approaches 50. His evolution and p...

You don't want to miss this powerful interview with Kris "KJ" Johnson, former UCLA Bruin and 1995 National Champion. This riveting, intense and hilarious interview shows Kris' many sides and the depths of who he really is. He shares with how it was going back and forth between Bel Air and Crenshaw as a child to his time at UCLA and what it's like now as he approaches 50. His evolution and points o...

Join Hootie Hoot in The Sports Deli as we dedicate this special edition of the podcast to George Floyd and his family on this historic day where his murderer, former police office, Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges.  Remember, your voice matters when fighting systemic racism. Read a book, acknowledge your white privilege, watch a movie about  institutional racism, call...

Join Hootie Hoot as he follows up his recent podcast with Super Bowl Champion Ryan Harris with an interview with Los Angeles veteran, Inglewood raised, and Crenshaw High School basketball legend, the humble and spiritually connected former NBA CHAMPION for my Detroit Pistons, Tremaine Fowlkes. He shares his incredible story as he chronicles his journey of perseverance and faith that led him from t...