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Colin Cosell's grandfather was the first voice Mets fans heard as back in 1962 when the Mets played their initial spring training game, an 8-0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals, the first announcer to greet listeners of the game’s radio broadcast. wasn’t Ralph Kiner or Bob Murphy or Lindsey Nelson, Instead, the first voice coming out of the radio belonged to none other than Howard Cosell, the host o...

Ed Vosberg is a former left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who had a 10-year career . He played with the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies and Montreal Expos in the National League, and the Oakland A's and Texas Rangers in the American League. He is one of only three players (Jason Varitek and Michael Conforto are t...

Anya Battaglino is one of the hardest working people in professional hockey, by day she is a sales person in the cyber security industry, She has played 13 games for the Ct Whale over the first two seasons of the NWHL . During the inaugural season of the NWHL in 2015-2016, she was a nominee for the NWHL Foundation and the Denna Laing Award. Last season she was nominated for the Denna Laing Award a...

Gene Ubriaco is the current Director of Hockey Operations for the Chicago Wolves of the American Hockey League (AHL). As a player,he played three seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Oakland Seals, and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League. He scored a goal on his Blackhawk shift, playing alongside the great Hall of Famer Stan Mikita who we lost this past week. In 1970, he returned to...

Michael Marjama is a former major league catcher. Before beginning his professional career, he played college baseball for the Long Beach State Dirtbags. He was drafted by The Chicago White Sox in 2011 Major League Baseball draft. He fulfilled his lifelong dream when made his major league debut with the Seattle Mariners on September 1, 2017.He was the Mariners opening day catcher this season, but...

Jason Michaels carved out an 11 year career in major league baseball playing in over 1000 games, He was selected in the fourth round of the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft by the Philadelphia Phillies after stand out seasons at the University of Miami in 1997 and 1998 . After his successful playing career he founded The Big League Approach (BLA) which is focused on teaching the mental side of bas...

Dominic Moore was the third round, 95th overall selection of the New York Rangers in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, he was a stand out Harvard where over four seasons he scored 64-goals 83 assisits-for 147 points. He was named to the ECAC All-Tournament Team (2003), NCAA East All-Regional Team (2002-03), All Ivy-League (2002-03), earned Honourable Mention All-ECAC and Second Team All-Ivy (2001-02),he w...

Jon Matlack is is one of the most underrated New York Mets pitchers in their 50-plus years of existence. He was the fourth overall pick by the New York Mets in the 1967 Major League Baseball draft. Long before the 1986 staff and generation k and the current staff he was part of the "big 3 Three" pitchers that the New York Mets were built around in the 1970s, along with Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman...

Brett Topel is s the man who has written When Shea Was Home: The Story of the 1975 Mets, Yankees, Giants and Jets." As well as So you think you’re a New York Mets Fan ? and "Simply the Best: The Story of the 1929-31 Philadelphia Athletics Dynasty." He is the Director of Communications at Buckley Country Day School , he joins us Mark to talk about his great new book which is a must for every Mets f...

Timothy Gassen is a journalist and filmmaker with more than three decades of professional media experience, He has authored and edited WHA books, directed the amazing 6-DVD WHA Hall of Fame DVD and Blu-ray series, and produced WHA documentaries. He also curated the official WHA HOF museum display at the USHHoF Museum, and also writes for InsideHockey magazine and publications globally while headin...

Hank Garrett has done it all . He was the 1958 winner of the Junior Olympic Powerlifting competition. He wrestled professionally as The Minnesota Farm Boy, he preformed stand up in the Borsht Belt, He won a NY Film critic award for his work in 3 days of the Condor, he has co-starred with television and film notables such as Peter Falk, Patrick Stewart, Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd, Al Pacino...

Joe Hawley was a center who played 8 seasons in the NFL for the Atlanta Falcons and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers He was drafted by the Falcons with the 117th pick in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. All told, he played 93 games and earned a little more than $13 million in his NFL career,He retired after becoming a free agent in March 2018.What he has done since retiring is absolutely amazing an...

Nick Davis is a man who is a triple threat in the entertainment industry as he is An accomplished writer, director, and producer, He got his start in film and television by interning on Ken Burns’ 1995 Emmy Award winning Outstanding Informational Series: Baseball ’ In addition to his work with Burns, which included jobs on ‘Cornerstone’ and ‘The West,’ He worked for filmmaker David Grubin, produci...

Grant Fuhr over a 10-year period, led the Edmonton Oilers to five Stanley Cup championships between 1984 and 1990. Without a doubt, his best year was in 1987. when while accumulating a league-leading 4,304 minutes played he notched 40 wins. He the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender and was runner-up to teammate Wayne Gretzky for the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player. During...

Ann Liguori wears many hats she is an author, reporter, philanthropist and business woman. She is a leader and visionary in the world of sports media, distinguishing herself in her business as both on-air talent and the owner of sports radio and television properties. She is the Golf & Tennis Correspondent for WFAN Radio and CBS Sports Radio Network,covering the Majors including The Masters, US Op...

Erich Bergen is a star of television, film and stage. actor, He was raised in New York City. He co-stars as Blake Moran on CBS's Madam Secretary opposite Tea Leoni. He previously starred as Bob Gaudio in the Clint Eastwood-directed feature film Jersey Boys after having played that role on stage for more than 1,000 performances in the Grammy- and Tony-winning Best Musical of the same name. He also...

Doug Clifford is a founding member a drummer of the band that Bruce Springsteen credits as saving his ass on many occasions when he was starting out playing bars in New Jersey. He made that comment while induction his band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . Creedence Clearwater Revival's music is still a staple of US radio airplay;the band has sold 26 million albums in the United States alone....

Nick Boynton was a 2 time first round draft pick, First he was selected by the Washington Capitals in 1997 but after they could not come to terms he returned to his Junior club, the OHL's Ottawa 67's. where he capped his time there with a Memorial Cup title and the Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy as the tournament's MVP. He re-entered the draft and was again a first round selection, this time goin...

Paul Gardner had some pretty big skates to fill following in the footsteps of his famous father Cal and older brother Dave, a star with the Toronto Marlboros who also played in the NHL. He responded to that challenge by eclipsing most of his older brother's scoring marks. He was selected in the first round, eleventh overall in the 1976 NHL Amateur Draft by the Kansas City Scouts.who later became t...

Ray Negron's amazing journey began decades ago when at 17-years of age, he was caught spraying graffiti on a wall at Yankee Stadium by NY Yankees owner, George Steinbrenner. As fate would have it, the boss decided against putting him in jail and instead, offered him a second chance making him the batboy for the greatest franchise in sports history. He was propelled into a dream job sharing the dug...

Marvelous Marvin Hagler joins Mark Rosenman and Aj Carter of Sportstalkny to talk about his great career. The interview follows a replay of the greatest round of boxing history, round 1 of Hagler- Hearns. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast. Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and fol...

SUGAR RAY LEONARD 06/11/2008 Sugar Ray Leonard, do we need to say anything more ? Sugar Ray stops by to talk to Mark Rosenman and AJ Carter of SPORTSTALKNY. Sugar talks about his hall of fame career as well as his gold medal, his fights with Roberto Duran,Marvin Hagler, his post boxing career. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the...

Adam Oates holds the record for most points all-time of any NHL player who also played NCAA Hockey. His NHL  career spanned 19 seasons in which he was the premiere playmaker,in the league his career total of 1079 assists was the fifth highest total in NHL history at the time of his 2004 retirement. In 2017, He was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in history. After retiring as a player,...

Thomas Hitman Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions. He would also become the first fighter in history to win five world titles in five different divisions. He was named Ring Magazine fighter of the year in 1980 and 1984 and is best known for his legendary fights with Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler and Roberto Duran. It is an absolute honor and thrill to...

Bernie Corbett is the the radio voice of Harvard University football and Boston University hockey. He is the author and coauthor of fifteen books, including The Most Memorable Games in Giants History; The Only Game That Matters: The Harvard/Yale Rivalry (Crown/Random House, 2004), as well as The Beanpot: Fifty Years of Thrills, Spills and Chills; On the Ice (with Wayne Gretzky); and On the Court (...