The Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei

In this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast we are listening to some of most insightful and interesting stories from our guest to date including: The voice of the University of Maryland athletics, Matt Noble; Assistant Navy Baseball coach, Casey Leister; former Pittsburgh Sports Reporter Tony Defazio; Hockey News reporter Angie Carducci; NBC Sports DC Ethan Cadeaux; NFL photo guy Ed Sheehin ;...

After graduating from the University of Maryland, Theoharis began working in the Maryland, Washington DC area having stops at WBOC in the newsroom then on to sports talk radio as a host at WJZ-FM and finally a sports reporter for WRC-TV. In 2007 she got hired by Mid-Atlantic Sports Network to cover the Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles. In 2012 Theoharis left MASN and moved on to the next cha...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I'll interview Leon Searcy. Searcy is a former NFL offensive lineman turned football coach for Florida International University who currently works as a radio host in Jacksonville, Florida for 1010XL. Searcy was a number 1 pick for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1992, 11th overall and is most notably the first draft pick in the post Chuck Noll era. He ...

This week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Dan Kingerski  Kingerski is long professed to be a Hockey aficionado. He is the President of National Hockey Now. An online blog with in depth articles and insight covering hockey in cities such as Boston, Pittsburgh, San Jose, Colorado, Florida and New York.  He had formerly  worked for 93-7 the Fan in Pittsburgh. Dan also does work...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast my co-host Kevin Watson and I will interview Chris Carter.  Carter was born and raised in Pittsburgh and works as an analyst for DK Pittsburgh Sports covering the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL and most recently University of Pittsburgh Football and basketball. Chris's career began analyzing the Steelers as a contributor and later a contributing ed...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I'll interview "Pittsburgh Dad" Curt Wootton. Wootton's inspiration for his character of "Pittsburgh Dad" came from his own father while growing up in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. While working on the set from a previous series called "Mercury Men", Curt would do his impression of his father by "yelling" at the cast members focusing on insignificant th...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I'll interview Frank Nicotero. Nicotero is a comedian and the host of the syndicated comedy game show Street Smarts . He began his career doing stand up at Pittsburgh's famed Funny Bone comedy club. Shortly afterward, he toured college circuits, appearing with other comedians including Drew Carey , Adam Sandler , and Rob Schneider —and appearing at...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast we will speak with Tre Tipton. Tipton is a receiver for the University of Pittsburgh who has been granted a 6th year by the NCAA due to injuries and will be instrumental for the Panthers offense in 2020. He joined the Panthers in 2015 and has been a contributor, when healthy, since then. Coming out of little known Apollo Ridge High School, Tipton no...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with James Hall. Hall is the associate athletic director at New Mexico State University where he is a sports administrator and involved in student development. Prior to New Mexico State he was the founder of Majority of One Brands and worked as an academic counselor for The Ohio State University. He's been an instrumental part of...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Joseph Hooks. Hooks is a Shepherd University graduate who has used his degree in recreational and leisure studies to create a mentoring program that has helped hundreds of young kids over the last several years. Hooks was a multi year letterman at division 2  power Shepherd University who served as a captain his senior year....

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Josh Taylor. Taylor began his career after graduating from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh as a reporter and sports anchor for KHBS in Fayetteville Arkansas. He then returned to the Pittsburgh area as a producer and host for triblive radio and additionally was working for KDKA as a sports anchor. He has been a part of 93.7...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I talk hockey with three Rabid Lifelong Hockey fans.   Eric Rigsby is a hockey lifer-a player, a parent, a coach, and a fan-in that order. He has been involved in the game since he babysat the neighbors' kids to earn money for his first pair of rollerblades when he was 12.As a player, Eric is a former college club player turned beer leaguer in the O...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Brian Fleury. Fleury is in his second season as the 49ers defensive quality control coach. He joined San Francisco after spending the previous three years with the Miami Dolphins as the team's football research analyst (2016) and director of football research (2017-18). In his roles with the Dolphins, Fleury worked closely w...

On episode 16 of the Steel City Nation podcast I'll interview Brandy Simms. Simms is an award-winning sports journalist who has covered professional, college and high school sports in the DMV for more than 20 years including the Washington Redskins and Washington Mystics. He has an extensive background in both print and broadcast media and has freelanced for SLAM, Dime Magazine and The Washington...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Ed Sheahin. Sheahin is a professional sports photographer covering the Washington Redskins, Washington Nationals and Washington Wizards. He is the official photographer for the Redskins Historian and the Hogfarmers. He is also part of the All Pro Reels Photography team covering all DMV professional and college sports. Ed sta...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Ethan Cadeaux Ethan Cadeaux is a digital content producer and writer for NBC Sports Washington, with a primary focus on the Washington Redskins. He is a University of Maryland, College Park graduate from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism in 2019. Previous stops include work for Capital News Service, WMUC Sports, and T...

On this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Angie Carducci. Carducci has been covering the Pittsburgh Penguins and the NHL for a variety of outlets since the mid 1990s, when she was majoring in print journalism at Duquesne University. She currently serves as Penguins beat writer for Inside Hockey magazine and is a regular radio guest on stations including 93.7 The Fan...

On this episode,Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Tony Defazio. DeFazio is the former editor of The Pittsburgh Sports Report, Pittsburgh's longest-published sports newspaper. The Sports Report was a monthly newspaper pand online publication from 1996 through 2016. In addition to his duties as editor, DeFazio was the Pitt football and basketball beat writer from 2010 through 2016 a...

On this episode,Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Casey Leister. Leister has been a volunteer assistant baseball coach with the Navy Midshipmen since 2018. Although he has only been with the Midshipmen for two years his presence has been felt as they have amassed a record of 53-18. When this season was shortened by covid-19 they Midshipmen were 14-1 and red hot reeling off a recor...

On this episode,Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Matt Noble. Noble is a Silver Spring, MD native and is currently the PA announcer for University of Maryland football, men's basketball and baseball games. He is also the radio play-by-play announcer for the women's basketball team and fills-in for Hall of Fame broadcaster Johnny Holliday on select football and men's basketball gam...

We look at varying degrees of questions that address the current state of sports from restarting seasons, to starting seasons, to drafts that impact future seasons. Our Decade Definers looks at Top Nascar drivers from 70's to today. 

Looking at the top 10 college football teams heading into the summer for the 2020 season. Players, rankings, and recruiting classes all part of the equation. Updates on MLB,NHL, NBA along with news and noteworthy. Finishing up with our Decade Definers segment which focuses on the top college football teams from the 70's through the 2010's.

A deeper look into the Pittsburgh Steelers opponents for the 2020 season and projected outcome for each game with a final record prediction. Where does MLB, NBA and the NHL stand. Highlights from Michael Jordan's Last Dance Documentary. Comparing Antonio Brown and james Harrison who is the bigger scoundrel. Decade Definers the Best in MLB from the 70's to the 2010's.

On this episode we talk about the 10 players signed from the now defunct XFL to the Steelers roster. Update on NBA, NHL and MLB frozen seasons. Decade Definers 70's to present day Pirates. 

Reviewing the 2020 NFL draft picks for the Pittsburgh Steelers along with their 10 undrafted free agents. Also talk about where the sports in season are heading (NBA, NHL and MLB). Decade Definers focuses on the Penguins since the 70's.  Thanks to Joelle Figorski (Logo creator) and Ryan Benton (theme music) for their contributions to Steel City Nation.