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You Should Be HereSUSPICIOUS DEATH: Lauren Agee // True Crime Cast podcastWelcome to Season Two of YOU SHOULD BE HEREThis is the second series, titled, "Or No"Today's case is brought to us by the podcast True Crime Cast and covers the suspicious circumstances surrounding Lauren Agee's death. You are wanted.You are needed.And you deserve a SAFE love.This is a Podcaster’s Give Back collaboration. All podcasters have donated their time and research to help advocate for victims of domestic violence. And...2025-02-1444 minYou Should Be HereMURDER: Mary Grieneder //True Crime Cast podcastWelcome to Season Two of YOU SHOULD BE HEREThis is the second series, titled, "Or No"Today's case is brought to us by the podcast True Crime Cast and covers the story of Mary Grieneder.You are wanted.You are needed.And you deserve a SAFE love.This is a Podcaster’s Give Back collaboration. All podcasters have donated their time and research to help advocate for victims of domestic violence. And we ar...2025-02-1435 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberThomas More Football preview Fall 2021This is a special episode of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber as we dedicate the show to a season preview of the 2021 Thomas More Saints football team… We also use this opportunity to release the pregame interview that will air on the Saints Sports Network’s “Soon to be Awarding Winning” Pregame Show ahead of it’s home opening game against the Faulkner Eagles. Our guest is the head coach of the Saints Trevor Stellman and we talk about the program as a whole leading into the new fall season. We talk about the hard hitting issues both on and off the...2021-09-1040 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberGLSCL Podcast: Episode 4 - Max McLearyOur the fourth episode of Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League Podcast we remember GLSCL Hall of Famer and former Cincinnati Steam General Manager Max McLeary. Brady, who succeeded Max as the GM of the Steam is joined by the current Steam General Manager Tony Brumfield to reminisce and tell Max stories. You can follow the Cincinnati Steam on their website at cincinnatisteam.com on its Facebook page, on Twitter @cincinnatisteam and Instagram @cincinnatisteam You can follow the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League on Facebook and Instagram its @GLSCLbaseball and on Twitter it’s simply @GLSCL… Also check out our website at g...2021-07-131h 01
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberGLSCL Podcast: Episode 3 - Bill MontgomeryOur guest on the third episode of Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League Podcast is the President of the Grand Lake Mariners Bill Montgomery. Bill helped bring the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League to Celina, Ohio in 1989. You can follow the Grand Lake Mariners on their website at grandlakemariners.com or on Twitter @GLMariners or on Instagram @grandlakemariners You can follow the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League on Facebook and Instagram its @GLSCLbaseball and on Twitter it’s simply @GLSCL… Also check out our website at greatlakesleague.org You can follow Brady Laber on Twitter @BradyLaber1 and please use the hashtag #Nobo...2021-07-0644 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberGLSCL Podcast: Episode 2 - Tom UsherOur guest on the second episode of Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League Podcast is Tom Usher from the Lima News. Tom has been around the Lima Locos franchise since its formation in 1987. You can follow Tom and his coverage of the Lima News on their website at https://www.limaohio.com/sports and Tom’s Twitter account @LimaUsher. You can follow the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League on Facebook and Instagram its @GLSCLbaseball and on Twitter it’s simply @GLSCL… Also check out our website at greatlakesleague.org You can follow Brady Laber on Twitter @BradyLaber1 and please use the hashta...2021-06-2441 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberGLSCL Podcast: Episode 1 - Gary HenschenOur guest on the first episode of Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League Podcast is founded and the first commissioner of the GLSCL Gary Henschen. You can follow the Great Lakes Summer Collegiate League on Facebook and Instagram its @GLSCLbaseball and on Twitter it’s simply @GLSCL… Also check out our website at greatlakesleague.org You can follow Brady Laber on Twitter @BradyLaber1 and please use the hashtag #NobodysSafe For more information on Stove Leg Media go the website StoveLeg.com or send an email to podcasts@stoveleg.com Intro music for the podcast was provided by NoCo Music from the Hear...2021-06-1748 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberTodd AsalonMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is the recently retired head baseball coach at Northern Kentucky University Todd Asalon. This is super sized two-hour long episode where we cover it all. We talk first about Todd growing up on the Westside of Cincinnati as a good young catholic boy that transferred to Oak Hills becoming a three-sport star for the Highlanders. Todd played baseball at Northern Kentucky University from 1980-83 under the legendary head coach Bill Aker. We talk about “Akes” with this section being exclusive to Todd’s time playing for Aker. After his play...2021-06-102h 07
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberByron LarkinMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Byron Larkin who is all-time leading scorer at Xavier University and since 1998 has been the radio analyst for the Musketeers. Byron is part of a famous family from Cincinnati, Ohio that includes four boys that all achieved athletic success. We first talk about Mr. and Mrs. Larkin (Robert and Shirley) and how they had just three rules for their sons when it came to playing sports. We talk about each one of his siblings including the eldest of the five Larkin children and the only girl who’s na...2021-05-271h 14
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberTrevor StellmanMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Trevor Stellman the head football coach at Thomas More University. Trevor was a multi-sport athlete who’s first love was soccer. He would eventually add baseball, basketball and of course football to his arsenal. We look back at Trevor’s early days growing up around his father the legendary head football coach Conner High School. Trevor goes into some of his dad’s background that predates his time before arriving at Conner in 1987. Trevor played for his dad at Conner and was a two-year starter for the Cougars...2021-05-131h 22
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberBill AkerOn this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber we look back on the career of the first head baseball coach of the Northern Kentucky University Norse Bill Aker. I take some excerpts from past episodes and some bonus content to remember the who built the NKU baseball from the ground up. Coach Akes was a hard working coach who was a no nonsense guy that has the ability to relate with his players and get them to win for him and the program. We start with former sports information director and longtime NKU historian Rick Meyers. Rick joined us...2021-05-051h 04
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberRick BroeringMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Rick Broering who is the radio analyst for NKU basketball, publisher for Musketeer Report and Digital Content Producer at Local 12 in Cincinnati. Rick knew from a young age that he wanted to maximize his love of sports by eventually becoming a college basketball play-by-play broadcaster. He talks about using a tape recorder to practice calling games starting when he was 11 years old. Rick talks about growing up in Northern Kentucky and attending Holy Cross High School which is located in the Latonia section of Covington. We talk ab...2021-04-291h 17
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJeff HansMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Jeff Hans the head women’s basketball coach at Thomas More University. He has led the Saints to three NCAA D-III National Championship along with a D-III final four appearance and an NAIA National runner-up appearance while winning over 90 percent of his games as a head coach with the Saints. Coach Hans grew up in Eaton, Ohio and went to Wilmington College to study agriculture and be a member of the golf team. He would eventually try his hand at coaching basketball when you joined the staff at C...2021-04-231h 17
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJim KelchMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Jim Kelch who is a successful radio and television play-by-play broadcaster. Jim grew in Peoria, Illinois which is the line of demarkation that divides the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals respective fan bases. Jim grew up a Cubs fans but admits that he also enjoyed Cardinals baseball because he was such a fan of Cardinals radio play-by-play man Jack Buck. Jim grew up playing baseball but always knew that he wanted to call both baseball and basketball games and often practiced his craft in the bleachers wh...2021-04-081h 18
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJustin RayMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Thomas More University head men’s basketball coach Justin Ray. Justin Ray is from the Westside of Cincinnati and we begin the episode going into pretty good detail about his love and experiences growing up over there. Grade school sports in that predominately Roman Catholic community is very serious and Justin looks back glowingly on his youth career. He attended Our Lady of Lourdes School and played football and basketball for the Tigers. We talked about his 8th grade football coach Ozzy Bowns who just recently retired from...2021-04-011h 12
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJed DeMuesyMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Jed DeMuesy. Jed just wrapped up his tenure as a sports anchor, reporter and producer of Local 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jed grew in Massilon, Ohio where football is king. He talks about his dad having a job that allowed him to be around the Pro Football Hall of Fame in nearby Canton, Ohio. After playing high school football at Jackson High School, Jed realized he had a love of sports and wanted to continue with that path even if it wasn’t going to be as an o...2021-03-251h 11
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberWestside vs. Eastside PrideMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber we asked a number of people from both the Westside and Eastside of Cincinnati to describe what it’s like living in a sometimes imaginary rivalry that sometimes can get real. The first person we talk to is John Asalon who’s the voice of NKU Norse baseball and the Cincinnati Steam. John sparks this whole subject by being a Westsider who actually goes against the company line to speak about some of the things that annoy him when it comes to his homeland. Here is a link to the...2021-03-1852 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberMote HilsMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is NKU Hall of Famer Rick Meyers. Rick joins me today to talk about the first head coach of the men’s basketball team at Northern Kentucky University Mote Hils. Rick starts off with some brief background on the new college being built in Highland Heights, Kentucky and how Mote was hired to be its first head basketball coach. Mote enjoyed at ton of success as a local high school coach first at St Henry and later at Covington Catholic. He was coming off of a run of winn...2021-03-1138 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJalen BillupsMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is former NKU big man Jalen Billups. Jalen played the Norse from 2011-16 scorning 1,185 points, grabbing 599 rebounds while shoting 62% from the floor. Among his accomplishments at Northern Kentucky, Jalen scored the first basket in the program’s Division-I era. He was also the first player to score 1,000 career points solely as a D-I player. He set the single season field goal percentage record and is second place all-time for career field goal percentage. Jalen went to Shroder High School in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Madisonville. He played for the...2021-03-041h 00
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberThomas More Football previewThis is a special episode of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber as we dedicate the show to a season preview of the 2021 Thomas More Saints football team. We talk with head coach Trevor Stellman about a number of subjects including how he and his team has filled the time during the fall while they would normally be playing its schedule. Coach Stellman acknowledges that everything is different now with playing a schedule that begins in February. This includes the decision making process of actually deciding to shift the schedule to spring with the admission that it’s not really spri...2021-02-1754 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJohn PopovichMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is John Popovich. Popo worked in the sports department at WCPO-TV in Cincinnati for 40-years from 1979-2019. Popo got his start working at a high school radio station in his hometown of Struthers, Ohio. He admits that his love of sports was not going to translate into a playing career but this opportunity opened his eyes to the fact that he could still be a part of sports without playing the game. After graduating from high school, he attended Ohio University and earned a degree in telecommunications. He wo...2021-02-101h 25
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberAdam BaumMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Adam Baum. Adam is the daily beat reporter for the Cincinnati Enquirer’s coverage of the Xavier University men’s basketball program. Adam grew on the Westside of Cincinnati and is very proud of his heritage and we talked extensively about what it is like to be a Westsider. He also acknowledges that there are many quirks as far as how serious people take their grade school sports but does not apologize for it as he explains that dynamic. He graduated from Elder High School and played both f...2021-02-031h 02
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberChris HookMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is the pitching coach for the Milwaukee Brewers Chris Hook. “Hooky” grew up in Erlanger, Kentucky and graduated from Lloyd Memorial High School. He played sports growing up for Dixie Knothole and Erlanger Lions Club but it was baseball that he would develop of love for and make it his passion. After a successful high school career he played in college for Bill Aker at Northern Kentucky University. Hooky was a three-year letter winner as a starting pitcher from 1987-89. His junior year team in 1989 went 45-9 and just m...2021-01-201h 18
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberRich LinvilleMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Rich Linville who each night writes the Scoreboard Stumper question during Cincinnati Reds games at Great American Ballpark. Rich grew up a Reds fan on the Eastside of Cincinnati during the 1970s. He attributes his deep love for the Reds from the radio calls each night by the legendary team of Marty Brenneman and Joe Nuxhall. Interestingly enough his favorite baseball player was Kansas Royals third basemen and Hall of Famer George Brett. As a child of he 70’s, Rich talks about collecting baseball cards, reading box scor...2021-01-131h 08
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberKennedy BerkleyMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Kennedy Berkley. Kennedy was a three-sport athlete at Campbell County High School who went off to Murray State University as a track and field competitor and returned to the Lady Camels as the head volleyball coach winning back-to-back 10th Region championships. Kennedy’s first love of sports was actually gymnastics but eventually settled on volleyball, basketball and track and field. Her dad Nick and his two brothers were all quarterbacks at Bellevue High School and her mother Jennie was an athlete at Elida High School in Lima, Ohio...2021-01-061h 20
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberEric ThompsonMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Eric Thompson who is the JV head basketball coach at McNicholas High School and a former team manager for men’s basketball team at Xavier University. Eric has a great story about positivity and inspiration. He was diagnosed as a child with a form of muscular dystrophy called spinal muscular atrophy. He has been in a wheelchair since the age of 9 but it does not get him down or be what defines him. He grew up on the Eastside of Cincinnati and attended St. Thomas More grade scho...2020-12-301h 03
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberRich HoytMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Rich Hoyt, a college basketball analyst for both Xavier University and Northern Kentucky University women’s teams and a freshman basketball coach at Covington Catholic High School. Rich grew up in Indianapolis and attended Cardinal Ritter High School. Like most Indiana natives he grew up a huge basketball fan and followed the Indiana Hoosiers led by the legendary Bobby Knight. Rich also followed the Butler Bulldogs and attended many games at the historic Hinkle Fieldhouse. This brings up a discussion about some of the great basketball venues in t...2020-12-231h 02
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberMadison TempleMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is the all-time leading scorer at Thomas More University Madison Temple. Madison grew up in Anderson Township which is on the Eastside of Cincinnati so I started by asking her a fun but difficult question. I asked her to compare the Eastside to the Westside since she made a lot of friends in college from the Westside. We talk about her start playing basketball being a teammate of her older sister Haley on a team that was coached by her mom Ceci who played collegiately at Belmont University. Ma...2020-12-161h 10
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberTyler SharpeMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is former NKU basketball great Tyler Sharpe. Tyler is from Mount Washington, Kentucky and was on the varsity basketball team at Bullitt East High School for five seasons. Tony Barr was the head coach of the Chargers and brought Tyler up to the varsity to lean from upperclassmen Derek Willis, Rusty Troutman, Trey Rakes and Elliott Young. Tyler was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease in middle school and he describes how its effected him and his journey living with this medical condition. Tyler is part of a great clas...2020-12-091h 12
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJeff HetzerMy guest on this episode of Nobody’s Safe w/Brady Laber is Jeff Hetzer the Associate Athletic Director and former head baseball coach at Thomas More University. “Hetz” got his start growing up on The Westside attending Our Lady of Victory parish and graduating from Elder High School. He played on the Panthers baseball team for head coach Mark Thompson. Thompson had just begun his head coaching career at Elder while Hetzer played for him in the early 1990’s. Thompson was former great player and assistant coach at crosstown rival Western Hills High School. After high school, Hetz played his firs...2020-12-021h 06
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberNorthern Kentucky Norse Men's Basketball Season PreviewThis is a special episode of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber as we dedicate the show to a season preview for the Northern Kentucky University Norse men’s basketball team. On this episode of Nobody’s Safe we have a season preview of the Northern Kentucky Norse men’s basketball program. This is the Golden Season of NKU basketball, year number 50 and although it's a shame that the pandemic will not allows Norse fans to celebrate the way that they expected. However, we will do the best we as I have the NKU radio play-by-play announcer Jim Kelch and his anal...2020-11-251h 12
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberNorthern Kentucky Norse Women's Basketball Season PreviewThis is a special episode of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber as we dedicate the show to a season preview for the Northern Kentucky University Norse women’s basketball team. My guests are Matt Sexton and Rich Hoyt the ESPN+ broadcast team for the NKU women’s basketball program. We begin the season preview with a look back to the end of last season when the Norse earned its first 20-win campaign in the Division-I era. NKU hosted and won two games in the Horizon League Tournament advancing to the semi-finals against Green Bay at Indiana Farmers Coliseum. Matt and Ri...2020-11-181h 10
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberThomas More Women's Basketball Season PreviewThis is a special episode of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber as we dedicate the show to a season preview for the Thomas More University Saints women’s basketball team. We begin the show by interviewing head coach Jeff Hans about how last season ended, summer workouts after the quarantine ended and breaks down roster and the return of Sydney Moss as an assistant coach. Thomas More began the season with a 94-71 win over the IU-East Werewolves… We have coverage of the post game press conference in which Coach Hans is joined by players Hayden White and Courtney Hurst...2020-11-111h 13
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberThomas More Men's Basketball Season PreviewThis is a special episode of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber as we dedicate the show to a season preview for the Thomas More University Saints men’s basketball team. We begin the show by interviewing head coach Justin Ray about how last season ended, summer workouts after the quarantine ended and breaking down the upcoming season's roster. Also, we insert his pregame interview in preparation for the season opener against Taylor University. Next, we bring in Nate Metz, the voice of the Thomas More Saints. Nate and I talk about the Saints 65-59 win over the Trojans. The form...2020-11-041h 06
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberRick MeyersRick went to school at St. Thomas High School in Fort Thomas, Kentucky. There was a teacher and coach there that gave Rick his first break and turned out to be a life long mentor. That man was future NKU men’s basketball coach Kenney Shields. Rick also attended high school with another future NKU coach Nancy Winstel. Nancy was a standout volleyball player and went on to be a three-sports athlete at NKU as well as a Hall of Fame coach. Rick began as a student at Northern Kentucky State College in 1972 which was the second year of the at...2020-10-281h 21
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberDon WeberDon Weber is a legendary figure in Northern Kentucky for his coverage of all the local sports teams. He worked for the local cable company which provided programing in a three county radius which expanded to six counties by the late-1990s and early-2000s. This included two colleges, Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More University, and at its peak 22 high schools. Don covered high school sports in Northern Kentucky for 25 years making him synonymous with every school in the area. Not many people know where he attended high school in the area but the answer is Campbell County. He...2020-10-211h 12
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberTerry ConnorTerry Connor has strong ties at Thomas More University thanks to his father the legendary Jim Connor. Jim had a great career in the coaching world before he arrived at Thomas More in 1978. Jim’s greatest notoriety in the Northern Kentucky area comes from his time at Newport Catholic High School. In 1966, his Thoroughbreds team was headlined by Dave Cowens. Cowens would go on to become an All-American at Florida State and later an NBA Rookie of the Year and World Champion for the Boston Celtics. Cowens wasn’t the only superstar athlete Jim Connor coached during his career. He coac...2020-10-141h 05
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberDrew McDonaldDrew McDonald has a strong lineage when it comes to athletes in his family especially on his mom’s side of the family. It starts with his grandfather Tom Freppon who played basketball at Newport Catholic High School and Xavier University during the late-1950’s and early-1960’s. Tom Freppon had four children and at least four grandchildren that all played college athletics: * Son Tom Jr played basketball at Thomas More * Tom, Jr.’s two daughters Kaela Jo (Xavier/NKU) and Mikah (Lewis) both played college volleyball * Daughter Pam (Wurtz) played volleyball at Western Kenutcky * Daughter Debbie (Zegarra) played volleyball at Midwa...2020-10-071h 04
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberScott SchweitzerScott Schweitzer graduated from Campbell County High School in 1998 where he was Kentucky all-state first basemen playing baseball for Hall of Fame head coach Tom Mohr. The Camels were 31-6 Schweitzer’s senior season which broke the record for most wins in a season. That year the Camels were 10th region tournament runners-up to eventual state champion Harrison County coached by Mac Whitaker and led on the field by Gary “Noochie” Varner. After committing originally to Bethune-Cookman, Schweitzer ultimately goes to Aquinas College a junior college program in Nashville, Tennessee coached by Chuck Anderson. Schweitzer talks about his recruitment and how th...2020-09-301h 13
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberAndrew KappesLike many baseball fans growing up in Northern Kentucky, Andrew was influenced by Marty Brenneman and Joe Nuxhall calling Cincinnati Reds games on the radio. Andrew got his start working in baseball at the tender age of 14 in the summer of 2005 when he started to cover the Florence Freedom of the independent Frontier League for the OurSports Central website. Andrew gives credit and thanks to Freedom manager at the time Jamie Keefe along with his staff especially pitching coach Chris Hook and bench coach John Christman for allowing him the opportunity to come into the coach’s office and learn ab...2020-09-231h 18
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberAbby OwingsAbby Owings grew up in Independence, Kentucky where she attended and played basketball at Simon Kenton High School. Her head coach Jeff Stowers was a Hall of Fame basketball player at Northern Kentucky University. Stowers took over a struggling program that has become a perennial contender for the 8th Region title by the time Abby became the staring point guard as a freshman in 2010-11. Abby credits Simon Kenton assistant coach Loretta Olmstead with helping Abby and her family through the recruiting process. She also talks about playing grass roots basketball for coach Buddy Pittman in the Shining Stars program...2020-09-161h 08
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJohn Asalon (Part 2)Brady and John pick up their conversation talking about John’s time as a sports talk radio show personality. It begins innocently enough when John is catering food to the station and ends up with him getting on the air. John gives credit to Mark Amazon and Dennis “Wild Man” Walker for giving him his break. He also talks about some debauchery that takes place in the studio thanks to The Wild Man. Through his friendship with Wild Man, John was able to also fill-in as the public address announcer for local hockey team the Cincinnati Cyclones. Also, Mark Amazon helped...2020-09-091h 08
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberJohn Asalon (Part 1)Brady welcomes John to the podcast and John talks about his growing up in the “Westside” which sparks a lengthy conversation about the demographics and makeup of this large neighborhood on the western side of Cincinnati, Ohio. This discussion moves toward John’s high school alma mater Elder High School. Elder is one of the most tradition filled programs in America let alone Cincinnati and John talks about the fierce loyalty shown by people who still life vicariously through the Purple and White. This spins off into a brief description and comparison to Elder and John’s current employer Highlands High Sch...2020-09-021h 04
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberRandy GoreBrady welcomes Randy Gore to the podcast and they talk about his upbringing in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Randy talks about growing up a Pirates/Steelers/Penguins fan. In fact, he was born in 1979 when the Pirates and Steelers had won world championships in during that calendar year. Randy attended and graduated from Waynesburg University where he majored in Communications with an emphasis on Sports Broadcasting. He describes the practical experience he gained at Waynesburg, first learning production work before getting a chance to broadcast games for the Yellow Jackets student-run production. Very similar to Brady’s training at...2020-08-251h 16
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberMatt SextonMatt talks about how he was able to land the job of television play-by-play announcer for Northern Kentucky University. At first he was assigned men’s and women’s soccer and then added women’s basketball to his schedule. Matt talks about his beginnings in the media business as a reporter for the Wilmington News Journal as a high school student under the tutelage of sports editor Mark Huber. Matt and Brady talk about the willingness to work for free in order get a foot in the door. In Matt’s case he became the public address announcer as a high sch...2020-08-1956 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberBrad RedfordOn this edition of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber, Brady’s guest is former Xavier University “sharpshooter” and television analyst for Northern Kentucky University Brad Redford. Brad talks about his hometown of Frankenmuth, Michigan and how it’s not only the Christmas retail store capital on the world it’s also the home of his favorite family owned restaurants, Zehnder’s and the Bavarian Inn. The Redford family settled in Frankentmuth when his father Mike, a former news anchor relocated from Detroit to Saginaw. Brad remembers growing up in the television newsroom and developed an interest in broadcasting. Brad talks about hi...2020-08-1259 min
Nobody's Safe with Brady LaberNate MetzOn the debut edition of Nobody’s Safe with Brady Laber, Brady’s guest is Nate Metz who is the voice of the Thomas More University Saints and the founder of the Stove Leg Media Podcast Network. Nate talks about “cold calling” local small colleges in the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky area trying to land a spot as a play-by-play announcer after graduating from college and working a regular job. After doing some work for the Cincinnati Christian University women’s basketball team he tells the story about receiving a call from Thomas More University. Nate joins the Thomas More basketball...2020-08-051h 12
Everyone Has A Sports PodcastEpisode 19: The Irrelevant PitcherIt’s Shark Week on EHASP! Ben was able to join in on a little bit of the MLB talk, considering that his Reds participated in Ben’s favorite past time over the past week: throwing haymakers at people from Pittsburgh. The guys discuss the fight, policing in baseball, Clint Hurdle, and some of the trade deadline. Football is also almost back, so we’re pretty pumped for that, because we’re doing a fantasy football league! To join our league, contact us via twitter (@NateMetz @Cody_Moose @Piercefield3) or contact us through our email at Podcasts@stoveleg.com. Only 20 days unt...2019-08-0256 minEveryone Has A Sports PodcastEpisode 18: Shut Up, Steve KerrIt's an "Ask Anything Thursday" when the boys record, so we've got lots of listener questions to get through! First, the guys discuss the comments that Steve Kerr made about Anthony Davis forcing a trade and going to play with Lebron. Moose and Ben seem to agree quite a bit in this episode, and Nate is a little put off by it. Then, the guys discuss the trade deadline situation in the MLB, who the best shortstop is (for some reason we only mention SS in the AL?), and what teams could be buying and selling come this...2019-07-261h 05