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Bud Harrelson, the scrappy, glove-first shortstop on the 1969 Miracle Mets, third-base coach for the 1986 World Series-winning team and later the club’s manager, and who tangled with Pete Rose in one of the wildest brawls in baseball history, died Wednesday in East Northport, New York. He was 79. Aj and I had the honor of having him on our show in 2012 here is an amazing 35 minutes with Buddy RIP # 3
Burt Young made his name playing rough-edged working class Italian-American characters, the best-known example being his signature role as Sylvester Stallone's brother-in-law Paulie in Rocky (1976), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He is one of three actors (Sylvester Stallone, and Tony Burton being the other two) who have appeared in every Rocky film. He has played similar roles in Chinatown, Convoy, Back to School,The Pope of Greenwich Village, Once Upon a Time in America, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Downtown: A Street Tale, he has also appeared in many television programs, including The Rockford Files, Baretta, Law & Order,Walker, Texas Ranger, M*A*S*H, guest-starred in a Miami Vice episode, and made an appearance on The Sopranos as Bobby Baccalieri's father who is dying of cancer and comes out of retirement to execute a hit on his godson. He is also a painter whose art has been displayed in galleries throughout the world. He is also a published author whose works include two filmed screenplays and 400-page historically based novel called Endings.
Dick Butkus possessed a desire to excel that few have equaled. He played as the Chicago Bears' middle linebacker for nine years with only one goal in mind – to be the best, and from the very start, he was just that. In his rookie season, Butkus, a first-round draft choice, had only one challenger for National Football League Rookie of the Year honors, teammate Gale Sayers. That same year Butkus was named first-team All-NFL, an honor he would record five more times. Butkus also played in the Pro Bowl following his rookie season and in each of the next seven years. He even figured in the career statistical columns with 22 interceptions and 27 opponents' fumble recoveries. Dick had drive, meanness, a consuming desire to pursue, tackle and manhandle – anything he could do to thwart the enemy on every play. Still, he was a clean player, totally devoted to his career, a man who by his own admission played every game as though it were his last one. Butkus had the speed and agility to make tackles from sideline to sideline and to cover the best tight ends and running backs on pass plays. He had instinct, strength, leadership and, maybe most important of all, anger. “When I went out on the field to warm up, I would manufacture things to make me mad,” he once said. “If someone on the other team was laughing, I'd pretend he was laughing at me or the Bears. It always worked for me." It was inevitable that injuries would eventually come to someone who threw himself so completely into a contact sport such as football. For Butkus, it was a serious right knee injury in 1970 that didn't respond completely to surgery. Three years later, he retired. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility. Dick Butkus passed away 10/5/23. This interview took place on 11/25/12.
Brooks Robinson was a third baseman who played his entire career for the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977. Nicknamed "the Human Vacuum Cleaner", "Mr. Hoover", and "Mr. Oriole", he is generally considered to have been the greatest defensive third baseman in major league history.An 18-time All-Star, he won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards, setting a record later tied by Jim Kaat and broken by Greg Maddux. His 2,870 career games at third base not only exceeded the closest player by nearly 700 games when he retired, but also remain the most games by any player in major league history at a single position. His 23 seasons spent with a single team set a major league record since matched only by Carl Yastrzemski. He passed away on 9/26/23. This interview took place on 12/12/09/
Today's Kinerskorner.com Vintage game is from 7/25/69: https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN196907250.shtml Lindsey Nelson (PBP) 1-2/5-6 Ralph Kiner (PBP) 3-4 Bob Murphy (PBP) 7-9
From the SPORTSTALKNY Time Machine 2/8/2102 Conn Smythe Trophy winner Jonathan Narchessault as a member of the Hartford Wolfpack joined Mark and AJ
From the SPORTSTALKNY Archives From his 1963 television appearance on "The Jackie Gleason Show"Pasquale Caputo, aka Pat Cooper, enthralled standing room only audiences with his lovable "comedic anger."For nearly four decades Pat appeared on many stages, from comedy clubs to major theaters, including the legendary Copacabana, Westbury Music Theater, Trump Castle, Caesar's Palace, the MGM Grand Hotel, and Trop World.Throughout his long and lucrative career, Pat has had the opportunity to share the stage with such superstars as Jerry Lewis, Tony Bennett, Tom Jones, Paul Anka, Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Englebert Humperdinck, Sammy Davis Jr. and the list goes on.Pat's humor also reached the talk show audiences with his recurring and always successful appearances on "The Howard Stern Show," "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee," and "The Late Show with David Letterman."Pat's impeccable timing, comedic genius and commanding stage presence always left his sold-out audiences roaring! He joined Mark and Aj in 2011 to talk about his new book How Dare You Say How Dare Me.
Wally Backman talks about Daniel Murphy and the fact that he feels right now Murphy would be the New York Mets Best DH.
Interview from the archives of Mark Rosenman and Howie Karpin You Never Forget your First : A Collection of New York Mets Firsts with Hobie Landrith from 9/20/20 when Hobie was 90 years old
Jeff Pearlman is one of our generation's best sports writers He has written nine books that have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list: . He was the author of the infamous 1999 John Rocker interview in Sports Illustrated. The HBO Series, “Winning Time,” is based on his 2014 book Showtime :Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s. His Latest book The Last Folk Hero ,Draws on an astonishing 720 original interviews, and captures as never before the elusive truth about Bo Jackson, superstar of both the NFL and Major League Baseball , He joins Mark and Aj to talk about it all.
Larry Csonka is a former fullback and Super Bowl MVP who played for the Miami Dolphins, and briefly with the New York Giants. He is a Hall of Famer and two-time Super Bowl Champion He is a member of the 1972 Miami Dolphins, whose undefeated 17-0 season was named the best team in NFL history. He is also the author of a great new book Head On A memoir which pulls back the curtain to share how the Dolphins achieved their legendary Perfect Season. From quitting football at a young age, to his often-combative relationship with Coach Don Shula, and everything in between, he joins Mark and Aj to talk about it all.
Authors Howie Karpin and Mark Rosenman appear on Ed Randall's iconic Talking Baseball show to talk about You Never Forget Your FIrst: A Collection of New York Mets Firsts, available on Amazon or markrosenman.com
Tom McMillen was a star basketball player at every level imaginable. In 1970, he was the number one high school basketball player in the U.S. He would go on to play college ball under legendary Coach Lefty Driesell for the University of Maryland Terrapins from 1971 to 1974,He was also a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team that lost a controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union.After graduating from Maryland he was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves and the first round of the 1974 ABA Draft by the Virginia Squires.He signed with the Braves but postponed his entry into the NBA in order to attend the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. During his eleven-year National Basketball Association career, he played for the Braves, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, and Washington Bullets, before he retired in 1986 to pursue his political career.where he would go on to Serve as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps
Ron Shelton was a former minor league baseball infielder in Baltimore's Orioles farm system, where he played with the Bluefield Orioles, Stockton Ports, Florida Instructional League Orioles, Dallas–Fort Worth Spurs and Rochester Red Wings from 1967 through 1971..he is however best known for the many films he has made about sports. His 1988 film Bull Durham, based in part on his own baseball experiences, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. His new book The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit, takes us behind-the-scenes and tells the story of the making of the film, and is an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking. He joins Mark Rosenman of SPORTSTALKNY to talk all about it. Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps
Steve Dillon was a left-handed pitcher whose professional career lasted for four seasons (1962–1965), including major league stints with the 1963 and 1964 New York Mets. He was born in Yonkers, NY and was initially signed by the New York Yankees where he had a 14–7 record for the 1962 Fort Lauderdale Yankees of the Class D Florida State League, striking out 196 batters in 169 innings pitched, with a 2.61 earned run average. He was selected by the Mets in the first-year player draft after that season and spent 1963 with the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons. He made his Met debut on Thursday, September 5, in a 9–0 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Relieving Roger Craig in the sixth inning. He made the team out of Spring training in 1964 and appeared in 2 more games, and then went 21.297 days before his next appearance on the mound for the New York Mets on Old Timers Day, he joins Mark and AJ to talk all about it. Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps
Travis Jankowski has appeared in 470 major league games, 43 of them this season with the New York Mets.He has also played for the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies, , and Seattle Mariners.he attended Stony Brook University on a partial baseball scholarship. During his junior year, he helped take Stony Brook to a Cinderella appearance in the 2012 College World Series. That same year, the Padres selected him in the first round of the 2012 MLB Draft.
Rod Strickland grew up in the Bronx, While a junior he led Truman High School in Co-Op City to the state championship and was ranked as one of the top 10 high school recruits in the nation. He was a college star at DePaul University where he appeared in 87 games. As a junior, he was a First Team All-American A 1987 and 1988 All-America pick,He helped lead the Blue Demons to three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances from 1985–86 to 1987–88, including Sweet Sixteen showings in 1986 and 1987.He ranks among the program's career leaders in scoring average , assists and steals . He would go on to play over 1000 games in the NBA and is currently the head coach at Long Island University, He joins Mark and AJ to talk about it all. Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps.
Danny Amendola is currently is an NFL free agent wide receiver . He played his college football at Texas Tech. And was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2008, and has also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions. And Houston texans, As a member of the New England patriots he had some memorable moments with the legendary Tom Brady as he a became the 50th receiver all time to catch a touchdown pass from Tom Brady when he caught a touchdown in the first quarter of a game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on November 3, 2013.and on September 27, 2015, in a Week 3 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Amendola caught Tom Brady's 400th career touchdown pass, making Brady the fourth quarterback in history to reach that mark He is a 2 time Super Bowl champ. He joins Mark and Aj to talk about it all. Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps
Ed Lynch was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 22nd round of the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft. After three years in their farm system, in which he compiled a 22–27 record and 3.89 earned run average, the Rangers sent him to the New York Mets on September 18, 1979 as part of an earlier deal in which the Mets sent Willie Montañez to the Rangers for two players to be named later. The other player the Rangers sent the Mets was first baseman Mike Jorgensen. He would make his Major league debut with the Mets on August 31, 1980 against the San Francisco Giants, out of the bullpen. He would win his first major league start on September 13 against the Chicago Cubs, snapping a thirteen-game losing streak for his club, He joins Mark and AJ on a week when the Mets will retire one of his teammates Keith Hernandez number to talk about #17 impact on the team. Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps
Rick Wise had an 18 year career in the majors as a right-handed pitcher between 1964 and 1982 for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians and the San Diego Padres. He is a two-time National League All-Star , 6/21 marked the 57th anniversary of his first major league win which game in game 2 of a double header against the Mets, the first game was Jim Bunnings Perfect game, and 6/23 is the 50th anniversary of his no-hitter a game in which he also slugged two home runs to support his own effort. He was the winning pitcher for the Boston Red Sox in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, considered by some to be the greatest Series game ever played. He joined Mark Rosenman to talk about it all.
J.Russell Peltzspent a lifetime as a boxing promoter. While he is synonymous with Philadelphia boxing, he also has promoted fights in at Atlantic City Casinos and around the counts. As a matchmaker, his fights have appeared on all the major networks that carry boxing – ABC, NBC, CBS, ESPN and USA, as well as the Philadelphia-based PRISM. Over a half century in the business, he has crossed paths with the great, the near-great, the honest, the shady, the decent, the sneaky.He has been elected to the World Boxing Hall of Fame, the International Boxing Hall of Fame – only boxing could have competing halls of fame – the Philadelphia Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, the Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame and the Temple University School of Communications and Theater Hall of Fame. He recounts his career in fascinating detail in a great new book, Thirty Dollars and a Cut Eye. He joins Mark and AJ to talk about it all.
Josh Thole who played his High School baseball at Mater Dei High School. in Bresee Illinois, where his #15 Jersey was the first retired number of any sport at Mater Dei High School He..was drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. He would go on to play 8 years in the Majors 4 with the Mets and 4 with the Blue Jays, 10 years from the day that he caught Johan Santana's first no hitter in Mets franchise history, he joins Mark and Aj to talk about it.
Peter Golenbock has written some of sports’ most important books, including but not limited to Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949–64; The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers; Personal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankees manager Billy Martin. AJ and Mark look forward to every time he has a new book because not only to they love reading them, but more importantly they love talking to him, his latest book Whispers of the Gods, brings to life baseball greats from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s through timeless stories told straight from the players themselves culled from Peters decades of interviews for his reporting and writing.It Mark and AJ welcome the man who holds the record for most appearances on SPORTSTALKNY, one of Mark's inspirations to become an author ...Peter Golenbock.
Dominic Moore was the 95th overall pick,of the New York Rangers in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft, He played close to 900 games in the NHL for the Ny Rangers Pittsburgh Penguins, Minnesota Wild, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Sabres, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose Sharks and Boston Bruins. He won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy in 2013-14 season, the trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.That season his goal in game 6 of the Eastern conference final was the only goal scored and it sent the Rangers to the Stanley Cup finals he is s currently an analyst for ESPN.
Bob Gutkowski is one of the true visionaries and strategists in the fields of sports and entertainment. As the President of Madison Square Garden from 1991 to 1994, He was ultimately responsible for the operations of both the New York Knickerbockers and the New York Rangers, who won their first Stanley Cup in 54 years in 1994. He was also responsible for the direction of MSG Network, the nation's largest regional sports network, MSG Entertainment and the MSG Facilities Group, which operated the Garden arena and the Paramount. While President of MSG Network in 1988, He negotiated the landmark 12 year, $486 million deal to telecast New York Yankees baseball and the network grew to become the largest and most profitable regional sports network in the country. Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com as well as facebook live at 7 PM Wednesday for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps
John P Owens is an award-winning media professional with more than 30 years of experience as a writer, journalist, producer, director and videographer. His co -author Is Dr. David J. Fletcher who is a 1972 alum of Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn, Ill., where he played baseball. Sometimes taking three trains as a teenager to go to baseball games in Chicago, he attended over 20 White Sox games in 1972, and witnessed first-hand what Dick Allen meant to the city.The two have worked together in the past on “Buck O’Neil and Black Baseball in Chicago”, a documentary written and filmed by John Owens. The documentary aired on PBS and won the praise of White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who noted that the film was “vitally important for future generations.” In September 2010, Dr Fletcher screened the documentary at the Baseball Hall of Fame film festival in Cooperstown, N.Y. They are the co authors of an amazing new book Chili Dig MVP DICK ALLEN, THE ‘72 WHITE SOX AND A TRANSFORMING CHICAGO
New York Islanders great and Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Bossy died at the age of 65, the team announced on Friday. In October, Bossy announced he was stepping away from his job as a hockey analyst with Canadian French-language hockey broadcaster TVA Sports after being diagnosed with lung cancer. A four-time Stanley Cup winner with the Islanders, Bossy was selected No. 15 in the 1977 NHL Draft and went on to win the Calder Trophy for Rookie of the Year, after finishing with 53 goals and 91 points. He played his entire 10-year career with the team finishing as the franchise's all-time leading scorer with 573 goals. The Canadian hockey player ranks 22nd all-time in NHL history in goals and is notably a member of the group that set the NHL record of 19-straight playoff series wins. "The New York Islanders organization mourns the loss of Mike Bossy, an icon not only on Long Island but across the entire hockey world," Islanders President and General Manager Lou Lamoriello said in a statement on Friday. AJ and I were lucky enough to have him on our show back in August of 2011, here is that interview.
The Comedy World lost one of it's greats as Gilbert Gottfried has died. He was 67 years old. The actor and comedian's family announced the sad news on his official Twitter account Tuesday, alongside a photo of Gottfried. "We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness. In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children," the family said. "Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor. Love, the Gottfried family," they added. Gottfried's longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz tells PEOPLE in an official statement, "Beloved and iconic comedian Gilbert Gottfried passed away at 2:35 p.m. ET on April 12, 2022, from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II." AJ and I were lucky enough to have him on our show during his book tour in 2011
Joel Youngblood was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds out of Stephen F. Austin High School in the second round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft. He would play in 1408 games over 14 seasons, and in parts of six seasons with the NY Mets. He had his best season as a Met in the strike-shortened season of 1981, when he batted .350 with a .929 OPS and was named an All-Star for the only time in his career. The following season, he made history by becoming the only player to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. He played for the Mets that afternoon in Chicago, was traded to Montreal after the game, and played for the Expos that night in Philadelphia.
Tommy Davis, a two-time National League batting champion who won three World Series titles with the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 83. He died Sunday night 4/3//22 in Phoenix, the Dodgers announced Monday. We were lucky enough to have him on our show on 10/13/2013 this is our interview with Tommy
