This is the 2016 Palooza Flagship Guest List, and it is an incredible list of incredible guests who have appeared on the flagship Sports Palooza Radio show this year! All of our live shows are produced on Blogtalkradio.com
Jayne Kennedy ~ Jayne Kennedy Overton joins us as our first guest of the year! She was the first African-American and one of the first female sports broadcasters and destroyed the myth that women couldn’t make it in the world of sports broadcasting
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Ralph Cindrich ~ In the 1980s Ralph became one of the pro game’s most prominent player agents. Soon he was ranked among the most powerful people in sports. USA Today called Cindrich “the undisputed free-agent champ.” Ralph is the author of NFL Brawler, and he comes to discuss the book while sitting at LAX Airport!
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Brian Alexander ~ Brian Alexander is a writer and author based in California. A frequent contributor to NBCNews and Outside magazine, his work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Times magazine, Wired, Esquire, The Los Angeles Times magazine, and many others. His most recent book is The Chemistry Between Us: Love, Sex, and the Science of Attraction, written with neuroscientist Larry Young. Follow him on Twitter at@BrianRAlexander. He is also a frequent contributor to Outside magazine.
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Eric Legrand ~ Five years ago, Eric LeGrand suffered a spinal cord injury during a Rutgers football game that left him paralyzed from the neck down. Eric is now a radio host, motivational speaker and founded his own Foundation, TeamLeGrand of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Eric and his infectious smile join us to discuss his work with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation as a part of Team LeGrand, the progress he’s made in his rehab treatment and his 2016 goals as they relate to his foundation.
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Bobby Dale Earnhardt ~ Bobby Earnhardt, grandson of Dale Earnhardt, stops by to talk about his reality show and the upcoming racing season! The Earnhardt name is legendary in the NASCAR racing community. The Adventures of Bobby Earnhardt will offer fans an intimate look into the daily life of a young man who is promising his fans to become a legend rivaling his grandfather and uncle.
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Daina Falk ~ Daina Falk comes by to talk about party munchies! Falk is the daughter of sports agent, David Falk, and grew up around sports and extraordinary professional athletes. Combining her genuine, life-long interest in and enthusiasm for sports, Daina launched a media career in 2011, covering major sporting events such as the 2012 Summer Olympic Games and multiple Super Bowls for a variety of major networks.
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Dr. Scott Piland ~ Scott G. Piland PHD, ATC, is one of Shock Doctor’s lead medical experts who will share insights on mouthguard’s role in protecting against facial and oral injuries, as well as the increasing need to mandate mouthguards at the youth and high school sports levels. Shock Doctor is part of the United Sports Brands portfolio of brands that provides sports medicine, sports protection and performance apparel to everyday athletes and pro athletes.
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Valerie J. Gin and Jo Kadlecek ~ The co-authors of When Girls Became Lions. Their story follows Teacher Bailey Crawford in 1983 as he leads his town’s first girls soccer team to their school’s only state championship—despite the hardships they confront just to play.
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Kenyon Salo ~ Kenyon Salo is Founder and Visionary of The Bucket List Life and has been featured in/on Fox, ABC, ESPN, CBS and NFL Films for his sporting activities. he is an expert in sports travel in the areas of Skydiving, BASE Jumping and Scuba Diving.
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Jay Smith ~ Jay Smith from Sports Travel and Tours is stopping by to help us plan where we should go this year and what exciting packages his firm has put together. Ahhhh vacation for sports fans!
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Randi Druzin ~ Author of Between the Pipes, Randi Druzin profiles a dozen of these legendary netminders, honing in on the personality trait that makes each one unique and she stops by today to talk to us about them.
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Tokyo Rosenthal ~ For eight consecutive Major League seasons, this Valley Stream, NY, native (now a resident of Chapel Hill, NC), who envisioned and dreamed of himself as a baseball media broadcaster, beat reporter and photographer, “schemed and tricked” his way into the House That Ruth Built with full access to the Stadium’s field, press box, dugouts, clubhouses and even top level complimentary seats in the stands.
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Brandon London ~ Brandon is known for his tenacity and ostentatious personality on the football field with the New York Giants, Miami Dolphins, and recently with the CFL’s Montreal Alouettes. Brandon London brings new meaning to the phrase “Triple Threat”
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Mark Chervinsky ~ The documentary filmmaker behind: “At What Cost?: An Anatomy of Professional Wresting” a 95-minute documentary that explores the nation’s obsession with professional wrestling, from the champions of WWE to the independent warriors, and the fans that worship these testosterone-fueled, cartoon- like characters.
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Bruce Gipson ~ Bruce first made the trek from Bimini to Fort Lauderdale 31 years ago breaking the record for fastest crossing of the Gulf Stream under human power by sea kayak. It took him 11 hrs. and 46 min. No one has since broken the record. Bruce, alongside Lee McGregor, tried to break the record and make the voyage in less than 8 hrs 31 years later.
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Erik Sherman ~ Erik stops by to make his third appearance on the Sports Palooza Radio Show, promoting his new book ‘Kings of Queens’, a tribute to the 30-year anniversary of the 1986 NY Mets.
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Steve Williams ~ The former caddy for Tiger Woods and Adam Scott comes on the show to discuss his new book Out of the Rough: Inside the Ropes with the World’s Greatest Golfers.
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Sarah Centrella ~ Sarah’s story has impacted hundreds of thousands worldwide. Her blog, Thoughts.Stories.Life, has garnered international recognition and popularity, inspiring people around the world with her simple eight-step plan for achieving success known as the #HBRMethod.
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Justine Gubar ~ Justine Gubar divulges outrageous and often shocking incidents, including first-hand accounts from both the transgressors and victims. Gubar reaches back into ancient times, providing a history of fan violence throughout the ages before delving into events of misbehavior, violence, and hatred in the United States and around the world.
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Dan Schlossberg ~ In conjunction with 2016 being the 25th Anniversary of the Atlanta Braves’ 1991 worst-to-first finish (the first ever in NL history), as well as the launch of the team’s unprecedented 14-straight-year title streak, noted baseball writer, author and long-time Braves fan Dan Schlossberg has written the definitive book on this incredible achievement, When the Braves Ruled the Diamond: Fourteen Flags Over Atlanta. In fact, it is the only book on this subject that will be available to fans this year.
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Jen Miller ~ Jen tells the story of her lifelong relationship with running with wit, thoughtfulness, and brutal honesty. Jen first laces up her sneakers in high school, when, like many people, she experiences running as a painful part of conditioning for other sports. But when she discovers early in her career as a journalist that it helps her clear her mind, focus her efforts, and achieve new goals, she becomes hooked for good.
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Sheldon Bailey ~ Sheldon returns to Sports Palooza Radio for the second time, and his new project on Nickelodeon is why he is here today.
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John Schenk ~ John Schenk offers clients more than a decade of booking, consulting, marketing, and other entertainment & sports management experience. Through his work, he has earned the trust and respect of nationally recognized speakers, musicians, producers, songwriters, event organizers, and athletes.
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Megan Cavallari ~ Composer, musician, and producer Megan Cavallari has a knack for creating music that industry legend Richard Kraft recently called “amazing and earworm candy.” From film and television soundtracks to stage musicals to being the official composer of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, the award-winning Philadelphia native has managed to land at the top of a her profession.
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Adam Copeland (Edge) – The WWE’s Adam “Edge” Copeland joins us to talk about his newest movie role. Adam talks about his feature role as an interrogator in “Interrogation” After the FBI receives a threat that endangers the entire city, an interrogator (Copeland) and an IT specialist (Lana) are plunged into a series of mind games with a criminal mastermind, desperately racing against time to uncover the villain’s true agenda as they fight to protect thousands of lives.
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Kevin Kelly ~ Kevin Kelly, the author of “Both Sides of the Line: My Coach, the Boston Mob Enforcer; My Mentor, the Murderer; The True Story of Clyde Dempsey and the 1974 Don Bosco Bears” (Bancroft Press, July 1, 2016). The book offers an exclusive look into the life of Clyde Dempsey, notorious mob lieutenant and football coach for the Don Bosco High School Bears of 1974.
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Mac Engel ~ Mac talked to us about his trip to see four football games in Texas in four days. Pigskin Rapture: Four Days in the Life of Texas Football captures not just the action on the field, but all of the the sights, sounds, and smells of a state smitten with football: from K-D’s Barbecue in Midland, to the rarefied air of Cowboys owner Jerry Jones’s private box in AT & T Stadium.
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Robert Willix ~ Dr Willix is in major training mode gearing up for his 2nd IRONMAN at age 75, Sports Palooza Radio brings you the best stories!
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Steve Dahl ~ In his book Disco Demolition: The Night Disco Died, radio legend Steve Dahl, journalist Dave Hoekstra, and photographer Paul Natkin explain, in full, the culturally and politically significant meaning behind Disco Demolition, an event that was meant to boost fan attendance at Comiskey Park. Yet what resulted was more than anyone could have imagines –fans stormed the field, the ballpark was evacuated and the second game of a double header was cancelled –for the first time ever in a Major League Baseball history.
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Bobby Vernon ~ Bobby currently coaches high school football in Miami, Florida. Tackling Dummies addresses ipoints out ways to improve football plays, football workouts and offers common sense ideas to minimize the potential of football injuries including traumatic brain injuries (TBI’s).
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Zishawn Qureshi ~ Zishawn is a USA national cricket player! Cricket is on the rise in the United States through the efforts of Cricket Council USA. Cricket Council USA has been notified by the International Cricket Council (ICC) that it will officially sanction the 2016 US Open Tournament. Many top Cricket players are now on board for this year’s US Open T20 tournament slated for November 24-27th at the Central Broward Regional Park & Stadium in Lauderhill, Florida.
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Mo Vaughn – The ‘Hit Dog’ ~ Former Major League Baseball All-Star Mo Vaughn has launched his first clothing line, MVP Collections, which tailors specifically to big and tall men. Mo has made sure that the big guy has everything he could want from night-out attire to activewear! Check out his clothing line at www.mvpcollections.com
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