June 17, 2024Jun 17, 202400:46Scott Fedor/ Head StrongScott Fedor is a former state football championship player at St. Ignatius High school in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an author, a motivational speaker, and an advocate for others. 15 years ago, he sustained a broken neck that left him paralyzed after a diving accident. He runs a foundation “ Getting Back Up” that advocates for those with disabilities. He has written a book, Head Strong, How a Broken Neck Strengthened My Spirit. Fedor continues to speak to schools, and faith based organizations. His website www.scottwfedor.com You can find him on Instagram @scottwfedor . Look on my Instagram @johntelich for videos of Scott giving me a tour of his home, which he designed.Jun 17, 202441:16Jim Bonfanti of the Raspberries / The Beat Goes OnJim Bonfanti, was the drummer for the Raspberries, .the power pop group that was a sensation in the early 1970s. The group also had a reunion in the early 2000s, and even achieved greater renown for being on the soundtrack for the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Jim talked about his early music influences, and how he met Eric Carmen and how they formed the original Raspberries with Wally Bryson and Dave Smalley. Jun 10, 202401:06:30Donte Whitner/James Luthardt/ Financial LiteracyWhitner is a former nfl defensive back who made several Pro Bowls. Luthardt is an investor and Naval Officer who runs Kirtland Hills Capital. Whitner talked of the whole dynamic of suddenly coming into a whole bunch of money being drafted 8th overall and being completely overwhelmed. We talked about dealing with family members who link their financial well being to the pro athlete . Whitner recalls hooking up with Luthardt and learning the ins and outs of investing and how it’s tough, but very achievable, getting your finances to work for you. This is frank and necessary talk for many pro athletes. Jun 03, 202401:09:22Tim Taylor/ Cleveland’s OwnTim Taylor was an award-winning anchorman at channel 8 in Cleveland, Ohio. He held down the main anchor chair for close to 30 years before retiring in 2005. Taylor began his career as a radio newsman, and then became a reporter at WEWS TV 5. He joined WJKW, channel 8 in 1977 and anchored The News all the way until 2005 when he retired. He is a Cleveland broadcasting Hall of Famer, and NATAS Silver Circle awardee. He owns many Emmy awards and is a Press Club Hall of FamerMay 27, 202457:39John Burke/At The Top Of the WorldJohn Burke, hotel, CEO, mountaineer, ultra runner summitted Mount Everest in May 2017. He is the managing Director of the Armada hotel at Spanish Point, Ireland on the Wild Atlantic Way. Burke is married to actress, personality Aoibhin Garrihy. They founded a group, ELEVATE to inspire young people to reach for the stars.May 20, 202448:14Ryan Shazier (part 2) Walking MiracleThis episode represents part two of my interview with former NFL linebacker Ryan Shazier. December 4, 2017, Shazier became paralyzed after making a routine tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night football. In this episode, Ryan talks about that night, about his faith, about, the rehab it took to bring him back to be able to walk again. Although he tried valiantly to regain the ability to play football again, his career official ended in 2020. We also talk about the Ryan Shazier fund and the research that is being done for individuals with spinal cord injuries.May 05, 202422:23Ryan Shazier/ Walking MiracleRyan Shazier is a retired NFL linebacker who earned Pro Bowl honors for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shazier suffered a spinal cord injury while making a tackle on December 4, 2017. He was left a paraplegic, though after spinal stabilization surgery Shazier learned to walk again. Two years later, he effectively announced his retirement from football . The onetime star at the Ohio State University talked about his early development, college, and pro experiences and we talked about the injury, the rehabilitation , his faith, his struggles but quite a bit about his hopes and dreams . His Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation has helped countless individuals. www.ryanshazierfund.org Apr 29, 202431:22Coach Charles Saulter/ Don’t FlinchCharles Saulter is the head football coach at Twinsburg high school in suburban Cleveland Ohio. He was recently named the winner of the Build the Bridge 2023 high school football coach of the year. Saulter became the first African-American head football coach in the Suburban League when he was hired in 2022. Note: he is a Canton Central Catholic alum, not Cleveland Central, as I mistakenly said early in the interview. @saulter_charles on XApr 22, 202447:39Cameron Joyce/Hoops Family AffairCameron Joyce is the head coach of the St. Ignatius Wildcats State champion basketball team in Cleveland, Ohio. He just finished his 5th season and has already taken the Wildcats to the Final Four 3 times, with this years team winning it all. Joyce is the son of legendary Akron St. Vincent St. Mary coach Dru Joyce II. His older brother Dru was just named the head coach at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Cam talked about his Dads, and brothers influences and on what it was like watching his big brother play ball with LeBron James. How did Joyce remake his 23-24 Wildcats team this year that featured constant pressure and tempo? And what aspects of the environment at St. Ignatius aided Joyce and his team to be successful. Thanks for listening.Apr 15, 202442:03Tom Withers / Sports SourcesTom Withers has been the Associated Press sports writer in Cleveland, Ohio for the better part of three decades. He has scored numerous scoops and continues on a day-to-day basis as one of the most respected sports voices in the business. Before he became a full-time sports writer, Tom worked in what could be described as Ground Zero concerning the Aids epidemic in the late 1980s. How did that experience shape him? How does he cultivate sources. (As cover art shows, he has had a long professional relationship with LeBron James.). I’ve long respected Tom’s work and it was great just to sit down and shoot the breeze with him about a myriad of subjects. You can find him on Twitter ( X) @twithers. Apr 08, 202458:51Andre Bernier / Weather WondermentAndre Bernier is a multi Emmy award-winning meteorologist at WJW Fox 8 in Cleveland Ohio. He is also an ordained pastor, and has served as an interim pastor at several NEOhio churches over the years. Bernier has done more than 600 episodes to date of his very popular Weather Jazz podcast. www.weatherjazz.com Andre is a product of New Bedford, Massachusetts, and began his TV career right out of college in 1981 with KGAN TV in Cedar Rapids Iowa. He was also part of the initial group that put The Weather Channel on the air. We talk about the solar eclipse, about the great Dick Goddard, about his faith, and his love of Iceland and about his impending retirement from television weather forecasting. Hope you enjoy. Apr 01, 202455:24Breaking Through The Lines: The Marion Motley StoryAuthor David Lee Morgan talks about the book he wrote on the pro football great, who helped break the color barrier in the modern era. Marion Motley, Pro Football Hall of Famer starred with the Cleveland Browns in the AAFC and the NFL. Hailing from Canton, Ohio, Motley played fullback and linebacker on those title teams. He was named to the NFL’s 100 Anniversary team. Morgan also wrote “ LeBron James, the Rise of a Star”. He currently is a media and journalism teacher at Stow high school in Ohio. Mar 18, 202447:43Fields of Dreams/ Former Buckeye Chris FieldsChris Fields is a former Ohio State University wide receiver. He hails from Painesville Ohio. In recent years, he has developed some unique businesses, one of which, the Buckeye Box, down in the Hocking Hills, pays tribute to his late brother James, who passed away to cancer. Fields played for three Ohio State coaches, Jim Tressel, Luke Fickell, and Urban Meyer. We also talked about the Buckeye Cruise for Cancer, which Fields and many more former Buckeyes help raise money for.Mar 11, 202440:59Greg Lockhart/ 100 Black MenGreg Lockhart is a retired video journalist from Fox 8 television in Cleveland Ohio. The one time high school stand out at Cathedral, Latin , earned his degree from Kent State and then embarked on an award-winning news professional career at 3 tv stations in Cleveland, most notably WJW Fox 8. He was recently named the chairman of the Cleveland chapter of the 100 Black Men organization. I sat down to chat with one of my former colleagues about the business but mostly about the 100 black men organization. I hope you enjoy the podcast and ask for your support,…. follow or subscribe on Spotify or Apple or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks very much.Mar 04, 202429:01Joe Thomas/ Not Your Average JoeNew book written about NFL, Hall of Famer, Joe Thomas, by Marc Bona and Dan Murphy Feb 22, 202444:35Chef Zae / Cooking up ContentXavier Crocker is Chef Zae on social media. Much of his content this NFL season , on Instagram, and Tik Tok and elsewhere garnered a ton of attention . Check him out on Instagram @ChefZae23 . His popularity grew so much that Browns coaches played clips of his to the players and soon, they were singing his praises and a few have joined him on his Croc Pot podcast. Let’s find out a little more about XavierFeb 12, 202450:46Pickleball PowerAre the sport of Pickleball was invented in 1965 up in the state of Washington. It was initially intended to be a backyard children’s game, but in recent years, it’s growth has exploded not just here in the United States, but across the world. I talked to a pair of aspiring pros, Katie Allan and Jason McNulty at The Wembley Club in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Also, a shout out to owner David Barr for his hospitality while I watched a full night of open play at the club.Feb 05, 202431:11George Veras/ Iconic TV Sports Producer/DirectorGeorge Veras is a 10 time national Sports Emmy award winning writer , producer and director of television live events and documentaries. He began his career at CBS sports producing the NFL Today, pregame shows for the NBA on CBS, MLB, boxing, two Pan Am games and two Winter Olympics. He produced 3 other Olympics for NBC, including the first HD telecasts of the Athens 2004 Summer games. He has produced award winning content for the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the Cleveland Browns, the New Jersey, Hall of Fame, the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, and so much more including Yanni live at the Acropolis. He is the president and Chief Operating officer of Veras Communications Inc. and has been part of the legendary Pollack Films company. He has served as an adjunct professor of sports business at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. His first exposure to working in pro sports was in 1965 when he served as a ball boy for the New York Jets and their rookie quarterback, Joe Namath. Jan 29, 202457:15Nate Ulrich/ Digging for a StoryNate Ulrich is an enterprise, sports reporter and feature writer at the Akron Beacon Journal. He spent a dozen years as the day-to-day beat reporter covering the Cleveland Browns of the NFL. He is a Kent State University graduate, and during the podcast we spoke about the process of defining what is a great story, and then going about the business of getting the interview and then writing the piece. I think this interview can be instructive to young journalists. Among those we discussed were Browns legends Joe Thomas, Nick, Chubb, and fellow sportswriters. Cavs legend Larry Nance Sr and his two sons, Larry Junior, and Pete entered into the discussion as did Akron Buchtel basketball coach,Rayshon Dent, who detailed how violence impacted his life and how he never gave up , despite being denied the Buchtel coaching job twice. Nate also discussed, how he wrote a feature about Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell.Jan 22, 202401:06:14Adam Small / Unbreakable SpiritAdam Small is an endurance athlete, who has overcome a shattering experience. About one year ago, he was struck by a car while out, running and suffered a broken leg and a serious head injury. As a result , he had to learn to walk again, and with the injury, he experiences debilitating migraine headache that come on unannounced. But Small has a huge, Unbreakable spirit and , remarkably, he ran five, 100 mile ultra marathons in 2023 while , sometimes having to halt running due to those horrific headaches…. We talked about his fitness journey, which also included years where he was 65 pounds heavier. Jan 15, 202432:53Paul McFadden / The Barefoot ClubPaul McFadden was a two time Pro Bowl place kicker with the Philadelphia Eagles during his NFL career. He also kicked for the New York Giants and Atlanta Falcons. McFadden, is now the president of the Youngstown State University Foundation. He was NFC Rookie of the year in 1984. He is one of only 4 men to kick his whole career Barefoot. Tony Franklin was the first. The other two were Mike Lansford and Rich Karlis ( Browns fans know him too well). McFadden talked about how he came about kicking barefoot, and about the current trend of kickers. He also talked about his relationship with recently retired YSU president Jim Tressel and the Foundation.Jan 08, 202435:52Andre Knott/ No More December in Berea for the BrownsAndre Knott is a media personality in Cleveland , Ohio. He is the tv baseball analyst for the Guardians , handles commentary on ESPN Cleveland radio, Fox 8 tv and has been co host of the popular A to Z podcast with Zac Jackson. Dre , who was sideline reporter for many years on the Browns radio network ,joined me to discuss, the success of the Browns, Joe Flacco , Kevin Stefanski, Myles Garrett and more. We discussed the Downturn in the Ohio State Buckeyes fortunes,plus the NIL landscape and the transfer portal and what that is doing to college football. We even discussed mega lawyer Tim Misny. Knott was a star running back and baseball player at Akron St. Vincent St. Mary. He is married to Jen Knott, who founded Rec2Connect. She appeared on the podcast this past summer.Jan 01, 202456:39Telich Talks / Best of 2023 / Part TwoThis is the second edition of my Best of for this year . Thank you to Virgil Dominic, John Voso, Gabriella Kreuz, Ron Ross, Jack Mulhall, Dean Hall and Jessica Eye. And most of all, thank you for listening. Suggestions for pod jrtelich@yahoo.com. Please, if able, Follow, Subscribe, Rate and Review and share a favorite episode. Dec 26, 202338:04Telich Talks/ Best of 2023 Part One52 episodes this season and some great interviews. Impactful as well. On this episode, Corwyn Collier, Kahari Hicks, Babe Kwasniak, Mitch Hewitt, Dr. Richard Schlenk, Natalie Herbick, Sandy Alomar. It’s part One of the Best of Telich Talks for 2023. As always please rate and review and share..Thanks and Happy Holidays!!Dec 18, 202334:14Robert Smith / Sobriety and Mental HealthRobert Smith is a retired NFL running back for the Minnesota Vikings. He is listed as one of the 50 greatest Vikings in team history. Smith ran for close to 7000 yards in his career but decided to retire while still in his prime . He said he wanted to be healthy to enjoy life after football. Smith was a two-time Mr. Football award winner in the state of Ohio while starring at Euclid high school. Smith excelled for the Ohio State Buckeyes before turning pro. Smith talks on the podcast about a tough upbringing with drugs in his household, and how disruptive that was for him. He also discussed how he became sober after years of drinking, and spoke openly about the need for more mental health discussion in sports. Note: this episode does not have a voiced open or close as I didn’t want to subject your ears to hearing someone who was rasping and coughing. Dec 11, 202324:00Encore: Dr. Schlenk The Guitar ManThis is encore presentation of podcast dropped Feb, 27, 2023. Dr. Schlenk is a neurosurgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. He is also an ultra marathoner and puts of races with a charitable bent to them. His most fascinating work could be the custom guitars he constructs in his wood shop . All from scratch and all guitars are given away with the only edict being “ do something for someone else”. You can see his work on his Instagram page @custom_charity_guitarsNov 27, 202337:04Becoming Forrest Rob Pope, a veterinarian and marathon runner from Liverpool, England became the first person to replicate the epic run across America by Forrest Gump in the popular movie starring Tom Hanks. Pope, ran 15,621 miles during several cross country runs, hitting all the famous spots depicted. The run started during the US presidential election in 2016. Since the amazing run, Pope wrote a fun and reflective book on the entire experience, called Becoming Forrest. The book was published in 2022, and Pope did the audio version of it as well. He also hosted two seasons of a Red Bull sponsored show called “How to become SuperHuman”. Rob was a fantastic interview guest. We really clicked. I share his strong sense of adventure but I’ll limit my escapades to ultra marathons, not cross country jaunts. Nov 20, 202335:54Coach Shawn Spencer: Exposure to SuccessShawn Spencer is the successful head basketball coach of the Rhodes high school team in Cleveland Ohio. His Rams won the city championship last season.Much of this podcast centers around his ability to emerge from the Hough projects and how he has been able to become a bright light to influence others. It’s a interview about Being exposed to how successful people go about their business and it’s a testimony to the individuals who were there for him as a kid and why he’s so adamant about being a bright light for young people nowadays. On Twitter/X he is @CoachSpencer1 as he says “ The struggle will not define you, so don’t let it blind you.”Nov 13, 202327:15Gabriella Kreuz: Love Doesn’t ShoveGabriella Kreuz is a former college track and field athlete, media personality, and advocate for non violence through her non profit “ Love Doesn’t Shove”. Kreuz endured a lengthy , abusive, toxic relationship with a high school boyfriend. His abuse followed her to college at John Carroll University. She takes us through the ordeal, and how she received help and how she established her non profit. Kreuz is an in stadium host for Cleveland Guardians games, and is a media personality at Big Play Network and other media outlets. She has a rambunctious dog, BlueNov 06, 202349:17Friday Night Touchdown: Behind the ScenesFriday Night Touchdown is a very popular weekly recap of high school football in northeast Ohio on Fox 8 tv. Our region is mad about football ( Pro Football began in Canton) and the show delivers the hilites every week. We take you along for a Friday night during playoff action and chat with Dan Coughlin, PJ Ziegler, Ken Carman and John Sabol. Nick Kovach, the producer and MVP is my final interview and rightly so. In someways, it’s my homage to high school football and our relationship to the game. Also, thanks to Glenville coach Ted Ginn, who was interviewed Oct 30, 202340:60Camino de Santiago : Spiritual MovementJack Mulhall of Euclid, Ohio is a retired gentleman, who, for a myriad of reasons, embarked on a spiritual journey on the famous Camino de Santiago, ( Way of St. James ) which is a 500+ mile walking route from France due west through northern Spain. ( There is actually a network of routes) It’s a spiritual journey, not necessarily religious in tone, although some people do find their peace on the journey. Jack’s adventure came about because of grief, insomnia, (a result of his grief over losing his wife of 42 years, ) real bad knees, and YouTube videos that just seem to speak to Jack. He met three gentleman from Northeast Ohio ;Michael Dolan, Andy Conrad, and Dennis Matson enroute. #camino #spiritual #grief #kneesurgery Oct 23, 202338:12Natalie Herbick: Opening UpNatalie Herbick is a morning show cohost, and a news anchor woman on Fox 8 television in Cleveland Ohio. She opened up about her early 2023 diagnosis of breast, cancer, and of undergoing a double mastectomy. Cancer has been a factor in her family history. Her mother passed away just a few short years ago due to cancer. Natalie is a Pittsburgh native and we spent some time chatting about how she got into the business. Thanks to an internship at KDKA in Pittsburgh, she worked on Steelers Saturday Night. Natalie just happens to be one of the most positive, outgoing, and down to earth people in the business. I wanted to make sure we chatted and made this episode especially with this being Breast Cancer awareness month.Oct 16, 202333:22Paul Colavincenzo: Undaunted!Paul, a Navy veteran and anesthesiologist has competed in many triathlons , including the famous and very difficult Escape from Alcatraz. But starting in 2009, he endured a harrowing medical saga, that involved heart surgery’s, deadly bacteria, infections and more, which culminated in an above knee amputation in January, 2020. But Paul , with great encouragement from his wife Teresa, and family, still would not take things lying down. He would compete again. The Challenged Athletes Foundation played a big part in getting Paul back in the sport. Cover photo courtesy Triathlete MagazineOct 09, 202342:01Dean Hall : Swimming for your LifeDean Hall is a life coach based in Oregon. Roughly 10 years ago, Dean was still grieving the loss of his beautiful wife from 2 to 3 years previous. And Dean was suffering from lymphoma and leukemia. Frankly, he was dying. However, he discovered while going through some old artifacts at his home, something he had written as a little boy, a life goal. And, let’s just say that life goal sparked a quest to swim the 187 mile Willamette river in Oregon. That cold , foreboding body of water and his determination to swim it saved his life. I hope you enjoy your conversation.Oct 03, 202340:27Vince Cellini: Teaching PointsVince Cellini has enjoyed a more than 40 year career in television. It began at WJKW TV in Cleveland, Ohio in the early 80.s. He was a sports anchor at age 22 in the 9th largest tv market at the time. He went on to anchor sports for CNN, was the lead anchor for The Golf Channel, Turner Sports, NBA TV, The Learning Center and much, much more, including anchoring news for CNN. Recently he has been an Adjunct teacher for Full Sail University/ Dan Patrick School of Sportscasting based in Orlando, Florida. We worked at Channel 8 together from 1981 to 1989. This chat will be of interest to those pursuing careers in sportscasting/ journalism.Sep 25, 202332:53Ron Ross: Running ForeverRon Ross is a 65 year old ultramarathon man who started his distance running career while at West Point back in 1976. He’s run more than 180 marathons and he goes much further. Ross is close to ninety, 100 mile ultramarathons and has a goal to get one hundred , 100’s. This year he ran in the toughest race on earth, the Badwater 135 miler in Death Valley. His military and police background has certainly helped him be incredibly disciplined in his training and his preparation for races. Early in the interview you’ll hear one of the big reasons why he hardly ever breaks during a long competition. Mentally I’m speaking. I hope you enjoy the interview and share and subscribe. Hitting the subscribe button really helps this old guy grow the pod…Sep 11, 202346:20Mark Termini : Words to Negotiate byMark Termini is a Cleveland based multi billion dollar sports attorney, and agent. He is the man behind the groundbreaking contract negotiations on behalf of LeBron James, and many of the clients of Klutch sports. Termini started his agency Termini and Associates in 1986 in Cleveland, Ohio. He held his client, Jim Jackson of Ohio State out for the first 54 games of the 1992 season. but got him a 6 year, 20 million collar deal. That deal seem to shift the paradigm between the leverage players could wield and what teams could handle. Termini is a behind the scenes, kind of a guy and isn’t really a boisterous, in front of the media type of an attorney.He also an author, with his first book “Words to Negotiate by.” … on Amazon and wherever you find books. If you want more information go to www.marktermini.com. Sep 04, 202301:11:50David Kahn Golf Course DesignDavid Kahn designs golf courses all over America with his design company partner Tim Jackson of Jackson Kahn Design. In 2017 Kahn and his wife Karen found out their two daughters , Amelia and Makenzie had a rare disease .. Juvenile Batten Disease. It’s a fatal genetic disorder of the nervous system . David talks of golf course design and of dealing with the somewhat overwhelming situation with his daughters , all the while battling on behalf of families in this same dilemma through the Fore Batten Foundation, he and Karen started.Aug 29, 202331:51Tony Fisher, Once a PantherTony Fisher played high school football as a Panther at Euclid High, college ball for Notre Dame, and played the bulk of his NFL career with the Green Bay Packers. Tony is coming full circle returning to Euclid high school as the Athletic Director. In our chat, Tony talked about playing with Brett Favre in Green Bay, about being recruited to Notre Dame by Urban Meyer, and spent a good chunk speaking about the necessity of being smart financially. I joked that he prefers pensions to a Porsche. And it’s very true. Allow this to be podcast advice for young athletes who think making a lot of money is a great excuse for squandering it all. Fisher has been smart with his money and spoke a lot about that. He also talked about the current state of the running back position in the NFL. Aug 21, 202336:30Measuring SuccessHow do you measure or define success? With part of Joe Thomas’s Hall of Fame speech in Canton leading it off, I chatted with some Cleveland sports greats, Austin Carr, Greg Pruitt, Felix Wright, Reggie Langhorne and Carol Russo about ingredients for success in sports and life. Wright and Langhorne both played for Marty Schottenheimer, one of the best Browns coaches in history. Also, a shout out to the Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame, as Pruitt, Russo, and Carr are past inductees.Aug 14, 202317:46David Gilbert / Cleveland Passion Play : Attracting Big Events to townDavid Gilbert is the president and CEO of the Greater Cleveland sports commission and Destination Cleveland. He has helped spearhead the process of bringing dozens of big time sporting events to the city. NBA All-Star game, MLB All-Star game, the Women’s Final Four back in 2007 and coming up in 2024. …. the Pan-American Masters games in 2024….the NFL Draft and the Republican national convention in 2016. Gilbert is an unabashed promoter of the city and has a knack for bringing people together to get things done and put our city in a positive light. Aug 07, 202331:05Messi Mania in Miami with Mike DiPasqualeAkron, native and former Fox 8 broadcaster Mike Dipasquale is covering the Lionel Messi Miami invasion for WSVN TV in Miami. He has a solid professional relationship with owner David Beckham. ( see episode cover art). Mike has insight as to what it’s been like as the iconic athlete comes to the MLS. Dipasquale, himself, is an accomplished athlete, having represented the United States in Masters Olympic, lifting, and also in the sport of bobsled. He has held the American Olympic Master record in the 89K class. We are former colleaguesJul 31, 202330:26Jen Knott / Rec2Connect/ Inspiring Recreational TherapyJen Knott is the founder of Rec2Connect, a non profit that looks to utilize fully, inclusive recreational therapy programs to connect people with and without disabilities and their families to community recreation, wellness, and lifelong leisure skills. Rec2Connect.org . It’s a Northeast Ohio endeavor in 7 counties. On Instagram at @rec2connectfoundation Jul 23, 202323:23Daryl Ruiter, 92.3 The Fan on the Browns Daryl Ruiter has covered the day-to-day operations of the Cleveland Browns for the last 16 years. He has been in the Cleveland media for several decades. On top of his Browns duties,He also covers the Cleveland Guardians and the Cleveland Cavaliers. Ruiter is a member of the Pro Football Writers Association of America and hosts a Browns related podcast on Audacy with Andy Baskin called “It’s Always Game Day In Cleveland.”Jul 17, 202348:39Bob the Railbird RobertsLegendary sportswriter Bob Randazzo (Roberts) “ The Railbird” has had a storied career writing sports, mostly of horse racing . He covered every Kentucky Derby from Secretariat forward. Add to that several World Cups and more. And now, he’s a podcaster, teaming up with his daughter Maria Randazzo, who is a writer for Jon Stewart and does standup and improv. Listen to their pod “ Hey Dad, with Maria and Bob Randazzo on all your favorite platforms. And…this is my 100th episode of Telich TalksJul 10, 202301:06:29John Voso / Todays Heroes: Surviving with StyleJohn Voso, inspired by his little nephew, Richie White, who battled cancer for nearly half of his 4 years on earth, wrote a book detailing the journey of 23 individuals, both grownups and children . The project led to the publishing of the book “ Todays Heroes’ Surviving with Style” Voso, a former pro bowler, suffered a stroke 3 years ago. He talked about how bowling helped him regain his mobility and how it culminated in one magical day at the lanes. www.JohnVoso.com #cancerJul 03, 202343:24Pam Rickard Running SoberPam Rickard is a marathoner and ultra marathoner who serves as an inspiration to many through her work with the Herren Project. Rickard spoke to me May of 2019 on episode 16 of my podcast. She details how she had 3 dui’s and wound up in jail before she got sober. As director of active engagement, she has grown Team Herren Project in a vibrant community of more than 1,000 teammates nationwide. ( cover photo via Boston Marathon)Jun 26, 202331:29
