Author Archives: Tim Benz

25 Oct

Breakfast With Benz Podcast –Duquesne A.D. Dave Harper

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Thursday, October 25th, 2018 – 12:10 am

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/DUQbuilding.mp3 Duquesne athletic director David Harper joins me to talk about the renovations of A.J. Palumbo Center. It’ll now be called the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse. Harper gives us the backstory of how the $45 million deal came to be, the timetable for renovations, and the history behind the name.

 

24 Oct

Wednesday Breakfast With Benz Podcast October 24th–Tomlin Presser Recap

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018 – 12:45 am

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/RutterPostTomlinPreClev.mp3 It’s our weekly wrap-up of the Mike Tomlin press conference. Joe Rutter–Steelers beat writer for the Trib–and I talked about the Patrick Peterson trade discussion, the latest surrounding Le’Veon Bell’s situation, and the public drama Cleveland coach Hue Jackson kicked up about getting more involved in Todd Haley’s offensive play calling.

 

23 Oct

Breakfast With Benz Podcast –Alejandro Villanueva on life at West Point

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018 – 12:44 am

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/BigAlpodcast.mp3 West Point alum Alejandro Villanueva of the Pittsburgh Steelers joined Mike Prisuta and me for a Robert Morris hockey pregame interview. We taped up a conversation in advance of Army’s game against RMU Saturday night. His first hand accounts of cadet life as a student-athlete were tremendous, and definitely worth a repost here on […]

 

21 Oct

Madden Monday for October 22nd

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Sunday, October 21st, 2018 – 11:06 pm

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/Byeweekmaddenmondayoct.mp3 It’s a bye week for the Steelers. It’s a “bye day” at Breakfast With Benz. However, as always, we give you Mark Madden from 105.9 the X for our weekly “Madden Monday” segment. Plenty of Pens. Lots of Le’Veon Bell. In depth NFL. And Greta Van Fleet’s new album.

 

18 Oct

Fantasy Sports Podcast–Jeff Erickson October 18th

published in category: Sports Talk Radio
Thursday, October 18th, 2018 – 12:00 pm

http://sportstalk.triblive.com/download/ericksonthursdayoct18.mp3 Fulfill your Fantasy At Blush! It’s our weekly fantasy sports podcast with Jeff Erickson of RotoWire. Bye week patch-overs. Larry Fitzgerald struggles. Questions about San Francisco’s offensive burst. Devonta Freeman and Cooper Kupp replacements.