18 Jun
published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 – 3:49 pm
For the 2019 Pirates….If not now, when?
18 Jun
published in category: Huddle Up with Gus on Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 – 5:00 am
Eric Kasperowicz recalled the influence his high school coach had on him as a player and even today as a coach at Pine-Richland.
“Coach Jack McCurry, one of the best in the whole country, if not the best,” Kasperowicz said during the second part of this week’s episode of the “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast. “Learned a lot of values and lessons from him. … I was able to coach under him for a number of years.”
Kasperowicz said much of how he conducts business as a coach today he learned from McCurry.
“We try to stay as cutting edge as we can. I think we’re cutting edge, trying to stay one step ahead of everybody else,” Kasperowicz said. “When I got (to Pine-Richland), I knew we couldn’t beat Central Catholic and North Allegheny because we didn’t have those monster kids. We’re a very small 6A school. We had to find our niche.
“Our niche was to spread them out and use skill a little bit. … That’s kind of been our recipe for success.”
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Coming Wednesday: Part 3 with Eric Kasperowicz
17 Jun
published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, June 17th, 2019 – 11:16 pm
General Manager Jim Rutherford seems to be pretty high Dominik Kahun. Is he right? David Haugh of the Chicago Tribune and 670 “The Score” seems to think so.
17 Jun
published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Monday, June 17th, 2019 – 3:27 pm
I like the Penguins trade of Olli Maatta to Chicago for Dominik Kahun. And there’s an interesting player comp out there worth examining.
17 Jun
published in category: Huddle Up with Gus on Monday, June 17th, 2019 – 5:00 am
Eric Kasperowicz remembers being a sixth-grader in the North Hills School District in 1987 and watching the high school football team win the mythical national championship.
“Looking up to those guys, they were like my idols. (I thought to myself) ‘I’m going to do that one day,’” Kasperowicz said in this week’s edition of the podcast, “Huddle Up with Gus” with Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager.
Kasperowicz has enjoyed his share of success, as a player and coach. Under Kasperowicz’s guidance, Pine-Richland won the 2017 PIAA football title and finished second in the state in 2014. The Rams have won three of the past five WPIAL titles, including the past two.
Kasperowicz was named a 1993 Parade All-American and played quarterback and linebacker at Pitt.
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Coming Tuesday: Part 2 with Eric Kasperowicz
16 Jun
published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Sunday, June 16th, 2019 – 11:21 pm
In this week’s Cheerleaders “Madden Monday” podcast, Mark Madden of 105.9 the X joins me to talk about the Olli Maatta trade, the Steelers running backs, Pirates trade possibilities, and actual NBA discussion….IN PITTSBURGH!!
14 Jun
published in category: Huddle Up with Gus on Friday, June 14th, 2019 – 5:00 am
What is Kevin Rabbitt’s biggest pet peeve? What athlete would he trade places with? Who was the best player he ever faced? Who is the most famous contact in his phone?
Rabbitt goes one-on-one with Gus Frerotte and Dave Hager in this week’s “Huddle Up with Gus” podcast.
Rabbitt, an Overland Park, Kan., native, is chairman and CEO of Harmar-based NEP Group, a worldwide outsourced technical production partner that supports producers for live sports and entertainment.
14 Jun
published in category: Sports Talk Radio on Friday, June 14th, 2019 – 2:48 am
Fulfill your fantasy at Cheerleaders! It’s our weekly fantasy sports podcast with Jeff Erickson of Rotowire. Can the struggling Pirates finally get a few people out against the Marlins? A look at the rest of the NL Central. The U.S. Open has fantasy golf players buzzing. And there was a move of note in fantasy football this week too.