Episode 361, The Rant: Jerel Harris.
Part 2, The Return. Impact One, LuHI Boy’s Basketball. Impacting All. The only thing constant the past three years is deep change. In this pod, we reconnect with Jerrel to…
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Episode 359, The Rant: Kevin Spann.
Spann Inc. | She Got Game. Energy on 100. Ambition on 1000. Success on 1000000. It’s only fitting I say this: Happy Birthday Kevin. In this pod, we discuss his…
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Episode 354, The Rant: Justin Bailey.
Part 3, The Return. Board 119 Certified Basketball Official, Owner and Operator of the outfit, Ref Corner. It was a pandemic ago since we linked up. In-person, and still in…
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Episode 334, The Rant: Blake Crespo
Varsity Football Assistant Coach at St. John the Baptist, and part owner of LI Legends U. *Blake eats, sleeps, and breathes Football. In this pod, we discuss his humble beginnings…
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Episode 333, The Rant: Eddie Schook.
Board 119 Certified Basketball Official. Looking Upward and Onward – 2021, and Beyond. The pandemic has brought perspective in his life; enter Eddie Schook. He discusses his upcoming and upbringing…
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Episode 273, The Rant: Joe Thompson.
IAABO Board 37 Certified Basketball Official, 2nd Vice President as well, Men’s Collegiate Basketball Official. I met Joe on a screen, in a Zoom call. We both long to be…
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Episode 261, The Rant: Mike Kaplan.
Head Coach of the Varsity Girl’s Basketball Team at Huntington High School, Head Trainer of E.A.S.T. Fitness. Another Day at Susa Sports, another athlete doing Burpees, Squats, and Medicine Ball…
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Episode 260, The Rant: Ashlee Goode.
Women’s Division 1 Collegiate Basketball Official, 3×3 Basketball Official, Co-Founder of SOTG. Absolute, Ashlee Good is a Student of the Game. In this pod, we discuss her early life playing…
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Flag Football: My First Love.
Love is everlasting; I’ve found that through officiating Basketball; but my first love has never left my side, upon discovery of reffing – my entree? Flag. Football. It was a…
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Episode 251, The Rant: Jeremy Arthur.
Firebird Forever, Collegiate Baller, Finding his Roots at the Pro Level in the Philippines. I remember Jeremy in HS, he doesn’t remember me. Then he did while chopping it up…
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Episode 250, The Rant: Tamar Adams, Part 2, The Return.
PYS 24/7 | Upper Room 250 is a milestone for me. 2020 has been a milestone for one Tamar Adams. Perfect Your Skills never stopped during a pandemic; he never…
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Episode 369, The Rant: Bob Wotruba
Ever-present spectator, Girls and Boys Basketball Official, certified Volleyball official, all while finding meaning and happiness in it all. he year was 2009, and Bob was on top of his…
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Episode 368, The Rant: Tom Rottkamp.
Head Coach, Boy’s Varsity Basketball Team at East Meadow HS, Nassau Country local bball fiend. If there was a fancy word to describe Coach Rottkamp when it comes to basketball,…
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Episode 367, The Rant: Fabian Jara
Part 3, The Rebirth. The Basketball season is over, I’ve moved on to Flag Football and Softball, and backing my voice up with #therant. In this pod we sit with…
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Episode 365, The Rant: Joey Mandarino – Part 2, The Return.
Covid 19 started long ago. 2020 turned into 21’ and now we are in the throws of Summer 2022. We recorded a pod last summer, which never materialized into published.…
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Episode 365, The Rant: Dennis Dioud Jr.
IAABO Board 127 Certified Basketball Official. Certified Basketball Official, in pursuit of being great, attempting to elevate his game to the collegiate level. In the subsequent years that I’ve known…
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Episode 364, The Rant: Devine Smith.
Part 2, Things Done Changed – The Return. First of all, shouts to Devine, as he’s the fastest recurring guest in the history of this pod. In 4 short months,…
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Episode 363, The Rant: Izzy Serrano.
Certified Basketball Official. Taking Northern California, The Internet, and the World, by Storm. Better late than never! Albeit a few months back, we chop it up with Izzy of his…
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Episode 362, The Rant: Ralph the Ref
I got alot of names, some people say them to my face. One is a ghost, and Lord knows i’ve been one. The pod is back, I’m back. After a…
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Episode 360, The Rant: Devine Smith.
Former College Coach, Current HS Coach, and Head of Diverse Skill Training. For 20 years you can catch Devine at a sideline or bench near you. In this pod, we…
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