Today Kate and D.J. are joined by blogger, Chelsea Renee of "Chat With Chelsea Renee.  Chelsea is based in the southeastern US and writes about all things Atlanta sports (Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta United, Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Dream), along with Alabama sports, and women's sports.   We get into why she became a blogger, a discussion about rush week at the University of Alabama (which D.J. had no idea what they were talking about), and the legacy of Nick Saban and how much longer will he remain in Tuscaloosa.    Finally, we get into her advice for blogging and being organized with content.   Be sure to visit her website and follow her on social media: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Instagram Be sure to check out the video of this episode and subscribe to our YouTube channel! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

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Ten Minutes With... Chelsea Renee - Chat With Chelsea Renee

Today we look at the story behind what caused the infamous power outage at Super Bowl XLVII at the Mercedes-Benz SuperDome in New Orleans, LA,, featuring the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers back on February 3, 2013.  We even feature the clip where friend of the show and former Ravens safety, Bernard Pollard talks about being on the field and his reaction to the lights shutting off during the game.  Since most people watching this are not technical people or Electrical Engineers, the explanations in this story are kept very basic.  If you're interested in the full technical report, check it out here. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

Sports Stores - Super Bowl XLVII Power Outage

We're trying something new this week over at the show.  Once a month, Kate and D.J. will be discussing a book on the topic of sports or journalism.  This was NOT a paid review or promotion by the author or publisher of the book.  A list is compiled by Kate and D.J. and the book each month is selected at random.   For our first episode, "Talking to GOATs" by Jim Gray is discussed.  He is a reporter who just seemed to be at the right place at the right time for several major sports events over the last 30+ years.  We talk Tyson vs Holyfield II (The ear bite fight), Lebron James' "The Decision", Jim's infamous interview with Pete Rose, discovering a very young Tiger Woods, his friendships and relationships he's built over his career and a wonderful Masters story about and tribute to his late father. Mr. Gray - You have an open invitation to come on the show any time to talk! We really enjoyed the read! It was definitely worth the read, so be sure to go check out "Talking to GOATs" and next month our featured book is "Lucky Bastard" by Joe Buck.  Go order it and read along with us! Note - We are members of the Amazon Affiliate Program, so if you click the link and purchase something we receive a small commission for the referral.  You do not get charged anything extra and every little bit helps continue to fund our little StadiumScene.TV. If you want to watch the video of this episode, be sure to check it out and subscribe to our YouTube channel! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

Play x Play - Discussing Jim Gray's "Talking to GOATs"

So we said last week when we released episode 100 that it was difficult to edit because there was just so much good material and we wanted to keep the show around the one-hour mark.  We couldn't let all this good material go to waste, so episode 101 is the best of what got cut from episode 100!  Note that some of these segments appeared in episode 100, but we have the full unedited segment.  The first segment is D.J. going on about Jeppson's Malört, first with Kate and then second with guests Adam Corsair and Kevin Pettit.  Learn about this infamous Chicago drink and why some people call it the "World's Worst Liquor".   In our next segment, we return to the interview with Ralph Schudel and play a clip from before we actually started the segment.  It turns out to be a lot of bad impressions (Tom Brokaw, Dick Vitale and his Hooters Commercial (https://youtu.be/RSdyD-1xdk0), Gheorghe Muresan and his Snickers cologne commercial (https://youtu.be/CuU9DjeLESY), and former Cavalier/Laker Timofey Mozgov with the backward jersey (https://youtu.be/mWS9OaIXH4E).   Next, we have a quick clip of Kate (15:06) talking about how she signed up for Red Bull Flugtag when she was 13 and the interesting response she got from the company...    Finally, we have a nice discussion with Adam Corsair and Kevin Pettit about giving up on podcasts, the surprisingly low number of episodes it takes to be in the "top 1%" of most episodes released,  taking criticism online for takes, handling negative reviews....and then Canadian Geese?   Be sure to check out the video for this episode and subscribe to our YouTube channel! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

The Best of What Got Cut From Episode 100

It's hard to believe when we started our show as a podcast in February of 2017 that we would ever reach 100 episodes.  In fact, as of 2020, we only had 35.  Add 65 more shows between March of 2020 and today and here we are with milestone episode 100!  We decided the only appropriate way to celebrate 100 episodes is to talk about our previous 99 episodes, take a shot of Malört and visit with our first partners that helped us build this site into something special.   First, we sit down with our old friend Ralph Schudel (ralphschudel.com) and talk about how we met back after the #SaveTheCrew movement started.  It's really incredible how in just four years the Columbus Crew went from being moved to Austin to an expansion franchise was added to Austin, new ownership comes in, and Lower.com Field just recently opened in downtown Columbus, Ohio.   In our next segment, we talk about our earliest shows, shifting our show concept over to being more interview-based, and our first guests who may not be household names, but have amazing stories to share.  We actually had our first famous guests with Michelle McMahon from Big Ten Network and Super Bowl Champion Bernard Pollard stopping by and visiting the show.   The next throw to segment is with our friend Dave Knittel.  Dave runs the popular "The Soccer Tavern" channel on YouTube discussing the history and teams of soccer.  Dave also co-hosted the "Bros Talking Soccer" podcast with his brothers and famously hosted a daily episode after each day of action in the 2018 Men's and 2019 Women's World Cups.   Next up, we talk about how 2020 and the pandemic changed the trajectory of this show, where we talked with legendary Cubs radio broadcaster Pat Hughes, Andrew Dymburt of ABC News Now, and how watching a rerun of ABC's Wipeout at 11pm on a Saturday night inspired D.J. to take a chance and reach out to John Anderson at ESPN and resulted in an incredibly fun interview.   In our final throw to segment, we interview our two active longest partners Kevin Pettit (Loud Americans Discussing Soccer Podcast) and Adam Corsair (South of the 6ix, Jaybird Watching Podcast) about D.J. randomly reaching out to them when the site first started about this crazy idea.  Both guests were fairly new at their shows and took a chance to partner with us.  If it wasn't for them, this concept would have failed after six months.  We can't say thank you enough to the two of them for helping get us on our feet.   Finally, we close out the show talking about our new Book Club segment and perhaps we've accidentally created a new segment. The discussion with Kevin and Adam about dealing with criticism, bad reviews, and nasty emails which make you want to quit were too good to cut, so we're going to be releasing all of that in next week's episode!  Thank you again to everyone who has made StadiumScene.TV a success so far. We cannot thank you enough.  Here's to the next 100 episodes not taking four years! If you would like to see the video of this episode, don't wait... go subscribe to our YouTube channel and never miss an episode! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

Stadium Scene's Main Event 100th Episode Spectacular

If you missed Part One with Fox Sports Men's College Basketball Analyst, CBS Sports (during March Madness), and former Men's basketball head coach of UCLA and St John's Steve Lavin, scroll up on your podcast app and check it out! In part two of the episode, we discuss how the recruiting scandal involving Coach Harrick resulted in Steve being promoted to Interim Head Coach, the tough start, and the support from Coach John Wooden ultimately resulting in the Interim tag being removed later in his first season.   Next, we move on and talk about how he transitioned to the broadcast booth and the inspiration of broadcasters and even Larry King that inspired him and develop the skills that have helped him be successful on TV today.   We then move on to a discussion about being diagnosed with prostate cancer while working for St John's University and the preparation beforehand with recruiting and giving his assistant coaches a chance to be successful during his absence.  He also notes how his father was an important support figure that helped him through the most difficult stage of his life.   We finish up the episode on a lighter note talking golf tournaments, and for some reason, Kate asks another animal-type question to which Steve gave the most well thought out answer we've ever seen to one of Kate's off-the-wall questions.   Be sure to follow Steve on social media and check him out on Fox Sports during the college basketball season! Twitter Instagram Don't forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out the videos for Part 1 and Part 2! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

An Interview With... Steve Lavin - Part 2

We're extremely excited to have Fox Sports Men's College Basketball Analyst, CBS Sports (during March Madness), and former Men's basketball head coach of UCLA and St John's Steve Lavin join us today in the first of a two-part episode.  We kick off the episode talking about playing basketball in high school and how before the era of YouTube, cell phone cameras, and a million sports networks how you would get exposure with college scouts.    Next, we talk about his transition into the coaching world and how he wrote letters to legendary coaches like Bob Knight, Gene Keady, and Jerry Tarkanian for advice on how to break into the ranks of coaching.  Steve eventually was hired as an assistant at D.J.'s alma mater, Purdue University under the legendary coach Gene Keady.  While at Purdue, Steve talks about coaching a young Matt Painter, who is currently having a great coaching career at Purdue, and meeting the legendary Coach John Wooden (also an alumna of Purdue University).   Ultimately his relationship with Coach Wooden resulted in him taking an Assistant Coach position at UCLA under former coach Jim Herrick.  We finish out part one talking about the 1995 National Championship season and Tyus Edney's famous buzzer-beater against Mizzou in 1995 and a little-known story about Steve's celebration after the buzzer.   Check back again next week for Part 2 as we talk about how a recruiting scandal led to him becoming the head coach at UCLA, along with Coach Wooden's support, moving to television, and being diagnosed with prostate cancer while coaching at St John's University.   Be sure to follow Steve on social media and check him out on Fox Sports during the college basketball season! Twitter Instagram Check out the video of this interview and don't forget to hit the subscribe button over at our YouTube channel! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

An Interview With... Steve Lavin - Part 1

Kate is at the vet getting rabies shots...I assume for her dog and not for her, which is a bummer because Kate missed out on a discussion with a Wisconsin-based podcast, "In a League of Their Own Podcast", featuring Collin and Austin.   Collin and Austin talk about how they met and how the show is about to be a family event.  In addition, we get into the local hockey scene in Wisconsin and how they have connections to players who are currently in the NHL.   Stick around until the end for their piece of advice for a rookie podcaster and don't forget to subscribe to In A League of Their Own Podcast wherever you download your favorite podcasts.   Social Media:  YouTube  Facebook Twitter Instagram Be sure to check out the video of this episode and subscribe over at our YouTube channel! Today's episode was brought to you by the electronic business card, Linq!  Save 15% with promo code stadiumscene at checkout! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

Ten Minutes With... Collin & Austin - In A League of Their Own Podcast

If you missed part 1 of the episode and the prank pulled on Kate, check it out!  We pick up the competitive swimming discussion with Erik Richardson, Assistant Coach for Men's and Women's Swimming at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan.  In this week's episode, we talk about Tokyo 2020 still being Tokyo 2020 in 2021, why epic moments in Olympic swimming like Michael Phelps eight gold medals in the 2008 Bejing games.   Erik also worked at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs and has seen many of these swimmers up close and personal during training and heard some of the legendary coaches like Bob Bowman coach his swimmers while being paid on the job.    We also get into a discussion about how it's funny that lifeguards are on duty for Olympic swimmers practicing and competing, but water safety is a very serious issue with thousands of people drowning or nearly drowning every year.  Living in the south where almost everyone has a pool it's very easy for kids to sneak away and accidentally fall in or have a medical emergency in the pool, so make sure you and your kids take appropriate swimming lessons and have tarps and gates in place so drowning accidents do not occur.   We close out the show trading stories about the antics of high school and college which helped Kate understand more of why D.J. is the way he is.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel and check out the video of today's episode! Today's episode is brought to you by Linq.  Bring your business card into the 21st century at Linqapp.com.  Use promo code stadiumscene and save 15% off your order! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

An Interview With... Erik Richardson - Asst. Coach, Olivet College Swimming - Part 2

With the Tokyo Summer Olympics coming up, we thought it would be appropriate to bring on someone to talk about competitive swimming.  There is always an uptick in interest in competitive swimming after the Olympics.   Our guest today is Erik Richardson, Assistant Coach for Men's and Women's Swimming at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan.  Erik was a swimmer for the University of Evansville and has coached at club, high school, and now at the college level.   About 8 minutes into the episode, Kate finds out that D.J. and Erik pulled a prank on her and that they've been friends since 4th grade.  Erik and D.J. grew up in the same neighborhood in central Indiana.  After some technical difficulties with Kate's Zoom connection, we talk about Erik briefly participating in the Winter Olympic sport of Skeleton and what that is exactly.   Finally, we close out part 1 talking about various events, practicing, and the differences between coaching club kids, high school, college, and the challenges of recruiting swimmers at a DIII college.   Check back for Part Two next week where we talk about Olympic Swimming, Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Katie Ledecky, and how the popularity of participating in competitive swimming always seems to increase in an Olympic year. If you want to see the video and photo slide show, you should absolutely subscribe and check out our YouTube channel. Today's episode is brought to you by Linq.  Bring your business card into the 21st century at Linqapp.com.  Use promo code stadiumscene and save 15% off your order! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stadiumscenetv/message

An Interview With... Erik Richardson - Asst. Coach, Olivet College Swimming - Part 1

Main Even is proud to share the long-awaited return of StadiumScene.TV's Sports Stories is here!  In our first episode back, we have taken on the role of hybrid talk show and documentary by featuring a StadiumScene.TV partner helping us tell a story about a memorable or controversial experience where they have a personal experience with that story.  In our first episode back, we have our old friend and now frequent pilot regular, Ralph Schudel of ralphschudel.com talk to us about growing up in northeast Ohio and experiencing the Cleveland Browns moving to Baltimore.   This episode is the unofficial sequel of our popular "Colts Move to Indy" episode from 2017.  Ralph introduces us to the key players of the Cleveland Browns move such as owner Art Modell and minority owner, Al Learner (spoiler alert: he returns again at the end), some former Browns coach named Bill Belichick (yes, that one), and how the old Cleveland Municipal Stadium along with the Cleveland Indians leaving for Jacobs Field (now Progressive Field) helped accelerate the move out of Cleveland.  In the end, as we all know, the Browns returned to Cleveland as an expansion franchise in 1999 and Ralph closes out the episode talking about how much the Browns mean/meant to the people of northeast Ohio.   Bonus question... why does legendary movie Director Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies, Lethal Weapon series) have a bust of Abraham Lincoln in his office?  Stay tuned to the very end to find out why!   Check out Ralph's work: Website Twitter Instagram The full video for this episode can be found on our YouTube channel.  Be sure to subscribe and see much more!

SSTV Sports Stories - The Browns Move To Baltimore, feat. Ralph Schudel

So apparently now Zoom tells you in an AM radio quality audio that your meeting is recorded.  Definitely caught us off guard at the start today and it was too good to edit out, so that's the opening today. We're super excited to sit down with Ashleigh Binder of Sports As Told By a Girl.  Ashleigh partnered with us in our early days of the site and has published over 300 articles to our site since joining us in 2018!  She starts off the episode by telling us the origin story of how the blog was originally part of a "build a website" class in college that just kept on going.   Ashleigh also enjoys meeting and working with others who provide different perspectives in sports and how she's had tens of women join and write for the site, including some who have spun off and started their own blogs as a result!  We also have a discussion about her experiences with trolling for being a woman who discusses sports and provides her advice for how to deal with it.  Plus, how do WNBA posts do from a traffic standpoint? Finally, stick around to hear her advice for a rookie blogger! Be sure to check out Ashleigh's work: Sports As Told By A Girl Facebook Twitter Instagram As usual, this episode was published as a video to our YouTube channel.  Be sure to subscribe and check out exclusive video only content!

Ten Minutes With... Ashleigh Binder - Sports As Told By A Girl

We shouldn't record episodes on Friday afternoon because...well watch and see.     We're super excited to have Emily Williams back on the show two months after her first appearance promoting her book, Lady-Thletes (available at Amazon and maybe your local public library?!).    We've been chatting with Emily since her visit and she has decided that the next step after the book was to start her very own podcast!  On Saturday, May 15th she launched the very first episode of Lady-Thletes: The Show!   What's also exciting is that we're helping her produce it!  This is our first venture down the path of producing someone else's material and we couldn't be more excited to work with Emily on this project!  Emily talks about the process of building up to the first episode, the necessary preparation and the learning curve of planning episodes, finding guests, and creating seasons to avoid burning out during the project.  Emily will be interviewing people involved with women's sports, coaching, and sharing her thoughts about coaching in the episodes, so be sure to subscribe and check out season 1!   As mentioned above, be sure to subscribe to Lady-Thletes: The Show and follow Emily on social media! -  Subscribe To The Podcast Instagram Instagram (Emily) As usual, the video for this episode can be found on our YouTube channel.  Subscribe today and never miss an episode!

Ten Minutes With... Emily Williams - Lady-Thletes: The Show

Kate is back with us today and we kick off our cold open talking about our interview with Phil Schoen from BeIN Sports (skip to 4:16 unless you want to hear Ray Hudson's greatest call ever in D.J.'s opinion).  Phil has been a staple of the soccer announcing community for three decades and covered everything from low-level soccer to professional level, and even the World Cup for ESPN, Fox, GolTV, and now BeIN Sports.   We talk to Phil about his beginnings in Miami and his love for the game watching his local Ft Lauderdale Strikers play in the NASL and learning about a player named Ray Hudson, who like most of us know went on to be his long time broadcast partner calling games in Spain (La Liga), France (Ligue 1).  Phil talks about the growth of soccer and how the creation of the MLS helped him reach the national television stage and how while broadcasting with the MLS he met up with Ray Hudson and tried to get him to join the booth.   We move on and talk about what are the next steps that need to be taken in the USA to take the game to the next level (make MLS more of a global force, USMNT competing deep into World Cups).  D.J. also shares a story of an amusing conversation young DC United Assistant in the mid-90s at a US Open Cup game who has later become quite the head coach himself.   Phil also talks about the "soccer vs football" debate and has a unique perspective on it and closes up the show talking about how in the last few years has gotten started building up his own voice-over company, VoiceGoals, and the challenges associated with going into business yourself.   Check out more about Phil:  Phil's Website VoiceGoals Twitter Instagram If you want to see the video of this interview and Kate's facial expression to Ray Hudson's call, be sure to subscribe to us on YouTube!

An Interview With... Phil Schoen - BeIN Sports

We welcome you back from our hiatus with a guest who has also come out of a long hiatus!  Our old friend Dave Knittel has recently announced that his popular YouTube channel, "The Soccer Tavern" is making a return!     Dave talks about his inspiration for creating videos about the history and culture behind "The Beautiful Game" and how his strategy of "Evergreen content" resulted in him growing by over 1500 subscribers despite not publishing a new video for over one year.  His content features material from England (Premier League), Germany (Bundesliga), National Teams (World Cup, European Cup), and some classic smaller clubs in the United States.  He also talks about dealing with the critique and the comments that used to bother him and the challenges of appealing to club supporter groups who are very passionate about their clubs.   Be sure to follow The Soccer Tavern.  You'll learn a lot! -  YouTube Facebook Twitter Twitter (Dave's Account) Instagram Also, check out his merch shop for the latest gear!

Ten Minutes With... Dave Knittel - The Soccer Tavern

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