PODCAST · sports
Stories with Street CRed
by Christian Red
A long-time print investigative journalist brings unique sports stories and beyond to a new platform.
Episodes
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Interview with former 1969 Miracle Mets team member Ron Swoboda
The Sixties still represents one of the most tumultuous times in American history, but 1969 in particular had its share of news events that spanned the entire spectrum, particularly the sports highs... that is, if you were a New York fan. That '69 year started with Joe Namath and the Jets winning...
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Interview with former NFL head coach Dick Vermeil
Dick Vermeil compiled a career 120-109 (.524 W-L %) win-loss record as an NFL head coach with three franchises -- the Philadelphia Eagles, St. Louis Rams and Kansas City Chiefs, a football resume that one football source says should be plenty to get Vermeil elected to the Pro Football Hall of…
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Interview with former major league player Chris Dickerson, the founder of Players for the Planet non-profit.
Chris Dickerson, 39, spent seven years total in the majors, playing for five different teams, including the Yankees. But it was during his time in the Cincinnati Reds' farm system, the start of his pro baseball career, when he started to ponder the amount of waste generated by one clubhouse. That...
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Interview with gold medal-winning Paralympic swimmer Morgan Stickney
Morgan Stickney was one of the country's top teenage distance swimmers before vascular problems led to the amputations of both of her legs -- the left in 2018, and the right in 2019. Undeterred, Stickney continued training and was able to compete in the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics after the pandemic...
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Interview with former major league manager Bobby Valentine
It's been over two decades since Bobby Valentine helped guide the 2000 New York Mets to the Subway World Series against the Yankees, but his managing stint in Flushing is just one of many hats Valentine has worn during his professional life. His latest endeavor is a run for mayor in his hometown…
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Interview with former sportswriter Kat O'Brien
Kat O'Brien was in the early stages of her sports journalism career when she was raped by a Major League Baseball player whom she had arranged to interview for a baseball feature for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The rape occurred in a Texas hotel room in 2002, but O'Brien kept the assault secret...
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Interview with journalist, author and former sportswriter Steve Kettmann
When ESPN baseball reporter Pedro Gomez died unexpectedly in February, his longtime friend and former Oakland A's beat-writing rival Steve Kettmann set out to develop a book project that would pay tribute to Gomez's life and sports media career. The result is, "Remember Who You Are," a beautiful,...
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Interview with actor and DJ Erin Blunt on the 45th anniversary of "The Bad News Bears" release
Walter Matthau and Tatum O'Neal received top billing in the 1976 film classic, "The Bad News Bears," but director Michael Ritchie coaxed great performances out of the group of young unknowns who made up the majority of the rest of the cast, including Erin Blunt, who plays Bears right fielder…
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Interview with former NFL executive Ernie Accorsi
Growing up in Hershey, Pennsylvania, Ernie Accorsi had an early, rich sports experience, when the Philadelphia Eagles held training camp there, and where the Wilt Chamberlain-led Philadelphia Warriors trained and played. Accorsi started out as a sportswriter, before being hired by the Baltimore...
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Interview with legendary photographer Neil Leifer
In a career that has spanned more than 60 years, and which began in an era when film was still used by photographers, Neil Leifer has taken some of the most iconic sports images -- Muhammad Ali glowering over Sonny Liston; Ali and Joe Frazier with promoter Don King; an overhead shot at the…
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Interview with Jana Webb, founder and CEO of Joga
The Toronto-based Jana Webb has been a trailblazer in professional sports and in the strength and conditioning world, and her career path as a fitness expert and the founder of Joga is one that has had several pivots and restarts. But after starting her own company, Webb's success led to TV...
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Interview with two former New York Daily News Yankees beat writers - Peter Botte and Anthony McCarron.
Aspiring sports journalists may not be able to fathom a time when there weren't cell phones at your disposal, or when social media didn't exist to post a breaking news nugget. Former New York Daily News colleagues Peter Botte and Anthony McCarron can attest to just such an era, as both were…
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Interview with former Olympic speed skating hopeful Bridie Farrell
Since the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy, social justice advocate Bridie Farrell has worked with former Scouts who may have been victims of sexual abuse. She has raised awareness about different legal options, including how Scout sex abuse survivors can file a bankruptcy claim.…
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Interview with former Olympic speed skating hopeful Bridie Farrell and reporter Mike O'Keeffe
Bridie Farrell was a teenage Olympic hopeful in short track speed skating when she crossed paths with an older male star of that sport. The relationship became an abusive one, Farrell says, and for years she stayed silent about her ordeal. But after she went public with what she experienced, she...
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Interview with investigative reporter Michael O'Keeffe
In the early 2000s, New York Daily News reporter Mike O'Keeffe worked on a series of stories involving Ernie Lorch, the founder of the powerful Riverside Church youth basketball program. Lorch, who died in 2012, had been accused of sex abuse by several former Riverside players. In the first of a...
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New York Giants defensive great and two-time Super Bowl champ Leonard Marshall
Leonard Marshall was a second-round pick by the New York Giants in the 1983 draft, and his rookie season coincided with Bill Parcells' first year as head coach of the team. Marshall went on to star for 10 seasons with Big Blue and won two Super Bowl rings as a key player on those great Giants...
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Interview with former NFL player and Super Bowl champion Marvin Washington
Drafted by the New York Jets in 1989, defensive end Marvin Washington played eight seasons for the Jets before ending his NFL career with the 49ers. He was also a member of the 1998 Denver Broncos team that won Super Bowl XXXIII against the Atlanta Falcons. Washington discusses a wide range of...
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Al Downing Interview Episode Two
In this two-part "Stories with Street CRed" podcast, I interview former major league pitcher Al Downing, who played for 17 years in the majors. The Trenton, New Jersey-born Downing, a left-hander, began his pro career with the Yankee and played with the likes of Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle…
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Al Downing Interview Episode One
In this two-part "Stories with Street CRed" podcast, I interview former major league pitcher Al Downing, who played for 17 years in the majors. The Trenton, New Jersey-born Downing, a left-hander, began his pro career with the Yankee and played with the likes of Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle…
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Operation Equine: A Look Back at a Landmark Federal Steroids Investigation
Mark McGwire's and Sammy Sosa's 1998 home run chase was the focus of a recent ESPN documentary, however the film only contained a cursory look at the steroids and performance-enhancing drug links to each former slugger. McGwire would admit to his PED use in 2010 during a televised interview, but...
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A long-time print investigative journalist brings unique sports stories and beyond to a new platform.
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Christian Red
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A long-time print investigative journalist brings unique sports stories and beyond to a new platform.
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