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The CHoopin It Up Podcast

by CHoop Sports

This is the sports podcast that would resemble you talking about sports with a couple of your buddies & that’s why you should listen. Sometimes we bring on former high school athletes to tell us about some of their best memories from their playing days. We appreciate the listens & feedback is welcomed!

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Episodes

  1. The Return

    WE ARE BACK.......really this time. Aaron Rodgers achilles brings the boys of the CHoopin It Up Podcast back into the makeshift studio. We talk his potential return, the NBA regular season tournament, Mark Cuban for President, & have a host of technical difficulties that we worked right through...

  2. PIAA PROPOSES NIL FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES | WHERE WILL KEVIN DURANT PLAY NEXT YEAR

    It's been waaaaay too long but a Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association proposal that would allow high school athletes to profit off of their names, images, & likenesses came through & we knew we had to record about it. A lot on social media was doom & gloom about how this will be the...

  3. Jack Is Back On The Show & Tiger Is Back At The Masters | St. Peters' Loses It's Big Three To Transfer Portal | Women's Basketball Popularity

    So happy to have Jack joining us via the power of the internet. Glad we can give him a platform to spew his LeBron hate (opinions of Jack are his own & not the opinions of the CHoopin It Up Podcast). We also talk about Tiger Woods' return to The Masters, the NCAA transfer portal, & women's…

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  4. Aaron Rodgers Back With The Pack | Russell Wilson On The Move | NCAA Tournament About To Begin | Jay & Brad Join The Show

    A lot of this podcast is 3rd time guest Jason Kenny & 1st time guest Brad Kalinowski going at each other but in the midst of that we did talk about some of the big sports stories that happened this week including Aaron Rodgers returning to the Green Bay Packers, Russell Wilson being traded to the...

  5. We Are Officially Over The Hill

    Our podcast is officially "over the hill" as we reach our 30th episode. It's also our 1 year anniversary of doing this show so to celebrate we had to bring in a guest who's been apart of the show since the beginning. Our guy Runco was enjoying a nice day out at the Golden Gate Bridge but was able...

  6. LA Rams Win The Superbowl | 76ers & Nets Swap Superstars | A Podcast Favorite Involved In Feel Good Story

    We are back to being "The 2 White Guys Podcast" this week as our guy Tanner was coaching a basketball game while we were recording. As a Philadelphia 76ers fan we would have loved to ask him how he feels about the Ben Simmons/James Harden trade that happened. Obviously the biggest football game…

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  7. Matt Busts His Lip | UPenn Swimming Controversy | Hoop Needs A Car | Jay Kenny Back On The Show

    For the first time in what seems like 8 episodes Matt is finally back on the show in person. We get into talking about the story about UPenn transgender swimmer Lia Thomas. We talk about the week that was in terms of the NFL Divisional round & previewed what we thought was going to happen in the...

  8. You Never Know What You Might Get Hit With At A Buffalo Bills Game | NFL Wild Card Recap

    The NFL playoffs have begun & if we're being honest.......the Wild Card round was kind of a dud. Most of the games were blowouts but the divisional round is shaping up to be absolutely electric! We talk about some of the wild card action & make our picks as to who we think are going to make it to...

  9. Big Ben's Final Home Game | Antonio Brown Gives The Fans At Metlife A Show

    The story about this past weekends NFL games should have been that longtime Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger played what seemed to be his final game at Heinz Field in front of the Pittsburgh fans on Monday. Unfortunately the thing that has been talked about more than that is the fact that former...

  10. Urban Meyer Gets Canned, Kenny Pickett's Fake Slide Changes Rules, & Matt Is Back Via Phone Call

    Urban Meyer has had a bad 2021 & it resulted in him losing his job as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars & you can always count on Rex Ryan to throw a little extra dirt on someone's grave. Kenny Pickett's fake slide touchdown run resulted in an NCAA rule change. We all have a favorite...

  11. The College Football Playoffs, Brian Kelly's Southern Accent, & A Statement From The World's Biggest Michigan Football Fan

    Only a 2 host kinda podcast for this one but we got into plenty of great sports topics including Paige Buecker's knee injury, the college football playoff & coaching carousel, Brian Kelly's sudden southern-ness, & finally we had 99.9% of die hard Michigan football fan's sentiments epitomized by…

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  12. The Return Of The Alumni Game

    The battle between Hoop & Galli started a few episodes back. Some things were said, some trash was talked & now the time has come to play the game. We decided to take the time to record a podcast prior to the game. Enjoy Intro/Outro Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot...

  13. Gruden & Kyrie & NBA Opening Night Oh My

    After a 9 week hiatus WE ARE BACK & boy to we have some things to talk about. Urban at the Chop House, Gruden's emails, Kyrie's vaccination status, & all the NFL action that has happened to this point. Hope you enjoy it! Intro/Outro Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot...

  14. Friday Night Lights

    Co-host Matt Tanner could not be with us when we recorded this episode so Steve Galli was gracious enough to fill in this week. Will it be permanent, tune in next week. But we recorded this one the night before high school football kicked off here in NEPA so this episode was built around football...

  15. NBA Free Agency Recap & NFL Preview

    We might be a little late to the party but we discuss some of the biggest winners & losers from the 1st 2 weeks of NBA free agency including the Chicago Bulls, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, & New York Knicks to name a few. We also ask our resident 76ers fan what in the hell are they doing with Ben...

  16. Shohei Ohtani Is A Unicorn, The Suns Take Game 1 Of The NBA Finals, A John Runco Phone Call, & Former West Side, ESU, AZ Cardinals, & NY Jets Receiver Evan Prall Joins The Pod

    In this one, we reconvened on the deck to talk about whether or not LA Angels outfielder/ace pitcher Shohei Ohtani is a look at the future of Major League Baseball & Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Our guy John Runco calls to give another report card live on air. While we had him we introduced our…

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  17. Max Kranick Makes His MLB Debut, Tanner Is Done With Ben Simmons, & Steve Galli Joins Us LIVE

    NEPA native & Valley View High School grad Max Kranick made his Major League debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates & threw 5 perfect innings before a rain delay ended his day. Ben Simmons opted out of playing with Team Australia in the Olympics to focus on skill development which led our own 76ers fan...

  18. Coach Mike Piercy Joins The Show Before The State Title Game

    Hoop hurts his back & Matt had an awful time watching the Philadelphia 76ers blow a 22 point halftime lead in person Wednesday night. Also, Mid Valley Head Softball Coach Mike Piercy calls in before his team travels to Penn State to play in the PIAA 3A softball state championship tomorrow. He…

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  19. The Brooklyn Nets Are Hot, Julio Jones Is A Titan, & Aaron Polon Joins The Pod

    As of recording this, Kevin Durant & the Brooklyn Nets look like the team to beat in the NBA playoffs. They are making easy work of the Milwaukee Bucks through 2 games. The Phoenix Suns are also starting to show themselves as the potential team to beat in the West. In NFL news, Aaron Rodgers…

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  20. Coach K Retires & Jay Kenny Joins The Pod

    Brad Stevens moved to a front office role with the Boston Celtics, Coach K retiring from Duke at the end on the 2021-2022 season, & Dame goes off.......we cover it all in this episode. We also talk to former Mid Valley & Misericordia Univerity basketball standout Jason Kenny & let Matt have it…

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  21. NBA Playoffs With A Pinch Of Runco

    Well we had some technical difficulties that caused us to not have an actual guest but our guy John Runco called in his report card live which helped out. We also had an update on the Aaron Rodgers/Green Bay Packers situation & hey.......it's NBA playoff season!!! Intro/Outro Beat Provided By...

  22. The Two Tanner Episode

    Episode 13 brought us a Hooper fungo mishap, the start of the NBA playoffs, & another Tanner! Intro/Outro Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot Business Inquiries: [email protected] CHoopin it up Pod Merch...

  23. Ronny's World

    Episode 12 brought us the return of Tim Tebow to the NFL, USA basketball, & NEPA legend Ronny Tomasetti!!! Intro/Outro Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot Business Inquiries: [email protected] CHoopin it up Pod Merch...

  24. The Zach Fiume Episode

    Episode 11 We talked a little bit about the 2021 NFL draft & the ongoing Aaron Rodgers saga before getting to our guest, former Mid Valley standout running back Zach Fiume. Intro/Outro Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot Business Inquiries: [email protected] CHoopin it...

  25. The Life & Times Of Alex Varaksa

    Episode 10 brought us an interesting conversation with former Mid Valley, Lackawanna College, & Norfolk State University pitcher Alex Varaksa. We talk about his time as a high school pitcher/catcher, the decision to attend a junior college to continue his playing career, & eventually landing...

  26. The Tommy John Episode

    The boys of CHoopin it up got out on the course & it probably could've gone better for some of us. Then our resident athletic training expert Tom educated us on the basics of one of the most common baseball injuries a torn UCL (Tommy John surgery). He speaks about how it occurs & ways to prevent…

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  27. The Post Tourney Reset

    The NCAA men's & women's tournaments are officially behind us so after spending 4 episodes talking about them we feel like we needed a reset. We had some good conversations about Hoop's upcoming "Pro Day". We went over some fan feedback. We also went in depth on ACL tears having one guy who's…

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  28. The NCAA Tournament Wrap Up

    March Madness has officially come to an end with Baylor taking down the NCAA championship on the men's side & Stanford on the women's side. It was a great Final Four on both sides so for one last time we had the legend himself Jack Kelly join us to break it down!

  29. The Final Four Countdown

    We're down to the Final Four in the NCAA Men's College Basketball tournament so naturally we had to podcast about how we got here & what we're looking forward to. Regular guest Jack Kelly joins us to give us his insights as well.

  30. The Busted Bracket Special

    The 1st 2 rounds of the 2021 NCAA Men's Tournament are in the books & not a perfect bracket remains. We broke down the tournament before a game was played & now we look like we know nothing about college basketball. But hey, we're back & breaking down what has already taken place and what's going...

  31. The March Madness Preview Show

    It's March. We're basketball fans so naturally we had to fire up the headsets and preview the Men's NCAA tournament. Also we had guest Jack Kelly on & he told us the story of how himself, Sean Sholtes, & Rasheed Wallace became best friends for the night!

  32. The Shawn Bodtmann Experience

    Former University of Maine linebacker & West Side alum Shawn Bodtmann calls in to the pod to CHoop it up with the boys.

  33. Hoop Busts His A$$

    We weren't sure what we were going to talk about for this one buuuuuuut then one of us went & busted their ass during a girls varsity basketball practice the night before we recorded and that was all we needed. Enjoy

  34. The Pilot

    We just kind of pulled out the mixer, headsets, & started talking. We covered a range of topics including but not limited to; navigating a bus full of high school basketball players through a blizzard to see a Penn St basketball game, almost leaving a coach in Syracuse after a Syracuse basketball...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

This is the sports podcast that would resemble you talking about sports with a couple of your buddies & that’s why you should listen. Sometimes we bring on former high school athletes to tell us about some of their best memories from their playing days. We appreciate the listens & feedback is welcomed!

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