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July 28, 2022

The "In's and Out's" of National Football League Agent Alex Beaudry

Our Guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Alex Beaury. Beaury is a NFLPA Certified Contract advisor and the founder of Impact Sports Management, an athlete representation firm. They currently rep...

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July 21, 2022

UFC's Matthew "Semi the Jedi" Semelsberger Spittin' Nothing but Facts…

Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Matthew Semelsberger. A 3 Sport guy in high school competing in football, lacrosse, and wrestling. Excelling particularly in football and leading his hi...

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July 14, 2022

Guard, Thrust and Perry with British Olympic Fencer Laurence Halsted

On Guard…..This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Laurence Halsted. Halsted is a two-time Olympic fencer who competed for Team GB in the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics. After retiring from co...

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July 7, 2022

Baseball's All-Time Best and other "Opinion Worthy" Stuff

Open show talking about NHL draft, NFL season creeping in, Deshawn Watson (bullshit he’s compared to owners), UFC fight July 30th Semelsberger fighting, NBA free agency and Lebron, Brittney Griner, heading towards the trading...

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June 30, 2022

Justin McElwee Dissects the NHL with "The Force"

Pew, Pew, Pew ….he shoots and scores… how does the force and hockey mesh! This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Justin McElwee. He’s a baseball fan, a self proclaimed video game nerd and descr...

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June 23, 2022

Buzzing Through the World of Sports with Yahoo Sports Writer Jay Busb…

The thundering sound of engines roaring, the handing off of the Lombardi trophy and the awarding of Olympic Gold….. This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Jay Busbee. Busbee is a journalist who ...

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June 16, 2022

Icing it through the NHL Playoffs with David Amber

He shoots and scores…..Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is bringing some serious hockey knowledge to the show. David Amber is a Canadian anchor for Sportsnet as a host and reporter. He is b...

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June 9, 2022

The Godfather of MMA Mike Murray

The OG of MMA, well maybe one of the OG’s…. This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Mike Murray. Murray fought in the first MMA in March of 1980. So No! UFC is not groundbreaking, …

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June 2, 2022

Celebrating 100 Episodes and Counting

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we are celebrating our 100th episode. Hard to believe when this all started back in March of 2020 that we would get to this point but we have and …

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May 26, 2022

Now that the schedule is out some 2022 NFL Football Thoughts with NFL…

My guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei was born and raised in Erie, PA with a love of football. As a young boy, his uncle tried to brainwash him into becoming a Dallas Cowboys fan …

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May 19, 2022

Hockey is for Everyone and Taylor Green from the Black Girls Hockey C…

Taylor Green is a Board Member and Director of Communications for Black Girl Hockey Club . She leads on messaging and strategy to ensure BGHC's mission of advocating for the inclusion of Black women and girls in hockey resona...

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May 12, 2022

Guns a Blazzin with Dallas Mavericks reporter Lauren Gunn

Raining threes, throwing down tomahawk dunks and swatting weakness…our guest on this episode of Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Lauren Gunn. Gunn is a credentialed NBA media reporter who covers the Dallas Maveric...

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May 5, 2022

Damn, I am glad the 2022 NFL Draft is over....A "Chop-Up" from the Ba…

On Episode 1 of Season 3 the Barbershop Crew breaks down the 2022 NFL draft. We look at the best of round 1, sleeper picks, who helped themselves the most and which teams "dropped the ball" when it came to …

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April 2, 2022

The OSP 2022 Mock NFL Football Draft

Think you can GM? Huh! We got together a handful of guys who are "GM wanna-bes" and mocked out the first 3 rounds of the NFL draft. Some picks were solid and some picks, were head scratchers. The best part …

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March 24, 2022

Opening the Mailbag with your Questions!!!

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we field questions from individuals from around the country who are fans of the show but have some burning questions that that need answers to. Along with Terri...

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March 17, 2022

Some cheesy takes from the not-so-famous Wisconsin Sports Podcaster T…

Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei hails from none other than Fitchburg Wisconsin. Stop racking your brain to figure out which famous person comes from Fitchburg, it’s none other than fellow ...

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March 9, 2022

Driving the Globe with Worldly Professional Car Racer Martina Kwan

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Martina Kwan. Born in Hong Kong to a German mother and Chinese father, Martina Kwan was destined for a life that was different. She spent her childhood in...

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March 3, 2022

Jumping for Joy with Olympic Triple Jumper Thea LaFond

This week's guest on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Thea Lafond. Thea LaFond is a triple jumper from Domineca. She competed at the 2016 SUmmer Olympics in the women’s triple jump; her result of 12.82 meters ...

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Feb. 24, 2022

From Tragedy to Triumph the remarkable story of Para Olympian Joel Hu…

Joel Hunt’s favorite saying is, “Tough times don’t last, tough people do,” and Hunt certainly fits the bill for a tough person. After serving three tours of duty in Iraq as an explosive-ordnance disposal technician, Hunt was ...

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Feb. 18, 2022

Breaking down the NFL post Super Bowl Like a BOSS with the Barbershop…

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei I invited some new blood to join in the post Super Bowl chatter and look at how we can fix the league with one move for each team (or …

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Feb. 11, 2022

Creating Controversy: The NFL and it's questionable stance amongst ot…

On this episode of the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we tackle the issue of race in the NFL. The clouded views and hiring practices with rules in place. The "Good Ole Boy" Network continues to hire who they …

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Feb. 3, 2022

From Enforcer to Enforcing Former NHL Referee Paul Stewart

This week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei we will be talking with Paul Stewart. Stewart is a former professional ice hockey player and referee.He was Inducted in the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018...

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Jan. 28, 2022

Shipping off with Navy Athletics featuring Naval Veteran and founder…

Our guest this week on the Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei is Karl Darden. Darden is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a 20 year veteran, a former helicopter pilot, and a chronic Navy Sports fan. His enthusiasm …

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Jan. 21, 2022

How to be an NFL Coach and more featuring Coach Evan Burk

Evan Burk is a speaker, former NFL coach, and podcast host who uses the sports world as his backdrop to engage audiences with thought-provoking lessons of leadership, team-building, and creating championship cultures. Evan Bu...

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