The Original Sports Podcast with Mark Maradei
192 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -From teacher to coach to sports podcaster. It's always been a dream to do sports communication and now I'm finally making it come true. Though I was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA and will always be a Steeler/Penguin/Pirate Fan--my podcast is about the love of ALL SPORTS. Join me weekly for guests, takes, and other news tidbits about the wonderful world of sports.
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Steel City Nation presents "The Barbershop Session" featuring The Sports Podium Podcast
December 10, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 57 MBOn Episode 36 of the Steel City Nation podcast, your host, Mark Maradei, has his barbershop crew in to talk Steelers football and the recent slide and cracks in the armour that they have been displaying. Two of the three guys from the Sports Podium podcast, Michael Mills (Chops) and James Lawhorn (Mic Dr.) join me along with Rashene Hill in our in depth breakdown of the Steelers-Ravens on December 2nd and then we deep dive in to the debacle of the Steelers- Washington Football Team from Mond...
Former Pittsburgh Steeler Ike Taylor's Life Journey
December 03, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Ike Taylor. Taylor is a former Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback. The two time Super Bowl champion, was a fourth round selection in the 2003 NFL Draft, and spent his entire 12-year career in Pittsburgh. He played college football at University of Louisiana at Lafayette where he began as a walk on in 2001 where he earned a scholarship just prior to the season beginning. Ike went from running back/special teams player to ...
Episode 34 "The Thanksgiving Special" with all the trimmings
November 24, 2020 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBOn this episode of the Steel City nation podcast, host Mark Maradei is flying solo and breaking down some good Thanksgiving football from past, present and future. We take a look at what is transpiring in all major sports in and out of season, a breakdown of the previous Ravens and Steelers match up and forecast what is yet to come this week and finally we look back at the Top 10 Thanksgiving Day football games ever played in the NFL. WE conclude the show with a tasty little poem "Twas' the...
Episode 34 "The Thanksgiving Special" with all the trimmings
November 24, 2020 15:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBOn this episode of the Steel City nation podcast, host Mark Maradei is flying solo and breaking down some good Thanksgiving football from past, present and future. We take a look at what is transpiring in all major sports in and out of season, a breakdown of the previous Ravens and Steelers match up and forecast what is yet to come this week and finally we look back at the Top 10 Thanksgiving Day football games ever played in the NFL. WE conclude the show with a tasty little poem "Twas' the...
The Wisdom of NFL Analyst Solomon WIlcots
November 19, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBThis week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Solomon Wilcots. Former NFL defensive back, Solomon Wilcots has served in many roles across the landscape of broadcast television and radio including studio host, anchor, analyst and reporter. He also has served as a live game analyst, sideline reporter, and field reporter for major sporting events such as Super Bowls 41,44, and 47 and the NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Championship, PGA U.S. Open , Western Conference and N...
Steelers Mid-Season with Watson and Hill
November 13, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast we will be breaking down the Steelers most recent victory over the Dallas Cowboys. We will talk about how the offense has been sputtering in recent weeks but gains enough through Ben Roethlisberger's experience to come out on top. We will highlight the performance of JuJu Smith-Schuster and how he has become a version of a former Steeler who also would take the team on his shoulders and lead to victory in Hines Ward. Defensively, with Tyson Al...
SCN interviews legendary NFL Cornerback Shawn Springs
November 05, 2020 23:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThis week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Shawn Springs. Springs is a graduate of The Ohio State University and a former All Pro in the National Football league for the Seattle Seahawks. At OSU he was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten Athlete and was named the Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year in 1996. In 1997, Shawn entered the National Football League and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks with the third pick overall. He remains the highest cornerback ever drafted ...
SCN talks NFL and if the Steelers are REAL
October 30, 2020 00:00 - 38 minutes - 26.7 MBOn the episode of the Steel City nation podcast we take an in depth look at the validity of the Pittsburgh Steelers 6-0 record and discuss of they are real of if they are a product of their schedule. We will break down the Week 7 victory over the Tennessee Titans and look ahead to the divisional foe Baltimore Ravens. We are joined by Kevin Watson and Rashene Hill as we make every effort to dissect a game that started out as a team who looked like Super Bowl contenders then hung out to barely...
The Best of the Steel City Nation podcast volume 1
October 22, 2020 22:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBIn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast we are listening to some of most insightful and interesting stories from our guest to date including: The voice of the University of Maryland athletics, Matt Noble; Assistant Navy Baseball coach, Casey Leister; former Pittsburgh Sports Reporter Tony Defazio; Hockey News reporter Angie Carducci; NBC Sports DC Ethan Cadeaux; NFL photo guy Ed Sheehin ; DMV sports journalist, Brandy Simms; San Francisco 49ers assistaant football coach, Brian Fleur...
Former NFL network and MASN broadcasting journalist: The Multi-Talented Amber Theoharis
October 15, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 53.5 MBAfter graduating from the University of Maryland, Theoharis began working in the Maryland, Washington DC area having stops at WBOC in the newsroom then on to sports talk radio as a host at WJZ-FM and finally a sports reporter for WRC-TV. In 2007 she got hired by Mid-Atlantic Sports Network to cover the Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles. In 2012 Theoharis left MASN and moved on to the next chapter of her career working for the NFL Network on NFL Total Access. The Emmy Award winning journ...
Life Lessons from former NFL Lineman Leon Searcy
October 08, 2020 20:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I’ll interview Leon Searcy. Searcy is a former NFL offensive lineman turned football coach for Florida International University who currently works as a radio host in Jacksonville, Florida for 1010XL. Searcy was a number 1 pick for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1992, 11th overall and is most notably the first draft pick in the post Chuck Noll era. He then went on to play predominantly for the Jacksonville Jaguars, with one year stops in Baltimor...
Hockey perspectives wrapping up 2019-20 season with PHN's Dan Kingerski
October 01, 2020 20:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week on the Steel City Nation podcast we'll be interviewing Dan Kingerski Kingerski is long professed to be a Hockey aficionado. He is the President of National Hockey Now. An online blog with in depth articles and insight covering hockey in cities such as Boston, Pittsburgh, San Jose, Colorado, Florida and New York. He had formerly worked for 93-7 the Fan in Pittsburgh. Dan also does work for NHL Home Ice and Sportsnet Hockey Tonight. His claim to fame is checking The Great One Way...
DK Pittsburgh Sports Christopher Carter and the 2020 Pittsburgh Steeler season
September 25, 2020 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast my co-host Kevin Watson and I will interview Chris Carter. Carter was born and raised in Pittsburgh and works as an analyst for DK Pittsburgh Sports covering the Pittsburgh Steelers and the NFL and most recently University of Pittsburgh Football and basketball. Chris’s career began analyzing the Steelers as a contributor and later a contributing editor for BehindTheSteelCurtain.com in 2013. He is currently the host of Locked on Steelers podca...
"Pittsburgh Dad" Curt Wootton; Pittsburgh Sports N'at
September 17, 2020 23:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I’ll interview “Pittsburgh Dad” Curt Wootton. Wootton’s inspiration for his character of “Pittsburgh Dad” came from his own father while growing up in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. While working on the set from a previous series called “Mercury Men”, Curt would do his impression of his father by “yelling” at the cast members focusing on insignificant things like a western Pennsylvanian father would. The premise for the show was to highlight growin...
So what's REALLY up with MLB through the eyes of Comedian Frank Nicotero
September 10, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I’ll interview Frank Nicotero. Nicotero is a comedian and the host of the syndicated comedy game show Street Smarts. He began his career doing stand up at Pittsburgh's famed Funny Bone comedy club. Shortly afterward, he toured college circuits, appearing with other comedians including Drew Carey, Adam Sandler, and Rob Schneider—and appearing at more than 300 colleges and clubs throughout the country. He has been a regular for over 10 years at ...
So what's REALLY up with MLB through the eyes of Comedian Frank Nicotero
September 10, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I’ll interview Frank Nicotero. Nicotero is a comedian and the host of the syndicated comedy game show Street Smarts. He began his career doing stand up at Pittsburgh's famed Funny Bone comedy club. Shortly afterward, he toured college circuits, appearing with other comedians including Drew Carey, Adam Sandler, and Rob Schneider—and appearing at more than 300 colleges and clubs throughout the country. He has been a regular for over 10 years at ...
University of Pittsburgh Receiver Tre Tipton: The Journey Continues
September 04, 2020 12:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast we will speak with Tre Tipton. Tipton is a receiver for the University of Pittsburgh who has been granted a 6th year by the NCAA due to injuries and will be instrumental for the Panthers offense in 2020. He joined the Panthers in 2015 and has been a contributor, when healthy, since then. Coming out of little known Apollo Ridge High School, Tipton not only excelled in football but also was a track athlete who won the state long jump title his s...
Leading through Example: NMSU Associate Athletic Director James Hall
August 28, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with James Hall. Hall is the associate athletic director at New Mexico State University where he is a sports administrator and involved in student development. Prior to New Mexico State he was the founder of Majority of One Brands and worked as an academic counselor for The Ohio State University. He’s been an instrumental part of the 70 conference championships and 3 WAC Commissioner's Cup Championships that NMSU has won. H...
Mentoring and Football with 480 Club founder Joe Hooks
August 20, 2020 21:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Joseph Hooks. Hooks is a Shepherd University graduate who has used his degree in recreational and leisure studies to create a mentoring program that has helped hundreds of young kids over the last several years. Hooks was a multi year letterman at division 2 power Shepherd University who served as a captain his senior year. Upon graduation Joseph continued his football career playing for the Washington Armour Arena le...
The World of Sports according to Reporter/Anchor/Author Josh Taylor
August 14, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Josh Taylor. Taylor began his career after graduating from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh as a reporter and sports anchor for KHBS in Fayetteville Arkansas. He then returned to the Pittsburgh area as a producer and host for triblive radio and additionally was working for KDKA as a sports anchor. He has been a part of 93.7 the fan as an on air host since 2016 and also does some high school football play by play along...
Hockey Restart 2.0- The Rabid Fans' Roundtable
August 07, 2020 00:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast I talk hockey with three Rabid Lifelong Hockey fans. Eric Rigsby is a hockey lifer-a player, a parent, a coach, and a fan-in that order. He has been involved in the game since he babysat the neighbors' kids to earn money for his first pair of rollerblades when he was 12.As a player, Eric is a former college club player turned beer leaguer in the Old Fat Bald Guys Hockey League and Skate Frederick Adult Hockey League in Frederick, MD. He...
From Seneca to the Super Bowl: San Francisco 49ers assistant coach Brian Fleury
July 31, 2020 00:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Brian Fleury. Fleury is in his second season as the 49ers defensive quality control coach. He joined San Francisco after spending the previous three years with the Miami Dolphins as the team's football research analyst (2016) and director of football research (2017-18). In his roles with the Dolphins, Fleury worked closely with defensive coordinator Matt Burke to help prepare for upcoming opponents and follow NFL tre...
DMVing with award winning journalist Brandy Simms
July 24, 2020 01:00 - 29 minutes - 20.4 MBOn episode 16 of the Steel City Nation podcast I’ll interview Brandy Simms. Simms is an award-winning sports journalist who has covered professional, college and high school sports in the DMV for more than 20 years including the Washington Redskins and Washington Mystics. He has an extensive background in both print and broadcast media and has freelanced for SLAM, Dime Magazine and The Washington Post. He captured first place honors in the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association 2006 Editoria...
NFL Photo Guy: Ed Sheahin
July 17, 2020 00:00 - 45 minutes - 31.4 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Ed Sheahin. Sheahin is a professional sports photographer covering the Washington Redskins, Washington Nationals and Washington Wizards. He is the official photographer for the Redskins Historian and the Hogfarmers. He is also part of the All Pro Reels Photography team covering all DMV professional and college sports. Ed started covering the Redskins in 2009 as a Beat Reporter for CBSSports.com Rapid Reports. He would ...
Growing into a Role: NBC Sports Washington's Ethan Cadeaux
July 09, 2020 23:00 - 58 minutes - 39.9 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Ethan Cadeaux Ethan Cadeaux is a digital content producer and writer for NBC Sports Washington, with a primary focus on the Washington Redskins. He is a University of Maryland, College Park graduate from the Philip Merrill College of Journalism in 2019. Previous stops include work for Capital News Service, WMUC Sports, and The Left Bench. Additionally, he was a digital media intern for the Washington Redskins during th...
Talking Hockey and then some with Inside Hockey's Angie Carducci
July 03, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBOn this episode of the Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Angie Carducci. Carducci has been covering the Pittsburgh Penguins and the NHL for a variety of outlets since the mid 1990s, when she was majoring in print journalism at Duquesne University. She currently serves as Penguins beat writer for Inside Hockey magazine and is a regular radio guest on stations including 93.7 The Fan Pittsburgh and TSN 690 Montreal. She’s also proud to be one of a small number of women in the P...
Insight from the Inside: Pittsburgh Sports Report former editor Tony Defazio
June 25, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBOn this episode,Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Tony Defazio. DeFazio is the former editor of The Pittsburgh Sports Report, Pittsburgh's longest-published sports newspaper. The Sports Report was a monthly newspaper pand online publication from 1996 through 2016. In addition to his duties as editor, DeFazio was the Pitt football and basketball beat writer from 2010 through 2016 and was a frequent guest on several Pennsylvania radio and TV shows. He continues to appear on PA...
A Young Coach's Journey-Navy Assistant Baseball Coach
June 19, 2020 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBOn this episode,Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Casey Leister.Leister has been a volunteer assistant baseball coach with the Navy Midshipmen since 2018. Although he has only been with the Midshipmen for two years his presence has been felt as they have amassed a record of 53-18. When this season was shortened by covid-19 they Midshipmen were 14-1 and red hot reeling off a record 14 straight wins. They were leading the Patriot League in many hitting categories which assured...
A Young Coach's Journey-Navy Assistant Baseball Coach
June 19, 2020 01:00 - 47 minutes - 32.6 MBOn this episode,Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Casey Leister.Leister has been a volunteer assistant baseball coach with the Navy Midshipmen since 2018. Although he has only been with the Midshipmen for two years his presence has been felt as they have amassed a record of 53-18. When this season was shortened by covid-19 they Midshipmen were 14-1 and red hot reeling off a record 14 straight wins. They were leading the Patriot League in many hitting categories which assured...
The Life of a College Game Announcer: An interview with the University of Maryland's Matt Noble
June 12, 2020 01:00 - 52 minutes - 35.9 MBOn this episode,Steel City Nation podcast Mark Maradei speaks with Matt Noble.Noble is a Silver Spring, MD native and is currently the PA announcer for University of Maryland football, men's basketball and baseball games. He is also the radio play-by-play announcer for the women's basketball team and fills-in for Hall of Fame broadcaster Johnny Holliday on select football and men's basketball games as well as occasionally substituting for Holliday on the weekly football coach's radio show. ...
Ten questions in the current world of sports and how they matter
June 02, 2020 22:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBWe look at varying degrees of questions that address the current state of sports from restarting seasons, to starting seasons, to drafts that impact future seasons. Our Decade Definers looks at Top Nascar drivers from 70's to today.
The Way to early College Football Top 10 for 2020
May 22, 2020 15:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBLooking at the top 10 college football teams heading into the summer for the 2020 season. Players, rankings, and recruiting classes all part of the equation. Updates on MLB,NHL, NBA along with news and noteworthy. Finishing up with our Decade Definers segment which focuses on the top college football teams from the 70's through the 2010's.
How will they Fare? Predictions of the Pittsburgh Steelers 2020 season record
May 15, 2020 00:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MBA deeper look into the Pittsburgh Steelers opponents for the 2020 season and projected outcome for each game with a final record prediction. Where does MLB, NBA and the NHL stand. Highlights from Michael Jordan's Last Dance Documentary. Comparing Antonio Brown and james Harrison who is the bigger scoundrel. Decade Definers the Best in MLB from the 70's to the 2010's.
From XFL to NFL, maybe
May 07, 2020 23:00 - 38 minutes - 26.3 MBOn this episode we talk about the 10 players signed from the now defunct XFL to the Steelers roster. Update on NBA, NHL and MLB frozen seasons. Decade Definers 70's to present day Pirates.
Enter the 2020 Virtual Draft class and the UDFA
April 30, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBReviewing the 2020 NFL draft picks for the Pittsburgh Steelers along with their 10 undrafted free agents. Also talk about where the sports in season are heading (NBA, NHL and MLB). Decade Definers focuses on the Penguins since the 70's. Thanks to Joelle Figorski (Logo creator) and Ryan Benton (theme music) for their contributions to Steel City Nation.
Enter the 2020 Virtual Draft class and the UDFA
April 30, 2020 22:00 - 32 minutes - 22.6 MBReviewing the 2020 NFL draft picks for the Pittsburgh Steelers along with their 10 undrafted free agents. Also talk about where the sports in season are heading (NBA, NHL and MLB). Decade Definers focuses on the Penguins since the 70's. Thanks to Joelle Figorski (Logo creator) and Ryan Benton (theme music) for their contributions to Steel City Nation.
The draft build build and a forecasting the future
April 19, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBEpisode 4 of the Steel City Nation podcast dives into our predictions of the 2020 NFL draft based on the needs and availability of players. We then take a look at the league cap and its impact for this year and next breaking down potential resignings by definite, maybe, possibly and let him walk. FInally our Decade Definers highlights the NBA from the 70's through today.
The draft build up and forecasting the future
April 19, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBEpisode 4 of the Steel City Nation podcast dives into our predictions of the 2020 NFL draft based on the needs and availability of players. We then take a look at the league cap and its impact for this year and next breaking down potential resignings by definite, maybe, possibly and let him walk. FInally our Decade Definers highlights the NBA from the 70's through today.
The draft build up and a forecasting the future
April 19, 2020 18:00 - 30 minutes - 21.1 MBEpisode 4 of the Steel City Nation podcast dives into our predictions of the 2020 NFL draft based on the needs and availability of players. We then take a look at the league cap and its impact for this year and next breaking down potential resignings by definite, maybe, possibly and let him walk. FInally our Decade Definers highlights the NBA from the 70's through today.
Decisions, Decisions and Unprecedented Times
April 10, 2020 19:00 - 27 minutes - 18.6 MBThe NFL draft is right around the corner and the Steelers have got some tough decisions to make on whether to go offense or defense at 49? My breakdown on that. Will MLB play all games in Arizona? Will the NHL go straight to the playoffs and what's the format? Recent movement and a new segment all in this episode.....
Moving pieces and other tidbits.....
March 26, 2020 14:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBSteel City Nation Podcast looks at this weeks Steelers new player additions, what's going on with the Pirates and Penguins, other movement in the NFL, who's in and out with Pitt Basketball, Trevor Lawerence and NCAA.
Sipping a Corona and pondering the start of Steeler free agency frenzy
March 19, 2020 23:00 - 11 minutes - 7.62 MBLooking at the recent changes that the Steelers have made including retirements, restructures, signings and of course waving goodbye to those who leave for greener pastures....or did they?