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TJ Oshie announced his retirement on June 9, 2025 after a 16 year playing career. He was star forward for the St Louis Blues to begin his career from 2008 to 2015. He then spent 2015 to 2025 with the Washington Capitals, helping them win the Stanley Cup in 2018. In those 2018 playoffs he scored 8 goals and 13 assists in 24 games. Combined regular season and playoffs he gathered 336 goals and 448 assists in 1,116 games. He is also noted for scoring 4 goals on 6 shots for team USA in the Sochi Winter Olympics where international play allows for unlimited shots in shootouts. He missed the 2024-25...

Jake Owen, Country Music star, started out as a golf whiz-kid winning his first tournament at age 15. A wakeboarding accident forced him to take a break from golf. He picked-up a guitar and the rest is history. Playing in a hometown Florida bar he gradually worked his way to bigger things, moving to Nashville to a series of coincidences and hard work leading him to writers and producers and eventually recording labels. He was the opening act for many Country Artists including Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. His third Country album skyrocketed him to fame with two #1 Country ...

Jason Scheff at 23, became the lead singer for the historic Rock'n'Roll group Chicago. His time with the classic band lasted 31 years, from 1985 to 2016. His first album was Chicago 18 which saw a single, "Will You Still Love Me" reach #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, chart. Jason is now involved in many projects including his own Jason Scheff Band, recording with Jay DeMarcus (Rascal Flatts) with their group "Generation Radio". He is also currently performing with Tommy DeCarlo, former lead singer with the rock band Boston, on their "Lead Singers of Classic Rock" tour. Scheff is truly an ...

Miles Teller has had many successes in motion pictures including "Divergent" (2014), "Fantastic Four" (2015) and "War Dogs" (2016). In 2022 he scored the second lead as "Rooster" in "Top Gun: Maverick". In this episode Miles tells the story of Top Gun Maverick's "Great Balls of Fire" great scene including how it came about. Born near Philadelphia and in his early years he lived in the Cape May, NJ, area. He remains a big fan of the Philadelphia Eagles. Miles has been extremely active since Top Gun and has at least two films in post production including "Eternity" a romantic comedy to be ...

Joe Buck historic play-by -play announcer provides a great insight into growing up with his legendary broadcasting dad, Jack Buck. Now the play-by-play voice of ESPN's Monday Night Football (MNF), he works alongside Dallas Cowboy great, Troy Aikman. Buck also talks about his start in broadcasting, his firsts, his many awards and the many friends he has made in his career in this very forthcoming podcast episode. He also discusses the on-field heart failure of Buffalo Bill Safety, Demar Hamlin, broadcast live on MNF. Buck also reports on Hamlin's recovery and work since the incident. You will ...

Shawnee Mountain, in the Poconos of PA, is a family friendly ski, snowboard and tubing area easily found off of I-80 just west of the Delaware River. Rachel Wyckoff, Shawnee's marketing director, discusses the available deals and fun for families. This is one of the very few Pocono areas that offer free parking for all. They also help make skiing more affordable with online discounts off their window lift ticket prices. See: www.shawneemt.com They have 23 trails and 100 percent snowmaking. Twenty-two trails are lit for night skiing. Visit www.shawneemt.com for more info.

Shane Vittorino reports on his life after winning the 2008 World Series with the Phila Phillies. Shane, a three time Golden Glove winner, now coaches his teenage son. Interviewed at the American Century Championship at the Edgewood Tahoe golf course, Vittorino also discusses his play at the Lake Tahoe event.

Chase Utley, 2008 World Series Champion, amassed Hall of Fame stats during his 13 year career with the Phila Phillies. Discussing golf at the American Century Championship at the Edgewood Tahoe course in this 2024 podcast episode, Chase also reflects on his MLB career. In 2008 he hit 33 HRs with 177 hits. He was a six-time All-Star Game participant as voted by the fans. In 2009 he amassed 23 stolen bases. He recently took on the role as MLB Ambassador and lived in England to promote baseball throughout the region.

Jayson Werth, interviewed at the 2024 American Century Championship, helped lead the Phila Phillies to the 2008 MLB World Series victory. In 2024 his horse, Dornach, won the Belmont Stakes. Werth describes the horse's finish in the Kentucky Derby and better break in the Belmont. Jayson also describes his play at the 2024 at Tahoe's American Century Championship and how golf got him involved in horse racing. He also talks about his MLB stats and shoes in the MLB Hall of Fame.

Charles Barkley, NBA great and TV analyst, provides insight into his best round of golf at NBCs American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe. He also speaks briefly of getting a statue in his honor at the Phila. 76ers training facility in Camden, NJ, as only Charles can. He finished the event with his best Stableford score of -4 in the middle of the pack instead of his usual near the bottom.

Annika Sorenstam, LPGA legend, discusses her play at NBCs American Century Championship at the Edgewood Tahoe golf course. Sorenstam also winters in Tahoe and frequents the slopes to enjoy the sport with her family. A true legend, Annika seems to enjoy her competition against some of America's top athletes and celebrities. In the 2024 competition she fought her way to a 3rd place finish.

Mardy Fish, Olympic Silver medalist in tennis in 2004 and US Davis Cup Captain in 2019, discusses his 2020 American Century Championship win and near miss in 2023 at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. Marty has been top ten finisher at ACC since his 2nd competition in 2015. He also discusses the NBC event and his joy of competing in it.

Matthew Tkachuk, 2024 Stanley Cup Champion with the Florida Panthers, reports on his first impression of Lake Tahoe and the American Century Championship on NBC during his initial playing in the event.

John O'Hurley is a man of many talents. Known to most for creating the "J. Peterman" character on TVs Seinfeld show. Interviewed at the 2024 American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe, O'Hurley discusses his classical music talents and his roles in Broadway Theater productions. He also hosts NBC's "National Dog Show" which airs following Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and attracts a huge audience yearly. If that is not enough, John won a "dance off" to capture the winning spot in the first year of the popular "Dancing with the Stars."

Joe Pavelski, American born, retired NHL great, discusses his golf play at the 2024 American Century Championship on NBC. Joe finished 3rd in 2023 and came close in 2022. In 2023 Pavelski was in the threesome, along with Alex "Killer" Killorn, with Steph Curry when Curry hit his hole-in-one which led to some hectic after play. In his NHL career Joe had a total of 1,068 points and is a leader among American born players in playoff goals. He retired after the 2023-24 season after a sure NHL Hall of Fame career.