In today's episode we talk being a sports fan with Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Lee Conklinevening co-anchor at Toledo's Channel 13. A St. Clair Shores, MI, native, Conklin shares his earliest memories of being a sports fan and how it continues to this day.

  • Detroit Tigers' radio broadcasters Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey's closing thoughts.
  • Former Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner.
  • Tom Dempsey's then-NFL record 63-yard field goal as time expired on November 8, 1970.
  • 2021 Solheim Cup from Inverness Club in Toledo.
  • The Jamie Farr LPGA Classic.
  • The Bluffton University baseball team's bus crash 15th anniversary coverage.
  • The 2003 Fiesta Bowl between Ohio State and the University of Miami.
  • Logansport H.S. and the Berry Bowl basketball arena with seating for 5,830.
  • Scott Skiles led Plymouth H.S. to the Indiana Boys Basketball Championship in 1982.
  • The entirety of the final game and pre-game festivities at Detroit's Tiger Stadium.
  • University of Toledo and Bowling Green athletes and coaches referenced: Nate Thurmond,Bill Fitch,Jim Larranaga,Bobby Nichols,Steve Mix,Nick Saban,Gary Pinkel,Harvey Knuckles,Bruce Gradkowski, Matt Campbell, and Urban Meyer.

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