Daly Dose 01-03-24 The CFB title game is set, and a look back at 2023!

This week on the Daly Dose, it was the last full weekend of both College Football and the NFL! We saw some surprises in the NFL this week, and did the referees cost the Detroit Lions an important game? 

Florida State had a poor showing in the Orange Bowl, Michigan scraped past Alabama in the Rose Bowl, and what was that final play call for the Tide? 

Plus Washington beat Texas in the Sugar Bowl to advance, and we make our pick for what should be a very interesting College Football National Championship game!

Then, we are taking a look back at some of the sports figures that we lost in the year 2023. We remember some of the greatest players in NFL history, one of the toughest players in NBA history, some great College Basketball coaches, and maybe the greatest third basemen in MLB history!

Finally, we remember the year that was 2023 in the world of sports by counting down the Top 5 most memorable sports moments of the year! From the CFB Playoff to Major League Baseball to March Madness and the NFL we reflect on the biggest sports moments of 2023! 

Daly Dose 12-13-23 Our interview with author Ray Hartjen

This week on the Daly Dose, the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Shoehei Ohtani, Jayden Daniels won the Heisman Trophy, the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA in-season tournament and the Kansas City Chiefs found a creative way to lose a game!

Then, we are joined by author Ray Hartjen to discuss a number of subjects! 

Ray talks about his book Immaculate: How the Steelers Saved Pittsburgh, and how the Pittsburgh Steelers not only changed their fortunes on the field, but may have actually changed the city of Pittsburgh in the process! We look back at some of the greatest players in Steelers history and some of the favorite teams in the history of the franchise!

We reflect on how much the NFL has changed since the 70’s and 80’s, and how some of those stars from the past might fare in today’s game!

Ray also has a book that is far more personal in nature that could make a perfect gift to pre-order for the holidays! Me, Myself & My Multiple Myeloma: A Behind-the-Scenes Look for Patients, Caregivers & Allies is an intimate and inspiring account where Ray reflects on every step of his battle with cancer. If you know anyone going through difficult times, this is a book that will encourage and embolden any reader!

Finally, we preview the book that Ray is currently writing, that will detail the amazing ups and downs of the greatest spectacle in racing, the Indianapolis 500! 

Daly Dose YouTube 12-13-23 Our interview with author Ray Hartjen

This week on the Daly Dose YouTube video, we are joined by author Ray Hartjen to discuss a number of subjects!

Ray talks about his book Immaculate: How the Steelers Saved Pittsburgh, and how the Pittsburgh Steelers not only changed their fortunes on the field, but may have actually changed the city of Pittsburgh in the process!

We look back at some of the greatest players in Steelers history and some of the favorite teams in the history of the franchise! We reflect on how much the NFL has changed since the 70’s and 80’s, and how some of those stars from the past might fare in today’s game!

Ray also has a book that is far more personal in nature that could make a perfect gift to pre-order for the holidays! Me, Myself & My Multiple Myeloma: A Behind-the-Scenes Look for Patients, Caregivers & Allies is an intimate and inspiring account where Ray reflects on every step of his battle with cancer.

If you know anyone going through difficult times, this is a book that will encourage and embolden any reader!

Finally, we preview the book that Ray is currently writing, that will detail the amazing ups and downs of the greatest spectacle in racing, the Indianapolis 500!

Daly Dose 07-19-23 Our Daly Dose sports storytime

This week on the Daly Dose, the ESPYs took place last week, and we have to wonder why we weren’t at least nominated for the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Plus, Lebron James has been doing some very Lebron things lately.

The Tennessee Titans are going to sign wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, Philip Rivers is expecting yet another child, and the NCAA proves they still have no power whatsoever with their punishments for the University of Tennessee. 

Then, with the world of sports being a little quiet during this time of year, we bring you another edition of our Daly Dose storytime! 

We tell a story of insane athleticism from the NBA, a wild family story from MLB history, and two tragic tales from the world of soccer and boxing. 

We finish up storytime with an account of how one victory celebration came to be one of the most popular traditions in the world of sports!

Daly Dose 05-31-23 The best of the Daly Dose

This week on the Daly Dose, we are dealing with a high school graduation, so we are bringing you some flashback clips of the Daly Dose! 

With Memorial Day this weekend, we go back to a very early episode of the Dose and look at some of the things in sports that we miss the most! From the NBA Playoffs, to Indy Car Racing, to the NFL, to the world of boxing, to college sports we have a number of things that we do miss.

We also flashback to a Memorial Day Daly Dose Top 5 where we counted down the Top 5 ways to improve the Indianapolis 500 auto race!

Then we go back to a Daly Dose Top 5 from 2016, following the passing of boxing icon Muhammad Ali, where we counted down his five most iconic moments!

We finish up by flashing back to another Memorial Day, where we were remembering some things in sports that are NEVER coming back again! 

Daly Dose 02-22-23 Our questions for the coming NFL offseason

This week on the Daly Dose, it was the first full weekend without football, and it wasn’t easy, but at least the Daytona 500 ended with a bang, and NBA All Star Weekend was not all that much to watch.

The NFL hired a few more coaches, the NBA claims their officials are held accountable, but is the league headed for a lockout?

Plus Tiger Woods made a joke that had many in the sports media world clutching their pearls.

We take a look at some of the top winners and losers in the NBA after the trade deadline, and then we preview which College Basketball teams are on track to earn the No 1 seeds in the March Madness tournament.

We also have a few questions for the NFL offseason that are going to be highly impactful on the 2023 NFL season.

Finally, with all of the controversy surrounding the officials in Super Bowl LVII, our Daly Dose Top 5 counts down the Top 5 most controversial referee calls in Super Bowl history! 

Daly Dose YouTube 01-04-23 The Top 5 New Year’s resolutions for sports fans in 2023

This week on the Daly Dose YouTube video, we have noticed some disturbing behavior among sports fans these days, so we are counting down the Top 5 New Year’s resolutions for sports fans in 2023!

Daly Dose 08-03-22 Our interview with Dan Cisco- the “California Sports Guy”

This week on the Daly Dose, we remember the amazing career of NBA great Bill Russell and Deshaun Watson gets a slap on the wrist! Why is his situation not comparable to Calvin Ridley’s?

Then we sit down with Dan Cisco, AKA the California Sports Guy, who wrote a book called California Sports Astounding: Fun, Unknown and Surprising Facts from Statehood to Sunday. Dan’s book covers an absolute TON of sports facts and stories from the Golden State of California!

We discuss some of the greatest teams, athletes, coaches and stories to come out of the state of California in its illustrious history! 

We remember some of the great quarterbacks, take a look at some unique sports nicknames, and reflect back on some of the biggest sports moments in the history of the state of California! 

Daly Dose YouTube 08-03-22 Our interview with Dan Cisco- the “California Sports Guy”

This week on the Daly Dose, we sit down with Dan Cisco, AKA the California Sports Guy, who wrote a book called California Sports Astounding: Fun, Unknown and Surprising Facts from Statehood to Sunday.

Dan’s book covers an absolute TON of sports facts and stories from the Golden State of California! We discuss some of the greatest teams, athletes, coaches and stories to come out of the state of California in its illustrious history!

We remember some of the great quarterbacks, take a look at some unique sports nicknames, and reflect back on some of the biggest sports moments in the history of the state of California!

Check out Dan’s work here Website

Daly Dose 12-29-21 Remembering those in sports we lost in 2021

This week on the Dose, we preview the College Football Playoff and make our predictions for the Cotton Bowl between No 1 Alabama and No 4 Cincinnati and the Orange Bowl matchup of No 2 Michigan and No 3 Georgia. Who will be advancing to the National Championship game? 

The New York Giants announce that they won’t be quick to make a coaching change, and it actually makes some sense. Meanwhile, Denver Broncos fans might need to warm up to a similar situation. 

We take our annual look back at our annual “those we lost” in sports over the past year. From the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, auto racing and boxing, we have lost some amazing sports figures in 2021!

Finally our Daly Dose Top 5 knows that the year 2021 has had it’s challenges, but as our Top 5 will show us today, it could have been way way worse!