Mo Vaughn was one of the biggest and most feared hitters  in baseball.He was e a 12-letter varsity athlete in basketball, football, and baseball. at Trinity High School in Pawling, New York, he played college ball at Seton Hall for where he set the school record for home runs with 28. In his three years at Seton Hall he hit a total of 57 home runs and 218 RBIs, both team records.and earned the Jack Kaiser Award as MVP of the 1987 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament while keying the Pirates' championship run. He was a first round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox, he was a three-time All-Star selection and won the American League MVP award in 1995 with the Boston Red Sox. He joins Mark Rosenman to talk about it all on SPORTSTALKNY.

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Ozzie Guillén is one of the best shortstops of his era, he manned the position  for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox,He was the American Rookie in 1985 a three time all star ,a Gold Glove and World series champion,Following his playing career, He coached for the Montreal Expos in 2001 and 2002 and the World Champion Florida Marlins in 2003, before his return to the Windy City as manager of the White Sox where he would guide the White Sox to their first  Championship in 88 years in 2005 earning him the AL manager of. the year award, becoming the first Venezuelan to manage a major league team and the first manager born outside the United States to win a World Series. He played the game with  passion, speed, hustle, intensity and  love for the game, he talks about it all with Mark Rosenman.

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Rolf Benirschke was a placekicker in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the San Diego Chargers from 1977 until 1986. He was a second team All_pro in 1980,  he won the George S Halas Courage award in 1981, made the pro bowl in 1982, Was the NFls Man on the year in 1983 and is a member of the Chargers hall of fame. He played a key role in  the Epic in Miami the National Football League AFC divisional playoff game between the San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins that took place on January 2, 1982 in the Miami Orange Bowl.  as his 29-yard field goal. gave the Chargers a 41–38 win after 13 minutes and 52 seconds of overtime play.

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FROM THE SPORTSTALKNY ARCHIVES WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011

EMILE FRANCISEmile "The Cat" Francis is a former player, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League, most notably with the New York Rangers.

Francis got his start in the NHL with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1947. From 1948 to 1952, he was the back-up goaltender for the New York Rangers. He finished out his career on a number of minor league teams in the AHL and WHL including the Vancouver Canucks.

In 1945, Francis was the first goaltender to use a first baseman’s glove with a cuff added to protect his hand and wrist. Previously, goalies wore the same padded gloves as their teammates.

Francis would become the coach of the OHA's Guelph Royals before landing the head coaching job with the Rangers from 1965 to 1975. He then joined the St. Louis Blues and had two separate head coaching stints with them. He was then General Manager of the Hartford Whalers from 1979 until 1988.

Francis is the father of former Phoenix Coyotes head coach and 2002 Jack Adams Award winner Bobby Francis

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Lance Pitlick was drafted by his hometown Minnesota North Stars in the 9th round, 180th overall in the 1986 NHL Entry Draft. After being drafted, he played for the University of Minnesota for four years, where he served as captain during the 1989–90 season. After college, he was signed by the Philadelphia Flyers and played with their minor league affiliate Hershey Bears of the AHL for four years. Prior to the 1994–95 season he signed with the Ottawa Senators making his NHL debut with the Senators,that season playing in 15 games. He would go on to play close to 400 games in the NHL over 8 seasons, he is now a  proud Hockey das as well as USA Hockey Level 5 Master Coach and the
Inventor of The SweetHands Stickhandling Trainer, he joins Mark Rosenman to talk all about it.

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Nelson Figueroa attended Brandeis University from 1992–1995 where he pitched for three years and earned a bachelor's degree in American Studies. In 1994, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod League.He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 30th round of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft. He was 26 years old when he broke into the big leagues on June 3, 2000, with the Arizona Diamondbacks.becoming the first Brandeis University alumnus to reach the major leagues He would go onto to have a 9 year major league career playing for the Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Mets, and Houston Astros. He also played for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in Taiwan. he also was maybe one of the best  post-game studio analyst on New York Mets SNY broadcasts. It is a pleasure to welcome back the brand new pitching coach for the Staten Island Ferryhawks .

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Nelson Figueroa

Rick Nash was the  first overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft of the Columbus Blue jackets, he would go on to play 15 seasons in the NHL for the Blue Jackets, New York Rangers and Boston Bruins, and was selected to play in six National Hockey League All-Star Games. He began his NHL career with the Blue Jackets immediately following his draft, in 2002–03, and was nominated for the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year. In his second NHL season, He scored 41 goals which  tied him for a winner of the Maurice "Rocket" Richard Trophy as the NHL's leading goal-scorer. .Internationally, he represented Team Canada, with whom he has won one gold and two silver medals at the World Championships, and two gold medals at the Winter Olympics in 2010 and 2014. This past week his # 61 was retired by the Columbus blue jackets, He currently serves as the director of player development for the Columbus Blue Jackets .

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Joel Youngblood was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds out of Stephen F. Austin High School in the second round of the 1970 Major League Baseball Draft. He would play in 1408 games over 14 seasons, and in parts of six seasons with the  NY Mets. He had his best season as a Met in the strike-shortened season of 1981, when he batted .350 with a .929 OPS and was named an All-Star for the only time in his career. The following season, he made history by becoming the only player to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day. He played for the Mets that afternoon in Chicago, was traded to Montreal after the game, and played for the Expos that night in Philadelphia.

JOEL YOUNGBLOOD

The Comedy World lost one of it's greats as Gilbert Gottfried has died. He was 67 years old.

The actor and comedian's family announced the sad news on his official Twitter account Tuesday, alongside a photo of Gottfried.

"We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness. In addition to being the most iconic voice in comedy, Gilbert was a wonderful husband, brother, friend and father to his two young children," the family said.

"Although today is a sad day for all of us, please keep laughing as loud as possible in Gilbert's honor. Love, the Gottfried family," they added.

Gottfried's longtime friend and publicist Glenn Schwartz tells PEOPLE in an official statement, "Beloved and iconic comedian Gilbert Gottfried passed away at 2:35 p.m. ET on April 12, 2022, from Recurrent Ventricular Tachycardia due to Myotonic Dystrophy type II."

AJ and I were lucky enough to have him on our show during his book tour in 2011

SPORTSTALKNY ARCHIVE GILBERT  GOTTFRIED 6/19/2011

Peter Golenbock has written some of  sports’ most important books, including but not limited to Dynasty: The New York Yankees 1949–64; The Bronx Zoo, which he wrote in 1979 with New York Yankees pitcher Sparky Lyle; BUMS: An Oral History of the Brooklyn Dodgers; Personal Fouls, a look at corruption in college basketball; American Zoom, a history of NASCAR; and Wild, High and Tight, his biography of Yankees manager Billy Martin. AJ and Mark look forward to every time he has a new book because not only to they love reading them, but more importantly they love talking to him, his latest book  Whispers of the Gods, brings to life baseball greats from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s through timeless stories told straight from the players themselves culled  from Peters decades of interviews for his reporting and writing.It Mark and AJ welcome the man who holds the record for most appearances on SPORTSTALKNY, one of Mark's inspirations to become an author ...Peter Golenbock.

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