The Rock Stops Here

The Rock Stops Here

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April 29, 2025 56 mins

Joey Johnston has been a Sports Journalist for 45 years, all of the time in the Tampa Bay area. Joey is currently the Sr. Writer for USF Athletics. He also works at several other outlets. How is he still doing it and still getting offers after 45 years? Have the players (especially in college) changed […]

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JT the Brick has been Hosting Sports Talk Shows for 30 years. It all started as a caller to the Jim Rome Show. JT won the smack off, got started in broadcasting and it is still going strong. JT has been on all the big national networks including Fox Sports Radio, SiriusXM, Raider National Radio […]

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Joe Buck has been calling NFL games since Fox Sports started in 1994. Joe has called the World Series over a 25 year span starting in 1996. Joe and his NFL broadcast partner Troy Aikman moved from Fox to ESPN to do Monday Night Football in 2022. Joe talks about that move, his storied career, […]

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How the former ESPN SportsCenter Anchor made it to being one of the top NFL Insiders and now is succeeding as the Senior NFL Insider at The Athletic. Growing up in NJ playing soccer at George Mason worked her way up from being a news reporter at WRC-TV in Washington. Fascinating stories about her career. […]

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Rock chops it up with former Chicago Bears guard 3X Pro Bowler Kyle Long. What was it like trying to follow in the footsteps of his famous father Howie Long and his 2X Super Bowl Champion brother Chris? Kyle has some great stories and is crushing it in broadcasting and podcasting too! Rock has stories […]

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Brian Engblom loves calling Tampa Bay Lightning games on FanDuel Sports Network. The former NHL defenseman and 3X Stanly Cup Winner with the Montreal Canadiens, Brian tells Rock about his playing and broadcasting career, the biggest difference between broadcasting games on National TV compared to local and why he’s so thankful for his current gig. […]

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Darren Rovell is a highly successful Sports Business Analyst, founder and partner in several businesses and an accomplished author. He’s always been ahead of the game. He had a Sports Business College Radio Show at Northwestern. He was one of the first influencers on Twitter. Find out why he’s been successful and what’s next for […]

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Former A’sand Cardinals pitcher Mark Mulder might even be a better golfer than he was as a hurler. The 2X All Star finished 2nd in Cy Young voting in 2001 and had 21 wins that year. Mulder talks about his career, how he got to be so good at golf, why he likes playing in […]

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Roman Oben has found a successful career with the NFL since retiring as a player. Rock used to Host the Roman Oben Show on Bay News 9 and reconnected after twenty years. Roman fills Rock in on what he’s doing now with the NFL as VP of Football Development and of course great stories as […]

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Kenny Mayne had a successful run at ESPN known for his dry sense of humor. Kenny pretty much did it all at ESPN. He talks about his days as a college quarterback, to his injury and his time at ESPN. Kenny now is helping combat veterans be able to walk and run pain-free. Kenny is […]

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The most versatile sportscaster in America, Fox Sports’ Chris Myers on the Bucs (Chris does the Bucs preseason games with Ronde Barber, his career and what he likes more NFL or Nascar or other sports? Chris talks about how he started, how long he’d like to be broadcasting and more! Rock’s got some entertaining stories […]

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The former Raiders, Panthers, Giants, Bucs and 49ers wide receiver Luis Murphy sits down with Rock to talk about his career in the NFL as well as being a 2X BCS National Champion with the Florida Gators. What did Louis think of this year’s Bucs team? Baker and Bowles? Luis also gets into his new […]

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Rock sits down with 24 year old Heavyweight Drake Banks 7-0 5 KO’s and his promoter Phil Allessi Jr. Big Drake tells how he got started, where he’s been including Puerto Rico with Jake Paul and about his fight Feb. 14th on Valentine’s Night at the Hilton in Tampa. Phil Alessi Jr is the promoter […]

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Rock sits down with 2X Super Bowl Champ and Super Bowl MVP Mark Rypien at The Pro Cup at Innisbrook. Mark is a 14-year NFL QB that just loves golf and is pumped about this new golf event pitting the greats in the NFL against MLB, NBA and NHL Legends. Next up for the Pro […]

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Brian Bradley was on the original Tampa Bay Lightning team. He was their first All Star. He’s got stories of the days playing at the Fairgrounds, Hockey legend Phil Esposito and how big the fan base is for hockey now in Tampa Bay! Rock has stories of how he got to know Brian, to his […]

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BJ Daniels has seen the highs and lows, not only in his football career but in life. That’s why he wrote the book Beyond the Red Zone. BJ talks to Rock about his football career where he had to switch positions in the NFL to what he’s doing now running the NIL department at USF. […]

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Tim Brown is one of the greatest receivers to ever play football. The Heisman Trophy Winner, Pro Football Hall of Famer talks with Rock about his football career, his broadcasting career and playing golf with NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL Legends in the Pro Cup. Good stuff! Rock fills you in on his new weekly […]

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Bucs starting rookie Center Graham Barton returns. Graham tells Rock what he’s learned in a full year under center. What is Baker Mayfield really like? What’s it like blocking for Bucky Irving? How does he like living in Tampa Bay? Rock tells how he first met Graham who was throwing out a first pitch at […]

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Super Bowl Champion and Pro Football Hall of Famer “The Bus” Jerome Bettis sits down with Rock at The Pro Cup at Innisbrook reflecting on his tremendous career. How much he enjoyed playing in the inaugural Pro Cup, his days at Notre Dame and with the Steelers, his son going to play for the Irish […]

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John Smoltz, a first ballot Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher and really good golfer talks about the MLB team that he was captain of beating Legends from the NFL, NBA and NHL in the inaugural The Cup. A team format golf tourney at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor FL. It’s a fan friend tour that’s going […]

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