Sports Consiglieres

Welcome back to the "Midlife Crisis Podcast" with host Jim Whelan. Today, Jim sits down with Kevin Houston. Kevin Houston (born c. 1964) is a former American basketball player who is best known for leading NCAA Division I in scoring during his senior season at Army in 1986–87. He averaged 32.9 points per game in 29 games played and set still-standing school records for points in a single game (53) and season (953) ! (Taken from Wikipedia) Enjoy!

Here on "Midlife Crisis Podcast" we've had on some legendary coaches, writers and personalities. Today's episode we take a turn towards the player. A very specific player that was a victim of Proposition 48. Proposition 48 is an NCAA regulation that stipulates minimum high school grades and standardized test scores that student-athletes must meet in order to participate in college athletic competition.The NCAA enacted Proposition 48 in 1986.[1]As of 2010, the regulation is as follows:Before a high school student can be eligible to play Division I sports, he or she must meet academic requirements in high school.[2] Those standards include :The successful completion of 16 core courses.[3]A sliding-scale combination of grades in high school core courses and standardized-test scores. For example, if a student-athlete earns a 3.0 grade-point average in core courses, that individual must score at least 620 on the SAT or a sum score of 52 on the ACT. As the GPA increases, the required test score decreases, and vice versa. Allon Wright was a ODU commit. A 210 pound forward with height and range and his basketball career was cut short because of this new ruling by the NCAA. He's an Elizabeth NJ Basketball legend and shares his story today.

We're coming up on the 30 year anniversary of the 1994 shortened strike MLB season in which it looked like the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees were on a collision course for the World Series. The season abruptly ended and the rest is history, including the Expos franchise which moved to Washington to become the Nationals. We have Expos Beat Writer & publisher of 9 Expos books (with a 10th in the works) Danny Gallagher. Danny takes us down memory lane about the team's history, it's expectations, the Tom Brady experience and so much more including Montreal still having a thirst for baseball! Will it happen? Tune in and find out!

The "Midlife Crisis Podcast" rolls on this week with another huge guest! Seth Greenberg is a legendary coach from the area and has done so many amazing things as a coach and now as a head ESPN analyst breaking down NCAA Basketball. Prior to taking the position at ESPN he was a coach for 34 years, the last 22 as a head coach. Greenberg has been the head coach at Long Beach State, the University of South Florida, and Virginia Tech. He was a two-time ACC Coach of the Year! Tune in and enjoy! Thank you coach for the time and the stories you shared!

After a few basketball related episodes of "The Midlife Crisis Podcast" Jim Whelan throws a curveball both literally and figuratively as he brings in New York Mets' very own Jay Horowitz. They talk about his come up, his book that he wrote, some stories of how the Mets handled 9/11 and so much more! A great interview for any baseball fan and more specifically the New York Mets! Enjoy! Please rate and review the show to help it grow!

The big time guests keep rolling in! This week on the "Midlife Crisis Podcast" Jim Whelan sits down with legendary and quite possibly the GREATEST college basketball coach of all time, Coach K! Mike Krzyzewsk ! The two talk about his come up, a few Bobby Knight Stories and so much more! Sit back and enjoy this and Happy Thanksgiving to everybody and their families!

In Episode 2 of "Midlife Crisis", Jim Whelan sits down with another legendary coach, Hubie Brown. This interview was done via the phone a few years back but we HAD to get this audio out there for the world to hear his incredible stories about his style of coaching, Coach K and so much more! Enjoy!!

Welcome to my Midlife crisis. A brand new podcast hosted by Jim Whelan. It's a dive into all the things I enjoy including a big part of my life, Basketball! In Episode 1, I sat down with legendary coach Bob Hurley. Not a bad get as the first guest! Enjoy some really great stories shared with me on this episode! Leave a review to help me grow this podcast!