Show overview
WRMJ Sports has been publishing since 2024, and across the 2 years since has built a catalogue of 91 episodes. That works out to roughly 140 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 19m and 1h 41m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language News show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 6 days ago, with 19 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 51 episodes published. Published by Ty Taylor.
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Podcast feed of local sports coverage produced by the award-winning WRMJ sports department
Latest Episodes
View all 91 episodesWRMJ Sportsline: Conference Championship Conversations With Todd Volkert & Justin Chisholm, Postseason Baseball/Softball Talk, & Pat Rangel Returns To Alleman
WRMJ Sportsline: Conference Baseball/Softball Races, Postseason Softball Seeding Projection & Rockridge Grad Luke Johnson Talks NFL Coaching Opportunity
WRMJ Sportsline: Competitive Balance Discussion & Mick Louck Invite Preview with MerCo Girls Track Coach Lara Swanson
WRMJ Sportsline: Big TRAC West Softball Results & Annawan-Wethersfield Girls Basketball Co-Op Talks With Geese Head Coach Todd Hansen
WRMJ Sportsline: Competitive Balance Committee with IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson & TRAC West Baseball & Softball Openers
WRMJ Sportsline: Spring Sports Halted With Weather, Sherrard Girls Track Coach Todd Volkert & Illini Final Four Talk
WRMJ Sportsline: Illinois-Iowa Elite 8 Matchup With Fighting Illini Sports Network's Brian Barnhart
On Sportsline this week, the program's focus takes a rare shift to focusing on collegiate athletics as Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the magnitude of Illinois and Iowa meeting in the Elite 8 on Saturday night. Then, they hit on some of the local spring sports headlines from the week.Fighting Illini Sports Network play-by-play voice Brian Barnhart joins the show from Houston this week to preview Illinois-Iowa. (40:45)
WRMJ Sportsline: Local Baseball Preview
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the local spring sports season and recapping last week's IHSA Basketball State Finals.Then, Ty talks with the following local high school baseball coaches:Rockridge's Justin Chisolm (45:42)Mercer County's Jake Harrison (52:35)Sherrard's Nick Basala (1:03:19)
WRMJ Sportsline: Live from the IHSA Boys Basketball State Finals
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor broadcast live from the State Farm Center during the final day of the 2025-26 IHSA boys basketball season.They are joined by IHSA Assistant Executive Director and Boys Basketball Administrator Chris Schwarz (10:42) and IHSA Associate Executive Director Matt Troha (42:16).Schwarz and Troha discuss the IHSA basketball state finals schedule, the future of the 3rd place games, potential changes to postseason seeding procedures, and more.
WRMJ Sportsline: Postseason Basketball Ramping Up, Local Softball Preview
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the statewide results from Friday's sectional championship boys basketball games and touch on the IHSA Girls Basketball State Finals.Then, Ty speaks with local softball coaches to preview the upcoming season:Mercer County head coach Dustin Murray (47:33)Sherrard head coach Josh Starkweather (59:56)Rockridge head coach Josh Bognar (1:10:46)
WRMJ Sportsline: 2025-26 Basketball Wrap-Up, Brian Hutton Talks 2001 Sherrard Upset of Alleman 25 Years Later
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor recap Sherrard and Orion's season-ending regional championship losses from Friday and look back at the season as WRMJ's basketball coverage has come to a close.Then, former Sherrard High School boys basketball Brian Hutton joins the show to discuss the Tigers' 2001 upset of Alleman 25 years later. (40:30)
WRMJ Sportsline: IHSA Boys Basketball Postsason Is Here, Wrestling State Finals Check-In, & New Orion Football Coach Matt McClean
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing the IHSA wrestling state finals, recapping the regional week of IHSA girls basketball, and looking ahead to the IHSA boys basketball postseason, which tips off on Monday.Then, Monte Smith joins the program from Champaign to recap the first two days of the IHSA Wrestling State Finals and set the table for the final day of competition. (44:15)New Orion football coach Matt McClean is also a guest on the show this week. (1:00:07)
WRMJ Sportsline: IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson Talks By-Law Vote To Move Football Practice Start Date Up
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to the vote from IHSA member schools that approved moving the start of football practice up to Aug. 5. They also discussed the newly released IHSA boys basketball pairings, preview the girls basketball postseason, and recap Friday's TRAC West boys basketball games.Then, IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson joins the show to speak about the start of football practice moving up, SMAC's role, the IHSA using an RPI ranking system for boys volleyball postseason seeds this spring, if that could happen in other sports, the potential use of replay reviews at the IHSA State Finals, IHSA transfer rules, and more. (46:40)
WRMJ Sportsline: IHSA Football By-Law Voting Latest with Camp Point Central's Brad Dixon & Paxton-Buckley-Loda's Josh Pritchard
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show discussing Friday night's TRAC West boys basketball results and reacting to the local IHSA girls basketball regional brackets that were released this week.Then, they dive into the current by-law amendment IHSA member schools are voting on that aims to push the start of football practice up to Aug. 5, which adds on to a proposal that passed in December that expanded the playoffs and moved Week 1 of the season up one week. (23:30)Camp Point Central football Brad Dixon (32:17), who opposed the original proposal, and Paxton-Buckley-Loda football coach Josh Pritchard (1:04:43), who supported the original proposal both join the show. Ty and Jim close the show by giving a seeding projection for the local 2A boys basketball sub-sectional, which will be released this week. (1:28:26)
WRMJ Sportsline: Sherrard Sweeps Orion, IHSA Football Practice Start Date Vote & Girls Basketball Postseason Outlook
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to Friday's 61-51 Sherrard win over Orion in boys basketball to take control of the TRAC West race. Then, they discuss the voting process that's ongoing for IHSA member schools to decide whether or not to move the official start of football practice up to Aug. 5.IHSA Assistant Executive Director Sam Knox joins the program, in a conversation recorded last month, to talk about the changes coming to the 2026 IHSA football season. (1:00:46)Ty and Jim close the show reacting to the local girls basketball results this week and give a seeding projection for the local IHSA girls basketball 2A sub-sectional. (1:04:24)
WRMJ Sportsline: Midseason Check-In With Nesto Hoops
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to some of the noteworthy results from the past week.Then, Aaron Britton (@NestoHoops on X) joins the program to talk about some of his top observations from 1A and 2A basketball so far this season. (52:40)
WRMJ Sportsline: Halfway Point Of TRAC Basketball & Brickhouse Shootout With Scott Verstraete
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the show reacting to Friday's battle between Sherrard and Mercer County and the rest of the TRAC West basketball results from the week. They also touch on WRMJ's wrestling broadcast from Thursday.Then, Scott Verstraete joins the program to discuss this weekend's Brickhouse Shootout (47:39).In the final segment, Ty and Jim react to the upcoming vote to move the start of the IHSA football calendar to Aug. 5.
WRMJ Sportsline: Big Week Of TRAC Basketball & Jay Hatch Talks 600 Wins
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor open the program reacting to a big week in the TRAC West girls and boys basketball conference races.Then, Riverdale girls basketball coach Jay Hatch joins the show to discuss reaching the 600 career win milestone this week and his career that has spanned more than three decades as a varsity girls basketball coach. (54:19)
WRMJ Sportsline: Chip Filler Exit Interview
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor are joined in studio by former Orion High School football Chip Filler, who looks back at his career.
WRMJ Sportsline: 2025 Holiday Special With Glen Cook & Bill Breeden
On Sportsline this week, Ty Taylor and Jim Taylor are joined by Glen Cook and Bill Breeden for our annual holiday show.Happy holidays!