MASCOT MADNESS

That’s right the show you all have been waiting for Mascot Madness. As March madness approaches Sportstalkny gears up for its 1st annual Mascot Madness bracket show, tune in as Aj reveals the 64 mascots that will compete in this years first every Mascot Madness Tourny ! Aj will breakdown his pairings and give a brief history of each of your favorite college mascots, as well as why they made the magic 64 ! All your favorites will be there Keggy Wushock, and this years odds on favorite Scrotie ! You won’t want to miss this show . We of course will have real guests that night as well !


2 Time Major League Executive of the Year

Former Montreal Expo and Boston Red Sox GM

Dan Duquette

Dan Duquette successfully oversaw quick turnarounds during his tenure as General Manager of the Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox, expanding fan interest in both markets to record-breaking levels. As Farm Director of the Expos from 1987 to 1991, Mr. Duquette helped build one of the most productive player development operations in the industry. After joining the Red Sox, he rebuilt the scouting staff and farm system from what was one of the least productive in the industry to one that has been the foundation of an elite franchise ever since.
Dan Duquette has been honored twice as the Major League Baseball Executive of the Year, first by The Sporting News in 1992 with the Expos, and later by the Boston Baseball Writers Association in 1995 with the Red Sox.
Mr. Duquette is the owner/operator of a franchise in the New England Collegiate Baseball League, and is the founder and CEO of the Duquette Sports Academy in Massachusetts.
















LONG TIME YANKEE PR MAN AND CURRENT HEAD OF

MARTY APPEL PUBLIC RELATIONS, AS WELL AS AUTHOR

MARTY APPEL

Marty Appel, is a veteran of 32 years of experience in communications, public relations and writing. The company, based in New York City, specializes in the communications needs of sports, broadcast, and publishing clients.

Mr. Appel, who has won an Emmy Award, a Gold Record, and written award-winning books, is the company’s president.

New York Yankees to Olympic Games

He was the youngest public relations director ever selected to lead a major league baseball team and was George Steinbrenner’s first hire in that position with the New York Yankees. After nine years with the Yankees, under both CBS and Steinbrenner ownership, Appel went on to direct public relations for Tribune Broadcasting’s WPIX in New York and to serve as the Yankees Executive Producer concurrently. He later directed public relations for the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and the Topps Company before opening his own agency.His client base extends beyond the sports field, including NYC Health & Hospitals Corp., Columbia University’s New Teacher Institute, a communications course in Harlem’s District 5 for an after-school program, the New York City D.A.R.E. program, the Maritime Association, Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the New York Academy of Medicine’s ‘Doctors Against Handgun Injury’ program, and Mickey Mantle’s Restaurant. Sports clients include Topps, The Sporting News, The Football Network, The Yogi Berra Museum, and the Yankees.Author of Sixteen Books
He has also done public relations for World Team Tennis’ New York Apples and for the Office of the Baseball Commissioner. His 16 books include collaborations with Larry King, Bowie Kuhn, Tom Seaver, Lee MacPhail, umpire Eric Gregg, Thurman Munson, the definitive collection of Hall of Fame biographies in Baseball’s Best, and the award-winning biography “Slide, Kelly, Slide” about a 19th century baseball star. His autobiography, “Now Pitching for the Yankees,” named best New York baseball book of 2001 by ESPN, was published in June 2001. He is currently working on a book on the late Thurman Munson.