ArizonaSportsCast

The Sande Charles Show is back for episode 12! With the Arizona high school football season starting in just two days, Sande welcomes Eric Newman and Zach Alvira of the Take it E.Z. Podcast to talk about how the idea for thier show came about, and discuss the upcoming prep season. Which teams to Eric, Zach and Sande think will make the open division playoffs? Listen to the end to find out! (58 minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 19 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach talk about the upcoming return of high school football in Arizona, and the week one matchupS that everyone should look forward to! (63 minutes)

In the episode 8 of "The Espo Show," from Greg Esposito, Espo is joined by the Arizona Republic's Bill Goodykoontz. Goodykoontz is a longtime media critic, but what you might not know is that he has a very interesting background in covering sports. Espo and Goodykoontz touch on aspects of his path to where he is today, and Goodykoontz gives his perspective on movies and sports in the era of covid and social justice. (38 Minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 18 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach talk with the Dean of Arizona High School Sports- Kevin McCabe.  McCabe has spent 40 years edifying high school sports in Northern, Southern and Central Arizona. He talks about his path and passion prep sports, and his motivation for making this his life's work. McCabe also talks about the transition from high school football guru to high school football dad. (83 Minutes).

Welcome to Streams & Memes with Jordan Hamm! In Episode 2 of this sports and pop culture podcast, Jordan brings in Cody Cameron to review the latest seasons of Last Chance U and QB1. (31 Minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 17 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach talk with Arizona's preeminent basketball scout, Gregg Rosenberg, on his unique path into his career evaluating prep hoops talent, and what Michael Jordan and Robert Sarver have to do with it. Rosenberg talks about the evolution of basketball into being more prep-school based, and talks about some of his favorite teams adn coaches headed into the upcoming season.  After the interview, Zach and Eric talk about the upcoming high school football season. (90 minutes)

Every Tuesday, Chilly goes live on Periscope to talk with media members, parents and recruits. We call it the 2-Piece. Here it is, in Podcast form. The 9/8 2-Piece (66 minutes) features interviews with: ArizonaVarsity Managing Editor Ralph Amsden ArizonaVarsity lead football analyst Cody T Cameron Chris Eaton aka Gridiron Arizona ArizonaVarsity reporter Eric Newman ArizonaVarsity/Tribune reporter Zach Alvira

In the episode 7 of "The Espo Show," from Greg Esposito, Espo is joined by Fox Sports Arizona's Todd Walsh.  Walsh reflects on his time around the late, great Lute Olson, and reflects on the evolution of his career in radio and television in the state of Arizona. (48 Minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 16 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach talk with two men who have been working to resurrect junior college football in Arizona in Ryan Felker, former Mesa Community College head coach, and current head coach of the Gila River Hawks, as well as Doug Madoski, former head coach of Scottsdale Community College and current head coach of both Mountain Ridge High School and the Maricopa Mustangs. Felker and Madoski discuss the goals, mission, and early success of the Hohokam Junior College Athletic Conference. (77 Minutes)

Welcome to a brand new show on the ArizonaVarsity Podcast Network! It's the debut of Streams & Memes with Jordan Hamm! In the first ever episode, Jordan Hamm talks with ArizonaVarsity.com managing editor Ralph Amsden about his concept for the pop culture and sports podcast, and then reviews Netflix's Home Game alongside Sarah Kezele. (42 Minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 15 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach talk with Sande Charles, who can be seen and heard on Sports360AZ, Sports Illustrated, MLB Network, Arizona Sports, and is a member of #TeamAZV with her podcast, The Sande Charles Show (54 minutes).

The Sande Charles Show is back for episode 11!  Sande Charles sits down with Tracy Sandler, the founder and CEO of FanGirl Sports, who covers the San Francisco 49ers.  Sandler talks about growing up in Los Angeles, attending University of Michigan, her time working for the mayor of Washington D.C., and her path from blogging about the 49ers to starting and running FanGirl Sports. (46 Minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 14 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach talk with Lee Patterson, radio host and Sports Director at KATO-AM in Safford, Arizona, and member of #TeamAZV. Patterson is the voice of Gila Valley Prep Sports and Eastern Arizona College, and he talks about his path into sports media from his days as a multi-sport athlete in southern Arizona, as well as what it was like to go through, and recover from Covid-19. (54 minutes)

In the episode 6 of "The Espo Show," from Greg Esposito, Espo welcomes former lead NBA brand designer Tom O'Grady to talk about the process of designing the Phoenix Suns sunburst logo, the 1995 Phoenix NBA All-Star uniforms, the legend of the New Jersey Swamp Dragons, and more. (63 minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 13 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach talk about the Suns 8-0 run in the bubble in Orlando, and interview Sports360AZ.com's Eric Sorenson.  Sorenson is a longtime multimedia reporter in Arizona. He talks about how sneaking into sporting events helped pave his path into sports media, his allegiance to the Texas Christian Horned Frogs, how watching Christian Kirk in high school helped sell him on the importance of telling prep sports stories, and how Covid-19 has impacted the life of sports reporters.  Finally, the guys finish up with a discussion about Phoenix Union postponing fall sports. (83 minutes)

The Sande Charles Show is back for its tenth episode! Sande Charles sits down with Gabe Alvarez, who works in Operations for the San Francisco Giants. Alvarez talks about his path into baseball, his USC fandom, his advice for people looking for a career in baseball, his nearly six-year relationship with Sande, and the tragic loss of his father from Covid-19 related complications. (97 Minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for episode 12 of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach interview author Andres Orrego, who Eric has known since his days as an undergrad student at Marquette. Zach and Eric also talk about how media will fit into covering 2020 high school football season, as well as the Phoenix Suns hot streak. (76 Minutes)

In the fifth episode of "The Espo Show," from Greg Esposito, featuring a mix of Arizona-centric sports, pop culture, guests and humor, Espo welcomes former Sports360AZ multimedia journalist and voice of the Arizona Rattlers, Jared Cohen, to play an old favorite game of theirs- comparing Arizona Sports headlines to Nic Cage movies. (55 minutes)

In this episode, Eric and Zach interview longtime Arizona sports reporter Jason Skoda, who details his career in local sports journalism, the transition to working in education, and his return as part of the team at Arizona Varsity. Zach and Eric also talk about the team they're most excited to see play if there's a 2020 high school football season. (68 Minutes)

In the fourth episode of "The Espo Show," from Greg Esposito, featuring a mix of Arizona-centric sports, pop culture, guests and humor, Espo welcomes Saul Bookman (Fox Sports Arizona, The Total BS Podcast) to run down a list of their all-time favorite sports video games (35 minutes)

In this episode, Eric and Zach interview AZPreps365 Multimedia Contributor and Radio Show Co-host Jose Garcia, also known as Arizona's resident high school sports historian. Jose talks about his love of journalism, and how, after serving in the army, he ended u on the path that has led him to be one of the valley's most important prep sports content creators and advocates. (66 Minutes)

The Sande Charles Show is back for its ninth episode! Sande Charles sits down with Caric Sports NFL Agent and Vice President of Client Services, Molly McManimie. Sandy and Molly talk about life in the sports industry, as well as Molly's path from Basha High School to Law School in California, and ultimately to working at her "dream job" as an NFL Agent in Las Vegas. (65 Minutes)

In the third episode of "The Espo Show," Espo welcomes veteran sportswriter Craig Morgan to talk about his decision to pursue independent coverage of the Arizona Coyotes, and more. (30 Minutes)

The 7/14 2-Piece features interviews with: ArizonaVarsity Managing Editor Ralph Amsden Rivals.com's Alec Simpson ArizonaVarsity lead football analyst Cody T Cameron Chris Eaton aka Gridiron Arizona Arizona College Prep Head Coach Myron Blueford Players Mentioned: Kyion Grayes (Chandler), Brayten Silbor (Chaparral), Zack Blackwood (Desert Edge), Jo Jo Clark (Saguaro), Jaedon Matthews (Saguaro), Caleb Miller (West Point), Deric English (Mountain Ridge), Elijah Page (Pinnacle), Gavin Broscious (Desert Edge), Duce Robinson (Pinnacle), Devon Dampier (Pinnacle), Devin Brown (Queen Creek) ,Porter Reynolds (Queen Creek), Cole Martin (Hamilton), Joel Diaz (Arizona College Prep), Mark Chavez (Arizona College Prep), Kellen Gibson (Arizona College Prep), Kaden Gibson (Arizona College Prep), Keaton Messerole (Arizona College Prep), Carter Patten (Arizona College Prep) (69 Minutes)

In the second episode of "The Espo Show," from Greg Esposito, featuring a mix of Arizona-centric sports, pop culture, guests and humor, Espo welcomes Brad Cesmat to talk about his start in sports in San Diego, and his path to running his own sports media operation in the valley of the sun. (75 Minutes)

In this episode, Eric and Zach interview former Arizona high school sports reporter Greg Macafee about his time in AZ, and what things have been like since taking his talents to Pennsylvania. (70 minutes)

The Sande Charles Show is back for its eighth episode! Sande Charles sits down with 20+ year veteran MLB.com reporter Jesse Sanchez, who talks about his path through covering high school sports into covering Major League Baseball on an international level, as well as how the pandemic has affected MLB scouting and player development. (64 Minutes)

In this episode, Eric Newman and Zach Alvira interview two of Arizona's most versatile and talented sports media personalities, Jordan Hamm and Sarah Kezele. (70 minutes)

Welcome to the debut episode of "The Espo Show," from Greg Esposito, featuring a mix of Arizona-centric sports, pop culture, guests and humor. Espo's first guest is Joey Artigue, promotions director for Arizona Sports and KTAR, and they get into the top 5 Arizona Sports jerseys of all time. (49 minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for their seventh episode of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach interview ArizonaVarsity.com's own Brett Quintyne, and discuss how pushing the start date of the school year due to COVID-19 might affect fall sports. (78 minutes)

Sande Charles sits down with former fellow Arizona State athletics reporter Kaelen Jones, who was recently hired by The Ringer to cover the NFL after a stint covering University of Texas with The Athletic. Jones reflects on his time at ASU and his career path thus far. (62 Minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for their sixth episode of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach interview Arizona Daily Sun Sports Editor Lance Hartzler, and have a special Father's Day appearance from Eric's dad, Jamie Newman. (87 minutes)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for their fifth episode of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach interview ArizonaVarsity's Chris Eaton, better known as GridironArizona, and talk about some of their top restaurant choices. (63  minutes)

The 6/16 2-Piece features interviews with: ArizonaVarsity Managing Editor Ralph Amsden ArizonaVarsity lead football analyst Cody T Cameron Rivals.com's Alec Simpson Chris Eaton aka Gridiron Arizona Red Mountain Recruiting Coordinator David Lawson Marana Mountain View QB Giovanni Ciacco Players Mentioned: Players Mentioned:Jack Schrieber (Desert Mountain), Diamonte Bright (Desert Ridge), Joel Diaz (ACP), Hayden Preston (Campo Verde), Sebastian Felix (Cienega), Kaden Zordani (Shadow Ridge), Richard Kulik III (Desert Edge), Frank Thompson (Liberty/SFA), Alex Lines (Higley/UNLV), Jordan Ginnis (Saguaro), Jack Burch (St Marys), Carter Crispin (Red Mountain), Evan Svoboda (Red Mountain), Jalen Daniels (Red Mountain)

Zach Alvira and Eric Newman return for their fourth episode of The Take it EZ Sports Show. In this episode, Eric and Zach interview ArizonaVarsity's Cody Cameron about his time in high school football, his path into broadcasting, and how he came to be the state's best film evaluator. The guys finish the show discussing some of the standout games of the recently released 4A football schedule (77 minutes)

The Sande Charles Show is back for its sixth episode! This week, Sande Charles talks with former Arizona State safety Riccardo Stewart, now a Defensive Analyst at University of Nevada, about how he and his family are navigating the tense national climate, and what people can do in their own circle of influence to be better, more loving citizens and neighbors. (41 minutes)

Chilly talks with Ralph Amsden about how Arizona's uptick in Covid cases might impact football, and whether Colin Kaepernick deserves another shot. Cody Cameron dials in and provides analysis on Dante Smith, Cole Martin, George Ramirez and more. Alec Simpson jumps on the show to talk about Saguaro alum Tye Kassen, now at NAU, and a few others. Chris Eaton (Gridiron Arizona) provides his state of the week. (40 minutes)

Eric Newman and Zach Alvira interview ArizonaVarsity's "Chilly," and discuss some of the standout games of the recently released 5A football schedule (80 minutes)

Sande Charles talks with Chaparral alum Jacob Gonzalez about his time at Chaparral, being drafted by the San Francisco Giants, his time in the minor leagues, and life as the son of a local sports legend (45 minutes)

Lee Patterson sits down with Jay Dobyns, a retired undercover ATF agent with a life story you need to hear to believe, about his journey in both law enforcement and football, and his goals for transforming the culture at Tanque Verde High. (42 minutes)

The 5/26 2-Piece features interviews with: ArizonaVarsity Managing Editor Ralph Amsden Rivals.com's Alec Simpson Chris Eaton aka Gridiron Arizona Williams Field DC Kelvin Hunter Players Mentioned: My'Keil Gardner (Liberty), Daylan Batchan (Estrella Foothills), Trey Reynolds (Queen Creek/Utah), Porter Reynolds (Queen Creek), Gunner Maldonado (Chandler/Northwestern), Tyson Grubbs (Desert Vista/NAU), Terryon Rowe (Cesar Chavez), Zion Magalei (Chandler), Aaron Wolfcale Holsten (Williams Field), Donovan Guyton (Williams Field), Kaden Cloud (Williams Field), CJ Tiller (Williams Field), Mason Wolf (Williams Field), Carson Speer (Williams Field), Layton Duncan (Brophy)   (43 Minutes)

The Sande Charles Show is back for its fourth episode! This week, Sande interviews Will Boor of MLB.com and MLB Pipeline about the upcoming Major League Baseball Draft. (49 minutes)

In this episode, Eric and Zach do a little football uniform/helmet talk before welcoming on ArizonaVarsity Managing Editor Ralph Amsden for a lengthy interview on a wide variety of topics. They finish up highlighting a few of the games they're excited to cover in high school football this upcoming season. (112 minutes)

Every Tuesday, Chilly goes live on Periscope to talk with media members, coaches, parents and recruits. We call it the 2-Piece. Here it is, in Podcast form.   ArizonaVarsity lead football analyst Cody T Cameron ArizonaVarsity Managing Editor Ralph Amsden Chris Eaton aka Gridiron ArizonaRivals.com's Alec Simpson Centennial Offensive Coordinator Ian Comes 2021 Chaparral OL Sardar Azeez   Players mentioned:   Matt Clark (Mountain View) Malaki Ta'ase (Mountain View) Micah Harper (Basha/BYU) Kevin Daniels (Glendale/NAU) Porter Reynolds (Queen Creek) DJ Gleash (Centennial) Daivon Nelson (Marcos de Niza) Jared Williams (Chaparral) TJ Ritter (Chaparral) Zone Wierenga (Pinnacle) Kaden Hicks (Mountain Ridge) Daniel Fulton (Chandler) Richard Kwete (Sunnyslope) Caiden Miles (Centennial) Dylan Roberts (Centennial) Kevaughn Clark (Centennial) Joshua Gasca (Centennal) Austin Glimpse (Centennial)

Jason Mohns talks about the challenges of not being able to be with his team during the spring and summer, but expresses optimism in his coaches' ability to elevate as teachers. He also discusses his upbringing in California and Arizona, and his surprising path into becoming a youth football coach. Sande Charles asks Coach Mohns about his competitive nature, and they go deep on last year's open division playoffs, which saw Saguaro make the title game and take come back from a 21-0 deficit and take Chandler to the brink. And finally, what are Jason Mohns aspirations as a coach? (58 Minutes)

You know what the world needed? Another sports podcast, of course. Zach Alvira and Eric Newman take on the first episode of their new endeavor, talking sports, themselves and a bit of east side versus west side, in the debut of the Take it EZ Sports Show. In the first episode, you get an introduction to the hosts (57 minutes)

In the second episode of The Sande Charles Show, Sande takes over the reigns and interviews ArizonaVarsity.com Managing Editor Ralph Amsden. (59 Minutes)

The Sande Charles Show is the newest addition to the ArizonaVarsity.com Podcast Network! In this inaugural episode, ArizonaVarsity.com Managing Editor Ralph Amsden flips the script to interview the show's host, Sande Charles, and give the listener a little bit of a background on who Sande Charles is, and what plans she has for her podcast. (43 Minutes)

Lee Patterson's debut podcast for ArizonaVarsity.com is a deep dive with Arizona Cardinals Public Address Announcer Jim Barnett. (70 Minutes)

Episode Breakdown (66 Minutes) Welcome to the All-New ArizonaVarsity.com! For the last five years, Ralph Amsden and the crew at ArizonaVarsity have covered prep athletics in the state's various communities alongside a vast and talented landscape of journalists and content creators. Today, our mission expands, and some of those talented journalists and content creators become part of our community. As ArizonaVarsity.com expands to cover sports and culture in our state, from prep athletics to the pros, we welcome several talented and passionate individuals on board as co-owners of the site. That's right- not employees, co-owners. We're building a brand new cooperative way to to produce content and support the local sports media community... to create content for the sake of creation and collaboration. Not for clicks. Not against deadlines. Not to appease corporate partners. We're just here to make cool stuff with our friends. In this episode of the ArizonaSportsCast, Ralph Amsden and Chilly interview the returning members of the ArizonaVarsity team, as well as some new additions. Interview times below: Brett Quintyne (9:30) Cody Cameron (12:24) Chris Eaton (16:34) Gregg Rosenberg (19:45) Greg Esposito (22:33) Jared Cohen (28:58) Zach Alvira (31:25) Eric Newman (36:46) Andy Luberda (40:18) Jason Skoda (43:45) Lee Patterson (48:46) Andy Silvas (52:25) Jordan Hamm (55:28) Sande Charles (59:43)

Breakdown (72 Minutes) Ralph Amsden and Chilly talk about ASU and U of A's February 13th road wins, debate whether Nico Mannion or Zeke Nnaji deserve the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year award, discuss Remy Martin's Player of the Year chances, and switch over to the Suns to discuss Devin Booker's all-star selection, as well as whether this will be his first selection as a Phoenix Sun, or potentially his last. (24:00) Ralph Amsden interviews James Deakyne, head basketball coach of Heritage Academy in Maricopa, Arizona. Heritage Academy is averaging almost 100 points per game, and Deakyne believes that bringing the Loyola Marymount style of run and gun basketball to the high school level can help re-revolutionize the game. (1:06:00) Ralph is joined by the Arizona Varsity crew- Cody Cameron and Alec Simpson, to do a short restaurant review of Taquitos Jalisco in Mesa.