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Episode 132: Chad Hennings

Chad Hennings has been a US Air Force fighter pilot, 3-time Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys, author, professional speaker, and a successful businessman in commercial real estate. From flying forty-five successful combat missions and serving in the Gulf War to playing in 3 Super Bowls, Chad has a lot of stories to tell! …

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Episode 122: President Jim Tressel

Jim Tressel is “legendary” in the state of Ohio. He won 5 national championships as a head football coach before becoming the 9th President at Youngstown State University. As big Ohio State football fans, this was a bucket list-like conversation for both Kevin + Steph. As expected, President Tressel has some GREAT stories to share….

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Episode 111: Kenny Mayne

Kenny Mayne is a broadcasting legend and former ESPN SportsCenter anchor known for his dry wit and sense of humor. After 27 years at ESPN, Kenny has a ton of stories to share including how he got to ESPN, what was his favorite “This Is SportsCenter” commercial, and being on Dancing with the Stars. Also,…

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Episode 106: Dave Stevens

In the ’80’s, Dave Stevens became the first “legless” athlete in NCAA history and in the ’90’s became the first “legless” athlete in pro baseball history. How is this even possible? How could you play baseball without legs? How could you become a 2-time state wrestling champion without legs? Since birth, the odds have been…

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Episode 104: Jenna Fesemyer

Jenna Fesemyer was born without a left leg and hip socket because of a rare congenital disease called proximal femoral focal deficiency. Doctors told her parents their daughters’ case was so extreme that she would never be able to walk with a prosthetic leg. Not only has this young woman walked with a prosthetic her…

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Episode 102: Dr. Dan Ross

Dr. Dan Ross is very well known around the state of Ohio. In the summer of 2018, he retired as only the 9th commissioner of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA), which is the fourth-largest in the United States. This man has seen and experienced it all concerning youth sports. From dealing with crazy…

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Episode 99: Bob Beaudine

Bob Beaudine is someone who Kevin + Steph would label as a “dream guest”. Sports Illustrated named Bob as the “most influential man in sports you’ve never heard of.” He is the President and CEO of Eastman & Beaudine, which was labeled by The Wall Street Journal as the “top recruiting firm in college sports.”…

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Episode 95: Kevin, Steph and Katie

“Steph was like I did not send my child to school looking like that.” Our hosts spend the hour talking family stories and playing catch up with Steph’s sister, Katie. Like every fifth episode in the show, Kevin and Steph spend the episode sharing their own personal stories. Talking about their kids’ school pictures and their…

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Episode 94: Coach Jack Johnson

In this episode, Kevin and Steph interview Jack Johnson, a coach who has dedicated his life to helping kids play football the best they can. Coach Jack Johnson is committed to his players and the community. Coach Jack Johnson has been one of Ohio’s most prominent and successful high school football coaches as far as the…

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Episode 83: Lori Fetrick

In 1989 a little show called American Gladiators took off, it was a competitive television show that lasted for seven seasons and the premise was quite simple. They would pit amateur athletes against one another and against professional gladiators in competitions of agility and strength. At the end of each season there would be a…

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Episode 82: “Big” James Henderson

“Big” James Henderson is a powerlifting champion. Henderson won his first powerlifting championship in 1994. He competed in the International Powerlifting Federation, was a five time Super Heavyweight World Bench Press Champion securing himself five consecutive wins between 1994 and 1998 and set a world record when he bench pressed 711 pounds RAW in 1997….

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Episode 79: Coach Bill Conley

In this episode, Kevin and Steph interview retired Ohio State football coach, the charming Bill Conley. Before turning to coaching football, Conley played for Woody Hayes and coached under Earle Bruce, John Cooper and Jim Tressel. With over four decades of coaching experience, Conley has some amazing stories to share with Kevin and Steph about…

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Episode 78: Shawn Harper

In today’s episode, Kevin and Steph sit down to talk with Shawn Harper, a former professional football player who can not only play a good game of ball but also rip a telephone book in half and roll a frying pan with his bare hands! And Kevin, for one, is VERY thankful to Shawn for NOT…

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Episode 76: Joe Serio

On the show today is Joe Serio, author of the critically acclaimed book ‘Investigating the Russian Mafia’ and a new book titled ‘Vodka, Hookers, and the Russian Mafia’. But what makes Joe Serio the perfect person to continue discussing this topic and lead our conversation about Russian culture and history in today’s episode? Serio has…

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Episode 75: Kevin + Steph

Episode seventy five sees Kevin and Steph once again sharing their personal stories of their life, family, friends and children! Including stories about trying to coach a kids t-ball team, what happens when Steph attends their daughters’ third grade basketball games and why she has to yell so much when she’s there! And why she…

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Episode 74: Melvin Adams

In this episode, Kevin and Steph talk with Hall of Fame basketball player, Melvin Adams. After retiring in 2000’s, the former Harlem Globetrotter dedicated his life to a professional speaking career focused on helping America’s youth. Since he started, Adams has spoken to thousands of kids in school assemblies and events all over the United States!…

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Episode 67: Coach Greg Schiano

In this episode, Kevin and Steph speak with the infamous Coach Greg Schiano, the head football coach at Rutgers University, a position he has returned to in the last year since his decade of service for the school in the early 2010’s before he was officially fired from the position in 2012. Schiano has over thirty…

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Episode 43: Michelle Warnky

On today’s episode, Kevin and Steph invite eight time American Ninja Warrior, Michelle Warnky as a special guest. Not only was she an eight time competitor but she made history by being one of the first women to actually clear the qualifying course and then again in the sixth season when she became only the second…

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Episode 42: Vanessa Oswalt

In this episode, Kevin and Steph invite special guest, Vanessa Oswalt on the podcast to talk about her experience and career in the world of female wrestling – all the way to getting girls wrestling recognized. Oswalt is currently the girls wrestling representative for Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association, has won several wrestling national championships,…

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Episode 40: Kevin + Steph

On today’s episode, Kevin and Steph celebrate hitting forty episodes of the Tell Us a Good Story podcast, the two of them welcome Steph’s sister Katie Keller Schnetzer to once again join them on the show! Some of the challenges they talk about today include the mundane predicament Kevin has as he tries to figure out…

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