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Not Just A Game

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Not Just A Game

Gannett Media / Consumer Products

Not Just A Game

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Not Just A Game

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The former Hononegah wrestler, and UFC fighter, Corey Anderson, is now working his way up the Bellator ladder and recently advanced to the semifinals of the light heavyweight Grand Prix, with a $1M prize awaiting the winner. Anderson sat down a
Tony Cassioppi, the former Hononegah wrestler who won two state titles with an undefeated record back in his high school days, is starting to make some noise at the top college level now, too. Cassioppi finished third in the Big Ten Championshi
Head coach Tom Guse and point guard Zach Derus talk about Lutheran's undefeated boys basketball season, and what they could have done with a state tournament this year, during this week's "Not Just a Game" podcast, with host Jay Taft. Then, Win
Sister Stephanie Baliga used to run competitively for Auburn and then the University of Illinois, but now she does it to help fund the Mission of Our Lady of Angel and its food pantry that feeds over 1,000 people a day. Sister Stephanie, this w
Anthony Billups, the former Hononegah star pitcher who transformed into an artist and musician in the Nashville, Tennessee, scene, talks about his mural-painting business as well as his music career. He just released his third country-music alb
Anthony Billups was a star pitcher for Hononegah back in the late-90s and early 2000s, and went on to pitch his way through college. But a car accident and temporary blindness set him on a path toward art and music, and now he's a rising star i
Former Harlem star and Syracuse defensive end Josh Black recently made the decision to return to college for one more football season — and to get his Master's degree. Listen to Josh talk about his reasons for returning, his hopes for the futur
Former East and RVC star Madi Hecox has battled back from heart surgery — for a heart ailment that she discovered by chance when her new school happened to test her — and just had her first double-double for her new team, Southeastern Universit
Charley Kurlinkus won the high jumping state championship while a student-athlete at Hononegah, and now he's an emergency room doctor in Sacramento, California. But when he's not working, he's soaring through the air as one of the world's top B
Former Freeport Pretzel stars Steve, Vance and Deion McShane sit down together with host Jay Taft and talk about what they've all been through this past year — as well as having a few laughs. Steve is rehabbing a torn Achilles tendon from his s
Senior left tackle Vederian Lowe, a former Auburn standout, talks about playing college football during COVID-19, why the Fighting Illini stumbled early in the season, and what he thinks it's going to take for Illinois to finish strong as this
Former Harlem standout Ben Black has worked his way up the coaching ranks the past five years and is now a graduate assistant working with the defensive line at Indiana University. The Hoosiers are on a historic run, even after losing by one to
Green Bay Packers' fifth-year starting defensive lineman Dean Lowry joins Jay Taft on this week's "Not Just a Game" podcast to talk about COVID-19, the Packers, and their matchup with Jacksonville on Sunday. Former Rockford Lutheran star James
"Not Just a Game" host Jay Taft holds an interview with Hall of Fame coaches Joe and Janet Erb and runners Katie and Grace Erb and Kaylee Woolery, who were all in quarantine at the time. They expected to be out in time for Saturday's cross coun
Tony Cassioppi won two state titles when he was a wrestler for Hononegah, and now he's the Iowa Hawkeyes starting heavyweight, and he's gunning for the top there, too. Cassioppi was seeded third headed into last year's NCAA Championships before
Nicole Briscoe, a former Roscoe resident and Hononegah High School graduate, talks about how COVID-19 has impacted her life, and and off the set of ESPN's SportsCenter. Briscoe has been a SportsCenter anchor since 2015.
Host Jay Taft brings in IHSA executive director Craig Anderson as well as Rochelle wrestler Ben Harvey and Winnebago basketball player Miyah Brown to talk about what they expect to happen when the winter seasons roll around. Teams are planning
Dan Arnold, the former Boylan student-athlete who has made it all the way to the NFL, is now the starting tight end for the Arizona Cardinals. Arnold, this week's podcast guest on "Not Just a Game," talks about what it took to get him to where
Podcast host Jay Taft talks to former Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew about James Robinson of Rockford, and his breakout stretch in the NFL as the Jaguars' starting halfback. Jones-Drew, now an analyst for NFL Network, talk
"Not Just a Game" host Jay Taft talks to James Robinson's former high school coach (Bruce Bazsali), his former college coach (Brock Spack) and one of his former high school teammates at Rockford Lutheran, linebacker Matt Anderson, to find out w
This week's "Not Just a Game" podcast guest Mat Parker, who just finished up his ninth year as the Rockford Public Schools athletic director, talks about navigating the pandemic, what the fall seasons have looked like so far, and what we can ex
Joe Danforth, NBA star Fred VanVleet's stepfather and a police officer in Rockford, talks about how the NBA's boycott of playoff games can help, as well as what it's like to be a Black policeman these days.
This week's guest on the rrstar.com weekly sports podcast "Not Just a Game" is AJ Wentland, a former Harlem star linebacker who has gone on to play professional football in two different countries. He recently bolted from Germany to Finland, wh
This week we have three guests for the "Not Just a Game" podcast: two high school stars who are waiting for their fall sports, and one who is already competing in hers. Boylan swimmer Nhia Caras is off and swimming, while North Boone QB Logan E
Dan and Dennis Scarpetta, owners and operators of Rockford Baseball Academy, talk about their baseball operations as well as all other levels during this coronavirus pandemic. Host Jay Taft is a sports reporter with the Rockford Register Star.
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