Episodes
For all of your gambling enthusiasts out there, Episode 5 of "Sports Consiglieres" is for you! Jimmy & Jerry are back as they sit down with Senator Raymond Lesniak to talk about the struggles of getting legalized gambling into the state of New Jersey plus some Rutgers talk, some political chatter and more! Enjoy & Subscribe to the new show to show support!
Published 05/30/24
Welcome back to Sports Consiglieres with Jimmy & Jerry! Jimmy is on assignment this week as Jerry takes over the show! This week, Jerry welcomes one of his favorite college basketball players of all time, Georgetown basketball legend, Gene Smith! Together the two take you back to the 1980's seasons when Jerry was an avid fan and Smith pulls back the curtain with some incredible stories of that entire decade's worth of teams including the ones he played with! Sit back and enjoy the nostalgia!
Published 05/23/24
Published 05/23/24
Jimmy & Jerry are back for Episode 3 of "Sports Consiglieres"! This week, MSG Is buzzing! The city of New York is on fire with playoff hockey and basketball! The fellas take a deeper dive into the New York Knicks series against the Pacers as they head towards a pivotal game 6 in Indiana as the Knicks are one win away from punching their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals to potentially a date with the Boston Celtics! Hear what the duo have to say along with their predictions!
Published 05/17/24
The Sports Consiglieres are back with a big guest! Jimmy & Jerry welcome Bobby Martin! Martin, who will focus on coaching the Husky forwards, comes to Northeastern after running BMB Training and Development LLC, a premier training program for basketball players at every level, since 2012.  Prior to starting his own basketball training company, Martin had a successful 16-year professional career that began with the Quad City Thunder of the CBA where he won the CBA Championship in 1994 and...
Published 05/09/24
Welcome to the very first episode of "Sports Consiglieres" with Jimmy & Jerry! This comes from the mind and host of "Midlife Crisis" Jim Whelan as he's joined by his long time friend Jerry Cala! In Episode 1, Jimmy & Jerry break down the 2024 NFL Draft and how they see it playing out! Enjoy and subscribe for future episodes!
Published 05/02/24
The Midlife Crisis Podcast rolls on with the New Jersey All-Time leading basketball scorer Kristen Somogyi ! She is New Jersey’s All-Time leading scorer (for both women and men) with 3,899 high school career points. NJSIAA Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Inductee. She is a Kodak All-American, a USA today All -American, a Gatorade NJ Player of the year and a 3-time Parade All-American. She played Division 1 College basketball and as a member of the 1993 UVA ACC Championship Team and a member of the...
Published 04/18/24
The "MidLife Crisis" Podcast welcomes in Coach Art Cattano! Art is a Head Coach, at New Providence High School for the past 38 years. Coach Cattano has won two State Championships and several State Coaching Awards. In 2018-19 he was named the New Jersey State Coach of the Year by USA Today. He has been an Assistant Director of Excel Camp for the past 41 years! He has been an outstanding teacher, coach, and leader in the New Providence community since 1977. Enjoy this conversation!
Published 04/11/24
March Madness rolls on this week as we get closer to crowning a national champion the next guest on the "Midlife Crisis" Podcast is Matt Brust. Brust played with St. John's in their only NIT Championship team and had a brief stint with the Chicago Bulls. A great interview with Jim Whelan where he and Matt have a great conversation about that St. John's team, this year's St. John's decision and so much more. Enjoy!
Published 04/04/24
John Somogyi graduated from St. Peter’s High School in 1968, he had been twice named first-team all-state, led the Cardinals to the state parochial title and amassed more points than any player in state history. HISTORY! Until it was recently broken. John sits down with Jim Whelan on the Midlife Crisis Podcast to talk all about the journey and where he sees the sport of basketball today as opposed to his playing days! Enjoy and tell a basketball fan about this show!
Published 03/28/24
The Midlife Crisis Podcast welcomes it's first in-studio guest! Nicholas Demarco. We cover it all from NFL Free Agency to the NCAA Tourney and his picks! Enjoy! #MarchMadness #nflfreeagents #midlifecrisis
Published 03/21/24
It's Tourney time! Some say it's the most wonderful time of the year. Jim Whelan returns with "MidLife Crisis" Episode number 15 with NJ.com's Adam Zagoria! Adam has done fantastic work covering college basketball and we just had to get his thoughts about the upcoming NCAA tournament! Thank you for tuning in and be sure to share the podcast with a basketball fan!
Published 03/21/24
It's about time for BASEBALL SEASON here in the USA and what better way to bring in the new season than to interview New York Mets published author Brett Topel. Brett has written a few amazing books about baseball in general and of course his beloved New York Mets. Jim Whelan sits down with Brett to talk about his historic book about the Philadelphia A's (Before moving to Oakland) and how they were quite possibly the greatest team to ever play and overshadowed by the 27' Yankees. We catch up...
Published 03/07/24
A little switch up from all the basketball talk as we bring you today's episode of "The Midlife Crisis Podcast" with Jim Whelan's special guest Ian Plenderleith. With the tri-state area hosting Soccer's World Cup Finals in 2026, Find out what author Ian Plenderleith thinks about the state of "futbol" as he comes to us from Germany. He's wrote books based on the "world's sport" along with how it is to be a player and a ref in today's society. Is the MLS big across the pond? Find out more in...
Published 02/29/24
Let's get back to basketball! This week on "The Midlife Crisis Podcast" Jim Whelan sits down with a mentor of his, Steve Tober of "Sideline Chatter". The two go over the current landscape of New Jersey Basketball and what it looks like as we head to the best part of the year when it comes to basketball! March! Enjoy the episode and leave a kind review!
Published 02/15/24
This Week on "Midlife Crisis Podcast" Jim Whelan goes a little bit outside the college and high school sports bubble and talks about quite the popular topic as of late and thats UFO's! He brings out multi-time published Author, Paul Blake Smith as he refers to his books and the two share some very interesting stories about President Eisenhower and his alleged alien and UFO encounters! Buckle up! This one is a juicy one!
Published 02/08/24
"The Midlife Crisis" podcast is back and Jim Whelan pivots from coaching and playing to recruiting and finding out ways to better your search and acceptance into college with his special guest Dave Morris! Morris spent 20 years as a college coach and knows the specific ins and outs of getting into the college of your choice! Enjoy!
Published 02/01/24
The conversation continues with the controversial topic of "NIL" in College Sports. Jim Whelan sits down with Lawyer Jon King on this week's "Midlife Crisis Podcast" where he finds out all about the process in which the NIL finally came to fruition! A great conversation about how college athletes can now get paid and how it will effect the future of college athletics!
Published 01/25/24
Welcome back to the "Midlife Crisis Podcast" with host Jim Whelan. Today, Jim sits down with Kevin Houston. Kevin Houston (born c. 1964) is a former American basketball player who is best known for leading NCAA Division I in scoring during his senior season at Army in 1986–87. He averaged 32.9 points per game in 29 games played and set still-standing school records for points in a single game (53) and season (953) ! (Taken from Wikipedia) Enjoy!
Published 01/18/24
Here on "Midlife Crisis Podcast" we've had on some legendary coaches, writers and personalities. Today's episode we take a turn towards the player. A very specific player that was a victim of Proposition 48. Proposition 48 is an NCAA regulation that stipulates minimum high school grades and standardized test scores that student-athletes must meet in order to participate in college athletic competition.The NCAA enacted Proposition 48 in 1986.[1]As of 2010, the regulation is as follows:Before a...
Published 12/28/23
We're coming up on the 30 year anniversary of the 1994 shortened strike MLB season in which it looked like the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees were on a collision course for the World Series. The season abruptly ended and the rest is history, including the Expos franchise which moved to Washington to become the Nationals. We have Expos Beat Writer & publisher of 9 Expos books (with a 10th in the works) Danny Gallagher. Danny takes us down memory lane about the team's history, it's...
Published 12/21/23
The "Midlife Crisis Podcast" rolls on this week with another huge guest! Seth Greenberg is a legendary coach from the area and has done so many amazing things as a coach and now as a head ESPN analyst breaking down NCAA Basketball. Prior to taking the position at ESPN he was a coach for 34 years, the last 22 as a head coach. Greenberg has been the head coach at Long Beach State, the University of South Florida, and Virginia Tech. He was a two-time ACC Coach of the Year! Tune in and enjoy!...
Published 12/14/23
After a few basketball related episodes of "The Midlife Crisis Podcast" Jim Whelan throws a curveball both literally and figuratively as he brings in New York Mets' very own Jay Horowitz. They talk about his come up, his book that he wrote, some stories of how the Mets handled 9/11 and so much more! A great interview for any baseball fan and more specifically the New York Mets! Enjoy! Please rate and review the show to help it grow!
Published 11/30/23
The big time guests keep rolling in! This week on the "Midlife Crisis Podcast" Jim Whelan sits down with legendary and quite possibly the GREATEST college basketball coach of all time, Coach K! Mike Krzyzewsk ! The two talk about his come up, a few Bobby Knight Stories and so much more! Sit back and enjoy this and Happy Thanksgiving to everybody and their families!
Published 11/23/23
In Episode 2 of "Midlife Crisis", Jim Whelan sits down with another legendary coach, Hubie Brown. This interview was done via the phone a few years back but we HAD to get this audio out there for the world to hear his incredible stories about his style of coaching, Coach K and so much more! Enjoy!!
Published 11/17/23