Sports Rush With Brett Rump

Today's mid-week edition of The Sports Rush features an appearance on the Parkview Sports Medicine text line from Greg Rakestraw of the ISC Sports Network and more! We hear from Greg today about the latest going on down in Indianapolis concerning the Indy Eleven as well as the city making a push for the MLS with many moving parts, including bulldozed land, and more. Greg and Brett also discuss the area sports going on that he is currently covering at the high school level, and also talk about the Colts as they have begun to practice in the off-season ahead of the upcoming season later this year. Also on today's show, we ask our listeners for their input on who was the best basketball big man in Fort Wayne history? All that and more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's show, Brett is joined by Dylan Sinn of the Journal Gazette! Today's conversation between the two features a focus on the Purdue Boilermakers Football Team and some of the additions to the team that they've gotten from their new class coming in as well as the transfer portal. Dylan and Brett also discuss the latest going on with the TinCaps, who continue their streak of playing in close games as well as extra-inning games, but can't seem to get over a hump and find themselves often at the short end of these close games. Also in the second hour, we continue to get listener input on some of the best Big Men in Basketball from the Fort Wayne AreaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Tuesday! On today's show, Brett is broadcasting the show LIVE from Parkview Field ahead of him calling the game on our airwaves tonight with the legendary Mike Maahs in the radio booth. We get a preview of tonight's game for the TinCaps as well as the whole series ahead, and also talk about the unfortunate news that a former Fort Wayne TinCaps, Tucupita Marcano, has been banned from the MLB for life for gambling on the MLB. Also in the first hour, Brett is joined over the phone by Tony East, who does a fantastic job covering both the Indiana Pacers as well as the Fever. He just had an article come out that detailed the Indiana Fever's grueling start to the season, and we had him on today to talk to Brett all about it, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's Sports Rush, Brett is joined LIVE at Parkview Field by the head coach of the Bishop Dwenger Baseball Team, Jason Garrett! Jason is at the ballpark tonight because one of the pitchers on his team, Brayton Thomas, is being honored with the NEIBCA Dick Crumback Award for Pitcher of the Year, and will be throwing out a first pitch! The Saints also had a thrilling win in Regionals over Northwood over the weekend, and we hear about that game as well as the upcoming Semi-State game this coming weekend in Kokomo from Coach Garrett, as well as about some of the standout players on his team, how Coach balances coaching both Baseball and Football, and more! Also in the second hour, Brett plays Tuesday Time Capsule Trivia with a listener, and we continue hearing about our listeners random run-ins with celebrities! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time to kick off the week with today's Sports Rush with Brett Rump! In the first hour of today's show, Brett summarizes his sports weekend, which included seeing his Florida Panthers of the NHL make it to the Stanley Cup Championship against the Edmonton Oilers. We preview that matchup that will start later this week, on Saturday. Also, the TinCaps got a close win in their getaway game yesterday on the road against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, and the Indiana Fever suffered a bad loss on the road to the New York Liberty in a game that saw Caitlin Clark put up her worst WNBA performance yet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's Monday Sports Rush, Brett is joined on the show by the voice of the Indiana Fever as well as part of the Pacers Broadcasting Team, Pat Boylan! Brett and Pat discuss the Indiana Fever and the disappointing start to the season so far, as well as the controversial hard foul committed against Clark by one of the Chicago Sky players in the Fever's first home win of the season over the weekend. We also from hear from Pat about his thoughts on how the team will continue to improve, and whether Aliyah Boston is going through a "sophomore slump." Also in the second hour, Brett takes a look at the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the upcoming Stanley Cup Finals with his Panthers, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Friday! In the first hour of today's show to wrap up the work week, Brett is joined by NIL Lawyer James O'Connor on the guest line to get an idea of the current state of NCAA NIL Laws as well as get the latest on some of the hearings by athletic conferences that are going to the Supreme Court in some cases. All that and a lot more with James! Also in the first hour, Brett was right about the Dallas Mavericks finishing off the Timberwolves last night in the Western Conference Finals. He and Adam preview the NBA Finals between them and the Celtics. Also, the Fever continue to lose! What needs to change? All that and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of the last Sports Rush of the week, Brett is joined on the show by James Boyd, who covers the Indianapolis Colts for The Athletic and someone we enjoy having on regularly to get the inside scoop on everything going on with the Colts and the NFL! We hear from James today about the Colts OTA that he saw yesterday, and Brett is sure to ask him some questions that have been on his mind! Particularly, are the Colts practicing or planning anything specifically for the new NFL Kickoff Rules? Also in the second hour, Brett and Adam hope for a turnaround for the Indiana Fever and start to question where things could be improved. Also, your best bets on what to have on the TV this weekend! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a Thursday edition of The Sports Rush, Brett is joined in Hour 1 by Alex Golden, the creator and host of the "Setting the Pace" podcast, to talk about the Indiana Pacers! We hear Alex's thoughts on the series against Boston, the makeup of the roster and whether or not we can expect this level of performance in the future from the Pacers, or if they took advantage of injured teams in this playoff run. Also in the first hour of the show, we kick off a new segment that we are going to call our "Wednesday Wall of Fame" where we have our listeners share some of the best players or teams in certain categories each week! We did it on a Thursday to kick it off because of our show being shortened yesterday! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's show, Brett is joined on the show over the phone by Dylan Sinn of the Journal Gazette! Dylan does a fantastic job covering university athletics across the state as well as high school athletics in Northeast Indiana and the Fort Wayne TinCaps for the Gazette, and today he and Brett talk about the Purdue Boilermakers Basketball Team having two too many commitments currently, the latest with Indiana, Purdue, and Notre Dame Football, and more! Brett is also joined in the second hour by Eric "Doot" Dutkiewicz of Parkview Sports Medicine to talk about the Purdue basketball news as well, an announcement about streaming from the IHSAA, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the Fort Wayne TinCaps game that started at 1:10PM this afternoon being an extra-inning extravaganza that unfortunately saw the ‘Caps get walked off for the second game in the row, today’s Sports Rush with Brett Rush was an abbreviated one! But have no fear, we’ll be back tomorrow with our full two hours of bringing you your local sports fix from 4 to 6! On today’s shortened show, Brett is joined on the guest line by the General Manager of the Fort Wayne Komets, David Franke! David and Brett discuss the offseason for the Komets and for David, and what the process is like trying to get the team ready for next season! David also talks to Brett about the renewal of the partnership between the Fort Wayne Komets and the Edmonton Oilers of the NHL, as well as the Bakersfield Condors of the AHL. Also on today’s show, Brett asks why the Indiana Fever continue to struggle after adding Caitlin Clark to a team that already had last year’s #1 overall Draft Pick.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After an extended Memorial Day Weekend, The Sports Rush is back in action on a Tuesday! And we start the show be recapping the exciting finish down at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday that saw a battle between Pato O'Ward and Josef Newgarden, the latter of which eventually ending up winning for back-to-back years in the 500 in dramatic fashion. Also in the first hour, Brett is joined by Scott Agness of The Fieldhouse Files to discuss the end of the season for the Indiana Pacers, who fell in the Eastern Conference Finals in swept fashion at the hands of the Boston Celtics. We hear from Scott about his thoughts on the season as a whole, the matchup against the Celtics, and the off-season ahead now for the Indiana Pacers. All that and more in Hour 1! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's Tuesday edition of The Sports Rush with Brett Rump, Brett and one of our listeners compete in "Tuesday Time Capsule Trivia" for a chance to win a large pizza courtesy of Pizza Hut! Will Brett be able to get back to his winning ways, or will it be another trivia loss this week? Also in the second hour, Brett asks what the Indiana Pacers should do in the off season with some of their players, particularly Myles Turner, who was very disappointing and on-and-off all throughout the playoffs. Brett compares his Eastern Conference Finals to backup Isaiah Jackson, and the numbers are surprising! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Friday! Ahead of a 3-day Memorial Day Weekend, Brett and Adam continue to prepare for the upcoming Indianapolis 500 by having listeners call into the show in order to randomly select squares assigned to one of the drivers, with whoever picks the winning driver receiving a free large pizza from Pizza Hut! Also in the first hour, Brett is joined on the guest line by James Boyd, who covers the Indianapolis Colts for The Athletic! Not only do we hear about James' impressions of what he has seen so far at the Colts OTA's, we hear about how some of the Colts 2024 Draft Picks have looked so far throughout these practices. And, we sneak in some Pacers talk with James as well! All that and more in Hour 1 of a Friday Sports Rush! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In our final hour of the week before a 3-day Memorial Day Weekend, Brett gets ready for the upcoming Indianapolis 500! Not only do we continue to fill out our "Indy 500 Squares" with listeners, we also gave away a 4-pack of General Admission tickets to the race on Sunday to one of our listeners as well! In order to keep getting ready for the race, Brett is joined on the show by Indy 500 AND Pacers Broadcaster, Chris Denari! Chris and Brett discuss this weekend's upcoming huge race, what his schedule is like as a broadcaster, what the plan is for rain, and more! And, the two also discuss the Pacers falling in Game 2 in Boston last night to fall into an 0-2 deficit in the Eastern Conference Finals. Also in the second hour of The Sports Rush, Brett is joined by Eric "Doot" Dutkiewicz in order to hear Doot's thoughts on the race this weekend, the latest on college athletes potentially being played, the latest going on at PSM, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special Thursday edition of The Sports Rush, we are coming to you LIVE from Parkview Field, home of the High-A affiliates of the San Diego Padres, the Fort Wayne TinCaps! Brett joins you all high above the field as we were up in "The Summit" ahead of our listener gathering there later in the evening to kick-off Memorial Day Weekend! In the first hour of today's show, Brett is joined on the show by TinCaps Broadcaster John Nolan! John and Brett discuss the TinCaps hot streak that lead them to a 7 game win streak coming into tonight's game, the health status of the hot-hitting Albert Fabian who took a spill last night, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's Sports Rush LIVE from The Summit at Parkview Field ahead of our 1380 The Fan Summer Summit Kickoff throughout tonight's ballgame, Brett is joined on The Sports Rush by none other than TinCaps Team President Mike Nutter! Mike and Brett discuss the past few weeks at Parkview Field and for the TinCaps, what's coming up for the rest of the summer, and about an exciting event presented by MLB, a new event coming to the ballpark called MLB Home Run Derby X! We hear all about that and more from Mike. Also in the second hour, Brett and Adam continue to get ready for tonight's Pacers Game 2! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Hump Day! On this Wednesday edition of The Sports Rush, Brett gets ready for the upcoming Indy 500 this weekend at the IMS by talking to one of the drivers who will be in the race, Rinus Veekay! Brett talks to Rinus about his qualifying on Saturday that saw him get into a big crash and qualify with a modify car, what starting in 7th will be like on Sunday, what his pre-race day routine is like, and more! Also in the first hour, Brett is joined by Scott Agness who covers the Indiana Pacers for The Fieldhouse Files to talk about last night's disappointing loss by the Pacers, who essentially gave the game away to the Boston Celtics. All that and more in Hour 1!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's mid-week Sports Rush, Brett is joined on the Parkview Sports Medicine phone line by Alex Golden, who is the creator and host of the "Setting the Pace" podcast, and we bring him in to keep the Pacers talk going. We get Alex's take on last night's disappointing close loss in overtime to the Boston Celtics, whether or not the Pacers can recover from that crushing loss, and more. Also in the second hour, Brett and Adam continue to discuss the Pacers and Celtics series, and preview tomorrow night's exciting night at Parkview Field with the TinCaps by talking about the fantastic run they've been on in the past 6 games.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the first hour of a Tuesday edition of The Sports Rush, Brett and Adam preview tonight's Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Indiana Pacers and the Boston Celtics in TD Garden. Brett theorizes about who on the Pacers will be guarding who on the Celtics, and vice-versa. How many games does Brett give the Pacers to win against the heavily favored Celtics? Also in the first hour, we get ready for the TinCaps to kick off another home series tonight against the Lansing Lugnuts, and talk about a close loss for the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.