Sports Rush With Brett Rump

In the first hour of today’s mid-week Sports Rush, Brett is joined on the show over phone by the new Head Coach of the Leo Lions Boys’ Basketball Team, Derek Hinen! We hear from Coach Hinen about how his coaching experience so far, what he learned from his time coaching at Fairfield, and what he hopes to bring to the Leo Lions program. Also in the first hour, Brett shares his thoughts on the news that came down today that we lost NBA legend and “The Logo,” Jerry West. He also shares about how Caitlin Clark has handled being snubbed from Team USA for the Olympics perfectly when addressing the media. Also, since it’s a Wednesday, we’re doing our Wednesday Wall of Fame! Today, we ask our listeners to weigh in with some of the best High School Offensive Linemen in the history of the 260!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are pleased to be joined in the second hour of today’s show by two-time Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer, Zach Apple! Zach joined Brett on the show today to talk about his career in swimming, what it was like for him to win the gold medals and be on the podium in the Tokyo Olympics, and more. We also ask him about how he got into the sport of swimming, and also hear about that work that he is doing with Team Speedo now that he is no longer swimming competitively. Also in the second hour, we are joined by Eric “Doot” Dutkiewicz, who had his usual Thursday spot bumped up a day with no show tomorrow! He and Brett discuss the new proposed stadium coming to Snider High School, the upcoming PSM 7 on 7 event next week, and a whole lot more!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brett is joined by Snider Football Head Coach Kurt Tippmann in the first hour of today's show on the heel of the news that a brand new football and multi-use stadium will be coming to the campus of Snider High School, predicted to be finished by 2026, that will finally allow Snider to no longer have to share Spuller Stadium with the Northrop Bruins. We hear from Coach Tippmann about what he knows about the stadium so far, what it will mean to the school's football program and athletic programs as a whole, and more. We also hear about what Coach's off-season has been like so far, and how he's preparing his boys for the upcoming season. Also in the first hour, Brett celebrates his Florida Panthers going up 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals over the Edmonton Oilers! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brett is joined in the second hour of today's Sports Rush by Scott Agness of The Fieldhouse Files to discuss the Indiana Fever and the team continuing to struggle against the tougher opponents of the WNBA, without showing many signs of improvement. We hear from Scott about the growing pains for Caitlin Clark as well as the team as a whole, and also ask him how hot is the seat of Head Coach Christie Sides? The two also discuss Caitlin Clark being left off of the 2024 Olympics Roster for Paris, as well as the latest off-season news for the Indiana Pacers. Also in the second hour, Brett challenges one of his listeners for our weekly game of "Tuesday Time Capsule Trivia!" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Time to kick off another week of The Sports Rush after a packed sports weekend! In the first hour of today's Monday show, we certainly have a lot to cover from over the weekend. Brett shares his thoughts on Caitlin Clark being left off of the USA Women's Basketball Olympics Roster ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, did Team USA's Committee make a mistake in leaving her off of the roster? Also, Dan Hurley has officially said no to the Los Angeles Lakers and Lebron James and will be returning to UCONN to seek a rare three-peat with the Huskies. We share our thoughts on that and what it means for both the Lakers as well as College Basketball. Also, Brett's Panthers got a Game 1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers down in Sunrise over the weekend as well! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the second hour of today's Sports Rush, we bring in "The Coach," Shannon Griffith, to talk to Brett on the show over the phone on the guest line! Before Shannon and Brett get into some football talk, Brett asks for his opinion on some of the highlights of the Fort Wayne Komets' 24-25 Season Schedule that was released earlier this month, and we also get Shannon's thoughts on the Florida Everblades winning the Kelly Cup three times in a row, and his thoughts on the NHL Stanley Cup Finals. Then, the two get into discussing the latest with the Indiana Hoosiers Football Program under the direction of new head coach Curt Cignetti, and we also hear about some standout area football players ahead of the next high school season as well! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Friday! In today's first hour of a week-ending Sports Rush, Brett is joined by Destin Adams, who covers the Indianapolis Colts for A to Z Sports! We hear from Destin on his thoughts on what we've seen from the Colts' Mini-Camp and Rookie Camps so far, particularly with a focus on the skill positions. We also hear from Destin on his thoughts on the Colts' depth chart and what positions he thinks are still a battle for being option number 1. We also ask Destin about how concerned he is that Anthony Richardson missed a bit of practice to rest a sore shoulder. All that and more with Destin! Also in the first hour: Boston pounds Dallas in Game 1 of the NBA Finals last night, Caitlin Clark and the Fever have a game against the lowly Washington Mystics tonight, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's Friday show to wrap up the week, Brett is joined on the guest line by Dylan Sinn, who covers nearly all of our state's universities athletics, high-school athletics, the Fort Wayne TinCaps, and more for the Journal Gazette! Today, Brett and Dylan discuss the loss of Kanon Catchings by the Purdue Boilermakers Men's Basketball team as it was announced yesterday that he has re-opened his commitment. We hear from Dylan about how big of a loss this is for Matt Painter's program, will they still field one of the best rosters in the country next season, and more. The two also discuss the Fort Wayne TinCaps and their struggles against the Peoria Chiefs of the Western side of the Midwest League so far at Parkview Field this week. All that and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's Thursday, which means it's one day until a Friday before a sports weekend! Today on the Rush, we start off with a preview of tonight's NBA Finals, which finally gets underway after a long time off since the ending of the Conference Finals. Brett shares his predictions on what he thinks we'll see from the series, particularly with Kristaps Porzingis coming back to the Boston Celtics. Also, we have a crazy headline in the NBA to discuss, with a rumor circulating that the Los Angeles Lakers are actively pursuing UCONN Men's Head Coach, Dan Hurley. Brett shares his thoughts on the state of College Basketball and what leads to coaches going to the pro leagues. He also shares his thoughts on how he thinks Hurley would do in the NBA. Also in the first hour, Brett is joined by sports media mogul Kent Sterling to talk about Dan Hurley potentially to LA, the latest with the Indianapolis Colts and Anthony Richardson sitting out of practice today, and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the second hour of today's Sports Rush, Brett is joined on the Parkview Sports Medicine guest line by Sam King, who covers the Purdue beat for the Lafayette Journal and Courier. Sam graciously was willing to hop on the show today a little last-minute in order to talk to Brett about the breaking news today that Kanon Catchings has re-opened his recruitment and de-comitted from the Purdue Boilermakers. We hear from Sam about what he has heard behind the scenes about what led to the divide between Catchings and the Boilermakers. We also get a sense of the roster and what it will look like rotation-wise when we get closer to the season ahead. Also in the second hour, Brett was joined by Eric "Doot" Dutkiewicz of Parkview Sports Medicine to talk about the Catchings news at Purdue, local sports, and the latest going on at PSM! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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.