The Moonlight Gambler, alias: Tom Hagan, returns to the podcast a year after his uncanny prediction of last year’s scandal at the Kentucky Derby. With one of the most exciting events in sports just around the corner, we wanted to get Tom Hagan back on the pod to talk all things horse racing and give the Moonlight listeners the inside track as they head to the bookies to place their bets.
Read MoreAnna DiTommaso, from Baseball Bucket List, joins the Moonlight Baseball Hour to discuss the best and worst of the City Connect Uniforms, Miguel Cabrera joining the 3,000 hit club, the best cities for MLB expansion, and our thoughts on new technology in the game.
Read MoreThis week Moonlight Graham brings you an underdog NFL draft scout of our very own. Nick Clark loves college and NFL football. More than just watching games, he loves breaking down the players and looking at what NFL teams need. What started as a hobby in high school has turned into a full-blown passion project for Nick Clark. NCtheScout joins the pod this week to get us ready for the 2022 NFL Draft.
Read MoreIn this week's Moonlight Baseball Hour Tim and Neil discuss Clayton Kershaw's 7-Inning Perfect Game, Seiya Suzuki's introduction to Chicago, and Vlad Guerrero Jr.'s 3 home run game in Yankee Stadium.
Read MoreAs a midwest sports podcast with a diehard baseball fan as its host, of course, the Twins have come up on this podcast more than a few times. Tim and the brothers Flattery have loved the Twins for their whole lives. Not only that, but their dad, Moonlighter Dave Flattery is a twin. We’ve even had some twin brothers on the pod over the years. But this week puts a whole new spin on the twin connection in this podcast. Tim and Mrs. Moonlight herself, Tori Flattery, are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their twins.
Read MoreThey say good things come in small packages and this week’s guest puts his own spin on that. Spencer Brown was a giant coming out of 8-man football and tiny Lenox, Iowa. Now, Spencer Brown is an absolute force on the field playing right tackle for the Buffalo Bills. How does a guy come from small-town ball and lightly recruited to starting 10 games for one of the best teams in professional football? It’s a tale that Moonlight Graham has told before, a lot of hard work and getting an opportunity.
Read MoreNeil and Tim are bursting with anticipation. Between Opening Day and Neil’s baby on the way, there is a lot to be excited about in the Moonlight Graham world. It hardly seems possible that the opening day of the 2022 baseball season is here with all of the time the sports world spent talking about the lockout. Between the social media hot takes and the threats of a reduced season, it almost felt like this day would never come.
Read MoreBen Ahlers is a blast from the past! Not only is he a repeat Moonlighter but he is a featured character in the new HBO show The Gilded Age. From the same team that created this hit series Downton Abbey, comes a historical fiction series about New York City just before the turn of the 20th Century. Ahlers recently took some of his time away from filming to return to the Moonlight Graham Show to talk about everything from accents on HBO to college sports.
Read MoreWe love repeat-Moonlighters and this week we bring back an all-time great. Pat Hoberg isn’t just a top-tier Moonlighter though, he is also the number one umpire in Major League Baseball. The Urbandale native was the star of episode 103 when he was an up and comer in the Majors. He returns to the pod as arguably the best umpire in the world!
Read MoreNow that the players and the league have settled the lockout we are ready for baseball after a (make it) rain delay. This week we have a guy whose career was put on a delay of its own, Carter Baumler.
Read MoreThis week’s Moonlighter made a career out of knowing how to play his role. On the court, he was a deadeye sharpshooter and gritty defender for Fred Hoiberg and the Cyclones. And while Scott Christopherson isn’t technically an Iowan, he certainly became a favorite adopted son. Tim and Scott sit down this week to talk about all things-Cyclone basketball ahead of this weekend’s Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tourney.
Read MoreThe Moonlight Graham Show is back with a new season, which is more than we can say for Major League Baseball. Emery Songer joins the pod this week to talk about the season that coulda/woulda/shoulda been. These amateurs have done some research and tried to get a better every man’s level of understanding about why we aren’t getting excited for opening day right now.
Read MoreTim and Tom have the hottest takes on 2021 in the season finale of the Moonlight Graham Show.
Read MoreThis week’s Moonlighter suited up for over 1,600 points and 3 NCAA tournaments between 1993 and 1999. Jess Settles was a big part of a lot of our childhoods because of just how long he spent on the roster for Tom Davis and that long stretch of winning Iowa basketball.
Read MoreThis week’s guest is a fan and pod favorite; Olympic gold medalist John Shuster. John Shuster led the American curling team to an improbable gold medal in the 2018 Olympics. This year will be his 5th Olympic games. Shuster is arguably the greatest American curler of all time even though his trip to the top of the medal stand started out as a true underdog.
Read MoreThis week the Moonlight Graham Show puts our own spin on the GOAT conversation. Tim welcomes Moonlighters Jack Brownlee and Sean O’Hare to the studio to combine their wealth of Iowa boys' high school knowledge to create an 8 team bracket of the greatest teams from all classes and across time periods.
Read MoreWith the modern game so focused on scoring, a pass-first point guard almost seems like a relic. This week Tim sits down with one of the all-time great point guards in Iowa State history who just happens to be one of Tim’s childhood heroes - Jacy Holloway.
Read More26.2. That number represents a lot of things to a lot of people. To some, it is a foolish challenge that takes a lot of time and causes a lot of pain. For others it is something of a symbolic achievement; a goal to push oneself to great limits. This week it is just Tom Griffin and Tim Flattery sitting in the Moonlight Studios to share their marathon experiences.
Read MoreFormer Iowa QB Randy Reiners joins the show!
Read MoreIt seems like every four years our eyes turn to the Olympics and America falls in love with a new gymnastics icon. Iowa has been fortunate to have close ties to names like Liang Chow, Gabby Douglas, and Shawn Johnson. The leaps, flips, and twists are like a non-stop highlight reel. Gymnastics takes center stage at the Olympics each cycle and then sort of slides into the background. This week, we get an inside look from former junior Olympian and Big 12 gymnast Brooklyn (Doggette) McMurray.
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