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Join published journalist and sports reporter Jack Vita each week for an in-depth breakdown of the latest news from the world of sports, featuring thoughtful analysis and exclusive interviews with athletes, coaches, executives and media members. Jack interviews athletes that provide a peak behind the curtain and a look at the daily life of a professional athlete. They also discuss life off-the-field and other various topics, including faith. Prominent guests include Brian Urlacher, Bob Nightengale, Jim Callis and Dan O’Dowd. This is the podcast feed for all sports content on the Jack Vita Show. For Jack’s entertainment and reality TV coverage, subscribe to Jack Vita Show: Entertainment, available wherever podcasts are found.
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Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Valparaiso men's basketball associate head coach Luke Gore returns to the Jack Vita Show to recap the first weekend of the 2022 NCAA Tournament! Listen as Coach Gore and Jack break down the first weekend's most thrilling moments, shocking upsets, best games and more! Later, Coach Gore talks Valpo basketball, coming off a disappointing 2021-22 season. What happens next, and how will the Beacons move forward in 2022-23?
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Not all who fill out NCAA Tournament brackets are college basketball junkies. In fact, year in and year out, casual fans that tend to not watch much college basketball prior to the Tournament are the ones that win their office pools. Jack brought on a non-college basketball fan to have on the show, and have them fill out their bracket on-air. Today he is joined by his cousin, Mia Jeffery for that very purpose. Mia, who has watched a total of seven minutes of college basketball this season, takes us through her bracket and explains how she arrives at the decisions she's come to. Last year, Mia's sister Zoe joined us for March Madness for Dummies, and somehow picked the NCAA Tournament champion, the Baylor Bears! She picked Baylor because she thought the name "Baylor Bears" was cute. How will Mia fare?
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Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Minutes after the Selection Show, Jack and Ryan Pacatte are LIVE to provide a full, comprehensive preview of the field of 68 in the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament! Get a first look at the round of 64 matchups, potential upsets, sleeper teams and hear who Ryan and Jack are favoring heading into the Tournament! It's an episode you will NOT want to miss!
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
Jack is back with 9-year NFL tight end (and former Bachelorette contestant) Clay Harbor for a special emergency podcast in the wake of Tuesday's super-trade that sent quarterback Russell Wilson from the Seattle Seahawks to the Denver Broncos for two first round picks, two second round picks, and three starters, including budding star Noah Fant. Clay joins Jack to break down the trade from both sides. Who won the trade? Is it a win for both parties? Much to Clay's chagrin, Aaron Rodgers is staying put in Green Bay and plans on owning Clay's Bears for the foreseeable future. Carson Wentz has been traded from Indianapolis to the Washington Commanders. Jack and Clay provide an update on the ongoing MLB labor dispute, and Clay offers his perspective as a former NFL player that had to sit through the 2011 NFL lockout.
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Friday Feb 25, 2022
Survivor: Africa contestant, army officer and sports radio veteran Clarence Black visits the Jack Vita Show to talk Michigan head coach Juwan Howard swinging at Wisconsin assistant Joe Krabbenhoft and Howard's five-game suspension, the MLB lockout, the Detroit Tigers' exciting future, memories from the 2004 Detroit Pistons' championship season, former Lions' quarterback Matthew Stafford collecting a Super Bowl ring, Clarence's love for America and his Christian faith, Clarence's time on Survivor, his casting story, his place in reality TV history, his side of #beangate, and much more!
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Jon Root (@JonnyRoot on Twitter and Instagram), host of the sports show Breakaway on Turning Point USA, visits the Jack Vita Show to chat about Major League Baseball's lockout, a flurry of NFL head coaching changes across the sport, how we could improve the Pro Bowl, storylines entering Super Bowl LVI, his Christian faith and the importance of reading the Bible, and plenty more along the way! With spring training scheduled to start in a matter of days, what gives? Why doesn't Major League Baseball have a deal in place for the 2022 season? Between the players and the owners, who is responsible for this mess? Jon and Jack share which NFL head coach hires they are the most intrigued by, and which ones raise the most questions. Jon shares about his recent conversation with Rams' long snapper and former college teammate Matthew Orzech from his latest latest episode of Breakaway, as he and Jack provide their Super Bowl picks. Lastly, Jon discusses the importance of reading the Bible and finding hope in his relationship with Jesus Christ, in a time when people don't know where to find hope. Join us for a very fun and enlightening conversation you won't be able to find anywhere else!
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Former Bachelorette star, current golf pro and fan favorite on the Jack Vita Show Garrett Powell returns to the show in the wake of Tom Brady announcing his retirement. Garrett is a lifelong Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan and along with Jack, discusses how he thinks Brady arrived at his decision to move on, his impact on the sport of football, and what happens next for the Bucs at the quarterback position. Garrett and Jack recap the weekend's AFC and NFC conference championship games, talk storylines entering Super Bowl 56, Matthew Stafford's underrated (Hall of Fame?) career, Joe Burrow's swag, what did the Chiefs in and more. Later, they talk Jim Harbaugh potentially leaving Michigan for the NFL, Brian Flores' lawsuit against the NFL, MLB Hall of Fame voting (and the age-old steroid question - is the Hall broken?) and Garrett's confrontation with Luke P on their two-on-one date on The Bachelorette (Hannah Brown's season).
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Jake Paliga returns to the Jack Vita Show to break down the College Football Playoff national championship game (0:00 - 19:30) and Sunday Night Football's near-tie game that almost sent both the Raiders and the Chargers to the playoffs (19:30 - 30:10), talk NFL coaching and front office firings from "Black Monday" (30:10 - 47:45), and preview the Super Wild Card Weekend of the NFL Playoffs (47:45 - END). Along the way, they discuss the Vikings', Bears', Dolphins', Jaguars', Seahawks and Giants' situations, as each team enters the offseason with a number of questions. What are Jack and Jake's thoughts on the firings of Ryan Pace, Matt Nagy, Joe Judge and Brian Flores, and what happens next for the franchises they are departing? Will Russell Wilson or Kirk Cousins be moved this offseason? Jack and Jake also rank this weekend's games from "Super Wild Card Weekend", and give their picks for the weekend.