Denes Chapo is an investment banker and has competed in endurance competitions over the years, including completing an Iron Man distance race in Idaho. Much of this episode centers around the detection of incredible blockage in the arteries of his heart, including the infamous Widowmaker of which he had 94% blockage. Suffice to say he needed emerge…

Michael Symon is an award winning chef,a creative restaurateur, Emmy Award winning tv host, author and one of those responsible for Cleveland Ohios excellent culinary reputation. He was the 2007 winner of Iron Chef, which helped springboard him to fame. He could have executed that leap himself having been a high school wrestler at renowned St. Edwa…

Jimmy Malone has been a long time comedian and radio personality in the Cleveland area for many many years. His Knuckleheads in the news segment on local radio was a big hit for generations of listeners. For more than 30 years, Malone has helped changed the lives of hundreds of Northeast Ohio students through his Malone Scholarship program.…

Frank McKinney has finished the world‘s toughest race, the Badwater 135 seven times. He returns to Death Valley this summer after a six year absence in search of his eighth finish. McKinney is a successful entrepreneur/real estate artist, a best-selling author, and a philanthropic capitalist whose Caring House Project has built 32 self sustaining v…

Denny Semick is a photographer/salesman by trade, but he is often been in the last so many years a man who enjoys the challenge of climbing a tough mountain. He came to rock climbing somewhat late in life . Why does he take on such difficult challenges? What pushes him?

Ken Carman hosts a morning radio sports talk show on 9.23 The Fan in Cleveland Ohio alongside Anthony Lima. He also is a nighttime sports anchor and commentator and Emmy Award winner at WJW television, in Cleveland, Ohio. That’s the spot where I have done sports for close to 45 years now. ( I continue to co host Friday Night Touchdown with Ken, PJ …

Chase Smith, Founder/CEO of Press Play Podcasts, offers a final message to the P3 family.By Press Play Podcasts, John Telich, Chase Smith

Tony Rizzo is a longtime Cleveland television and radio personality. He is the cohost of the Really big show on ESPN Cleveland radio. He is an Emmy award-winning TV sportscaster, host and reporter. On a personal note, I worked many years with the Riz, cohosting shows with him and reporting on many big Cleveland sporting events. He is the son of acc…

Dean Hall was the first person to swim the length of the 187 mile long Willamette River in Oregon. He accomplished the feat after dealing with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. His doctor advised against it. The swim was a “ Hail Mary”. The swim miraculously cured him of the cancer. He detailed the episode in a book. The Wild Cure. He later became the …

Severance, created by Dan Erickson, and produced & directed by Ben Stiller has created a ton of momentum in season two, despite dealing at first with Covid, then a writers strike. Now, the Apple TV+ show has many people buzzing. Its whole premise, the acting, and the Wild plot has made it the darling of the Reddits of the world. Sleuths world wide …

Chuck Kyle was a highly successful, state championship caliber football coach at St. Ignatius high school in Cleveland, Ohio. His teams won 11 state championships and now, in his retirement he co-hosts a podcast with his daughter Maureen Kyle called The Object of the Game. That same title was attached to a book he wrote about principles of playing …

Ken Vinikoff is a financial planner, wizard at networking and a curious adventurer. He recently summited Mt. Kilimanjaro along with his business partner Steve Thompson. He talked about overcoming his fear of heights and how growing up inthe Adirondacks, he had a love of climbing and hiking and exploring. He is also the man behind the networking gro…

Jason Behnke is known as Always Positive J on social media and part of a Big Play network podcast, called Voice of the Land, based in Cleveland, Ohio. In this episode, he talks of an incredibly traumatic childhood. A mother with drug and alcohol issues. Of dealing with Dyslexia, & bullying; being shuffled to different homes. He helped care for his …

Cameron Dean Balser ran around the entire United States of America in 2023 and 24, covering close to 12,000 miles, involving passage through each border state. A high school and college track and field athlete, Balser talks in this episode about dealing with depression which ultimately led him to that point in time when he decided to undertake this…

Tom Hamilton is the radio play-by-play voice of the Cleveland Guardians. Hamilton, a 2022 Greater Cleveland Sports Hall of Fame inductee was recently named as the Ford C Frick award winner by MLB. He will join the 2025 class in Cooperstown. Hamilton , out of Waterloo, Wisconsin has broadcast college basketball and football and minor league baseball…

Former Notre Dame Star Tony Fisher jumped on the pod shortly after his Fighting Irish claimed a spot in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Fisher was Mr. Football in Ohio at Euclid high, the same school that produced 2-time Mr. Football Robert Smith, who went on to star with Ohio State and the Minnesota Vikings . Fisher , played mo…

Mark Dowdle is an ultra runner , and first person to complete the Calendar Club Challenge for a full year. He’s won a “ Last man standing race” and is the man behind the “ Run n’ Plunge” club in the Twin Cities. He was an all state athlete in two sports, football and lacrosse, growing up in Illinois. He is out to change people’s attitudes about run…

Part two of the best of 2024 includes an Olympic gold & silver medalist, a former NFL football player who found out family and friends were more interested in money than a relationship, we hear from a state championship basketball coach who had a front row seat to the rise of the greatness of LeBron James. We talked to a man who abandoned his track…

This is part one of the best of Telich Talks 2024. Four individuals who pushed the outer limits of their endurance and determination in order to be the best that they can be. One, a Pro Football player, Steeler Ryan Shazier. Another a former high school football player, Scott Fedor. Both men suffering spinal cord injuries. How they chose to respond…

This is an encore podcast from January 1, 2024 with longtime Cleveland media figure Andre Knott. Almost 365 days ago we believed the Browns were on the verge of something great. Boy has a lot changed. This was in the middle of Flacco mania. Also on the podcast, Andre and I talked about Ohio State football and the Guardians new direction after Terry…

Jason Hicks claims he is just a kid from Cleveland. An Amazon professional, Hicks was executive producer for the movie “ Only Child” which was #1 on Starz . Jason is an entrepreneur, and former NAIA All American basketball player at Walsh University. He played high school hoops at Villa Angela High School in Cleveland , Ohio helping the Vikings to …

Markus Mollica was a 4 time NCAA all American wrestler at Arizona State University. He won a pair of National titles for the Sun Devils. One of the stalwarts from the highly regarded North Akron Wrestling Club feeder program, Mollica would win 2 state titles under coach Bill Barger at Walsh Jesuit high school and help propel the high school into na…

Clash of Dynasties is a four part docu series produced by St Edward wrestling alum Ben Hatta about the incredible rivalry between two of the nations greatest high school wrestling programs. St. Edward high school in suburban Cleveland, Ohio was the dominant team in America , 11 state titles, 8 national titles. Howard Ferguson built the Eagles . The…

Tyler Sarkisian played four years of college baseball at the University of Chicago and was already climbing the corporate ladder in investment banking , working more than 100 hours each week, losing sleep and seeing his body feel the effects. Then, a year ago, he shifted his focus to his passion. Running, fitness, and endurance sports. Next thing y…

Chuck Galeti is a former television sports anchor at both channels 3 and 19 in Cleveland, Ohio. Galeti, who played football and baseball at Normandy High school was also a radio sportscaster and hosted a post game call in show on cable tv called “ Chuck’s Last Call”. Galeti had several OVI charges as far back as 2003 and as recent as 2016. As a res…

JR Bremer is the head basketball coach of Cleveland Heights high school. His number 22 jersey was retired by the high school where he starred and helped win a state championship in 1997. Bremer played college basketball at Saint Bonaventure University and played 3 seasons in the NBA including the 2003 -04 season when LeBron James was a rookie. Brem…

Kevin Spencer has had a long and illustrious career as an assistant coach in theNational Football League. He was part of the staff that first came to Cleveland with Bill Belichick in 1991. He has won Super Bowls. He has been named the NFL special teams coach of the year. And now, in his early 70s, he continues to stay active in the game having this…

I returned to Ashland University today, which, along with the prodding of former Saint Ignatius football coach. Chuck Kyle, I talk about many of the qualities necessary to be successful in sports and take a peek into the future of sports media by interviewing one of the bright new talents in sports casting, Cade Cracas of Ashland University. In thi…

Michael Cavotta is a photographer who calls himself a Headshot Whisperer. He is the owner of Michael Cavotta Studios in Mentor, Ohio. Three decades after leaving the sport of track and field Cavotta picked up the shot put and discus and is now one of the top 3 in the world in shotput :M50 , and top ten in the discus. He describes himself as “a man …

Katie Spotz is a world adventurer from Mentor Ohio. In 2010 she became the youngest ever to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. That is just one of the dozens of epic adventures and challenges she has completed all the while trying to raise money for a clean water around the world and other initiatives. Her most recent adventure was 3,100 mile bike…

Martin Savidge is a network anchor/correspondent having reported from all over the world for CNN, NBC, Public television and others. Born in Canada, he is a Rocky River High School graduate and Ohio University alum. After short stints with Illinois tv stations he landed a job, in 1984 at WJW Channel 8 in Cleveland, winning 9 local Emmy Awards in 12…

Legendary Cleveland sportswriter and Media personality Danny Coughlin died over the weekend at the age of 86. He has been considered by many to be one of the greatest storytellers the city of Cleveland has ever had. He had a distinguished career as a sports writer with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and then in the early 80s branched out and became on…

The Miracle League of Lake County , Ohio for individuals, from children to adults that deal with developmental disabilities, physical limitations, down syndrome, autism, and other situations. Enjoy the chance to play baseball each summer on an adaptive ballfield next to Captains ballpark in Eastlake, Ohio. The program is reliant on buddies and coac…

Our Team is a fascinating book written by Luke Epplin that chronicles the World Series that changed baseball, and sports in general. It was 1948, won by the Cleveland Indians. Luke profiles owner Bill Veeck, pitcher Bob Feller, outfielder Larry Doby who was the first black man to play in the American League, and Satchel Paige, who was the first bla…

The NEO24 is a fixed timed 24 hour race in Brunswick, Ohio. In this race, 12 people reached the 100 mile mark. Pete Kostelnick, who used to live in Brunswick ran 121 miles just 13 months after sustaining a fractured pelvis in a car crash. He has 3 big screws in his body..was in a wheel chair for 2 months and couldn’t run for 6 months. Kostelnick is…

Mark Schroeder is the owner of Auction Brio. His business has raised over 175 million over 20 years for various charities all over the country. He is a licensed auctioneer after roughly 20 years at WJW Fox 8 in Cleveland as an award winning sportscaster. He is a native of Chicago, and played four years of football and baseball at John Carroll Unive…

Brian Verne is the founder and CEO of Wave Sports and Entertainment. The company , based in Santa Monica, California touts itself as the leader in sports storytelling for the next generation. Podcasts such as New Heights with the Kelce brothers, Podcast P with Paul George, 7PM in Brooklyn Melo & Mero, and The Right Time with Bomani Jones are some o…

Lance Reisland is a teacher, a writer and football analyst for cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a former high school football coach, who left his head coaching position at Garfield Heights after the 2018 season to spend more time with his wife and daughter . He is the son of the late high school football coaching legend …

Mark Price was one of the greatest shooters in NBA history. When he retired from the game, he had the highest percentage of free throw shooting in league history. He was a four-time NBA All-Star for the Cleveland Cavaliers out of Georgia Tech. In the 1988-89 season, Price achieved the 50 /40 /90 distinction. 50% shooting from the field, 40% from th…

Claude Holland was a 3 time All State athlete at Cleveland’s John Adam’s high, and a college track standout at the University of Cincinnati. He coached John Adams (1982) and Cleveland Heights (2008) to state track titles. Holland was named Nike National Track coach of the year,and is in the Ohio Association of track and cross country coaches Hall o…

Lauren Brill is the founder of The Unsealed, an online writing community that shares inspirational open letters that encourage strength and compassion. Brill is a former television sportscaster at stations WIVB in Buffalo, New York, and WEWS in Cleveland, Ohio and MSG Varsity in metropolitan New York, City. While in Cleveland , Brill wrote an open …

Martial Artist A.J. Perry was inducted into the World Traditional Martial Arts Hall of Fame in 2006. Master Perry was also inducted into the World Sokieship Council Hall of Fame in 2005.Now 64 years old, AJ is a 9th degree Grand Master and recent Gold Medalist in the Pan American Masters Games in Cleveland .…

Andre Knott is an award-winning sports commentator in Cleveland Ohio. For many seasons, he has been the sideline/dugout voice during Bally sports broadcasts of the Guardians . Knott is a graduate of Akron St. Vincent St. Mary high school and Kent State University. He also provides radio commentary on ESPN Cleveland and appears on FOX 8 News broadca…

Katie Moon is the reigning women’s Olympic pole vaulting champion. She heads to Paris where women’s vaulting qualifications are August 5th with-finals on the 7th. She hailsfrom Olmsted Falls, Ohio and was a multiple all American while vaulting for Ashland university. Katie was married to Hugh Moon on New Year’s Eve heading into 2023. She is a multi…

Larry Orwin is taking on the Badwater 135 this year, his second attempt at finishing the grueling event, which begins in Death Valley, California and goes 135 miles to the trailhead of Mt. Whitney, 8,360 feet elevation. Larry is a board member for Breakthrough Schools,and raised nearly 150 k when he ran Badwater in 2022. He will be raising money ag…

Gwendolyn Bounds is an award winning journalist and author. She is also, a highly ranked Spartan racer. Bounds is the author of “ Not too Late”, a book , released in June, detailing her transition from a very unathletic, mid forties executive to taking up Spartan racing and in a few short years, becoming a force in the sport. She is currently Vice …

Holly Koester is a US Army veteran , who was injured in 1991. She became paralyzed as a result of her injuries. Undaunted she began racing in marathons and became the first person to complete a marathon in all 50 states in a wheelchair. She is 8 races shy at this moment of doing it a second time. Koester is a multiple gold medal winner in the Natio…

Scott Fedor is a former state football championship player at St. Ignatius High school in Cleveland, Ohio. He is an author, a motivational speaker, and an advocate for others. 15 years ago, he sustained a broken neck that left him paralyzed after a diving accident. He runs a foundation “ Getting Back Up” that advocates for those with disabilities. …

Jim Bonfanti, was the drummer for the Raspberries, .the power pop group that was a sensation in the early 1970s. The group also had a reunion in the early 2000s, and even achieved greater renown for being on the soundtrack for the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. Jim talked about his early music influences, and how he met Eric Carmen and how they for…

Whitner is a former nfl defensive back who made several Pro Bowls. Luthardt is an investor and Naval Officer who runs Kirtland Hills Capital. Whitner talked of the whole dynamic of suddenly coming into a whole bunch of money being drafted 8th overall and being completely overwhelmed. We talked about dealing with family members who link their financ…