On the 56th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 11), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the 1985 PPV event, The Wrestling Classic. On this night, Hulk Hogan defends the WWF Heavyweight Championship against Roddy Rowdy Piper. At the top, it's just Paula and Steve. Paula tells us that her Elf on the Shelf is currently …

Steve interviews Joe Buck (00:08:16) from ESPN's Monday Night Football. Joe is back to talk about how his season is going and how working and traveling with his wife Michelle has impacted his routines and broadcasts. Joe also talks about how fast time moves as a father, tells us his favorite track on Pearl Jam's Dark Matter, and discusses Joe Davis…

On the 55th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 10), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into Survivor Series 1991. On this night, Hulk Hogan wrestles the Undertaker for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. At the top, Paula, Dave and Steve are together for the first time in ages. After exchanging pleasantries, Steve ch…

Steve interviews Joe Davis (00:17:40) from Fox Sports. Joe is fresh off calling another World Series for Fox. Steve and Joe talk about Joe's memorable call of the Freddie Freeman home run in game one against the New York Yankees. Joe also talks about being the voice of the LA Dodgers and then having to call their games for the entire Nation. Joe al…

Steve interviews John Feinstein (00:16:59) author and columnist from the Washington Post. John joins us to promote not one but two new books. First, The Ancient Eight, is a look at football played in the Ivy League. Next, Five Banners, is a deep dive into the five National Championship victories by Coach K and Duke basketball. Steve and John talk a…

Steve interviews Sean McDonough (00:32:03) from ESPN. Sean joins us to talk about his difficult journey through last year's Stanley Cup Playoffs. Sean also talks about criticism of announcers on twitter, the problem baseball has with its broadcasts, and the low energy vs. high energy debate. Sean also talks about his call during of the Atlanta Brav…

On the 54th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 9), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the house show from Madison Square Garden on 02-23-1992. On this night, Hulk Hogan wrestles in a 20-man over the top battle royal against 19 of the biggest wrestlers in the world. At the top, it's just Paula and Steve. We learned P…

Steve interviews Chad Finn (00:17:29) from the Boston Globe. Chad makes his debut and kicks it off by telling stories about covering the 1992-93 Maine hockey team that featured Paul Kariya and ended with a National Championship. Chad talks about his journey to achieving his dream of becoming a columnist for the Boston Globe. Chad also discusses ann…

Steve interviews Joe Posnanski (00:14:54) from joeblogs.joeposnanski.com. Joe is back to promote his sixth book to be featured in The Sports-Casters book club. Why We Love Football is the next in a line of books Joe has written dating back to the Baseball 100. Joe talks about making the list, leaving out Tracy Porter's pick-six, Steve Gleason's pun…

Steve interviews Jay Mariotti (00:16:12) from jaymariotti.substack.com. Jay is back on the podcast and of fire after having just returned from a trip to Chicago to watch the pathetic White Sox. Jay goes off on poor ownership in baseball, the Chicago Bears, and the first few weeks of the NFL season. After Steve is fooled by a pinned article, Jay doe…

On the 53rd episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 8), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the season premier of Saturday Night's Main Event on 10-29-1988. On this night, Hulk Hogan wrestles Haku with the lovely Miss Elizabeth at his side. At the top, it's just Paula and Steve. We learned Paula has started third grade, a…

Steve interviews Carson Breber and Logan Camden (00:15:02) from Nerd Sesh. The boys join us to talk about meeting at Arizona St, creating content for YouTube, and sports in the 21st century. The guys also explain their love for sports history, appreciating players from all eras, and Carson explains how he became a Bills fan. There is some sports tr…

Steve interviews Stewart Mandel (00:13:10) from The Athletic. Stewart joins us to preview the 2024 College Football season. Stewart explains what teams are in what conferences, how the new playoff is going to work, and other changes new to college football this season. Mandel also talks about that snake Lincoln Riley and tells us if USC will (they …

Steve interviews Kostya Kennedy (00:22:32) former senior writer for Sports Illustrated. Kostya joins us to talk about his book, 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports. Kostya makes his debut to talk about Joe DiMaggio, the Italian-American experience, DiMaggio's 56 game hitting streak and his life after baseball. Kostya explains his a…

On the 52nd episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 7), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the WWF house show at the Boston Garden from 08-09-1986. On this night, Hulk Hogan tags with George "the Animal" Steele to take on the Macho Man Randy Savage and Adrian Adonis. At the top, Dave, Paula and Steve are all together for…

Steve interviews Andy Martino (00:12:40) from SNY. Andy joins us to talk about his new book, The Yankee Way. Andy explains why he wrote the book, answers if he thinks it's a Brian Cashman book, and discusses the long history of Yankee superstars. Andy also talks about the future for Aaron Boone and Cashman, explains why he thinks they haven't won s…

On the 51st episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 6), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the WWF house show at the Spectrum in Philadelphia from 08-04-1984. On this night, Hulk Hogan defends the WWF title against Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. At the top, Paula joins us to get the show moving. Paula discusses her upcomin…

On the 50th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 5), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into Saturday Night's Main Event from 11-28-1986. On this night, Hulk Hogan defends the WWF title against Hercules. At the top, Paula is back. Paula explains why she missed the last show, talks about her dance recital, and has a few ema…

Steve interviews Field Yates (00:11:52) from ESPN. Field is fresh off covering the draft in Detroit and has opinions on the Atlanta Falcons strange pick, the Buffalo Bills trading with the Kansas City Chiefs, and the New Orleans Saints pick of Spencer Rattler. Also, Field talks about how the first round of the draft was chalky and void of surprises…

Steve interviews Brad Balukjian (00:16:38) the author of a new book called, The Six Pack. Brad joins us and talks about the origins of his new book and his time working with The Iron Sheik. Brad talks about the Sheik on Howard Stern, discusses his demons, and explains why his book with Sheik was never finished. Brad also talks about his life as a w…

On the 49th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 4), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into WrestleMania VII. On this night, Hulk Hogan challenges SGT. Slaughter for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.At the top, Steve explains he was sick and is late putting this up. After the break, Steve brings on Dave and welcomes him t…

Steve interviews Stephen J. Nesbitt (00:11:48) from The Athletic. Stephen is making his debut on the podcast, joining us to preview the Major League Baseball Season. Stephen explains his recent column that ranks all of the baseball teams from 1995-2023 and his column that details each fan base's optimism for the upcoming season. Stephen also talks …

On the 48th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 3), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the Madison Square Garden house show from 6-21-1985. On this night, Hulk Hogan wrestles Don Muraco for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.At the top, Steve and Paula are together to kick off the episode but are derailed by technical …

Steve interviews Andrew Marchand (00:03:58) from The Athletic. Andrew returns to the podcast as an employee of The Athletic. Andrew explains why he left the New York Post and what attracted him most about The Athletic. Marchand also talks about his future in podcasting and looks back on what made the Marchand and Ourand Podcast so special. Andrew a…

Steve interviews Jeff Passan (00:07:20) from ESPN. Jeff is driving from one spring training location to another and has plenty of time to chat with Steve about their long history, going to the Super Bowl, nonsense, and of course, baseball. Jeff talks about going to the Super Bowl with his son, explains how being Jeff Passan was crucial to the exper…

On the 47th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast (Season 4 Episode 2), Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the Boston Garden house show from 9-12-1987. On this night, Hulk Hogan wrestles Killer Khan for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.At the top, Steve and Paula are together to kick off the episode with some small talk about Paula's lo…

Steve interviews Neil Best (00:07:57) from New York Newsday to talk about sports media. Neil and Steve talk about some of the many sports media news stories that have broke in the last few weeks. Neil gives his thoughts on Pat McAfee and ESPN, Dave Portnoy and Barstool, and the WWE and Netflix. Neil also explains the changing landscape of sports me…

Steve interviews Aaron Schatz (00:15:00) formerly of Football Outsiders and currently with FTN Fantasy. Aaron joins us to go over each of the controversial decisions made by the Detroit Lions during the second half of the NFC Championship Game. Aaron gives his view on each decision and tries to clarify the analytics that may have helped make those …

On the 46th episode and season four premiere of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the Saturday Night's Main Event from 1-02-1988. On this episode of SNME, Hulk Hogan wrestles King Kong Bundy for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.At the top, Steve and Paula are together to kick off the season with some talk ab…

On the season 14 premiere, Steve interviews Bob Costas (00:10:45). Bob makes his Sports-Casters debut and joins Steve to talk about hosting Later, his HBO show, and many of the incredible games he has called. Bob remembers calling the Sandberg game, the 1995 World Series, and Micheal Jordan's last shot for the Bulls in 1998. Bob and Steve also talk…

On the 45th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into Survivor Series 1990. Hulk Hogan leads a team of 4 against a team led by Earthquake.At the top, Steve, Paula, and Dave are together to kick off the show with a recap of their Christmas. Then Steve gives a brief review of the new wrestling movie, The Ir…

Steve interviews Kenny Albert (00:06:54) from Fox Sports, TNT, and elsewhere. For the first time, Kenny joins us as a published author. He is on to promote his book, A Mic for All Seasons. Steve and Kenny talk about how the book came to be, why Kenny decided to write it on his own, and the fun he has had promoting it. Steve and Kenny also talk abou…

Steve interviews Andrew Siciliano (00:11:00) from the NFL Network and the Red Zone Channel on DirecTV (RIP). Andrew joins us for the first time to talk about going to Syracuse University and getting his start calling the Orange's trip to the 1996 Final Four. Andrew also talks about his love for radio, covering Michael Jordan and the 1996 Chicago Bu…

On the 44th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the night of matches at Madison Square Garden on 01-23-1989. On this night of wrestling, Hulk Hogan faces the Big Boss Man in a match for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.At the top, Steve, Paula, and Dave are together to kick off the show with some ta…

Steve interviews Joe Buck (00:11:18) from ESPN and the play by play broadcaster for Monday Night Football. Joe joins us to talk about Monday Night Football and how things have settled for Troy and himself in year two. Joe talks about flex scheduling, Troy Aikman's best season, and the big games on the back half of their schedule. Joe also tells sto…

Steve interviews Jay Mariotti (00:09:12) one of the best sports writers of all-time. Jay still has a passion for writing columns and publishes several each week on his substack page. Jay is on the pod for the third time to talk about the troubling numbers for Major League Baseball, the legacy of Bobby Knight, and the dominance of the National Footb…

On the 43rd episode of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the Saturday Night's Main Event from 10-05-1985. On this episode of SNME, Hulk Hogan wrestles Nikolai Volkoff in a flag match for the WWF Heavyweight Championship.At the top, Steve and Paula are together to kick off the show with some talk about her ch…

Steve interviews Richard Deitsch (00:14:09) from The Athletic to go over several different sports media topics. Deitsch returns for the second time this season to talk about Pat McAfee at ESPN, the value of sports packages to the future of the cable bundle, and quality of the top broadcast booths across the NFL. Richard and Steve also talk about th…

On the 42nd episode of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a night off from the wrestling show format to play some crossover grids, make Hulk Hogan top 5 lists, and to go over some big news in the wrestling business.First, Paula Bennett sets the tone for the podcast with an update on the start to her 2nd grade year at school, …

Steve interviews Tyler Dunne (00:07:42) from GoLongTD.com to preview the NFL Season. Tyler plays Dr. Z in a digital recreation of the iconic Sports Illustrated NFL preview editions. Tyler makes a Super Bowl Prediction, talks about the hype for the New York Jets and the Detroit Lions, and explains why he likes some teams more and some teams less tha…

Steve interviews Michele Tafoya (00:13:05) after spending almost three decades in sports media. Michele is making her debut on the program and explains how the famous, "the band is on the field," game changed her path in life. Michele also talks about how her MBA helped her when she started her sports media career in Minnesota. Michele also talks a…

On the 41st episode of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands call an audible to honor the late, great Terry Funk. We look back at episode 26 of the show, when we went back to the January 4, 1986 episode of Saturday Night's Main Event. On this night, Hulk Hogan put his title on the line against the legend, Terry Funk.This podcast is a…

Steve interviews Jackie Martling (00:09:25) the former head writer of of The Howard Stern Show and the subject of a new documentary called, The Joke Man. Steve and Jackie spend a delightful hour together talking about the incredible documentary, his time on the Stern Show, and his life today. Jackie tells stories about quitting gymnastics at Michig…

Steve interviews Field Yates (00:15:48) from ESPN and ESPN Fantasy to talk about the evolution of fantasy football and the upcoming season. Steve and Field discuss the way fantasy football is changing, what it means to play in a standard league and what Field thinks it will mean five years from now. Field discusses the different ways you can play f…

Steve interviews Fred Mangione(00:09:22) the former COO of the Brooklyn Nets and the SVP/Commercial Ticketing, Premium Partnerships & Marketing for the New York Jets. Fred talks about growing up in New Jersey listening to the Howard Stern Show and later becoming friends with Gary Dell'Abate. Fred talks about starting in professional roller hockey a…

On the 40th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands with Paula Bennett take a deep dive into 1994's Bash at the Beach. On this epic night, Hulk Hogan faces Ric Flair for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. At the top, Steve and Paula and Dave are all together together again enjoying their summer vacations. Dave has spent…

Steve interviews Andy Greene(00:09:22) from Rolling Stone magazine. Andy returns for the first time since his mid-March 2020 pandemic debut. Andy has been reporting about the Motley Crue breakup and fallout for months and joins us to explain it. Andy and Steve also talk about touring in 2023, the Sphere in Vegas, and Andy's summer concert lineup.Al…

Steve interviews Bryan Hoch(00:12:00) from the YES Network. Bryan joins us to talk about his new book on Aaron Judge's home run chase called, 62. Bryan explains when he knew what he was witnessing every night last season could be a book and what Judge had to say when he told him about it. Bryan also helps put Judge's season into historical perspect…

On the 39th episode of the 24 Inch Podcast, Steve Bennett and Dave Rowlands take a deep dive into the 09-11-1988 card at the Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. On this epic night, Hulk Hogan faces Bad News Brown. At the top, Steve and Paula and Dave are all together for the first time in forever. School is out for Paula and summer co…

Steve interviews Joshua Robinson(00:12:20) from the Wall Street Journal. Joshua joins us to preview the Champions League Final and the other European competitions and leagues. Joshua gives all of the reasons that Manchester City will win and Steve pushes back and explains why Inter Milan are dangerous. The guys also talk about Messi's future, the r…