Loveland, Ohio – In this week’s podcast episode, Chris and Mark break down the Reds’ fight to get back to .500 and closer to the division leading Milwaukee Brewers. They also discuss Elly De La Cruz’s recent struggles and how best he can turn it around and become the player we all hope he can be. After previewing the Bearcat basketball team last week, Mark gives his thoughts on the upcoming football season for the Cats and how the offense will be the strength of the team this year. Finally, the guys discuss whether it’s over for Dallas in the NBA Finals, and just how the Celtics were able to make it look so easy along the way.
Come join us for a listen, and hope you enjoy a great local sports podcast!
All this and more on The Queen City Sports Podcast, take a listen and don’t forget to leave your comments and feedback!
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Hey readers… have an opinion about sports? How about a topic you’d like to see written about in Loveland Magazine or a thought about one of our articles?
Just need to vent and get out your frustration about the Reds, Bengals, or any other sports issues?
We would love to hear from our readers, and we thank you for your support and engagement.
Christopher Ball is a longtime Loveland resident and an attorney. He graduated from Loveland High School in 2003 and was a member of the football team before going on to become a coach’s assistant at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He has been following and rooting for the Reds and Bengals since the early 1990s and has been through the many ups and downs that fandom has wrought over the years.
Loveland, Ohio – For the inaugural episode of The Queen City Sports Podcast, your hosts Chris Ball and Mark Raines bring you all the latest on the red-hot Cincinnati Reds, fresh off of their sweep of the Colorado Rockies and their quest to climb back into contention in the National League Central. Mark also brings his unique insight into a huge offseason for the Cincinnati Bearcats basketball team. Also, hear their takes about the future of Bengals wideouts Tee Higgins and Ja’Marr Chase as the Bengals OTA’s come to a close.
All this and more on The Queen City Sports Podcast, take a listen and don’t forget to leave your comments and feedback!
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Hey readers… have an opinion about sports? How about a topic you’d like to see written about in Loveland Magazine or a thought about one of our articles?
Just need to vent and get out your frustration about the Reds, Bengals, or any other sports issues?
We would love to hear from our readers, and we thank you for your support and engagement.
Christopher Ball is a longtime Loveland resident and an attorney. He graduated from Loveland High School in 2003 and was a member of the football team before going on to become a coach’s assistant at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He has been following and rooting for the Reds and Bengals since the early 1990s and has been through the many ups and downs that fandom has wrought over the years.
Ricky Mulvey is a former reporter, talking head, and on-air personality for Loveland Magazine
“Elon Musk is a serial monotasker and also obsessed with risk. What makes him tick?”
Ricky Mulvey and Motley Fool Money caught up with Walter Isaacson to talk about the force that is Elon Musk.
They also discuss:
• The importance of the letter X
• How to craft a “cocktail of a fanatical risk taker”
• And Musk’s latest endeavor into “real world artificial intelligence”
Walter Seff Isaacson is an American author, journalist, and professor. He has been the President and CEO of the Aspen Institute, a nonpartisan policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., the chair and CEO of CNN, and the editor of Time.*
In August 2021, entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that Isaacson was in the process of writing his biography. The book, entitled Elon Musk, was published by Simon & Schuster on September 12, 2023. It was shortlisted for the 2023 Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award.*
Ricky Mulvey interviews Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk
Host: Ricky Mulvey .
Guest: Walter Isaacson Producer: Mary Long Engineer: Dan Boyd
Join hosts Dylan Lewis, Deidre Woollard, Ricky Mulvey, and Mary Long as they cover the day’s top business news and financial headlines with the Motley Fool’s team of investment analysts. Tune in on weekends for the greatest investing classes you never got the chance to take in school and perspectives from special guests helping to shape the future.
New episodes daily at 4 pm Eastern.
Elon Musk is an authorized biography of American business magnate and SpaceX/Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The book was written by Walter Isaacson, a former executive at CNN, TIME and the Aspen Institute who had previously written best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Leonardo Da Vinci. The book was published on September 12, 2023, by Simon & Schuster.[1]
Loveland Magazine President and Publisher Cassie Mattia at her “Table of Discussions”.
by Cassie Mattia
Loveland, Ohio – “We know Grant is ‘done with cancer’ but not in the way any of us hoped for,” Sara Wolf said in 2021 after losing her son, Grant Wolf at just 7 years old to Medulloblastoma, a malignant tumor in the cerebellum region of the brain.
Grant’s twin sister, 9-year-old Julia Wolf, has made it her mission to advocate for childhood cancer research in memory of her brother. This will be the third year that Julia’s “Grant for Grant” fundraiser will be raising money with “The Cure Starts Now” for childhood cancer research.
Julia’s love for stuffed animals was abundantly apparent when immediately after my interview she went to sit with the sock monkey in our studio.
Julia came up with the idea to fundraise in memory of her brother Grant at his funeral in 2021. Julia had been worried about having a birthday without Grant by her side so she brainstormed and came up with two ideas; donate stuffed dogs to kids with cancer, as she and Grant loved to play with stuffed animals together, and raise money for childhood brain cancer research. Julia’s mom loved the idea and thought what a great way to get “Grant’s Wolf Pack” involved, a group of supporters and advocates for childhood cancer research, and other cancer organizations such as The Cure Starts Now. “She set the fundraising goal at $240. We watched the total grow, and grow and grow and knew that the Grant for Grant fundraiser was going to make a big impact,” Sara said.
Julia’s first Grant for Grant fundraiser collected $56,000 and the following year the campaign brought in $52,000.
With Julia and Grant’s 10th birthday coming up and the third year of the Grant for Grant fundraiser in full swing, Julia has been working hard to spread awareness about childhood brain cancer. Julia’s goal this year is to raise at least $50,000 for her A Grant for Grant fundraiser by her and Grant’s birthday on February 11th.
“Grant was really funny. He loved playing dogs and sports. He was the best twin brother,” Julia said to Loveland Magazine in a 2021 interview, “I really wanted to do something about finding a cure for cancer so that no other kid has to go through these tough times.”
Here at Loveland Magazine, we wanted to make sure we not only continued to support Julia’s cause but also let our community of readers know how they can support the cause too, so we invited Julia into the Loveland Magazine studios for a one-on-one interview! Click below to listen to the “Send it to the Table” podcast and the on-camera interview featuring Loveland’s sweetheart, Julia Wolf!
Listen to the “Send it to the Table” Podcast by Cassie Mattia featuring Julia Wolf
Wolf Family Photos
The Cure Starts Now represents something truly different – a grassroots effort dedicated to, not just fighting one cancer, but the elimination of ALL cancers. We believe as the experts do; that in order to truly cure cancer you have to focus on: • Those cancers that are immune to treatment. • Those cancers that also affect children. • Those cancers that are the biggest bullies with the highest death rate.
Learn all about The Cure Starts Now in the video below!
SAVE THE DATE for one of Cincinnati’s most unique auctions and the premiere fundraiser for The Cure Starts Now
As the premiere fundraiser for The Cure Starts Now, the Once in a Lifetime Gala is one of Cincinnati’s most unique galas. Join over 900 guests as they enjoy a 3-course gourmet meal, open bar, a 400-package silent auction, a once-in-a-lifetime experience live auction, and entertainment. Please join us as we continue our battle against pediatric brain cancer and honor our cancer warriors.
100% of the proceeds benefit The Cure Starts Now. Thanks to events like this, The Cure Starts Now has funded $21,188,327 in pediatric cancer research and support in conjunction with our DIPG/DMG Collaborative Partners. The proceeds will benefit The Cure Starts Now, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to finding a “home run” cure for cancer through funding of pediatric brain cancer research.
Receive admission to The Cure Starts Now auction, dinner, and program. Includes complementary beer, wine, and soft drinks.
Send it to the Table
If you have a story you would like to bring to my all-new segment, the “Table of Discussions,” where I talk about anything and everything going on locally and nationally, email me at cmattia12@gmail.com. I’d love to sit at my table with you and discuss an issue or listen to your story!
Learn more about Loveland Oktoberfest 2022 in this chat with Randi Rico WLWT who is the celebrity guest for the Stein Hoist on Saturday night (Sept 24th)! Hear more about the event and what to expect as well as a surprising record that Randi holds!
On the debut episode of Same Old Stripes, Tyler Olson, Billy Heenan, and Willie Lutz break down the Cincinnati Bengals path in the 2021 NFL Draft. With the pick trending towards Ja’Marr Chase, the trio took aggressive paths towards fixing empty spots on the rest of the roster in their four-round mock drafts. Plus, they get into some interesting opinions on the rest of the 2021 NFL Draft at the end of the show. Like and subscribe now – don’t miss next week’s episode of Same Old Stripes.
Willie Lutz is a Loveland, Ohio native and a graduate of Loveland High School.
“Total Fighter,” is a narrative, nonfiction podcast about Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati’s heavyweight champion, and hosted by Loveland native Ricky Mulvey. The podcast shines a new light on the underrated Cincinnati Cobra; the “greatest light-heavyweight of all time”. The series follows Charles to his match against Joe Louis, and the characters who followed him– his family and the mafia.
“Total Fighter” features interviews and stories from Buddy LaRosa, founder of LaRosa’s Pizza, William Dettloff, author of “Ezzard Charles: a Boxing Life,” Frank Wettencamp, one of Ezz’s high school classmates, and more. This show explores his complex character; why the name “Ezzard Charles” became an insult by Frank Sinatra and an inspiration to the composer George Russell.
Mulvey found archived sound bites of some announcers that will take you ringside.
You can listen to episode one below.
Total Fighter available wherever you listen to podcasts.
Ezz’s previously unreported friendship with Muhammad Ali
What’s it like having Muhammad Ali hang out at your apartment? Ezzard Charles II talks about it on Episode 5 of Total Fighter.
Ricky Mulvey is a former sportswriter and talking head at Loveland Magazine
Do you like history/boxing/Cincinnati/really good stories? If so—or even if not! — listen to Ricky Mulvey’s newly completed five-part podcast Total Fighter about the greatest light heavyweight fighter of all time – the Cincinnati Cobra, Ezzard Charles!
You are sure to enjoy the exclusive interviews, the excerpts of the blow-by-blow from actual fights, and the blow-by-blow of the span of the career – the highs, lows, and extremely admirable post-boxing life of Cincinnati’s heavyweight champion.
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You will enjoy the fast pace and excitement of Mulvey’s storytelling in this remarkable series about an important era in Cincinnati sports history.
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A limited Podcast series about Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati’s heavyweight champion.
Total Fighter, is a narrative, nonfiction podcast about Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati’s heavyweight champion, and hosted by Loveland native Ricky Mulvey.
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The premier episode, “More Than a Gym Fighter” was a deep-dive into a very different Cincinnati. Go to a bustling Findlay Market in the 1940s, in between the pool tables and cigar smoke at the American Legion Hall in Newport, Kentucky for Charles’ first boxing match, and a Battle Royale in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
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Episode 5 and the season finale of Total Fighter is a deep dive into Ezz’s life after the heavyweight championship: from his series against Rocky Marciano to working at the DMV. Mulvey also explores his previously unreported friendship with Muhammad Ali.
This podcast shines a new light on the underrated Cincinnati Cobra; the greatest light-heavyweight of all time. The series will ultimately follow Charles to his match against Joe Louis, and the characters who followed him– his family and the mafia.
“The fifth episode of a five part series. Ezzard Charles learns that life as the heavyweight champ isn’t the dream he thought that it would be. This show covers Charles’ series against Rocky Marciano, and his friendship with Muhammad Ali. We also discuss the reasons why Cincinnati rejected its greatest fighter and how you make a living as an ex-heavyweight champion.”
Total Fighter features interviews and stories from Buddy LaRosa, founder of LaRosa’s Pizza, William Dettloff, author of “Ezzard Charles: a Boxing Life,” Frank Wettencamp, one of Ezz’s high school classmates, and more.
This show explores his complex character; why the name “Ezzard Charles” became an insult by Frank Sinatra and an inspiration to the composer George Russell.
You can first hear new episodes and updates right here on Loveland Magazine or by following Ricky Mulvey on Facebook, @rickymulvey on Instagram, and @rickssoslick on Twitter.
Ricky Mulvey’s Podcast: “Total Fighter” about Cincinnati’s Ezzard Charles
This podcast shines a new light on the underrated Cincinnati Cobra; the greatest light-heavyweight of all time.
Ricky Mulvey is a former sportswriter and talking head at Loveland Magazine
Part 3 of Ricky Mulvey’s 5 part podcast series on Ezzard Charles, “Total Fighter” is up now.
In the third episode, Ezzard Charles tries to move on from his tragic meeting with Sam Baroudi and the mafia tightens its grip over his boxing career. A match against Joe Louis becomes more possible after the biggest fight in Cincinnati’s history.
The Man in Front of Me (Part 3)
Total Fighter features interviews with Buddy LaRosa, founder of LaRosa’s Pizza, William Dettloff, author of “Ezzard Charles: A Boxing Life,” and Ezzard Charles II.
Episode 2: “Cobra Strike” covers Ezzard’s tragic and career-defining boxing match, his experience in World War II, and his manager who was “allegedly” connected to the New York Mafia.
Play Episode 2
Featuring interviews with P Man Jones, Ezzard Charles II, William Dettloff, author of “Ezzard Charles: A Boxing Life,” and Buddy LaRosa, founder of LaRosa’s Pizza.
“Total Fighter,” is a narrative, nonfiction podcast about Ezzard Charles, Cincinnati’s heavyweight champion, and hosted by Loveland native Ricky Mulvey.
By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42512075
This podcast shines a new light on the underrated Cincinnati Cobra; the greatest light-heavyweight of all time.
The series will ultimately follow Charles to his match against Joe Louis, and the characters who followed him– his family and the mafia.
The premier episode, “More Than a Gym Fighter” is a deep-dive into a very different Cincinnati. Go to a bustling Findlay Market in the 1940s, in between the pool tables and cigar smoke at the American Legion Hall in Newport, Kentucky for Charles’ first boxing match, and a Battle Royale in Lawrenceville, Georgia.
Play Episode 1
“Total Fighter” features interviews and stories from Buddy LaRosa, founder of LaRosa’s Pizza, William Dettloff, author of “Ezzard Charles: a Boxing Life,” Frank Wettencamp, one of Ezz’s high school classmates, and more.
This show explores his complex character; why the name “Ezzard Charles” became an insult by Frank Sinatra and an inspiration to the composer George Russell.
You can first hear new episodes and updates right here on Loveland Magazine or by following Ricky Mulvey on Facebook, @rickymulvey on Instagram, and @rickssoslick on Twitter.
You can find the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or most other platforms.
Christopher Ball is a longtime Loveland resident and an attorney. He graduated from Loveland High School in 2003 and was a member of the football team before going on to become a coach’s assistant at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. He has been following and rooting for the Reds and Bengals since the early 1990s and has been through the many ups and downs that fandom has wrought over the years.
