Middle Tennessee sports, told locally.
All Sports Talk Podcast follows Middle Tennessee sports with the patience of local radio and the range of a busy press box. MTSU baseball, basketball portal talk, high school memories, interviews, NASCAR, tennis, and NCAA tournament previews all fit into its week.
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All Sports Talk Podcast is local sports radio with a long memory. It comes from the Good Neighbor Network world of WGNS and Big G TV, where MTSU, preps, Tennessee sports news, and national storylines share the same table. The show is not built like a clipped national recap. It takes its time. A segment might begin with Blue Raider baseball heading into a Conference USA series, then widen into what the matchup means after a road loss, who is hot at the plate, and how the broadcast schedule fits around the evening show. Another episode may start with weather, Easter egg hunts, or a passing local aside before turning the basketball transfer portal into the sports analogy of the day. That looseness gives the show its character. Dylan Simmons-hosted editions lean toward MTSU coverage, with baseball, men's tennis, March Madness, NASCAR, and guests like Ephraim Rodenbach. Tim Tackett and Jeff Jordan bring an easy Tuesday rhythm, mixing personal banter, local remembrance, WNBA contract talk, and whatever sports item is next on the desk. Dick Palmer's episodes have an oral-history quality, especially in conversations with Eli Gold or in the replay honoring Ed Gibbon. Those interviews value beginnings, old jobs, newspaper rooms, broadcast paths, and the competitive itch that follows people after they leave the field or press box. The show also carries the full texture of local radio: sponsor reads, traffic, community businesses, station IDs, and handoffs into live game coverage. For some listeners, that will feel unhurried. For the right listener, it feels grounded. All Sports Talk Podcast is best understood as a standing appointment for people who care about Middle Tennessee teams, local sports lineage, and the names that make a regional sports scene feel continuous.
Made for: For listeners who follow MTSU athletics, preps, Conference USA matchups, and local radio personalities more closely than national studio arguments. It especially suits fans who enjoy game context, old stories, and unhurried sports conversation.
What sets it apart: The show blends current local sports coverage with institutional memory, letting box-score talk, broadcast history, campus reporting, and community radio texture sit side by side. Its strength is the sense that the speakers have been around the games and people for years.
with Tim Tacket and Monte Hale Jr.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed Middle Tennessee coverage connects scores, roster movement and coaching decisions to the people shaping local college and high school sports.
All Sports Talk works like a Murfreesboro sports desk with its attention fixed on Middle Tennessee athletics, nearby high school programs and the Conference USA picture around them.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
April Fool's chatter gives way to a sturdy MTSU baseball night.
The show opens with April Fool's Day banter and a quick warning about social-media hoaxes before settling into MTSU baseball. Dylan Simmons then turns attention to Conference USA play and the Jacksonville State weekend series in Jacksonville, Alabama, with a nod to the chance to…
A local sports hour where Gary Johnson's remembrance gives way to a WNBA contract discussion.
All Sports Talk begins with a local remembrance of Gary Johnson after his death from cancer, and the tone is plainspoken in a way that suits the subject.
A reflective replay centered on Ed Gibbon's local sports career and a few sharp personal stories.
All Sports Talk revisits a December 29 conversation with Ed Gibbon, and the opening note that the retired sports information director at Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky died at 91 gives the piece a quiet sense of loss.
A coaching era closes as the Lady Raiders move into the WNIT.
The Blue Raider Podcast centers this single episode on a basketball handoff, pairing the men's trip to Huntsville with a close look at Ensel's retirement after 21 seasons and Matt Ensel stepping into the women's head coaching job. The Lady Raiders' WNIT opener against St.
MTSU's coaching change and campus chatter keep the episode firmly local.
All Sports Talk spends much of the episode on MTSU's women's basketball coaching change, with Dylan Simmons and Jacob Burgess tracing Matt Insull's new role through Tennessee, MTSU, Kentucky, and Ole Miss.
A cold-weather baseball talk moves from MTSU's icy warning track to Webb's next season.
Cold weather gives All Sports Talk a natural entry point into a baseball conversation built around playing, coaching, and remembering Middle Tennessee ballfields.
A measured Blue Raider check-in on portal churn, basketball uncertainty, and baseball's Ruston test.
After a two-week gap, the Blue Raider Podcast returns with a practical look at Middle Tennessee, Conference USA, and the transfer portal. The women's basketball segment is clearest when it frames the movement through roster reality: 11 of the 16 players from the league's first…
Twins therapy with a box score.
Nebraska athletics, close up and week by week.
Cubs recaps with bleacher-level patience.
This episode features an interview with Eddie Sanders, the facility supervisor at Patterson Park Community Center in Murfreesboro, discussing his role overseeing sports programs and operations.
This episode previews Blue Raiders baseball on opening day and discusses recent basketball performances, focusing on Middle Tennessee sports.
Host Jake Folden updates listeners on Middle Tennessee State University athletics, focusing on transfer portal developments in basketball.
Host Dick Palmer talks with Scott Hall, baseball coach at Webb School in Bellbuckle, and John Callow, former Webb coach and Blue Raider baseball broadcaster.
This episode of All Sports Talk covers MTSU sports including basketball, baseball, and tennis, along with the Daytona 500 and other events, in a lively discussion for sports fans.
Conference USA's bowl confidence index placed MTSU ninth at 15%, ahead of only Sam Houston at 10%, with Jacksonville State, Liberty and Western Kentucky at 100%.
This episode of the Blue Rigger Podcast covers updates on Middle Tennessee sports, including the transfer portal, Conference USA news, and baseball action in Ruston.
This episode features an interview with Ephraim Rodenbach, a sports journalism student and co-sports editor at MTSU Sidelines, discussing his background and involvement in covering MTSU athletics.
This episode of All Sports Talk discusses sports analogies related to Easter egg hunts and the NCAA basketball transfer portal as the hosts transition from holiday small talk to sports analysis.
This episode features an interview with legendary sports announcer Eli Gold, discussing his broadcasting career and work with ESPN at Jacksonville State University.
A sports talk show covering MTSU baseball, men's tennis, March Madness, and NASCAR.
Dylan Simmons opens the Wednesday show on April Fool's Day with a warning about social media hoaxes.
Tim Tackett and Jeff Jordan spend much of All Sports Talk on Gary Johnson's death, Matt Enzel's takeover at Middle Tennessee, and Jeff Jordan's claim that the transfer portal is 'a nightmare.' The Braves segment turns on Strider's injury status, a rookie home run in the opener, and Sports Illustrated's division picks for Atlanta, Philadelphia, and the Mets.
All Sports Talk opens by noting that the December 29 program with Ed Gibbon is airing again after Gibbon died at 91.
All Sports Talk's Blue Raider Podcast on March 27, 2026 centers on Rick Insell's retirement after 21 seasons, Matt Insell's promotion, and the Lady Raiders' WNIT game against St.
Rick Insull's retirement from MTSU women's basketball anchors this All Sports Talk segment, and Jacob Burgess says it felt possible because Insull is 75 and has coached for more than 50 years.
This episode features an interview with Kerry Hammonds, boys basketball coach at Providence Christian Academy, discussing his team's season following last year's state championship and the challenges of repeating as champions.
Host Dick Palmer interviews Scott Hall, baseball coach at Webb School, and John Callow, a broadcast partner, discussing baseball topics including cold weather games and local sports connections.