Award-winning sports reporter, host, and anchor Doug Russell (currently heard on 97.3 "The Game" in Milwaukee and formerly on WTMJ, WKTI (ESPN), WSSP, and national syndication) is joined by newsmakers and newsbreakers that cover the teams you love!
Episodes
Jan 22, 2022
Jan 22, 2022
16 min
The Marquette Golden Eagles are playing some of their most inspired basketball in years. On the latest TDRP, Doug caught up with Paint Touches Senior Writer Andrei Greska.
Jan 19, 2022
Jan 19, 2022
8 min
Earlier this week, Hall of Fame tennis coach Dave Steinbach passed away at age 86. Coach Steinbach's life's work and legacy lives on in the thousands of players he coached over the years. A few years ago, Doug visited Dave in his Brookfield home. Today, Dave's story is told again, from the archives.
Jan 5, 2022
Jan 5, 2022
47 min
On the latest TDRP, taken from 97.3 The Game's The Game Night, Doug plays back Hub Arkush's comments regarding why he won't vote for Aaron Rodgers for MVP -- and Aaron's terse response. Doug also checks in with former Wisconsin State Journal columnist Tom Oates on the surprising Wisconsin men's basketball team and their National Player of the Year candidate Johnny Davis. Doug closes out the show by remembering his friend, the late Jeff Dickerson.
Dec 30, 2021
Dec 30, 2021
1hr 2 min
Leading up to the Wisconsin Badgers appearance in the Las Vegas Bowl, Doug sat down with radio postgame hosts Tim Scott and Scott Nelson for an all-encompassing discussion of the team's 2021 season.
Dec 26, 2021
Dec 26, 2021
54 min
On today's TDRP. Doug sits down for a longform conversation with new CBS 58 News Director Jessie Garcia. What path did she take from being a sports reporter at TMJ4 to writing, teaching, helping run a newsroom, and then ultimately running her own news shop? It's a fascinating story!
Dec 23, 2021
Dec 23, 2021
51 min
On today’s TDRP, Doug checks in with TMJ4 Sports’ Lance Allan on the Packers beat and visits with Badgerblitz.com Senior Writer Jake Kocorowski as UW prepares to head to the Las Vegas Bowl to take on the Arizona State Sun Devils.
Dec 11, 2021
Dec 11, 2021
13 min
Saturday at Perkins Stadium in Whitewater, the Warhawks try to make it back to the Division III Championship Game, the Stagg Bowl. Doug checks in with Whitewater head coach Kevin Bullis to preview.
Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2021
57 min
We're talking Bucks Basketball on today's TDRP! Bucks beat writer Jim Owczarski joins Doug to talk about their recent winning streak, then big man Bobby Portis joins the show to talk baout his time in Milwaukee, what being a fan favorite means to him, and what he's doing to try to help people with one of the most pandemic-proof needs imaginable.