Marty caught up with several legends at the friendly confines. Listen below to interviews with Kerry Wood, the old third baseman Ron Santo, Jim Hendry and the owner of “Beyond the Ivy”. Click the play button under each photo to hear the interview.

Ron Santo

Kerry Wood

Jim Hendry

Beyond the Ivy

Martys back from his weekender in Chicago. Take a look at pics from the weekend Cubs vs. Giants series. Is that Dick Butkus?

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Big Ten Network again to feature Iowa Day.

Iowa’s 2008 Big Ten Wrestling Championship is just one of many Hawkeye moments from 2007-08 that the Big Ten Network is re-airing on July 21. If you’re a real Hawkeyes fan, here’s our entire Iowa day schedule.

5 a.m.: Big Ten’s Greatest Football Games: Iowa at Michigan (10/20/90)
7 a.m.: Big Ten Tonight: Iowa Year in Review
7:30 a.m.: Big Ten Tonight: Iowa Year in Review
9 a.m.: Big Ten’s Greatest Football Games: Purdue
at Iowa (2002)
11 p.m.: Big Ten Wrestling: Iowa at Minnesota (02/01/08)
1 p.m.: Big Ten Tonight: Iowa Year in Review
1:30 p.m.: Big Ten Tonight: Iowa Year in Review
2 p.m.: Iowa Campus Programming
4 p.m.: Big Ten Field Hockey: Penn State at Iowa (10/20/07)
6 p.m.: Big Ten Softball: Iowa at Michigan (04/04/08)
8 p.m.: Big Ten Tonight: Iowa Year in Review
8:30 p.m.: Big Ten Tonight: Iowa Year in Review
9 p.m.: Big Ten Wrestling Championship (03/09/08)
Midnight: Big Ten Tonight: Iowa Year in Review
3 a.m.: The Big Ten’s Greatest Basketball Games: Connecticut vs. Iowa (11/24/95)

Big Ten Network’s Early-Season and Primetime Schedule

Saturday, August 30
Indiana vs. Western Kentucky, Noon ET
Iowa vs. Maine, Noon ET
Ohio State vs. Youngstown State, Noon ET
Penn State vs. Coastal Carolina, Noon ET
Wisconsin vs. Akron, Noon ET
Minnesota vs. Northern Illinois, 7 PM ET

Saturday, September 6
Illinois vs. Eastern Illinois, Noon ET
Iowa vs. Florida International, Noon ET
Michigan State vs. Eastern Michigan, Noon ET
Purdue vs. Northern Colorado, Noon ET
Wisconsin vs. Marshall, Noon ET
Indiana vs. Murray State, 7 PM ET

Saturday, September 13
Illinois vs. UL-Lafayette, Noon ET
Iowa vs. Iowa State, Noon ET
Minnesota vs. Montana State, Noon ET
Northwestern vs. Southern Illinois, Noon ET

Saturday, September 20
Minnesota vs. Florida Atlantic, Noon ET
Northwestern vs. Ohio, Noon ET
Ohio State vs. Troy, Noon ET
Penn State vs. Temple, Noon ET
Purdue vs. Central Michigan, Noon ET
Indiana vs. Ball State, 7 PM ET

Saturday, October 18
Illinois vs. Indiana, 8 PM ET

Saturday, November 22
Minnesota vs. Iowa, 7 PM ET

*All in glorious HD on DirecTv.

 It seems that NY Yankee announcer John Sterling is a messy eater and double dipper. According to today’s NY Post Sterling is a bit of slob at the Yankee press dining table.

“Sterling has made a habit of walking over to the dessert table and dipping his finger into the ice cream barrel,” one stadium worker told us, adding that the play-by-play vet has also used the same tablespoon to repeatedly take samples.

During the Boston series, “He wandered over to the cake and pie section, broke off a piece of a cake slice, ate it and wiped his grimy hands on the linen tablecloth, leaving the remainder of the slice for someone else to eat - which indeed happened.”

Read the whole story on Page Six.

The new Des Moines AHL affiliate has hired Bob Ferguson as assistant general manager the Anaheim Ducks announced today.

Ferguson coached both the Des Moines Buccaneers and Sioux City Musketeers in the USHL. He recently served as the head coach for the ECHL Augusta Lynx.

The Des Moines AHL team will announce their new name, colors and logos tomorrow. Stay tuned.

Found a great site to catch up on only Iowa Sports news. Read from most every Iowa paper, columnist as well as get top headlines from Iowa, Iowa State, Drake and UNI. Check it out.

IASportsNews.com

Los Angeles Times Golf Columnist Thomas Bonk was on the air with Marty talking about the current state of golf and chimes in about Zach Johnson.

Major League umpire Eric Cooper popped on the Marty and Miller radio show to talk about current happenings in the majors.

Andy Ireland from KCCI channel 8 dropped into the Marty and Miller show to talk about Shawn Johnson and her recent competition in Philadelphia which punched her ticket to Beijing.

National Sports Columnist Bob Ryan

Get your mid-week fill of Bob Ryan with a Bob Ryan two-fer. Listen to Bob Ryan’s weekly audio blog.

Bob’s Audio Blog - June 28