Adam Cheek's Sports Week
Adam Cheek carries his love of telling sports stories over from his time in radio, talking all things Richmond and national athletics each week with interviews, analysis, special guests and more -- plus some pop culture, movies and entertainment talk on occasion as well.
From years of experience covering baseball, NASCAR, collegiate hoops and everything in between, and interviewing the likes of Andre Dawson, Todd "Parney" Parnell, Cla Meredith, Bobby Dotter and others, tune in as Cheek delves into sports stories from all facets of the game.
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70 episodes
Episode 69: VCU Baseball Alum, Firefighters Pitcher Ben Dum Talks Playing Banana Ball in 2025
Big thanks again to Ben Dum, a former VCU baseball pitcher and player in the Braves' and Twins' organizations, for jumping back on the podcast! We talked last year about his days as a Ram, and for this second part we recorded a conversation bac...
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Episode 68: GalaxyCon 2025 Interviews Mini-Episode
Though the festivities of my birthday weekend limited my ability to get out to GalaxyCon Richmond 2025 (celebrations come first!), I managed to stop by for bits of three of the four days it went on at the Greater Richmond Convention Center....
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Episode 67: Jason Boleman, Cam Quinn Join to Recount VCU's A-10 Championship Win & Preview March Madness
The Rams are dancing! With March Madness tipping off in less than two days, our Atlantic 10 Championship crew reunites -- we drove up to DC a couple days ago to see VCU-George Mason in the conference title game, so I'm joined by Jason Boleman a...
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Episode 66: Zach Joachim, Ben Rekosh Talk VCU Basketball, A-10 Tournament, March Madness Potential & More
With VCU's first game in the Atlantic 10 Tournament tipping off Friday at 11:30am, I'm joined by two fellow campus newspaper and radio alums -- Richmond Times-Dispatch deputy sports editor Zach Joachim & WVCW Sports director Ben Re...
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Episode 65: Luke Bamgboye Talks First VCU Basketball Season, A-10 Rookie Honors & Blocking Shots
I sat down with VCU basketball freshman forward Luke Bamgboye -- the current Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week -- a couple days before the Rams hosted Dayton in their regular-season finale to talk all things Black & Gold hoops.Luke and ...
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Episode 64: The Sports Movie Showcase VI -- Days of Thunder (1990)
A couple weeks after the NASCAR season kicked off, and a few months ahead of the 35th anniversary of the film, I sat down with my Frontstretch compatriot Vito Pugliese to talk all things Days of Thunder.We talk about ho...
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Episode 63: The Sports Movie Showcase V -- Miracle (2004)
A few weeks ahead of the 45th anniversary of the "Miracle on Ice" in 1980, my buddy Ryan jumps back on the podcast to talk all things hockey -- and Miracle, the 2004 film based on one of the greatest sports upsets of all time....
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Episode 62: SB Nation's Mark Schofield Previews NFL Divisional Playoffs & Offseason Moves
Big thanks to my guy and SB Nation's Mark Schofield for jumping back on the podcast! We previewed this weekend's divisional round of the NFL playoffs, recapped a few storylines from the Wild Card round, talked offseason moves and more.A...
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Episode 61: Mackenzie Roark on RVA Music Scene, Career, New Hotpants Album & More (for Richmond Magazine)
For the first episode of 2025, I sat down with Mackenzie Roark, a singer and musician who also fronts Mackenzie Roark and the Hotpants here in Richmond along with her solo work.This episode is in partnership with Richmond Magazine
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Episode 60: College Football Playoff Preview with Alex Soderstrom
In our final episode before 2025 begins, my friend and coworker Alex Soderstrom joins me to talk all things college football ahead of the playoff beginning on Dec. 20. As a Georgia alumni and former Bulldogs football journalist, Alex offers a l...
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Episode 59: The Sports Movie Showcase IV -- Rush (2013)
With Formula 1 ending its season this weekend in Abu Dhabi, the Sports Movie Showcase returns as my buddy Jason Boleman and I reflect on "Rush", the 2013 F1 movie starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl.We discuss its portrayal of the...
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Episode 58: Ben Dum Talks VCU Baseball, MiLB Career, Banana Ball & More (Part 1)
Former VCU baseball & MiLB pitcher Ben Dum joined the podcast for part 1 of a wide-ranging episode -- in this first half of the interview, we talk about his time playing with the Rams, what it was like to pitch at the Diamond and more from ...
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Episode 57: 2024 NASCAR Season in Review with Michael Massie
My Frontstretch compatriot Michael Massie joined me to break down the 2024 NASCAR season the day after it concluded in Phoenix, with Joey Logano having taken home the Cup Series crown -- his third.We discuss our favorite moment...
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Episode 56: Halloween's Nick Castle, Tom Atkins & More -- Nightmare Weekend Richmond 2024 Interviews
I was able to cover Galaxycon's Nightmare Weekend Richmond 2024 again this year, and had the chance to chat with a variety of actors and directors from decades' worth of horror -- people involved with the Halloween franchise, an actor ...
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Episode 55: VCU Baseball Head Coach Sean Thompson on Return to RVA, Playing for the Rams & 2025 Preparation
After playing baseball at VCU from 2015-2018 and serving as a pitching coach this past season, Sean Thompson was named the team's head coach for the Rams in 2025. I sat down with the new man at the helm to talk all things Black and Gold basebal...
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Episode 54: MLB Postseason Breakdown with The Black Baseball Mixtape Founder Cheats
Marc "Cheats" Cheatham, founder of The Black Baseball Mixtape, joins the podcast for another MLB postseason discussion after doing the same last year!We talk about the ALDS and NLDS currently underway and our predictions for those, the ...
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Episode 53: Virginia's Astravoid Cosplay on Richmond GalaxyCon, Craft, Background & More
I talked with Virginia native Astravoid Cosplay about her appearances at Richmond's approaching Nightmare Weekend 2024 and RVA's GalaxyCon from earlier this year.We chatted a few months back in an extended conversation about her craft, ...
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Episode 52: A Tony Scott Filmography Retrospective
After marathoning the legendary Tony Scott's entire filmography -- which includes several sports movies! -- this summer, I welcome my friend Pat Brennan back on the podcast to talk all things #TonyScott4Lyfe.We break down the late, grea...
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Episode 51: The Sports Movie Showcase III -- Remember the Titans (2000)
With college football underway and the NFL season just around the corner, I sit down with my friend & coworker Alex Soderstrom to talk about "Remember the Titans" after I finally knocked it off my list of sports movie blind spots.We...
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Episode 50: Frankie Tostado Talks Flying Squirrels, Playing in Richmond, MiLB Journey & More
Frankie Tostado played minor-league baseball in Richmond for the Flying Squirrels for two seasons, becoming a fan favorite in 2021 and 2022 while racking up 25 homers, 174 hits and a .267 average. The Mariners then acquired him in the Rule 5 dr...
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Episode 49: "The Tostado Section" Creators Andy Blum & Evan Zalewski Return
Six months after they first appeared on the podcast, Andy Blum and Evan Zalewski -- creators of the Richmond Flying Squirrels fan account "The Tostado Section" -- are back to talk about their OWN podcast they've been working on.We talk ...
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Episode 48: The Sports Movie Showcase II -- The Sandlot (1993)
In the second episode of "The Sports Movie Showcase," my good friend, roommate, fellow VCU grad and former coworker Adam Harrell joins the podcast to talk about "The Sandlot," released in 1993.We discuss watching the movie when we were ...
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Episode 47: The Sports Movie Showcase I -- Field of Dreams (1989)
"The Sports Movie Showcase" is the podcast's new miniseries: each month, one episode will be dedicated to me sitting down with someone who's a fan of (or who might even be involved with) a specific sports movie. We'll talk about the film itself...
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Episode 46: Ryan Brown Returns to Recap the Florida Panthers' 2024 Stanley Cup Final Victory
We're back from a short break, one that was filled with being glued to the TV for all SEVEN games of the Stanley Cup Final 🏒The Florida Panthers held on to win their franchise's first Stanley Cup (and avoid a historic and embarrassing c...
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Episode 45: Stanley Cup Finals Preview with Ryan Brown
Ryan Brown joins the podcast once again, this time to preview the Panthers-Oilers matchup in the Stanley Cup Finals 🏒We talk about whether Sergei Bobrovsky or Connor McDavid will finally hoist the Cup, if Corey Perry will lose out on (y...
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