Jim Benson

04/26/23 • 35 min

Jim Benson recently wrapped up a 42-year career as a sports writer. He spent all of his years writing for the Bloomington Pantagraph (Bloomington-Normal, Illinois).

In this podcast, Jim discusses a few moments and people from his time as a writer, including covering the University of Illinois men's basketball team making two Final Four runs, getting to interview Michael Jordan, covering Illinois State men's basketball and the Missouri Valley Conference and prep sports in central Illinois.

Follow Jim Benson on Twitter: @Pg_Benson

Jim Benson recently wrapped up a 42-year career as a sports writer. He spent all of his years writing for the Bloomington Pantagraph (Bloomington-Normal, Illinois).

Follow Jim Benson on Twitter: @Pg_Benson

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Tariq Ahmad

Tariq Ahmad has been on the forefront of all things sports marketing and sports management. He has been hands-on working in social media for several companies in addition to serving as an adjunct instructor in sports management. Recently, Tariq has turned his attention to the world of Name, Image and Likeness and educating others about the topic in addition to student-athlete representation.

In this episode, Tariq and Derrick reconnect with each other to catch up on the latest and also dive into Tariq's NIL work and an upcoming NIL webinar hosted by Tariq.

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Twitter: @tariq_ahmad
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Jeff Bidwell

About Jeff Bidwell (via RacerBasketball.com)

"I started covering the Murray State basketball programs in 2002. After 20 years of following the Racers around, I retired from my television career. Now I’m back and ready to pick right up where I left off — and hopefully be better than ever.

My greatest athletic achievement is being accused by a viewer of jumping on the dog pile at the NCAA Tournament after Danero Thomas’ game-winning shot to beat Vanderbilt in 2010.

I love the Philadelphia Eagles. Steve Prohm despises them. Upon further review, this entire project could be an uphill battle."

In this episode, Jeff discusses his time working in TV, when he knew it was time to move on, covering Murray State Basketball and his new project, RacerBasketball.com.

Follow Jeff on Twitter: @AKAJeffBidwell