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An on-air radio veteran of more than 30 years, there is little David Weiss hasn’t done in his broadcast career; from his days in Rhode Island and Massachusetts as a news & sports anchor, as well as host of a live matchmaking dating show, to his native Long Island, New York where he hosted a #1-rated morning show for more than 13 years. For 4 years, he was part of the news team as the Weather Anchor on New York’s WLNY-TV. Currently, David can be heard as a weekend news anchor on the nation’s top all-news station, 1010 WINS in New York City. Additionally, he is the longtime play-by-play voice of the minor league Long Island Ducks baseball team, as well as the editor of metro New York’s “Golfing Magazine.” Wherever David’s career has taken him, he’s been active in the community, emceeing charity functions and getting involved in an array of efforts. As an avid golfer, he’s been known as the “King of the Charity Golf Outing”. That experience, among others, enables David to bring his unique perspective to the air

Rafi Kohan is a freelance writer and editor, and an amateur ivy groomer. Formerly, he served as deputy editor at New York Observer, and has written for GQ, Men's Journal, Wall Street Journal, Town & Country, Rolling Stone, and more. His book The Arena examines The American sports stadium, for all its raucous glory, is an overlooked centerpiece—a veritable temple—of our national culture. A hallowed ground for communal worship, this is where history is made on grass, artificial turf, hardwood, and even ice; where nostalgia flows as freely as ten-dollar beers; where everything thrills, from exploding fireworks to grinning cheerleaders. In The Arena, "an altogether new and riveting sports classic" (Josh Wilker), intrepid sportswriter Rafi Kohan crisscrosses the country, journeying from one beloved monument to the next. As he finagles access to the unexpected corners and hidden corridors of our most frequented fields, he discovers just what makes them tick—and what keeps us coming back time and time again. Beginn

From the WLIE 540am archives, Nov.15th 2009: Mark Rosenman and Aj Carter had the unique opportunity to interview one of the all-time greats of boxing Jake LaMotta. Better know by many as "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former boxing world middleweight champion who was famously portrayed by Robert De Niro in the film Raging Bull.LaMotta, who compiled a record of 83 wins, 19 losses and four draws with 30 wins by way of knockout, was the first man to beat Sugar Ray Robinson,knocking him down in the first round and outpointing him over the course of 10 rounds during the second fight of their legendary six-bout rivalry. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Ondrej Pavelec talks to the Media and WLIE 540am SPortstalkny's Mark Rosenman after Rangers 1-0 overtime preseason win over the New York Islanders at Madison Square Garden. Pavelec stopped all 10 shots he faced in the first two periods of tonight’s game. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Lias Andersson talks to media and WLIE 540am SPORTSTALKNY after Rangers 1-0 pre-season overtime win against the Islanders at MSG. Lias Andersson recorded an assist on the game-winning goal in overtime and won seven of 11 faceoffs (63.6%) Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Anthony DeAngelo talks to WLIE 540am SPORTSTALKNY's Mark Rosenman after Rangers 1-0 Overtime Exhibition win over the Islanders at MSG, DeAngelo recorded four shots on goal in 21:01 of ice time in the game. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Darryl Strawberry had a 17-year career in Major League Baseball (MLB). Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, He was one of the most feared sluggers in the sport, known for his mammoth home runs and his intimidating presence in the batter's box ., He helped lead the New York Mets to a World Series championship in 1986 and the New York Yankees to three World Series championships in 1996, 1998 and 1999. .[He was one of the most popular players during his career,and was voted to the All-Star Game eight straight times from 1984–1991, His career was not without it's downsides as He was also suspended three times by MLB for substance abuse, leading to many narratives about his massive potential going unfulfilled.His latest book “Don’t Give Up on Me” tells his story of childhood abuse, anxiety, drug and alcohol addiction and offers hope and a path to healing. He joins Mark and AJ to talk about this important new book, Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays

Art Howe signed his first baseball playing contract at age 24, with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1971.after 11 years as a player he would continue as a coach, scout and manager.He managed the Astros (1989–93), Oakland Athletics (1996–2002), and New York Mets (2003–04), and currently sits at #49 in all time wins by a manager with 1129 wins, 20 of those wins came in a row with the 2002 Oakland A's an American League record that stood for 12 seasons, until this past week the Cleveland Indians won 21 and 22 giving them the new Mark. He joins Mark and AJ to reflect on the 2002 streak, Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Marty Appel's amazing career in baseball started while a student in college because of letter he wrote to then-Yankee public relations chief Bob Fishel. The rest as they say is history. Name a posItion he has held it, Head of the Ny Yankees Public relations, Staff member of the commissioner of Baseball, Emmy as the executive producer of Yankee telecasts, award-winning author of countless best selling books as well as numerous magazine articles for Sport, Baseball Digest, Beckett, Sports Collectors Digest, and others, Pinstripe Empire: The New York Yankees from Before the Babe to After the Boss, was the first narrative history of the team since Frank Graham's 1943 publication, he joins Mark and AJ to talk about one of the many amazing people he has met along his journey the late Gene Stick Michael. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter

Daniel Hazan is the founder and CEO of Hazan Sports Management and Java Ads Inc. He founded both companies as an undergraduate student at Yeshiva University Sy Syms School of Business where he has since graduated. Along with representing and negotiating playing services for his clients, his company also assists the players he represents in achieving their maximum off-court potential. He is the youngest licensed agent in the world with a player on an NBA roster. He joins Mark and AJ to talk about his amazing journey, Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

FROM THE WLIE 540AM ARCHIVES FROM SUNDAY DECEMBER 1ST 2013 Pierre Pilote is a three-time recipient of the Norris Trophy as outstanding defenceman in 1963, 1964, and 1965 as well as runner-up in 1962,1966 and 1967. He was on the first or second all-star team every year from 1960 to 1967. During his playing career, he played in 376 consecutive games. Wearing his familiar number 3, he played his best hockey teamed with Elmer 'Moose' Vasko on the Chicago blue line. Together they formed one of the great all-time defence pairings. He was a fixture on the Chicago power play on the point due to his ability to handle the puck. He was inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975. In 1998, he was ranked number 59 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 greatest hockey players. In 2005, in a series of stamps portraying great hockey stars, the Canada Post honored him. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan

Wade Boggs spent 18-years in a major league baseball Jersey most of the time it was that of the Boston Red Sox, but also played for the New York Yankees, and was a key part of their 1996 World Series win over the Atlanta Braves, he also recorded his 3,000th Major league hit as a member of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, For 2 decades he was a perennial contender for the American League batting title. .With 12 straight All-Star appearances, He is third only to Brooks Robinson and George Brett in number of consecutive appearances as a third baseman. In 1997, he ranked number 95 on the Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players,[1] and was a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Cletus Seldin joined Mark and AJ live in studio just up the road from East Yaphank where he was born, He was named after former New York Yankee third baseman Clete Boyer, who was a close friend of his grandparents. While At Longwood High School he played cornerback and wide receiver on the Longwood Lions football team, which won the 2004 Long Island championship, and wrestled and learned jiu jitsu.[In his senior year he set the New York State deadlifting record for men weighing up to 145 pounds (66 kg), by lifting 470 pounds (210 kg). he began boxing as a professional in 2011, when he was 22 years old, and in December of 2014, he won the World Boxing Council International Silver Light Welterweight championship . He joined Mark and AJ to break down The Money Fight and talk about his return to the ring. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on

17 years ago Dominic Moore was the 95th pick overall in the draft by the New York Rangers. He has worn 10 different Jerseys in his 12 seasons in the NHL. He was a key to the Rangers' deep 2014 playoff run, It marked the third time he reached the Eastern Conference Finals in his career, He finally reached the Stanley Cup Finals after scoring the only goal of Game 6 against the Montreal Canadiens, sending the Rangers to their first Final in 20 years. This past month he signed a one-year, deal to return for a second stint with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He joins Mark and AJ to talk about his return to Toronto as well as Smashfest VI. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Ed Lucas has been blind since age 12 yet he is an Emmy winning broadcaster, author, and motivational speaker. He has interviewed thousands of sports figures and celebrities over a career spanning seven decades. He has been inducted into three different Halls of Fame.His book SEEING HOME which is soon to be a major motion picture, is also one of the first books to be released under Jeter Publishing, an imprint of Simon & Schuster run by the former Yankee shortstop. He joins Mark and AJ to talk about his life. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Lenny Dykstra enjoyed a 12 year major league career , he was a 3 time all star a key member of the 1986 World Champion New York Mets, in 1993 he was the runner up in MVP voting to Barry Bonds, he was a sliver slugger award winner, In 1983 he led the Carolina League in at-bats, runs, hits, triples, batting average and stolen bases His 105 stolen bases (a league record for 17 years),his former teammate and friend teammate Billy Beane, of Money Ball fame once said that He was "perfectly designed, emotionally" to play baseball and that he had "no concept of failure." He joins Mark Live in studio to talk Mets, Baseball and everything Lenny as well as taking listeners calls. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Shep Messing was a goalkeeper for Harvard, he started his college soccer career at New York University. He was twice a second-team All-American at Harvard. After college he played for seven seasons in the North American Soccer League (NASL) and six in the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL). He has spent over 15 years as a color commentator on US telecasts of professional soccer. He is a member of the New York Sports Hall of Fame, the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, and the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame. He joined Mark and AJ to talk about his amazing career. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Dr. Joshua Dines is an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery. He is an Assistant team physician for the NY Mets, an Orthopedic Sports Medicine Consultant for the New York Rangers, and a consultant for the LA Dodgers. He was previously the doctor for the US Davis Cup tennis team and currently serves as a consultant for USA Tennis. He joins Mark and AJ live in studio to talk on a number of topics. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Wally Backman was the Mets' first round pick in the 1977 Major League Baseball draft (sixteenth overall). He was assigned to the New York–Penn League's Little Falls Mets upon signing, and batted .325 with six home runs in his first professional season. After batting .293 for the triple A Tidewater Tides in 1980, He received a September call up to the Mets where he would be a fan favorite for the next 8 years he was a Key member of their 1986 World Series-winning team. He was also the former manager for the Las Vegas 51s, the Mets' AAA minor league team, from 2013 to 2016. He is currently the bench coach for the Pericos de Puebla of the Mexican Baseball League. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny

Rocky Colavito was the fifth player in American League history to have eleven consecutive 20-home run seasons (1956–66), he hit over 40 home runs three times and 100 rbis six times during that same 11 year span . 371 of his 374 career home runs were hit in the AL, which left him behind only Jimmie Foxx (524) and Harmon Killebrew (then at 397) among the league's right-handed hitters when he retired. In 1965,while playing every game, He became the first outfielder in AL history to complete a season with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage. In 1976 he was voted the most memorable personality in Indians history, It is a pleasure to welcome a member Cleveland Indians' Hall of Fame. Tune in each week on 540 am in NY NJ CT and streaming on www.sportstalknylive.com at 7pm Sundays for the live broadcast.Please take a moment to like our fan page WLIE 540 AM SPORTSTALKNY and follow us on twitter @sportstalkny