Greg Rakestraw, Vice President of ISC Sports Network

Basketball & Bourbon Podcast

02-11-2022 • 45 mins

Episode 9 We talk to Greg Rakestraw. Greg has played a major role in the Indianapolis sports scene for over 25 years. Greg has called play-by-play on the radio and tv for HS sports, Indianapolis Colts, IUPUI basketball, Indy Eleven Soccer, and hosts a post game show after every Colts game. Greg and I discuss a variety of topics

  • How we both would flip professions if either of us had decided not to pursue our current career choice
  • Greg talks about HS hoops in southern Indiana when he was growing up
  • His experience with sports growing up  in a locker room how it has helped him in his career today
  • the sports of tennis and soccer and how some of the skills in those sports transfer to basketball.
  • I talk about some of the best bourbons under $50
  • We compare the IU/Purdue rivalry to the UK/Louisville rivalry
  • Greg takes us through how he prepares for calling a game
  • The difference between calling play by play on radio vs tv
  • He talks St Elmo's bourbon
  • I have a change in my bourbon starting 5, as I drop one of my favorites from the starting 5
  • And much much