Happy Hump Day! In this Wednesday edition of The Sports Rush, Brett is joined in the first hour by the new Head Coach of the Heritage Patriots Football Team, Jeremy Hullinger! Jeremy played and attended Heritage back in the day, and has worked his way up through the coaching ranks at Heritage until the head coaching position became available and he was in a place to take it. We get a taste of what type of offensive style Coach Hullinger will look to run with his team, or if it depends on what sort of players he has on his team in any given season. We also hear about his journey through the coaching ranks, the Heritage Patriots upcoming schedule next season, and more! Also in the first hour today, Brett and Adam prepare for the NBA Draft tonight, and Adam celebrates his New York Knicks landing Mikal Bridges from the Nets!

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In the second hour of today’s show, Brett is joined by Alex Golden, who is the creator and host of the “Setting the Pace” podcast that covers the Indiana Pacers! He also writes about the Indiana Pacers for “The Blue and Golden” on Substack. Today, Alex and Brett discuss the move last night made by the New York Knicks to bring in Mikal Bridges in from the New York Nets for a hefty price of draft picks and Bojan Bogdanovic. We ask Alex if the Indiana Pacers now need to make any moves to compete with both Boston and now New York in the Eastern Conference. Brett is also sure to ask Alex if there’s any chance that the Indiana Pacers could possibly land forward OG Anunoby in Free Agency now that the Knicks have gone with Mikal Bridges and are still attempting to resign OG. Also in the second hour of the show, Eric “Doot” Dutkiewicz joins the show a day early today on a Wednesday since our show is being cut off early tomorrow by the TinCaps! Today, we get Doot’s opinion on our Wednesday Wall of Fame question on who is the best High School Baseball Player in Fort Wayne history, hear about the latest going on at Parkview Sports Medicine, and more!

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Happy Tuesday! It's a very Happy Tuesday for Brett today, as last night, his Florida Panthers won Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals last night in Sunrise, Florida in order to secure the Stanley Cup after nearly blowing a 3-0 lead in the series. We hear Brett's thoughts on last night's game, who some people said was boring, but we're here to contradict that! Also in the first hour, the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark continue to draw record amount of eyeballs to the television screens, the Tennessee Volunteers won the College World Series of Baseball, and a whole lot more!

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In the second hour of today's Sports Rush, Brett is joined by Nathan Baird, who is back on the beat of the Purdue Boilermakers for the Indy Star! We ask Nathan about the latest with both the Purdue Basketball program with the loss of Zach Edey as well as the de-commitment of Kanon Catchings. And we also ask him about the latest with the Purdue Boilermakers Football program and the expectations that we should have for them in the Big 10 this upcoming season. Also in the second hour, Brett takes on a listener in Tuesday Time Capsule Trivia, and continues to celebrate the Florida Panthers winning the Stanley Cup!

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In the first hour of today's Sports Rush, we are joined on the show over the Parkview Sports Medicine guest line by Garrett Martz, the GM of the Fort Wayne Champs, a team that has competed in the annual TBT (The Basketball Tournament), a summer basketball competition with teams from across the country competing for a one million dollar prize as the champions. We hear from Garrett about the history of the team and the tournament, about this year's iteration of the team and who is on the roster so far, who and where they'll be playing against, and more! We also hear from Garrett about a kids camp that one of the Fort Wayne Champs and former Fort Wayne Mad Ant Steph Hicks will be hosting here in Fort Wayne!

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In the second hour of today's Sports Rush with Brett Rump, Brett gets himself siked up for Game 7 between his Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers in the final winner-take-all game of the Stanely Cup Playoffs tonight down in Sunrise, Florida. Stay tuned until the end of the hour for his official prediction for tonight's game. Also in the second hour, Brett shares his thoughts on the Fever blowing a game yesterday to the Chicago Sky that they led by 12 in with under 7 minutes remaining in the game. Despite the Fever going on a hot streak before this loss, have we still have not seen enough out of Coach Sides to show that she is ready to coach at this level of play?

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In the second hour of today’s show, Brett is joined on the show over the phone by Dylan Sinn of the Journal Gazette! Dylan’s had a busy week covering sports all around Northeast Indiana, and we get a recap on some of the topics that he’s covered! We first hear his thoughts on Matt Painter’s comments on the loss of his recruit Kanon Catchings to BYU, saying that Catchings had changed his mind and wanted to remain with the program, but Coach Painter said no. We also hear about Dylan’s brief meeting with Hoosiers Head Coach Mike Woodson this week, and his thoughts on Padres pitcher Yu Darvish making an appearance at Parkview Field with the TinCaps. Also in the second hour, we talk to author Blake Sebring, who has written a myriad of fantastic books on Fort Wayne, Sports, and more. We hear from Blake about an event that he’s having tomorrow morning where people can meet him and get a signed copy of his book “Brave at Heart: A Christian Coach’s Journey through Life & Cancer” which is about the life of long time Head Coach Marc Davidson of Blackhawk Christian, who lost his life to cancer. We hear about the process of writing that book, more about the event tomorrow, and more!

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Happy Friday! In the first hour of today’s show, Brett gets himself psyched up for tonight’s Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals between his Florida Panthers and the Edmonton Oilers. With this game being on the road in Edmonton, Brett is hoping that his Panthers can pull off the tough task of finishing the series away from their home arena, and avoiding a Game 7 back in Sunrise, Florida. Also, the Fort Wayne TinCaps begin the second half of the Midwest League Season tonight in their matchup against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, and Brett shares his thoughts on what the ‘Caps can do to make the Playoffs in 2024. Also, a preview of the Indiana Fever taking on the Atlanta Dream tonight!

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