Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/27/23 - Kristen Nuss, Taryn Kloth AVP Beach Volleyball Returns to Atlanta

Great to be joined leading into the weekend by AVP Beach Volleyball pros, Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.

It's also the 40th year of the AVP.

Rick is joined here by Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth.
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Link: www.AVP.com

Tournament name is AVP Gold Series Atlanta Open

Tournament dates/hours:
Friday, August 4 – 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Saturday, August 5 – Noon-10 p.m.
Sunday, August 6 – 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m.

This is the third straight year that the AVP has come to Atlanta and played at Atlantic Station

Tickets are available here: https://avp.lyte.com/3706973/party/tickets/5770

Note that general admission starts at $25 and there are a number of upgraded options available, as well as package deals for multiple days.

The field of expected players is here, with a tab for women and a tab for men: https://avp.com/event/gold-series-atlanta-open/2023-atlanta-gold-series/

16 women’s teams and 16 men’s teams playing for a purse of $300,000 total

Taryn and Kristen are expected to be the second seeds in the women’s bracket

The first seeds will be Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes. Third will be Terese Cannon and Sarah Sponcil. All three are battling for two spots in the Olympics next year. (To be clear, AVP events don’t count toward Olympic qualification, but they still battle each other and learn about each others’ games so when they face each other in international events, it helps them).

We talk about the Olympic qualifying process.

Taryn and Kristen are 2021 LSU graduates and were standouts on the Tigers’ beach volleyball team. Taryn was also a highly successful indoor player at Creighton.

They won the 2021 Atlanta Open in their first tournament on the AVP, beating Kelly Cheng and Sarah Sponcil (who had just played together in the Olympics) in the women’s final.

Last year, they won three of the seven tournaments they played on the AVP – Austin, Chicago and Phoenix

This year, they have played in two AVP events and reached the semifinals in both.

On the international tour, they won twice last year and have won twice so far this year.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/2/23 - John Azarian, Star Wars Collector, Auction

Talking with John Azarian this week about many of his one of a kind Star Wars items going to Heritage Auctions, including one of a kind props, and a bevy of entertainment artifacts.

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This Is the ‘Star Wars’ Auction You’re Looking For

Heritage Auctions has unleashed its blockbuster, three-day Entertainment Signature® Auction which continues through July 27-29 and features a treasure-trove of pop culture memorabilia from the collections such icons as adventure film/TV series producer-director, “The Master of Disaster”  Irwin Allen; M*A*S*H mementos from show star Alan Alda; collector John Azarian’s one-of-a-kind Star Wars props; rare Three Stooges memorabilia from a renowned collector Richard Baron Cohen, the largest selection of scarce material from the Wizard of Oz.

Heritage's The Irwin Allen Collection is comprised of more than 200 items from Allen's legacy, including significant props, models, concept art, costumes — and some of the most detailed and gorgeous storyboards to come out of Hollywood from the director behind Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Lost in Space and The Towering Inferno.

Titanic, yes, but movie and TV buffs will remind you that Titanic, and all other contemporary disaster flicks and streaming shows, rest on a foundation of the great disaster-movie trend of the 1970s, which belonged to producer-director Irwin Allen.  

The Star Wars props include  one of the few surviving Imperial Stormtrooper helmets from 1977's Star Wars, Stormtrooper helmet and blaster rifle, Luke's X-wing and pistol, Carrie Fisher's Snowspeeder and Phantom Menace's trio of lightsabers.

The still wildly-popular comedy film and Vaudeville legends The Three Stooges collection from Richard Baron Cohen in includes Larry Fine’s custom-made violin, a complete set of Fleet Stooges trading cards, and a Columbia Pictures signed contract by four of the Stooges.

Some specific items up for bid:

Carrie Fischer's Star Wars snow speeder mini - gifted by George Lucas to Carrie Fischer and Azarian bought it from Carrie. She gave him an autographed picture of her holding the piece.

Darth Maul’s light saber - donated by George Lucas to benefit the survivor families of 9/11.  

First Order Stormtrooper helmet donated by Lucas for a charity auction

 One of the few surviving Imperial helmets from 1977's Star Wars

 Luke Skywalker's Stunt Blaster from 1980's The Empire Strikes Back

 Arnold’s Terminator 2 ensemble with bullet-ridden jacket which was gifted by Arnold to Matt Sorum (Guns n Roses drummer), who Azarian bought it from.

Friends Central Perk mugs autographed by the cast - obtained by an NBC exec at the wrap party.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/11/23 - Kaimon Rucker, University of North Carolina Linebacker

Rick is joined by a linebacker from the North Carolina Tar Heels Football Team, Kaimon Rucker.

They talk NIL, football and how he approaches life as a student athlete.

He appeared in 13 games and made 10 starts on the defensive line in 2023. Tied for second on the team with four sacks and tied third with 5.5 TFL. Had 31 total tackles, three hurries and one forced fumble. Had a single tackle and a half sack in season opener at Virginia Tech. Had a pair of stops and one TFL against Georgia State. Had a monster night against Virginia with five tackles, two sacks, two TFL and a forced fumble. Registered five stops and a half TFL at Georgia Tech. Made three tackles against Duke. Had three tackles against Florida State. He had a sack and two tackles at Notre Dame. Registered one tackle and one hurry against Wake Forest. Had three tackles, a half sack and a hurry at Pittsburgh. Made a pair of tackles against Wofford. Made three tackles in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl against South Carolina.

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Jack

Height
6-1.5

Weight
260

Class
Senior

Hometown
Hartwell, Ga.

High School
Hart County

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Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 7/2/23 - Rich Mueller, Sports Collectors Daily, The National and More

Rich Mueller, the publisher of Sports Collectors Daily joins Rick this week to talk about the upcoming National Sports Collectors Convention in Chicago, the sports collecting industry and more.

For over 17 years, Sports Collectors Daily gives readers a heaping helping of sports collecting news daily. They publish completely original sports collecting news stories you won’t see anywhere else.

At least 20 fresh pieces of content are added over the course of one week alone thanks in part to some talented writers, contacts inside and outside the industry and a good old fashioned nose for news. No other site can match the professional experience and journalistic quality of Sports Collectors Daily. We set the standard. As one reader put it, SC Daily is “the Wall Street Journal for our industry.”

Rich Mueller, who spent nearly 30 years as a television sports anchor and reporter and online journalist is President of Sports Collectors Daily Incorporated and the editor of SportsCollectorsDaily.com. He has earned numerous honors throughout his career including several prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards for sports reporting.

The National Sports Collectors Convention is an annual gathering of collectors, dealers and any other groups interested in collecting trading cards, autographs and other related memorabilia.

In 1980 a group of collectors gathered in a small hotel ballroom at the Los Angeles International Airport Marriott for what became the 1st National Sports Collectors Convention. From that, The National has grown into a once a year extravaganza that is the premier showcase event of the collectibles industry. Seeking to involve collectors from around the country, founders of the National stipulated that the event should move around the country to insure all collectors and exhibitors could participate. Early Nationals were held in St Louis, Chicago, Detroit as well as the NY metropolitan area.

Chicago is the site for NSCC 2023.

Limpert Tech on iHeartRadio 6/24/23 - Carter Hogg, G8R Skin

Rick is joined by Carter Hogg this week on iHeartRadio.

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Carter Hogg of G8R Skin explains how their technology will prevent life-threatening injuries in not just football but contact sports overall and completely change the way we prevent concussions moving forward. This invention will save lives, extend careers, and reduce the negative perception of football so kids can play safely.

Having completed rigorous testing at Virginia Tech, a college football player, sophomore Carter Hogg, has successfully developed a solution that reduces concussions in contact sports by over 60%. After his older brother was beset by a career-ending concussion during a college championship game in 2022, Carter was inspired to invent “G8R Skin PPE,” a balaclava-like shell used under helmets— and proven to prevent concussions.

Carter noted a sharp decline in interest for contact sports amongst his age group due to fears of serious injury. Today he sees G8R Skin as a viable path to save full contact sports. And the scientists at VT concur. Testing at the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab demonstrated up to 61.57% reduction in concussion risk based on reductions in both peak linear acceleration and peak rotational acceleration.

Carter is the third generation of inventors in his family. His father, Jason Hogg—serial inventor, corporate leader, much-admired entrepreneur, ex-FBI Special Agent, and Cornell professor—holds more than 60 technology patents for payment processing and cybersecurity products used today by Dunkin’ Donuts, American Express, and Walmart, among dozens of others. Carter’s grandfather, Russell Hogg, invented the debit card when he ran MasterCharge (now MasterCard).

“When a car comes to a sudden stop, passengers get thrown forward in their seats,” Carter says. “Similarly, if your body throws the brakes on too fast, the brain will collide with the skull’s interior. G8R Skin reduces concussions by hastening the movement of the skull and neck during impact, protecting your brain from a serious internal collision.”

Next steps include closing deals with professional and college athletes to wear G8R Skin next season—and an expansion into shoulder pads and cleats. Carter and Jason Hogg are in talks with several pro players in addition to teams and league officials (managers, coaches, et al).