Unplugged with Brandon Steiner

Ray Rice is a former American football running back who played his entire professional career with the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Rutgers, and was drafted by the Ravens in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He is ranked as the Ravens' second all-time leading rusher behind Jamal Lewis, and is also second in rushing attempts and touchdowns, and third in combined touchdowns. He won Super Bowl XLVII with the team at the conclusion of the 2012 NFL season. In March 2014, Rice was arrested and subsequently indicted for third-degree aggravated assault relating to an incident in which he assaulted his then-fiancée. The incident became a prominent controversy, which led to an NFL policy change regarding how it handles domestic violence cases. Rice's contract was terminated by the Ravens in September 2014. He was subsequently suspended indefinitely by the league, but was later reinstated after he successfully appealed the decision in federal courts. While Rice has not returned to the field, the New Rochelle, NY native has worked toward redemption by being a better husband to his now-wife Janay and touring the country speaking on the issue of domestic violence, while also contributing to the coaching staff of the New Rochelle High School football team.

Ray Bard's publishing experience includes more than 30 years of writing, producing, and publishing books and multimedia material. He has written or co-authored 10 business books published by major houses, such as Doubleday, William Morrow, Jossey-Bass, and Addison-Wesley. In 1972, he founded and directed a small press before selling it to the New York Times. In 1982, he established Bard Productions and produced books for major publishers in New York, Boston, Chicago, and San Francisco.He also helped start-up presses around the country get off the ground until narrowing the company's focus to publishing exceptional books for national retail distribution. Since the founding of the Bard Press imprint in 1996, more than 50 percent of its books have become national bestsellers, with many winning book of the year awards.

Dana Cavalea spent 12 years with the New York Yankees Organization, many of those years as the Director of Strength and Conditioning & Performance Enhancement winning a World Series in 2009. In addition, he was the recipient of the 2009 MLB Nolan Ryan Award. This award is given to MLB's top Strength Coach as voted by his peers. During his career, Dana has had the opportunity to train greats such as Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, Justin Verlander, and more. "My objectives are to bring the same techniques, culture, attitude, service, first class training and development programs to Entrepreneurs, Executives, Companies, Students, and Pro Athletes.- Coach Dana Cavalea Currently he is a high performance speaker and consultant to Pro Athletes, Entrepreneurs, Business Executives, Workforces and Universities on lifestyle strategies to reduce stress, improve work/life balance, and most importantly improve daily performance/outcomes. All of this is known as Performance Enhancement. Dana has formulated plans and strategies to improve sleep, reduce pain, lower stress, improve body composition, speed-strength-power, as well as mindset training for maximal performance. He is here to help take you and your life PRO. Go to www.danacavalea.com for more information.

Steve Nudelberg is a serial salesman & entrepreneur. As a product of his entrepreneurial spirit, he developed On the Ball - a company that focuses exclusively on sales & business development. Inspiration for the company name was derived from the feedback Steve received from business associates, claiming that he was always 'on the ball'. The core philosophy is rooted in that what we know and who we know can help your business grow. Starting out in the cellular phone industry in the 1980s provided the foundation for Steve's future entrepreneurial success. After building and leading a winning national sales team for ABC Cellular, Steve found himself at a crossroad. In between jobs, he started receiving requests for him to match companies and personalities to sponsorship opportunities, primarily in the sports arena. This gave birth to the idea of founding his own marketing company that offered arrangemanship, brand identity, sales training as well as other services. Today, the company’s exponential growth can be credited to an expertise in all things sales-related and a strategic commitment to being experts in business development, social selling, social sales training, and speaking engagements.

Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer", or "Hammerin' Hank", is a retired Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder who is currently the senior vice president of the Atlanta Braves. He played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) and 2 seasons for the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League (AL), from 1954 through 1976. Aaron held the MLB record for career home runs for 33 years, and he still holds several MLB offensive records. He hit 24 or more home runs every year from 1955 through 1973, and is one of only two players to hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least fifteen times. In 1999, The Sporting News ranked Aaron fifth on its "100 Greatest Baseball Players" list. Aaron was born and raised in and around Mobile, Alabama. Aaron had seven siblings, including Tommie Aaron, who later played in MLB with him. Aaron appeared briefly in the Negro American League and in minor league baseball before starting his major league career. He played late in Negro league history; by his final MLB season, Aaron was the last Negro league baseball player on a major league roster. Aaron played the vast majority of his MLB games in right field, though he appeared at several other infield and outfield positions. In his last two seasons, he was primarily a designated hitter. Aaron was an NL All-Star for 20 seasons and an AL All-Star for 1 season, from 1955 through 1975. Aaron holds the record for the most seasons as an All-Star, the most All-Star Game selections (25), and is tied with Willie Mays and Stan Musial for the most All-Star Games played (24). He was a Gold Glove winner for three seasons. In 1957, he was the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) when the Milwaukee Braves won the World Series. He won the NL Player of the Month award in May 1958 and June 1967. Aaron holds the MLB records for the most career runs batted in (RBI) (2,297), extra base hits (1,477), and total bases(6,856). Aaron is also in the top five for career hits (3,771) and runs (2,174). He is one of only four players to have at least seventeen seasons with 150 or more hits. Aaron is in second place in home runs (755) and at-bats (12,364), and in third place in games played (3,298). At the time of his retirement, Aaron held most of the game's key career power hitting records. Since his retirement, Aaron has held front office roles with the Atlanta Braves. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982. In 1999, MLB introduced the Hank Aaron Award to recognize the top offensive players in each league. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2002. He was named a 2010 Georgia Trustee by the Georgia Historical Society in recognition of accomplishments that reflect the ideals of Georgia's founders. Aaron resides near Atlanta.

Tina Cervasio is one of the most versatile sports broadcasters and personalities on television and radio today. The 20-year broadcast veteran is currently a sideline reporter on CBS Sports Network for College Football and College Basketball, a talk radio host at SiruisXM NBA Radio, and the pregame and halftime host of New York Red Bulls broadcasts on MSG Network. Cervasio is also the host of “Red Bulls Insider,” a magazine-show on MSG, and handles part-time reporting and anchor duties on FOX 5 New York’s “Good Day New York” and “Sports Extra”. Cervasio, a seven-time New York Emmy Award Winner, as part of the New York Knicks Broadcasts on MSG Networks, is known for telling exclusive stories in feature packages about players, including #STATFam on Amare’ Stoudemire’s family unit, acquiring never before released photos of his private NYC Rooftop Wedding Ceremony in 2012. She also conducted an emotional interview with Carmelo Anthony about his late father, his Puerto Rican heritage, and his passion for giving back to those who live there. From Cervasio’s knowledge of covering the NBA and her interviewing skills, in 2015 she became the first female lead-host on SiriusXM NBA Radio. Her radio work also includes anchoring each Olympic Games on Westwood One Radio Networks. Cervasio has worked the Rio, Sochi, and London Games as an anchor, play-by-play for women's hockey and gymnastics at the Torino and Athens Olympic Games. Over her career, Cervasio has worked as a sideline reporter for the NFL on FOX and NBA on TNT. Prior to MSG, Cervasio was the Field Reporter for the Boston Red Sox on the New England Sports Network (NESN) and garnered multiple Emmy nominations for her work and received a personalized 2007 World Series ring. Before her move to Boston, Cervasio was a sports anchor and reporter on WCBS-TV in New York and appeared on national programs as a reporter and anchor on NBC Sports, NFL Sunday Ticket and Animal Planet. Cervasio is a University of Maryland graduate and was honored in 2014 with the "Distinguished Terrapin Award" by the University of Maryland, College of Journalism for "Excellence in Journalism." Other awards include the "Woman of the Year" by the Belleville, New Jersey Italian American Foundation, and the Nutley, New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2011, joining Martha Stewart and the late Senator Frank Lautenberg. Cervasio also has a heart for charities. In 2008, 2009 and 2013 she ran the New York City Marathon for Garden of Dreams Foundation. She regularly visits New York City Public Schools to motivate students with Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation, serves on the fundraising committee for the Clara Maass Medical Center Foundation / David Diehl Golf Invitational, and serves as emcee for several fundraisers each year, including United Way of New York, Sarcoma Foundation of America, Voices Against Brain Cancer, and Coaches vs. Cancer among others. Cervasio is an active member of Women in Sports and Events (WISE), from the NYC Metro steering committee to emceeing events. WISE has afforded Cervasio the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of pioneers before her, becoming the first female emcee at the 2016 New York City Basketball Hall of Fame Induction. In 2017, Cervasio joined Inside Sport Group as a founding advisor, where she also serves as an emcee for each of the company’s exclusive member events. Cervasio resides in New Jersey with her husband Kevin McKearney and their Himalayan cats, Luke and Leia.

Together on the New York Mets in the 1980's, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry were two of the most electrifying players to ever walk on a baseball field. They won a World Series together in 1986, but drugs and other demons derailed their careers and at separate points in their lives, they were both in a jail cell rather than on a baseball diamond. Their careers always associated with each other and intertwined, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry would both spend time with the cross-town rival New York Yankees and bring home World Series championships again (Gooden - 1996, 2000 and Strawberry - 1996, '98, '99). With their baseball careers now behind them, Doc Gooden and Darryl Strawberry sat down together for a Q&A hosted by Brandon Steiner at Yankee Stadium to discuss their greatest accomplishments, falls from grace, ultimate recoveries and the fulfilled lives they now each live.

David Diehl is a former offensive lineman who played his entire career with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was the Giants starting left guard on two Super Bowl championship teams, beating the New England Patriots in both games. He played college football for the University of Illinois. Diehl was selected in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft and retired after the 2013 season. He made the 2009 Pro Bowl. Diehl is currently a color analyst for NFL games on FOX Sports and for college games on CBS.

Harvey Mackay is the author of the New York Times #1 bestsellers Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive and Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. Both books are among the top 15 inspirational business books of all time, according to the New York Times. In total, Harvey’s books have sold 10 million copies worldwide, been translated into 37 languages and sold in 80 countries.Harvey is a nationally syndicated columnist for United Feature Syndicate, whose weekly articles appear in 52 newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun Times, Rocky Mountain News, Orange County Register, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Arizona Republic. He also is one of America’s most popular and entertaining business speakers. Toastmasters International named him one of the top five speakers in the world. At age 26, he purchased a small, failing envelope company in 1959 which has grown to a $100 million business employing over 600 people. MackayMitchell Envelope Company is one of the nation’s major envelope manufacturers, producing 25 million envelopes a day. As chairman, Harvey’s philosophy is engrained in the company, beginning with its motto: Do what you love, love what you do and deliver more than you promise. Harvey is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and the Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Program. He is an avid runner and marathoner, and former #1 ranked tennis player in Minnesota. He currently sits on the board of the Minnesota Orchestra and is a former director on Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute and the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. He has been a guest lecturer at various universities and business schools, including Harvard, Stanford, Michigan, Cornell, Wharton and Penn State. Central to Harvey’s business, and to his books, is the ability to stay competitive in the often cut-throat world of business, to ‘swim with the sharks’, without sacrificing one’s personal integrity or doing it at the expense of other people. He does this by focusing on building strong relationships with both customers and employees. In fact, Harvey is a master of networking. He believes most people make the mistake of only turning to their network when they need it; for example, when they’re looking for a new job. Harvey says that networking is a lifelong practice that provides you with new knowledge and experiences, job security, expanded financial reach, and the strength of the group. The secret to maintaining a great network is, above all, knowing the value of the personal touch. In spite of his hectic schedule, Harvey still finds plenty of time for family and fun. He’s an avid golfer (11.4 handicap) and recently won the Super Senior Men’s Championship at his home club in Scottsdale! He and his wife, Carol Ann, have been married over 45 years, and enjoy spending time with their nine grandchildren. They are avid travelers, taking an annual trip to Italy, and planning upcoming tours of China and Africa.

Pete Davidson is an actor and comedian. He is a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Davidson has also appeared on the MTV shows Guy Code, Wild 'n Out, and Failosophy He has performed stand-up comedy on Adam Devine's House Party, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, and Comedy Underground with Dave Attell, and guest-starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He appeared in the 2015 film, "Trainwreck," starring Amy Schumer and Bill Hader. Pete and I discuss his rise in the comedy world, what it was like growing up on Staten Island, the influence his dad had on his life, Saturday Night Live, the marijuana industry and what life is like as a New York sports fan.

Tyler Dean Wade is a professional baseball shortstop for the New York Yankees. Following the announcement of his signing as a Steiner Sports exclusive athlete, I sat with him to discuss his call-up, his time in New York so far and his style of play.

Simplifying business problems and guiding business leaders to previously unimagined success. That's what hundreds of organizations--including a Big 4 wireless carrier and a monarchy--have experienced and that's what Cameron Herold's coaching, speaking and business books bring to passionate businesses and entrepreneurs worldwide. Cameron doesn't espouse theory, he weaves "in the trenches experience", gleaned through building $100 Million companies, with practical advice that gets businesses and business leaders growing immediately and rapidly. Cameron is that rare individual who not only possesses knowledge and experience, but also the ability to present it clearly and effectively. Called "the best speaker I've ever heard" by Forbes magazine publisher, Rich Karlgaard, Cameron captures business audiences, educates them and empowers them to take the actionable steps needed for hyper-growth. An author of two successful business titles, Double Double and Meetings Suck, Cameron cuts through the business-speak, slays unproductive processes and guides business on the shortest, simplest path to exponential success.

Larry Winget is known throughout the world as The Pitbull of Personal Development®. His say-it-like-it-is delivery of self-help earned him speaking engagements at hundreds of Fortune 500 companies, his own television show on A&E, six runs on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists, and a spot in the International Speaker Hall of Fame. His bestselling titles include Grow a Pair; Shut Up, Stop Whining and Get a Life; and many others. On this episode we talk about his latest book, "What's Wrong with Damn Near Everything!: How the Collapse of Core Values Is Destroying Us and How to Fix It." Larry Winget does not mince words, and in this latest addition to his straight-talking brand, one of the most iconic leaders of the personal development industry puts down in black and white, What's Wrong with Damn Near Everything! If you think the world is a mess, you already have a lot in common with Larry. The genius and power of his simple approach to turning around the parts of your life that need it has transformed people and businesses all over the world. Now, in this wildly entertaining and informative diagnosis and prescription, he narrows down the singular virus sickening the four most influential aspects in our lives: the people around us, our education system, business, and government. The illness rotting them all out can be blamed on people ignoring their core values. That's personal, and Larry goes there and then some, and that's why countless people have been converted into followers by watching him on television as he regularly appears on varied news programs and by buying enough of his books to put him on the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. His shocking opinions and belly-laughing honesty all come unfiltered. If he offends you—good! You're engaged and really thinking about what's important to you. This single resource enables you to: Take real action to improve what's wrong with your business, family, and life. Get advice you can understand from a non-stop powerhouse coach. What's Wrong with Damn Near Everything! tells you all the simple truths to troubleshooting everyday problems in life and business. -- Pick up a copy of "What's Wrong with Damn Near Everything!: How the Collapse of Core Values Is Destroying Us and How to Fix It" on Amazon.

Charlie “The Spaniard” Brenneman is a professional mixed martial arts fighter, speaker, mentor and author. Following a successful high school wrestling career, Charlie took his talents to Lock Haven University where he achieved a top 12 finish at Division I Nationals and 1st Team All-Academic. After teaching Spanish for three years and winning Spike TV’s Pros vs. Joes, Charlie decided to leave his job to pursue a master’s degree and begin his professional fighting career—“The Spaniard” was born. In 2011, he was ranked as high as #7 in the world, and in 2015, he published his autobiography, Driven: My Unlikely Journey from Classroom to Cage. Charlie currently lives in PA with his wife and daughter. For more information on his programs, to subscribe to his blog and to purchase his book, visit: www.charlie-brenneman.com.

Don Larsen is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. During a 15-year MLB career, he pitched from 1953 to 1967 for seven different teams. Larsen pitched for the St. Louis Browns / Baltimore Orioles (1953–54; 1965), New York Yankees (1955–59), Kansas City Athletics (1960–1961), Chicago White Sox (1961), San Francisco Giants (1962–64), Houston Colt .45's / Houston Astros (1964–65), and Chicago Cubs (1967). Larsen is most known for pitching the sixth perfect game in MLB history, doing so in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series. It is currently the only no-hitter or perfect game in World Series history and is one of only two no hitters in MLB postseason history. He won the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and Babe Ruth Award in recognition of his 1956 postseason.