The Rant

reffingrants@gmail.com

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Booking Overview

An interview podcast focused on sports officiating, coaching, athlete development, and the experiences of local and regional sports professionals. Credible pitches include high-school and amateur coaches, referees and officiating educators, strength-and-conditioning specialists, athlete trainers, and athletes with distinctive development stories; booking difficulty is low because the show regularly features accessible practitioners rather than nationally prominent figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 245

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Instagram: 3.8k followers

Contact Information

reffingrants@gmail.com

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Active or former athletes, sports officials, high-school and amateur coaches, officiating clinicians, or athletic-performance trainers with direct experience and a personal perspective to share.
Required Achievements:  
Coaching at the high-school or amateur level, Founding or operating an athlete-training service, Working as a sports official, interpreter, or officiating clinician, Competing as an athlete or pursuing professional sports

Recent Guest Discussions

Grace Martinez - Professional Basketball Pursuits, Career Changes, And Athlete Development

Carl Small - Officiating Camps, Clinician Development, And Training New Basketball Officials

Shay Franklin - Her Basketball Season, Mental Challenges, Teamwork, And A New York State Catholic League Championship

Brenden Gilroy - Playing Volleyball, Entering Coaching, And The Future Of Volleyball Development

Evan Mohammed - Athletic Training Methods, Performance Development, And Building A Training Service

Recent Topics

Officiating, Basketball, Coaching, Athlete Training, Volleyball

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Rant
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Episode 379, The Rant! Grace Martinez: Part 2, the Return!

July 10, 2026

It's been awhile since I've seen Grace, and I'm happy to see not only her doing her thing and killing! We catch up - talking about her previous pursuits as pro hooper, what she's been up to, and her new passion - helping athletes young and old being the best they can be, as a strength and conditioning coach. All that and more, my conversation with Grace,

Episode 378, The Rant! Carl Small - NBWBOA Interpreter and the Empire State Girl’s Basketball Officials Academy

June 24, 2026

The Return - Nassau Girl’s High School Basketball Interpreter, coming in hot with his first officiaitng camp the Empire State Girl’s Basketball Officials Academy.  Been awhile ya’ll, but im here.  Took some time off, reffed a bit, and will get to me, but this one is about Carl and his basketball camp.  A spotlight on th Empire State Girl’s Basketball Officials Academy - how he got involved in camps, attending them, becoming a clinician, and now creating his own -  in pursuit to find some good...

Episode 377, The Rant: Shay Franklin - Part 3, The Return.

April 19, 2024

Full Disclosure, this isn’t the first time we recorded the trilogy. Part 3 was worth the wait. Shay pulls up to the chop shop, to bare her soul on what the basketball season of 2023-2024 meant to her. Her journey that started before the season, the start of the season and the mental block, us being able to work together at Lutheran High School, and culminating in the New York State Double A Catholic League Championship at the crib. All that and more, my conversation with Shay, now. 

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