Brady Farkas began at 104.5 The Team in February of 2014. He is the host of 'Capital Region Sports Saturday,' heard each Saturday from 9-10 AM and serves as the station's 'Capital Region Insider.' He also spent 2.5 months as the afternoon co-host with Jeff Levack in 2016. Farkas is a 2008 graduate of Shenendehowa High School and a 2012 graduate of Oswego State University, where he was a four-year basketball and hockey broadcaster. He also spent four years as a pitcher on the Lakers baseball team. In addition to radio, Farkas served two years (2014-15) as the pitching coach at Hudson Valley Community College. He spent 2013 as the pitching coach at Norwich University in Vermont.
Brady Farkas
Why I Was Rooting For the Cavs
I've told you the story before: I don't have an NBA team. After the Seattle SuperSonics left town to become the Oklahoma City Thunder, I stopped rooting for a specific team, or a specific city. It was crushing to see the Sonics leave, but in a way, it was also liberating, as I'm now free to watch basketball just for the sake of watching basketball...
Kerr, Curry Fined $25K
Emotions certainly ran high for the Golden State Warriors on Thursday night as the most-winningest team in NBA regular season history fell to the Cleveland Cavaliers by a score of 115-101 in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
We now get a Game 7 on Sunday night in Oakland...
TC ValleyCat, Son of Mike Cameron, Joins Us (AUDIO)
With the Tri-City ValleyCats season set to kick off today against the Connecticut Tigers (7 p.m., Joe Bruno Stadium), we got our first look at the 2016 'Cats on Thursday at ValleyCats Media Day.
By far, the most popular 'Cat was Daz Cameron, the 2015 First-Round pick of the Astros...
David Wright to Have Surgery on Injured Neck
A tough break for the Mets and David Wright, as the third baseman and face of the franchise announced he was going to have surgery on the herniated disk in his neck.
Taken from Rubin's article:
"My neck simply did not respond to any of the treatments of the past few weeks...
Would Cubs Fans Sacrifice Future to Win Now? (AUDIO)
As the Yankees continue to struggle, there's been a lot of speculation that they will trade one of their coveted bullpen pieces in Dellin Betances, Andrew Miller or Aroldis Chapman.
One of the teams who has been linked to the Yanks is the Chicago Cubs, the team with the best record in baseball, but who are in need of some back-end of the bullpen help...
Ian Anderson to Sign with Braves, Ben Anderson Unsure (AUDIO)
The Shen baseball team captured its first state championship on Saturday after producing a come-from-behind walkoff win.
The Plainsmen were aided by several great individual performances including the semifinal dominance of Ian Anderson, who was also drafted by the Atlanta Braves with the No...
Victor Cruz Back on Field (VIDEO)
After missing most of 2014 and all of 2015 with injury, Victor Cruz looked pretty good at Giants practice on Tuesday.
Cruz looked crisp coming out of his breaks and exhibited good hands as well. If Cruz can come back and be a part of the Giants offense in the slot again, the G-Men become instantly more formidable in the NFC East...
High School Sports Reporters Thriving (AUDIO)
We've covered pretty extensively the rise of 518sports and 518sports.com. These are local high school kids who are working to gain traction in the competitive field of sports journalism.
This group of journalists, which has student-reporters all across the Capital Region, has also begun expanding out from print into the audio world...
Capital District Umpires Teaming Up For ‘Umpires vs. Cancer’ (AUDIO)
For the second consecutive year, the umpires of the Schenectady Baseball Umpire Association and the Eastern New York Umpires Association are partnering to try to raise awareness for cancer and cancer research.
The program, which will be highlighted by the umpires wearing pink jerseys instead of blue, will run from June 16-26 in conjunction with Fathers Day, which is June 19th...
Garrett Whitley to Start in NY-Penn League
It was widely speculated that Niskayuna graduate and 2015 first-round draft pick Garrett Whitley would begin the second year of his professional career with the Hudson Valley Renegades of the New York-Penn League, and now it is confirmed by the Daily Gazette...
T’Wolves Work Out Jimmer, Mark Lyons
While the NBA Finals aren't over yet and the curtain hasn't closed on the 2016 season, the offseason activities are ramping up for all those teams not currently playing.
And that's good news for two local products:
The Minnesota Timberwolves worked out Glens Falls native Jimmer Fredette and Schenectady native Mark Lyons...
Will Exaggerator/Nyqust Square Off in Toga? (AUDIO)
It was an exciting Belmont Stakes on Saturday as Creator pulled the upset win, leaving Exaggerator out of the top spot.
What was the environment like at Belmont compared to last year when American Pharoah was headed for the historic Triple Crown...