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.
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Schultz Goes Six Strong in No-Decision
Maple Hill graduate Jaime Schultz took a no-decision on Wednesday night as the Durham Bulls beat the Buffalo Bison by a score of 3-2.
Schultz went six innings, allowed just four hits, and one earned run. He had four walks and supplemented those with seven strikeouts...
Bills to Retire No. 78 Vs. Jets
The Buffalo Bills are set to honor one of their most influential players this season.
The Bills will retire Smith's number on Sept. 15 against the Jets, which is a Thursday night game. Smith played 19 seasons in his career, 15 of which came with the Bills before spending his last four years with the Washington Redskins...
Ex-Yankee Wins Free Beer For a Year and $10K (VIDEO)
Brandon Laird was a Major League-r for a little while. He played with the Yankees in 2011, and spent time with the Astros in 2012 and 2013. Now he plays in Japan, and he's doing something some pretty cool things:
ESPN Reports that Laird won a year's supply of beer and $10,000...
Reaction to Chapman’s Debut and More (AUDIO)
Aroldis Chapman, the flamethrowing closer, made his debut last night for the New York Yankees.
The Cuban-born pitcher was suspended for the first 30 games of the season because of domestic violence allegations stemming from an offseason incident...
Anderson Could Be Drafted in 10-15 Range (AUDIO)
Remember last year, when we spoke to seemingly every draft expert to see where Niskayuna star Garrett Whitley could be taken?
Welllllll, we get to do it all again with Shen star Ian Anderson. The lanky right-hander has a fastball that comes in on batters at 92-96 MPH...
Colon Goes Deep For Mets (VIDEO)
Bartolo Colon does not more than just pitch, apparently. "Big Sexy" made some history on Saturday night, becoming the oldest player in MLB history to hit his first home run. Colon is 42 years old.
There's been plenty of jokes made about Colon's weight, his declining velocity and his generally ugly swing, but on Saturday night, the joke was on Padres pitcher James Shields, who served up t
Reyes Could Receive 60-80 Game Suspension
Jose Reyes hasn't played this season as Commissioner Rob Manfred sifts through the domestic violence allegations against the Rockies shortstop.
Reyes has been on paid leave since Spring Training. Formal charges against Reyes were dropped because his wife would not cooperate with law enforcement in the investigation...
UAlbany Lax Gets at-Large Bid
Despite losing in overtime of the America East semifinals against Hartford this week, the UAlbany men's lacrosse team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday.
The Danes will travel to Syracuse on May 15th to play the Orange at the Carrier Dome...
High School Journalists Take Over (AUDIO)
If you follow me on Twitter (@1045RadioBrady) you've noticed that I tweet most of my stories and blogs out at the following accounts: @518varsity @Real518Sports @518SportsDRoss and @challsidelines.
Those accounts are all run by student-journalists at the high school level...
Mets Nearly No-Hit in San Diego
The New York Mets have the third best record in the National League (Cubs, Nationals), but that doesn't mean they can't deliver a clunker from time to time.
The Padres nearly no-hit the Mets last night at PetCo Park as Colin Rea allowed nothing in the middle column of the scoreboard for 6...
Kahnle Gets the Call Again
Exciting news for the Capital Region today as Shaker High School graduate Tommy Kahnle is back in the Majors. The hard-throwing right-hander was called up by the Chicago White Sox on Thursday.
Kahnle was acquired by the White Sox in the offseason after spending two years with the Colorado Rockies...
Ian Anderson to Yankees?
For the next month, we are going to be glued to the Major League Baseball mock drafts to see where Shenendehowa senior Ian Anderson is pegged.
It's been two consecutive years that the Capital Region has had a first-round pick. Shaker graduate Jeff Hoffman went No...