{"id":615,"date":"2012-08-14T12:40:26","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T12:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/?p=615"},"modified":"2016-03-08T18:29:18","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T18:29:18","slug":"show-24-maine-sports-hall-of-fame-president-dick-whitmore-and-maine-entrepreneur-bill-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/show-24-maine-sports-hall-of-fame-president-dick-whitmore-and-maine-entrepreneur-bill-ryan\/","title":{"rendered":"Show 24: Maine Sports Hall of Fame President Dick Whitmore and Maine Entrepreneur Bill Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
Show Information<\/h5>\n

Show:<\/strong>\u00a024
\nAir date:<\/strong>\u00a0Saturday, August 11, 2012
\nGuest 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Dick Whitmore
\nGuest 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Bill Ryan
\nHost:<\/strong> Steve Woods\u00a0(Stevoe)
\nStudio Contributor<\/strong> Debi Davis
\nExecutive Producer:<\/strong> Mark Gould\u00a0(Sharky)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

TideSmart Talk with Stevoe kicked off on Saturday August 11 featuring an interview with\u00a0Maine Sports Hall of Fame President and former\u00a0Colby College\u00a0basketball coach\u00a0Dick Whitmore. Maine entrepreneur Bill Ryan joined Stevoe for the second segment of the show to discuss his many experiences in Maine and beyond.<\/p>\n

Dick Whitmore<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Dick

Dick Whitmore discusses his 40-year career as the men’s basketball coach for Colby College.<\/p><\/div>\n

A 1965 graduate of Bowdoin College, Dick Whitmore\u2019s name can be found
\nthroughout the Polar Bears\u2019 basketball record books.<\/p>\n

Whitmore came to Colby in 1970 after five years of teaching and coaching at high
\nschools. He roamed the Colby men\u2019s basketball sidelines as coach for 40 years,
\namassing a record of 637-341.<\/p>\n

He was honored as coach of the year in Maine six times over four different
\ndecades and was named to the Maine Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.<\/p>\n

After retiring, he was honored with the Division III Distinguished Service award at
\nthe 2012 Final Four by the National Association of Basketball Coaches.<\/p>\n

Whitmore was recently voted to serve as the Maine Sports Hall of Fame<\/a>\u2019s new
\npresident.<\/p>\n

In one-hour this interview, Dick Whitmore shares his passion of athletics and basketball with Stevoe.<\/p>\n

Bill Ryan Jr.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Bill

Bill Ryan talks with Stevoe about his recent trip to London for the Olympics.<\/p><\/div>\n

Maine Entrepreneur Bill Ryan\u00a0Jr.<\/a>\u00a0is currently engaged in a number of projects in the state,from sports to media\u00a0to community development.<\/p>\n

He is recognized as a leader in the racing industry and was named as one of eight\u00a0finalists for the 2008 33rd annual Auto Racing Promoter of the Year Award. Ryan is\u00a0a member of the Board of Trustees of the Portland Museum of Art and the Pine Tree\u00a0Council of the Boy Scouts of America.<\/p>\n

Ryan is also the Chairman of the Maine Red Claws basketball team in Portland, and is the co-host of Maine’s only live motorsports talk show, “In the Pits.”<\/p>\n

In this segment Stevoe talks with Bill Ryan Jr. about his involvement in many organizations and projects in Maine, as well as his experiences in London as a spectator during the Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TideSmart Talk with Stevoe kicked off on Saturday August 11 featuring an interview with Maine Sports Hall of Fame President and former Colby College basketball coach Dick Whitmore. Maine entrepreneur Bill Ryan joined Stevoe for the second segment of the show to discuss his many experiences in Maine and beyond. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tidesmartradio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}