Oct 12, 2026 · 12 min · 8 segments
Michael O’Brien, Chicago Sun-Times High School Sports Editor, joins John Williams to talk about a number of prep…
Michael O'BrienGuestJohn WilliamsHostWe just did a commercial on the radio promoting a news story about this dancing running back, Melo Maldonado.

Yes, he is, uh, Melo Maldonado is, boy, h- his brother was a star at Loyola, and he looks like he might be almost better.

Uh, but we found that it's kind of hard to tackle a small, quick kid, did they? [laughs] They can run through those trees pretty quickly.
Well, the Bears had a halfback from Northern Illinois who was small, but quick and hard to spot behind the line, too.
Don't remember his name off the top of my head, but I could see how that would work if y- if you're willing to take the punishment.

You know, I, it, I don't want to say no, but it's unlikely because of his size.
We just did a commercial on the radio promoting a news story about this dancing running back, Melo Maldonado.

Yes, he is, uh, Melo Maldonado is, boy, h- his brother was a star at Loyola, and he looks like he might be almost better.

Uh, but we found that it's kind of hard to tackle a small, quick kid, did they? [laughs] They can run through those trees pretty quickly.
Well, the Bears had a halfback from Northern Illinois who was small, but quick and hard to spot behind the line, too.
Don't remember his name off the top of my head, but I could see how that would work if y- if you're willing to take the punishment.

You know, I, it, I don't want to say no, but it's unlikely because of his size.
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