Courts, World Cup, and New York Reality

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I just cannot say this enough: God is good, life is good, and when you look around and realize, “Wait a minute, yo tengo life,” it is good. And then you can do things like play sports, get out there, get your body moving, and build memories.

Sports are more than games, amigo. They are memories. They are discipline. They are movement, comunidad, and identity passed from one generation to another.

To have that conversation for the next few minutes, I brought on somebody I think is pretty cool and special. Today we are joined by Señor Andrew Battisti, Sports Director for WYSL and WLEA.

Andrew, the biggest sporting event in the world, the World Cup, starts right here in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Tell us more about it. What sport is that, and how does it relate to America? Because it is a different kind of football.

That is right. It is not the game you play with the oval ball. It is the game you play with the round ball.

Back in the day, right here in Rochester, we had the Rochester Lancers, who brought the great stars of soccer to our beloved city at Holleder Stadium. I was there as a teenager watching Pelé, Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Gerd Müller, Chinaglia, and all the great stars of the seventies who came to Rochester.

The World Cup is coming back after being here in 1994, and it is much different this time. Soccer has taken over the United States. As our great friend Soccer Sam said, the national pastime has passed its time. Feel the kick.

So many people in this country now watch soccer. Many watch European soccer because we are blessed to have access to every major soccer league in the world through television. This is going to be the biggest World Cup ever, with 48 teams. I am looking forward to it so much. I cannot wait for it to start next Thursday.

Forty-eight teams, Andrew. If I understand correctly, this is also the first time three nations will co-host the FIFA World Cup: the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Am I correct?

That is correct. It is the first time ever, and the first time we have had 48 teams.

Some people do not like the idea of 48 teams. I think it is great because smaller countries from confederations outside of Europe deserve a chance to play in the biggest sporting event in the world. It will help grow the game in those countries, and most of those countries probably already have a bigger following for soccer than we do.

I am looking forward to seeing some of these small countries. For example, Curaçao is the smallest country by population and size ever to be in the World Cup. They won their qualifying group in our region, CONCACAF. Most of their players play in the Dutch league, so they are very talented.

I have to mention this: their coach, Dick Advocaat, has coached numerous national teams and club teams. He is 78 years old, and he played right here in Rochester for the Chicago Sting in the North American Soccer League in 1980. So there is one Rochester connection.

The other Rochester connection is Kathryn Nesbitt, who will be one of the officials at the World Cup this year. She is a graduate of St. John Fisher and trained here.

This is the first men’s World Cup on U.S. soil since 1994, correct?

That is correct, the first men’s World Cup. The Women’s World Cup has been here multiple times since then, but this is the first time we have had the men’s World Cup back. It is also the first time Canada has hosted the men’s senior World Cup, although they have hosted under-20 and under-17 World Cups.

Mexico is going to set a new record. This will be the third time Mexico has hosted the World Cup. They hosted in 1970 and 1986, and now again in 2026. They are the first country to host it three times, and they have the honor of hosting the first match at the legendary Estadio Azteca on Thursday against South Africa, which hosted the tournament in 2010.

The schedule runs from June 11 to July 19. The opening match is in Mexico City, correct?

That is correct. Estadio Azteca in Mexico City is one of the great soccer facilities in the world. That is where the finals were held in both 1970 and 1986.

The U.S. opens on Friday against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. I believe the start time is 6 p.m.

I also want to mention something very important. WYSL had the honor of having the longest-running soccer radio show in North America, Soccer Is a Kick in the Grass. It started before the 1994 World Cup with Charlie Ciano, our former owner of the Rochester Lancers. My dear friend, the late Joe Siriani, was on it for 30 years.

We are bringing it back for the World Cup, courtesy of our good friend Soccer Sam Fantauzzo and Salvatore’s. It will air Saturdays at 11 a.m. for eight weeks starting this coming Saturday. We will focus solely on the World Cup. We will have all the latest news, information, and commentary.

I hope to be the host along with Michael Lewis, author of a brand-new book on the World Cup. It brings together his stories from eight men’s World Cups that he has covered. The book is called Around the World Cup in Forty Years.

Joe Giuliano, who was the play-by-play voice of the Lancers, the Rhinos, and the Western New York Flash, was also the original co-host of Soccer Is a Kick in the Grass in 1994. He will be coming back to host the show with me and Michael.

I am very excited that the show is coming back. It will be our 32nd year on the air.

Ladies and gentlemen, that is Andrew Battisti, Sports Director for WYSL and WLEA. Also, you said host of Soccer Is a Kick in the Grass. Remind our listeners when that airs again.

Saturdays at 11 a.m. It is a new day and time. We used to be on Mondays, but we did not want to interfere with any of the World Cup matches. Those matches do not start until noon, so we will be on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to noon on WYSL and WLEA, the Voice of Liberty, starting June 6. It goes all the way to July 25. We will have a final wrap-up show after the World Cup.

Again, I am looking forward to being back on the air covering soccer, where we have been doing it for so many years. We will dedicate the shows to Joe Siriani, who kept the show going all those years, even when we did not have teams in Rochester.

Andrew, I am down to the last couple of minutes, and I want to circle back to the beginning when you said buongiorno, that you were Italian, and you mentioned Charlie Ciano and Soccer Sam. Those are two individuals who influenced Rochester, especially areas like Gates, where there is a huge concentration of Italians in our area.

I grew up in Gates and was surrounded by my Italian family and friends. Charlie Ciano was the owner of the Lancers. He and Pat D’Analfo started the club at the Italian American Sport Club back in the sixties. Charlie put his time, effort, and money into keeping the club here until 1980.

Soccer Sam, with his brilliant marketing strategies and support of soccer through Salvatore’s Pizza, is another major figure. Without him, we would not have soccer in Rochester. He supported it with his time and money, and he had a long-running soccer show as well.

We both shared the coverage of soccer in Rochester. We had the Rhinos and the Western New York Flash. We are just so happy to be back on the air doing soccer and covering the greatest show in the world, the World Cup.

I see what is happening at Aquinas with soccer and other sports as well.

Andrew Battisti, ladies and gentlemen. When can people hear your play-by-play voice on high school football, Roberts Wesleyan, and the other great things you do here at our station?

We will start our high school football coverage in September. This is American football, not the world’s game. Fridays starting in September, we will cover Avon Riverhawks and Hornell Red Raiders football. Then in November, we will be back on the air with Roberts Wesleyan men’s and women’s basketball. That starts around early to mid-November.

I appreciate you, Andrew. Ladies and gentlemen, that is the voice of Andrew Battisti, Sports Director for WYSL and WLEA. Sir, thank you for your time, and may God continue to bless the work that you do and your family.

Thank you, Peter. Appreciate it.

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Just a little reminder: yesterday was Love Conquers All Day. I know some of you more conservative listeners are thinking, “Peter, stop with the sappy stuff.” Well, maybe add a little sports in there. Maybe play racquetball or tennis somewhere locally, because that makes the body whole.

I think I said goodbye to Andrew Battisti a little too soon, but now we are also joined by a very special person doing great things here in Rochester, someone who has helped shape the culture of our great city and metro area.

Ladies and gentlemen, we are joined by Deanna Kernan, General Manager and United States Professional Tennis Association Elite Tennis Professional at the Tennis Club of Rochester, which is celebrating 140 years in practice right here in this great city of ours.

Ma’am, Deanna, bienvenida to The Next Steps Show.

Thank you. Thank you for joining me today, ma’am.

I am happy to come on and talk about the amazing history of TCR and what a great sport tennis is. It truly is a lifetime sport.

Absolutely. Before we go right into that, the USPTA award you received, can you tell us a little bit about that as a foundation and goal people can set for themselves?

Sure. It is one of the leading certification organizations for racquet sports. Tennis has been expanding into other areas, including pickleball and platform tennis. They recently renamed themselves from USPTA to RSPA, which is the Racquet Sports Professionals Association. That recognizes that it is time not just to focus on tennis because we are seeing so much growth in the U.S. across a combination of racquet sports.

Deanna, it has been a long time, but when I was in high school, I chose things like tennis and handball instead of football. I enjoyed those sports more. They seemed more engaging to me. This may sound weird, but I think you have to connect intimately with the game of tennis, handball, pickleball, or racquetball. Am I off here?

No, you are not off at all. The beauty of racquet sports is that there are so many different shots, even in handball and those types of games. It is definitely mentally engaging, and you can continue to improve. At the same time, there is a true social aspect to it that combines with the sport and helps people thrive by building relationships while also staying physically active for their well-being.

Absolutely.

Deanna, this is Andrew Battisti. I am the Sports Director of WYSL. I played tennis throughout my youth. We had a group of about a dozen of us in Gates who would play tennis at local courts right around the corner from my house. I grew up playing the game.

When I went to St. John Fisher, racquetball was the big thing. They built brand-new racquetball and squash courts there. I still have my racquets, although it is a little tough on my knees right now to play.

I was looking at the history of your club, and your club actually predates the French Open that is going on right now in Paris, one of the four major events. It goes all the way back to 1886. I noticed the club really evolved. You started with grass courts, which is what they had back then. Then you went to clay, and now you have clay courts and composite courts and are moving into pickleball and padel.

It is great to see the club has changed with the times and is as relevant today as it was back in 1886 when it was founded.

Absolutely. What has kept the club thriving over the years is understanding there is a need to branch out.

Typical racquet sports players, myself included, often like crossover opportunities. I started with tennis, but I love playing platform tennis during the wintertime. It gave me a new challenge. Being able to cross back and forth between tennis and platform tennis is exciting.

Now padel has come to the U.S., which is very exciting because it is similar to platform tennis. For someone like you who mentioned that your knees are a little tough, the beauty of padel and platform tennis is that the ball comes off the wall, so there is less running. It is not quite as physical if you do not want it to be, and you can still enjoy hitting the ball. You can also make it as physical as you want.

Padel is a new racquet sport here in the U.S. Tell us more about it because I am not too familiar with it.

Padel has the same scoring as tennis, but it is played on a shorter court, similar to platform tennis. The side walls, back wall, and part of the side walls are glass. The ball gets played off the back walls. It is very similar to platform tennis, which is very popular here in Rochester during the wintertime.

We are definitely seeing people who play platform tennis, squash, or racquetball, people who understand playing the ball off side walls and back walls, getting excited about the sport coming to the U.S.

I have to check it out someday.

Andrew and Deanna, the Tennis Club of Rochester is celebrating 140 years this year. It was founded in 1886. This anniversary is more than a date on a calendar.

Ma’am, if I can quote you real quick. You said, “From our stunning clubhouse refresh and newly unveiled mural, to the shared stories connecting members across generations, we are excited to celebrate the vibrant community and traditions that have defined our club for 140 years.”

Can you expand on that statement?

If you come through our front entrance to the club, you will see an actual timeline from 1886 up to 2026. The pictures we had in the archives were blown up into a mural throughout the first floor of the clubhouse, going from the floor to the ceiling.

It is really interesting to read up on the history, to see the famous people who have come here in the past, including Rod Laver, Barry MacKay, Roscoe Tanner, and others who played professional tennis and have been here.

Among our own members, we have parents in these murals, children who are here playing today, and now their children are also in our tennis program. That is where we have seen it span across generations.

We had people at our Friday night celebration who were actually at the club that was established off University Avenue back in 1915. It was amazing to hear the stories and see people reconnect with each other during our 140th event.

Absolutely. Racquet sports have grown so much.

Andrew, it has impacted your life. You said you were an avid tennis player, or you were. You understand the value. The health argument for racquet sports is extremely powerful because it combines the human need to move, think, compete, and connect.

Andrew, why do you think racquet sports have become so attractive to people looking for long-term health and recreation?

Because it involves not only improving your body through aerobic activity, helping you lose weight and stay in shape, but it is also a thinking person’s sport. All the different versions of racquet sports require you to know where you are going to place the ball, how to avoid your opponent intercepting your shots, and things like that.

You can play the games all the way into your senior years. That is why pickleball has become so popular. You see it on television now with a professional pickleball league shown nationally. A lot of seniors play it because it is a shorter court and does not require as much hard running as you would see in the French Open or Wimbledon.

Deanna, if people want to join your club or check it out at 570 Kreag Road in Pittsford, what do they need to do?

All they need to do is reach out to us. They can go through our website, TCR1886.com, email us, or call us. When an inquiry comes in, we offer a free 30-minute evaluation. That way we can get out on the court with that person, see where they are with their game, and then make recommendations about programs they can join.

That may include group lessons, leagues, match-game opportunities, and those types of things. That is how we like to start. We want people to come see the club, and we like to see where they are so we can make the best recommendations for them going forward.

Absolutely. Ladies and gentlemen, this story is not just about a club. It is about tennis. It is about movement, friendship, health, and memory.

Deanna Kernan, General Manager of the Tennis Club of Rochester. Do you have a website people can visit?

Yes, it is TCR1886.com.

Andrew and Deanna, I have about a minute left. I would like each of you to take 10 to 20 seconds and share with our listeners why they should get involved, not just in tennis, but in sports.

Ladies first.

The movement, as Andrew said, matters. You do not have to be a top athlete to enjoy tennis. Getting out there, moving, the strategy, the thinking aspect, all of that matters. But what I see the most is the social side. People connect with each other, and they make lifelong friends here.

Absolutely. Deanna Kernan, thank you so much.

Andrew, you have about five seconds.

Deanna said it all. She said it perfectly.

Absolutely. Deanna Kernan, General Manager of the Tennis Club of Rochester, and Andrew Battisti, Sports Director right here on the Voice of Liberty. Ladies and gentlemen, we will be right back in a few minutes. Do not change that dial. Lines will be open.

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Sports courts teach movement. Fields teach courage. Culture reveals truth. People either step forward with discipline, community, and conviction, or they get carried by whatever power draws the line.

We see that happening today, ladies and gentlemen.

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Les, thank you for calling The Next Steps Show. Bienvenido. You are calling from the West Coast, correct?

Yes. Thank you for listening.

I just want to give a little push for East Rochester. They have Dinkers Pickleball Campus. It is located at 140 Despatch Drive in East Rochester.

One forty Despatch Drive in East Rochester?

Correct. They do pickleball. It is number 135.

Les, you are calling from the West Coast. Why was it important enough for you to pick up the phone and let people know about this location? I believe that carries a heavy endorsement behind it.

I am fond of East Rochester as a small community. I am originally from Rochester. It is a nice facility. There are twelve indoor courts and four outdoor courts, hard courts. There is also a pro shop, a snack bar, and a backyard bar and grill.

I am glad you are calling. Rochester gets put in some dark lights sometimes because of politics and other nonsense, but there are good places here.

I do not know if you know this, but Dinkers in East Rochester is connected to a great organization and sponsor of the show, Youth for Christ Rochester, an organization that takes no political dollars at all. They had a fundraiser right there at Dinkers. That is how great that place is.

Good. I am glad you are familiar with it. I listen to you every morning. I know it is noon over there, but I pick you up here and listen to you at 9 o’clock every morning.

Thank you for sharing that. Ladies and gentlemen, that is Les from the West Coast listening to the Voice of Liberty.

Les, is there anything else you would like to share about pickleball before we hang up?

No. I have not even played the sport yet. I just enjoy it. I am 74. I enjoy you. God bless you, Les, and your boss.

And my boss, the Voice of Liberty himself, Señor Savage.

Wonderful. You have a lovely day.

God bless you too, Les. Thank you for calling.

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you hear that. The Next Steps Show, the Voice of Liberty, WYSL, WLEA, all our programs, it is about you. That is why people listen worldwide.

Dinkers in East Rochester. Go check them out. If they are good enough for Youth for Christ Rochester, I can assure you they are good enough for you.

There is a reality to our society that some of us choose to ignore, especially politicians. America was built on a radical claim that government did not create human dignity and therefore has no authority to erase it. None. Ninguno.

That is what destroys sports too. We spent a half hour talking about the importance and historical value right here in our own backyard, but in our own backyard, we have people saying, “Wait a minute, we have to throw ideology in there.” No longer the love of the sport.

The Monroe County Conservative Party recently, in a newsletter, called the United States uniquely great because the nation was founded on the concept of the sanctity of the individual, then fortified by the Bill of Rights, religious liberty, speech, assembly, due process, the right to bear arms, and more importantly, access to life, liberty, justice, and the pursuit of happiness.

In places like New York and California, both subject to changes of leadership this November, New York no longer merely passes laws. It is revising the dictionary of civilization.

Mira, the word mother becomes gestating parent. Qué carajo is that?

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Fathers, under New York State’s proposed law, become non-gestating parents.

Remember community schools? Remember Prop 1 back in 2024?

Every generation must work to preserve and enhance its legacy. That is American exceptionalism.

How does this tie to sports? Where is the one place that has made headline after headline over the last few years? Women in men’s sports, men in women’s sports. It is destroying a lifetime of women fighting for rights.

New York State Democrats passed legislation replacing the words mother, father, and paternity with gender-neutral language here in New York State, in your backyard. Did you know that?

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The bill summary says it replaces the terms father and mother with gender-neutral language. The bill text replaces paternity with parentage. There has to be somebody out there saying, “What the heck are you talking about, Peter?”

Mom and dad. Homeschoolers. This feels like a workaround around what they were doing with schools.

The New York Post reports that Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar called the bill “woke culture run amok” and “an unnecessary and wasteful use of time.” One Democratic lawmaker, because some Democrats are also saying, “What?” said, “I have a word we can use for this.” That word is “unnecessary.”

Prop 1 in 2024 added constitutional protections involving sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, and more. It passed with 62.47 percent of votes in New York State, with 37 percent saying no.

I remember covering that. I remember people calling, and I remember saying it too: it is Pandora’s box. Ideology.

Democrats do not fail, though. State Senator Luis Sepúlveda, one of the key vamboozlers in communities of color, as Democrats like to call us, said, “The bill was needed to be consistent with current statute and case law.”

Can a state protect every child without demoting motherhood or fatherhood into a biological process? Where else is this happening? Can you tell me?

The promises always sound generous. Child care for every child, because government has to be the parent. Child care for every child. No immigration status question. No exclusion. No hard line. The heart hears compassion.

But this is what happens.

Clearly, these are programs for every single New Yorker. These are not programs that are going to ask the immigration status of any one of the children. All of those children are New Yorkers. They should all be enrolled in pre-K and 3K, no matter where they were born or where they come from. And we are also proud to be a sanctuary city. What a sanctuary city means is that we have policies in place, policies that have existed for years in this city, that deny ICE agents access into schools.

You are probably sitting there thinking, “Wait a minute, Peter. You are talking about parentage, immigration, what is it?”

When the state controls you from birth to the grave, that is the point. He said it himself: sanctuary city policies. Fathers are not fathers. It is parentage.

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You know I got it. Come and get it.

Mira, I dare you. Come and get it, ladies and gentlemen. All of us together, look over at Kathy Hochul. Look over at these left-leaning gun-grabbing folks and say, “Mira, come and get it. I triple-dog dare you.”

First Corinthians 9:24 tells you this: “Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.”

I know that King James Version can sometimes seem hard to listen to, but as my good friend, the honorable Pastor Jose Rodriguez of Bible Baptist Temple on South Avenue in Rochester, New York, said, “You need to learn how to read the Bible. You need to understand how to read the King James Version because the King James Version provides the closest to the truth.”

At first, I wondered what he meant. Then I started looking at different versions and said, “Wow.” In translations, words shift. The meaning changes just a bit. You know what happens when meaning changes? All of a sudden, democracy becomes the lead topic the way Democrats like to promote it.

Some people are listening and thinking, “But Peter, democracy is what we have.” No. We have a representative government. We elect government officials with the intent to grow God, country, and family. That is the American way. Not a dictator. Not Kathy Hochul. Not a buffoon.

President Trump gets that too. But you know who does not? Zohran Mamdani in New York City. You just heard his voice saying ridiculous things. We have a state that renames reality.

I am sorry, pero una mommy is a mommy. A daddy is a daddy. We are not machines. We are not procreators for the benefit of government. We are not creating the workforce for Kathy Hochul or a future Democratic push. Not un poquito.

American exceptionalism means that we Americans can stand up and say, “Mira, we are not fools anymore.”

The American dream means that you, me, our neighbors, and our children can go beyond the stars.

But listen to this mantra.

“All right. You are a self-described democratic socialist. Do you think billionaires have a right to exist?”

“I do not think that we should have billionaires, because frankly it is so much money in a moment of such inequality, and ultimately what we need more of is equality across our city and across our state and across our country. And I look forward to working with everyone, including billionaires, to make a city that is fairer for all of them.”

Listen, Mamdani. When he was getting elected, people kept their hands off. Hochul kept her hands off. Chuck Schumer kept his hands off. Here in Rochester, you did not even hear his name come up until he got elected and started pushing an agenda that fits with government control.

One hundred twenty-three billionaires with a combined net worth of $759 billion can make a difference in this state, according to Business Insider. But there is no real conversation.

Look at the local New York 25th Congressional District representative now, Joe Morelle. You cannot even take the guy seriously when his commercials are just, “I am against Trump.” No, I do not care.

One hundred twenty-three billionaires means there is a strong foundation to work with people at their level and say, “Mira, I am not going to force you to pay, but I know you have a good heart.” This is called talking to people, not demonizing them because they did the right thing and achieved their American dream.

Let me bring up Trump again. I like Trump because he is consistent. I like Trump because his father helped him out, but his father was poor and worked. I hope and pray that the day God calls me home and I go to heaven, I can leave a check for each one of my children so they too can achieve their American dream. That is what mommy and daddy do.

Good politicians like Trump set up an account for your child and say, “We are going to help you contribute here. We are going to help you grow.” Do you see the difference?

A serious case does not require defending every billionaire as noble. Absolutely not. Crony capitalism is still corruption. Corporate welfare, insider deals, market manipulation, government favoritism, it all comes back to politics.

But you and I, a free people, should recoil when a public leader says a class of citizens should not exist.

Listen to what Mayor Malik Evans says. Listen to what County Executive Adam Bello says. Listen to Romeo, the county clerk. Three key leaders right here in our own backyard.

A sick political culture asks how much achievement the state should permit before it becomes morally offensive.

Do you want what I want? Go to work. Invent. Create.

Mark Turner, thank you for your comments on social media, also calling from the West Coast.

“Is partisan gerrymandering healthy for democracy?” asked Senator Mark Walczyk.

“In an ideal world, no,” said Deputy Senate Majority Leader Mike Gianaris.

These are Democrats. In an ideal world, no. But they do not care.

“I am going to play fair based on how other people play,” said Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.

That was in regard to democracy being erased. Yes, it was.

A state that renames reality stands in opposition to American exceptionalism. Managed decline cannot stand up to American exceptionalism, especially when we Americans stand up and say, “We are not fools anymore.”

The antidote, ladies and gentlemen, is simple: God, country, and family. Truth.

Listen to The Next Steps Show. Listen to every single show here on the Voice of Liberty.

New York’s headlines are not isolated. We have had guests here all the time saying that billionaires become moral subjects, moral suspects.

A government that cannot honor a mother, a government that cannot define citizenship or restrain spending, a government that cannot respect honest success, the American dream, or trust voters with fair maps, or respect the First and Second Amendments, especially with gun grabs, is a government that has lost its way.

Citizens with enough backbone need to say that reality does not need Albany’s permission to exist.

Ladies and gentlemen, be a leader, be a leader, be a leader.

God bless these United States of America. Do not ever let a second go by when you are not a voice for liberty.