The Sports Report

Reggie Flood is a broadcasting veteran with over 20 years of experience in radio and television. Flood started his career in Baton Rouge, LA as a producer in radio. Reggie moved to television and was part of the first broadcast team to launch COX Sports Tv. Reggie moved back to sports talk radio in 2012 when he took over as a host of the Jaguar Journal. In 2020 Reggie joined WBOK New Orleans as the host of the Bigtyme Sports Show now known as The Sports Report. Flood has covered sports in several different markets including South Florida, Virginia, and the entire Gulf Coast region. Reggie has covered a wide range of sports and leagues, from the NFL, NHL, SEC and the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). He has also had the privilege of interviewing some great media personalities such as the legendary broadcaster Charlie Neal, writer and tv personality Jemele Hill, and NFL Hall of Famer Aeneas Williams.

Ro Brown has worked in sports journalism for 45 years. A graduate of Loyola University of the South, he has received numerous awards for his depth and breadth knowledge and work in sports. He began his career with WDSU-TV and the New Orleans Jazz Basketball Team. His career in reporting led him to KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, then he returned home to WDSU as an anchor-reporter where he worked for the next 21 years. In 1998 he was named sports director at WDSU and in 1999 he moved to the news side.

Later he served as VP for the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation; Producer-Reporter for Event Producers Production Company producing television shows for the Sun Belt Conference, New Orleans Saints, and Louisiana High School Athletic Association; VP of Athletic Communications for University of New Orleans; co-host of the Rickey and Ro Show with Pro Football Hall of Famer Rickey Jackson on WBOK-AM; and worked alongside Ken Trahan for over a decade on the Original Prep Football Report, now on 106.1 FM.

Brown is recipient of multiple prestigious awards including the Sam Lacy Pioneer Award from the National Association of Black Journalists (2013); Mac Russo Award bestowed by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association (2020); Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction, Distinguished Service Award in Sports Media (2021); Allstate Sugar Bowl Chapter of the National Foundation / College Football Hall of Fame – Contributions to Amateur Football Award (2022).

He is married to Mary Nance Brown and they have a daughter, Amanda.

David Grubb has been in broadcasting, public relations advertising, and marketing communications for 25 years and has managed successful communications departments in both the public and private sector. He served as Director of Communications at Southern University at New Orleans, Dillard University, The Louisiana Dept. of Education, and the Algiers Charter School Association.

He is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists’ Sports Task Force and the National Sports Media Association and has won awards as a writer, social media manager, and podcaster. He became the Black daily sports host in New Orleans FM Radio history in 2019 with the debut of Hard in the Paint on WODT. He’s also hosted Crunch Time on 103.7 The Game in Lafayette, La., and has been featured on a number of local and national programs.

David founded HITP Sports Media in 2023, which produces the podcasts Hard in the Paint with David Grubb, The Bird Calls, and Before the Whistle with Maddy Hudak, and operates the website TheBirdWrites.com.