Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports

Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports

Who Are You: The Life Lessons of Sports introduces us to extraordinary people who share personal stories about their relationship with sports well beyond the scoreboard. Joining our team gives you access to moving interviews as our guests explore and address their motivation, internal drive, risk, courage, and perseverance. Whether you watch, participate, compete, play, or coach, join us as we uncover the extraordinary power of sports 7 days a week. Listen to interviews with sports legends from Wimbledon, the NBA, Major League Baseball, the NFL, the NHL, Olympics, Major League Lacrosse, Spartan Race, Surfing Championship Series, Nascar, Volleyball Professional Circuit, the Super Bowl and the World Series. Also featuring well known Authors, Educators, Doctors, Parents and Players

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December 22, 2014 71 mins

Max Prokopy addresses the serious problem athletes face when they follow the 10,000 hour rule, so famously written about by New York Times Best-Selling Author, Malcolm Gladwell in his book "Outliers".

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Tony has lost people in his life to cancer, so this cause is very close to his heart. Tony makes a make a difference by carrying his fridge over long distances all over the world. He does so to promote the cause and to continue to raise money for the ongoing research for earlier detection, more effective treatments and ultimately a cure for cancer. "If you have lost somebody you love to cancer. If you are fighting cancer right now....

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"Bob Bigelow" is one of the foremost "youth sports" speakers and youth coach trainers in the country. As a former professional and collegiate player, Bob played for the Kansas City Kings, Boston Celtics and San Diego Clippers as well as for Hall-of-Fame coach Chuck Daly at the University of Pennsylvania. Bob has been featured dozens of times in the media, and co-authored the groundbreaking book about improving youth sports: “Just L...

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As the well-known Indian-American author and physician Deepak Chopra so eloquently writes, “There will never be a time when you life is not this moment.” Casey Jennings, professional Beach Volleyball Player and 2016 Olympic hopeful, lives by this mantra.

Casey Jennings is the youngest of 5 brothers. As any younger sibling knows, being born on the bottom branch of the family tree only means you figure out a way to climb to the top....

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Winter Vinecki’s father was diagnosed with prostate cancer when she was 9 years old. He passed away 10 months later, just before his 41st birthday. Competing since Age 5, Winter aspires to be a summer and winter Olympian In memory of her dad.

Winter and her mother Dawn Estelle join us for this powerful mother-daughter Podcast interview. An interview about a family of champions born from two loving parents who valued free play, har...

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Alan Stein is the co-host of the popular Podcast, Hardwood Hustle. Alan is also the owner of Stronger Team and the strength & conditioning coach for the nationally renowned, Nike elite DeMatha Catholic High School basketball program. Alan brings a wealth of valuable experience to his training arsenal from over a decade of extensive work with elite high school, college, and NBA players.

Alan’s passion, enthusiasm, and innovative tr...

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For 17 years, Rod Dixon was one of the best runners in the World. He is an Olympic Medalist; two-time World Cross Country Championship Medalist and the 1500m Champion of the United States, France, Great Britain, and New Zealand. And, to this day, his victory in the 1983 New York City Marathon remains one of the most dramatic finishes the event has ever seen.

Rod is now a passionate advocat...

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Chase Jones experienced the childhood cancer world first-hand; in 2006, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, he was diagnosed with Stage IV brain cancer. As a byproduct of community help and national research, Chase attests his status of six years cancer-free to a combination of the two. Since beating cancer, Chase has had the chance to collaborate with multiple childhood cancer organizations, from local children’s hospitals t...

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Jeff Serowik attended Lawrence Academy Prep School and went on to play four years at Providence College, a Division I Hockey East School. Jeff received a scholarship to attend and earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance degree as a successful student-athlete with the Friars.

Highlights of Jeff’s 10-year professional career include: winning the Eddie Shore Award and earning Best Defenseman AHL honors. Jeff also is the current recor...

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Jim Baron is the Head Basketball Coach for the Canisius College Golden Griffins men's team. He previously held the same position at Saint Francis University, St. Bonaventure University and the University of Rhode Island where he had a 20-season stint as coach in the Atlantic 10 Conference, between nine seasons at St. Bonaventure and eleven seasons at Rhode Island. Jim was a four-time recipient of the A10 Conference Coach-of-the-Yea...

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Listen in to hear exclusive access to a behind-the-scene interview where Michael reveals the impact Johnny Unitas had on his life.

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Michael Watson is from Baltimore, MD where he grew up playing Hockey, Lacrosse, Golf, Tennis, Basketball, Soccer, Baseball and Football. After High School, Michael attended the University of Virginia where he was a four-time All American in Lacrosse.

Michael played for Team USA in 98 World Lacrosse Games and played 8 seasons in Major League Lacrosse for both Boston & Los Angeles and capped off an amazing career by being inducted i...

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Jamie speaks about her own goals and how much of an honor it is for her to be able to help others.

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Jamie Watson grew up Towson, MD loving sports - playing mostly on the boy’s soccer and baseball teams. While in High School, Jamie Earned an impressive 9 varsity letters in 6 different sports during only a period of 3 years.

After graduating from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst as an exceptional student-athlete, Jamie has continued her positive contributions hosting radio shows, golf instruction and providing hydration so...

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Pamela Boteler is a world-class athlete and advocate who has been making waves in her sport since 2000. She made USA Canoe/Kayak history at the 2000 National Championships by becoming the first woman to compete in sprint canoe – against the men, and won gold and bronze medals. She continued to race against the men in 2001, winning gold in the Men’s C4 (4 person canoe). Finally, in 2002, influenced by her success on the water and lo...

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Jerry goes more in depth about his first monday night football game and how Howard Cosell attempted to blame everything on the dominating Sherk!

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Jerry Sherk has a masters in psychology with an emphasis in counseling, and he has almost two decades of experience being a mentoring consultant.  In addition to the one-on-one model, Jerry has an expertise in group mentoring, as he created and ran group mentoring programs in the school setting for more than six years. Jerry recently co-wrote a manual for Public/Private Ventures on how to develop ex-prisoner mentoring efforts. An a...

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TIME magazine named Dean Karnazes as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in the World." Men's Fitness hailed him as one of the fittest men on the planet. An internationally recognized endurance athlete and NY Times bestselling author, Dean has pushed his body and mind to inconceivable limits.

Among his many accomplishments, he has run 350 continuous miles, foregoing sleep for three nights. He's run across Death Valley in 1...

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