Basketball didn’t cut it for him. Neither did baseball. In fact, none of these “traditional” sports seemed to fit for Preston Anderson. It wasn’t until his mother took him to sailing camp that Preston found his niche. He knew that...
Growing up a Chicago Bears fan, she’d see the likes of Walter Payton, Mike Singletary, and William Perry working their way up and down the field on her TV screen. She always admired the team’s ability to overcome a deficit. No matter the...
Andy Gresh – a New England radio icon – joins me this week on the show this week. In the episode, Andy and I discuss how the son of a coal miner who grew up in a small, rural Pennsylvania town ended up a prolific voice...
An unlikely rower from Mount Holyoke became an Olympic athlete. That athlete completed law school and launched a successful legal career. Then she laid it all aside to become a filmmaker. Her latest documentary tells the story of...
It all started at a keg party on the Georgetown campus. Paul Caccamo and scores of his friends were celebrating his graduation until the police showed up. In a turn of events worthy of Les Mis, a passing Jesuit priest convinced them...
A liar never tells you he’s lying. That’s why you fall for it. And that’s the way all you’ve worked so crazy-hard to build starts to unravel. What began as an amazing entrepreneurial adventure in youth...
Always a player that played to her strengths, building them to their full capacity, Erika Lawler won 3 national championships and a silver medal in the Olympics for ice hockey. When you have such a storied athletic career, what...
In youth sports, we talk a lot about changing the world. But once kids leave the field, how are they changed? Are they any different on the ride home in the minivan than they were when they arrived? Keith Osik, former player for the...
How do you thrive in adverse situations? By practicing creative leadership in challenging environments. Like being a woman in athletics, for instance. It’s tempting to behave sedately, the way women are often socialized to do. But...
In Northern Ireland, soccer led to rioting and violence between Protestant and Catholic boys. But could basketball be different? One man thought so, and he created a team of Catholics and Protestants together. Mike Evans, founder and executive...