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Sports Will Save Us All

A weekly podcast where sports are just the beginning. Join host Sasha Graham as she sits down with icons, athletes, and every day folks to uncover incredible stories about drive, inspiration, triumph and heartbreak. Listen in on tales of the highest highs and the lowest lows, and find joy in all of the profound ways that sports connect us in a way that nothing else does. Sports will save us all, no athletic ability required. ABOUT Sports Will Save Us All is the wildly popular human interest

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Ep. 30 - Lauren Ammon, Former D1 Swimmer, is on a...

Sports Will Save Us All ·

2023/05/16

Lauren Ammon began swimming at age five and found enormous success in the water over the next 17 years. In high school she was a Kentucky State Champion and a top 3 finisher in the Mid American Conference. Her extraordinary efforts earned her a full-ride swimming scholarship to Division 1 Eastern Michigan where she continued to thrive as both a student and an athlete. Lauren is now the Head Coach at Performance Reimagined, a company she founded, where her mission is to change the way elite student

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Ep. 29 - Why do we play? Mary Ann Kluge shares the...

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2023/05/09

Mary Ann Kluge played basketball and lacrosse at University of Rhode Island and rose to the top of the field in both. She has a Masters in Adapted Physical Education and a Doctorate in Gerontology and has coached everything from middle school boys basketball and girls softball to soccer & basketball for Special Olympics. She was the head softball coach and assistant basketball coach at Idaho State, and head women’s basketball coach at Pacific Lutheran university for 17 years. More recently, she

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Ep. 28 - Pilot George Catalano talks aerobatics,...

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2023/05/02

George Catalano’s fascination with flying goes all the way back to childhood when his dad sent him up in a $20, nausea-inducing thrill ride in a Cessna 150. He became a pilot in college where he soon founded a T-34 aerobatic team. He and the team began doing airshows and these airshows, along with teaching primary flight training, paid for college and his very own T-34. In this episode George talks about his career in flying and describes what it’s like racing in the legendary National Championship

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Ep. 27 - NBA Champion player and coach, Lionel...

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2023/04/25

It’s the NBA playoffs so who better to talk to than Lionel Hollins who brought home championships with the Trail Blazers in 1976 as their point guard and again in 2020 as an assistant coach for the Lakers? Hollins has served as head coach of both the Memphis Grizzlies and the Brooklyn Nets and in this episode talks about being raised by his grandmother, what drove him to be great, what it was like playing with legends like Bill Walton and Dr. J, and what it takes to build a team. This episode

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Ep. 26 - SNAPkids is an aquatic program for kids with...

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2023/04/18

Dori Maxon is the Founder and Director of a super cool Northern California aquatic program for special needs kids called SNAP. Dori is a physical therapist and has a Masters in Education and Human Development. She started SNAP in 1991 and has been recognized with numerous awards including Aquatic Professional of the Year, the John Williams Adapted Aquatics Award from the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and the Jefferson Award for Community Service. You can find SNAP online at

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Ep. 25 - NFL, AFL, XFL Quarterback Mike Pawlawski...

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2023/04/11

Mike Pawlawski played college ball at UC Berkeley where he was named All Pac-10 Quarterback, Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year, and Citrus Bowl MVP. He generated the highest winning percentage among all modern Cal Quarterbacks, and not surprisingly, is in the Cal Athletics Hall of Fame. His football career continued for another 11 years following college including successful stints in the NFL, CFL, AFL, and the legendary XFL. He has parlayed his success on the field into an impressive broadcast

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Ep. 24 - 2021 United Soccer Coaches National High...

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2023/04/04

Coach Malone was a three-sport college athlete, playing field hockey, softball and running track during her time at Ohio Wesleyan. She has a masters degree in exercise physiology and been a high school teacher for 34 years. Coach Malone just wrapped up a 38 year career coaching high school sports, including 30 years at Chagrin Falls High School coaching girls soccer where she compiled the incredible record of 398 wins, 141 losses and 50 ties, she retires as the winningest female soccer Coach in Ohio

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Ep. 23 - Elite Adaptive CrossFit athlete Jedidiah...

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2023/03/28

Jedidiah Snelson has been a professional CrossFit athlete since 2016, a sport he came to, incredibly, after a motocross accident in 2014 left him paralyzed from the waist down. Prior to competing in CrossFit, Jedidiah raced professionally in Motocross and worked as a professional strength and conditioning coach for MMA, Snowmobile, Motocross and X Games Athletes. Jedidiah has achieved extraordinary success competing in Adaptive CrossFit and has become a powerful ambassador for adaptive athletes

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Ep. 22 - Coach Nise, the new Head Coach of the...

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2023/03/24

At just 35 years old, Coach Doug Nisenson seems to have a lot of perspective when it comes to high school sports, high school athletes, and what success really means. He believes football games are decided long before his players take the field, and that sports are a great training ground for competing in life. On this Special Episode of Sports Will Save Us All he explains what expects from his players, how parents can best support their sons, and what exactly he means by #CultureWins. You can find

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Ep. 21 - Brains, Beauty, Brawn…Chrissy Davis, doctor...

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2023/03/21

After a successful college dance career at University of Illinois, Dr. Chrissy Davis spent two seasons as a Luvabull dancer for the Chicago Bulls. You may feel like you can predict the rest of Chrissy’s story, but I can almost guarantee you’d be wrong. For instance, would you predict that Chrissy came by dancing almost by accident? That she had a successful career in finance, and once worked as a Chief Financial Officer before changing tacks and becoming a doctor of physical therapy with her own

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Ep. 20 - Saberball! Creator Trevor Woodford &...

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2023/03/14

In 2007 Teacher Trevor Woodford, an avid fencer and history enthusiast, was teaching his high schoolers about the Medieval period when they decided to roll up newspapers to use in mock sword battles. Little did any of them know that 16 years later those early sword battles would have evolved into a full-fledged ball and saber sport unlike anything any of us have ever seen before. Students Diego & Kinda, along with their teacher and coach, Trevor Woodford, explain how Saberball evolved, how it is

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Ep. 19 - Step Team coaches Lateka Curtis and Cheyanne...

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2023/03/07

Mother/Daughter duo Lateka Curtis and Cheyanne James founded Pretty Precise Step Team at the height of Covid and it’s been full steam ahead ever since. With performances on Good Morning America and at the Super Bowl LVII Experience, their young dancers are gaining confidence and poise, while also learning the importance of not forgetting to pack their socks. You can find the team online at www.prettysteppin.org and on Instagram @_.prettyprecisestepteam.

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Ep. 18 - Climbing & canyoneering guide Tom Seeley...

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2023/02/28

If you like being outside, you are going to want to listen up to this episode because Tom Seeley knows a thing or two about how to enjoy the outdoors in ways that may not have even occurred to you. In addition to volunteering as a Rock Instructor and Outing Leader for the Arizona Mountaineering Club, Tom has found a way to turn his passion into his full-time job, working as an instructor and guide for Arizona Rock and Canyon Adventures. You can find Tom’s company online

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Ep. 17 - 2x Olympic Silver Medalist Jody Campbell...

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2023/02/21

Considered one of the nation’s greatest water polo players, Jody Campbell was an All-American water polo player at Woodrow Wilson High School and at Stanford University, where he led his team to three national championships. Jody played on three Olympic teams (1980, ’84 and ’88), winning silver medals in the ’84 and ‘88 Olympics. He’s been inducted in the Halls of Fame of Stanford University, USA Water Polo, the Long Beach Century Club, and Wilson High. Now, as Chairman of CSR Children’s

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Ep. 16 - Three legends of Negro Leagues Baseball:...

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2023/02/14

Author Rich Procter was a member of the legendary "Groundlings" Improv group along with Phil Hartman and Paul Reubens. He is an author, a podcaster, and a former writer with Walt Disney Imagineering. Rich’s new book is called SUGARBALL and it was inspired by the true events of 1937 when a Dominican Republic dictator hired several high-profile stars of Negro League Baseball to come play for his team in the Dominican Republic. When they arrived they found themselves in a country filled with fanatic

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Ep. 15 - Free Diving; what is it and why would anyone...

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2023/02/07

Tobias Bloyd was born in a log cabin on Mt. Tobias, near Woodstock, New York. The cabin had no electricity and no running water, and difficult family dynamics. Tobias spent his young childhood with the woods as his escape—running "completely feral,” as he describes it, climbing anything he could find and launching himself into the air while attempting to swing from vine to vine. In addition to his love of climbing, Tobias soon discovered a passion for the lakes, rivers, and swimming holes near his

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Ep. 14 - MLB Pitcher Bruce Chen pitched 400 games...

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2023/01/31

Bruce Chen grew up in Panama and was named Bruce because his dad loved Bruce Lee. He caught the eye of Major League Baseball scouts when he was just a teenager playing in Panama and eventually went on to pitch in 400 Major League games over 17 seasons. Hear what he misses most about playing in the Majors, what he thinks teams should do differently when signing players from Latin America, and what happened when he pitched for China in the World Baseball Classic against the Spanish-speaking team from

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Ep. 13 - Bobsled, hurdles, hammer throw, coaching…Is...

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2023/01/24

When Nebraska track & field athlete Amanda Moreley was approached at Nationals about giving bobsledding a try her response was, “Isn’t that cold and dangerous?” Now, having traveled the world as an elite bobsledder (she was a six-time national team member and an alternate for both the 2006 and 2010 winter Olympics) she can confirm that her initial reaction was spot on, but she never could have anticipated all of the highs, lows, and life experiences that the sport would afford her. If you would

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Ep. 12 - In wheelchair athlete and coach Richie...

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2023/01/17

Richie Bennett grew up in a family full of athletes, with brothers everywhere, and himself has achieved all sorts of athletic success—he was named a High School Academic All-American by the National Wheelchair Basketball Association and twice represented the United States as a USA Track and Field athlete at the Cerebral Palsy World Championships, once in Australia, and once in England, earning individual bronze medals in shot put, the 800m, and the 200m. Hear how his parents encouraged and

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Ep. 11 - From drill sergeant to sports performance...

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2023/01/10

Jenna Ross shares her incredible stories of serving over 13 years on active duty in the Arizona Army National Guard where she was a recruiter, a drill sergeant, a combat medic, and the very first female infantry soldier. She describes becoming fascinated by human motivation and what caused the people around her to remain committed to their goals or abandon them completely. Dr. Ross earned her doctorate in Sport and Performance Psychology and now owns her own company, working with athletes to

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