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The Open Run With Will Strickland

Where Basketball x Life Are One! The Open Run With Will Strickland: The News, Views x Truths You Choose On The NBA x Beyond!

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00:45:08

Choose Violence

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2022/02/09

America didn’t invent violence…But it damn sure perfected it!In a different, less destructive way, equal opportunity smoke is offered across the hoops landscape and Wall $t. looks to broker the peace as #BlackHistoryEryday continues.Helping to bring The Ell Ooh Vee Eee to the proceedings and do it with a laugh is comedian extraordinaire Russell Peters enters the center to talk about how little he knows about basketball, but that his boxing and hip hop culture game is top shelf! We chat his current

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01:34:27

Fight The Wind

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2022/02/01

As we launch #BlackHistoryEryday, it may seem at times that the toughest thing to do is Live…Optimism is great to have and even better when it is realized.But the lines between What Is and What We Dream It To Be can be quite different and at the end of the day, we gotta figure out play the cards we’re dealt, especially when you know the game is rigged.Welcome To Reality!Sometimes, it’s hard!To help ease some of the difficulties, Wall $t. enlists the words and wisdom of CBS Sports’ Producer Nata

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01:21:47

Mispronoun

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2022/01/25

Ever get confused as to how you refer to a person these days?It can be an adventure if you are not aware and sensitive to how one wished to be recognized.However, it is not what you are called but to what you answer and Wall $t. requests the presence of the first NBA assistant coach of Indian descent, Canadian hoops coaching legend Roy Rana.The newly-minted bench bawse of the Egyptian National Team globetrots with Will on his journey and impact, domestically and abroad, in This Thing Of Ours because

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02:09:16

The Cost Of Greatness

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2022/01/18

The late great James Brown once uttered that he’d paid the cost to the The Boss.Wall $t. goes one-on-one with another player who took his talents to South Beach!Joel Anthony, 2-time NBA Champion and current General Manager of the Canadian Elite Basketball League’s newest expansion team in his hometown, the Montreal Alliance, runs the court and shares stories of his time with The Heatles, things he didn’t know about his teammates, the future of Canada Basketball and life after basketball.In addition,

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00:47:00

Understand The Assignment

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2022/01/11

Ever taken on a task, but didn’t know how it would end?Life is funny like that… Not a serial drama where everything gets tidied up at the end of 44 minutes.There is a finality to it that is only truly defined by its ending.How is all that you’d done in the time you had measured?Does it even matter?Well, despite technical difficulties that truncated our “official” conversation, Wall $t. gets to go bar for bar with the grossly underrated producer/rapper/icon Diamond D for as long as it lasted.It was

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01:24:51

Truth Adjacent

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2022/01/04

Do you know what it means when you lie by omission?My Dear Ol’ Dad (Bless The Dead) had bars on the subject and millions of people may have begun the new year under the false pretense of resolution, but we do no such thing on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One!TSN’s Mark Roe, the Swiss Army knife of sports broadcasters in Canada, helps Wall $t. turn the pages on the calendar into 2022 as we volley back and forth on the importance of protecting your mentals and checking in on your peoples

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01:28:14

Steady Ground

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/12/28

On our final airing in 2021, the podcast where Basketball and Life meet worked very hard at being resolute in our resolve to not drop resolutions for 2022!Did it work?Come and find out as The Toronto Star’s sports quill game veteran Dave Feschuk laces ‘em up with Wall $t. and salute The Hashtag aka #HeWhoShantBeNamed on his 37th as we celebrate sustained greatness and another trip around the sun with hopes of a brighter new year.You got questions?We got answers.Never shaky.Forever rock

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01:32:48

The People We Keep

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/12/23

T’was a couple nights before #HappyMerryChristmaHanaKwanzaaFestivusDiwaliEid and all throughout these Rough Interweb Streets, COVID creatures were stirring on the podcast where Basketball and Life meet!And while the pandemic is still here like your neighbor’s holiday fruitcake, The News, Views and Truths you choose on the NBA and beyond is still the gift that keeps on giving as we welcome Dr. D’Wayne Edwards, founder of The Pensole Lewis College of Business and Design, to get your kick game official

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01:08:52

What’s A Cumberbund

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/12/15

They say there are no guarantees in this Life…We found a couple, as well as answered an age-old… ok… it was only a month old, but… it was a question that needed answering as we pull no punches and play zero games whilst we invite The Sneaker Summit Don, Bryan “Kadoma” Angelle, straight outta Houston, Texas, to the podcast where Basketball and Life are One!No tricks!We’re talkin’ Kicks and Rockets!It was time to build!This week’s ep includes, as always, the NBA Power 10, some anniversary love, a

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00:55:20

The Purpose In Pain

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/12/07

You may have been told, on the Road to Riches and Diamond Rings, to Trust Your Struggle… to count Victory In Every Loss.But what is that Thing Within that drives you… us… to achieve at the highest levels… and also tells us when it is time to let it go?SportsNet’s multitalented broadcaster and fantasy football maven Andy McNamara enters the centre to talk about enjoying the journey with no destination in sight whilst navigating The News, Views and Truths on the NBA and beyond with Wall $t.From veiled

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01:38:02

Susceptible To Flattery

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/11/30

Some say that Imitation is the highest form of Flattery.When you are creatively superior in things you craft for mass consumption, Imitation is cheap and the most fluid currency comes in the forms of Respect, Appreciation and Homage.Propers and Dues are paid as Wall $t. welcomes NBA.com International’s and FIBA's play-by-play bawse Carlan Gay to the weekly hoops proceedings where the lecture is conducted from the mic into the speaker!Dragons and Raptors, Charlotte/New Orleans/OKC Hornets and Bobcats

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01:18:06

Pay Thanksgiving

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/11/23

For what exactly are we truly thankful… & do we need a state-mandated holiday to connect with loved ones whilst enjoying a plentiful bounty of Food, Football, Fun & Family?A good time is virtually guaranteed when Wall $t. calls upon legendary Canadian sports broadcaster, TSN 1050 Radio Toronto’s Jim Tatti, as he steps into the square to pontificate on staying ahead of the curve in this business, the difference in hockey and hoops crowds, and the history of Yes Guy!Flintstone Fingers, the Michael

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01:13:35

Whiskey x Cigarettes

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/11/17

Ever watch movies and tv shows where you never see the hero eat?All they do is drink and smoke…Seems to have shaped a lot of our early conditioning of what “American Might” looked like: America: Marlboros x Jack Daniels ( Word to Uncle Nearest).But what fuels you?Pickled Livers and Tar Roasted Lungs aside, #4PeatSZN is officially in effect as the 2017, 2018 and 2019 Full Court 21 All World Champions enter the center to rock on The Open Run with Will Strickland!Nolan Gooding, Manny Campbell and

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01:58:47

Intellectually Lazy

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/11/09

Today, we can call on a multitude of sources for information.Doesn’t necessarily mean those sources are fact-based, especially in The Easy Bake Fake News Era.But Facts could care less about Feelings… feelings in which you might find yourself deep inside as Wall St. invites former ESPN Hall Of Fame Social Media Troll and NBA Insider Amin Elhassan to enter the center on The Open Run with Will Strickland!Somehow along the way, Christopher George Latore Wallace, Giannis, Nia Long, Beignets In New

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01:15:07

Finish Ya Breakfast

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/11/02

How many “great” ideas have you allowed to fall to the wayside because you were discouraged that the people you love and trust the most can’t see your vision?Do you quit because you are afraid? Unsure?Or is Your Belief far stronger that Their Doubt?How you navigate the matters matters. Wall $t. invites fellow dreamer who is also living his currently, 3-time Olympic track and field star Kareem Streete-Thompson to chat being Black at Rice University in the 1990s, Spike Lee, Carl Lewis, name checking

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00:57:02

Do It Yourself Kit

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/10/26

The Road Less Travelled doesn’t mean that you walk it alone…At every step in this excursion called Life, we all need help along the way to achieve the highest of heights.With that in mind, Wall $t. enlists the aid of former professional baseball player and current radio personality Mike Hardge as well as Any Given Sunday actor Brian Berry to reminisce and talk about what it took and takes for them to be successful in their fields of expertise.The Top 75 At 75 in the National Basketball Association’s

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01:19:07

The Things Said In Silence

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/10/19

The Truth Between The Lines… The Devil Is In The Details…Those idioms seem apropos each week on the podcast and this week is no different as Wall St. parses things often unheard, even when someone is speaking.Will hold court as forever emcee, student, son, brother, father, grandfather and friend, “Juice Easy” Bobby Humbert, steps into the arena on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One.In perhaps the most personally revealing episode yet, Will and Bobby discuss how to navigate parenting adult

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01:30:34

The 1st Annual #DoWork Awards: Preseason Edition

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/10/18

Freshly Dipped In Our 75th NBA Season Gear, Tap In For The Supreme Drip Drop As #TheOpenRun With Will Strickland Presents The 1st Annual #DoWork Awards - Preseason Edition For 2021-2022, Featuring Below The Hardwood.Come x Get It While The Gettin's Good!!! Don't Get Beat Off The Dribble! Find Will On These Rough Interweb Streets:Twitter: @W_Strickland1IG: WillStrickland1 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theopenrun/message

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00:19:24

2022 NBA Eastern Conference Preview – Atlantic Division

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/10/15

With a new season on the way, Ryan Antonio Henry of Below The Hardwood joins Wall $t to preview the 2022 NBA Season. In this episode, they will preview the Atlantic Division out of the Eastern Conference. They predict the winners, losers and surprises coming out of the division and provide their thoughts on each team ahead of the upcoming season.Do What's Popular With The Population! Find Will On These Rough Interweb Streets:Twitter: @W_Strickland1IG: WillStrickland1@RAHenry on Instagram and

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00:23:29

2022 NBA Eastern Conference Preview – Southeast Division

The Open Run With Will Strickland ·

2021/10/13

With a new season on the way, Ryan Antonio Henry of Below The Hardwood joins Wall $t to preview the 2022 NBA Season. In this episode, they will preview the Southeast Division out of the Eastern Conference. They predict the winners, losers and surprises coming out of the division and provide their thoughts on each team ahead of the upcoming season.Do What's Popular With The Population! Find Will On These Rough Interweb Streets:Twitter: @W_Strickland1IG: WillStrickland1@RAHenry on Instagram

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