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In Conversation with Lesley Visser

In more than four decades of covering sports, Lesley Visser has almost always been the "first." The first woman enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the first woman to win the Lifetime Achievement Sports Emmy, the first woman on Monday Night Football, the first woman on the Network broadcasts of the Final Four, the NBA Finals, the World Series and the Super Bowl - and she"s the only woman to have presented the Lombardi Trophy to the winning Super Bowl team. Along the way, Lesley"s made many

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00:44:51

John Feinstein

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/12/16

Lesley was with John Feinstein in 1986 for his promotional tour of “Season on the Brink.” It was the Tip Off Classic in Springfield, where 17th-ranked Navy, with David Robinson, was upset by NC State, led by Jim Valvano. She and John went to a bookstore in a mall and waited for people to stop by and maybe buy a book. Sales were slow that day, but the book went on to become iconic, one of the best-selling sports books of all time. His latest book, “Raise a Fist, Take a Knee – Race and the Illusion

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00:44:07

Dan Shaughnessy

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/12/09

When Lesley first met Dan Shaughnessy in 1974, they were covering high school football for the Boston Globe and going to dive bars on Boston’s old waterfront. Dan went on to become one of the greatest writers of his generation, authoring “The Curse of the Bambino” and being elected to the prestigious writer’s wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Dan writes about every sport, sometimes with a twinkle, sometimes a hammer, but his latest book, “Wish it Could Have Lasted Forever – Life with the Larry Bird

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00:42:37

Doug Flutie

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/12/02

When Doug Flutie went to Boston College, he was so far down in the depth-chart as a quarterback that he was known as the back-up punter. But the day after Thanksgiving in 1984, his mythic last-second “Hail Mary” to Gerard Phalen against powerhouse Miami, with Brent Musburger on the call, cemented Player of the Year and the Heisman Trophy. Doug said he’s just seen footage of the play from a new angle, and that he had a man open on the 10-yard line, but fortuitously, didn’t see him. Doug’s pro career

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00:39:44

Ivan Maisel

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/11/18

In February of 2015, sportswriter Ivan Maisel got a call that brought the worst possible news. The abandoned car of his son Max had been found in a parking lot next to Lake Ontario, not far from where Max was in college. Two months later, the body washed up. Ivan and his family knew it was suicide and decided to share what had happened; not pretend it was something else. The book “I Keep Trying to Catch His Eye” is about mental health, the stigma of suicide and one family’s journey of getting

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00:22:53

Rich Podolsky

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/11/11

No one had ever seen a national NFL pre-game show until 1975, when CBS President Bob Wussler put together four of the most unlikely people to create the ground-breaking and enduring “NFL TODAY.” Brent Musburger, Jimmy “The Greek,” former Miss America Phyllis George and former player Irv Cross have come to life in technicolor in Rich Podolsky’s “You Are Looking Live!” which was Brent’s signature line for every stadium look-in, a sneaky way to show gamblers what the weather was. It’s all in

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00:39:51

Christian McBride

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/11/04

Christian McBride is considered the best Jazz bassist in the world, a composer and arranger who’s won 7 Grammys himself and played with everyone from Herbie Hancock to Sting, The Roots and Sir Paul McCartney. He was speechless the first time he met his idol, James Brown, at the Apollo Theater, but years later they performed together at the Hollywood Bowl. A prodigy from Philly who went to Julliard, Christian spent much of his youth either celebrating or despairing over his Philadelphia Eagles. Since

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00:31:57

Mark Ciardi

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/10/28

Producer Mark Ciardi should be the subject of his own much-beloved movies. He’s been a Major League pitcher, a European model and a go-to producer for all things sports. After spending years in the minor league, in places like Beloit, Wis., El Paso and Stockton, California, Mark was called up by the Milwaukee Brewers in 1987. After lasting for a cup of cocoa in the Major Leagues, he became a model, working the runways of Paris and Milan for seven years. After that chapter, he became a Hollywood

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00:46:16

Dan Duquette

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/10/21

In the midst of the baseball playoffs, who better to talk to than a three-time MLB General Manager? Dan Duquette oversaw the Montreal Expos, the Boston Red Sox and the Baltimore Orioles. And he has very strong opinions. The Astros, in his view, should not be considered the World Champions of 2017, and the same scandal tag – stealing signs and banging on trash cans - still hangs over Red Sox Manager Alex Cora. A native New Englander, Duquette grew up having his heart broken by the Red Sox of 1967,

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00:38:08

Drew Bledsoe

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/10/14

Drew Bledsoe never complained, even when he thought he deserved another chance. How was he so composed the entire year after being replaced by Tom Brady, following a devastating injury in 2001? “I’m the son of two teachers from Walla, Walla, Washington,” he said, “I wasn’t raised to complain.” It’s been 21 years since Drew, who’d signed an NFL record $103 million contract with the Patriots, was annihilated by Jet linebacker Mo Lewis - a sideline collision that changed the course of sports history.

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00:33:54

Shannon & Ray Allen

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/10/07

He’s a father, a husband, a gentleman, a legend – but just an OK karaoke singer. It’s a tough crowd. Ray Allen’s wife, Shannon, is a former professional singer, and Ray said it’s hard to have confidence when you’ve heard your wife’s song on the radio. Every fan knows about Ray Allen’s heart-stopping step-back 3 against the Spurs in Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals, but Lesley and Ray also reminisced about his winning shot for Connecticut against Georgetown in the ‘96 Big East Championship. Allen’s

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00:31:57

Jim Boeheim

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/09/30

In 1979, Jim Boeheim was one of the original Big East personalities, along with John Thompson, Lou Carnesecca and Bill Raftery. Jim and Lesley - who covered the Big East from the beginning - shared memories of the early days, including the time Rick Pitino and Rollie Massimino almost got into a fist-fight at the coach's seminar. Jim said the coaches fought all the time until Commissioner Dave Gavitt would tell them to "Stop, just Stop." Jim said Georgetown was the best defensive team he'd faced in

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00:46:55

Kenny Mayne

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/09/23

Kenny Mayne - ESPN Sportscenter, NBC Olympics, College Quarterback - also one of the worst contestants in the history of "Dancing With The Stars." Lesley and Kenny talk about his crazy career and share some of their strangest assignments, like Orienteering and golfing off the top of a 7200-foot tall mountain. They also discuss his charity, Run Freely, which provides devices to help veterans with injured limbs, a device that also helped Kenny after decades of his own pain.

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00:37:08

Warren Moon

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/09/16

Warren Moon and Lesley will always have a special bond. In 2006, he became the first black quarterback inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and she became the first woman. In this conversation, Warren talks about everything from his unusual throwing motion - developed by watching and reading about Nolan Ryan - to how he owes some of his success for 23 years to, of all things, a perfect manicure! He discusses the saga of still-unsigned QB Cam Newton, whom he mentored, but Warren is adamant in

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00:37:53

David Duchovny

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/09/09

Lesley and David Duchovny got off to a bad start. She bought his book "Bucky F### Dent", thinking he was a Red Sox fan. But no, he's a crazy Yankee fan, having grown-up in the post-Mantle years where he "cried when Mel Stottlemyre lost" and "loved Bobby Mercer." Even though he actually met Ted Williams once, he still makes fun of Fenway Park. He has opinions on everything from palming the ball in the NBA to Kobe getting too many calls in a conference final. A summa cum laude graduate of Princeton,

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00:49:29

Billie Jean King

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/09/02

Lesley first saw Billie Jean King play in a converted airplane hanger in Boston in 1973. Now old friends, Billie Jean joined Lesley for her first episode of "In Conversation." The iconic athlete and social justice advocate talked about growing up in Long Beach, California, where her brother, Randy Moffitt, went off to pitch in the Major Leagues while she went off to win Grand Slams and change society. Billie Jean shares how a childhood love of baseball and shortstop Maury Wills led her to buy a

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Introducing In Conversation with Lesley Visser

In Conversation with Lesley Visser ·

2021/08/26

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