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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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01:08:15

The Uncertainty Scale

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2024/06/19

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 176 – The Uncertainty Scale Self doubt can be an evil temptress. One could possess all of the necessary tools to find success and ultimate glory, only to be hamstrung by any number of obstacles, real and imagined. We traverse the sum of all fears with Friend Of The Program and host of Touring The AFC South, Mike Patton, vacationing above the 49th Parallel in The 6ix, to help Wall $t navigate the world of hoops this week!The real meaning of Father’s Day is

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00:45:05

The Standard

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2024/06/12

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 175 - The Standard How many of us measure our success and happiness on the accolades and accumulations… of others? Having examples to review as an indication of bar setting is great; using those examples as your bar? Not so much. Well, level up as Wall $t. assesses the first two game of the NBA Finals, primes Vancouver for the start of Full Court21 Canada’s 2024 National Tournament Tour, salutes those who plants seeds that grow strong roots on and off the

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01:24:56

Paralysis By Analysis

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2024/06/05

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 174 – Paralysis By Analysis The old phrase “Piss Or Get Off The Pot!” may sound disturbing, but decision making reveals certain character markers that oft times separates the champs from the chumps. Choose Wisely. The first round selection to help Wall St. earn them rings and things you sing about (bring ‘em out) is Canada’s biggest Dallas Mavericks fan and podcast super producer Ryan Antonio Henry. Dwight Powell’s favourite fan and the head honcho of

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01:32:47

Shattered Images

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2024/05/29

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 173 – Shattered DreamsIt is said that there are two sides to every story… three when you include the truth! But with the line between reality and the virtual version of it being so very blurred by disinformation, bombast, prevarication and duplicity, where would any reasonable person when facts are a must? You’re not saying we’re Number One… Welpington.com, we’re sorry! We lied! We’re numbers one, two, three, four and #FiF! Aiding us in cleaning these rough

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01:45:29

Exit Ramp

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2024/05/22

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 172 – Exit Ramp Sometimes, it’s tough to know when to say “when”… Imagine being married to the game and knowing, no matter what you did, you could not divorce yourself from it. This week, Wall $t. collabs with a lifer who may never walk away from basketball: Canadian legend and hoops multihyphenate Leo Rautins, who has seen the heights and depths of an existence dominated by This Thing Of Ours. The guys will chat about everything from being a prodigy in the

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00:49:37

The World Is Grey

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2024/05/15

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 171 – The World Is Grey How do you dream? Is it in black and white? It is in Technicolour? During a time where things ain’t always how they appear or what they seem, do these dreams get muddied by the doubts, criticisms and insecurities of many who can’t do what you do or see what you see? Never worry as Wall $t. helps sharpen the focus on everything from Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut, Mother’s Day, when the news ain’t the news, A’ja’s A-1 Since Day 1, NBA

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02:16:22

Survivor's Remorse

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2024/05/08

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 170 – Survivor’s Remorse Regrets in Life have a place for some. Whether you live with them or not, the mere contemplation of what could have been seems to riddle us at one point or another on our respective journeys. How do your remedy the feelings and set your sights on all that lay ahead? Former Boston Herald reporter and NYC political press scribe Ed Molina, aka Honudran Heat, deciphers the tea leaves with Wall $t. on everything from the NBA playoffs, the

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01:30:54

Fuzzy Memories

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2024/05/01

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 169 – Fuzzy Memories Everything Ends. It's not profound; it’s a simple, harsh reality. Whether we’re talking jobs, school, careers or incredible eras of basketball, Time has a way of forcing you to accept the only constant: Change. To evolve and thrive is a sublime samba into the excitement and anticipation of the Unknown, offering opportunity to craft memorable chapters in your journey. Helping Wall $t. to navigate the nostalgia and the new, both in

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00:45:01

The Wait x The Weight

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2024/04/24

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 168 – The Wait x The Weight When Age and Time factor into your decision making, we often opt out of the real effort part in making up our minds as desire wanes. But how do we get it back? Not time… we can’t age backward. But we can reignite our Discipline and accept our Responsibility to care. You can pay for it now or pay for it later, but one way or another, you will pay! And as the NBA playoffs kick off, Wall $t. has lots of questions to be asked and

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01:42:32

Dream A Whole Dream

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2024/04/18

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 167 – Dream A Whole Dream “We Ain’t Gotta Dream No Mo’, Man…” Those fateful words uttered by the late Russell “Stringer” Bell of the greatest television show e’er writ or spit (NOTE: not subject to debate here) were as true then as they are now when looking at unprecedented time of growth and visibility for basketball that just so happens to be played by women. Arguably the greatest draft class in WNBA history, fronted by one of the most transcendent stars

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01:17:09

Diet Racism

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2024/04/10

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 166 – Diet Racism Weaponizing words and phrases to mask your truest intent is an art mastered by many, especially those who feel their way of life in being threatened by those who… Well… We won’t do a deep dive there! But, in an election year and divisiveness on the rise, it’d be tough to imagine someone reading this and not understanding our truest intent. Word Salad aside… for now, social media superstar Jasmine L. Watkins joins Wall $t. to talk about

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01:03:55

Level Setting

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2024/04/02

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 165 – Level Setting When the world is on its ass, how do we get it back in balance? For many, the task seems impossible. For some, if only for a little while, escaping to enjoy This Thing Of Ours can serve as a temporary solution to aid all that ails. With #MarchMadness, the NBA playoffs, as well as the start of the WNBA season in front of us, may some degree of peace find you on this episode! Wall St. gives the goods on the game as well as bars on Diddy,

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01:03:55

Touch Earth

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2024/03/27

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 164 – Touch Earth One wild March Madness Weekend down, 2 more to go and ankles cracked as they as the younglings say “Bro! I made you touch earth!” You’ll get all of that and more from both the women’s and men’s NCAA national championship tourneys, plus the college coaching carousel, Geno hitting the Big 7-0, Kim Mulkey going Kim Mulkey, the death of the G League Ignite, along with DEI initiatives across the country and the fight for NBA playoff

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01:55:43

Genetic Lottery

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2024/03/20

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 163 – Genetic Lottery It’s time to dance. Conference tournament upsets are a bettor’s dream for men’s #MarchMadness with no clear cut favourite and for upset-minded gamblers watching the women’s quest for the title! Wall $t. and his Rice Owls squad never made the dance as their Cinderella shoes didn’t fit… But, in this week’s ep, Wall $t. builds with two guys, one who danced twice and one, like him, who also never made the dance, but are still living out

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00:51:51

Racially Ambiguous

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2024/03/13

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 162 – Racially Ambiguous Spring is in the air and so is #MarchMadness as the NCAA barrels toward one of the best parts of college basketball. That fresh NBA playoff scent is in the air seemingly a bit earlier than in years past as potential play-in tournament matchups are looking as enticing and lucrative for the league, its performers and the fans alike. And as the complexion of America continues to change in more ways than one, so, too, does the faces of

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01:08:06

Nasty Work

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2024/03/06

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 161 – Nasty Work When you do something well for an extended period of time, it seems that, sometimes, people can love you then hate you then love you again… that Familiarity doesn’t always bring Gratitude, but more often than not, it brings Contempt. Wall $t. sorts out the blah blah blah blah, knowing full well that some people can’t even dream a whole dream, by building with the venerated Poet Laureate of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, Dwayne Morgan. The two

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01:24:26

Culturally Problematic

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2024/02/28

The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 160 – Culturally Problematic Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. That people, corporations and institution have to implement written guidelines on how to be more empathetic, sensitive and aware of those who don’t look like them but not only acknowledgement but action is but one of the many sad realities we face as people. The National Basketball Association, of all the four major North American professional sports conglomerates, has generally been a leader in

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01:07:19

The Heat Of A Thousand Suns

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2024/02/21

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 159 – The Heat Of A Thousand Suns When the sun shines brightest, can you handle the glare? Life can come at you fast sometimes... Some of us are built to deal the burden of leadership… of kicking in doors, knocking down walls, all in order to erect the new “normal”, whatever that may be.' And in the age of social media, with this build will come intense scrutiny, oft times, from those without clue or consideration for the fact that they know not. QWERTY

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00:42:50

Adrenaline x Lies

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2024/02/14

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 158 – Adrenaline x LiesIt’s been said that the best storytellers are those who can weave fact, fiction, fairy tale and fun into a rolling narrative that informs, cajoles, pokes, prods and pushes toward thought, emotion, debate and introspection. In the age of social media, it seems two prime facts, outside of the omnipresent clout chase via clicks, likes and retweets, are-- Well, you see it in the ep’s handle for the week. In basketball, the foundation for

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01:43:54

Magnified Ambition

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2024/02/07

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 157 – Magnified AmbitionThe first episode of #BlackHistoryEryday puts a lens on wants, needs and desires. The great post-modern contemporary literary giant Tariq Luqmaan Trotter once exclaimed that he is a walking affirmation that imagination and focus and patience gets you closer to your aspirations. Wall $t connects the dots with Fieldhouse Files and Pacers beat writer Scott Agness to talk good times, fun hoops and dreams in Indianapolis with Tyrese

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