We Believe In Sports

In Episode 11 of #WeBelieveInSports, Michael Eady is joined by Cat Whitehill, a former professional soccer player and a 10-year Veteran of the U.S. Women’s National Team. While a part of the team from 2000-2011, she played for the U.S. in the Women’s World Cup in 2003 and 2007 and was a member of the Olympic Gold Medal winning team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Most recently, Cat joined the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Listen in as Cat talks through what it was like to play in the FIFA

In episode 10 of #WeBelieveInSports, Michael Eady is joined by Martin Newton, the Director of Athletics at Samford University. Martin worked in sports marketing for Converse for 13 years and then spent 13 years in a similar capacity at Nike. Prior to returning to his alma mater in March of 2011 as the Director of Athletics, Martin spent a few years as the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Kentucky. Listen in as Martin talks through his Dad, C.M. Newton, and the significant

In episode 9 of #webelieveinsports, Michael Eady is joined by Head of Strategy and Audience Development at Front Office Sports Edgar Walker. Front Office Sports is a digital media outlet covering the collision of business and sports, which has quickly grown into one of the preeminent sources for sports business news and analysis. Before joining Front Office Sports in April, Edgar was operating The Gameplan Group — an investment and advisory firm he launched in 2019 — and had previously spent

In episode eight, Michael Eady is joined by Bobby Basham of the Chicago Cubs. Bobby has been a member of the Cubs front office since 2012 when he first joined the organization as a Major League Scouting Coordinator. Since then, he’s held a variety of roles. Today, as the Director of Player Development, Bobby manages the Cubs Minor League System as well as leading internal innovation, business development, and technology exploration efforts for the baseball operations department. Prior to the Cubs,

On episode seven of #webelieveinsports, Dr. Julian Maha, co-founder of KultureCity, sits down with us to talk about how sports have played a role in growing KultureCity to become the nation's leading nonprofit on sensory accessibility and acceptance for all with invisible disabilities, including those with autism, military vets with PTSD, adults with dementia, Parkinson's disease, stroke patients and more. Since its inception, KultureCity has worked with hundreds of venues including stadiums,

On our sixth episode of We Believe in Sports, our host, Michael Eady, is joined by Wendell Hudson, the first All-American and the Crimson Tide’s first black scholarship athlete. During his time playing for the Crimson Tide, Wendell became the university’s first SEC Player of the Year. He was voted Most Valuable Player in the SEC two consecutive years (1972-73) and was named first-team All-American in 1973. After his time at the University of Alabama, Wendell was drafted in the second round of the

This week on #WeBelieveInSports our host, Michael Eady, is joined by Executive Director of the Lutzie 43 Foundation, Mike Lutzenkirchen. Mike is the father of the late Philip Lutzenkirchen, a former Auburn University student-athlete from 2009-2012 who was tragically killed as a passenger in a distracted and impaired driving accident in 2014. Alongside his family, Mike created the Lutzie 43 Foundation as a way to spread awareness of the dangers of distracted and impaired driving and to inspire young