Olympics

Episode 189: Coach Dot Richardson

Coach Dot Richardson is the head softball coach at Liberty University and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Dot was voted by the NCAA as the Player of the Decade for the 1980s and was a pioneer in the sport of softball. However, when Dot was growing up she faced many obstacles and discrimination for being…

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Episode 177: Leah Amico

Leah Amico is a three-time Olympic gold medalist with USA Softball, a National Softball Hall of Fame Inductee in 2009, and a three-time national champion at The University of Arizona. Known for being one of the most clutch hitters of all time, Leah still holds the record for the highest batting average in the Women’s…

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Episode 176: Ruben Gonzalez

Ruben Gonzalez is a four-time Olympian who has competed in the luge in four different decades! As a child, Ruben was not a gifted athlete and did not take up the sport of luge until he was 21. Against all odds, four years later he was competing at the Winter Olympics in Calgary. At the…

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Episode 174: Devon Harris

Devon Harris is a three-time Olympian and one of the original members of the Jamaican Bobsled Team. In 1993, Disney released the movie Cool Runnings about the Olympic Bobsled team from Jamaica, with John Candy as the coach. Devon was on the team depicted in that movie. How much of the movie is true? Who played…

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