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Episode 232 – Wanna Bet?
Appealing to someone’s competitive nature is one thing; crafting an environment where greed and excess are normalized to the degree that people see it as aspirational is another.
Gambl—ahem… pardon us… “gaming”, legal or otherwise, in sports has, is and will always be a divisive topic for many.
When the integrity of a league, organization or person comes into question as it pertains to gambling’s more pernicious elements, well… prepare for scandal, exposure and a whole lot of dry beggin’ / snitchin’ to occur.
Most of that telling will be on ourselves.
We’ve had a helluva opening week to the 80th campaign of the National Basketball Association!
Feds, arrests, anticipated debuts, amazing returns, supersized scoring output and perhaps more questions than answers at this point!
Hop on for the ride…
It’s a good train!
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References Made:
Gil’s Arena, John Tesh, The Maine Event, contractual obligation, The Unction, Tiago Splitter, Reebok, Lob City East, Timberlands, financial wellness, “This Thing Of Ours”, Marshall Walter “Major”Taylor, Portland Fire, Olivia Miles, B.R.I., American Exceptionalism, Springfield YMCA, Sandy Brondello, aristocrat, Werner Ladders, N.I.L. money, Iowa Wolves, Chauncey Ray Billups, double entendre, Disney Sports, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 231 - Untitled
Ever been on the outside of an inside joke?
Make sure you are not as Wall $t. might crack a smile, but ain’t a damn thing funny about mixing it up with Austin, Texas’ AM 1300 The Zone’s The Morning Kickoff’s duo!
Former Major League baseball player, Friend of the Program and high school hoops teammate of your host, Mike “Hardball” Hardge, and The World’s Strongest Man (or second-strongest, depending upon who you ask), WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henrybreak down their careers, how they teamed up for their radio show, who’d be better in the other’s sport, Rice University vs The University of Texas, the NBA’s Texas Triangle of teams and more!
Does a special guest referee or tag team partner show to even out the odds in this handicapable match to give a proper salute to the WNBA season that was and The Commish who soon won’t, as well as preview the 80th campaign of the National Basketball Association?
The answer’s in the question.
Confirm by tuning in to get the goods!
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References Made:
Bufftitude, The Ultimate Scoring Machine, Killeen, Montreal Expos, Ludacris, Midnight Madness, Yokozuna, versatility,Quinn Ewers, Little Dribblers, Rori Harmon, #DAAAAAJankiLoos, Jackie Young, “spinal”, The Undertaker, The Lyin-Ass Jacket, Bill Buckner, Hero Theme Music, niacin, NoLimit soldiers, Reebok, lower podcast injury, Ja Wick, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 230 – Screams Beneath The Soil
What you focus upon will grow.
Be it is negativity or position in your crosshairs, your energy will reveal and yield.
On the show this week to help our hoops goodness bloom and blossom is Friend of the Program and co-host of CBC Gem’s The Great Canadian Baking Show, Alan Shane Lewis.
Though we should have hailed the 2025 WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces in the face of a potential momentum-stunting work stoppage and reviewed the NBA’s yearly General Manager’s survey, we gave up the goods during the most important gifting of accolades show in podcasting, the 5th Annual #DoWork Awards – Preseason Edition instead!
Violations after The W Finals sweep and a week before the 80th campaign for The Association?
Listen first.
Tell us later.
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References Made:
Cooper Dy’Shawn Flagg, The Black Falcon, Attention Economist, #SuckaSauce, Megan Pete, dinosaurs, Yaasin Bey, BARbarian, John Andrew Vernon Ruskin, “Dice Trae”, vegemite, Slim Jesus, fanalytics, Django Unchained, Airious, midrange assassin, The Notorious B.I.3., “gaming”, SGA, Uber, Jontay Porter, Toronto Maple Leafs, Pablo Torre, WWE Superstars, Jalen Suggs, andmore, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One:The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 229 – The Violence Of Truth
My Dear Ol’ Dad (Bless The Dead) used to say that there are two sides to every story… three when you include…
Well…
Friend of the Program and all-everything Canadian sports broadcaster Savanna Hamilton will help me to get to that.
Whether we’re discussing Kawhi and the Clippers using the NBA like it’s the Fifth Amendment in the face of a league investigation into potential cap circumvention, the conflict between Napheesa Collier and the commissioner of the WNBA, or several record setting performances during the games of the first-ever best-of-seven series of the W’s Finals in history, if you can identify the prevarication in our analysis, let us know!
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References Made:
Cinderella Stories, Bad Bunny, Call Her Daddy, equity, Cheryl Miller, The Bubble, Unrivalled, Dearica Hamby, FAFO, Russia, The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto Mans, full gub’ment, Masai Ujiri, air quotes, Collin Murray-Boyles, artificial intelligence, RIPoetry In Moten, The Baddies, wrasslin’, Satou Sabally, The Decision 2, Podcast P, Copperas Cove High School, Stephanie White, Love x Basketball, nepo babies, Detroit Shock, “yappa”, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The OpenRun With Will Strickland!
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Episode 228 – Anti-Social Media
I’ve always had a Love | Hate relationship with these rough interweb streets.
Working in sports media in Canada didn’t change it; only amplified it.
Circumstances changed. We’re here wow, but I’m revisiting its relevance in Life.
The Internet is Forever… and so is one of the hotly contested WNBA semifinals ever, including an all-time coaching crash out that would lead to something even greater.
The first week of Fall brings us closer to NBA media day for its 80th campaign and 23d for arguably sports first social media superstar.
Absurd, but true.
Don’t let envy and shame keep you from embracing the moments.
Let the quality hoops talk hook you!
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
VJ Edgecombe, 3-6 Latvia, DJ Cucumber Slice, PortlandFire, Sloot, crash out, Gamecock Fight, TikTok, TSN, LinkedIn, The Artist Formerly Known As Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr., algorithm, Trill Burgers, DeWanna Bonner, litigiousness, The Big O, Disney Sports, Raise The Flagg, Montana, Aspiration, Rick Brunson, Seattle Supersonics, Aaliyah Boston, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The OpenRun With Will Strickland!
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Episode 227 – Outta Town Shooters
Despite the adage that in order to get a job done right, you gotta do it yourself, sometimes in Life, you may be required to count on outsourcing talent to complete a mission.
With the NBA’s first wave of training camps and media days upon us, outside of lingering questions about the future of the hashtag #HeWhoShantBeNamed, random “expert lists” judging the best players in The Association and the new All-Star Game format, the query at the forefront of inquisition will be The Kawhi Protocols in Clipperland.
Someone contracted an outside squad to do an inside gig.
It looks like it’s about to be messy for several parties involved…
We’re on it.
The women of the WNBA are in awards season and in the midst of their final four, with semifinals matchups that could upset the apple cart even further, as the 2024 champs have been sent packing for #tackleBoxSZN.
What team opening on the road has the best chance to flip the script and control their own narrative in these playoffs?
We got that, too.
You know the drill.
Move Accordingly.
Do So With Minimal Caution.
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References Made:
StudBudz, Mad Max (No Thunderdome), Athletes Unlimited, Pistol Pete, War Eagle, Manitoba, Tulane University, Jack Molinas, BNA Airport, Miika Muurinen, Sheryl Swoopes, Nashville Summit, Timothy Elpadaro Thedford, “Knoxvul”, Touring The AFC South, Kelsey Mitchell, ClarksVegas, Buc-ees,Victor Sweet, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ballhalla, loud packs, Moolah Kicks, breakfast cereal mascots, Rocky Top, Calgary Stampeders, Uncle Dennis, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 226 – Ordered Steps
“It Was Written”… or so it says.
What is the difference between Fate and Destiny?
Is there any?
As the 80th campaign of the National Basketball Association is a scant few days away, we explore the stumbling blocks and stepping stones lain before us as a team in the Pacific Northwest changes ownerships and fans are nervous about their tomorrows, unique storylines abound with the start of the WNBA’s “Second Season”, a EuroBasket win for a country led by a player who may have just cemented his Hall of Fame credentials and Pablo Torre’s investigative rock turning on the Clippers.
Walk with us.
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References Made:
Dirk Werner Nowitzki, Abu Dhabi, The Finnisher, the varying weight of bronze medals, 76er summer hoops mixtapes, gangsta mimes, Carne Contaminado, Back To The Future, Clay Bennett, empathy, Terence “Bud” Crawford, thoughts and prayers, Public Enemy, YouTubers, Spida shade, Panda Express, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 225 – Get The Day Back
No matter when you are reading this, you’ll never have that exact time ever again.
What do you do with that knowledge?
Inevitability…
As the sand in the hourglass waits for no one, and yet somehow, we often wish it would stand still, the WNBA playoffs loom large as does a potential lockout for the ladies.
The 80th campaign of the National Basketball Association is on the horizon and an icon of the game may soon take his leave from the fine hardwood courts as well.
Knowing when to go may be more difficult than actually going.
Facts don’t have Feelings… Only Realizers and Deniers.
Decide which you are and then embrace the moments.
They don’t last forever…
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References Made:
Cocaine Circus, RIP Tupac, 9/11, Willis Reed, horror flicks, 3-6 Latvia, moonwalking, The Artist Formerly Known As Malik Abdul-Aziz, deviated septum, Larsa Pippen, acronyms, Mexican Independence Day, LaFonda, #mapleGxNG, Minori Fukushi, The African Resistance Monument, Curious Mike, Moet Chandon, Mebounds, John Lennon, non-disclosure agreement, Gentlemen’s Glaze, St. Cecilia’s Summer League, Uncle Dennis, the Redeem Team, matzah, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 224 – BBall Bong Bong
On the last episode before our #PartsWellKnown Tour across Canada for The World’s Most Unique BasketballTournament, Wall $t. summons the wonder twin powers of Los Hermanos Del Baloncesto by calling upon El Jefe Supremo of FC21 All World, Friend Of The Program and cultural renaissance man, Bobbito Garcia.
The guys do a deep dive on Bob’s latest project, a memoir called “Bobbito’s Book Of BBall Bong Bong”, and share why the growth of the only application of 1v5 basketball on the planet means so much to them and so many more.
Super Producer and #1 Dallas Mavericks fan Ryan Antonio Henry assists in talking the brave new world ahead for The Association in the post-draft aftermath of free agency, announce All Star starters and other exciting developmentsin The WNBA and exonerate Ace Bailey for what many feel was a failed attempt to have control over a career barely started.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Bone Collector, Pittsburgh Pirates, Forrest Gump, The Maine Event, W.A.R.P.ed, Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, slave auctions, Meghan McPeak, Entertainers Basketball Classic, Azzi Fudd, 3d Bass, @demi_sosa, Seattle, John Carlos, k1x sneakers, Adrian Bartos, Steele Hyundai, Thor, well-seasoned, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 223 – Engagement Farming
We all join things to fit in… belong.
It could be the band, chess team, the military or a book club, but we join to be a part of something greater than ourselves.
This week, a new champion will be crowned in The Association, a basketball team rooted in teamwork making the dream work.
There will also be 59 young men, looking to be chosen to fulfill their dreams of belonging to a brotherhood that lasts for life.
It won’t be a drive-by, empty calorie, foul merchant activation for those who find their validation in The Attention Economy.
It will be so much more…
It will mean much more as well.
Soul Food.
Never Fast Food.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Seattle Supersonics, 90s nostalgia, Sophie Cunningham, The Wire, parlays, Mark William Calaway, integer, coach emeritus, Michelob Light, Cornbread Maxwell, Cigar Aficionado, RIP Ananda Lewis, Witty Unpredictable Talent And Natural Game, H-Town, Moet Nebuchadnezzar, Sal’s Pizzeria, rapper retirement, journalism, Mebounds, RIP David Greenwood, TheAttention Economy, kerfuffles, hoops nepotism, and more, allon the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 222 – Faded Pictures
Living in the past can be tough.
Nothing ever changes.
Not accepting the natural evolution of things can be even tougher.
We’re hear to ease the transition toward acceptance, revolution… or both.
Wall $t. calls on former St. Bonaventure forward, 2x Nike Battlegrounds Toronto winner and head honcho of King Nation youth basketball club Vidal Massiah to run the wings with him on everything from the NBA Finals, Canadians battling forthe crown and what it means to his program and the country to The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, family, love, life, loss and the ever-changing landscape of the NCAA and NIL.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Jeux De La Rue, Nike Battlegrounds, Zach Edey, Detroit Shock, K-Mac, treaties, Luol Deng, TMZ, Candace Parker, well-seasoned, Baby Campbell, regret, New Balance, RIP Big Apple, Independence Day, Cooper Flagg, All My Relations, Artesticulation, NBA TV Canada, Leon Rose, The Wizard Of Oz,Justin Beiber, BARS!, Pascal Siakam, and more, all on thepodcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 221 – Proof Of Concept
1,307 total games played in the 2024-2025 campaign, but… will we see seven more?
The roads the Western Conference champion Oklahoma City Thunder and the Eastern Conference-conquering Indiana Pacers took to get here matter little at this point.
The time is now and both teams are ready to face the challenge ahead in their quest for ultimate glory, capturing the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
Wall St. calls on OKC beat writer Brandon Rahbar from The Daily Thunder to talk the past, present and future on the prairie.
From SGA, MVP and Sam Presti to matchups, x-factors and the fickle mistress that is chemistry, the guys get you prepped for the NBA Finals like few others can!
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
The Commissioner’s Cup, Hollow Da Don, sadism, The Haliban, LBI, Spencer Haywood, game plan discipline, Young Abe Lincoln, Gatewood Archer Pine Band, Allie Quigley, The Death Lineup, Honourary Canadianism, Ted Lasso, Dallas Mavericks, retirement, Delly, Montreal Nord, Satou Sabally, The Disease Of More, Robert Griffin III, The Celly, University of Kentucky, blackchurch socks, #PartsUnknownTour2025, Tim Horton’s, Teamwork Makes The Dream Work, Ellison High School, Young BOAT, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 220 – Belts In Motion
The end of May brings reminiscence for several things past, be it a long lost loved one, the real origin story of MemorialDay, and why one NBA conference finals series is more compelling than the other, despite an alleged lack of star power.
Wall $t. does the knowledge on this curiosity as well as dueling superagents supporting their clients and coming up Klutch, FC21CA’s 6 weeks away from touching earth in the T-Dot, Week 2 of the WNBA season, Caitlin Clark’s injury’s economic impact, Angel Reese and The Danger Of The Single Story.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
The Dorture Chamber, ultra-processed foods, Pat McAfee, tithing heavily, Liz Kittley, Rolex, Dallas Wings, Robert Lee Pettit, DMV, Nickeil Alexander Walker, racism, Phee’nds, Unrivaled, Chennedy Carter, freedom, Grenada, The United Mexican States, Tom Hagen, weight loss, The Haliban, lemonbootiness, Hamilton Ontario, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 219 - Hardwood
Even though we’re about a month away from Father’s Day, the relationship between Black fathers and sons can be simple and direct… complex and complicated or a number of othervariables in between.
That unique dynamic is explored, as Wall St. goes on the road to discovering Black male redemption with Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Hubert Davis.
The two break down the matchups and ex-factors for each of the NBA’s final four teams as the conference finals begin, run the court on WNBA opening weekend overreactions,include our first Rookie Watch and Power 5 of season 29 and plot a 25th anniversary screening of his first cinematic offering during FC21CA’s film fest, #HoopersHoop.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Black Ice, Rob Lowe, Big3, Diana Taurasi, Hot Docs, Magic & Bird, ‘ism, RGIII, Giants Of Africa, Jay-Z, Notre Dame, Meghan McPeak, el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, Harlem Globetrotters, Ashton James, gentrification, Mirin Fader, Delta Airlines, Kevin Hart, masculinity, Arike Ogunbowale, The Middle Third, JJ Barea, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Avon RandolphBarksdale, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball andLife are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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The Open Run With Will StricklandEpisode 218 - Uptempo
What is The World’s Most Expensive Commodity?
In the NBA, it’s spent in 48 minute blocks…
Occasionally, when the game gets restless, it generally requires at least 5 more.
Of the eight teams left to battle for professional basketball’s greatest prize, some are on the verge of exhausting their supply... others replenish theirs after every win.
And while The Association’s best battle for the crown, the WNBA kicks off its 29th campaign with a momentum the league has not seen since it began, all in in the face of one of the most important labour decisions in women’s professionalsports history.
Somewhere in the midst of all of this goodness happening in This Thing Of Ours is a celebration, beginning with the launch of The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, FC21CA.
It's Time!
Don’t Delay.
Move Accordingly.
Do So With Minimal Caution… because that commodity mentioned earlier in the tale…
It’s finite.
News.Views.Truths.
References Made:
Ms. Brandy, Birmingham Brother Rice, usage rate, Juicy Marbles, “Pierre”, gaming vs gambling, Christopher George Latore Wallace, United Nations, Sabrina Ionescu, First Take, “LaShaniquia”, OutKast, Timberlands, Sonia Cintron, intersectionality, El Jefe, Malia Obama, Athletes Unlimited, banoodles, #tackleBoxSZN, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 217 – Engine Light
The Elite Eight.
30 started the journey where only one with reign supreme.
Wall $t. calls on frequent collaborator and super podcast producer Ryan Antonio Henry to get on the road to riches and NBA diamond rings, where real hoopers do real things to wrap up all first round exits, offer report cards, preview the conference semis, doing some early destination station projections for a couple of all-timers, anticipate an exciting WNBA season and show love to the winningest coach in league history!
There is no substitution for greatness… word to Tom Thibodeaux.
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Frank Sinatra, The Help Center, Skylar Diggins, nickel slots, Tommy Carcetti, WrassleMania, Chevano, WebMD, Larry Joe Bird, Gentlemen’s Sweep, Jey Uso, Intuit Dome, “Robins”, Montreal, Lil’ General shade, John Halliburton, The Gulag, Jalen Suggs, Randy Orton, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 215 – The 2d SZN
Never Forget.
The Regular Season is where All-Stars are made.
The Postseason is where Superstars emerge.
The feeling is in the air as we’re close to rounding our who the NBA’s conference semi-finalists will be, but in the meantime in between time, Wall $t, goes in this week!
Black Privilege, second generation stars and double standards, #tackleBoxSZN, Top 10 lists issues, WNBA training camp, curious case of Chennedy Carter, Nico Harrison is a soldier, Ja’s lawsuit dropped but The MVP has bars for 12, the NIL portal activities, the future in Miami, Milwaukee and Memphis, overt messages sent by the top seeds, foul calls missed, but why does it matter after the fact, hard truths about Luka, most overrated player in The Association and the person you’d least like to fight, drama vs knowing how to win, the most entertaining series so far, and real questions about the reigning and defending champs!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Stan Love, Ye Olde “Hol’ Me Back!”, Sade, Tesla, El Patrone, South Sudan, “Sweetwater”, Texas Christian University, @LayWitDaButta, #TheChainxTheStar, Patrick Dumont, The Last Two Minute Report, Sambor Shuffle, Air Swoopes, alliteration, Wat Misaka, The Balkans, Tee Martin, Baltimore Colts, Nikola Mirotic, Poetical Prophets, stretch provision, Lynette Woodard, weight room, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 215 – In The Margins
The Immortal Post-Modern Contemporary Literary Giant Melvin Glover once allowed his quill to scribe the following words:
“Don’t Push Me ‘Cuz I’m Close To The Edge, I’m Try-in Not To Lose My Head…”
Giving voice to the voiceless… the unheard… those in the shadows, close to the edge… on the outside lookin’ in…
The Sporting News’ NBA content producer Gil McGregor brings his insights and intellect to the proceedings with Wall $t. to talk the WNBA draft aftermath, the most decorated player in NBA history, the best worst kept secret in college basketball, why the league may have missed the mark on clutchness, the opening weekend of The Second Season: the start of the most grueling run to 16 wins and the yet-to-be reveal heros without capes who will make a difference on the road to a title!
The Thrill Of Victory.
The Agony Of Defeat.
Catch It All!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
North Cakalaki, Sterling Henderson, #SheWhoShantBeNamed, Coming To America, Arike Ogunbowale, Ryan Ruocco, FanDuel, “Off-Night”, championship DNA, Young Abe Lincoln, #Cardio, Iso Joe, University of Michigan, Hailey Van Lith, Ms. Brandy, Ja’Net DuBois, “He Wit’ Us!”, Robert Joseph Cousy, Oakland, Massa Jenkins, N.C. State, Gil Scott-Heron, Great Barrier Thief, #TorontoMans, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 214 – The Same 24
86,400 Seconds.
1440 Minutes.
You get them… Daily. We all do.
With what do you do with yours?
Wall $t. spends some of Life’s most expensive commodity with sports anchor for the New York Post and host of New York’s Got Game, Dexter Henry, talking the WNBA Draft, the New York Liberty’s chances to repeat, the NBA play-in and playoffs matchups, who walks away with regular season player’s hardware, FC21CA aka #RunNYC and milestones for the ages.
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Inside The NBA, Mamba Out, John Stockton, The Great Barrier Thief, LIV Golf, Shawshank Redemption, contractual obligations, Vucci Mayne, grenades, “first team All-Deeee-fense”, J-Hova, Scrubstitution Time, Earl Simmons, green tea macha lattes, Tennessee Volunteers, Sarah Strong, labor, Athletes Unlimited, competitive rest, Bodega KAT, NBA 2K Trade Machine culture, #mapleGxNG, action figures, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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Episode 213 – Wins x Lessons
Life is a competitive sport.
Sometimes, you are victorious… other times, not so much.
On the occasions when the terms are not in your favour, how do you deal?
“You’re not a loser in anything until you quit”, as was once uttered by University of Houston Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Kelvin Sampson.
Truer words have rarely if ever been writ or spit!
And we offer more than words as we wrap up an amazing college basketball season for both the men and women, button up wild playoff races in the NBA, tip our collective hats to an all-time great who is saying goodbye to the game, saluting the latest inductees into the Naismith Memorial Hall Of Fame and show everyone how to count victory in every loss!
News.
Views.
Truths.
References Made:
Christopher Tracy, Alpha Dogs, Saran Wrap, Mike Brkovich, The Syntactician, layup line numbers, Boogie, point differential, Cori Close, #MindTheSundayTruce, Pascal Siakam, New Jersey, Charles Dickens, Louisiana Tech, Dave Zirin, swindled, “Fudd Around & Find Out!”, shalom, #iAmKyam, Dem Gator Boys Stay Hot, selective immigration design, Jimmy V, lemonbooty, The Artist Formerly Known As Chris Wayne Jackson, and more, all on the podcast where Basketball and Life are One: The Open Run With Will Strickland!
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