Athletes Over Adversity

For episode 13, we are joined by Rawson Thurber. Rawson quit football after his freshman year at Union College and turned his focus into the film directing business. After getting denied countless times, Rawson landed a role with Reebok where he directed one of their commercials for the Super Bowl. Following this huge success, Rawson never looked back, where he’s directed and written the movies “Dodgeball,” “We’re the Millers,” “Secret Intelligence,” “Skyscraper” and much more.   Post this episode on your Instagram story and tag us with the hashtag #EverybodyHasAStory for 20% off your next purchase at Under Armor!

Our friend, Matt Grzelcyk, joins us for episode twelve to discuss how he overcame back to back surgeries and an ACL tear to becoming a star for the Boston Bruins.    Share this episode on your Instagram story and tag us for a 20% off coupon to your next purchase at Under Armour!

Jocelyne Lamoureux joins us on the #AOA podcast to share her story about how she overcame losing the gold medal in back to back Olympics to scoring the game winning goal in the 2018 Olympics. Jocelyne has also been a huge ambassador for young female athletes and explains to us about how her sister and her are going to try and change the future of female sports.  #EverybodyHasAStory

After going undrafted in the NFL Draft, David Andrews turned himself into a 2x Super Bowl Champion, team caption and Tom Brady's center. We’re thrilled to announce David Andrews joins us for episode 10 and shares his story. 

We are excited to announce special guest Kurtis Gabriel for this bonus episode of #AOAPodcast. We continued our discussion on Black Lives Matter and how we can use our platforms as athletes to be better allies. 

This week on the #AOAPodcast, we sat down one of the most recognized broadcast journalists in American history. Soledad O'Brien is a former anchor and producer for NBC & CNN. She was also an anchor for the Today Show, "American Morning", and "Starting Point". Soledad is now the host of "Matter of Fact". We had an important conversation about George Floyd, police brutality, and political bias. 

This week’s episode will be a little different. As a white college athlete, this last week has been incredibly eye opening. I’ve done a lot of research and reflection, and realize I have a lot of work to do. I will never be able to understand the pain and injustice the black community faces on a daily basis, but I vow to continue educating myself. This weekend, I sat down with my college's President David Harris. He shared his personal story, the difficult issues of racism in America and the solutions he thinks we need. This is a very special episode that I’m very proud to share with you all. -Jack 

The late Charles S. Howard purchased Seabiscuit, despite an abysmal 0-17 start. There was something special he saw in that horse, that no one else could at the time. To end Legends Month, we sat down with Charles’ great grandson, Colonel Michael C. Howard, US Marines (Ret), to find out how Seabiscuit went from an injured and undersized afterthought, to one of the greatest horses of all time, and an important part of American history. #EverybodyHasAStory 

After a career-ending injury at the young age of 18, Scotty Bowman turned his passion towards coaching, becoming the best coach in the history of hockey, some would even argue in of all professional sports. Scotty Bowman joins us on episode 5 to discuss his journey and the 14 Stanley Cups that came with it. #EverybodyHasAStory #LegendsMonth

50 years ago, Bobby Orr scored "The Goal" to win the Stanley Cup for the Boston Bruins. We sat down with the greatest hockey player of all time to hear his story, more on the goal and the adversity he faced along the way. Joined by ESPN Analyst, John Buccigross, we discuss the greatness of Bobby Orr and the everlasting impact he's had on and off the ice. #EverybodyHasAStory

For the month of May, AOA is introducing “Legends Month”, a month that we’ll be highlighting four of the greatest names in the history of sports who have all faced adversity. Our first guest needs no introduction, as he’s arguably one of the most popular athletes in United States history. Mike Eruzione joins us on episode three to discuss the adversity he faced that led him to scoring one of the biggest goals in hockey history. #EverybodyHasAStory

On Episode 2, we are joined by Matthew Barnaby. Matt is currently the host of "Unfiltered with Matthew Barnaby" on SirusXM radio. He played in 834 NHL games while racking up 2562 penalty minutes in 13 years. He was one of the most hated guys in the NHL at the time and has a great message about how he dealt with that and was able to lace them up every night and play his specific role.

On the first episode of the Athletes Over Adversity podcast, Jack, Fletch and Spags are joined by Boston Bruins defenseman, Torey Krug. They discuss his path from being undrafted in both the USHL and NHL to being one of the top defenseman's in the NHL. Torey discusses the obstacles he had to overcome prior to becoming a top four defenseman in the NHL. Torey has some special stories and quotes that will motivate anybody to perfect their craft.

A quick one minute rundown of what this podcast will entail prior to Episode 1 with Torey Krug.