Podcasts about sport award

This week, Dylan is joined by Adam Azor, EVP Global Marketing at Sportradar, to explore the Tech in Sport Award. They discuss standout themes from this year's shortlist and reflect on the evolving role of innovation in sport.Follow us on @sportindustry

Joe is joined by Limerick man, Martin Casey, winner of a Volunteer in Sport Award, and his mentor Rachel McCauley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Millea with a great story about the Spirit award, retirement plans, recruiting and Goodhue. From Aquarius Home Services Studio (https://aquariushomeservices.com/) Thanks to Pizza Barn in Princeton, MN (https://www.PizzaBarnPrinceton.com) 

John Millea with a great story about the Spirit award, retirement plans, recruiting and Goodhue. From Aquarius Home Services Studio (https://aquariushomeservices.com/) Thanks to Pizza Barn in Princeton, MN (https://www.PizzaBarnPrinceton.com) 

Isle of Man-based ultra-distance athlete Nikki Arthur's major achievements in 2024 have seen her nominated for a prestigious award in ScotlandThe Manx Fell Runners competitor has been named as a finalist for Sportswoman of the Year in this year's Scottish Women in Sport awards being held at the start of NovemberIn this extended interview, Nikki explains how it feels to be nominated and the role the Isle of Man has played in her sporting career so far

Zainab Alema, aka Zee, aka The Bulldozer, is a neonatal nurse by profession and a rugby player by passion. Zainab has been playing rugby for over a decade and as a black, Muslim, mother-of-three, is passionate about getting more people from diverse backgrounds into rugby. Her determination, commitment and love for the sport, has also led Zainab to start ‘Studs in the Mud', her project supporting grassroots rugby in Ghana. She is also an ambassador for the Mintridge Foundation charity, which provides sporting role models for young people in academic settings, as well as volunteering with the Project Rugby Programme under both the Harlequins and Saracens Foundation. Zainab endeavours to be a positive voice for the sport and has hopes to inspire and empower the younger generation. She was awarded the Sunday Times Grassroots Sportswoman of the Year Award in 2020 and was the recipient of the Sport Award at the Women of the Future Awards in 2022.   ------------------------------------------------------- For more information on the Women of the Future Programme, Awards and initiatives, please visit: www.womenofthefuture.co.uk

This week, Dave and Blaine welcome Lee Cummard in studio. Lee holds a unique place in BYU sports history. Not only was he a 6-foot-7 star player on the men's basketball team and two-time first team All Mountain West Conference, and the 2008 Co-Mountain West Conference Player of the Year—but he's also a major player in the BYU women's basketball program as Assistant Coach.Dave and Blaine discuss some of the following topics with Lee:What are you most looking forward to hearing from Big 12 Football Media Days?What are your expectations for the fall for Cougar football?Roster reconstruction: lots of new faces and some very good returning ones, including Lauren Gustin and Nani Falatea. How important are those two for BYU's debut season in the Big 12?Which of the newcomers are you most intrigued about? Amari Whiting, Kailey Woolsten, Jana Sallman (6-3), Ali'a Matavao, Ashala Moseberry (JC).What has impressed you the most about Amber Whiting in her 13 months of recruiting?European trip, Aug. 14-24, (Trent Whiting played ten seasons in Italy). What are the goals for this trip with so many new faces?What has it been like preparing for competition in the Big 12?Let's talk about the glory years of 2005-2009. What was it like to be a big man on campus?The numbers support the glory. As we sit in July of 2023, this is where you sit among the all-time greats at BYU.No. 3 in consecutive games played (131) (Charles Abouo – 141)No. 16 in scoring (1,569)No. 11 in 3-point baskets (153)No. 4 in free throw percentage (.842)No. 11 in assists (372)No. 13 in steals (13)Won 74% of your games (97-34)You also won my favorite award – The Dale R. McCann Spirit of Sport Award.Biggest basket?Most fun as a team?Most underrated teammate?After seven seasons playing overseas, you started your coaching career with the BYU men in 2016 before moving to the women's program in 2019. What was that transition like and are you tempted to move back to the men's side? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MSHSL's John Millea on the Spirit of Sport Award winner, holiday hoops and our Most Valuable Teammate.Thanks to Pizza Barn in Princeton, MN (https://www.PizzaBarnPrinceton.com)

MSHSL's John Millea on the Spirit of Sport Award winner, holiday hoops and our Most Valuable Teammate.Thanks to Pizza Barn in Princeton, MN (https://www.PizzaBarnPrinceton.com)

Marlene Bjornsrud has had over 40 years of leadership in women's sports and non-profits. She's had experience across multiples sports and levels including coaching and athletic administration at the collegiate level, and general management at the professional level. Marlene's work in helping girls and women through sport was recognized by the International Olympic Committee with its prestigious 2013 Women and Sport Award for the continent of the Americas.  In this episode Marlene shares what it's like to be the only woman in the room, her morning practice and how she pivoted several times in her career with women sports. This is an episode you want wanna miss.   You can contact Marlene via email @marlene.bjornsrud@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ordinarytobadass/message

The Fight Sport Focus Podcast's twenty-second episode. Hosts Jeffery Hoffmann and Nicholas "Niki the G" Sherlock recap Empire Fighting Championship 7. We are joined by BKFC 15 main event winner and Heavyweight title contender Sam "The Hillbilly Hammer" Shewmaker. Sam talks about his rise in Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship and his thoughts on facing Joey Beltran for BKFC Heavyweight gold. Then, we are joined by Deputy Commissioner over MMA in the state of Louisiana Mr. Ricky Norris. Mr. Ricky discusses the state of MMA in Louisiana amidst the Covid-19 lockdowns, what 2021 might look like, and the possibility of welcoming Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship to the state! Lastly, we announce the winners of the 2020 Gulf Coast MMA & Combat Sport Awards! Don't forget to subscribe to and share this podcast on Anchor.fm, Spotify, iTunes, Google, or wherever you get your podcasts, and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @fightsportfocus and visit us at FightSportFocus.com. Theme music by audionautix.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fightsportfocus/support

Rusty Schlenk Racing Future of the Sport winner for the second year in a row, Oliver Osborn will join us once again to talk about his young racing career.

The Roy Green Show Podcast The Toronto Raptors won their fourth straight against the Milwaukee Bucks and advance to the NFL Championship Series. Now what to expect beginning Thursday when defending NBA Champions the Golden State Warriors tip off Game 1 of the finals in Toronto?              John and Sally Letts, parents of Jack (dubbed 'Jihadi Jack') are criminally charged in the U.K. for funding terrorism.  This after the Letts sent hundreds of pounds to their son after he left the UK for Syria and lived among ISIS in their self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa. John Letts (Canadian) told us in two interviews from England that does not believe his son joined ISIS and that Canada's Global Affairs Department had communicated with him about how his son Jack might be allowed to enter Canada (Jack is a dual UK/Canadian citizen). The Brexit chaos claims Theresa May as UK PM and today will see the final results of elections for the European parliament which Nigel Farage's Brexit Party will likely dominate as far as UK seats won to the parliament are concerned. Chronic pain (agony) patients are the collateral damage of the opioid crisis. Affecting 10% of the population, chronic pain for those who suffer most and whose prescription opioid medications are arbitrarily slashed or completely refused, creates social isolation, depression and can and does lead to suicide.  This week Julia from California tweeted that as a retired surgical nurse with terrible chronic pain and refused continuation of a multi-year opioid prescription she considered purchasing heroin from the streets, or opting for suicide. and: Graham is a 31 year old Canadian living in chronic agony. His medications are being withheld because his doctor retired.  Graham emails this may by his final spring.  Human Rights Watch is challenging what is being done to pain patients and medical regulators insist doctors should not decide to withhold opioid pain medication from long established patients. Doctors reply they fear regulators will remove their licences to practice medicine if the continue to prescribe opioids for chronic agony patients. The Ballantyne Project. The story of Dwight Ballantyne, now 24 year old member of the Cree Nation reserve at Montreal Lake in remote northern Saskatchewan.  Dwight lived in the community until 3 years ago when he moved to BC and the Bird's Nest, a non-profit support for Frist Nations young adults who wanted to love to Maple Ridge and attend a College Preparation Program. Dwight Ballantyne's personal drive to excel at hockey and life have seen this young man accomplish tremendously, including last November being awared the Premier's Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport Award for his organization of the Hockey Skills and Leadership Program and the leadership he displayed.  In March of this year Dwight represented Team Canada at an international hockey tournament in Europe.  Team Canada won the tournament for the first time in 22 years. Now Dwight has launched the Ballantyne Project to inspire individuals living on remote reserves to pursue an off-reserve life if they so desire.           - Guests: Ron Foxcroft (returns).  At last night's game.  Ranked on the list of the world's Top 50 sports officials by Referee magazine, Foxcroft is the only Canadian to have refereed NCAA Division 1 basketball, including greats like Michael Jordan. - Refereed the Montreal Olympics Gold Medal game - inventor of the Fox40 whistle, used by all referees in the NBA, NFL, NHL, CFL, NCAA and World Cup of Soccer.   Playback parts of interviews with John Letts on our program. Scott Newark. Former AB prosecutor and post 9/11 terrorism advisor to the federal and Ontario governments.  Also former senior policy advisor to a federal Minister for Public Safety. Newark will respond to statements made by Letts on air. Alan Sked. Professor Emeritus. London School of Economics. Founder of UKIP, political party which gave rise to Brexit. Author of ten books on British and European history. Julia in California, Chronic pain patient Graham in Canada, Chronic pain patient Dwight Ballantyne Denise Trottier of the Bird's Nest project, (Dwight's greatest supporter) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sally Roberts of Wrestle Like a Girl shares “How the world of sport can teach girls that the world is theirs.”   Sports came out of a tough choice to either participate in a sport after school or go to Juvenile Detention. Sally choose wrestling as an outlet for her anger, getting along with the opposite gender and how to walk with confidence. Confronting challenges head-on was a way to not give others power. You may see gender but what you need to see is we are all athletes As a physical & emotional outlet for her depression joined the military During her time in Afghanistan became impacted by how little girls enamored American women. Created Wrestle like a Girl to be an advocate for lil girls Teaching the sport of wrestling to show women the world is theirs Working with high schools to bring more sanctioned opportunities for girls to wrestle. There needs to be a culture shift that girls can wrestle girls OR equality that girls can wrestle regardless. Has found that the opportunity generates the interest. Spreading the word through empowerment camps. Teaching safeguards to let female athletes know what their rights are. https://www.wrestlelikeagirl.org/   Help Wrestle Like a Girl bring wrestling to Division 1 colleges. Sign this petition- https://www.change.org/p/ncaa-demand-more-ncaa-universities-add-female-wrestling-programs Sally Roberts is a former elite wrestler, Army soldier, sport psychology consultant and founder of Wrestle Like A Girl™ nonprofit organization. Sally was a resident at the Colorado Springs Olympic Training Center for eight years during which she was a 3-time national champion, 2003 World Cup Champion, 2003 & 2005 World Bronze Medalist, and a 2008 Olympic Alternate. She served 6 years in the Army as a Special Operations soldier where she volunteered for deployment in Afghanistan. She was also a member of the Army’s prestigious World Class Athlete Program and represented both the U.S. Army and Team USA in elite athletic competitions. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from University of Colorado - Colorado Springs and a Master of Arts degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from University of the Rockies. She has a certification in nutrition from the Institute of Integrative Nutrition. In 2016, Sally founded the nonprofit organization Wrestle Like A Girl, Inc.® on the premise that girls can do anything and that through sport can realize their full potential. Sally received the 2016 Women in Sport Award on behalf of United World Wrestling and the International Olympic Committee. She is a board member of USA Wrestling, the United States Olympic Committee Youth Development Working Group, and the Association for Applied Sports Psychology. She is an athlete ambassador for TrueSport, the grassroots organization for the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Sally spoke at the United Nations ‘Global Good’ summit and participated in the Global Goals World Cup activist soccer tournament on Team Sports Equality Enforcers promoting the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. Sally and Wrestle Like A Girl were featured on Megyn Kelly’s Today show and named USA Wrestling ‘Woman of the Year’ for 2018.  

Zach Wroe wins OFSAA Silver and Mr. Matthews wins the OFSAA School Leadership in Sport Award.

Kevin Dietz is this weeks guest and he just won the Super Challenge in Arkansas (after we recorded this podcast). Learn about how Autocross has become more than just competition for Kevin, its become part of his family! Kevin's award include Roger Johnson Spirit of the Sport Award, 2007 2006 CS Autocross National Championship in … Continue reading "Kevin Dietz National Champion is this weeks fast guest"

Dave Kemmer discusses next weekend's 29th Annual Woodland Mall Race Cars On Display event. Haley Dippman, one of the Future Of The Sport award winners, discusses what the award means to her and her racing career.

In Episode 13 of Burn It All Down, the whole gang is back together to discuss the NF'nL. Julie DiCaro, Shireen Ahmed, Lindsay Gibbs, Brenda Elsey, and Jessica Luther talk about the NFL where domestic violence investigations continue to be terrible, CTE is back at the forefront of the discussion, and where Colin Kaepernick still can’t get a job, Lucky Whitehead can't keep his, and John Urshel doesn't want his anymore. Then Brenda and Shireen interview Ann Odong, expert on all things women's soccer and editor of The Women's Game (http://thewomensgame.com), about the UEFA Women's EURO 2017 soccer tournament. Plus, you’ll hear The Burn Pile and Badass Woman of the Week! Correction: Simone Manuel beat Sarah Sjöström, the world recorder holder in the 100m, to win the 100m freestyle title at the world championships. We incorrectly said that Manuel had beaten Yulia Efimova. Show notes: Intro ~ Discussion about the NFL’s failure to handle domestic violence cases properly, including Ezekiel Elliott’s (still) pending domestic violence case, per Diana Moskovitz’s piece at Deadspin. (1:10). What ever happened to the NFL’s baseline six-game suspension for domestic violence cases? (1:50) Colin Kaepernick still can’t get a job in the NFL, but he’s not being blackballed! Shireen talks about the hypocrisy of the league in failing to offer Kap a job, via Jemele Hill’s hilarious (and sad) tweet. (4:37) The Dallas Cowboys continue to be terrible, Jessica breaks down Lucky Whitehead’s horrible, terrible, no good, very bad day. (12:23) Lindsay brings us up -to-speed on the latest news about CTE in NFL players, via the big story in the NYT this week. (17:37) The panel discusses Raven Offensive Lineman and world-reknowned mathematician John Urschel’s retirement two days after the CTE report was released. (19:31) Julie talks about her discussion with Dr. Chris Nowinski about kids playing tackle football and his views on youth sports. (22:59) Brenda discusses the role of parents and schools in protecting children in sport. (23:52) Lindsay points out there are no federal guidelines for safety in high school football or lower levels. (26:10) Outside the Lines report on the NFL ending it’s relationship with the National Institute of Health. (27:25) Brenda and Shireen interview Australian sportswriter Ann Odong about the ongoing women’s Euro’s Soccer Tourney (28:45) Burn Pile: (43:52) Lindsay burns Britt McHenry’s “awakening” as a conservative commentator. (44:00) Shireen sets aflame sexism in the Tour de France (47:08). Brenda takes a lighter to the treatment of the Mexican Women’s National Soccer team by their home federation. (48:50) Julie throws gas on LaVar Ball and Adidas’ actions at the Adidas Las Vegas basketball tournament. (50:43) Jessica lights up ESPN for showing corn hole/bags and drone racing rather than the women’s Euros soccer tourney. (52:45) Hilarity over the name “corn hole” ensues. (54:25) BAWOW: (55:13) Shireen tells us about Yusra Mardini and her return to Budapest to swim for refugees everywhere. She’s the BAWOW. Julie awards an Honorable Mention to baseball beat reporter Claire Smith. (56:57) Jessica tosses an Honorable Mention to friend-of-the-show Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir for winning the Leadership in Sport Award from Beyond Sport. (57:52) Shireen honors swimmer Simone Manuel for winning the 100M at the FINA Championships. (58:23) Lindsay is looking forward to watching live tennis at the Citi Open in DC this week. (59:19) Jessica is loving reading Women’s Gold Medalists: Rio Olympics 2016. (100:13) Brenda can’t wait for the US v. Japan soccer match in the Tournament of Nations on August 3. (101:24) Shireen is excited for the Euros and Anna Kessel’s book Eat, Sweat, Play. (102:03) Julie is finally diving into the book Rejected Princesses. (102:27)