Podcast appearances and mentions of tom mcmillen

It's easy to go marching into the Madness of college basketball season with Tom McMillen but our defending forward of Congressional service and American hoops diplomacy joins Nestor to discuss a lot about Russia, the state of the world and a little about the path of the Maryland Terrapins this month. The post Tom McMillen joins Nestor to discuss America, Russia and Terps chances of putting more madness into March first appeared on Baltimore Positive WNST.

Shadow Politics with Senator Michael D. Brown With Guest, Legendary Athlete, Businessman, congressman - Tom McMillen Put on your high top sneakers . . . Our guest is Legendary Athlete, Businessman, congressman - Tom McMillen - I'm excited to have a conversation with sports legend and old friend, Congressman Tom McMillen. Tom and I first met in 1980 at the Democratic National Convention in New York. I will speak with him about the evolution of the Democratic Party over the past 45 years, his predictions for the 2024 elections and, of course, his amazing athletic career which spanned decades.

Shadow Politics with Senator Michael D. Brown With Guest, Legendary Athlete, Businessman, congressman - Tom McMillen Put on your high top sneakers . . . Our guest is Legendary Athlete, Businessman, congressman - Tom McMillen - I'm excited to have a conversation with sports legend and old friend, Congressman Tom McMillen. Tom and I first met in 1980 at the Democratic National Convention in New York. I will speak with him about the evolution of the Democratic Party over the past 45 years, his predictions for the 2024 elections and, of course, his amazing athletic career which spanned decades.

Today's Field Day : Sports News Segment, featuring Katie & Dad! Recorded 8.27.24, : “Players I Saw” - Dad Themed BASEBALL Greenville SC 1958 Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford,Robin Roberts, Richie Ashburn Atlanta Braves Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Pete Rose, Johnny Bench 1984 Mets vs Cubs Dwight Gooden,Darrel Strawberry,Rick Sutcliffe Yankee Stadium July 1994  Mariners vs Yankees Ken Griffey Jr, Randy Johnson, Bernie  Williams, Paul O'Neil , Wade Boggs, Jim Abbott COLLEGE FOOTBALL Hugh Green Pitt 1977 Gator Bowl Jerry Butler 1978 Gator Bowl Art Schlicher Ohio State 1978 Gator Bowl Dwight Clark Clemson 1978 Gator Bowl Perry Tuttle 1979 Peach Bowl William Perry 1982 Orange Bowl Mike Rozier/Roger Craig Nebraska William Dean Perry 1986 Gator Bowl George Roger's, Doug Flutie, Herschel Walker, Cam Newton, Joe Namath, Ken Staber, Johnny Musso PRO FOOTBALL Billy Cannon Houston Oilers 1961 Greenville George Blanda NY Titans 1961 Greenville COLLEGE BASKETBALL David Thompson, Art Herman, Chris Paul, Charlie Scott, Tom Burleson, Danny Ferry, James Worthy, Grant Hill, JJ Redick, Tim Duncan, Christian Larttner, Len Bias,  John Lucas, Len Elmore ,Tom McMillen, Mitch Kupchalk, Michael Jordan, Phil Ford, Mike Gminski ACC Tournament 1973 - 2002 Dell Curry/Tyrone Bogues 1988 Hornets November 4  & Larry Nance and Tree Rollins Cavaliers GOLF Tiger Woods 2003 Masters Jack Nicklaus 2003 Masters Tom Waston Lee Trevino Payne Stewart NBA All Star Game Feb —10, 1991 Charlotte Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing, Kevin McHale, David Robinson, Johnny Stockton Charlotte Hornets 1988-2002 Charlotte Bobcats 2004-2014 Charlotte Hornets 2014-Present Thank You For Listening! #fielddaywithkatieblack 

5.28.24 Tom McMillen remembers being recruited with Bill Walton and the legacy Walton leaves on college basketball. 

For the voting to approve the House v. NCAA settlement, the Pac-12 will vote as a 12-member conference, LEAD1's Tom McMillen is stepping down, the latest on the situation at UNC and more. We would love to know what you think of the show and you can let us know on social media @D1ticker. If you are not subscribed to D1.ticker, you can and should subscribe at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.d1ticker.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Bobby Burton is joined by Tom McMillen, former NBA player & US representative, to discuss NIL and what the NCAA can do and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobby Burton is joined by Tom McMillen, former NBA player & US representative, to discuss NIL and what the NCAA can do and more!

2.20.24 Kevin continues discussing the legacy of Lefty Driesell. Tom McMillen, Former Maryland F, joins to remember playing for Lefty Driesell. 

2.20.24 Tom McMillen, Former Maryland F, joins Kevin to remember the late, great Lefty Driesell. 

Terps great, NBA 1st round pick, and former US Congressman Tom McMillen discusses the legacy of Former Terps Coach Lefty Driesell

Hour 2 - 00:00 - Tom McMillen Talks About The Legacy of Former Terps Coach Lefty Driesell 19:02 - Ledo or Ledo's? 28:47 - The Nats Are No Longer For Sale

The former Maryland Terrapins great and US Congressman joins Ken, Jason, and Tim to talk about the life of his former college coach, Lefty Driesell. 

It is a Monday edition of Glenn Clark Radio, plenty to discuss from the weekend but we're going to start with the sad news of Lefty Driesell's passing as throughout the show we will remember and share stories about his legacy and how he put Maryland basketball on the map. We'll do just that when the great Tom McMillen joins us at 10:45am to talk all about his time with Lefty in College Park during the early ‘70s and how Coach influenced him during all the things Tom accomplished in life. At 11:30am, we will be joined by John Lucas II, another student and player of Coach Lefty and teammate of Tom McMillen, as John gets a chance to tell us a little more about Lefty and his legacy. Then at Noon, we'll dive back into some of the other news of the weekend with Jeremy Conn from 105.7 The Fan and ConnCreteLocks.com as we talk all about the NBA all star festivities and more…

Brett McMurphy, college football insider for Action Network, joins this week's episode of The C.L. Brown Show. McMurphy explains why he had Louisville at No. 16 on his preseason Associated Press top 25 ballot and discusses what the future could be for the Cardinals if top programs depart the ACC. Could U of L be a better fit in the Big 12? Tom McMillen, the president and CEO of Lead1 Association, the organization that represents athletic directors from every Football Bowl Subdivision school, also joins this week's show, which is devoted to conference realignment and the future of college football.

July 24, 2023 ~ LEAD1 President and CEO Tom McMillen chats with Mark Hollis about College Sports, Athletics Directors and Student Athletes.

Former All-American basketball player, Olympian, Rhodes Scholar and United States Congressman Tom McMillen chats with League of Fans' sports policy director Ken Reed in this episode. The two talk about Tom's decision to delay his NBA career by accepting a Rhodes Scholarship to attend Oxford University. The discussion then turns to the state of college athletics today, given the pressures of NIL, the transfer portal, sports gambling and huge media contracts. Reed switches the topic to the poor state of physical fitness our young people are experiencing today. McMillen provides great perspective on this issue given his long involvement with the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (now called the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition). Other topics include the "Jungle of Youth Sports," as McMillen has called them, the profit-at-all-costs nature of sports in this country; why we use taxpayer money to fund new sports palaces for wealthy owners, instead of funding programs that create broad-based sports participation in this country; the lack of a national sports commission or sports ministry in the United States; and why our National Governing Bodies (NGBs) for sports don't -- or can't -- fulfill their mandate to promote "sports for all" in America.

Former Maryland Terrapin Tom McMillen joins the show to talk about the Terps chances in the NCAA Tournament.

Hour 2: What's the bigger deal: March Madness or NFL FA? Tom McMillen joins to talk Terps Hoops and JP and BMitch talk about the possibility of Jacoby Brissett starting for the Commanders.

The final Talking Terps of the year! The Voice of the Terrapins Johnny Holliday and head coach Kevin Willard preview the Terps' NCAA Tournament game against West Virginia (0:34). Maryland forward Patrick Emilien (23:10) and Terrapin great Tom McMillen (40:02) join the program.

In this Roots of Reality Experiences episode, historian Ben Baumann talks with former professional basketball player Tom McMillen about him being on the cover of Sports Illustrated, his experiences playing for the US Men's National team in the controversial 1972 Summer Olympics, and how basketball has changed. Website- https://lead1association.com/people/tom-mcmillen/ Books- https://www.amazon.com/Out-Bounds-American-Establishment-Hypocrisy/dp/0671707760 Twitter- https://twitter.com/TomMcMillen611 If you like the podcast, leave a review at: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/root…ty/id1466338710 Follow Roots of Reality on Social Media: Facebook- facebook.com/RootsofReality Twitter- twitter.com/_RootsofReality Instagram- instagram.com/rootsofreality/?hl=en YouTube- youtube.com/channel/UCvmG6sKFW9…isable_polymer=true (Views and memories stated by guests in interviews do not represent Roots of Reality)

Hour four of DJ & PK for January 20, 2023: Tom McMillen, LEAD1 9 am Slacker Radio Headlines Feedback of the Day See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tom McMillen joined DJ & PK to talk about the various issues facing collegiate athletics from his perspective of leading LEAD1, which works with FBS athletic directors nationwide.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joining today's "From the Chair" is the President/CEO of LEAD1, Tom McMillen. Tom has an incredibly interesting story including being the top high school basketball recruit in the country, holding Maryland's highest scoring average even today, finishing as the top graduate in his class at Maryland, a Rhodes Scholar and a first round NBA draft pick. Tom takes time to discuss the '72 Olympics in Munich, the terrorist attacks on those games and the USA's controversial Silver Medal finish. Tom went on to an eleven year career in the NBA before running for and winning his election to Congress. Tom has always been an advocate for college athletics, certainly while in Congress but even more so in his current role. Tom talks about LEAD1's role as a thought leader, its role in policy creation, addressing issues like FBS governance, navigating the myriad differences in schools' needs, the headwinds facing college athletics and much more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Tom McMillen joins Nestor to discuss massive change in college sports, NIL and path of Terps under Willard

12.16.22 Hour 41:00- Tom McMillen, President & CEO of LEAD1 Association, joins G&D to discuss the decision making behind the college football playoffs as well as the NCAA hiring a new President. Also, he has played in the NBA, and is a former American politician. 19:30- G&D take some time to give one thought on every NFL game this weekend, as teams are starting to get in must win territory. 

Tom McMillen joins the show to talk about the NCAA choosing Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker as their next President. Paul then takes on all of your calls throughout the rest of the hour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WVU president E. Gordon Gee has tasked new AD Wren Baker with guiding Mountaineer athletics through an "ever-changing landscape" in the world of college sports. What makes him equipped to do that? In this edition of The Gold and Blue Nation Podcast, presented by Pritt & Spano, former congressman Tom McMillen answers that question. McMillen, a former NBA big man and NCAA All-American, is the CEO of Lead1 Association, which represents athletic directors at 131 FBS schools. He explains why Baker is a rising "star" in the industry, and also shares his thoughts on NIL, the transfer portal and more. 

Tom McMillen of Lead1 Association joins the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom McMillen, president & CEO of LEAD1, joins Steve Russell to discuss the state of NIL in College Basketball.

On Tuesday's show, LEAD1 president & CEO, Tom McMillen, joins Steve Russell to discuss the state of NIL in College Basketball. Also, PFF's Ben Brown stops by ahead of today's 4 p.m. NFL trade deadline.

Tom McMillen was a star basketball player at every level imaginable. In 1970, he was the number one high school basketball player in the U.S. He would go on to play college ball under legendary Coach Lefty Driesell for the University of Maryland Terrapins from 1971 to 1974,He was also a member of the 1972 U.S. Olympic Basketball Team that lost a controversial gold medal game to the Soviet Union.After graduating from Maryland he was drafted in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft by the Buffalo Braves and the first round of the 1974 ABA Draft by the Virginia Squires.He signed with the Braves but postponed his entry into the NBA in order to attend the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. During his eleven-year National Basketball Association career, he played for the Braves, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, and Washington Bullets, before he retired in 1986 to pursue his political career.where he would go on to Serve as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Tune in each week on streaming on the 365sportscast.com network or on www.sportstalknylive.com for the live broadcast, also on the 365sportscast iPhone, Android and Alexa apps

It was the most controversial ending in sports history, and Tom McMillen was right in the center of the bizarre finish of the 1972 U.S. Olympic Men's Basketball Gold Medal Game. Listen to Tom look back 50 years and recall his days as a Rhodes Scholar and the tallest member of the U.S. Congress.

In this week's episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Tom McMillen, president and chief executive of the college sports' Lead1 Association. Fisher and Russo also discuss Major League Soccer's new eight-year betting data and streaming rights deal with Endeavor-owned IMG Arena, the Las Vegas Raiders' historic hire of new team president Sandra Douglass Morgan, a preview of merger-and-acquisition activity in sports in the second half of 2022, a pair of key upcoming industry conferences, and the new five-year employment contract for Live Nation chief executive Michael Rapino. 

Paul talks to LEAD1 President/Former NBA Player Tom McMillen as well as lawyer Darren Heitner about conference realignment as well as the 1-year anniversary of NIL. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tom McMillen, CEO, LEAD1, joined the show to discuss College Football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bob Wallace talks to Tom McMillen, President and CEO of LEAD1, an organization comprising 130 of the premier athletic programs representing over $8 billion in revenue and represented by their athletic directors.

LEAD1's Tom McMillen on constitutional transformation and employee status, WBB Tournament operational changes, the latest FB rule changes and more. Be sure to check your inbox to see more of today's news and notes from around the nation. We would love to know what you think of the show and you can let us know on social media @D1ticker. If you are not subscribed to D1.ticker, you can and should subscribe at www.d1ticker.com/.

The Man Who Did It All: The Honorable Tom McMillen, President and Chief Executive Officer of the LEAD1 Association, which represents the athletic directors and programs of the Football Bowl Subdivision, speaks with host Richard Levick of LEVICK about the state of college athletics; the historic 1972 Olympic gold medal basketball game; Name, Image and Likeness; January 6th and more. Tom McMillian was an Olympian, Rhodes Scholar, NBA player, Member of Congress, author, founder of several publicly traded companies and the youngest Presidential appointee ever.

Congressman Tom McMillen reminisces about Lefty, the 1972 Olympics and how politics has changed in Washington

Tom McMillen talks about being a Rhodes Scholar, playing in the NBA and time in Congress. We also discuss his thoughts on Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ryan-glover-media/support

Former Congressman, professional basketball player, and current President/CEO of Lead1 Association (which represents the athletic directors and programs of the Football Bowl Subdivision) Tom McMillen joins the Bottom Line to discuss the impact of the recent Supreme Court decision allowing NCAA student-athletes to profit from their name, images, and likeness.

Here are the most important things you need to know in and around college athletics, in 5 minutes or less, for Monday, April 12, including Oregon Prez Michael Schill on the Pac-12 search, LEAD1's Tom McMillen offers a dystopian future for college sports, hoops hires and more. Be sure to check your inbox to see more news and updates from around the nation. We would love to know what you think of the show and you can let us on social media @D1ticker. If you are not subscribed to D1.ticker, you can and should subscribe at https://www.d1ticker.com/.

#CollegeHoopsWeek continues on the Leadership Series as Maryland Basketball (and NBA!) legends Tom McMillen and Len Elmore join fellow Maryland alum Wayne Kimmel to talk all things Terps basketball, their NBA careers, and the amazing things they have done in their post-playing days! This episode can also be watched on YouTube: bit.ly/LSTomLen Presented by RushOrderTees.com

Our Maryland basketball record breakers series presented by Chesapeake Employer's Insurance is back with one of the all-time legends of Terps basketball, Tom McMillen. McMillen still holds the record for scoring average (20.5),20 point games (48) and career double-doubles (46). McMillen discussed his Maryland days, campaigning for congress while playing in the NBA and his role now with the Lead1 Association.

Ahead of Election Day, two superb athletes discuss having served in Congress: NFL Hall of Famer STEVE LARGENT, a Republican from Oklahoma, and NBA veteran TOM McMILLEN, a Democrat from Maryland. They speak about their close races for the House of Representatives, the lessons they brought from pro ball to Capitol Hill, being friends with political opponents and, above all, why Americans should vote.

Former Bullets forward Tom McMillen on playing pro basketball while studying at Oxford, memories of early-career Michael Jordan, transitioning from the NBA to Congress, an outlook on college sports and more. The Off The Bench podcast is presented by the Alibaba Group.

Bill King is joined by Tom McMillen, the former NBA player and US Congressman who now heads Lead1, the association of Division 1 athletic directors. They discuss the impact of the pandemic on college athletic departments and college athletes now scattered far and wide.

Bill King is joined by Tom McMillen, the former NBA player and congressman who now heads Lead1, the association of Division 1 athletic directors. They discuss the impact of the pandemic on college athletic departments and college athletes now scattered far and wide.

On Tuesday, Feb 18, 2020, Jim Cavale hosted a webinar exploring parts of Florida’s NIL legislation, and offering analyses into how NIL legislation and topics are progressing at the national level. Jim was joined by panelists Darren Heitner, sports lawyer and author of “How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know,” as well as Tom McMillen, President and CEO of the LEAD1 Association, which represents the athletic directors and programs of the Football Bowl Subdivision.

When it comes to interesting NBA players of all-time, Tom McMillen takes the cake. The former 11-year veteran came on the NBA Trades Podcast to discuss his playing career and more.From Mansfield, Pennsylvania, McMillen became one of the most sought after players in high school. He was on the cover of Sports Illustrated as the best high school player in America. After choosing Maryland, McMillen became a three-time All American and a Rhodes Scholar. He went on to study at Oxford and graduated as a Rhodes Scholar.During the podcast, we spoke about McMillen’s upbringing, the groundswell of interest in him after the SI feature, going to Maryland and playing for Lefty Driesell. We also spoke about him balancing his academic career with a professional basketball playing career, having to travel and play basketball in Italy while studying to be a Rhodes Scholar.Other conversations include the 1972 Olympics situation where the USA basketball team he was on lost to the Soviet Union after the referees manipulated the ending of the game, his 11-year run in the NBA, running for the House of Reps while still playing in the NBA, and the first political trade that he was a part of.Download Episode 50

It was a personal honor to have as my guest on this episode, Tom McMillen, President and CEO of Lead1 Association. As a kid growing up in Washington, DC, I had two dreams: 1) to play in the NBA and 2) to be President of the United States. I like to think I came a little close, having played basketball in college, worked for a U.S. Congressman and spent time as an NBA agent. At least that's what I tell myself. Having those dreams, and living in DC, Tom was someone I followed closely. Tom was an All-American at the University of Maryland, where he also became the school's first Rhodes Scholar. I got to watch his 11 year NBA career, especially his three seasons with the then Washington Bullets. I also followed closely Tom's three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he represented the 4th District of Maryland. Tom's career journey was what I aspired for myself as a young man. Today, Tom McMillen is President and CEO of Lead1 Association. Lead1 is a membership organization of collegiate athletic directors from primarily Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) programs. As the business of college sports has grown, so have the challenges facing institutions, programs and athletic directors - diversity, new media, sexual assault and domestic violence, and gambling are just a few. With his background in legislation, being a student-athlete, playing professionally and experience leading public companies, college athletics is fortunate to have Tom as a leader. In this episode, Tom and I discuss: How he, as a young man, followed the career of Bill Bradley, a former U.S. Senator, basketball All-American at Princeton and 10 years in the NBA. The impact attending college and playing professional basketball in the Washington, DC area had on his political aspirations. What leadership means to him. As a member of Congress, Tom's role in the original sports gambling legislation - Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. Concerns of new legalized sports betting. What it was like when the news of the FBI college basketball investigation and arrests broke in the middle of their annual conference of more than 100 athletic directors in attendance and NCAA president Mark Emmert speaking at the same time. Concerns of legalized sports betting. College basketball "guarantee games" - the affect they have on career advancement of low and mid-major coaches. The importance of college coaches having an understanding of the issues and challenges AD's face - changing media landscape, declining game attendance, financial and budget pressures, hiring and retaining the right coaches, federal investigations. Gender and ethnic diversity in coaching and sports administration. The annual Lead1 Institute. Mentions in this episode 19th Annual Lead1 Institute - July 16-18, 2018 at Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas Connect With Tom McMillen and Lead1 Lead1 Association - Website Lead1 Association- Twitter Tom McMillen - Twitter Connect with Odell McCants McCantsSports.com - Website @odellmccants - Twitter Odell McCants - LinkedIn

Tom McMillen oversees 129 Football Bowl Subdivision athletic directors, working on mentoring and advocacy, as president/CEO of LEAD1 Association. The organization has been around since 1986 and has fostered a conduit of growth of athletic directors, as well as giving voice their challenges to legal matters happening in the nation's capitol. McMillen, a former Congressman, shares his insights into the new tax legislation which erases seat donation write-offs and the fall-out that new law can do to Olympic sports programming. Twitter: @LEAD1ACOM

Tom McMillen on his former University of Maryland Coach Lefty Driesell ~ ". . .Lefty, I still keep in touch with him. He's indomitable. He's really a special person. He should be in the Naismith Hall of Fame. It's such an injustice. I mean when he retired as an active coach, there were only three other coaches who had more wins than he did. I think it was Dean Smith. . ." Tom McMillen, Retired Basketball Pro, Rhodes Scholar, Public Servant, Businessman, and Philanthropist in studio interview Andy Ockershausen: This is Andy Ockershausen. This is Our Town. We have such a special man to talk to today. He's done so much in his lifetime, it's tough for me to keep up with him. But not only is he six feet 11, but he's got a track record that's unbelievable what he's done in the community. From playing professional basketball in the NBA to serving as US Congressman from the fourth congressional district of Maryland. He was a Rhodes Scholar. He's written a book about ethics and sports. He's been on a board of directors for the President's Foundation on sports, physical education, and nutrition. And these are only a few of his accomplishments, in addition to the unique distinction of being the tallest member of Congress. I got to know Tom McMillen with my involvement many, many years ago with Lefty Driesell and the University of Maryland. Tom McMillen, welcome to Our Town. Tom McMillen Loses U.S. Congressional Seat to Gerrymandering Tom McMillen: Well, it's great to be here Andy. Andy Ockershausen: Our Town is so big now, McMillen. Everywhere you went except Pennsylvania was Our Town. Certainly when you were in Congress in the fourth district was part, it's still part of Our Town. But they changed the voting district and they voted you out. Tom McMillen: It's the whole thing about gerrymandering they talk about today. Well, my district was basically split up into six different congressional districts. It's not new. It happens all over. The real question for me was ... It would have been nice to stay in Congress maybe 10, 12 years. There's really a choice you make whether you want to be there 30 years. I don't think I ever wanted to be kind of ... Andy Ockershausen: It wasn't a lifetime for you. Tom McMillen: ... a lifetime thing. It was more an opportunity to serve and make a difference. I had that experience and it was fantastic. Andy Ockershausen: Great. They were great years. Everything changed during your period in Congress. The whole delegation changed. And Virginia changed and Maryland changed. That's all part of our life has changed. I want to talk to the Tom McMillen I first heard about as a high school athlete. We had a relationship with the University of Maryland for WMAL and Lefty Driesell was one of our contacts. Lefty was trying to recruit a kid in Pennsylvania to come to the University of Maryland. The Road to University of Maryland Basketball and Coach Lefty Driesell Tom McMillen: Well, if you recall the history of that. My brother had played at Maryland- Andy Ockershausen: That's correct. Tom McMillen: -with Gary Williams, Coach Williams. Andy Ockershausen: They were players? Tom McMillen: They were teammates. My brother had played there. My brother was heading into medical school. He wanted me to go to Maryland. My other brother was at Carolina. He wanted me to go to Carolina. My other sister was at University of Pennsylvania. She wanted me to go there. The coach at University of Virginia used to coach in my hometown. He wanted me to go there. Andy Ockershausen: You had a lot of people pulling on you. Tom McMillen: Yeah. It was very difficult. It was compounded because I was on the cover of Sports Illustrated. I was the second high school player on the cover of Sports Illustrated in February of my senior year.

Multi-talented alumnus Tom McMillen describes his extraordinary life as a professional basketball player, scholar, politician and businessman. At 6’ 11’’ and from a sporty family, the American was always destined for basketball, and he played at the highest levels, including in the controversial final between the US and USSR at the Olympic Games in 1972. A Rhodes scholarship to read Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at University College in Oxford followed, and he juggled his studies simultaneously with a professional basketball career. After 11 years playing in the NBA, McMillen embarked on his political career, serving three consecutive terms as a Democratic Congressman for Maryland. In this interview, McMillen also reflects upon his ‘multiple career disorder’, discusses US politics, and predicts victory for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race for the White House. The interview was recorded at the Alumni Weekend in North America in Washington DC in April 2016.

Bennet Kelleytalks with acclaimed actor, playwright, and authorEric Bogosian. Bogosian is best known as the writer and star of the Pulitzer Prize-nominated play and Oliver Stone movie Talk Radio and for playing Captain Danny Ross for five seasons on Law and Order: Criminal Intent.Our interview was recorded previously courtesy of the Miami Book Fair. It was a fascinating discussion that continued after we off the air.Bogosians new book tells the story of a tightly knit band of killers, who in 1921, set out to avenge the deaths of almost one million victims of the Armenian Genocide.

The Hon. C. Tom McMillen, Ms Carina Venter and Mr John Wylie discuss sports at the Rhodes House 110th Anniversary event. Former and current athletes on this panel discuss changes in sports and achievement requirements over the last 100 years. With commercialisation pushing athletes into the professional arena and squeezing out the amateurs, the speakers explore the roles this sporting evolution has created ranging from leisure and physical health to diplomacy and social change. They also touch on the associated ethical challenges such as doping and match-fixing and their influences the future of sports.

Talking The 1972 Munich Olympics: Tragedy and Controversy 40 Years Later. Bennet speaks exclusively with one of the 1972 U.S. Olympic teammates, whose experience was overshadowed by the Massacre in Munich and the controversial gold medal mens basketball game... retired NBA professional basketball player, Rhodes Scholar, and former U.S. Congressman Tom McMillen.