Jamy Bechler

Providing Insights on Leadership and Success. Coach Bechler is a John Maxwell Leadership Team Member.

Emmy Award Winning Broadcaster Michele Tafoya

Michele Tafoya is a former American sportscaster winning four Emmy Awards. From 2011 to 2022, she was a reporter for NBC Sports, primarily as a sideline reporter for NBC Sunday Night Football. Today, she hosts the “Sideline Sanity” Podcast and makes television appearances on talk shows discussing the state of American politics and culture.

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In today’s episode, we discuss:
  • Broadcasting big events
  • Asking the right questions
  • Her “Sideline Sanity” podcast
  • What makes Al Michaels so good
  • Qualities that the best coaches share
  • How athletes should use their platforms
  • … and much more!!!

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The Greatest Champion

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“Bill Russell was the greatest champion in all of team sports.” (Adam Silver, NBA Commissioner)

When the great baseball Hall of Famer and African American icon Jackie Robinson died in 1972, his widow called Boston Celtics player Bill Russell and asked him to be a pallbearer at her husband’s funeral.

Click here to listen to the 6-minute version of this article on the “Success is a Choice” podcast network.

When asked why, she responded that Russell had been Jackie Robinson’s favorite athlete.

All of the pallbearers were Jackie’s former teammates with the Brooklyn Dodgers, except for Bill Russell.

It’s likely that Bill Russell was Jackie Robinson’s favorite athlete – not because he was so athletic or talented – but because he was a champion, both on and off the playing court.

Many consider Bill Russell one of the greatest teammates of all time.

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DeAnna Price Sets an American Record

The 2021 Tokyo Olympics are just around the corner and athletes everywhere are seeing the rewards and fruit of their years of sacrifice and hard work.

This is especially true in the individual sports – gymnastics, swimming and diving, and track and field come to mind immediately. As Americans, Track and field is a sport that has long held our fascination.

We love powerful athletes. We love fast athletes.  We love the fact that the best can be measured by objective means.

There are no playing time issues. If you think you are better than someone else, then this can be proven by throwing farther, jumping higher, or running faster.

That is why what happened in the hammer throw competition at the U.S. Track and Field Trials is so awesome and so impressive.

DeAnna Price set an American record with her throw, which also happened to be the second-best in history.

Don’t want to read? Then listen or download this article’s audio . . .

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America’s Fastest Woman Banned from the Olympics

Just one month after the death of her biological mother, Sha’Carri Richardson accomplished a lifelong dream of winning the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic trials in Oregon.

However it would soon come crashing down and her lifelong dream would become a nightmare as Richardson tested positive for a chemical found in marijuana.

The 21-year old was disqualified and received a one-month ban. America’s fastest woman would not be participating in the upcoming Olympics.

Don’t want to read? Then listen or download this article’s audio . . .

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Stupid is…as Stupid does

Athletes doing immature or stupid things give other athletes a bad name.  The following athletes did things this week (originally published on July 31, 2012) that make you go hhhmmmm and shake your head.  There are also lots of links to other articles about these topics to further entertain you.  In honor of the huge event starting up this week – NFL Training Camp – we will highlight a trio of diva wide receivers.  Oh, and for the other minor event starting up this week, we’ll lead off with an Olympian.

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