Hanging With Champions

In this episode, host Patrick Kinas is joined by 1992 Olympic men's singles figure skating silver medalist Paul Wylie.

Paul shares detailed stories of barely making Team USA heading into Albertville, then shocking the world by winning the silver medal less than two months later. Wylie brings us up to date on his new position as the Director of Sport at the Olympic Regional Development Authority in Lake Placid, NY, along with his intimate story about a near-death cardiac event experience in 2015, revived by two men in a running club he had never met before.

5-time Olympian, 12-time Olympic medalist & 4-time Olympic Champion Dara Torres joins Patrick Kinas on this week's episode of Hanging With Champions. In a wide-ranging conversation, these Westwood One broadcast partners for the Rio Olympic Games relive memories from Dara's youth, her drive to succeed, the precious Olympic moments she cherishes the most and life, motherhood and career after the 2012 London Olympic Games.

Olympic swimming legend Natalie Coughlin joins NBC broadcaster Patrick Kinas in a wide-ranging conversation ranging from her record-tying 12 Olympic medals, her major influences in her life, her burgeoning wine company, her most memorable races from her three Olympic Games, what a potential cancellation of the Tokyo Games would mean to swimmers training for their one chance at Olympic glory, to her appearance on David Letterman after winning her first Olympic individual gold medal in 2004, meeting her husband and juggling her business life and motherhood.

To this day, Natalie remains the only female Olympian to win the 100-meter backstroke gold in consecutive Olympic Games (2004, 2008).

Olympic short track speed skating legend Apolo Ohno joins Dara Torres and Patrick Kinas for a fun, deep dive into his sport, his upbringing and his post-Olympic career.

Apolo also talks about his time on Dancing With The Stars, his childhood break-dancing hobby and the story behind his most memorable race in his career.

Also, a young, aspiring speed skater Zooms into our interview to ask Apolo a few questions.

Team USA Olympic gold medalist Caeleb Dressel joins Patrick and Dara to talk about the postponement of the 2020 Olympics and now training for Tokyo in 2021. He and Dara compare training methods at the University of Florida, the all-time great Gator athletes and his upbringing.

Later, Dressel meets his boyhood idol for the first time as legendary NCAA quarterback and Florida Gator star Tim Tebow shocks Caeleb by Zooming in to hang out with all of us. There might even be an attempt by the three Gator standouts singing the Florida Gator fight song??

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In the Hanging With Champions pilot episode, Hall of Fame major league baseball manager Tony La Russa hangs out with NBC broadcaster Patrick Kinas and Olympic legend Dara Torres.

Tony discusses the COVID-19 pandemic impact on baseball, his Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF) and tells a story depicting a tragic intersection of events on his first-ever day a major league manager in 1979.

(Recorded: May 4, 2020.)