How I Got Here with Corey Koskie

On October 15, 2008, Jeff Dubay was arrested in Maplewood,MN for felony possession of a controlled substance. On October 24, 2008 KFAN terminated Dubay.  Jeff Dubay was spinning out of control.   Jeff Dubay had the sports geek dream roles.  He was a clubhouse guy for the Twins when they won the 1987 and 1991 World Series.  He then moved on to a very successful radio career and had the top sports radio show in the Twin Cities, The PA & Dubay Show.  What would push a guy on the top of his career down a dark path.  There is a saying "We are one phone call away from our knees".  Jeff Dubay got his world rocked. He spiraled, and on one fateful night he made a decision that sent him down a darker path for 10 years until he found MN Teen Challenge. (Jeff graduated last Friday from their year long in-residence program).  This is his story.......

Tony Dungy is an Uncommon Man, Uncommon Coach, on a Uncommon path.  The son of educators his coaching journey started in the living room of his home under the guidance of his mother and father. How is it possible to win the respect of his players and lead them to the Super Bowl without yelling, and screaming?  Can you be successful without compromising faith and family?  The answer is yes.  Tony Dungy did all of this.  Tony tells his story of the adversity he faced in his journey.  Nothing every comes easy.

Tom Chorske played for the Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, Pittsburg Penguins, New York Islanders, Ottawa Senators, Calgary Flames, and Washington Capitals through his 11 years career in the 90's. After he retired from playing he had to get a job and start the next phase of his life.  A majority of players don't have the nest egg we think professional athletes have after they are done playing.  But before this Tom Chorske was a highly touted recruited from Minneapolis Southwest High School and Mr. Hockey in 1985. Tom had immense talent.  With this talent comes expectations. Listen as Tom Chorske tells us about the pressures of being Mr. Hockey, being a top recruit in the state, feeling he was not living up to the expectations, winning the Stanley Cup and his transition to a post-NHL career. 

Tom Chorske has 3 kids, lives in Edina, and currently works for Fox Sports North as a hockey analyst, Calabrio as a Key Account Manager, and an advisor for Agency Underground.

Corey Koskie is a former Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cub.  He is also the founder of Linklete.com. January's topic is fear on Linklete.com.  Being fearless doesn’t mean eliminating fear. Being fearless means knowing how to leverage fear. And to do that, you need to know a few things about what you are dealing with.  Just like everyone walking the face of the earth Corey Koskie has dealt with some tough situations.  In this episode Corey talks about dealing with adversity that lead to significant fear early in his career. 

In 2018 Dani Cameranesi was part of U.S Olympic History.  The USA Women's Olympic Hockey Team won a gold medal for the 2nd time in history.  The 1st time was 20 years ago.  To become an Olympic champion requires resilience and grit.  Dani had to learn that through her youth, high school career, and college career.  Playing hockey with the boys at a young age to starting all over at a new high school to dealing with injuries that could have side tracked her dreams.   She had to face it all. Listens as Dani talks about her path to Olympic gold and the support she had along the way.  

 According to University of Minnesota yearbooks, approximately 30 women tried out for the first-ever Gopher Women’s hockey team in 1918. Fast forward 60 years, there is very little organized girls hockey. Girls just didn’t play hockey. They figure skated and if they wanted to play something like hockey they chased a ring around the ice and played ringette in Canada. Ringette never took off in the US and in 1994 the Minnesota High School League voted to endorse ice hockey over ringette as an official high school sport for girls. In Canada if girls want to play a winter ice sport they played ringette with other girls. In the USA girls who wanted to play a team ice sport had to play with the boys. Winny Brodt wanted to play a team ice sport so she played hockey with the boys.  Being the first meant it is going to be a tough road, especially in hockey.   Remember, back in the 80's there was checking in pee wee hockey.  If you're a girl playing with the boys, you have to be prepared for contact.  Winny had to survive in a very physical game.  She not only survived, she thrived.