Legends Of Sport

Andy takes the podcast to the 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame Enshrinement weekend to chat with a few of this year's Curt Gowdy Media Award winners - Journalist J.A. Adande, SLAM Magazine Founder Dennis Page, and "NBA Inside Stuff"'s Don Sperling! As a Curt Gowdy Award Winner himself, Andy sits down with the guys to get their immediate reactions to earning the award, as well as trade stories from their careers & lives around the court!

Andy is back with more from the 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame! This week, Andy sits down with the Legendary Pat Riley! The two discuss Michael Cooper & Jerry West's enshrinements, Jack Nicholson's induction as a Super Fan, Pat's early days as a Lakers player, the Showtime Lakers reunion in Maui, the leadership of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and being honored this season by the Miami Heat for over 30 years in the organization! PLUS, a special announcement!

Andy is back with more from the 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony! This time Andy sits down with 2024 inductee & current Head Coach of the Portland Trail Blazers, Chauncey Billups! The Pistons legend recalls winning it all in 2004 with Detroit, why he chose Tina Thompson as one of his HOF presenters, & the lessons he took from Coach Larry Brown that he uses in his approach to coaching today!

Andy takes the show on the road to the 2024 Naismith Memorial Hall Of Fame induction ceremony to catch up with Jonnie West, son of the late Jerry West! FIRST, Andy chats with Jonnie about his experience as a presenter for his father's unprecedented 3rd HOF induction, Andy's first interaction with Jerry, his impact on everyone around him, his impact on a young Kobe Bryant, Jerry & Jonnie's father-son dynamic, and more!

​NEXT, Andy gets a few kind words ​about Jerry West from ​- A.C. Green, Bob McAdoo, Byron Scott, James Worthy, Lisa Leslie, Spencer Haywood, ​Gary Vitti, Michael Cooper, V​lade Divac, & Pat Riley!

Andy takes the show to Watch Me! Sports Bar in Long Beach, CA for a Football Is Sexy watch party! First, Andy chats with Watch Me! Owner & Founder Jax Diener about the bar's mission to create a place for women to watch sports! Jax also talks about the bar's grand opening on the first night of the Olympics, and the bar's partnership with Football Is Sexy! NEXT, Andy chats with Football Is Sexy Founder, Monica Madrid, about why football is so important to her, why she started Football Is Sexy, their new app that helps teach the game of football, and their partnership with Watch Me!, her special moment with Jerry Rice on The Kelly Clarkson Show, and why it's important to support women!

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Andy takes the show on the road to chat with 2024 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame Inductee & Showtime Lakers Legend - Michael Cooper! Michael shares his immediate reaction after being inducted, being one of few true sixth-men to be inducted, lessons from playing for Coach Pat Riley, why his number (21) being retired by the Lakers in 2025 means so much to him, what it meant to him to be a presenter of an unprecedented 3rd HOF induction for the late Jerry West, a hilarious story as to why Jack Nicholson's induction as a "Super Fan" meant so much to the Laker faithful, as well as why Andy is forever apart of the Laker family! 

PLUS, Andy gets a few kind words from Coop's biggest supporters - A.C. Green, Bob McAdoo, Byron Scott, James Worthy, Lisa Leslie, Spencer Haywood, Jamaal Wilkes, Gary Vitti, & Pat Riley!

Andy takes the podcast on the road to the 2024 Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend! To kick it all off, Andy sits down with 2024 inductee Vince Carter! The Raptors legend shares his immediate reaction to being inducted to the HOF, playing in the NBA for 22 years (& over four different decades), his blistering dunk during the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, the iconic 2000 Dunk Contest in Golden State, his thought process during the Dunk Contest, why he chose "Dr. J" Julius Erving as a presenter, and Andy shares a unique Kobe Bryant story!

Andy sits down with NBA Legend Kiki VanDeWeghe at 2024 NBA Summer League! Kiki discusses the importance of relationships, playing for legendary coach Pat Riley, working under former NBA Commissioner David Stern as Head of Basketball Operations, his role with the Dallas Mavs in Player Development, working with a young Dirk Nowitzki(and how he taught him the "Kiki move"), and how to assess NBA talent!

Andy is back with more from 2024 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas! This week, Andy chats with ESPN analyst Dave McMenamin about life covering the Los Angeles Lakers, 10 years of covering LeBron James, his career transition from print to screen, what it was like covering Kobe Bryant, his contributions to Nat Butler's new book "Courtside: 40 Years of NBA Photography", and more!

Andy takes the show on the road to 2024 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas! First, Andy chats with NBA Summer League Co-Founder Warren LeGarie about their 20th year, the genesis of NBA Summer League, why Las Vegas was the best location, how the partnership with UNLV & the Thomas & Mack Center started, the influence of the late NBA Commissioner David Stern, & his three most memorable moments over the years! NEXT, Andy sits down with NBA Summer League's Director of Team Operations, Marni Colbert, about her long history with NBA Summer League, the massive growth of NBA Summer League over the years, her two transformative moments over the years, lessons from her father, and so much more!

Stay tuned next week for MORE from NBA Summer League in Las Vegas!