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By 11Alive - Maria Martin
The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.
Elisha Jarrett is no stranger to the NFL or sports in general. Growing up, she played sports and was always around the game of football. Her son Grady Jarrett is a defensive tackle for the Atlanta Falcons, a pro bowler and has a super bowl appearance. Mom has been there along for the ride from the very beginning. From humble beginnings, to giving back to Atlanta and their community this a tremendous episode about navigating life as an NFL mom.
Allison Smith and Arthur Smith are navigating the head coach life for the first time. Arthur Smith is the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons. Coach Smith and company are heading into their second season with Atlanta and already adore this city. Allison, a former TV news anchor, helps her husband navigate the media. She is a die hard football fan, well adapted into the large Smith family and will soon make her acting debut on Netflix. An incredible episode filled with many stories from a great family.
Anna Riley is very invested in the game of baseball, but it wasn't always that way. Her husband's MLB career has helped her learn the game and be more invested than ever. They even went to the same high school, but did they know each other then? From winning a World Series, to getting ready to welcome their first baby during baseball season, things are always wild being married to the game of baseball.
Meggi Matthews is back for part two! In this episode we learn about the challenges of navigating the NFL season during COVID times, what it's like providing food for an NFL offensive lineman and she has a message for Falcons fans during the 'rebuild.'
Meggi Matthews is very familiar with the game of football. Long before she met her husband Jake, she was a sports reporter and covering the Alabama Crimson Tide. She's from Atlanta originally and now married to starting offensive lineman Jake Matthews and is managing her first few years as a player's wife in a pandemic. The story of how they met is terrific and Meggi might be more into the game than any other wife out there. A wild adventure. A two parter.
Allison Rochell is newly married to the game, but has been with her husband through the highs and lows of playing football. She gets candid about what it's really like being married to an NFL player and how she claps back at the critics on social media. Allison and Isaac have grown their TikTok following while moving to a new city and it is all a wild adventure.
Kristi Malzahn knows all about the pressures of coaching in the SEC. She tells all about what a near decade in Auburn was truly like-- the good, the bad and the ugly. New school, new Gus? She tells us how the move to UCF has given them a relaxed lifestyle. We’ll also see if Gus’s mantra of not cursing is actually true or not.
Kierra knows all about life in front of the camera. After getting married to then-Falcons wide receiver Harry Douglas, the duo was on a reality television show about wives and girlfriends of athletes. She juggled being a reality TV star, business owner and new mom, all while navigating the NFL.
It's a love story for the ages. Kirby and Mary Beth Smart meeting on the UGA campus...apparently Kirby's got game on the phone. Mary Beth lets us peak behind the curtain of the Smart household and trying to make life "normal" for their kids. How does she deal with lofty championship expectations (Thanks a lot Nick Saban, yes he comes up too)? Plus, after famous lines like "Pressure is a privilege," we test Mary Beth on Kirby's quips.
Brittany knows all about baseball lifestyle. It has its highs, and its lowest of lows. Brittany takes us behind the curtain of what it's like to be a baseball wife. Where do stalkers come into play? And how quickly did she leave game 5 of the NLDS? Faster than you.
The podcast currently has 14 episodes available.