Telich Talks

John Burke, hotel, CEO, mountaineer, ultra runner summitted Mount Everest in May 2017. He is the managing Director of the Armada hotel at Spanish Point, Ireland on the Wild Atlantic Way. Burke is married to actress, personality Aoibhin Garrihy. They founded a group, ELEVATE to inspire young people to reach for the stars.

This episode represents part two of my interview with former NFL linebacker Ryan Shazier. December 4, 2017, Shazier became paralyzed after making a routine tackle against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night football. In this episode, Ryan talks about that night, about his faith, about, the rehab it took to bring him back to be able to walk again. Although he tried valiantly to regain the ability to play football again, his career official ended in 2020. We also talk about the Ryan Shazier fund and the research that is being done for individuals with spinal cord injuries.

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Ryan Shazier is a retired NFL linebacker who earned Pro Bowl honors for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Shazier suffered a spinal cord injury while making a tackle on December 4, 2017. He was left a paraplegic, though after spinal stabilization surgery Shazier learned to walk again. Two years later, he effectively announced his retirement from football . The onetime star at the Ohio State University talked about his early development, college, and pro experiences and we talked about the injury, the rehabilitation , his faith, his struggles but quite a bit about his hopes and dreams . His Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation has helped countless individuals. www.ryanshazierfund.org

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Charles Saulter is the head football coach at Twinsburg high school in suburban Cleveland Ohio. He was recently named the winner of the Build the Bridge 2023 high school football coach of the year. Saulter became the first African-American head football coach in the Suburban League when he was hired in 2022. Note: he is a Canton Central Catholic alum, not Cleveland Central, as I mistakenly said early in the interview. @saulter_charles on X

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Cameron Joyce is the head coach of the St. Ignatius Wildcats State champion basketball team in Cleveland, Ohio. He just finished his 5th season and has already taken the Wildcats to the Final Four 3 times, with this years team winning it all.

Joyce is the son of legendary Akron St. Vincent St. Mary coach Dru Joyce II. His older brother Dru was just named the head coach at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh. Cam talked about his Dads, and brothers influences and on what it was like watching his big brother play ball with LeBron James. How did Joyce remake his 23-24 Wildcats team this year that featured constant pressure and tempo? And what aspects of the environment at St. Ignatius aided Joyce and his team to be successful. Thanks for listening.

Tom Withers has been the Associated Press sports writer in Cleveland, Ohio for the better part of three decades. He has scored numerous scoops and continues on a day-to-day basis as one of the most respected sports voices in the business. Before he became a full-time sports writer, Tom worked in what could be described as Ground Zero concerning the Aids epidemic in the late 1980s. How did that experience shape him? How does he cultivate sources. (As cover art shows, he has had a long professional relationship with LeBron James.). I’ve long respected Tom’s work and it was great just to sit down and shoot the breeze with him about a myriad of subjects. You can find him on Twitter ( X) @twithers.

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