The Fred Opie Show

How do you develop confidence? Why do Hopkins lacrosse alum hold Freddy Smith in such high regard? Why we consider some people great? Host Fred Opie interviews Hall of Famer Larry Quinn a.k.a. The Door. These two former teammates talk about Quinn’s incredible confidence, Levittown Memorial High School on Long Island, officials visits, decision to attend Johns Hopkins University where he won two national lacrosse championships in 1984 1985, and Coach Freddy Smith. Quinn also talks about college teammates who also are members of the national Hall of Fame, his decision to become an attorney, coaching at Hopkins, suggested changes in collegiate lacrosse rules, US national team tryouts, and more. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.

Host Fred Opie interviews Hobart and Henniger lacrosse alum Tim Clark who shares a remarkable story of how he and three others rookies played on the 1980 New York State class A boys lacrosse championship team for Coach Tom Acee with just four months of lacrosse under their belts. Clark also talks about his official visits and playing for Hall of Famer Dave Urick at Hobart. He also shares how his own experience has shaped the guide instead he is giving his own son as he selects the college as a prospective student-athlete. That’s today on the Fred Opie show. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.

Host Fred Opie speaks with Hall of Famer Bill Beroza. A Roanoke College All American Goalie and former US national team captain, a Hempstead, New York native, Beroza is the head lacrosse coach for the Israeli National Team. He talks about serving on the US national team selection committee, what player needs to do to make the final cut, how he became the Israeli national team coach, and shares lessons learned from grassroots lacrosse organizing in Israel that can be replicated home and abroad. This is a must listen to podcast for those trying to start a program where you are. In the second hal of the show, Beroza shares why the Canadians are such great lacrosse players, cautionary tales when it comes to player development, his key to staying fit when it comes to his diet and exercise, and he shares his reflections on his friend, another Hall of Famer, Cornell great Eamon McEneaney. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.

Related Interviews:

Hempstead and WestPoint Alum and All American Dan Williams https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/dan-williams-on-parenting-concussions-and-hostile-fans-1

Hempstead Alum and Hall Of Famer Alan Lowe https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/maryland-alum-and-hall-of-fame-player-and-coach-alan-lowe

Hempstead and Cornell Alum and All American Aaron Jones https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/cornell-all-american-and-metro-lacrosse-ceo-aarron-jones

Hempstead and Syracuse (football) Alum Reggie Terry https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/reggie-terry-how-we-determine-if-you-get-an-offer

Bonus:

West Hempstead and Syracuse (football) Alum and Heisman Runner Up Don McPherson https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/former-syracuse-nfl-quarterback-don-mcpherson

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Bill Beroza: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Beroza

Israeli National Team Website: http://lacrosse.co.il/

Israeli National Team: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u-NXcemKsw

Remembering Eamon McEneaney:

https://www.uslaxmagazine.com/college/men/remembering-eamon-mceneaney-cornells-wild-irish-rose

Eamon McEneaney Video Tribute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0Pm3T4qAw

Eamon McEneaney’s Book of Poetry: https://www.amazon.com/Bend-Road-Eamon-J-McEneaney/dp/0935995048/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506035491&sr=1-1

It’s football season! Some of the top college lacrosse coaches that have spoken to on this show have talked about how much they love to recruit multisport athletes! Today Fred speaks with Hise Gibson who played collegiate football at the United States Military Academy at West Point. A native of Texas he is a husband, father, and an active duty Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army who is currently serving as an Assistant Professor of Systems Engineering, at West Point. Before that he served as the Battalion Commander of the 3rd General Support Aviation Battalion 82 Airborne in which he was in charge of over 600 team members. He talks about what it was like growing up playing football in Texas, how he put himself in position to become a top prospect, and why some of the most talented players in his hometown did not have the opportunity to play football in college. This and more on today’s show. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.

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Host Fred Opie speaks with Cornell and Calvert Hall alum Frank Kelly. Kelly is the visionary and man behind the highly successful FCA lacrosse ministry. Frank was the first lacrosse player I met who like me made a decision during college to make the Lord Jesus Christ look good on and off the field. Kelly would go on to found the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). He talks about the early years of that vision and how the ministry has grown since the mid-1980s from a lacrosse camp with less than five campers to a summer camp today with over 500 boys and girls and counselors from lacrosse playing colleges throughout the country.  Among other topics Kelly talks about what became known as the miracle on the mountain (FCA stunning defeat of a stacked Green Turtle Vail lacrosse team) and they play a clip from a new documentary about the event, the current state of FCA's programs, it's planned ministry for the next men's world championships to be hosted in Israel, work in Africa and Kelly's role in getting lacrosse into the Olympic games.

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Host Fred Opie interviews father and son Ed and Chazz Woodson. Ed played football and lacrosse at Middlebury College and Chazz played lacrosse at Brown University and his brother Bryce played at The Ohio State University. Ed shares why after serving as faculty member and coach at a boarding school, why he believes they are the best preparation for college for students and student athletes. In the second half of the show Chazz talks about his Brown recruiting and admissions process, how to excel as a student athlete, how to train and eat as a player, and is over a decade professional lacrosse career. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you enjoy what you hear share the link to the show with others.

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Chazz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/TheChazzWoodson/

Host Fred Opie interviews Cornell University All-American Aaron Jones about his recruiting experience, college choice, and adjusting to attending a predominately white school for the first time in his life. See the related links below.

About Dr. Opie

Dr. Frederick Douglass Opie is the producer and host of The Fred Opie Show. He is also a Babson Professor of History and Foodways, the author of many books, and a contributor to anthologies. Dr. Opie has appeared on NPR, BBC Radio, The History Channel, PBS television, and in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Oprah Magazine.

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Music Credits:

(Fred Opie Show them song) Music: Crimson Fly - Huma-Huma youtu.be/qpxhgby-ONI

28 Late Night Dreams by J.Lang (c) copyright 2017 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/djlang59/55351 Ft: AlexBeroza

35 [Fusion] AROUND THE CORNER by BOCrew (c) copyright 2010 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/BOCrew/29246 Ft: JAMES NICK SOLDER / THE CORNER

40, [hip hop] Billion Years Of Green (cdk Mix) by Analog By Nature (c) copyright 2014 Licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus license. dig.ccmixter.org/files/cdk/45064

Related Links:

Hempstead and WestPoint Alum and All American Dan Williams https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/dan-williams-on-parenting-concussions-and-hostile-fans-1

Hempstead Alum and Hall Of Famer Alan Lowe https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/maryland-alum-and-hall-of-fame-player-and-coach-alan-lowe

Hempstead Alum and Hall of Famer Bill Beroza https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/bill-beroza-hall-of-famer-and-israeli-national-team-coach

Hempstead and Syracuse (football) Alum Reggie Terry https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/reggie-terry-how-we-determine-if-you-get-an-offer

Bonus:

West Hempstead and Syracuse (football) Alum and Heisman Runner Up Don McPherson https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/former-syracuse-nfl-quarterback-don-mcpherson

Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/

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Host Fred Opie interviews the fame Thompson brothers of lacrosse. They met up at the NCAA final four in Foxboro Massachusetts Memorial Day weekend to talk about the new movie Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation released on May 26. The movie includes cameos by former Vice President Al Gore, Hall of famers Jim Brown and Oren Lyons and coach Bill Belichick. It’s a documentary that looks at the struggle of Native Americans to protect their sovereignty dating back to their first contacts with European imperialist up to the world indoor box lacrosse championships which the Iroquois Nation recently hosted and Thomas played in. In this interview the Thompsons share the lacrosse the traditions they grew up with and why the game of lacrosse is sacred to their people and consider both entertainment and medicine. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you enjoy what you hear share the link to the show with others.

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Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation' Movie

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BltOwbw50wo&t=45s

Thomas Brothers: https://thompsonbrotherslacrosse.us/

Host Fred Opie speaks with Maryland Midfielder Isaiah Davis-Allen at just after Maryland's semifinal victory. Alan talks about his team's previous trips to the final as runner ups, the Terps team culture, eating to win and hydrating as well as his postgraduate plans.

Don McPherson is a native of Long Island. He was an outstanding Quarterback at Syracuse University where he came in second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1987. Don is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. Today he speaks on college campus about violence against women. He is the father of two daughters who is raising on Long Island. Fred ask him about his youth sports experience, being a black quarterback as high school prospect and going into the NFL draft. The also talk about his work on college campuses and how his views on sports have evolved since he retired from playing in 1994. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook and review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud.

Related Interviews:

Hempstead and WestPoint Alum and All American Dan Williams https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/dan-williams-on-parenting-concussions-and-hostile-fans-1

Hempstead Alum and Hall Of Famer Alan Lowe https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/maryland-alum-and-hall-of-fame-player-and-coach-alan-lowe

Hempstead Alum and Hall of Famer Bill Beroza https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/bill-beroza-hall-of-famer-and-israeli-national-team-coach

Hempstead and Cornell Alum and All American Aaron Jones https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/cornell-all-american-and-metro-lacrosse-ceo-aarron-jones

Hempstead and Syracuse (football) Alum Reggie Terry https://soundcloud.com/fredopieshow/reggie-terry-how-we-determine-if-you-get-an-offer

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