Trail Blazers sideline reporter Brooke Olzendam dropped by the Hoops and Talks podcast to talk to Cassidy and Tara about how she is passing the time while the league is suspended. Learn more about the English Muffin Challenge, “Olzengrams”, and what sports stories everyone is enjoying while we wait for NBA basketball to return. 

Highlights

1:00 Brooke’s English Muffin challenge

2:51 What is a favorite random sports fact? Invention of basketball, the invention of the High Five, and did Rocky Marciano really invent the fax machine? 

9:15 What is fun about her job? Telling player stories. For example, talking to CJ McCollum’s high school coach to find out if he imagined McCollum would have such a successful NBA career. 

11:30 We enjoyed McCollum tweeting the replay of the Denver Nuggets playoff game. 

12:00 How has Brooke been spending her time? With family, keeping track of her mom, doing puzzles with her son.

20:00 Olzengram Live with Damian Lillard and Damian Lillard Jr. It is fun to see the players at home.  

21:00 What it was like for Brooke to get to know Carmelo Anthony. 

23:00 Favorite sports movies?

28:00 Favorite TV shows? 

32:00 We’re going to miss watching the Olympics.

36:00 We are loving the rise of Jamie Hudson in the local media. We want to hear Jamie and Brooke call a game!

38:00 Favorite sports books?

45:00 Upbeat songs that make us feel good. 

Here are our picks, what are yours? 

Favorite Sports movie

Tara: Miracle 

Cassidy: Cool Runnings 

Brooke: Karate Kid, Varsity Blues, Hoosiers

Favorite Sports Book

Tara: Loose Balls, The Secret Game, Boomtown, The Bounce and The Echo

Cassidy: Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History by Molly Schiot 

Brooke: Basketball and Other Things Shea Serrano, Little Girls in Pretty Boxes  

Favorite Sports TV show

Tara: Friday Night Lights

Cassidy: Sports Night (1998)

Brooke: The Jump, The Olympics

Favorite Sports Documentary

Tara: Battered Bastards of Baseball 

Cassidy: Women of Troy and Finding Big Country 

Brooke: The Marinovich Project (30 for 30), The Dream Team (30 for 30)

Feel good playlist

Follow Blazer’s Edge on Twitter @blazersedge, WHAT Pod @HoopsAndTalks, Tara @tcbbiggs, and Cassidy @CassidyGemmet. This week’s guest: @brookeolzendam

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Music used in the episode: “Happy Alley” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License.

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