Knowing what the next move is might not be guaranteed. But being in a place that feels right to assess and later build has defined Christian Patzka's collegiate journey and shed light on what it means to thrive in Division III. Patzka hails from Mazomanie, Wisconsin and knew running would be a multi-chapter part of …
Before it becomes a Netflix film, The Girls of Summer is worth revisiting. This week, longtime New York Times reporter Jere Longman joins the show to discuss his book "The Girls of Summer: The U.S. Women's Soccer Team" and How It Changed the World," the story that inspired the upcoming on screen adaptation and why …
Making a name for herself on her own merit has been the formula of Emma Grace Hurley’s consistency as an emerging talent on the distance circuit. She’s found ways to shine in breakout moments like her a second place finish at the 2024 USA Cross Country Championships and then making the U.S. national team for …
Adjustments are inevitable in the sport and so far this year has been a mix of world leads, athletes moving up in disciplines or even using the season of no world championships or Olympics to start families. But the track has stayed active and the road racing is equally as busy — while Sinclaire Johnson has …
"If you let me play sports, I will learn what it means to be strong." More than 30 years later, those words remain one of the most recognizable messages in women's sports. This week, we catch up with Janet Champ, who started her career at Wieden+Kennedy and went on to build some of Nike's most …
Consistency and improvement are probably the two main pillars that Ben Allen routinely leans on when he lines up at the track on race day, but also in his approach to training. The Minnesota native has specialized in distances between the 800m and the mile for New York-based Empire Elite Track Club where he's defined …
Producer and writer Kishori Rajan, co-founder of Viva Maude alongside Tessa Thompson, joins the show to unpack the making of Is God Is, a genre-bending thriller that centers Black women, sisterhood and rage in ways Hollywood rarely does. This conversation covers a lot of ground and we get into how Rajan brought an ambitious creative …
This past weekend at Coachella, Justin Bieber showed us the future of fame: raw, self-referential and direct-to-consumer. It was a stark contrast to the "Hard Power" and superhuman sacrifice of Beyoncé’s legendary 2018 Homecoming performance at the festival. While the pop world was debating these generational shifts in the desert, a group of women were …
A commitment to the grind remains one of the main tools Nikki Hiltz is taking into the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships this weekend in Poland as they lock in and seize the chance to crack another finish line tape first and win on the international stage. Just weeks prior, a familiar tale played out …
Olympic gold put Cole Hocker on global stage at the 2024 Paris Games when a final surge in the men's 1,500m silenced favorites like Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Josh Kerr — and propelled his growing legend as the one to beat. It also help reinforced the idea this era of middle distance racing could deliver dramatic finishes …