The Pepper On Sports Podcast: Episode 11

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Introduction

 

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Young NFL retirees Bruce Davis and Jarrad Page discuss the following topics:

- From teammates to podcast co-hosts 

- TBT session reminiscing about the good ol’days at UCLA

- Going from the light (pro sports) to the dark side (the media!)

- Grading the 2015 UCLA football team 

- Humanity vs. Business: Steve Sarkisian and substance abuse in sports

- Personal experience with substance abuse in the NFL and getting help

- NCAA and NFL responsibility to create substance abuse and mental health protocols

- The Greg Hardy and Jerry Jones debacle

- Mental health and the NFL

- Life after football for Bruce: battling health issues and making it as an actor in Hollywood

- Life after football for Jarred: professional baseball, battling health issues and becoming a financial advisor for athletes

- Turmoil with Todd Haley in Kansas City

- "The Patriot Way" in New England

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San Diego Padres first baseman Cody Decker talk all-things baseball including: 

- “The Call” up to the Majors

- Big league experience yields and empty stat sheet

- Differences between minor and major league life

- Minor league baseball: Out with the old, in with the “new boy’s club?”

- Major league baseball: Still the good old boys club

- Starring in and producing short films

- Being a part of “Team Israel” in the World Baseball Classic

- Life as a religious minority (aka Jewish) in professional baseball

- Bridging the diversity divide and integrating the clubhouse

- Grading instant replay and attempts to make baseball faster

- Chase Utley’s slide: kosher or not?

- Calling out a dirty teammate: fair or foul?

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Podcast Illustration by Lauren Purves

Voice Over intro by Chaz Kelly