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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

Release Date: 09/02/2025

LIVE from Dick’s House of Sport: Pretty Precise Step Team & Why Youth Sports Matter show art LIVE from Dick’s House of Sport: Pretty Precise Step Team & Why Youth Sports Matter

Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

🎥 Watch the full video episode and sizzle reel on YouTube: 📸 See clips and photos on Instagram: If you’ve ever wondered how sports shape confidence, community, leadership, and lifelong lessons—this episode is proof. About Sports Will Save Us All podcast Sports Will Save Us All is an inspirational sports podcast hosted by Sasha Graham, featuring powerful conversations with athletes, coaches, and changemakers about how sports shape mental health, resilience, leadership, and personal growth. Through real-life stories of women in sports, inclusive and adaptive athletics,...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

When we watch Olympic bobsledding, it looks fast, thrilling—and smooth. But for the athletes inside the sled, it’s anything but. As the Winter Olympics approach, host Sasha Graham sits down with William Person, a former Team USA bobsledder who competed for nine seasons after an elite career in track and field. What followed his retirement was a decade-long descent into confusion, memory loss, migraines, emotional darkness, and symptoms that no one—doctors included—could explain. In this powerful and eye-opening conversation, William shares what many athletes are only now beginning to...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

In anticipation of tomorrow's big event at Dick's House of Sport in Glendale, please enjoy my conversation with Pretty Precise Step Team Board Member, Adrian Trice. You're Invited! Saturday, January 24, 2026 Noon-4pm Dick's House of Sport in Glendale, Arizona Outside on the Turf Field **DJ, Games, Food Trucks, and a performance by Pretty Precise Step Team!    About Sports Will Save Us All podcast Sports Will Save Us All is an inspirational sports podcast hosted by Sasha Graham, featuring powerful conversations with athletes, coaches, and changemakers about how sports shape mental...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

In this special re-release of Sports Will Save Us All, host Sasha Graham spotlights the powerful story of the Pretty Precise Step Team, a dynamic girls’ step dance organization based in Arizona. Founders and coaches Lateka Curtis and Cheyenne James, a mother–daughter duo, share how step dance—rooted in African and HBCU traditions—has become a life-changing sport that builds confidence, discipline, sisterhood, and leadership for young girls. This episode explores step as a sport and cultural art form, the impact of teamwork and accountability, and how Pretty Precise empowers at-risk...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

Is Marty Supreme actually a sports movie… or something else entirely? In this Sports on Screen episode of Sports Will Save Us All, host Sasha Graham and co-host Steve Bollinger break down one of the most bizarre, divisive sports films in recent memory. Directed by Josh Safdie and starring Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme follows a hustling, narcissistic ping pong prodigy whose pursuit of greatness raises big questions about ambition, obsession, and the true cost of athletic success. The conversation dives into: Whether Marty Supreme works as a sports movie at all The portrayal of elite...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

In this powerful episode of Sports Will Save Us All, host Sasha Graham sits down with Chad Dunn, founder and CEO of MOVE Human Performance Center, to explore a journey defined by extreme highs, devastating lows, and profound transformation. Once a nationally ranked BMX rider, Chad’s life took a sharp turn that led to federal prison—a turning point that forced him to confront identity, accountability, and the consequences of his choices. Through sports, personal development, and plenty of help along the way, Chad rebuilt his life and emerged with a renewed sense of purpose. Chad and Sasha...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

In Part 2 of host Sasha Graham’s in-depth conversation with former NFL wide receiver and sports agent LeRon McCoy, the focus shifts to the fast-changing world of recruiting, NIL deals, athlete representation, and life lessons beyond the field. LeRon pulls back the curtain on what today’s high school and college athletes—and their families—often get wrong during the recruiting and NIL process. From chasing money over fit, to navigating the transfer portal, to managing complex family dynamics, LeRon explains why patience, follow-through, and strong support systems matter more than ever....

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

Former NFL wide receiver LeRon McCoy joins host Sasha Graham on Sports Will Save Us All for a wide-ranging, deeply honest conversation about football, identity, and what comes after the game. After an outstanding college career at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he was a three-time All-Conference selection and two-time All-American, LeRon was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2005. But his story doesn’t end when football does. In this episode, LeRon opens up about the emotional transition out of the NFL, the loss of athletic identity, and how staying connected to sports helped...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

Struggling with long putts? In this No Huddle Pro Tips episode of Sports Will Save Us All, host Sasha Graham sits down with golf putting expert Bob Labbe, author of Putting by the Numbers, to break down a simple, science-based approach to lag putting that helps golfers lower scores and eliminate guesswork on the green. Bob shares how a quantitative putting method, built on physics, friction, and your personal power factor, can help you two-putt consistently on any course—from fast greens to slow ones, even when conditions change. Whether you’re a weekend golfer or a lifelong player, these...

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Sports Will Save Us All | A Sports Podcast Where Sports Are Just the Beginning

In this episode of Sports Will Save Us All, host Sasha Graham is joined by Carlee Wolfe, leadership strategist, coach, and founder of Ace & Arrow, for a powerful conversation about self-limiting beliefs, inclusive leadership, and the lessons sports teach us about navigating life and work. Carlee shares how her background in athletics—and her deep connection to adaptive and inclusive sports, including sitting volleyball—shaped her approach to leadership, coaching, and personal development. Together, Sasha and Carlee explore how sports create space for every brain and every body, and why...

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This week on Sports Will Save Us All, host Sasha Graham dives into the wild, rebellious side of women’s sports—on and off the screen. Sparked by her love for the 2009 roller derby cult classic Whip It, Sasha explores what it truly means to find your identity through sport, especially as a woman navigating grit, growth, and expectations.

Joining her in the studio is the remarkable Dr. Devoney Looser—Regents Professor of English at Arizona State University, Jane Austen expert, and yes... roller derby powerhouse known as Stone Cold Jane Austen. Together, they unpack the empowering intersections of sports, literature, feminism, and community. From Devoney’s unexpected journey into roller derby, and the enduring power of Austen, this episode is a vibrant ride through the ways sports can shape who we are.

Find Devoney’s latest book Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane wherever books are sold. Follow her at www.devoneylooser.com, and check out the ASU Derby Devils on Instagram @derbydevilsasu.

Books About Sports--Sports Will Save Us All

Love books about sports? Curious about the stories behind them?
Sports Will Save Us All features in-depth podcast interviews with sports book authors, spotlighting the writers shaping the world of sports through powerful non-fiction and unforgettable storytelling.

Explore the sports books and authors featured on the podcast at SportsWillSaveUsAll.com—with direct links to each book and its corresponding author interview.

From baseball and football to endurance sports, women’s sports history, mental performance, skiing, hockey, and more, these conversations go beyond the game.

📚🎧 Read the books. Hear the authors. Discover the power of sports.

 

About Sports Will Save Us All podcast

Sports Will Save Us All is an inspirational sports podcast hosted by Sasha Graham, featuring powerful conversations with athletes, coaches, and changemakers about how sports shape mental health, resilience, leadership, and personal growth. Through real-life stories of women in sports, inclusive and adaptive athletics, and athletes overcoming adversity, the show explores how sports change lives—on and off the field.

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