Sports Flashback

Nolan Richardson - 1994 NCAA Tournament National Champion Coach

Nolan Richardson is known for his success coaching the University of Arkansas men's basketball team to an NCAA Tournament title in 1994. This episode we discover that Richardson's accomplishments  on the court were unprecedented winning national titles at the NCAA, NIT and Junior College levels but those achievements pale in comparison to what he did as a pioneer for the African-American community.

Taje Allen - 1999 Super Bowl Champion St. Louis Rams Defensive Back

Growing up in Lubbock, Texas Taje Allen was like so many young boys. He dreamed of one day playing in the Super Bowl. In 1999, his third season in the NFL playing for the St. Louis Rams, Allen surpassed his dream not only by playing for the NFL title but winning it. In this episode Allen talks about life growing up in West Texas, reveals when he discovered his college roommate at the University of Texas was an impostor, and relives that magical season in 1999 when the high-flying Rams offense held off the Tennessee Titans in one of the most exciting Super Bowls ever played.

Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson - 1978 Super Bowl Champion Dallas Cowboys Linebacker

Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson [https://twitter.com/hollywoodhend] is most known for his time as a star linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys [https://twitter.com/dallascowboys] during the team's peak and Super Bowl run in the late 1970s. Since those days of fame and fortune from the football field he's made the headlines for being sent to prison and winning a multi-million-dollar lottery. In this episode on Henderson's remarkable life's journey, he talks about all those things and more including when he first started using cocaine with his two legendary friends—comedian Richard Pryor [http://www.richardpryor.com/] and singer Marvin Gaye [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efiDnHS3fzk]—and how today, more than 36 years into his sobriety, he still takes it just one day at a time.

Tom Penders - A Look Back

Tom Penders is most remembered as a college basketball coach for his up-tempo style and time in Austin where he took the University of Texas [https://texassports.com/sports/mens-basketball/] to eight NCAA tournament [https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/] appearances in ten seasons with the Longhorns. His success, however, wasn't just limited to Austin. In his 36 seasons coaching at the collegiate level he is one of only eight division one coaches to ever take four different schools to the NCAA tournament. What most don't realize is Penders was destined to be a successful coach long before he ever put a whistle around his neck and directed his first practice. There was always one question–what sport would it be that he would find that success? In this episode Penders guides us on his journey from those early days as an athlete, why he eventually decided to pursue coaching basketball instead of playing professional baseball, and how today more than 50 years after it all started, he has no regrets and is grateful for the opportunity he had to pursue and live out his lifelong dream.

Malice at the Palace - Indiana Pacers-Detroit Pistons Brawl 15 Years Later

Over the course of the last 32 years Mark Boyle has been the play-by-play announcer for thousands of Indiana Pacers games. He was there that Friday night in November 2004 when the Pacers visited the Detroit Pistons. He was there when Ben Wallace shoved Ron Artest and Artest lied down on the scorer's table directly in front of him. And he was there the moment Artest charged into the stands and all hell broke loose.  Boyle recounts that night and how he was seriously injured (five broken vertebrae) when Artest jumped off the scorer's table and bowled him over en route to confronting the fans in the stands.