Not There Yet
Eclectic essays podcasted from the third decade of the 21st century.
Displaying all 5 Episode of Not There Yet with the tag “sports”.
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Alas, Kawhi, We Hardly Knew Ye
July 10th, 2019 | 18 mins 9 secs
basketball, nba, opinion, sports, toronto raptors
The blessing and the curse of capturing lightning in a bottle.
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The Tao of Kawhi Leonard
May 29th, 2019 | 28 mins 9 secs
basketball, character, nba, sports, toronto raptors
His approach to the game is an example we need in these troubled times.
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The Return of Tiger Woods
April 17th, 2019 | 21 mins 38 secs
culture, golf, life lessons, sports, tiger woods
Thankfully, things didn’t turn out the way many expected.
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Seven Tours: The Corrosive Effect of Cheating in Sports
July 27th, 2017 | 9 mins
cheating, cycling, doping, sports, tour de france
At the end of July each year, I used to savour the memory of the great sights and sounds of the Tour de France. However, “I was stunned to hear, a couple of days ago, that Chris Froome had just won his third Tour de France riding for Team Sky, which has won four of the last five. Stunned not by the achievements so much — although they are pretty impressive — but rather the fact that another Tour had come and gone and I had hardly noticed.”
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The Unbearable Heartbreak of Coming Close
June 15th, 2017 | 7 mins 34 secs
basketball, cars, le mans, life lessons, podcast, racing, sports
What can you learn about life from a car race and a basketball game? Turns out quite a bit.