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Mark Willard

Ballers with Babies

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I'm Mark Willard and I'm excited to bring you the "Ballers with Babies" podcast, where I interview the top names in sports about the intersection of sports with family & parenting life. I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to go a little deeper and humanize these stars of sport. With each guest, we’ll get to hear where they came from, how they achieved success, and how they blended that with their family life at home. We’re all tired of canned answer interviews. I promise that each episode will give you something you've never heard before.

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Former NBA player Jim Jackson joins Ballers with Babies and shares his experience playing for 14 different NBA teams, not knowing about his son for the first 5 years of his life and then building a relationship with him, and what he... more
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On this week's episode of Ballers with Babies, Gotham Chopra shares what it's been like working with some of the greatest athletes in sports history - Tom Brady, Kobe Bryant, and now Lebron James - who all have managed parenting at the... more
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On this week's episode of Ballers with Babies, Caron Bulter shares how he survived a tough upbringing and what he's up to in his post-NBA career.
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Nick Hardwick joins Ballers with Babies and shares how he was able to lose so much weight post-football career, whether or not concussions have impacted his life, what it meant to protect Phillip Rivers, how difficult the Chargers move... more
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Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf joins Ballers with Babies and discusses his growth as a person, getting involved in sports broadcasting, why athletes and military veterans face similar issues post-career/post-service, his thoughts on... more
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On this week's episode of Ballers with Babies, Ryan Wendell shares what it was like playing for the Patriots, the worst parenting advice he's ever received, and how he's adjusting to his post-NFL life.
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Jill Arrington joins Ballers with Babies to share her path to success in a male-dominated industry.
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Curtis Conway joins Ballers with Babies and shares what it was like having Muhammad Ali as a father-in-law, why football is an important outlet for those in poor communities, why he struggles with spoiling his kids, and how to combat... more
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Marcellus Wiley shares why he almost quit football at age 12, what it was like growing up in Compton, how his family deals with the spotlight, the reason he became a Clipper fan, and why he thinks the Chargers made the right decision... more
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Rob Ryan is this week's guest on Ballers with Babies. He shares how he's managed coaching and raising a family, what it was like having a dad as an NFL coach, why he's better looking than his brother Rex, and coaching under Bill... more
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