Hear the Conversation 23:01 – 13.1 mb mp3 Spartan Dawgs Tim Bograkos, Todd “T.J.” Duckett and Andre Hutson talk about failure and the impact it has on champions. Failure, they say, is the key to success. “It’s good to remember your failures as long as you use these moments as motivation to improve yourself,” says [...]

Hear the Conversation 28:29 – 16.3 mb mp3 Spartan Dawgs Tim Bograkos, Todd “T.J.” Duckett, and Andre Hutson welcome Joe Eisenmann and Joe Carlson from Spartan Nutrition and Performance to the microphones. SNAPP has been providing sports nutrition for Spartan athletes since 2005. “Everybody on our staff has a lot of passion for taking our [...]

Hear the Show 54 min – 30 mb mp3 Russ White has wide-ranging, year-end conversations with Michigan State University President Lou Anna K. Simon and Spartans Athletic Director Mark Hollis. Both look back on what Spartans should remember about the 2012/2013 academic year at MSU, and they look ahead to 2013/2014. President Simon touches on [...]

Hear the Conversation 27:26 – 15.7 mb mp3 Spartan Dawgs Tim Bograkos, Todd Duckett and Andre Hutson tackle the issue of revenue in intercollegiate athletics and discuss whether student-athletes should be paid some kind of stipend. Duckett says he can see both sides of the issue and believes that student-athletes should receive some kind of [...]

Hear the Conversation 26:37 – 15.2 mb mp3 Spartan Dawgs Tim Bograkos, Todd Duckett, and Andre Hutson talk about creating one’s legacy. Hutson says that “goal-setting is such a powerful tool to be successful in life,” and Bograkos adds that “actually following through is the really powerful part.” “Legacy is a lot about your family [...]

Hear the Conversation 22:01 – 12.6 mb mp3 Spartan Dawgs Tim Bograkos, Todd Duckett and Andre Hutson return to talk about passion. “Passion is the backbone and heartbeat of everything we do,” says Duckett. “Sports are passion-driven. Now that we’re not playing our sports competitively anymore, we need to transfer our passion into our professional [...]

Hear the Conversation 33:52 – 19.3 mb mp3 Spartan Dawgs Andre Hutson, Tim Bograkos, and Todd Duckett talk about their experiences with their coaches, Nick Saban and Tom Izzo. “I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into with Coach Izzo,” says Hutson. “Tom Crean mostly recruited me, and I never met Coach Izzo [...]

Hear the Conversation 37:34 – 21.5 mb mp3 Spartan Dawgs Todd Duckett, Tim Bograkos, and Andre Hutson discuss how each of them went through the recruiting process. And they talk about how that process has changed to the point where “high school kids are announcing their choices on ESPN,” says Bograkos. Kids now put their [...]

Hear the Conversation 19:24 min – 11.1 mb mp3 Former Spartan basketball player Lauren Aitch joins Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon and Spartans Athletic Director Mark Hollis for a conversation about how being a Spartan athlete has impacted her thriving entrepreneurial spirit. She says all the discipline required to succeed as a Spartan [...]

Hear the Conversation 19:21 min – 11 mb mp3 Michigan State University Spartans head football coach Mark Dantonio visits with MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and Spartans Athletic Director Mark Hollis. The trio’s wide-ranging discussion touches on the too-early specialization of kids participating in youth sports, leadership, and what being a Spartan really means. [...]