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163 - It's Video Podcast Friday! with Huffines Scholar Mr. David Epstein and Small Data!

163 - It's Video Podcast Friday! with Huffines Scholar Mr. David Epstein and Small Data!

Today is the fourth video and audio-only rebroadcast from the 2014 Huffines Discussion.  Up today in our series is an award winning journalist, New York Times bestselling author, and reporter for ProPublica.org, Mr. David Epstein.  Mr. Epstein's talk is titled "Small Data in Sports: Finding What Matters and What You Can Change".  Much of this talk directly relates to talent identification - how do we find out who is going to be a great athlete.  Mr. Epstein always gives engaging ta...
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116 - Podcast Friday is BACK!  With Award-winning journalist David Epstein and The Sports Gene!

116 - Podcast Friday is BACK! With Award-winning journalist David Epstein and The Sports Gene!

We are starting our new season with a special interview with David Epstein, Senior Writer for Sports Illustrated.  Today is a special day because Mr. Epstein's new book - The Sports Gene - was released yesterday on August 1.  This book is an amazingly detailed, but hugely readable look at the Nature vs. Nurture question especially as related to sports proficiency.  In the book, Mr. Epstein considers the 10,000 Practice Rule (and why it is false), as well as the actual role of genetics in det...
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78 - Sports Illustrated's David Epstein - The London Olympics and Sports Stories

78 - Sports Illustrated's David Epstein - The London Olympics and Sports Stories

The London Olympics is just around the corner and of course, and with all of the performances and stories that will happen there, David Epstein from Sports Illustrated is with us today to give us a heads-up as to what he thinks will be the intriguing stories of these Olympics.  Mr. Epstein has been with us for previous podcasts (video here, here, here, and here!) and I appreciate his '30,000 foot' view of sports and the interesting stories in sports medicine.
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73 - Huffines Discussion 2012 - Sports Illustrated's David Epstein and Sports Doping

73 - Huffines Discussion 2012 - Sports Illustrated's David Epstein and Sports Doping

Today we kick off the video and audio-only rebroadcasts of the Speakers from the 2012 Huffines Discussion.  First up is Sports Illustrated's David Epstein.  Mr. Epstein is an incredible writer (he was nominated this year for the Livingston Award which recognizes the best journalist under the age of 35 in the United States).  Mr. Epstein's talk was on Sports Doping: Still the Rational Choice?".  This is a great talk about why elite athletes still choose to dope in spite of the risks.
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53 - Live from Doha, Qatar: Sports Illustrated's David Epstein on Baseball Doping and Concussions

53 - Live from Doha, Qatar: Sports Illustrated's David Epstein on Baseball Doping and Concussions

It's a special holiday podcast with Sports Illustrated writer David Epstein.  We have two firsts in this podcast:  our first three-time guest, and our first podcast live from Doha, Qatar.  We talk with David about Ryan Braun doping, Colt McCoy's concussion, and what he's doing in Qatar for Sports Illustrated.  It's our holiday podcast - the elves had fun putting this one together!
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15 - Sports Illustrated Writer David Epstein on the Lance Armstrong Doping Investigation

15 - Sports Illustrated Writer David Epstein on the Lance Armstrong Doping Investigation

We have our first two-time guest as SI writer David Epstein rejoins us on the podcast to discuss his new article regarding the allegations of the facilitation of performance-enhancing drug use by Lance Armstrong amongst members of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team. Because the Postal Service team was federally sponsored, a federal grand jury has been investigating these charges since August 2010.
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9 - Mr. David Epstein - The gap, steroids, and what’s coming in sports

9 - Mr. David Epstein - The gap, steroids, and what’s coming in sports

Join us today for a great conversation with Sports Illustrated staff writer David Epstein. David is the primary voice reporting on Sports Medicine issues at Sports Illustrated and as such, has a great way of making the current issues understandable. We talk about a wide variety of issues that are facing sports today. 
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