The United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has been in the news quite a bit over the past year.  What most don't understand is that USADA also has a full educational outreach effort to work to decrease doping in sports.  We are pleased to have Dr. Judy Sandlin in the podcast today who works extensively with USADA's educational efforts.

In honor of the Final Fours (both men's and women's college basketball) this weekend, we're pleased to have Dr. Mike Thornton with us in the podcast this week to talk about refereeing college basketball.  For the past several weeks, we've all enjoyed March Madness and the attention that College Basketball gets during this time of the year.  The one group of involved folks that we don't normally hear from are the Basketball Referees. 

We are pleased to have Dr. George Cunningham from here at Texas A&M join us in the podcast to discuss the issues surrounding sports and sexual identity.  One of the lightning rods in modern society is anything to do with sexual identity.  The world of Sports and sports medicine is not exempt from discussion, conversation, and research into the role that sexual identity plays in Sports.

A critical part of any college athletic program is the academic support that is provided to the student-athletes.  One of the model programs in the country is Notre Dame's which has some of the highest graduation rates in football (almost 100%).  Adam Sargent is the Associate Director in Notre Dame's Academic Services for Student Athletes office and has been widely described as one of the primary reasons for Notre Dame's outstanding academic ach...

Karl Kapchinski returns from the front-lines of treating athletes with a great conversation about current issues regarding injuries - like concussions - and the best way to treat them.  Mr. Kapchinski is the Head Athletic Trainer here at Texas A&M and as such is the center of the efforts to keep players healthy (including our most famous football player).  This is a great inside view into the world of athletic training and some of the 'behind-the-scenes' that help teams remain competitiv...

Join us as we sail off on our next 100 podcasts, starting with a great chat with Dr. John Thornton, the Inaugural Director of the Texas A&M Coaching Academy.  Dr. Thornton is a long-time Aggie - Athlete, Coach, and Athletic Administrator - and is now running this new initiative started within the Huffines Institute.  We have a great conversation about why we need a Coaching Academy and the future plans for this academy.

You've been waiting for it and here it is:  the 100th Podcast from the Huffines Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance!  We do all things 100 today:  We talk to Mr. Mike Dillingham - Aggie Class '35 who is 100 and is the oldest living Aggie - about his time on the Texas A&M baseball team from 1931-1935.  We welcome back to the podcast one of the world's elite ultramarathoners Dr. Mike Sandlin who runs (and wins) 100-mile foot-races for fun! (really).

Today we are joined by Dr. E. Lisako McKyer from Texas A&M.  Dr. McKyer is an expert in Health Promotion and Prevention and before you tune out, you should know that this is a kickin' podcast.  We cover a wide-range of issues including why Health Promotion is still relevant in our 'sickness medical model' and why Health Disparities research actually covers everyone.  We even talk about exercise and sports!  So give it a listen.

Every so often, there is a great book that comes along that reveals a bit more about why we play and have sports in our society.  Such is the case with a new book - The Ball - that was recently released.  Dr. John Fox is the author and we are pleased to have him with us in the podcast to talk about his book and the topics he covers within.  This is a great book and we highly recommend not only the podcast, but also the book!

We are pleased to have Bryan Minniti, the Asst. GM of the 2012 MLB National League East Champions Washington Nationals on the podcast today.  We talked to Bryan back in March 2012 and were pleased to be able to catch up with him on the last day of the 2012 baseball season.  We cover quite a few topics, including the somewhat controversial decision by the Nationals to shut-down their star pitcher before the season was completed.