SAX IN THE MORNING

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today we officially open the Captain John J. Sax foundation which will raise money to support people who want to pursue a passion for flying. Our foundation’s mission statement is:  In continuing to honor the life of a devoted flyer, the Capt. John J. Sax Foundation serves to support those who choose to...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today on our full length episode I had the pleasure of talking with the great Nick Swisher. Nick is a ball of energy and positivity and he had so many great things to say about how to choose happiness and how to look forward and the future while living in the present moment.  Nick was a phenomenal baseb...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. To finish this week of people overcoming the odds to succeed in sports I wanted to highlight the great Muggsy Bogues, who played 14 years in the NBA despite being a mere 5’3”. That’s short for your average person but for professional basketball players that is unheard of. And he was one of a kind and st...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Yesterday’s story was about a boy who almost lost his legs and today’s story is about a boy who lost his arms. Ibrahim Hamadtou lost his arms in a train accident as a little boy. Luckily in the village he grew up in in Egypt they loved soccer and table tennis.  Naturally, you would assume a kid with no...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I share the story of Glenn Cunningham who was one of the best distance runners of all time. He held the world record in the mile for three years. He held several Olympic and NCAA records at one point. But as a child, doctors told him he would never walk.  Cunningham had both legs terribly burned i...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I am talking a little bit about the rule changes and baseball and how they are working out so far. I’ll focus on the shift and the pick off rule. What do these rules and changes have to do with our lives? Well, I think we will see that these rules are not going to change the game all that much bec...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. This week I am talking about baseball and how it compares to life. Last weekend I was at my grandson’s little league game and saw a young kid get thrown out of a game because I ran into the catcher even though he tried to stop himself from running into him.  This type of over safety in youth sports and...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. The Tampa Bay Rays kicked off the season with 13 straight wins, which is an astonishing feat but what’s even more amazing is they have one of the lowest payrolls in baseball. They are a team that relied heavily on the shift and analytics to win games and yet they find new ways to innovate every year to...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. If you are a sports fan or even just a movie fan you undoubtedly know the movie Rudy . It’s the story of a young man who was determined to attend Notre Dame and play on the football team even though he stood a mere five foot six and a hundred and sixty five pounds.  He works tirelessly to earn the respe...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I’m talking about the ultimate walk-on player, Rudy Ruettiger. Rudy’s journey started after witnessing the horrific death of a co-worker at the coal plant where they worked. After seeing his friend die, Rudy was overwhelmed with the feeling that it was time to chase his dreams. He quit right away...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. I am continuing walk on week and today’s story is about Greg Camarillo, who caught one of the most famous touchdown passes in Miami Dolphins history. Though it was famous because it saved them from a potential 0-16 season.  But Greg was never meant to be in the NFL, that was never his plan when he finis...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. This week I am talking all about improbable walk-on stories in college football. It takes immeasurable guts and passion to try and walk on to a top flight college football program but that’s exactly what Javien Elliot did when he joined Florida State the year after they won a National Championship.  And...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I tell the story of Rick Ankiel who was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and who rocketed to stardom in 2000. But he fell into baseball ruin nearly as fast as he rose to stardom developing control problems and falling apart in the playoffs of that year.  Ankiel had years of injuries and attem...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. This week I am telling great comeback stories and today’s story is about Jose Rijo of the Cincinnati Reds.  Rijo washed out of the Oakland A’s organization but had a great career with the Reds winning a World Series in which he won two games and went to an All-Star Game. But his career was cut short wit...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. This week I am talking about inspiring comeback stories, and I thought that I would highlight baseball comebacks in honor of the season just getting started.  Today is all about Tommy John. Yes if you didn’t know Tommy John was an actual pitcher, not just the name of a surgery, and he was a phenomenal p...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I break down my picks for the World Series and talk a little bit about the new rules in baseball.  As part of the new rules I examine the idea that while these are mostly changes that I don’t like, I’m still excited about baseball and I recognize that the changes in the game are out of my control...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I look at the outlook for National League teams headed into the season. In doing so, two teams really stood out to me, the San Diego Padres and the Milwaukee Brewers. They have similar size media markets and similar size fan bases. They both don’t have a tremendous history of winning but have a mo...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I am breaking down my predictions for the American League in baseball in each division. As much fun as that is, what I love about this time of year is that it reminds me of  the optimism I should have about my life. Everyone on every team expects to have a great season and believes they can win. I...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today is the last day of me looking at how you can re-evaluate your life and start to refocus on what is most important to you. We make resolutions in January and then it is so easy to get trapped back in our day-to-day lives and forget about the goals we set and what we hoped to achieve.  This week was...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. This week I am talking all about pausing and taking stock of your life and your happiness.  Today I give three more priorities for you to check in your life that will build more happiness if you focus on them. They are basic but that’s because the basic truths are the real truths.  Now is the time to ch...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. This week I am going to suggest that you look at 10 priorities that can help you re-evaluate your life and make sure you are headed in a direction that you are happy with.  We are 3 months into the year and so often we pause at the end of the year but I want to encourage you to stop now and use these pr...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Today I talk about Madge Sayers. A name you might not know unless you love to get deep into Olympic history, but Madge Sayers was one of the first and best female figure skaters in the early 1900’s.  In fact, she was one of the best regardless of gender and proved that by winning the British Nationals i...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Continuing my look back at some trailblazing women in the world of sports, today I look at Janet Guthrie who was the first woman to compete in a NASCAR Winston Cup race and the Indianapolis 500.  She went to college and graduated from Michigan University in 1960 and worked in research and development as...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. This week I am celebrating Women’s History Month by looking back at some of the greatest and most influential female athletes in history.  Today I’m talking about Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who was like the female Tiger Woods, except she also won three Olympic Medals in track and field, and struck out Maj...

I would love to hear from you, just send me text and let me know what you think of the podcast. Sky White is the keyboard player for the band Foxy Shazam as well as the founder of the Wendigo Tea Company. Sky has been playing piano since he was a child and played thousands of shows over a decade-long stretch from 2004-2014 where he would find time almost everyday to seek out a unique and exquisite...