The Open Run With Will Strickland

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 215 – In The Margins The Immortal Post-Modern Contemporary Literary Giant Melvin Glover once allowed his quill to scribe the following words: “Don’t Push Me ‘Cuz I’m Close To The Edge, I’m Try-in Not To Lose My Head…” Giving voice to the voiceless… the unheard… those in the shadows, close to the edge… on the outside lookin’ in… The Sporting News’ NBA conte...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 214 – The Same 24 86,400 Seconds. 1440 Minutes. You get them… Daily. We all do. With what do you do with yours? Wall $t. spends some of Life’s most expensive commodity with sports anchor for the New York Post and host of New York’s Got Game, Dexter Henry, talking the WNBA Draft, the New York Liberty’s chances to repeat, the NBA play-in and playoffs matchup...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 213 – Wins x Lessons Life is a competitive sport. Sometimes, you are victorious… other times, not so much. On the occasions when the terms are not in your favour, how do you deal? “You’re not a loser in anything until you quit” , as was once uttered by University of Houston Men’s Head Basketball Coach, Kelvin Sampson. Truer words have rarely if ever been w...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 212 – The Law Of Three Set Up. Execution. Follow Thru. Many fail at the third one, but not our very special guest! We are graced by the presence of the Northeast Conference’s steals leader as a freshman, the Point Goddess herself, Wagner College’s Keana Foz! Wall $t. and Keana talk her first season hooping in Staten Island, New York, her wins and lessons a...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 211 – Competitive Reset Sometimes when you are working your plan, the plan doesn’t work. How do you pivot toward prosperity? On this week’s ep, we call on Jason Hooten, Head Men’s Basketball Coach for the New Mexico State University Aggies, who will share his philosophy around recognizing when to shift gears in the ever-changing landscape of major collegia...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 210 – Epistemicide Epistemicide is a term used to describe the destruction or devaluation of knowledge systems, particularly those that are not in alignment with dominant paradigms or Western tradition. TRANSLATED FOR OUR PURPOSES HERE: “Murica Gon’ Murica!” The Road to Hell is paved with Good Intentions, as it was once said... They also say there are hund...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 209 – Cultural Stock Exchange Intellectual Property is a valuable commodity outchere in these rough interweb streets. And as run headlong into the madness of this month, we are looking to make wise investments with your time, energy and Selection Sunday NCAA tournament brackets. How do we do that? Wall $t. calls on Friend of The Program and Montreal’s fine...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 208 – Destiny Manifested Raptors Manager Of Social Impact and 2023 FC21CA #LadiesFirst panelist Katherine Allen pulls up on Wall $t. to talk being a lifelong Raptors fan, the team’s outlook for the immediate future, normalizing representation, and how heavy her feet heat quiver is! Also on this ep, Juju Watkins shows and proves again, the Cleveland Cavalie...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 207 – Certitude Very few things in this Life can be guaranteed. Death… Taxes… max | supermax NBA contracts… and getting the best insights and discussion covering the goings on from The Association, WNBA and Unrivaled to men’s and women’s NCAA action and The World’s Most Unique Basketball Tournament, FC21CA. Bank on it. Set your clock to it. We are Inevitab...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 206 – Terms x Conditions As Valentine’s Day has come and gone, with people professing “unconditional” love for one another without actually understanding that “unconditional” is still a condition, you may wonder what is not subject to equivocation. Wall St. welcomes the multidisciplinary artist Cynda Williams, most famously known for her role as Clark Beta...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 205 – The Purity Test If sunlight is the best disinfectant, what reveals itself when cold hard cash is your primary motivation… or at least keeping as much of it as you can, tried and true institutions be damned? This requires investigation then authentication and Wall $t. calls upon none other than Canadian Super Producer Ryan Antonio Henry, still heartbr...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 204 – Sunlight As the calendar turns the page on January into Black History Month, outside of honouring the the past, present and future greatness of a marginalized people, we don’t wait for a groundhog in Pennsylvania or Ontario to let us know when Spring will spring. This week, we call on Coty M. Davis, Pistons beat writer for the Detroit News, to talk h...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 202 – The Illusion Of Inclusion In the consolidating text of the United States called The Constitution, there is a phrase: “We, The People…” that clearly wasn’t intended for all of the humans inhabiting the land. The so-called founders of a place already occupied by folks indigenous to the soil weren’t too keen on accurate personal pronoun use, but “We” ar...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 202 – The Law Of Unintended Consequences It is said that “The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions”, but have you ever wondered why that is? Well, please know that Wall $t. won’t just talk about what will happen, but will act upon said intention. This week, we’ll separate the truth from the lie with Friend Of The Program and host of The Chase Down Po...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 201 – Buckle Up Tough to have hoops on the mind when Los Angeles is burning, but we’ll salute the first responders and think good thoughts for those who lost a lifetime of memories, homes and lives. One week away from the United States Presidential inauguration and three weeks from the NBA Trade Deadline, Wall $t. weighs in on which is more important trans...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 200 – Honour The Gift Welcome to 2025, where everything is supposed to be so fresh and new. But in recognizing things we tell ourselves to push another revolution around the Sun, we should realize The Blessings Within… learn to count victory in every loss! And did we ever learn some things over the holiday season! Whether it be about the now-21-year-old Vi...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 198 – Motion It’s so hard to say goodbye to yesterday, word to Boyz II Men, we must. 2024 will have been remarkable for women in sport, in particular, basketball, and infamous for its collective decision making in the clutch, whether we are talking geopolitics or NBA analytics. One thing is for sure and the rest for certain is that we will finish this year...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 198 – Floor Raiser For the penultimate show of 2024, grace is shown to the glow up over 4 amazing seasons of podcast. In a glutted marketplace, where “The Monetizable Mid” is generally the resume for the day, when dope hoops insight is a must, you gotta go with a name you can quickly trust! We’re not saying we’re #1…. Oh! We’re sorry! We lied! We’re #1, 2,...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 197 – The Purpose Of Lies “Everything you see ain’t really how it be…” To continue quoting The Artist Formerly Known As Dante Terrell Smith: “Alot of jokers out, running in place, chasin’ a style… Be alot going on beneath the empty smile.” In the midst of ever-changing times and post-United States Presidential election, truer words have rarely, if ever, be...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 196 – Beat The Level Someone had to set the bar first before there were any attempts at raising it. On this week’s episode, Wall $t. calls upon Taylor Rodriguez, Community | Brand Leader at streetwear retailer SNIPESUSA, to succeed at exceeding during their chat on women of colour in the industry, the explosion of women’s sports on the landscape and how th...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 195 – The Me Nobody Knows Self-critiques can be harsh. Vulnerability may not always be your friend, but there is healing in letting go of certain predispositions and conditioning. Think of it a Chicken Noodle Soup For The Soul! And this week, Wall $t. looks to soothe you with his thoughts on the week that was, be it the self awareness of one artist not pro...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 194 – Main Character Syndrome Basketball is a team sport. Though we generally walk alone along paths we follow or those we blaze, we collect a squad during the journey. They all play a role, be it for a reason, season or a lifetime x back to be a star in his role is Walker Mehl, co-host of the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Locked On Hornets podcast and W...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 193 – Old Justice Two weeks down in this 79th NBA season and we’ve had a couple of surprise learnings about some teams with championship aspirations who may have to realign their alignment to flip their dreams into reality. But Wall $t. lets you know there is more than that to be had in a week where we were hit with a serious injury bug, held hope for the...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 192 – Peace In The Puzzle The Immortal Kneegrow Poet, GOAT-tier wordsmith and current full time flautist Andre Lauren Benjamin once uttered a homophone that resonated heavily with the person typing right now when he said: “… Peace, My Brother!  Peace this and peace that… But every time I’m trying to have some peace of mind, N***as wanna take a piece of min...

The Open Run With Will Strickland Episode 191 – Earn The Sunset Why would we things we take for granted when the blessing is generally in having the opportunity to be and do better than we did the day prior, no? And yet, we do. Has that ever dawned on you? In a special episode prepping for the 79th campaign of The Association, Wall $t runs the court on a historic happening in LA, a banner raising...