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Tony Parker, Plus College Football Roundup With Andy Staples

Tony Parker joins the show to talk about a range a topics before Ryen is joined by Andy Staples to talk about the college football season

By Ryen Russillo
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Russillo is joined by four-time NBA champion Tony Parker to discuss his book, Tony Parker: Beyond All of My Dreams, his experience at the Nike Hoops Summit in 2000, the 2001 NBA draft, earning Tim Duncan’s respect, his NBA Finals battles with the Miami Heat, and more (4:00). Then Ryen talks with The Athletic’s Andy Staples about the college football season, including the PAC-12’s announcement that they will play nonconference games and what that could mean for a team like Oregon. They talk Florida, Clemson, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Alabama, Texas, Jim Harbaugh approaching the last year on his contract at Michigan, Chip Kelly at UCLA, the upcoming Oklahoma–Oklahoma State matchup, and more (24:00). Finally, Ryen answers some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (58:00).

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