Time for another edition of Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’m sharing some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week it’s the story of Anthony Smith: Never Give Up Army Major Anthony Smith, a former scholarship athlete at Alcorn State University in football, basketball and track,…
Introducing a new feature for Babbittville Radio: Talk Story with Bob Babbitt. I’ll share some of my favorite stories that I’ve collected from my years in the wonderful world of endurance sports.This week it’s Hope: a story about double amputee Rudy Garcia-Tolson at Ironman Arizona… For the first-timers, this day in the desert will be a serious leap…
Before 2018 disappears, Jordan Carruth from the Darren Smith Show on the Mighty 1090 here in Southern California, and producer of my Babbittville Radio Show, asked me to join him in studio to share some of my favorite stories from the year. A live microphone and someone asking me to talk story? You had to…
On Veterans Day, and everyday, Babbittville salutes all the incredible men and women who bravely served, and continue to serve, our country with dedication, honor, and commitment. Here is a collection of interviews with some of these awesome men and women, who are a part of our Challenged Athletes Foundation Operation Rebound program…. Carlos…
Sarah Reinertsen is a single above knee amputee who missed the bike cutoff time in Kona in 2004, but came back in 2005 to make all of the cutoffs and become the only single above knee amputee woman to finish the race. Now, 13 years later, she is hoping to see if she can once…
Myron Jucha was weighing in at over 300 pounds a little over two years ago. Now he is 100 pounds lighter and getting ready to ride his bike 620 miles in seven days down the California coastline as part of the Challenged Athletes Foundation’s Million Dollar Challenge. Sponsors Subscribe to Newsletter CREDO…
The date was October 17, 2015 and long-time open water swimmer Tony Lee and a friend were going for a two miler to the Mokulua Islands and back from Lanikai Beach on the island of Oahu. On the way back, still half a mile from shore, Tony was attacked by a tiger shark and his…
Eric Byrnes, is an 11-time Ironman finisher, former Major League Baseball player, and a long-time host for the MLB Network. He just finished up swimming, cycling, and running across the USA for his Let Them Play Foundation on his Triathlon Across America. Eric joined me to chat about the adventures he had along the way.…
Editor’s Note: I wrote this about David Bailey as part of our pre-race coverage of the 2009 Ironman World Championship It was the day after the 2008 Ironman World Championship. David Bailey, who had been one of the best motocross athletes on the planet before he was paralyzed, was barreling down the Queen Ka’ahumanu…
Dan Williamson is a long-time triathlete and the founder and CEO of Aspen Medical Products. Dan and his team have also been involved with the Challenged Athletes Foundation since 2002 and have been the title sponsor of the Aspen Medical Products San Diego Triathlon Challenge since 2008. Dan came in studio to chat about first…