Did you know that long-time cyclist and cycling commentator Bob Roll ran high school cross country against legendary triathlete Scott Molina and that the two discovered cycling and rode hundreds of miles together? What a classic conversation! This interview originally aired as the General Session at USA Triathlon‘s Endurance Exchange Virtual Conference, March 2022 WATCH…
Babbittville Classic Rewind: Greg LeMond, Scott Tinley, and Scott Molina How special is this? Three-time Tour de France Champion Greg LeMond joined us on the phone with two-time Ironman World Champion Scott Tinley and 1988 Ironman World Champion Scott Molina with me in studio. This was a classic conversation! The opening sound bite features New…
We can’t all be together in Kona this year for Ironman Week, but we can still bring you Breakfast with Bob Kona Edition, just virtually this year. Enjoy the interviews for Day 10. Sam Long Sam Long is only 24 years old but he has already finished 13 Ironman races and in 2019 he won…
We can’t all be together in Kona this year for Ironman Week, but we can still bring you Breakfast with Bob Kona Edition, just virtually this year. Enjoy the interviews for Day 9. Terenzo Bozzone Terenzo Bozzone took sixth in Kona in 2017, his best finish ever on The Big Island, and followed that up…
As part of our of 2020 Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition, we had the honor and pleasure of interviewing some of the amazing legends of triathlon….from multiple Ironman World Championships wins, to Olympic medals, and short-course legends. Enjoy! Craig Alexander The three-time Ironman World Champion joined us for an awesome look back at his…
From our Breakfast with Bob: Stay Home Edition show, enjoy this interview with Ironman Triathlon legends Erin Baker and Scott Molina. Erin Baker and Scott Molina are two of the most decorated triathletes of all time and in 2018 they were inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame together. In this wide-ranging chat we go…
Triathlon’s Big Four: Dave Scott, Scott Molina, Mark Allen, and Scott Tinley For our October, 1987 issue of Competitor Magazine we featured the four triathletes who dominated triathlon’s grand era of the 80’s, particularly the showcase races in the Fall. Between the the four of them, they had won seven Ironman World Championships, five Nice…
At the 1987 Ironman World Championship, the growing rivalry between Dave Scott and Mark Allen played out in dramatic fashion in the lava fields after the two greats left T2 together. Allen led late into the run, but faded hard, and Scott passed him to get his 6th title. Heading into the 1988…
Welcome to our 3rd annual Babbittville Countdown to Kona! This year we are featuring 50 of our favorite Ironman sound bites from our Babbittville interviews. Follow along on our countdown each day on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Catch up with Part 1 of the Countdown to Kona 2017 here….. 50 Starting this…
Because these go to 11….. Even though I left Competitor in 2014, I will always treasure the brand that I am proud to have created and nurtured with my partner Lois Schwartz. I have kept copies of every issue we produced, from our first issue in June of 1987, through 2012. In my mind, being…