Can You Keep a Secret‪?‬ Pulltab Sports

Brooks Bollinger is good at about everything he does. A three-sport high school star, Brooks went on to be a four-year starter at the University of Wisconsin, with two Rose Bowls along the way. Brooks shares stories of his visit to the Playboy mansion, his time in the NFL, and how the hockey players still got all the girls growing up in North Dakota.

Can You Keep A Secret is Back! John King and Tom Garrity are joined by Minnesota State hockey head coach, Luke Strand, to discuss all things college hockey! From NIL, to transfer portal, and Frozen Four, Luke gives us a look inside his world at Mankato on his one year anniversary of taking the head coaching role.

Bret Hedican is a Stanley Cup champion, Olympian, accomplished television analyst, and he played over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League. But the real reason you need to listen to Hedi’s visit to the pod is he’s a passionate guy and a bucket of inspiration whose stories will make you want to run through a wall because you’re so pumped up. Hear tales from Bret’s career, lessons and mantras he learned along the way, and a sneak peek at his new business reinventing the backpack with hedigear.com. 

Jeff Christman was a legend we lost too soon. The guys catch up with the folks behind the annual Pickleball Vs. Cancer fundraiser created in his honor. Learn about the event which raises money each year to fight pancreatic cancer and hear about the man who inspired the event. Jeff Christman was a hockey guy, an inventor, and considered soccer to be an “activity” not a sport. What’s not to like? If you wish to be a part of the event in the future or donate email james@pickleballvscancer.com  

The guys welcome University of Minnesota Men’s Hockey Head Coach Bob Motzko to the podcast. Topics range from growing up in Austin, Minnesota to Twitter sensation @FakeBobMotzko. Coach Motzko shares how coaching legend Herb Brooks helped him get his start, his excitement for the smaller ice sheet at Mariucci, the heartbreak of coming up one game short in Tampa, and if Spam might be the Gophers official pregame meal as they try to work their way back to a third consecutive Frozen Four at home in Saint Paul next Spring.  

If your last name is Jordan, and your parents name you Michael—you better be good at something! Michael E. Jordan is good at a lot of things: he’s an entrepreneur, designer, and the CEO of UNRL. As Nike is to Portland and Under Armour is to Baltimore—UNRL is about to be to the Twin Cities. Michael shares how he turned $300 and an idea into one of the fastest growing and most exciting clothing brands in the country.