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TONY PARKS 014: “Sports Bring People Into Proximity, But It Takes More To Bring Us Together” Jun 24, 2020

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Tony Parks takes you through a funny moment with Dave Chappelle on actual 3rd street when lifting the curtain and talks about why Donovan Mitchell’s message must be an immediate wake-up call for those who still don’t get it. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep014.mp3 02:50 Father’s Day thoughts 05:25 Lifting the curtain (3rd street w/Dave Chappelle) 19:52 Donovan Mitchell

TONY PARKS 013: “Leadership Matters” Jun 17, 2020

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Tony Parks discusses the glaring differences between Adam Silver and Rob Manfred in his latest podcast. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep013.mp3

TONY PARKS 012: “Scalley & NBA Return” Jun 10, 2020

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Tony Parks discusses the situation with Morgan Scalley's suspension, the variety of performance levels we might see when the NBA returns next month and lifting the curtain about a behind the scenes moment from the greatest individual college basketball performance in the history of the state. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep012.mp3 02:24 Lifting the Curtain - The motivator that sparked Billy McGill's 60 point performance vs BYU in 1962. 10:00 Morgan Scalley being suspended 19:42 NBA return with several variables that will impact performance 24:50 Lockout seasons had strange performance peaks and valleys for the '99 Jazz and other teams. What does that mean for resuming a suspended season?

TONY PARKS 011: “A Weekend We’ll Never Forget” Jun 02, 2020

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Tony Parks discusses the weekend that was. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep011.mp3 01:25 Doing something new 02:45 Lifting the Curtain 05:30 The weekend and importance of listening 06:45 Moments of ugly & beautiful 12:40 Pre-requisites for having an uncomfortable conversation 15:29 Deep probe into “the system” 23:34 One of the best messages of the weekend 29:05 Education without humiliation for those trying to learn. 30:25 Coming together, responsibility and listening.

TONY PARKS 010: “Craig Bolerjack’ May 28, 2020

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The TV voice of the Utah Jazz joined the Tony Parks podcast to share some special stories about Jerry Sloan, his favorite moments calling the Jazz games and to talk about the NBA’s return. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep010.mp3 04:19 Funny story about Hots and Sloan 09:00 Jerry was as real as it gets 16:38 Best work by Jerry 20:12 Karl’s relationship with Jerry 23:42 Jerry saw something special in Karl 27:13 Favorite moments calling Jazz games 33:58 Working the 97-98 Finals years 36:52 The Last Dance 47:15 NBA returning and athlete’s concern

TONY PARKS 009: “Frank Layden, Part 2” May 26, 2020

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Coach Layden joined the Tony Parks Podcast to talk about the scouting report of John and Karl before they were drafted, coach Sloan’s impact on helping those guys get to an elite level, what it was like to attend Jackie Robinson’s first game and the classic player Mike Trout reminds him of most. 00:10 Scouting report of John and Karl before drafting them 04:54 The moment John and Karl had something special was because of addition and subtraction 06:14 Sloan’s impact on greatly accelerating John and Karl. 09:48 Growing up in Brooklyn 13:20 Why he is so attached to baseball 14:38 Being at Jackie Robinson’s first game 26:45 Changes he would make to baseball 28:48 Who is Mike Trout most like from a different era? 30:41 Most heartbreaking loss as a fan 31:10 The experience of watching Bobby Thompson’s Shot Heard Round the World 33:05 Karl Malone takes good care of his old coach 34:13 Former athlete, he enjoyed meeting and talking with most 36:30 Why he is so giving

TONY PARKS 008: “Frank Layden, Part 1” May 25, 2020

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Frank Layden joined the Tony Parks Podcast and takes us back to some really special memories and thoughts about Jerry Sloan, what makes the Utah Jazz so special and which famous person that he beat when coaching his last high school game. 00:40 Message to people during Covid-19 02:17 Best thing in his life right now 03:40 Surprise phone call from player 05:21 Coaching his last HS game **Winning against a really famous person** 06:23 Favorite memory of his life to revisit 09:00 What he would have done differently. 21:42 Jerry Sloan (John & Karl) 34:21 97 & 98 Finals runs (cont. conversation about Jerry) 41:38 What truly made coaching and the Utah Jazz so special.

TONY PARKS 007: “Jerry Sloan Was Everyone’s Coach” May 22, 2020

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A special tribute to Jerry Sloan with great stories and comments from Frank Layden, Thurl Bailey, John Stockton, Greg Ostertag, Karl Malone, Jeff Hornacek, and more. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep007.mp3 00:00 opening thoughts 7:52 lifting the curtain (Sloan Stories) -Every game is a big game -Fun with Hots -Lighting up the PA announcer at Staples Center 21:19 Frank Layden 32:55 Thurl Bailey 44:55-end Other players

TONY PARKS 006: “Thurl Bailey” May 20, 2020

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Big T joined Tony Parks to talk about a number of things including his coaching and training with BigTBasketball.com, being a part of the forgotten Jazz contender, some behind the scenes moments from the ’83 season and funny stories over the years. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep006.mp3 3:00 Thurl Talk 7:30 BigTBasketball.com 10:30 Caring and connecting with fans & others. 15:40 Behind the scenes of ‘83 19:12 Thurl dominating Tony in a charity game 24:44 Funny story about thurl getting a friend a full scholarship by accident 28:05 The Last Dance 29:45 1999 (Last Chance Jazz) 36:00 Jerry Sloan 42:04 Broadcasting career 46:26 Enjoying being a dad of college athletes 50:31 Randomly being by mom at a Michigan football game

TONY PARKS 005: “Craig Fite” May 19, 2020

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There’s a glaring inaccuracy in the Craig Fite story. Craig Fite joined Tony Parks to tell the story of delivering Michael Jordan’s pizza in the 1997 NBA Finals. Hear the story from the beginning and listen to the inaccuracy that Fite can't quite explain. http://lennondesignllc.com/wp-content/audio/tonyparks/tonyparks-ep005a.mp3 4:15 The story 13:37-19:42 The inaccuracy 19:42-end: Discussion about the inaccuracy

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