Season 2, Episode #5: Wilma Rudolph
It’s Season Two, Episode Five of Sports Out Of Time and this week we’re going the distance to showcase one of the most criminally under-discussed athletes in American history.
ON TAP: Randal and Sam revisit the inspirational story of Olympic sprinter Wilma Rudolph, a woman who survived polio and with the help of her family, including 22 sibling (!?), not only learned to walk, but became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games. We’ll recap her amazing career, culminating in defining moment at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, Italy!!.
Finally, the lads briefly discuss Stand-Up Comedians, The NBA In-Season Tournament and and getting confused for other people in public. Plus, the Pop-Culture Time Machine and Trivia (Out Of) Time!!
Season 2 continues to sprint ahead, in search of glory!!