Failing Forward

When a crisis hits, fear and despair can set in. But Betsy Ross knows you can find positive opportunities from tragedies, too. She had an amazing gig at ESPN and was working in Connecticut on 9/11 and realized it was time to come back to the tri-state area and start her own company. On episode 75, Betsy tell us how she became a TV sports journalist at a time when not many women were working in the field and the invaluable lessons she learned from her mother. She gave us her predictions for sports after the COVID era and shares the story of Lauren Hill, a high school basketball player diagnosed with terminal cancer who spent the last part of her life raising money and awareness for a cure.