On the 180th episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed two-time U.S. Olympic Fencer Nzingha Prescod to the show. Her journey to fencing began in Brooklyn, New York where she was born and raised. Prescod started off her athletic career at three years old doing ballet. Then […]
On the 179th episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed Daniel O’Leary, Managing Director of the Oak Brook Polo Club to the show. Speaking of his journey, he grew up in Brookfield, Wisconsin, which is 15 miles west of Milwaukee. O’Leary earned his Bachelor of Business Administration […]
On the 177th episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed Jason Teitler, Senior Vice President of Global Communications and Brand Lead for Special Olympics to the show. Speaking of his career, he joined Special Olympics in August of 2019 after spending over two decades working in communications […]
By Dean Perretta One might say that experiencing the Olympic Games is a dream come true and indeed it was. Every moment leading up to the games was spent carefully preparing and anticipating such a historical and important moment in my career and life. People who know me were proud of the fact that I […]
On the 171st episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed Chairman of Special Olympics International Board of Directors and founder of UNITE Tim Shriver to the show. He is the son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who was the founder of Special Olympics and the nephew of the […]
On the 168th episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed Chief Executive Officer of Special Olympics International Mary Davis to the show. She started out her career as a teacher at St. Michael’s House in Ireland, which is an organization for people with intellectual disabilities. During her […]
On the 170th episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed Atlanta Falcons center Alex Mack and Special Olympics Iowa athlete Lisa Spencer to the show. Speaking of Spencer, she has been involved with Special Olympics for over 20 years and works as a clerical assistant at a […]
On the 169th episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Alex Singleton and Special Olympics Pennsylvania athlete Nick Caywood to the show. Singleton started off his football journey as an undrafted free agent when he signed with the Seattle Seahawks in 2015 but was […]
On the 164th episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed CEO and owner of the Vipers Pro Men’s Basketball team RJ White to the show. She earned an Associate of Science degree from Baker College in computer science. Even though she didn’t come from a sports background, […]
On the 161st episode of Listen In With KNN on Fox Sports 1340AM, host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomed Brendan McCarthy, who is the Director of BFA Design: Systems and Materiality, Parsons School of Design and Emi Freese, a figure skating coach with Special Olympics New York to the show. Recently, Special Olympics partnered with Parsons […]