I’ve somehow never had Brooke Olzendam, beloved Trail Blazers sideline reporter, on the podcast before, and that’s on me. But we finally made it happen, and it’s great. We talk about the season so far, some fun behind-the-scenes stuff with the current Blazers team and—most importantly—her Brooke Hearts Your Heart initiative (link to donate here), which has raised tens of thousands of dollars over the last five years for the American Heart Association and created a lot of awareness for heart health.
Check it out in the Substack app or wherever you get podcasts.
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Here’s the video I mentioned during our conversation, where Brooke tells her story of losing her husband to a heart attack and why this cause is so important to her:
PODCAST: Brooke Olzendam