<description>&lt;p&gt;For the seventeenth episode of Charges, Rex brings John Amaechi on the show to talk about his past NBA career and the secret that he kept. Rex &amp;amp; John discuss: Not being a sports fans &amp;amp; the toxicity of the leagues, being introduced to basketball at 17 on the street &amp;amp; not playing sports growing up, his journey to America &amp;amp; writing hundreds of of letters to colleges to get there, moving to Toledo, getting advice from his coach &amp;amp; his mother's cancer diagnosis, being a gay man in the NBA &amp;amp; hiding it, the world of race in sports, the role of sports in society, becoming a psychologist &amp;amp; more. This episode is not to be missed!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Charges is Created by CTRL Media &amp;amp; Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Charges with Rex Chapman Theme Music&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt; Learn more about your ad-choices at &lt;a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com"&gt;https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Charges with Rex Chapman

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Vol. 17: John Amaechi

OCT 19, 202151 MIN
Charges with Rex Chapman

Vol. 17: John Amaechi

OCT 19, 202151 MIN

Description

For the seventeenth episode of Charges, Rex brings John Amaechi on the show to talk about his past NBA career and the secret that he kept. Rex & John discuss: Not being a sports fans & the toxicity of the leagues, being introduced to basketball at 17 on the street & not playing sports growing up, his journey to America & writing hundreds of of letters to colleges to get there, moving to Toledo, getting advice from his coach & his mother's cancer diagnosis, being a gay man in the NBA & hiding it, the world of race in sports, the role of sports in society, becoming a psychologist & more. This episode is not to be missed!

Charges is Created by CTRL Media & Portal A. It's produced by DBPodcasts in association with iHeartMedia. 

Executive Producers: Steve Nash, Brandon Kraines, Ezra Holland, Nate Houghteling, and Todd Barrish.

Charges with Rex Chapman Theme Music

Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur)

Produced by: Gene Crenshaw (@yuyuthemaker)

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.