Rick kicks off a new baseball season with '90's pitching phenom Ila Borders, only woman in modern times to win a game in professional ball. She discusses the struggles of being a sports pioneer, and the secret she hid until now. Rick also talks with Jean Hastings Ardell, Ila's co-author on their new book, "Making My Pitch"; original Los Angeles Angel and "one-hit wonder" Dan Ardell and Whittier College professor and prolific National Anthem singer Joe Price.
Ila Borders was recently on KZUM FM out of Lincoln, Nebraska. Sports From The Grassroots airs every Saturday from 8 to 9 a.m. Hosted by Greg Rasheed, the show covers societal issues in sports, including racism, sexism, politics and more, through interviews with writers, authors and sports insiders. Greg Rasheed is a veteran sports commentator with over a decade of radio experience. He started a similar program, “The Real Deal In Sports,” on KGNU in Denver/Boulder some years a
