AMERICAN ACHIEVERS explores the power of ambition, commitment to excellence, risk-taking and tenacity in pursuit of the American Dream. Hosted and produced by author, documentary filmmaker, and media trailblazer Keith Dunnavant, who has been interviewing newsmakers for more than four decades, including many years as an award-winning print journalist in New York and Atlanta. Widely acclaimed for his sports and general history books, including THE MISSING RING, SPY PILOT and MONTANA, Dunnavant co-directed the ESPN Films documentary BART STARR. With each episode of AMERICAN ACHIEVERS, he explores the life of an accomplished individual who has relentlessly chased success and fulfillment, often battling through significant adversity and reflecting universal lessons that strike at the heart of the American experience. Featuring entrepreneurs, athletes, artists, astronauts, media figures and civic leaders. KeithDunnavant.com
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Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
In an interview taped before his recent battle with cancer and a throat condition that has sidelined him for the rest of the 2022 season, ESPN college basketball analyst Dick Vitale talks about the childhood trauma that profoundly affected his self-image, the obsession with winning that colored his meteoric rise as a coach, and the humbling failure that opened the door to his future.
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