🎙️ Kenny The Sports Guy Podcast – Interview with Yasaris Ortiz

In this exciting episode of Kenny The Sports Guy Podcast, Kenny sits down with 4x National Table Tennis Champion and Founder & CEO of PingPod, Yasaris Ortiz.

Yasaris shares her incredible journey from rising through the competitive ranks of USA Table Tennis to becoming one of the sport’s most dynamic ambassadors. She opens up about the discipline it takes to compete at a national level, the mental toughness behind championship success, and how she’s working to grow the game through innovation and entrepreneurship.

We also dive into:

The mindset of a champion

Building Spin and Learn and revolutionizing access to table tennis

The challenges of being a woman in competitive sports

Advice for young athletes chasing big dreams

This conversation is about more than table tennis — it’s about resilience, leadership, and turning passion into purpose.

🔥 If you love sports stories that inspire and educate, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

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Is the NBA a Daycare? 🏀🍼

Player empowerment or total chaos? In this episode of Kenny The Sports Guy, we break down whether today’s NBA has turned into a full-blown daycare. From superstar trade demands and load management to sideline tantrums and front offices walking on eggshells, we ask the uncomfortable question no one wants to answer.

Are players holding teams hostage—or are franchises failing to set real accountability? Has the balance of power shifted too far, or is this just the modern NBA we need to accept?

No hot-take dodging. No league propaganda. Just real talk about ego, leadership, and what the NBA is becoming.

🎙️ Kenny The Sports Guy Podcast 💬 You decide: Is the NBA a daycare—or just misunderstood?

In this episode, Kenny dives deep into the electrifying career of Ringless Shawn Kemp, the high-flying NBA legend whose explosiveness and charisma lit up the ’90s hardwood — but who never captured the one thing every superstar dreams of: an NBA championship ring. We break down Kemp’s rise from explosive rookie phenom to multi-time All-Star, his unforgettable alley-oops with Gary Payton, and the cultural imprint he left on the game — all with that signature Kenny blend of passion, humor, and no-BS analysis.

Was Kemp’s lack of a ring a glaring oversight or a noble badge of honor? How did playing in Seattle shape his legacy? And where does he truly rank among the most iconic big men of his era? Kenny answers these questions and more while keeping it real, raw, and totally unfiltered.

If you love basketball, ’90s nostalgia, and stories about greatness that transcend hardware — this one’s for you. Lace up, cuz we’re taking flight. 🏀💥