Episode 81- Navigating the "Balance" between Professional Basketball and Podiatry Medical School with Student Doctor Ogoke

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Student Doctor Ogoke has progressed where many would falter. In this episode we speak about how playing for the Nigerian basketball team and basketball in general has direct ties to her focus and commitment in podiatry medical school.

We speak on the controversy with former WNBA player Liz Cambage who allegedly called the Nigerian Women’s Basketball team monkeys despite her having partial roots to Nigeria via her father. How old controversies can emerge from sound bites for clickbait!

How is NIL transforming the scope of college basketball?

Why is WNBA and the women’s game not perceived as highly as the men’s game and what she anticipates about the game in the future

We talk about how she navigates haters and criticism of her journey along with the potential power of motherhood while an athlete and MORE!

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