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Stanford Athletes Find Success Beyond the Playing Field

Ed Szczepanski-USA TODAY Sports

How Stanford DL Harrison Phillips made the world a better place while he was injured...

Matt Vassar talks about how Stanford athletes are driven to be well rounded individuals off the field. He talks about Harrison Phillips who was injured all of last season, and used his time instead to improve literacy rates among inner-city youth. He also comments on Andrew Luck's desire to play ping pong against a robot, and wraps up the show ripping on Cal because--why not?

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