Amy Fadool and Mike Kern join Make A Difference at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tourney Tipoff Breakfast

About this episode

Amy Fadool and Mike Kern discuss their personal experiences and the importance of fighting cancer at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tourney Tipoff Breakfast.

NBC Sports Philadelphia sports anchor Amy Fadool and longtime Philadelphia Daily News sports writer Mike Kern joined Make A Difference with Phil Martelli at the Coaches vs. Cancer Tourney Tipoff Breakfast from Xfinity Mobile Arena to explain who has made a difference in their lives and share some stories about why crushing cancer is so important to them. How do Amy and Mike Make A Difference? Listen to find out! Produced by Jared Phillips. Music by Nick Capperella. Watch the full episode on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/l8Ye6v-GjQ0 Check out our website and social media here: https://linktr.ee/makeadifferencepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Phil Martelli

Guests: Amy Fadool, Mike Kern

Topics covered

• cancer awareness
• sports journalism
• personal stories
• community impact
• Coaches vs. Cancer

Keywords

• cancer
• sports
• Amy Fadool
• Mike Kern
• Phil Martelli
• Coaches vs. Cancer
• community
• awareness

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBC Sports Philadelphia, Philadelphia Daily News

Places: Xfinity Mobile Arena

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