One Yard at a Time: A Mystery

Pablo Torre Finds Out

Pablo Torre, Le Batard & Friends

Sports

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Under-recruited running back from a collapsed American city — with a single mom and a dream — wins the Super Bowl. Sounds familiar, right? But NFL coach Deland McCullough’s story, as told through his new book with Sarah Spain, has a twist all its own. (Thanks to a little help from Sir Mix-a-Lot.) P.S. One correction, at the 17:50 mark: Deland McCullough’s senior year of college was 1995, not 2005. • Read "Runs in the Family": https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Runs-in-the-Family/Sarah-Spain/9781668036280 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Pablo Torre finds out. I am Pablo Torre, and today we're going to find out what this sound is.
0:06.7	He opens the door. He just said, my son, and it was like, oh, the tears start rolling again.
0:13.7	You know, because I've never been referred to as somebody's son.
0:18.6	Right after this ad.
0:20.9	You're listening to Draft King's Network.
0:31.3	Every runner knows the moment when everything clicks.
0:34.8	When your legs lock into a rhythm, the aches float away and doubts fade.
0:39.3	Replaced by a feeling of euphoria.
0:42.3	It's why you lace up at dawn.
0:45.3	Why little rain doesn't stop you.
0:47.3	Why one run turns into a habit.
0:51.3	So next time you go for a run, chase that runs high. Learn more about running and
0:56.9	go wild at puma.com. You know, one of the things that I have to do at the top is say, first, thank you for doing this.
1:11.8	Sarah Spain, hello.
1:12.5	Yeah.
1:13.4	And the other thing is to do a thing that is cruel, which is to say, there's a twist in this story, which we're not going to give away.
1:20.8	Because we're trying to be good at telling stories.
1:24.4	But holy f*** it.
1:31.0	Yeah, that was my response when I first heard the story.
1:36.2	It was pretty much holy shit. And now that story is a book, which is why you were here with us today.
1:42.2	It is coming out. It is called Runs in the Family. What's the metaphor that you choose to use to describe the process of earthing this?
1:45.8	Actually, I've been joking. I am throwing myself a book baby shower, wherein I buy myself a push
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