Multisport Phenom Robby Kelley
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On this week's episode of Tips and Tales, host Sean Higgins chats with World Cup skier Robby Kelley about his newest athletic challenge, becoming a college football player.
Kelley is an immensely talented athlete and was an all-state soccer player and state champion in baseball as a high schooler in addition to making two World Championship teams in ski racing in 2013 and 2017. Kelley and Higgins talk about everything from his decision to return to school to his recent struggles with injury and his future in ski racing. Good news for ski racing fans? He doesn't plan on going anywhere anytime soon.
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