{"id":73753,"date":"2025-07-03T13:55:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T19:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/?p=73753"},"modified":"2025-07-03T14:35:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T20:35:30","slug":"ray-allen-and-leroy-arrington-on-being-a-youth-sports-dad-organizing-events-at-the-espn-wide-world-of-sports-and-life-after-the-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/ray-allen-and-leroy-arrington-on-being-a-youth-sports-dad-organizing-events-at-the-espn-wide-world-of-sports-and-life-after-the-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Allen and Leroy Arrington on Being a Youth Sports Dad, Organizing Events at the ESPN Wide World of Sports and Life After the NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ray Allen and Leroy Arrington on Being a Youth Sports Dad, Organizing Events at the ESPN Wide World of Sports and Life After the NBA\" src=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/sportstravel-podcast\/ray-allen-and-leroy-arrington-on-being-a-youth-sports-dad-organizing-events-at-the-espn-wide-world-of-sports-and-life-after-the-nba\/embed?style=cover\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_sidebar\">\n<p><b>Related Stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/sports-podcast-news-insight-analysis\/\">SportsTravel Podcast: Insights and Expert Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/rob-stull-growing-modern-pentathlons-global-reach\/\">Rob Stull: Growing Modern Pentathlon&#8217;s Global Reach<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/john-kemp-adaptive-sports-inclusive-cities-and-paralympic-progress\/\">John Kemp: Adaptive Sports, Inclusive Cities and Paralympic Progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/johnny-grave-on-major-league-crickets-u-s-ambitions-in-growing-the-sport\/\">Johnny Grave on Major League Cricket&#8217;s U.S. Ambitions in Growing the Sport<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportstravelmagazine.com\/bob-kendrick-bringing-baseball-history-to-life\/\">Bob Kendrick: Bringing Baseball History to Life<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ray<\/strong> <strong>Allen<\/strong> played 18 seasons in the NBA and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2018. Allen was a 10-time NBA All-Star and won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States men&#8217;s basketball team. In 2021, he was selected to the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, having won two NBA championships, one with the Boston Celtics and one with the Miami Heat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leroy<\/strong> <strong>Arrington<\/strong> is General Manager at ESPN Wide World Of Sports In Disney World and leads the operations, strategy and guest experience at one of the largest and most prestigious multi-sport venues in the world. They joined the Podcast for a recording over Memorial Day Weekend about being a sports dad, the youth sports scene, organizing events at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and much more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This episode is sponsored by:<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-71625\" src=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo-300x69.jpg 300w, https:\/\/media.sportstravelmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/10015545\/T25_logo-768x177.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Allen played 18 seasons in the NBA and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2018. Allen was a 10-time NBA All-Star and won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the 2000 United States men&#8217;s basketball team. 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