Mark Hilinski discusses the life & legacy of his son Tyler, a former Washington St. QB who died by suicide in 2018 and the work of the Hilinski's Hope Foundation. Plus, Screen Stars, Heat Check and the Hall of Fame is not to be missed.

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Mark and Kym Hilinski have three sons, their middle-child’s name was Tyler. He wore #3 as a  starter at Washington State where he engineered one of the greatest comebacks in the history in program history against Boise State in 2017. Just 4 months after that memorable win, Tyler took his own life  - though he never showed signs of depression or struggle. That same year Mark & Kym founded The Hilinski’s Hope Foundation, a non-profit organization formed to promote mental health awareness and education for student-athletes. Last week, was Hilinski’s Hope’s inaugural College Football Mental Health Week, which culminated in the first 3DAY, where players raised three fingers in the third quarter in tribute to Tyler and to bring awareness to The Foundation’s mission to educate, advocate, and eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness.

4:05 – “Thanks for having me, you guys.”
Mark Hilinski shares his thoughts on the life and legacy of his son Tyler, the work of the Hilinski’s Hope Foundation and what more can be done to eliminate the stigma surrounding mental health. 

14:39 – “Rudy, we’ve got a packed number 3 show.”
Football Honorable Mentions go to Joe Montana, Carson Palmer and Daryle Lamonica. The Contenders are Jan Stenerud, Bronko Nagurski, Mark Moseley and Tony Canadeo.

20:10 – “Basketball’s loaded with really, really good #3’s.”
Basketball Sentimental Favorites include John Starks, Damon Stoudamire, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, Steve Francis and Tracy McGrady. Honorable Mentions are Ben Wallace, Stephon Marbury, Shareef Abdur-Rahim and Rex Chapman and Contenders are Dennis Johnson, Dwyane Wade and Allen Iverson.

28:16 – “It is a Who’s Who.”
Baseball jumps next with Sentimental Favorite Ken Griffey, Jr. Honorable Mentions go to Dale Murphy, Alan Trammell, Harold Baines, Bill Terry, Earl Averill and Alex Rodriguez. Contenders are Harmon Killebrew, Jimmie Foxx and Babe Ruth.

36:43 – “Let’s dive into hockey just real quick .”
Hockey players of note are Pierre Pilote, Butch Bouchard, Marcel Pronovost & Harry Howell. Also, a NASCAR shout out to Dale Earnhardt “All I wanna do is race, Daddy.”

38:27 – “We got 15 dudes . . .”
Screen Stars wearing #3 on the silver screen:

1. Jackie Earle Haley as Kelly Leak in Bad News Bears (1976)
2. Michael Caine as Capt. John Colby in Victory (1981)
3. Stan Shaw as Esquire Joe Callaway in Bingo Long (1976)
4.  Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey in It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
5. Mike Vitar as Benny “The Jet” Rodriguez in The Sandlot (1993)
6. Rhys Ifans as Nigel Gruff in The Replacements (2000)
7. John Goodman as Babe Ruth in The Babe (1992)
8. Liev Schreiber as Ross Rhea in Goon (2011)
9. Paul Newman (car) as Frank Capua in Winning (1969)
10. Barry Pepper (car) as Dale Earnhardt in 3 (2004) 
11. John Candy as Spike Nolan in Brewster’s Millions (1985)
12. Joe Massingill as Bo Gentry in Trouble with the Curve (2012) – 
13. Scott Baio as Buff Saunders in The Boy Who Drank Too Much (1980)
14. Shad Moss as Calvin Cambridge in Like Mike (2002)
15. Robert Downey, Jr as Leo Wiggins in Johnny Be Good (1988)

44:48 – “From the sublime to the ridiculous.”
Derrick Rose Award

1. Dale Earnhardt
2. Drazen Petrovic
3. Bob Gassoff

Hall of Shame

1. Sebastian Telfair

35:33 – “Number ten is home cookin’.”
Awesome Heat Check list for #3:

1. Russell Wilson
2. Chris Paul
3. Bryce Harper
4. Anthony Davis
5. Stephen Gostows