• "Black Ball" with Dr. Theresa Runstedtler

  • May 23 2023
  • Length: 50 mins
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"Black Ball" with Dr. Theresa Runstedtler

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  • Andy chats with author & scholar Dr. Theresa Runstedtler about her most recent book, "Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA". The two discuss perhaps the most pivotal decade in the history of the sport, and the ripple effects created by some of the NBA's most respected names. Andy & Theresa discuss the NBA landscape in the late 1970s, the impact Spencer Haywood's legal battles had on future generations of players, Oscar Robertson's battle for player rights during the NBA/ABA merger, the Territorial Draft, the paradigm shift in the 1980's, the social justice protests during the NBA Bubble, as well as her time with the Toronto Raptors Dance Pak!

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