At long last, we’ve made it to the NFL Draft. The hot takes of what player will get drafted where will cease, though the takes of what impact the player will have for his respective team will take that place. Thankfully, this week’s show is a reprieve from that. We’re talking hoops with someone who has played and covered them for five or so decades — Len Elmore.
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- “Sports News Read Like Real News” told the tale of creating the regular season for the National Football League, and how one of the world’s most popular rock stars, rocked it (2:34).
- The Bridge Question of the Week is: Who is your favorite broadcaster, and why? Leave a voicemail or text in your answer to 929-BRIDGE7, that’s 929-274-3437, and you’ll make it on the next show.
- This week’s guest is Len Elmore, he’s a Maryland hoops legend, played in the ABA for two years and the NBA for eight, then became a lawyer after his playing days and transitioned into the world of sports broadcasting, where you can hear and see him today. Len is also head or part of several different organizations and groups and uses his voice on many different platforms, not only to broadcast basketball games. I’ve always enjoyed hearing Len’s commentary, most notably during the NCAA Tournament, and getting to hear some of his stories first-hand was definitely a privilege. We’ll talk about when he knew he wanted to pursue basketball into college and beyond, getting his hoops start in New York, tales from his playing days at Maryland, the process of getting drafted into the ABA and his career there and in the NBA, fulfilling his dream of becoming a lawyer, taking his talents behind the microphone and some of the highlights from that aspect of his life.
- Follow Len on Twitter -> @LenElmore. The interview starts at the 8:34 mark.
– In the interview, we discuss:
When he knew he wanted to pursue basketball (9:17), the basketball culture growing up in New York City (11:39), following in the footsteps of Lew Alcindor in high school (13:09), what he took away from his playing days at Maryland (13:54), the stiff competition when he played in the ACC (17:02), how his draft process for the ABA and NBA was (18:39), dealing with the changeover from the ABA to NBA (21:59), what it meant to come back home to New York to play (23:57), his best water cooler story from his playing days (26:47), fulfilling his dream of becoming a lawyer (29:37), adding sports broadcasting to the fold (32:42), reforms in college sports (36:38), his favorite broadcasting moment (38:21), his favorite Gus Johnson call (41:06) and being able to keep up with the game of college basketball (44:54).
- “Five Minutes in the Film Room” with Joe Baress, former star of the prestigious John and Joe Sports Show, celebrate this weekend’s release of Avengers: Infinity War by ranking all 18 films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (46:55). You can follow Joe on Twitter @dukemich and read his movie reviews, previews and ratings at cupof-joe.com.
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