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EPISODE SUMMARY

This week we discuss professional basketball leagues throughout the years. The American Basketball Association (ABA), National Basketball League (NBL), and Basketball Association of America (BAA) are just some of the leagues we'll discuss. The cast of characters includes George Mikan, Julius Erving, Connie Hawkins, and even George Steinbrenner! Hear about the Original Celtics (in New York) and the ABA's Spirits (in St. Louis). Also, which league once thought about dividing basketball games into innings? Listen and find out.

Books to Complement This Episode:

Mr. Basketball: George Mikan, the Minneapolis Lakers, and the Birth of the NBA

Cages to Jump Shots: Pro Basketball's Early Years 

Tall Tales: The Glory Years of the NBA, in the Words of the Men Who Played, Coached, and Built Pro Basketball

Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association

Basketball: A Love Story

Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball

HELLO OLD SPORTS BACKGROUND

Each week on “Hello, Old Sports” Andrew and Dan Neumann examine a different sports history topic—baseball, basketball, football, hockey, boxing, and anything else that comes to mind. We’ll travel back to 1920 to relive the founding of the Negro Leagues and Babe Ruth’s first season with the New York Yankees.

Or to 1967 to relive the closing drive of the “Ice Bowl” between the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys. Maybe even all the way back to 1884 and the first “World Series” between the Providence Grays of the National League and the New York Metropolitans of the American Association.

Andrew and Dan Neumann are your hosts and these brothers know a thing or two about living in some crazy sport's towns.

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