Tales From The Hoop

Tales From The Hoop

By Ricky Frech and Dave FrechSportsBasketball
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Tales From The Hoop episodes

  • Episode 59 – Manuel Raga

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re bringing in a guest to join Dave in learning about the first player from Mexico ever drafted in the NBA, Manuel Raga.

    54 min
  • Episode 58 – Tate George

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re taking a deep dive into Tate George, a former NCAA star turned felon.

    1 hr 15 min
  • Emergency Pod – 2026-27 NBA Power Rankings

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s special episode, we’re taking a look to the future and making our predictions for the 2026-27 NBA season.

    1 hr 29 min
  • Episode 57 – Mike Niles

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re taking a look at the life of Mike Niles, a guy who barely played in the NBA but certainly made an impact.

    40 min
  • Episode 56 – Dennis Rodman, Part 3

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re finishing our long journey through Dennis Rodman’s life story. Also, Ricky and Dave dream up punishments for Kawhi Leonard.

    59 min
  • Episode 55 – Dennis Rodman, Part 2

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re continuing our long journey through Dennis Rodman’s life story. Ricky is also complaining about James Harden getting a contract.

    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 54 – Dennis Rodman, Part 1

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re starting our long journey through Dennis Rodman’s life story. This one is a doozy.

    45 min
  • Episode 53 – The 1960 Lakers’ Plane Crash

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re looking into the wild story about the Minneapolis Lakers’ 1960 plane crash, while also just talking about owner Bob Short’s life in general.

    45 min
  • Episode 52 – Predicting the 2028 Olympics Roster (Dadcast)

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, Dave is busy, so Ricky tries to make a short episode talking about the 2028 Olympics roster. Unfortunately, it’s not so short.

    54 min
  • Episode 51 – The Boston Strangler

    Greetings, fellow Earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re talking about The Boston Strangler. What does that have to do with basketball? You’ll have to listen to find out.

    47 min

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A podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history.