Bill Rhoden On Sports (brospod)

Bill and Jamal record their 100th podcast and talk about a milestone of much greater proportion. Andrew Maraniss, author of the New York Times Best Seller, Strong Inside: Perry Wallace and the Collision of Race and Sports in the South, joins the crew along with Perry Wallace, the subject of the book. The four discuss the book, which documents how Wallace integrated the Southeastern Conference in basketball, becoming the first African American basketball player to play in the conference at Vanderbilt in 1967. We hear from Wallace what it was like to live through such a monumental experience and Maraniss discusses why he decided to write the book and what he learned from the endeavor. Wallace talks of why he likened the big time college athletic scene to a plantation (24:55) and tells the story about his encounter with Adolph Rupp that ultimately contributed to the NCAA outlawing the dunk (1:09:34). Finally, Maraniss discusses this week's release of Strong Inside: Young Readers Edition and Jamal announces a pro