Basketball Hall of Famers join co-hosts Kris Rhim and Professor Marty Dobrow to discuss issues of race and social justice, including their own formative experiences, while providing their views on current social issues and the role basketball can play in building a more just society.
As the calendar turns to March, join Kris and Marty for the newest installment of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball!' This week, 1993 Basketball Hall of Famer inductee Ann Meyers Drysdale joins the podcast.
16 Feb 2022
Episode 17 - Sidney Moncrief
Join Kris and Marty for the latest edition of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball.' In this episode, 2019 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee and five-time NBA All-Star Sidney Moncrief joins the podcast!
28 Jan 2022
Episode 16 - John Chaney
In a special tribute edition of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball,' Kris and Marty talk with Temple Head Coach and former Philadelphia 76ers guard Aaron McKie, as they honor 2001 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee John Chaney. McKie talks about what it was like to play for Chaney at Temple and the wisdom gained through their relationship, Coach Chaney's legacy and impact on the game and much more.
12 Jan 2022
Episode 15 - Bob Hurley Sr.
New year, new episode of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball!' This week, Kris and Marty chat with legendary coach Bob Hurley Sr. The 2010 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee opens up about his storied career and his passion for coaching at the high school level, the importance of police accountability in today's society, his love and pride for Jersey City, NJ and its community and much more.
29 Dec 2021
Episode 14 - Muffet McGraw
Kris and Marty chat with one of the greatest College Basketball coaches of all-time in the latest installment of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball,' Muffet McGraw. The 2017 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee talks about her storied coaching career at Notre Dame, her Philadelphia roots, the evolution of Title IX, the need for more women being represented on the sidelines in Women's Basketball and much more.
15 Dec 2021
Episode 13 - Rick Welts
Kris and Marty return with another stellar installment of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball,' as Golden State Warriors Chief Operating Officer and President Rick Welts joins the program. The 2018 Hall of Fame inductee opens up about his 50+ year NBA career, coming out as gay in 2011 and his devotion to the LGBTQ community, his role in building the great Warriors dynasty and much more!
1 Dec 2021
Epidode 12 - Tina Thompson
‘Liberty, Justice and Ball,’ is back with another Basketball Hall of Famer, Tina Thompson. The four-time WNBA Champion and nine-time All-Star chats with Kris and Marty about her storied career, growing up in Inglewood, CA, her transition to coaching and more!
17 Nov 2021
Episode 11 - Tamika Catchings
Join us for our latest installment of ‘Liberty, Justice and Ball!’ This week, 10-time WNBA All-Star and 2011 League MVP Tamika Catchings stops by. Tamika talks about her earliest basketball memories, how she embraces her hearing impairment as a superpower, her storied collegiate and professional career and much, much more.
3 Nov 2021
Episode 10 - Jerry West
'Liberty, Justice and Ball’ is back! Join us this week as Kris and Marty chat with the logo himself, 14-time NBA All-Star Jerry West. West opens up about his earliest experiences of witnessing racial tension and injustice, his personal battle with his own mental health during his playing days, how today's players have taken the social justice movement by storm, and much, much more.
11 Aug 2021
Episode 9 - Bob Dandridge
Join us for our latest episode of Liberty, Justice and Ball’! This week the guys talk with 2021 Basketball Hall of Fame inductee Bob Dandridge. The four-time All-Star and two-time NBA Champion discusses what it was like growing up in a segregated Richmond, VA, his transition to the NBA in Milwaukee, winning two league championships and what the big honor of Hall of Fame enshrinement means to him.
28 Jul 2021
Episode 8 - Dave Bing
Join us for another episode of Liberty, Justice and Ball’! This week the guys talk with Basketball Hall of Famer and seven-time NBA All-Star Dave Bing. The former Mayor of Detroit opens up about his childhood in D.C., his college career at Syracuse, his transition to the political realm and much, much more!
21 Jul 2021
Episode 7 - Alex English
‘Liberty, Justice and Ball’ is back! This week the guys talk with Basketball Hall of Famer and eight-time NBA All-Star Alex English. The Denver Nuggets legend opens up about his Southern roots, his playing career and international philanthropy efforts, his love for South Carolina and much more!
30 Jun 2021
Episode 6 - Bernard King
Join us for the latest episode of ‘Liberty, Justice and Ball,’ where this week, Hall of Famer and New York basketball legend Bernard King joins the show. The four-time All-Star talks to the guys about growing up in the 1960s in the Big Apple, his playing career, racial tension he still races to this day, and much more!
9 Jun 2021
Episode 5 - Nancy Lieberman
On the latest episode of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball,' Hall of Famer and WNBA Pioneer Nancy Lieberman joins the show to talk about her basketball upbringing, her experience at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal, her relationship with the late Kobe Bryant, the difficulty women facing in landing men's basketball coaching jobs and much, much more!
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19 May 2021
Episode 4: Robert Parish
On the latest episode of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball,' Hall of Famer and 9-time NBA All-Star Robert Parish joins the program. The 4-time NBA Champion discusses growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana in the 1950s, the racial tension he faced while playing in Boston during the 1980s, the impact of celebrity status in regards to social acceptance and much more!
28 Apr 2021
Episode 3: Spencer Haywood
On the latest episode of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball,' Hall of Famer and four-time NBA All-Star Spencer Haywood sheds some light on the terrors of his childhood growing up in rural Mississippi in the 1950s, his experience at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, his revolutionary Supreme Court case that changed the NBA Draft landscape forever, and much more!
14 Apr 2021
Episode 2: Bob Cousy
On the second episode of 'Liberty, Justice and Ball,' Hall of Famer and 13-time NBA All-Star Bob Cousy talks to the guys about the racial injustice felt by his Black teammates during the Boston Celtics title runs of the 1950s and 1960s, his own sense of 'white guilt,' the age-old Wilt/Russell debate, and the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd.
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1 Apr 2021
Episode 1: Grant Hill
On the inaugural episode of "Liberty, Justice and Ball" - Hall of Famer Grant Hill takes a break from his NCAA Tournament broadcasting duties to sit down and talk hoops and social justice with co-hosts Kris Rhim and Marty Dobrow. Hill chats about his memories of the Rodney King beatings while playing at Duke, his relationship with Michigan’s Fab Five, and plenty more.
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24 Mar 2021
Introducing 'Liberty, Justice and Ball - a Podcast on Social Justice'
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