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Under-Review: The Big Three & the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics

February 24, 2021November 10, 2022 Sammy Younan No Comments

The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celticsby Michael HolleyPublished by Hachette Books on October 27, 2020NBA // Non-Fiction // Celtics There are 2 types of NBA books: stories and individuals and moments before you became a fan (history) and stories and individuals and moments you witnessed…

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189 | Michael Holley (The Big Three: Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics)

February 23, 2021March 7, 2023 Sammy Younan No Comments

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews Boston sports writer Michael Holley whose latest book is The Big Three & the Rebirth of the Boston Celtics.

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Under-Review: From Hang Time to Prime Time

December 16, 2020November 10, 2022 Sammy Younan No Comments

From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBAby Pete CroattoPublished by Atria Books on December 7, 2020NBA // Non-Fiction // Pop Culture There’s a reason why when you go see like a Marvel movie, there’s 10 minutes of credits, right? Because there’s a lot of people who made…

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182 | Pete Croatto (From Hang Time to Prime Time: The Birth of the Modern-Day NBA)

December 15, 2020March 7, 2023 Sammy Younan No Comments

My Summer Lair host Sammy Younan interviews writer Pete Croatto whose excellent book is From Hang Time to Prime Time: Business, Entertainment, and the Birth of the Modern-Day NBA.

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The Decision: 10 Years Later

July 10, 2020 Sammy Younan

LeBron learned how to control his narrative; unable to win he instead learned how to spin.

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#CouchWorthy: LA Originals

April 10, 2020November 3, 2022 Sammy Younan

“Photographer Estevan Oriol and artist Mister Cartoon turned their Chicano roots into gritty art, impacting street culture, hip hop and beyond.”

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New Book Alert: February 10-14, 2020

February 15, 2020March 6, 2023 Sammy Younan

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Girth Radio Presents…

My weekly collection of new and notable books for your pop culture pleasure and edification: #ReadMoreTweetLess.

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Solo Efforts Makes A Community

February 4, 2020March 6, 2023 Sammy Younan

By the way…we’ll talk about Picard in a moment however can we talk about me for a moment? The My Pal Sammy episodes…the solo ramblings podcasts I record? They are actively and consistently downloaded all this past month. I just record them and post em. I don’t promote them or really mention them. (My Pal…

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Kobe Bryant’s Fadeaway

January 27, 2020 Sammy Younan

I’m still processing the Kobe thing. It’s surreal. Thing is, the NBA is not like celebrity culture. Lots of celebrities die at various ages…there’s the 27 Club, the classic accidental overdose and the car accident etc. But all NBA players are young…they come into the league in their early 20s and most retire somewhere in…

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Goodbye Kobe Bryant

January 26, 2020 Sammy Younan

This is hard. I wish my mouth was like a ventriloquist dummy and my heart was the puppetmaster and I could articulate all the things without tripping over my thoughts. My contempt for cancel culture: most hashtag movements is fairly consistent. I refuse to employ any of them for the simple reason that my unwavering…

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