Bobbito’s Hoop Dreams

Edge of Sports

Dave Zirin / The Nation

News, Sports News, Sports, History, Politics

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week, we speak to the legendary Bobbito Garcia about his new book, Bobbito's Book of B-Ball Bong Bong!: A Memoir of Sports, Style, and Soul. We also talk about his career as an author, his cultural contributions to Hip-Hop, basketball, and sneakers, and his takes on basketball films. You don’t want to miss this episode.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Edge of Sports podcast brought to you only by the Nation magazine.
0:16.3	I'm Dave Ziron, thrilled to welcome a legend onto the show.
0:22.2	And for fans of his, a legend for reasons beyond their knowledge.
0:29.9	He was one half of the most impactful hip-hop radio show ever.
0:35.3	Not an exaggeration, stretching Bobito on WKCR.
0:39.4	And he, along with his co-host, Stretch Armstrong, were inducted at long last, overdue
0:46.1	in the NAB Hall of Fame, the Radio Hall of Fame in 2023.
0:51.9	But that's not all.
0:53.1	Not even close. Trailblazer, filmmaker, professional hoopster,
0:59.5	famed sneaker designer. And if I went all in on this intro, we would have no time for the interview.
1:09.0	Now for this interview, though,
1:15.4	particularly his new book,
1:18.5	Bobito's book of B-B-B-B-Bong-Bong-Bong,
1:23.3	memoir of sports, style, and soul.
1:25.0	Ooh, you get the subtitle too.
1:26.7	You're like a real publisher, bro.
1:28.4	It's too good a subtitle.
1:33.2	His fans call him Bobito, aka Cool Bob Love.
1:37.4	I may be a fan, but I just call him Bob.
1:40.4	His name is Bobito Garcia.
1:41.9	How are you doing, Bob?
1:42.7	How are you, sir?
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