Howard Bryant talks his new book 'Rickey', and the NBA Finals

The Right Time with Bomani Jones

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🗓️ 8 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Howard Bryant of ESPN and Meadowlark Media talks with Bomani Jones about his new biography of Hall of Fame OF Rickey Henderson, titled "Rickey" (1:56). They get into Henderson's impact on the sport, how much the culture of the sport has changed, and how the city of Oakland has played a role in all of it. Plus, Howard's take on the NBA Finals thus far (38:22). The Right Time Recommends... “Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Original” by Howard Bryant “The Warmth of Other Suns” by Isabel Wilkerson “The Promised Land: The Great Black Migration and how it Changed America” by Nicholas Lemann Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we just started with today's show, I wanted to tell you about another great podcast.
0:04.5	Swagoo and Perk, an ESPN podcast led by his name, say, host, Marcus Spears, Swagoo, and Kendrick Perkins.
0:11.6	With new episodes every Tuesday morning, Spears and Perkins will bring listeners
0:15.7	the latest NBA and NFL news as well as a look inside their lives, career journeys with Camp
0:21.3	Miss conversations. And during the NBA finals at Golden State, Perk and Brian Windhurst
0:26.4	will be doing special post-game podcasts. That's Swagoo and Perk. Listen wherever you get your
0:31.5	podcasts and also available on ESPN's YouTube channel. Also, ESPN's Emmy Award winning 30-30
0:38.7	documentary film series presents the greatest mixtape ever. The story of how a series of streetball
0:44.3	videos set to music in the 90s, Transform, basketballs placed in the culture,
0:48.5	defined the lives of the players who started them, and changed the game itself forever.
0:53.6	Stream now on ESPN Plus. And listen to the companion 30-30 podcast, a streetball mixtape,
1:00.0	exploring the essence of streetball through a collection of legendary stories.
1:04.0	Listen now on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:18.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the right time.
1:20.8	My name is Bo Mining Jones. Thanks for listening wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for watching
1:27.3	us on YouTube. Rate us, review us, give us five stars. You only give us four stars. I'm inclined
1:32.3	to believe you are a hater. It is that time of week where we have a guest join us and join us now
1:37.8	from ESPN and MetalLog Media and the author of Ricky. New book drop yesterday, June 7th. Be
1:45.4	sure to go check that out and look at Ricky Henderson's life and career. How Brian was going on?
1:50.3	What's up? Good morning. Good morning. All right, man. Let's go straight into it with this book,
1:54.3	because I realize we have a generation of youngsters who probably A, beyond not even having any idea
2:01.3	about Ricky Henderson, but don't really understand that there was an era where a Ricky Henderson
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