Jack McCallum
Sports Media with Richard Deitsch
Audacy
4.5 • 757 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Episode 383 of Sports Media Podcast features best-selling author Jack McCallum, the writer of “The Real Hoosiers: Crispus Attucks High School, Oscar Robertson, and the Hidden History of Hoops.” In this podcast, MacCallum discusses the Crispus Attucks High School’s basketball team winning the Indiana state championship in 1955 and 1956, making the Attucks the first all-Black team in the nation to win a state title; why he was compelled to write this book; how he approached the research; the commercialism of such a project; trying to contact Oscar Robertson; the game-changing abilities of Victor Wembanyama; the upcoming oral history of Sports Illustrated and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, and more.
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| 1:08.7 | Welcome to the sports media podcast. I'm your host Richard Dyich. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. One guest this week, but a terrific one. It is the fantastic writer and bestselling author, Jack McCallum. He is a longtime Sports Illustrated writer. I think if you listen to this podcast, you probably would know that. |
| 1:28.4 | And he is here to talk about his latest book, The Real Hoosiers, Crispus Addix High School, |
| 1:34.7 | Oscar Robertson, and the hidden history of hoops. Crispus Attics High School is a historical high school |
| 1:42.8 | in that, in the sports sports realm they won the Indiana State |
| 1:46.2 | championship in 1955 and 1956 that made them the first all black team in the nation |
| 1:52.5 | to win a state title and the star of those two teams was the iconic NBA Hall of |
| 2:00.5 | Famer Oscar Robertson. |
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