NBA Referee, Undercover Cop, and Author: the varied life of Bob Delaney
The Athletic NBA Daily
The Athletic
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🗓️ 22 February 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
On this week's Hoops Adjacent, former NBA referee Bob Delaney joins David Aldridge to talk about Delaney's new book Heroes are Human: a firsthand look at battling COVID from the front lines. Delaney also tells tales of his time as an undercover NJ state trooper and stories from officiating in the NBA.
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| 0:44.6 | Welcome to the Athletic NBA show. |
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| 0:49.3 | Okay, here we go. |
| 0:50.4 | And it's another edition of Hoops of Jason on the Athletic NBA show. |
| 0:53.5 | David Aldridge, very lucky to be back in D.C. |
| 0:55.6 | Because I understand it's snowing like crazy in Salt Lake City now. |
| 0:59.2 | And I got out just in time after All-Star Weekend. |
| 1:02.0 | But I wanted to get right to our guests because I am so thrilled to have him. |
| 1:06.6 | He's been on before and is always, always insightful and makes you think. |
| 1:12.4 | And that's partly because of his life path and his career. |
| 1:17.1 | One of the best referees to ever do it in NBA history, Bob Delaney. |
| 1:22.1 | Now the author, he's written a million books. |
| 1:24.9 | But this book, if you can see it, I don't know if you can see it, heroes are human, |
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