meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
History Daily

Saturday Matinee: Historically Speaking Sports

History Daily

Airship | Noiser | Wondery

History

4.42.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

On today’s Saturday Matinee, we hit the basketball court to speculate about one of the NBA's brightest and most influential eras.



History Daily is a co-production of Airship and Noiser.

Go to HistoryDaily.com for more history, daily.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

There are more ways than ever to listen to History Daily ad-free.

0:04.1

Listen with Wondry Plus in the Wondry app.

0:06.0

As a member of NoisorPlus at noisor.com or in Apple Podcasts, or you can get all of History

0:12.0

daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at IntoHistory.com.

0:28.5

I have, well, you know, I'll just say I don't really follow sports.

0:34.0

I was going to say I have a confession to make, but it's not really a confession, just a fact, a preference.

0:37.3

I don't go skydiving either, and that's not a confession. But sometimes admitting

0:38.9

you don't like sports, well, that feels a bit more like admitting you don't like television or

0:43.3

movies or puppies. Now, of course, I've watched enough sports to know how the games are played.

0:48.9

I think I even understand off-sides in both soccer and hockey. But don't ask me player name.

0:55.4

Certainly don't expect me to know the coaches. I may not even be aware of entire teams, if I'm honest. But that doesn't mean

1:00.8

I don't love a good sports story. The movie Hoosiers was fantastic. Rudy, the natural, Bull Durham,

1:07.2

all great. I devour drive to survive on Netflix, but I've never once watched an actual

1:12.2

F-1 race. And I love sports history. Baseball is a fascinating mirror of a changing society, and who doesn't

1:18.6

love the story of old Teddy Roosevelt meddling in American football? So even though I don't sport much,

1:24.6

I am looking forward to bringing you today's Saturday matinee.

1:28.1

An episode from the podcast, Historically Speaking Sports, which looks back at one of the NBA's brightest

1:33.6

and most influential eras and what could have possibly happened to rewrite the history of the game.

1:38.7

I hope you enjoy. While you're listening, be sure to search for and follow Historically Speaking Sports.

1:44.0

We put a link in the show notes to make it easy for you.

1:49.1

Indeed is the ultimate solution for your hiring needs. Their sponsored jobs feature helps you stand out and hire fast.

2:00.2

With job posts jump into the top of the

...

Transcript will be available on the free plan in 26 days. Upgrade to see the full transcript now.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Airship | Noiser | Wondery, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Airship | Noiser | Wondery and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.