Stories From the 1969 Finals With Leigh Montville. Plus, 'Astoria' and the First American Settlement in the Pacific Northwest With Peter Stark.

The Ryen Russillo Podcast

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🗓️ 12 August 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Ryen continues author week on the show by chatting with legendary sportswriter and author Leigh Montville about his book 'Tall Men, Short Shorts' about the Celtics-Lakers 1969 NBA Finals (00:33). Then, he chats with author Peter Stark about his book 'Astoria' on the wild expedition to establish the first American settlement in the Pacific Northwest (31:54). Finally, he closes it out by reacting to some listener-submitted Life Advice questions (1:06:19). Host: Ryen Russillo Guests: Leigh Montville and Peter Stark Producers: Steve Ceruti, Kyle Crichton, and Stefan Anderson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is a continuation of our author series here in August.
0:12.9	We're going to start with Lee Motman, legendary Boston sports writer and also for the
0:17.7	Sports Illustrated Covering in 1969 NBA Finals with the Celtic and Lakers.
0:22.3	And we'll talk with Peter Stark who wrote Astoria a quest to set up a trading post in
0:29.5	Pacific Northwest and some life advice.
0:33.2	This is a really cool sit down here with Lee Motville who's a legendary writer, not only
0:38.1	out of Austin Sports Illustrated, Tallman Short Shorts.
0:41.4	That is the book, the 1969 NBA Finals, Celtics and Lakers.
0:46.2	And he was nice enough to let me take a look at it and give a little blurb on the back cover.
0:49.8	So that's a big deal for my family, Lee.
0:51.3	So I appreciate it.
0:52.3	Thanks for joining us today.
0:53.3	How are you doing?
0:54.3	Well, it's a big blurb.
0:55.3	It's sold thousands of books already.
0:58.1	It was shorter than everybody else's song.
1:00.0	Like, oh, no, did I mail it in?
1:02.3	But I was just getting to the point.
1:04.5	So let's start this interview that way.
1:06.9	Okay, for those that don't understand, help us understand who the Celtics were in the
1:13.2	hierarchy of the city of Boston and also nationally where the NBA is because a lot of this information
1:19.6	is pretty shocking how much they were sort of a back page feature, if not, not even
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