Teaser: BackStory and the History of Finales in America

BackStory

History, Education

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Coach Tony Bennett knows a thing or two about big finales. He’s the head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Virginia. This is a clip from Brian's conversation with Coach Bennett about the power of sports and how you have to be able to accept the outcome of a big game, whether it’s a buzzer-beater win or a heartbreaking loss.

The full episode is coming to you this Friday, July 3.

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0:00.0	Hey there, backstory listeners, Brian Ballow here.
0:03.8	It turns out that all good things
0:06.0	must come to an end, even backstory.
0:09.4	This Friday, we're airing the final episode of backstory
0:12.7	in which Nathan, Joanne, Ed and I explore different kinds
0:16.6	of finales throughout American history.
0:20.4	Coach Tony Bennett knows a thing or two about big finales.
0:23.7	He's the head coach of the men's basketball team
0:26.0	at the University of Virginia.
0:28.0	I spoke with Coach Bennett about the power of sports
0:31.5	and how you have to be able to accept the outcome
0:33.9	of a big game, whether it's a buzzer beating win
0:37.2	or a heartbreaking loss.
0:39.2	You're about to hear a clip from that conversation.
0:41.9	Be sure to check out this Friday's show
0:44.5	on the history of finales to hear the whole interview
0:48.4	and lots more.
0:49.6	So here's something that even a terrific coach like you
0:56.4	can't control.
0:57.4	It's called COVID-19.
0:59.4	This season, or the season that did not happen, if you will,
1:04.4	I mean, this was something that nobody
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