Episodes

Nov. 30, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - November 10 through 24, 1984 - N…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - November 10 through November 24, 1984 - Insightful early-seaso...

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Nov. 28, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - Bulls at Pistons (Nov 7), Knicks…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago at Detroit: November 7, 1984 - Chicago at New York: November 8, 1984 In thi...

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Nov. 13, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - October 26 through November 9, 1…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - NBA regular season - October 26 through November 9, 1984 - Chicago and Milwaukee's ...

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Nov. 4, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - Sam Smith - There Is No Next: NB…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Sam Smith's book: There is No Next: NBA Legends on the Legacy of Michael Jordan In ...

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Oct. 27, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - MJ's Chicago Bulls regular-seaso…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Michael Jordan's NBA regular-season debut with the Chicago Bulls (October 26, 1984)...

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Oct. 6, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - Chicago, Nike sign Jordan, 1984-…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Chicago Bulls' negotiations to sign Jordan - Details of Nike's efforts to secure Jo...

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Sept. 5, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - 1984 USA Olympic Games - NB85-4

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Team USA's gold-medal run in the 1984 Olympic Games The Olympians swept their way t...

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Aug. 14, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - 1984 USA pre-Olympic exhibition …

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan‘s (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Team USA’s 1984 pre-Olympic Exhibition Games versus NBA Stars The Olympians played ...

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July 23, 2014

Mark Eaton: Utah Jazz great, two-time Defensive Player of the Year an…

Utah Jazz great, two-time Defensive Player of the Year and NBA All-Star, Mark Eaton. Few players have ever experienced a rise from near-obscurity to NBA All-Star, like Mark Eaton. We discuss Mark's incredible transition from ...

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June 30, 2014

Michael Jordan’s rookie NBA season – 1984 USA Olympic Training Camp /…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. This episode covers: - Team USA 1984 Olympic Training Camp - 1984 NBA Draft - NBA TV's Original Documentar...

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June 16, 2014

Michael Jordan's rookie NBA season - UNC Tar Heels / 1984 USA Olympic…

Adam & Aaron celebrate the 30th anniversary of Michael Jordan's (1984) arrival in the National Basketball Association. Our special, debut episode covers: - Michael Jordan's final season (1984) with the North Carolina Tar Heel...

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June 4, 2014

Roosevelt Chapman: Dayton legend, NBA draftee and international star …

Dayton Flyers' all-time leading scorer and NCAA star, Roosevelt Chapman. Adam & Aaron welcome Roosevelt to the podcast, with an in-depth discussion of his very successful, well-traveled, yet largely-unheralded basketball care...

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May 11, 2014

David Bridgers: Michael Jordan's childhood friend - AIR047

Michael Jordan's lifelong friend and confidant, David Bridgers. A unique episode. Ross Franco is a North Carolinian friend of mine. We connected, through my podcast - one of the many great outcomes I've experienced, since cre...

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April 10, 2014

Rick Barry: One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History - AIR046

One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History, Rick Barry. Rick discusses his first sporting love of baseball - he talks fondly of his hero - the reason behind his choice to wear the iconic jersey number 24. Incredibly, …

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March 27, 2014

Jeff Ruland: High School All-American, NCAA great and NBA All-Star - …

High School All-American, NCAA great and NBA All-Star, Jeff Ruland. Jeff discusses his early sporting life and the major growth-spurt that coincided with his decision to focus on basketball. He was named High School All-Ameri...

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March 11, 2014

Great NBA Games - Michael Jordan 63 points (1986 Playoffs) - Bulls at…

Adam and Todd discuss Michael Jordan's record-breaking Playoff game - April 20th, 1986 - MJ scored 63 points in the Chicago Bulls' double-overtime loss to the Boston Celtics. We discuss all the key aspects of the game. We tal...

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Feb. 24, 2014

Bill Cartwright: NCAA All-American, All-Star and five-time NBA Champi…

NCAA All-American, All-Star and five-time NBA Champion, Bill Cartwright. Bill discusses his early years, growing up in California and playing baseball - his first sporting love. He became a highly-recruited basketballer, but ...

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Feb. 10, 2014

Kendall Gill: Illinois great, All-American and NBA star - AIR042

Illinois Fighting Illini great and NBA star, Kendall Gill. He talks about growing up in the city of Chicago - where he played baseball and took up boxing - before his family moved to the suburbs and he started playing …

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Jan. 27, 2014

Eddie Johnson: NBA Sixth Man of the Year, Illinois great, TV analyst …

NBA Sixth Man of the Year, Illinois great, TV analyst and author, Eddie Johnson. The timing of this episode is perfect. Eddie was recently honored , in a half-time ceremony, at Illinois, commemorating the 35th anniversary of ...

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Jan. 2, 2014

Jim McIlvaine (part two): Marquette star and NBA veteran - AIR040

Marquette star and seven-year NBA veteran, Jim McIlvaine. In part two of this special double-episode, I welcome back Marquette great and NBA veteran, Jim McIlvaine. If you missed part one , we discussed Jim’s college career i...

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Dec. 27, 2013

Jim McIlvaine (part one): Marquette star and NBA veteran - AIR039

Marquette star and NBA veteran, Jim McIlvaine. In a first for the podcast, this conversation will be released in two installments. Our chat was almost two hours, in length – I’m pretty sure that Jim’s wife had the authorities...

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Dec. 18, 2013

1988 NBA All-Star Game - AIR038

Adam and Aaron discuss the 1988 NBA All-Star Game - one of the greatest ever. Michael Jordan scored 40 points, en route to Most Valuable Player honors. We devote an entire episode to our favorite All-Star Game, ever. We cover...

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Nov. 27, 2013

1994 NBA season - AIR037

Adam and Aaron discuss the 1994 NBA season - the first, following Michael Jordan's shock-retirement (October 1993). The in-depth conversation covers the entire season. We talk about great games and memorable moments, includin...

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Nov. 11, 2013

Great NBA Games: Michael Jordan scores 69 points (Mar 28, 1990) - Bul…

Adam and Aaron discuss Michael Jordan's all-time highest scoring game. MJ scored 69 points in the Chicago Bulls' win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. We break down all key aspects of the game. We discuss TNT's broadcast, the com...

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