
About this episode
Today on BRING IT IN TrueHoop’s David Thorpe and Henry Abbott talked first with Wall Street Journal reporter Ben Cohen about his December 2020 article on whether star athletes should be vaccinated early. It’s suddenly relevant as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has made comments about about players jumping in line.
Then Henry and David spoke with Emory University historian Dr. Carl Suddler, author of Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York. They talked about the thin blue line on the Bucks new alternate uniforms, “copaganda,” the fetishization of uniforms, and much more.
RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:
* FRIDAY January 16, 2020 Jarod Hector on how perfect it was that Christian Wood called Shaquille O’Neal “casual.”
* THURSDAY January 14, 2020 Special BRING IT IN on the Harden trade.
* WEDNESDAY January 13, 2020 David Thorpe on how the Warriors are different this year.
* MONDAY January 11, 2020 TrueHoop on NBA’s loosening grip on COVID-19.
* FRIDAY January 8, 2020 Jarod Hector on the most powerful offensive force in the NBA.
* WEDNESDAY January 6, 2020 Lindsay Gibbs on the WNBA’s role in the historic Georgia senate runoff elections.
* MONDAY January 4, 2020 David Thorpe’s observations from the first two weeks of the 2020-2021 season.
* MONDAY December 28, 2020 TrueHoop’s favorite moments from a crazy year of BRING IT IN.
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