Join HERO Sports resident nerds Ben Fox and Courtney Barrick as they take a trip down sports memory lane.
From the invention of basketball to the 2017 Final Four in just 3 steps - Ben Fox and Courtney Barrick tell the story of James Naismith's influence, as coaches from Phogg Allen to Dean Smith to Roy Williams pioneered and expanded the game of college basketball.Links:Naismith: https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/01/31/94671947.html?pageNumber=29http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/25/sports/basketball/25naismith.htmlAllen:https://books.google.com/books?id=Wo0nAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT264&ots=z9UyefDZfP&dq=phog%20allen%20nickname&pg=PT264#v=onepage&q=phog%20allen%20nickname&f=falsehttps://1973whsreunion.blogspot.com/2011/03/ucm-notable-alumni-and-faculty.htmlhttp://www.nabc.org/about/indexSmith:http://www.si.com/vault/1997/12/22/236257/fanfare-for-an-uncommon-man-he-became-the-winningest-college-basketball-coach-of-all-time-and-capped-an-exemplary-career-with-a-graceful-retirement-for-all-of-that-we-honor-north-carolinas-dean-smithhttp://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/10/sports/sports-of-the-times-a-coach-s-right-sense-of-priority.htmlhttp://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12296830/former-north-carolina-coach-dean-smith-was-champion-integrationBrown:http://www.si.com/vault/2001/04/23/8095132/mamas-boys-two-fiercely-competitive-small-men-in-a-big-mans-game-two-sons-of-hardworking-single-momsallen-iverson-and-larry-brown-are-so-much-alike-that-only-their-mothers-could-tell-them-apartand-bring-them-togetherhttp://grantland.com/features/what-larry-brown-doing-coaching-college-hoops/http://blogs.lib.unc.edu/uarms/index.php/2015/09/igniting-a-rivalry-the-1961-unc-duke-basketball-fight/http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=3666904Williams:https://www.hoopszone.net/Kansas/Kansas/Coaches/Williams-roy.htmhttps://www.si.com/vault/1997/03/10/223656/home-at-last-after-a-childhood-in-which-warm-family-scenes-were-all-too-rare-roy-williams-has-found-its-a-wonderful-life-coaching-top-ranked-kansasRupp:http://kuathletics.com/news/2014/11/12/MBB_1112145519.aspxhttp://www.si.com/vault/1991/04/01/123894/the-night-they-drove-old-dixie-down-in-1966-an-all-black-lineup-from-texas-western-beat-all-white-kentucky-for-the-ncaa-title-college-hoops-hasnt-been-the-same-since#Music: Right Place, Wrong Time by Dr. John
Amos Alonzo Stagg invented the football uniform number, the huddle, the batting cage, and more. In episode 1 of Throwback Sports, Courtney Barrick and Ben Fox explore the life and legacy of one of the most quietly influential figures in American sports history.