Podcast appearances and mentions of Bijan C Bayne

   February 21, 2022 - It was once an unattainable dream, kept out of reach by lynch mobs, police dogs and firehoses. But in 2008, Barack Obama fulfilled the promise of that all men are created equal. In this episode, we take a look back at the man who changed the face of the Oval Office forever, just in time for Presidents' Day and Black History Month. Our guide on this journey is Professor Claude A. Clegg III who brings us The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama. He is the Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a joint appointment in the Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies and the Department of History. Visit him at ClaudeClegg.com and @ClaudeClegg on Twitter. Special thanks to Bijan C. Bayne who offering up a question for Professor Clegg. I previously interviewed Bijan for his books Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball and Martha's Vineyard Basketball: How a Resort League Defied Notions of Race and Class. He's also the writer-producer of the docuseries, "Six Degrees of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar."

#049: In this episode of Beyond the Culture, Dr. David M. Walker speaks with Bijan C. BayneBijan C. Bayne is an award-winning Washington-based freelance columnist and critic, and the leading literary historian on U.S. race relations. He is the author of several books including, Sky Kings: Black Pioneers of Professional Basketball, which was named to the Suggested Reading List of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004. He is also the author of the best-selling book "Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball.”Bijan is a producer-writer of the new docuseries "Six Degrees of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"He's a Public Policy Fellow, Editor. Contributor to NY Times, ESPN, and the Washington Post.What you will learn in this episode: How Bijan got started on his sports writing journey?Bijan explains why DC's rich history of winning sports championships goes overlooked.Bijan gives his perspective on why NBA legend Elgin Baylor changed the game of basketballBijan gives us his insight into black athlete social protests today vs. yesterday's black athlete social protestsBijan reveals his list of persons in history he would have loved to have interviewed: James Baldwin, Ella Baker, and Rod SerlingBooks mentionedElgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed BasketballSky Kings: Black Pioneers of Professional BasketballDocuseriesSix Degrees of Kareem Abdul-JabbarSocial MediaTwitter: @BijanCBayneLinkedIn: drdavidmwalkerFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/drdavidmwalkerInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ drdavidmwalkerTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/ drdavidmwalker Connect with Dr. Walker: https://www.drdavidmwalker.com  SUBSCRIBE to the show on YouTube (Dr. David M. Walker) to be notified when new weekly episodes are available.Leave a comment and a review

As a result of Elgin Baylor's passing, we are re-uploading a classic episode discussing the life, career and impact of Elgin Baylor as well as his noted NBA Finals battles with Bill Russell and the Boston Celtics.  Our guest on this show was Bijan C. Bayne, author of the incredible book "Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball." You can order the book today at https://amzn.to/3980dLP. We will have a full episode dedicated to Baylor coming out later this week.  Thank you. We discuss the Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals rivalry between 1959 and 1969 with Bijan C. Bayne, author of “Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball,” in our continuing #RussellMania series dedicated to the life and legacy of Bill Russell. We break down each of their seven NBA Finals battles (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1969), talk about Elgin Baylor's rise to superstardom and his role in popularizing basketball in Los Angeles, Baylor's revolutionary influence on offensive play, the basketball and social parallels of Russell and Baylor, how Baylor was the first NBA player to boycott a game because of segregation, Baylor's relationships with longtime teammate Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain, some of the other key Lakers of the 1960s (including Frank Selvy, Rudy LaRusso, Tom Hawkins, Hot Rod Hundley, Dick Barnett, Leroy Ellis, Gene Wiley, Walt Hazzard, Bob Boozer, Archie Clark, and Gail Goodrich), what Don Nelson's failure in Los Angeles and success in Boston said about both teams, and much more. Original airdate: 4/19/16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Host Jeff McArthur is joined by writer and producer of the docuseries "Six Degrees Of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar" Bijan C. Bayne to discuss this week's boycotts in professional sports. Jeff is later joined by stormchaser George Kourounis to discuss the recently downgraded Hurricane Laura which was set to make landfall with winds as dangerous as Hurricane Katrina. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

January 13, 2020 - Our time machine travels back to the Civil Rights era, to meet a man who fought the racial discrimination of his day on the basketball court, while using his platform to support those battling in courts of law. In the process, he was the first man ever described as a "superstar." We enjoy this 6' 5"pioneer's story in Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball. Giving us play by play courtside for the man who invented hangtime is award-winning cultural critic and sportswriter, Bijan C. Bayne. Bayne is a member of United States Basketball Writers Association, a founding member of the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America, and an executive board member and media relations director for the Association for Professional Basketball Research. You can find our guest at Twitter @BijanCBayne and his blog at BijanC.WordPress.com. You can also enjoy our previous chat about Martha's Vineyard Basketball: How a Resort League Defied Notions of Race and Class.        

February 27, 2017 - This week, our time machine turns Schwinn Sting-Ray bicycle. We're pedaling our way to the end of Black History Month, with a last stop on the basketball courts just off the coast of Massachusetts. Cultural critic and sportswriter Bijan C. Bayne is here to share his latest book: Martha's Vineyard Basketball: How a Resort League Defied Notions of Race and Class. The island off Cape Cod may not conjure up the sound of a basketball thunking on asphalt, much less the Civil Rights Movement, but Bijan describes the history happening right under the Converse of players from many backgrounds and colors, perched on all rungs of the social ladder, including names as diverse as Charles Lindbergh, James Taylor, Jaleel White, and Barack Obama. You can find our guest on Twitter at @BijanCBayne or check out his blog by clicking this link. And if you enjoy the topic of basketball history, be sure to check out Bijan's first book: Elgin Baylor - The Man Who Changed Basketball.        

Our final tribute to Muhammad Ali features Bill Siegel, director of ‘The Trials of Muhammad Ali,’ as well as cultural commentator and author Bijan C. Bayne, and finally, one icon says goodbye to another as 1968 Olympic hero, Dr. John Carlos honors Ali.Hear our entire series of Ali tributes at http://EdgeOfSportsPodcast.com. Thank you to all the guests who participated and to the city of Louisville for hosting such a touching tribute.Bill Siegel film: https://twitter.com/MuhammadAliDoc | http://kartemquin.com/films/the-trials-of-muhammad-ali | http://hulu.com/watch/617383Bijan C. Bayne: http://twitter.com/bijancbayneDr. John Carlos: http://johncarlos68.com | The John Carlos StoryThe Sports Moment That Changed the World http://haymarketbooks.org/hc/The-John-Carlos-StoryMusic by Yusef Lateef “Like It Is” & “Love Theme from Spartacus" http://yuseflateef.com—http://edgeofsportspodcast.com | http://twitter.com/edgeofsports | http://fb.com/edgeofsportspod | email us: edgeofsports@slate.com

We discuss the Boston Celtics vs. Los Angeles Lakers NBA Finals rivalry between 1959 and 1969 with Bijan C. Bayne, author of “Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball,” in our continuing #RussellMania series dedicated to the life and legacy of Bill Russell. We break down each of their seven NBA Finals battles (1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968 and 1969), talk about Elgin Baylor's rise to superstardom and his role in popularizing basketball in Los Angeles, Baylor's revolutionary influence on offensive play, the basketball and social parallels of Russell and Baylor, how Baylor was the first NBA player to boycott a game because of segregation, Baylor's relationships with longtime teammate Jerry West and Wilt Chamberlain, some of the other key Lakers of the 1960s (including Frank Selvy, Rudy LaRusso, Tom Hawkins, Hot Rod Hundley, Dick Barnett, Leroy Ellis, Gene Wiley, Walt Hazzard, Bob Boozer, Archie Clark, and Gail Goodrich), what Don Nelson's failure in Los Angeles and success in Boston said about both teams, and much more. Original airdate: 4/19/16 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episode 264: BOOM! We’ve got a fantastic show for you this week! Dave, Coach, Mark, and Dan weigh in on the NFL’s decision to uphold the 4-game suspension for Tom Brady in the wake of the Deflategate scandal. Bijan C. Bayne, author of Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball, joins the show to discuss his upcoming book about the all-time great.