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Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday star Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about reaction to the NBA’s “losers bubble,” Hamilton, and Makur Maker choosing Howard University over UCLA. RECENT...

BRING IT IN is now on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays! Subscribers can join us live to ask questions and join in the fun. Subscribe here for the invitation to join! Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones leads off the show, and then Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Jarod Hector spoke with Hawks Head Coach Lloyd Pierce—and special guest Carl Suddler of Emory University. Th...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Zachary Binney, epidemiologist and Assistant Professor of Quantitative Theory and Methods at Emory University, Oxford College. His research currently sits at the intersection of sports and public health, focusing on sports injuries and athlete health. Zach assessed the NBA’s plan to reopen play, the risk to players and staff, and having...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday star Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about COVID outbreaks amongst the young, Vince Carter’s retirement, and they got deep into a discussion about repara...

BRING IT IN is now on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays! Subscribers can join us live to ask questions and join in the fun. Subscribe here for the invitation to join! Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones leads off the show, and then Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Keith Reed, a writer, editor and commentator. He formerly worked as senior editor at ESPN the Magaz...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Maria Konnikova, New York Times-bestselling author of the brand new The Biggest Bluff, which comes out Tuesday, as well as The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes.  She is a regular contributing writer for The New Yorker, and has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times, Slate, the New Republic, the Pa...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about the NBA snitching hotline, NBA layoffs, the significance of Juneteenth, and more. The video is here: RECENT B...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Scott Eden, contributing writer for ESPN and the author of Touchdown Jesus. He has written for GQ, Wired, Men's Health, The Believer and many other publications, and his stories have won just about every award out there, and have been featured in the Best American Sports Writing. They talked about his story "The Prosecution of Thabo Se...

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our return guest Brandon Grier, NBA and NFL agent and co-founder of the Athlete Management agency, which represents players like Georges Niang, Dewayne Dedmon, Ekpe Udoh, Quincy Acy, Kay Felder, and many others. They talked about what NBA players might achieve from the Black Lives Matter protests, how seriously to take an idea floated...

Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones updated us on what the new world order has been looking like for NBA players. TrueHoop’s David Thorpe (and late arrival Henry Abbott) spoke with Tom Haberstroh, OG TrueHoop alum, NBA Insider for NBC Sports, and host of The Habershow podcast. Then they talked with Tom about the the optics of reopening the season in an enclosed bubble....

Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with science writer, author of “Good To Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery,” and athlete Christie Aschwanden. She recently wrote an excellent story the safety of re-opening sports. Christie writes for Elemental, co-hosts Emerging Form—a podcast about the creative process. She is the f...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about Kevin Durant on past injuries, the Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things. The vide...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with John Hollinger, writer at The Athletic, co-host of the Hollinger & Duncan podcast, and former Memphis Grizzlies’ Vice President of Basketball Operations. They spoke about the reopening the NBA, the favorites to win this year’s title, the All-Star ballot, terrible trades, and John shared some of the “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin shared their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks. Here are the liner notes, all the tweets. They talked about visuals from the protests, and Kpop stans radicalizing, Dana Smith social distancing in a dinosaur costume, and much more. The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Dr. Carl Suddler, a scholar of African American history and author of Presumed CriminalBlack Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York. TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones updated us on how NBA players have been reacting to the nation’s police brutality protests and news of Disney World hosting the rest of the season. Then...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Erica Vanstone, aka “Double H”, the Executive Director Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. Roller derby has an impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic. It’s inspiring to hear how it was created, and how it might inform other sports. The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * F...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics. They talked about billionaires backing Trump, the NBA’s response to the police brutality protests, and the “safest situation po...

Today on BRING IT IN TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss news the NBA is back. Jarod Hector jumped in right after oral surgery because he can’t help himself. Should the fans of the West non-playoff teams get their hopes up about the playoffs? Who’ll win the eighth spot in the West? What are we going to learn about how the teams have been managing training during the pandemic? And do w...

Today on BRING IT IN TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Ari Caroline, SVP of health strategy at Tempus Labs, Inc., former chief analytics officer at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and former basketball blogger. Ari talked about his father’s arrest in 1965 for ferrying protesters in Montgomery, Alabama, the science of reopening the NBA, and what can/will the league do to m...

Today on BRING IT IN TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones reports on NBA players protesting racism and the killing of George Floyd. Then Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg, co-authors of Peak Performance and The Passion Paradox. David talked about how, as a coach, it’s routine to instill new instincts. Steve agreed, talking about how most running trainin...

Today on BRING IT IN, special host Jarod Hector and TrueHoop’s David Thorpe spoke with Jesse Washington, senior writer for ESPN's The Undefeated and author of an upcoming biography of Georgetown’s coach John Thompson, I Came As a Shadow. He talked about the legendary coach John Thompson and how athletes have been approaching the work to end structural racism. The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN...

Today Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, and on-air personality, took over BRING IT IN to talk about George Floyd, riots, and the humanity of NBA players. It’s a must listen. The video is here: Jarod’s Liner Notes  * I Am Not Your Negro  * The Souls of Black Folk W.E.B. DuBois  * The 1619 Project from the New York Times’ Nikole Hannah-Jones * The 13th Ava DuVernay  * The New Jim Crow Mich...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Michael Grange, web, TV, and radio for Rogers Sportsnet.  Michael has become a big proponent of World Cup-style pool play replacing the first round of the NBA playoffs. We discussed the potential for innovation in this moment. The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES: * WEDNESDAY May 27, 2020 Dr. Wayne Winston on why he doesn’t th...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Dr. Wayne Winston, Professor Emeritus of Decision Sciences at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, two-time Jeopardy! champion, and consultant for the Mavericks and the Knicks.  Wayne talked about why he doesn’t think Michael Jordan is the GOAT, five best players in the league right now, and the criteria for reopening th...

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Dr. Ron Sen, Harvard and Boston University Medical School alum, former Commander in the U.S. Naval Reserve, currently in private practice on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, and basketball coach and dad of girls who played with WNBA players.  TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones kicked off BRING IT IN with an update on...