WBH Radio's video: Episode 133 Matthew Goodman author of The City Game

▶️BECOME A MEMBER FOR EARLY ACCESS TO FULL EPISODES: https://bit.ly/3Grg2iv Matthew Goodman joins us on WBH Radio. Goodman is the author of 'The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and a Legendary Basketball Team.' The unlikeliest of champions, the 1949–50 City College Beavers were extraordinary by every measure. New York’s City College was a tuition-free, merit-based college in Harlem known far more for its intellectual achievements and political radicalism than its athletic prowess. Only two years after Jackie Robinson broke the Major League Baseball color barrier—and at a time when the National Basketball Association was still segregated—every single member of the Beavers was either Jewish or African American. But during that remarkable season, under the guidance of the legendary former player Nat Holman, this unheralded group of city kids would stun the basketball world by becoming the only team in history to win the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. This team, though, proved to be extraordinary in another way: During the following season, all of the team’s starting five were arrested by New York City detectives, charged with conspiring with gamblers to shave points. Almost overnight these beloved heroes turned into fallen idols. The story centers on two teammates and close friends, Eddie Roman and Floyd Layne, one white, one black, each caught up in the scandal, each searching for a path to personal redemption. Though banned from the NBA, Layne continued to devote himself to basketball, teaching the game to young people in his Bronx neighborhood and, ultimately, with Roman’s help, finding another kind of triumph—one that no one could have anticipated. Please SUBSCRIBE and don’t forget to press the bell, 🔔 like, comment and share the video. ------------------- ▶️CashApp: https://cash.app/$wbhradio ------------------- ▶️For business enquiries: william@wbhradio.com ------------------- ▶️Watch more videos here: • Episode | Skip Bayless: https://youtu.be/reOcJ63RYsc • Bro. Nuri Muhammad on the difference between media coverage of black athletes vs white athletes: https://youtu.be/YXYUFhxW4gY *************************************************************************************** Support Independent Media: https://cash.app/$wbhradio https://wbhradio.com/ https://twitter.com/WBHRadio https://www.instagram.com/wbhradio/