Black Ball by Theresa Runstedtler

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/63545 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Black Ball Author: Theresa Runstedtler Narrator: Xenia Willacey Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs Release date: 03-07-23 Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 8 ratings Genres: Sports History Publisher's Summary: Against a backdrop of ongoing resistance to racial desegregation and strident calls for Black Power, the NBA in the 1970s embodied the nation’s imagined descent into disorder. A new generation of Black players entered the league then, among them Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Spencer Haywood, and the press and public were quick to blame this cohort for the supposed decline of pro basketball, citing drugs, violence, and greed.