Eight Years in Exile: Bo Belanger on "Connie and Jack"

Send us Fan MailKareem and Wilt talked about Connie Hawkins the way you'd talk about the best you ever saw. Most fans under 45 have never heard the name.Bo Belanger is a writer with a passion for basketball. He found Connie's story in 2019, tracked down Connie's grandson Shawn a year later, and has been working to get it into the world ever since. "Connie and Jack: A Rigged Game" is the payoff, a nine-episode dual biography of Connie Hawkins, the New York playground legend blackballed at 19 over a fixing scandal he wasn't part of, and Jack Molinas, the Columbia star who ran it and kept landing on his feet. Bo calls it part podcast, part audiobook. He's right, and it's the best basketball story you've never heard.We get into how Dave Wolf's Life Magazine piece rewrote Connie's public story, why the pressure put on a broke teenager in 1961 hasn't gone anywhere, and what it means that the NBA now shares a revenue stream with the sportsbooks.LISTEN TO CONNIE AND JACK: A RIGGED GAMEAll nine episodes are streaming now.Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/connie-jack-a-rigged-game/id1880488679Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ZCTp53nZ1YkR62krTO6fXYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxnqbrlzP4L55Gn9fR6co1NxBADkBaHh9Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/05e0c818-3637-48a2-b50d-481be453b5f1/connie-jack-a-rigged-gameFOLLOW BOhttps://www.connieandjackpod.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/connieandjackpodTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@connieandjackpodEmail: [email protected] the showDid you know we are one of the Top 30 Collage Podcasts in the World!https://podcast.feedspot.com/college_basketball_podcasts/?feedid=5529823&_src=f1_featured_emailSupport the Pod or Binge the Entire Season Now!https://www.buzzsprout.com/1269236/supporthttps://youtube.com/@IconicSeasonsConnect on Socialhttps://www.instagram.com/ncaaiconicseasons/