Gary M. Pomerantz on Bob Cousy
from The Lives They're Living Hosted by Ben Yagoda
Gary M. Pomerantz is an author and a lecturer in the graduate program in journalism at Stanford University. He started his career at the Washington Post, where he covered Georgetown University basketballand the National Football League. He then moved to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he wrote about a wide range of topics. His first book was about Atlanta: Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family. Since then he’s published books covering a wide range of topics, including WILT, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era; The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age; and Their Life's Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now. His most recent book is The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End. Bob Cousy highlight reel. Cousy comes out of retirement in 1969 and plays in New York Knicks' record-breaking 18th win in a row (including people standing up and blocking the camera). Bob and Gary's interview with NPR's Scott Simon.
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