PODCAST · sports
How They Became
by Arvind Chahal
How They Became tells the stories behind the identities of iconic sports franchises. The owners, players, cities, controversies and moments that turned a team into something bigger than its record.From the Raiders becoming the rebellious outsiders of professional football to the Mets becoming New York’s lovable other team, each series digs into how a franchise became the one we know today.
Episodes
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The Raiders (part 4): Does the Autumn Wind still blow?
In 1995 the Raiders returned to Oakland, albeit a very different from the one that left. In the final chapter of our four-part series, we explore the rise of the Black Hole, the arrival of Jon Gruden, the infamous Tuck Rule Game and a Super Bowl showdown that pits the Raiders against their former...
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The Raiders (part 3): From Oakland to Hollywood
Al Davis had built the Raiders into one of football's most successful and recognizable franchises. But was the identity he'd created inseparable from Oakland or could he take it somewhere else? In Part 3, Davis fights the NFL for the right to move the Raiders to Los Angeles. There another Super...
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The Raiders (part 2): Team of the Decades
The Raiders had survived. Now they were becoming one of the most recognizable teams in American sports. In Part 2, John Madden takes over a roster filled with characters like Ken Stabler and Jack Tatum. The Raiders build a culture around silver and black, NFL Films turns that culture into…
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The Raiders (part 1): The Rebel League
Before the silver and black, the Super Bowls and the Autumn Wind the Raiders were one of the worst teams in a new football league fighting for survival. In Part 1 of the story of the Raiders we go back to 1960s Oakland: a city being transformed, a franchise that almost didn’t make it and the...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
How They Became tells the stories behind the identities of iconic sports franchises. The owners, players, cities, controversies and moments that turned a team into something bigger than its record.From the Raiders becoming the rebellious outsiders of professional football to the Mets becoming New York’s lovable other team, each series digs into how a franchise became the one we know today.
HOSTED BY
Arvind Chahal
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How They Became tells the stories behind the identities of iconic sports franchises. The owners, players, cities, controversies and moments that turned a team into something bigger than its record.From the Raiders becoming the rebellious outsiders of professional football to the Mets becoming New...
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How They Became is created and hosted by Arvind Chahal.
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