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The Philosophy of Hoops

EPISODE · Mar 28, 2006 · 50 MIN

The Philosophy of Hoops

from Philosophy Talk · host Philosophy Talk

Basketball, an American invention but a world-wide phenomenon, is sometimes characterized as the most athletic and aesthetic of sports. What makes a sport interesting? Valuable? Fun? Entertaining? What values does sport exemplify, and does basketball really measure up? Does commercialization undermine the values of sport? Ken and John discuss the philosophy of basketball with Frank Deford, one of America’s premier sportswriters.

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