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August 31, 2020 Trending in Education activists, Baseball, basketball, Black Lives Matter, Bubble, history, Jacob Blake, Milwaukee Bucks, MLB, NBA, race

NBA Walkout Emergency Edition

In this emergency bonus episode of Running It Back, Tarlin and Mike dive into the transformative events of the past week beginning with the shooting of Jacob Blake and culminating in the walkout of NBA players led by the Milwaukee Bucks.

As these actions set off a cascade of similar actions in Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, and elsewhere, how can we put this into a broader historical context? We run through the long history of athletes as activists who have asserted their power by choosing not to play. Some have set off movements by pulling in others to follow. Others have been ostracized and mostly forgotten.

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August 28, 2020 Trending in Education basketball, Black Lives Matter, COVID-19, HIV, Jacob Blake, Magic Johnson, NBA, Wisconsin

Running It Back – Magic Announces He Has HIV – Bonus Content

We open with a quick note on the Jacob Blake incident in Wisconsin and the ripple effects across our culture. It’s something we’ll continue to cover.

Then, in this bonus episode from the soon-to-launch podcast, Running It Back, we transport ourselves back to November 7th, 1991 when Magic Johnson first announced that he had HIV.

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May 21, 2020 Trending In Education 1990s nostalgia, basketball, Chicago Bulls, competitive drive, docuseries, ESPN, Final episodes, pizza game, Reggie Miller, Tarlin Ray, The Last Dance

Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 9 – 10

Tarlin and Mike run it back, covering the final two episodes of The Last Dance, the epic sports docuseries from ESPN covering the 1990s Bulls.

Running It Back

May 14, 2020 Trending In Education 1990s nostalgia, assertiveness, basketball, Chicago Bulls, docuseries, Knicks, Michael Jordan, Sports, Tarlin Ray, The Last Dance

Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 7 – 8

Tarlin and Mike are back to break down the penultimate Sunday of The Last Dance docuseries about Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls. Are there lessons in leadership, teamwork, and assertiveness to be learned? Listen in to find out.

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May 10, 2020 Trending In Education 1990s nostalgia, basketball, Chicago Bulls, docuseries, dream team, Tarlin Ray, The Last Dance, threepeat

Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 5-6

Mike and Tarlin are back to break down episodes 5 and 6 of the ESPN Docuseries, The Last Dance, as it chronicles the 1990s Bulls culminating in their final season together in 1998.

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Running It Back – The Last Dance Episodes 1-4

As a Bonus Trending in Education Extra, we’re releasing the first of a series of shows on The Last Dance, the must-see ESPN docuseries on the final season of the legendary 1990s Chicago Bulls. Tarlin Ray and Mike Palmer dissect the first four episodes of the 10-episode series and draw relevant lessons to life, management, leadership, and team chemistry in the 2020s.