The Basketball Junkie (First 20 Minutes)

***This is the first 20 minutes of The Basketball Junkie, full episode available in link at the bottom of this description***

Fran Fraschilla, 67, is a basketball commentator at ESPN. He joined the network in 2002 after a decorated coaching career that included head coaching stints at Manhattan, St.John's, and New Mexico. A Brooklyn native, Fraschilla also worked as an assistant at Rhode Island, Ohio, Ohio State, and Providence. In this sprawling, two-and-a-half hour episode, Fraschilla brings his encyclopedic memory and elite storytelling skills to bear in a conversation that is as wide ranging and honest as any show we've ever done. Ultimately, the episode is a tribute to a man whose love of basketball is arguably without peer. if you're a true hoop head, this one is for you. Everyone who listens will come away having learned a great deal more about the game and its history. Fran has a deep appreciation of the game's past and present and for the way it's shaped his own identity in the world. This one is worth your time and the sort of episode we envisioned when we launched the show.

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Burning Sage is a (mostly) weekly podcast with college basketball’s most interesting coaches and newsmakers. Hosted by Curry Hicks Sage, a pseudonymous internet poster turned insider, the show takes true college hoop heads behind the curtain for lengthy and substantive looks at the sport's most interesting figures.