Ep.21 - Press Box Chronicles - Jerry Tarkanian
Press Box Chronicles with Jeff Pearlman
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19m
Today, we're diving into a story that quite literally changed the course of basketball history. It's 1979, and legendary UNLV head coach Jerry Tarkanian is approached by then-Los Angeles Lakers owner Jack Kent Cooke and soon-to-be Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss to be the head coach of the team. What happened next changed the course of basketball history, giving birth to the Showtime Lakers of the NBA and the Runnin' Rebels of college basketball.
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