Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture

Throwbacks: A Newsletter About Sports History and Culture

Why do sideline interviews exist? (1974)

How Gregg Popovich exposed and mocked the thing that no one wants.

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May 09, 2025
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If you reduce Gregg Popovich to his TV sideline interviews, you missed a  lot - The Athletic

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