100 Objects #14: Basketball Sleeve

100 Objects #14: Basketball Sleeve

100 Objects #14: Basketball Sleeve

Aug 21, 202641m
0:0041:50

About This Episode

Producer and reporter Ramtin Arablouei (co-creator of the NPR show, Throughline) has a simple question: why are so many NBA players wearing a compression sleeve on their arm? It seems like everyone has one. Do they all have elbow issues? The answer is really the story of Allen Iverson, an underdog player who went from a prison cell to international fame in just a few years. And through the story of him and his sleeve, you can see the whole history of basketball’s relationship with race, with res

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