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Tales From The Hoop

Ricky Frech and Dave Frech

A podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history.

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Episode 36 – The ABA Part 11 – Kentucky Colonels

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2025/12/08

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re continuing our first multi-part series, looking at the full history of the ABA. This time out, we’re taking a look at how the Colonels went from […]

48:01

Episode 35 – The ABA Part 10 – New Jersey Nets

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2025/11/24

51:03

Episode 34 – The ABA Part 9 – San Antonio Spurs

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2025/11/10

60:39

Episode 33 – The ABA Part 8 – The Denver Rockets

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2025/10/27

111:37

Emergency Pod – 2025-26 NBA Preseason Power Rankings

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2025/10/20

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. Today, we’re taking a break from the ABA to look toward the future, breaking down our preseason predictions for the 2025-26 NBA season. Who will stand on top and who […]

45:41

Episode 32 – The ABA Part 7 – The Stars

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2025/10/13

62:22

Episode 31 – The ABA Part 6 – The Indiana Pacers

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2025/09/29

41:42

Episode 30 – The ABA Part 5 – The Miami Ball Girls

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2025/09/15

57:15

Episode 29 – The ABA Part 4 – Johnny Neumann, Wendell...

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2025/09/01

61:20

Episode 28 – The ABA Part 3 – Wilt Chamberlain and...

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2025/08/18

68:29

Episode 27 – The ABA Part 2 – From Oakland to...

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2025/08/04

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re continuing our first multi-part series, looking at the full history of the ABA. Today, we’re looking back at the Oakland Oaks and seeing the long and […]

49:42

Episode 26 – The Formation of the ABA – Part 1

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2025/08/04

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re starting our first multi-part series, looking at the full history of the ABA. We start with the formation of the fledgling league and learn about guys […]

59:17

Tales From The Hoop 25 – Oh Sweet Victory!

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2025/06/30

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re diving into the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 2025 championship and a quick retrospective for the 2025 season. Plus, some Sporcle shenanigan’s!

48:01

Tales From the Hoop 24 – Cumberland Posey

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2025/06/16

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re diving into the life of Cumberland Posey, the only person to make the basketball and baseball Hall of Fame.

61:30

Tales From The Hoop 23 – The Worst NBA Finals Champ

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2025/06/02

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re looking back at the worst team to ever win an NBA Finals. The answer might surprise you.

68:14

Tales From The Hoop 22 – The Buffalo Braves

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2025/05/19

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re exploring what happened to the Buffalo Braves that caused them to leave New York and move to California. Surprisingly, it involves KFC. Who knew?

50:15

Tales From The Hoop 21 – Pablo Robertson, Pee Wee...

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2025/05/05

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re dipping our feet into the world of street basketball by covering three short stories: Pablo Robertson, Pee Wee Kirkland, and Cal Ramsey.

68:37

Tales From The Hoop 20 – The 1951 Point-Shaving Scandal

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2025/04/21

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re diving into the 1951 point-shaving scandal that rocked the college basketball landscape.

Tales From the Hoop 19 – 2025 NBA Playoff Bracket

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2025/04/09

Greetings, fellow earthlings, and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. In today’s episode, we’re living in the present and previewing the 2025 NBA playoffs a few days before they begin.

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Tales From the Hoop 18 – Best NBA Name Bracket

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2025/03/24

Greetings fellow earthlings and welcome to Tales From The Hoop, a podcast dedicated to diving into the weird, wild, and wacky stories from basketball history. For the last episode of bracket season, we’ve thrown the 64 best names from the NBA into a bracket to decide the best one.

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