Episode 2.5: Knight Life

Prompted by an episode from another podcast, Amy shares her thoughts on disentangling her identity from Hoosier basketball. She and Don talk about the recent return of former Indiana University head basketball coach Bob Knight to Bloomington and what it was like to grow up in his shadow, unpacking some of the problematic underpinnings of his behavior.

Additional resources:

• Hidden Brain: "Passion Isn't Enough: The Rise Of 'Political Hobbyism' in the United States" (NPR podcast, 2/10/2020)
  https://www.npr.org/2020/02/10/804612601/passion-isnt-enough-the-rise-of-political-hobbyism-in-the-united-states
  
  
• "Knight Won't Apologize for Whip" (Deseret News, 3/29/1992)
  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.deseret.com/platform/amp/1992/3/29/18975696/knight-won-t-apologize-for-whip
  
  
• Bob Knight ejected by Ted Valentine (video of 2/24/1998 IU game)
  https://youtu.be/BEAgjqomOP0
  
  
• Ted Valentine (Wikipedia)
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Valentine
  
  
• "Knight School with Coach Bob Knight" (video of ESPN, 2/19/06)
  https://youtu.be/NyXkdi4P97E
  
  
• "Bob Knight joins the Hoosier Hysterics at the Bluebird" (video from Peegs.com, 11/16/2019)
  https://youtu.be/ar33cvJqavM

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