BRING IT IN is now on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays! Subscribers can join us live to ask questions and join in the fun. Subscribe here for the invitation to join!Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones leads off the show, and then Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Keith Reed, a writer, editor and commentator. He formerly worked as senior editor at ESPN the Magazine and a staff writer at the Boston Globe and other publications he's a past board member of the National Association of Black Journalists. His written work has appeared in The Shadow League, Vibe, Essence, The New York Times and he's been a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, Al Jazeera and elsewhere.  They talked about the day of reckoning for media for its lack of diversity, Bill Simmons under fire, and the ouster of former Bleacher Report CEO Howard Mittman. RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* MONDAY June 20, 2020 Maria Konnikova on testosterone impacts decision making.* FRIDAY June 19, 2020 Jarod Hector on the NBA snitching hotline and the significance of Juneteenth.* THURSDAY June 18, 2020 Scott Eden, on his story "The Prosecution of Thabo Sefolosha."* WEDNESDAY June 17, 2020 Brandon Grier on what NBA players might achieve from the Black Lives Matter protests.* TUESDAY June 16, 2020 Tom Haberstroh on the optics of reopening the season in an enclosed bubble.* MONDAY June 15, 2020 Christie Aschwanden on the chance of the NBA’s reopening becoming a superspreader event.* FRIDAY June 12, 2020 Jarod Hector on Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Maria Konnikova, New York Times-bestselling author of the brand new The Biggest Bluff, which comes out Tuesday, as well as The Confidence Game and Mastermind: How To Think Like Sherlock Holmes.  She is a regular contributing writer for The New Yorker, and has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times, Slate, the New Republic, the Paris Review, the Wall Street Journal, Salon, the Boston Globe, the Scientific American, WIRED, and Smithsonian, among many other publications. While researching The Biggest Bluff, Maria became an international poker champion and the winner of over $300,000 in tournament earnings. They talked about psychology, thinking fast and slow, how testosterone impacts decision making, and much more. The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* FRIDAY June 19, 2020 Jarod Hector on the NBA snitching hotline and the significance of Juneteenth.* THURSDAY June 18, 2020 Scott Eden, on his story "The Prosecution of Thabo Sefolosha."* WEDNESDAY June 17, 2020 Brandon Grier on what NBA players might achieve from the Black Lives Matter protests.* TUESDAY June 16, 2020 Tom Haberstroh on the optics of reopening the season in an enclosed bubble.* MONDAY June 15, 2020 Christie Aschwanden on the chance of the NBA’s reopening becoming a superspreader event.* FRIDAY June 12, 2020 Jarod Hector on Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics.They talked about the NBA snitching hotline, NBA layoffs, the significance of Juneteenth, and more.The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* THURSDAY June 18, 2020 Scott Eden, on his story "The Prosecution of Thabo Sefolosha."* WEDNESDAY June 17, 2020 Brandon Grier on what NBA players might achieve from the Black Lives Matter protests.* TUESDAY June 16, 2020 Tom Haberstroh on the optics of reopening the season in an enclosed bubble.* MONDAY June 15, 2020 Christie Aschwanden on the chance of the NBA’s reopening becoming a superspreader event.* FRIDAY June 12, 2020 Jarod Hector on Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with Scott Eden, contributing writer for ESPN and the author of Touchdown Jesus. He has written for GQ, Wired, Men's Health, The Believer and many other publications, and his stories have won just about every award out there, and have been featured in the Best American Sports Writing.They talked about his story "The Prosecution of Thabo Sefolosha," which won a 2017 New York Press Club award and a 2017 National Association of Black Journalists award for investigative reporting, and his 2019 article about Tim Donaghy, “How former ref Tim Donaghy conspired to fix NBA games.”The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* WEDNESDAY June 17, 2020 Brandon Grier on what NBA players might achieve from the Black Lives Matter protests.* TUESDAY June 16, 2020 Tom Haberstroh on the optics of reopening the season in an enclosed bubble.* MONDAY June 15, 2020 Christie Aschwanden on the chance of the NBA’s reopening becoming a superspreader event.* FRIDAY June 12, 2020 Jarod Hector on Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic.* FRIDAY June 5, 2020 Jarod Hector on NBA’s response to the police brutality protests. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN, Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our return guest Brandon Grier, NBA and NFL agent and co-founder of the Athlete Management agency, which represents players like Georges Niang, Dewayne Dedmon, Ekpe Udoh, Quincy Acy, Kay Felder, and many others.They talked about what NBA players might achieve from the Black Lives Matter protests, how seriously to take an idea floated by Kyrie Irving that NBA players should consider life without billionaire team owners, and more.The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* TUESDAY June 16, 2020 Tom Haberstroh on the optics of reopening the season in an enclosed bubble.* MONDAY June 15, 2020 Christie Aschwanden on the chance of the NBA’s reopening becoming a superspreader event.* FRIDAY June 12, 2020 Jarod Hector on Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic.* FRIDAY June 5, 2020 Jarod Hector on NBA’s response to the police brutality protests.* THURSDAY June 4, 2020 Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss news that the NBA is back. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop Special Correspondent Adena Jones updated us on what the new world order has been looking like for NBA players. TrueHoop’s David Thorpe (and late arrival Henry Abbott) spoke with Tom Haberstroh, OG TrueHoop alum, NBA Insider for NBC Sports, and host of The Habershow podcast. Then they talked with Tom about the the optics of reopening the season in an enclosed bubble. The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* MONDAY June 15, 2020 Christie Aschwanden on the chance of the NBA’s reopening becoming a superspreader event.* FRIDAY June 12, 2020 Jarod Hector on Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic.* FRIDAY June 5, 2020 Jarod Hector on NBA’s response to the police brutality protests.* THURSDAY June 4, 2020 Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss news that the NBA is back.* WEDNESDAY June 3, 2020 Ari Caroline on what can/will the league do to minimize coronavirus risk when reopening the season. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN, TrueHoop’s Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with science writer, author of “Good To Go: What the Athlete in All of Us Can Learn from the Strange Science of Recovery,” and athlete Christie Aschwanden. She recently wrote an excellent story the safety of re-opening sports. Christie writes for Elemental, co-hosts Emerging Form—a podcast about the creative process. She is the former lead science writer at FiveThirtyEight and a contributor at the New York Times, Washington Post, and Slate.She talked about what makes basketball dangerous during the pandemic, the chance of the NBA’s reopening becoming a superspreader event, doping, sex, and more.The video is here: RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* FRIDAY June 12, 2020 Jarod Hector on Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic.* FRIDAY June 5, 2020 Jarod Hector on NBA’s response to the police brutality protests.* THURSDAY June 4, 2020 Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss news that the NBA is back.* WEDNESDAY June 3, 2020 Ari Caroline on what can/will the league do to minimize coronavirus risk when reopening the season.* TUESDAY June 2, 2020 Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg on “psychological safety” and the importance of feeling like you’re on a path to progress. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with our TrueHoop BRING IT IN Friday guest Jarod Hector, multimedia journalist, voice, on-air personality and podcast host. They played NINE BY NINETY, where they get 90 seconds each to rapid-fire cover nine topics.They talked about Kevin Durant on past injuries, the Tulsa massacre, Daryl Morey’s future, and … NASCAR of all things.The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* THURSDAY June 11, 2020 John Hollinger on his favorite to win this year’s title and some “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic.* FRIDAY June 5, 2020 Jarod Hector on NBA’s response to the police brutality protests.* THURSDAY June 4, 2020 Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss news that the NBA is back.* WEDNESDAY June 3, 2020 Ari Caroline on what can/will the league do to minimize coronavirus risk when reopening the season.* TUESDAY June 2, 2020 Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg on “psychological safety” and the importance of feeling like you’re on a path to progress.* MONDAY June 1, 2020 Jesse Washington on legendary coach John Thompson. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott and David Thorpe spoke with John Hollinger, writer at The Athletic, co-host of the Hollinger & Duncan podcast, and former Memphis Grizzlies’ Vice President of Basketball Operations.They spoke about the reopening the NBA, the favorites to win this year’s title, the All-Star ballot, terrible trades, and John shared some of the “neat tricks” his Grizzlies did during trade season.The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* WEDNESDAY June 10, 2020 Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin share their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic.* FRIDAY June 5, 2020 Jarod Hector on NBA’s response to the police brutality protests.* THURSDAY June 4, 2020 Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss news that the NBA is back.* WEDNESDAY June 3, 2020 Ari Caroline on what can/will the league do to minimize coronavirus risk when reopening the season.* TUESDAY June 2, 2020 Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg on “psychological safety” and the importance of feeling like you’re on a path to progress.* MONDAY June 1, 2020 Jesse Washington on legendary coach John Thompson.* FRIDAY May 29, 2020 Jarod Hector on George Floyd, riots, and the humanity of NBA players. It’s a must listen. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today on BRING IT IN Henry Abbott, David Thorpe, and Judy Goodwin shared their favorite social media posts of the past few weeks. Here are the liner notes, all the tweets. They talked about visuals from the protests, and Kpop stans radicalizing, Dana Smith social distancing in a dinosaur costume, and much more. The video is here:RECENT BRING IT IN EPISODES:* TUESDAY June 9, 2020 Dr. Carl Suddler on defunding the police.* MONDAY June 8, 2020 Erica Vanstone on roller derby’s impressive data-driven international plan to return to play amidst the coronavirus pandemic.* FRIDAY June 5, 2020 Jarod Hector on NBA’s response to the police brutality protests.* THURSDAY June 4, 2020 Henry Abbott and David Thorpe discuss news that the NBA is back.* WEDNESDAY June 3, 2020 Ari Caroline on what can/will the league do to minimize coronavirus risk when reopening the season.* TUESDAY June 2, 2020 Steve Magness and Brad Stulberg on “psychological safety” and the importance of feeling like you’re on a path to progress.* MONDAY June 1, 2020 Jesse Washington on legendary coach John Thompson.* FRIDAY May 29, 2020 Jarod Hector on George Floyd, riots, and the humanity of NBA players. It’s a must listen.* THURSDAY May 28, 2020 Michael Grange on World Cup-style pool play replacing the first round of the NBA playoffs. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.truehoop.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices