Amazing Sport Stories

BBC World Service

NEW SEASON: Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team. Basketball, the Cold War, and rock band The Grateful Dead collide in this incredible true story. Presented by the late NBA star Bill Walton. Starts19 May.Unbelievable stories from the world of sport. Amazing Sport Stories brings you the greatest twists and personal journeys from sport history. Listen for inspiring tales of courage, drama, myths and legends from all over the globe.From minor-league underdogs to Olympic champions. These are sporting heroes you’ll wish you’d known about and now probably won’t forget.Previous seasons include The Legend of Takhti, about th...

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Amazing Sport Stories

Episodes (55)

Jun 2, 2025 Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team: Ep 3
May 26, 2025 Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team: Ep 2
May 19, 2025 Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team: Ep 1

Amazing Sport Stories

Jun 2, 2025
38 minutes
35 MB

The final showdown. The only thing which stands between Lithuania and an Olympic medal? The Unified Team – the team representing former Soviet countries and, for Lithuanians, their former occupiers. Will the Lithuanian basketball team be able to beat the Unified Team with the world watching? And can they triumph in tie-dye? The late NBA star and sports commentator Bill Walton presents this extraordinary true story which brings together basketball, the US rock band The Grateful Dead, and the fall of the Soviet Union. Bill passed away in 2024, not long after recording the series, and his fa...

Amazing Sport Stories

Bill Walton’s The Grateful Team: Ep 3

BBC World Service

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