Amazing Sport Stories

BBC World Service

Sport but not as you know it. Forget the champions. This is about underdogs, myths, drama. Global stories you’ll wish you’d known about and now probably won’t forget. There are other podcasts about gold medals and millionaire superstars. This is about courage, rule breakers and the unexpected. Tales from around the world, all told in mini-seasons and one-off episodes. #AmazingSportStories

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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

00:00 -37:43