{"podcast":{"title":"NBA History Story Tellers on CLNS","slug":"nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520","podcast_index_feed_id":6383520,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/nba-history","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/@NBAHistoryCLNS","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3e3048d2-e68c-11ed-b851-0fa562f394d8/image/813192d17c6ae67950d58f7865f7ff8b.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Nick Gelso, North Station Media","episode_count":149,"summary":"CLNS Media has become a home for sports history enthusiasts & retired athletes, especially NBA players. With CLNS new VOD initiative, the content team have taken this opportunity to launch several new VOD channels throughout the OTT universe. Now a hosting platform for former NBA MVPs, FINALs MVPs, DPOY award recipients, scoring champs and league title holders, a new, exclusive home for this content in the VOD sphere was in order. Welcome to the NBA Legends’ Vintage Vault Pods, vidcasts & unique, rarely seen footage. Here, you will find new content from the likes of: Cedric Maxwell - 2x champ, 1981 Finals MVP Michael “Coop” Cooper- 5x champ, 1987 DPOY Tony Allen - Defensive Juggernaut & 2008 World Champion Jameer Nelson - Longtime Orlando Magic PG Bob McAdoo - 3x Champ NBA MVP, League Scoring Champ Bob Ryan - Basketball HOF Journalist, Boston Globe Frequent appearances from: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar James Worthy Kendrick Perkins Mike Gorman Doc Rivers Dominique Wilkins Sean David","last_synced_at":"2026-09-28T04:20:45.001660+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520"},"episode":{"title":"Kareem in a Rocking Chair. Larry Bird Made ONE Phone Call. Bill Russell Just Disappeared. — Bob Ryan","slug":"kareem-in-a-rocking-chair-larry-bird-made-one-phone-call-bill-russell-just-disappeared-bob-ryan","published_at":"2026-07-25T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/kareem-in-a-rocking-chair-larry-bird-made-one-phone-call-bill-russell-just-disappeared-bob-ryan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSM9033491859.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/NSM9033491859.mp3","summary":"Nobody retires the same way. Bill Russell walked away in secret — no announcement, no ceremony, gone. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got a season-long farewell tour with a rocking chair waiting in every arena. Larry Bird picked up the phone at 8:45 in the morning and told one writer. And Bob Ryan was there for all of it. In this episode, Bob remembers how the greatest players in NBA history said goodbye — the exits that matched the men: Russell’s silence, Kareem’s long goodbye, Bird’s phone call, Wilt, Dr. J’s send-off, and Jordan leaving three different times. Which legend got the exit right? That’s the debate. NBA History and Storytellers on CLNS Media is Powered by: 💰 Prize Picks - Sign up at http://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS & Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $150 instantly in lineups when you win your first $5 lineup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Nobody retires the same way. Bill Russell walked away in secret — no announcement, no ceremony, gone. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar got a season-long farewell tour…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":986,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/episodes/kareem-in-a-rocking-chair-larry-bird-made-one-phone-call-bill-russell-just-disappeared-bob-ryan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nba-history-story-tellers-on-clns-6383520/kareem-in-a-rocking-chair-larry-bird-made-one-phone-call-bill-russell-just-disappeared-bob-ryan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}