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Podcast: Hoop Heads
Episode: Kent Washington - Author of "Kentomania" & The First American to Play Professional Basketball Behind the Iron Curtain - Episode 931
Description: Kent Washington made history by becoming the first American to play professional basketball behind the Iron Curtain. In his memoir, Kentomania, he recounts his journey from grade school, when he was known as Peanut, to become the first Black American to play professionally in the top league in Poland.Kent began to tap into his talent as a basketball player in junior and senior high school in New Rochelle, New York. His obsessive work ethic started to pay dividends as he elevated his game and became a college player at Southampton College in Long Island. During a...