Bonus Episode from La Brega: Basketball Warriors

About this episode

<p><span>Despite being a U.S. colony, Puerto Rico competes in sports as its own country on the world stage. Since the 70s, Puerto Rico’s national basketball team has been a pride of the island, taking home trophy after trophy. But in the 2004 at the Athens Olympics, the team was up against the odds, with an opening game against a U.S. Dream Team stacked with players like Lebron James and Allen Iverson. T</span>his episode of La Brega, f<span>rom </span>Futuro Media and WNYC Studios,<span> </span><span>tells the story of a basketball game that Puerto Ricans will never forget, and why he thinks now, more than ever, is a crucial moment to remember it. </span></p> <p><em>The documentary "Nuyorican Basquet"<span> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nuyorican-B%C3%A1squet-Raymond-Dalmau/dp/B08B1K5ZG8">is here</a>.</em></p> <p><em>If you want to see the famous photo of Carlos Arroyo,<span> </span><a href="https://www.elnuevodia.com/deportes/baloncesto/notas/una-foto-que-le-dio-la-vuelta-al-mundo/">click here</a>.  </em></p> <p><em>To read more about sovereignty and sports, we recommend<span> </span><a href="https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9780803278813/">The Sovereign Colony: Olympic Sport, National Identity, and International Politics in Puerto Rico</a>, by Antonio Sotomayor. </em></p> <p><em>CORRECTION: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified Hiram Martinez’s workplace in 2004 as El Nuevo Dia. It was El Vocero. The story has been updated.</em></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>