#2 - The Magnificent 7
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It’s time to meet some of the main characters in the best March Madness story you didn’t know.
Behold “The Magnificent 7” recruiting class – a group incoming freshman who would change the Coast Guard Academy men’s basketball program forever.
We talk to Al Sowers, Jeff Prebeck, Grant Johnson, Craig Johnson, Steve Blum, Donatas Siaudinis and Zach Robertson about how their basketball origin stories – and how they all came to be cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy. They came from different backgrounds but were united by their competitiveness and their basketball success.
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A Lasting Legacy is a multi-part audio documentary that remembers the amazing and improbable runs of the 2006-07 and 2007-08 Coast Guard Academy men’s basketball team.
It’s based on 40 interviews with former players, coaches, rivals, and others.
The podcast is written, hosted, edited, and produced by Mark Simon.
Please send any thoughts/feedback to Mark at coastguardbears@gmail.com – don’t forget to rate and review the podcast too.
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