Listen In With KNN Ft. Special Guest USF Basketball Legend Pennington "Penn" Greene
See this special episode of "Listen In With KNN" sports talk radio show/podcast presented by FOX Sports Radio, award-winning broadcast host Kelsey Nicole Nelson welcomes in Pennington "Penny" Greene, a native Washingtonian and University of South Florida basketball legend who had a prominent role in the KD documentary, "Basketball County: In The Water." He is also the Founder and CEO of Basketball Institute, Inc.
This six-part PBS series on WETA and WETA Metro tells the full and fascinating story of the game's transformative historic,social, racial, cultural, and athletic impacts on the city, the nation, and the world through the stories of the people who lived it. Trough more than 100 hours of in-depth interviews wih such stars as NBA Hall-of-Famer-turned-Detroit Mayor Dave Bing; Earl Lloyd, the prep star who became the first African-American to play in the National Basketball Association; coaching legend Morgan Wootten; and Ted Leonsis, The Monumental Sports CEO and Washington Wizards owner.
* No area has produced more top draft choices or NBA players per capita.
* Some of the game's primary referees, conference founders, coaches, and announcers are Washington-area natives.
Executive Producer Pennington Greene has personally lived the D.C Basketball life: He was an All-Met and All-County Basketball player and college standout, and founded the DC Basketball Institute.
