HOOP HISTORIANS
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Hoop Historians in the Media
 

Over the past few years during the Hoop Historians travels, the media has taken note of this elite group.  During the 2002 Final Four in Atlanta, the Journal-Constitution newspaper interviewed several Hoop Historians and the below article ran in the April 2, 2002 edition of the paper.  The Historians again were featured in 2008, with a front page spread in the sports section of the Daily Herald Newspaper out of suburban Chicago.  The article ran on Saturday of the Final Four games -- April 5, 2008.  One year later, in 2009, the Hoopsters were spotted walking on the streets of Detroit and were interviewed by WXYZ-TV.  The Action News piece became the lead story of the 11:00 p.m. newscast on Thursday night of Final Four Week -- April 5, 2009.    In 2015, a pair of Hoop Historians were interviewed about their past Final Four experiences: Brian Burmeister was interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel for a piece that ran on March 27, 2015 and Dennis Mishko was interviewed for an April 5, 2015 segment on the Scranton Tribune-Times media group.  During the 2016 Final Four weekend, the Houston Chronicle interviewed Hoop Historian Bren Petar and his wife Kitty on the streets of Houston.  During the 2017 ACC Tournament, Hoop Historian Joe Klebon was video interviewed by the ACC Digital Network. In 2019, Al Benninger Field was dedicated in Louisville.  WHAS-TV covered the event and interviewed Hoop Historian Al Benninger.  UCLA Director of Basketball Administration Doug Erickson was featured in a 2020 LA Times article.  And author and Hoop Historian Rick Schabowski was interviewed outside the arena for the 2021 NBA Finals.
 

Click Here to go to the 
2008 Hoop Historians Article 
from the Daily Herald

 
 
Click Here to go to the 2009
Hoop Historians Television 
Interview on the streets of Detroit

Click Here to go to the
2015 Orlando Sentinel Article
featuring Brian Burmeister
 

Click Here to go to the video of the
2019 dedication of Al Benninger Field
 

Click here to go to the
2020 LA Times story on
Doug Erickson

Click Here to go to the video of the
Rick Schabowski interview
at the 2021 NBA Finals

Click Here to go to the video of the
Jim Harrick piece on his story
of Coaches vs. Cancer