Upstream Social #82 Yaron Weitzman, award-winning NBA writer at Fox Sports

Virtual Social Event

Friday, October 8, 2021 7:00 PM GMT

28 RSVPs · Unlimited Tickets

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Landon Ainge

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yaron weitzman

This is the 82nd Upstream Social. Our guest speaker is Yaron Weitzman, lead NBA writer at Fox Sports and author Author, Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports.

Yaron Weitzman is an award-winning NBA writer for Fox Sports and the author of "Tanking to the Top: The Philadelphia 76ers and the Most Audacious Process in the History of Professional Sports." His work has appeared in, among other places, The Ringer, Bleacher Report, Five Thirty Eight, SLAM, The New Yorker and GQ, and was recognized in 2020's "The Best American Sports Writing."

Fun Fact: During senior year at NYU Yaron was an intern at ESPN Radio and would often have to go down to Penn Station to find and buy Stephen A. Smith's daily bag of Cheez Doodles.