On this episode of the Bear Grease Podcast, we’ll be crossing the streams of sports, rural life, and hunting as we learn about the 1960’s championship Bradleyville Eagles basketball dynasty in Missouri. We’ll talk with author, Leon Combs who wrote the book on them and we’ll meet one of the players – Leon Boyd – the teams ball handling point guard and coonhunter extraordinaire who still hunts and loves basketball to this day. In a world of increasing specialization, we’ll explore if the idea of having diversity can make us better at everything we do – like being a coonhunting basketball player… but it’s a toss up. The drama of this sports story will have you on the edge of the bleacher as you hear the actual broadcast of their 1968 state championship game and we’ll go on a hunt with Leon Boyd. I doubt you’re going to want to miss this one…
Connect with Clay and MeatEater
Clay on Instagram
MeatEater on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube
Shop Bear Grease Merch
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ep. 69: Bear Grease [Render] - Possum Tattoos, The Bargain Barn, and Holt Collier
Ep. 68: Holt Collier - Slave, Confederate Soldier, and Bear Hunter, Part 1
Ep. 67: Bear Grease [Render] - Tavin, Tik Tok, and Turkey Salmon
Ep 65: Bear Grease [Render] - Whitetail Antlers, Underground dogs, and Bucking Mules
Ep. 64: Gas Station Taxidermy Roadshow
Ep. 63: Bear Grease [Render] - The Bear Grease Hall of Fame and Streaks of Luck
Ep. 62: The Unusual Whitetail Streak of Ora Lee Provence
Ep. 61: Bear Grease [Render] - Near Death on a Tractor, Black Panthers, and the Brutality of the Middle Ground
Ep. 60: The Deathwind - Lewis Wetzel
Ep. 59: Bear Grease [Render] - The Game Warden’s Here
Ep. 58: Poaching - Our Relationship with the Law
Ep. 57: Bear Grease [Render] - Outlaws and Undercover Stings
Ep. 56: Genuine Outlaws - Covert Operations, Part 3
Ep. 55: Bear Grease [Render] - Predator Calling Grizzlies and Crackling Fat
Ep. 54: Genuine Outlaws - Rough Men, Part 2
Ep. 53: Bear Grease [Render] - Waylon Wins, Flipping Four-wheelers, and Outlaw Debrief
Ep. 52: Genuine Outlaws - Louie Dale and Charley Edwards, Part 1
Ep. 51: Bear Grease [Render] - Mustaches, Bear Collars, and Wild Turkey Biologist, Jeremy Wood
Ep. 50: Turkey Tales
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Elk Talk
Cal’s Week in Review
The MeatEater Podcast
Stuff You Should Know
Stuff They Don’t Want You To Know