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ABOUT
BILL BRADLEY
Bill Bradley is a two-time NBA champion, former U.S. Senator, and lifelong storyteller. Raised in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi River, he was an Olympic gold medalist and national College Player of the Year, and spent 10 years as a Hall-of-Fame forward for the New York Knicks, winning two NBA titles. He later served for 18 years in the United States Senate, representing the state of New Jersey; and in 2000 was a Democratic candidate for President of the United States. A graduate of Princeton and Oxford, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, he has written seven books on basketball, politics, culture, and economics, including Life on the Run, Time Present, Time Past, The New American Story, and Values of the Game – all New York Times bestsellers. He currently hosts American Voices, a weekly show on SiriusXM radio that highlights the remarkable stories of Americans both famous and unknown.
LATEST PROJECTS
From the lens of George Kalinsky
“EVERY MINUTE YOU'RE NOT PRACTICING, SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE IS."
WATCH
LISTEN
READ
GIVING BACK
BILL BRADLEY SITS ON THE BOARD OF SEVERAL NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS
SPEECHES
1983 NBA Hall of Fame Induction Speech
BASKETBALL
2000 Presidential Campaign Kick-Off
PRESIDENTIAL
2000 Democratic National Convention
PRESIDENTIAL
Race and Civil Rights in America
SOCIAL JUSTICE
On the Rodney King Verdict
SOCIAL JUSTICE
On Economic Security
ECONOMY
The Elwha River Celebration
TRIBAL NATIONS
Russia and America: The Next Phase