Former Knicks World Champion and college star Dick Barnett is an inspiring trailblazer

By Doug Doyle

Published December 7, 2023 at 7:21 AM EST

Ways To Subscribe

New York Knicks and Tennessee A & I legend Dick Barnett

On this episode of AOS, former New York Knicks World Champion Dick Barnett talks about his long quest to get his all-black college Tennessee A & I (now known as Tennessee State) team into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.

Barnett's journey is chronicled in the documentary The Dream Whisperer.

Tennesse A & I championship basketball team led by Dick Barnett (#35)

Barnett joined WBGO's Doug Doyle to talk about why his college team deserved Hall of Fame recognition and his championship days with the New York Knicks.

Dick Barnett joined SportsJam with Doug Doyle to talk about the documentary The Dream Whisperer — Dick Barnett joined *SportsJam with Doug Doyle* to talk about the documentary *The Dream Whisperer*

Tags

Doug Doyle

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

See stories by Doug Doyle