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Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA by Theresa Runstedtler

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Xenia Willacey (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA at common listening paces
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30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA is an audiobook by Theresa Runstedtler: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Xenia Willacey, released March 7, 2023, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Xenia Willacey
Released
March 7, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, The Americas
ISBN
9781549158483

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA audiobook?

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA audiobook free?

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Who narrates Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA?

Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA is narrated by Xenia Willacey.

Is Black Ball: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation that Saved the Soul of the NBA worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.