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Memory Lane with Cory Giger: Colonials' Lucky Jones on NIT upset of Kentucky, fleeing Ukraine before war

Memory Lane with Cory Giger: Colonials' Lucky Jones on NIT upset of Kentucky, fleeing Ukraine before war

FromDK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!


Memory Lane with Cory Giger: Colonials' Lucky Jones on NIT upset of Kentucky, fleeing Ukraine before war

FromDK Pittsburgh Sports: Daily podcasts on Steelers, Penguins, Pirates!

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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Feb 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In this episode, Cory Giger welcomes former Robert Morris basketball player Lucky Jones. The Colonials pulled off a stunning upset of Kentucky in the NIT in 2013, and Jones was a big part of it. He discusses that historic victory and what it has meant to the Robert Morris program 10 years later. Jones was playing professional basketball in Ukraine when Russia invaded the country in 2022. He discusses the harrowing moments he faced trying to get out of Ukraine and back to his family in the United States.
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Released:
Feb 18, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic, a lifelong veteran of the Pittsburgh sports scene, delivers three 'Daily Shot' shows every weekday morning, one each covering the Steelers, Penguins and Pirates! Plus much more from Ramon Foster, Dale Lolley, Matt Williamson, the entire DK Pittsburgh Sports staff, plus the city's premier independent voices!