Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Mike Glenn
Mike Glenn
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| Other authors / contributors: | Glenn, Mike, 1955- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Stearns, Scott, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Scott Stearns.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Atlanta, Georgia 2006 October 9.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Basketball player and commissioner Michael Theodore "Stinger" Glenn was born on September 10, 1955 in Rome, Georgia growing up in Caves Spring, Georgia. He graduated from Southern Illinois University with honors with his B.S. degree in mathematics in 1977. Signed by the NBA's Buffalo Braves in 1977, Glenn later played for the New York Knicks in 1978. He was the Atlanta Hawks' all-time shooting accuracy leader, and played for the Milwaukee Bucks. During the 1991-1992 NBA season, Glenn served as sports analyst for ESPN, WGNX SportSouth, TNT and CNN. He was honored with the NBA Walter P. Kennedy Citizenship Award for his All-Star Basketball Camp for the Hearing Impaired. He also authored From My Library, Volumes 1 and 2 and Lessons in Success from the NBA's Top Players. In 2004, Glenn was appointed commissioner of the New World Basketball Association which sends players to the NBA and professional teams abroad.
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