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Ep. 14 - A homegrown national sportswriter on the team's final days in the Town

Ben Trefny
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KALW
Marcus Thompson

Marcus Thompson writes about basketball for the national outlet The Athletic. In recent years he wrote biographies of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant. But before all that, Marcus grew up a Warriors’ fan in Oakland’s Sobrante Park.

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BOUNCE: The Warriors' Last Season in Oakland
Ben joined KALW in 2004. As Executive News Editor and then News Director, he helped the news department win numerous regional and national awards for long- and short-form journalism. He also helped teach hundreds of audio producers, many of whom work with him at KALW, today.