. >> people of the book, hello and welcome to the 2021 ghaith effortburg become five. i i'm your host for the program. before we get started a quick plug to support tonight's author by purchasing his book, not just from anywhere but from our wonderful book seller partners at politics and prose. we have links to the book the description and i'll note that given all we have been through over the past year, it is so important to support local jobs and the local economy. we'll have more on that later. i also want to stepped a big thank you to our 2021 featured sponsor, the david and michael blair family foundation for their generous support. now let's get start. tonight we have a treat for sports fans and particularly basketball fans like myself. ben golliver, the national nba writerrer for the "washington post" taking about his new book, bubbleball, inside the nba's find to save a season. when the pandemic hit and we went into lockdown there was a moment when all the major teamsports hit the pause button and unclear when they would be back. four months later the nba tried

. >> people of the book, hello and welcome to the 2021 ghaith effortburg become five. i i'm your host for the program. before we get started a quick plug to support tonight's author by purchasing his book, not just from anywhere but from our wonderful book seller partners at politics and prose. we have links to the book the description and i'll note that given all we have been through over the past year, it is so important to support local jobs and the local economy. we'll have more on that later. i also want to stepped a big thank you to