Jackie MacMullan to analyze NBA legends in new podcast on The Ringer

Jackie MacMullan's new podcast, "Icons Club," on The Ringer Podcast Network is an eight-episode miniseries written and hosted by the former longtime ESPN personality that "tracks the evolution of the NBA through its greatest players in their own words," according to Chad Finn of the BOSTON GLOBE. The first episode of the free podcast debuts on Friday and "will focus on the rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain and the emergence of other superstars" in the early '60s, including Oscar Robertson. Following the release of Episode 1, new episodes "will be available twice per week on Tuesdays and Fridays through Tuesday, April 12." Interviewees for the podcast include Michael Jordan, Julius Erving, Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant, Isiah Thomas, Hakeem Olajuwon, Dwyane Wade and other NBAers. Topics include the "legends' relationships with each other, their places in the history of the game, and how superstardom has changed through the generations" (BOSTON GLOBE, 3/16).