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Olympic Basketball & The Grateful Dead

Olympic Basketball & The Grateful Dead

Tie-dyes and the birth of a new nation

Aug 06, 2022
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Bronze winners at the 1992 Olympics, the Lithuanian basketball team accept their medals wearing Grateful Dead tie-dyes.

Thirty years ago, the iconic Grateful Dead music band helped sponsor Lithuania’s national basketball team, a talented but financially strapped squad that went on to win bronze at the Barcelona Olympics.

Their story was a magical tale of…

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