With March Madness kicking off later today, let’s throw it back to a collision between the worlds of basketball and running — the infamous race between the NBA on TNT studio hosts. Basketball is on our minds.

With Allyson Felix and Sanya Richards-Ross on hand, four men took to the starting line — a who’s who of basketball and broadcasting royalty — Shaquille O’Neal, Charles Barkley, Kenny “The Jet” Smith, Chris Webber,and Ernie Johnson.

“They say the race is not for the swift, but for the one who endures,” Richards-Ross advised the competitors. “So just finish the race, gentlemen.”

The race had it all — an alleged false start, a photo finish, and a champion’s manta that will be repeated for generations to come: “Run through the tape in life.”

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