100 Objects #14: Basketball Sleeve

Producer and reporter Ramtin Arablouei (co-creator of the NPR show, Throughline ) has a simple question: why are so many NBA players wearing a compression sleeve on their arm? It seems like everyone has one. Do they all have elbow issues? The answer is really the story of Allen Iverson, an underdog player who went from a prison cell to international fame in just a few years. And through the story…