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From WBEZ Chicago, it's this American Life.
I'm Emmanuel Joci, sitting in for Ira Glass.
When Leroy was a teenager, he had a really close group of friends.
There were five of them, and they hung out all the time.
It was a group of us called the Dude Crew.
The Dude Crew.
The Dude Crew.
Who came up with the name the Dude Crew?
I don't even know, man.
I remember at one of our proms, I think we all took a picture and was all of us in our little suits, all had our collars popped up and we were like, the Dude Crew.
The Dude Crew was big into sports, and at their high school, the varsity basketball team was the thing everyone wanted to be on.
Back in the 10th grade, Leroy and one other guy, one of his best friends in the Dude Crew, decided they were going to try out.
Even though Leroy had just started playing basketball only a couple of years earlier.
The tryout happened, and a few days later, while he was in class, the list of who made the team was finally posted.
Leroy looked frantically for his name.
Oh, I made it.
Yeah, yeah, I'm on the varsity.