In a wide ranging Zoom media session that covered everything from COVID-19 to Jeremiah Tilmon’s foul trouble, Missouri basketball coach Cuonzo Martin saved his best for last Friday, playing a portion of Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” when talking about the Civil Rights pioneer John Lewis.
“I’ll let you listen to a little background music since you guys are part of my second team,” Martin said during a 35-minute session with reporters. “This is my favorite artist of all time, Sam Cooke."
Martin said his team was scheduled to watch a video Friday afternoon about Lewis, one of the original Freedom Riders who for decades fought for Black voting rights.