Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day

Series produced by Richard Stull

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Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day

Doc Stull‘s Sports Today and in the Day is a series of seventy 2 1/2 minute radio shows that have run consecutively since Sept, 2010 on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, Eureka, CA.

The show features dramatic and inspirational stories about sport and sport personalities in American history and popular culture as well as ancient sport. 22 sports are represented as well as pieces on sport in art, cinema, music and literature.

Also included are selected book, documentary and movie reviews and original stories and reflections. Upbeat, highly entertaining, provocative and informative, each segment is written and narrated by Doc Stull and features original music compositions by jazz composer/performer Tim Randles.


Additional Files

78 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Unseen Eyes
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Amazing Grace on the Gridiron played out in a young man's run to daylight. To hear the show, click on the INTRO and 2 MIN links below. It takes 4 ...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2012
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
Phidippedes Marathon
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The origins and legends behind the event we all call the "Marathon"

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  • Added: Sep 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
Norman Rockwell
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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American artist Norman Rockwell paints nostalgia as we would like to have remembered it in pre-WWII sport art. And, an original poem by Doc to hon...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Three Finger Brown
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Turn-of-the-century 20th century Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown puts jazz on the ball in one of baseball's and Cubs' most...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Eugen Sandow
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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You, too, can have the body of a god: the turn-of-the-century common man steps out of Greek antiquity onto the stage of the new American century.

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Major Taylor
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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America's forgotten first African-American World Champion cycles his way to international fame at the turn of the 20th century. To listen to the p...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
5th Century BC Discus Thrower
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Myron's 5th century BC discus thrower statue depicts motion in stillness and stillness in motion perfection. To hear the show, click on the 30 sec...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
The Soft American
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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President John Kennedy challenges America to revive the spirit of the ancient Greek athletes in an article written for Sports Illustrated on Decemb...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Bull-fighting
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Dramatic, bloody, controversial and part of Spain's and humanity's history of bloodsport.

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1
Is Chess Sport? Fischer vs. Spaasky for the Cold War Heavyweight Championship
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The international chess match of the century that filled up the sports bars and captivated the world in the sizzling summer of '72 - Fischer vs. S...

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  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Future Sport
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The science fiction writer's had it right. And so did the the ancient Greeks when they wrote about "hubris."

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  • Added: Sep 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Ancient Greek Athletics
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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...the more things change...Ancient Greek Athletes were rock stars and "free agents" - akin to athletes today in more ways than we realize.

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:32
  • Purchases: 1
The 1968 World Series Version 2 Times are Changing
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The 1968 World Series featured two of the finest pitchers of the day, The St. Louis Cardinal's Bob Gibson (1.12 ERA) and Detroit Tiger's Denny McLa...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
1968 World Series version 1
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The Cardinals and Tigers play in a memorable World Series after a summer of political change and upheaval. The two greatest pitchers of the year ...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 2
Bobby Jones - Golfer Extraordinaire
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Bobby Jones was one of the greatest golfers of the 20th century. A Jazz Age phenom in the era of the Golden Age of American Sports- he played onl...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
Roberto Duran: The Saga of the Hands of Stone
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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One of the greatest fighters in history - pound for pound, Panamanian Roberto Duran rivaled Sugar Ray Robinson as one of the finest puncher-boxer ...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Zidane: French Football Sensation
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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One of the true superstars in the world sport of soccer, Zinedine Zidane's technical artistry carried France to its first World Cup in 1998; and al...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Muhammad Ali - Personal Reflection
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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As a freshman at UC San Diego I attended the Muhammad Ali-Kenny Norton heavyweight fight on Mach 30, 1973 at the San Diego Sports Arena. A small ...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Jack London Got Game
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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American turn-of-the-20th century author Jack London was one of the founders of serious American sport fiction. Stemming from his own love of spor...

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  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
One-Handed Jack
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Art imitates life in one of the Olympic Games' most astonishing and improbable stories - a seemingly impossible psychological and physical challe...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • Purchases: 1

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