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This week starts our series of conversations with Valrice “Whop” Cooper, the legendary cornerman who learned his craft training prisoners in the Lo...
- Added: Mar 12, 2020
- Length: 29:00
Laine Kaplan-Levenson returns with a new story about an indigenous sport that became popular before the Civil War.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 10:19
In this episode, Laine Kaplan-Levenson discusses the first integrated high school sports contest in Louisiana between St. Aug and Jesuit--and talks...
Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY
- Added: Mar 08, 2016
- Length: 11:26
- Purchases: 1
America’s first African-American heavyweight boxing
champion Jack Johnson challenges auto-racing champ
Barney Oldfield... on the racetrack in pre-W...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 02:43
- Purchases: 1
Two undefeated heavyweight boxing
champions capture the imagination of a polarized
America on March 8, 1971.
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Jan 27, 2012
- Length: 02:46
- Purchases: 1
Memorialized in a Bob Dylan song and an Academy Award nominated Denzel Washington film, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was a successful prize fighter, wh...
Bought by WEZU, WOUB, NPR Illinois, RadioFreePalmer, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more
- Added: Dec 28, 2011
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 28
A profile of a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa
- Added: Apr 03, 2008
- Length: 18:30
The story of a boy and his hero, baseball home run champion Hank Aaron, and an exploration of the hatred Aaron endured in chasing a white man's rec...
Bought by WXDU, KFAI Minneapolis, KISU, Connecticut Public (WNPR), PRX Remix and more
- Added: Apr 13, 2007
- Length: 16:54
- Purchases: 8
From: Deborah Van Fleet
Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...
- Added: Feb 14, 2007
- Length: 04:31
- Purchases: 2
From: N Lorde
A personal insight into the life of former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - his life after the blockbuster hit movie.
- Added: Jan 08, 2006
- Length: 14:07
- Purchases: 5