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Stephen Crane - Sport and War
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Author Stephen Crane uses images and descriptions from sport to describe a war he never experienced in his classic novel about the American Civil ...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
King Kelly
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Baseball star in the late 1800's sets the standard for sport celebrity pop culture in the subsequent 20th and 21st centuries. To hear the show, c...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
Wat Misaka
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Japanese-American shows uncommon courage on and off the basketball court during WWII.

Bought by KSLU and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 2
Babe Ruth's Personal Trainer
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Fast-talking, peripatetic Artie McGovern, the "trainer to the stars," remakes the "Sultan of Swat."

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Warrior Dash to Benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On June 30th and July 1st in Hastings Minnesota, The Warrior Dash will be taking place. It's a 5K obstacle course that has participants jumping ove...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Jun 21, 2012
  • Length: 09:26
  • Purchases: 1
Bicycle 411 with Brad and Jim!
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Brad Walker and Jim Trouten from local Winona shop Adventure Cycle and Ski stop by to tell us about bike safety tips, maintenance, and more! Find o...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2012
  • Length: 16:37
This Weekend In Sports History
From: WILLIAM CORKERY
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This 2 minute feature includes fun, sports facts that happened this weekend in history. It's more of a "wow, I didn't know that" trivia compilatio...

  • Added: May 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:00
Run For Your Lives Zombie 5K Obstacle Course!
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this episode Don't Cha know were going to be visiting with a person whose going to tell us about a bloody, gory, good time that's about to infec...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 1
A New Era Awaits for Miami RedHawk Basketball
From: Joe stampson
Caption: Millett Hall, home of the Miami RedHawks basketball team
The Miami University men's basketball team has gone through a near-complete overhaul of its coaching staff this off-season.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2012
  • Length: 02:56
Miami University Co-Recreational Sports
From: Joe stampson
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Discusses players' attitudes towards the rule differences for intramural co-recreational sports.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2012
  • Length: 02:47
The New Development Academy Schedule: Boon or Bust?
From: Matt Kauffman
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A new schedule for the nation's most competitive youth soccer league requires its male players to miss out on the high school soccer season. The US...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:58
Bike riding 101: Adventures in urban cycling
From: KALW
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In California, once your feet leave the ground and hit the pedals of your bike, you’re under the same rules of the road as cars and trucks. But, th...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2012
  • Length: 14:12
Culturology: The Mail Run Sled Dog Race
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Centerstage Minnesota
Caption: Gunflint Mail Run
When the John Beargrease sled dog marathon was cancelled, racers banded together to offer an alternate course. The Mail Run race, only a couple wee...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2012
  • Length: 08:50
Billie Jean King
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Billie Jean King Winner of 39 Grand Slam Tennis Titles and the “Battle of the Sexes” revolutionizes sport in America.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
Distillations Episode 139: The Brain on Sports
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Symptoms of extreme fandom can sometimes include the wearing of funny hats., Credit: Flickr user seantoyer.
On this episode of Distillations we look at the science of sports. First, we learn how athletes go the distance, chemically speaking. Then we look ...

Bought by KPVL, WTJU, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 11:37
  • Purchases: 3
Student Athletes Deserve Pay For Their Play
From: Dick Meister
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So-called student athletes should be paid for their work in bringing billions of dollars to the nation's colleges and universities.

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Jan 04, 2012
  • Length: 03:49
  • Purchases: 1
Esera Tuaolo "America's Favorite Sport: Alone in the Trenches-My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL"
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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Back on Oct 11th, Esera Tuaolo presented his talk "America's Favorite Sport: Alone in the Trenches-My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL" at Winona State...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 48:20
  • Purchases: 1
Dynamic Ticketing
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Dynamic ticketing, where the price of admission fluctuates, is now gaining popularity among professional sports teams. They’re following the lead o...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ups and Downs of Dynamic Ticketing
From: With Good Reason
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More and more teams like the San Francisco Giants are using dynamic ticket pricing for games, whereby the prices of tickets are determined by the d...

Bought by KMXT and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
War Games among the Tipas Porteñas
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Ponys and their men
From old games to old soldiers war remains in our minds

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Dec 03, 2011
  • Length: 10:44
  • Purchases: 1
Storytellers of Sports
From: GW Global Media Institute
Caption: Marvin Kalb and Ira Berkow
This week on This Just In! - two different game-changers in the world of sports. First, Marvin Kalb interviews sportswriter Ira Berkow on the Jewi...

Bought by KZYX, KPOV, Radio Catskill, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 5
How To Throw A Boomerang
From: Vermont Public
Series: Cool How-Tos
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Today's lesson concerns something we've all probably tried, but few of us have mastered: how to throw a boomerang (and have it return).

  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 02:46
How To Ride A Unicycle
From: Vermont Public
Series: Cool How-Tos
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We learn how to to ride a unicycle with Bill Merrylees, who first decided to learn in eighth grade and never looked back.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 19, 2011
  • Length: 03:07
  • Purchases: 1
Marshall Urlich - Running on Empty
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this edition of Culture Clique, 57 year old extreme endurance athlete Marshall Urlich talks about his transcontinental run and all the feats lea...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 27, 2011
  • Length: 48:20
  • Purchases: 1
Hazing
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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An expert on hazing is looking at ways to prevent this dangerous initiation ritual from happening on campus. Kelley Libby reports.

Bought by KENW and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2011
  • Length: 02:31
  • Purchases: 2

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