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Playing Pickleball, Raising Money for the Library
From: Barb Seaman
Caption: Michelle Annet - avid pickleball player and librarian at Cascade Middle School
Michelle Annett loves being a librarian, but she also loves pickleball. She decided to combine the two into a fundraiser- she opens up the gym thr...

  • Added: May 15, 2017
  • Length: 05:29
Unified Sports: Developmentally Disabled Kids are the Winners
From: Barb Seaman
Caption: Coach Dani Allen
Developmentally disabled kids play right along with their typically developing peers on this new basketball team, started by their former Special E...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 04:39
For the Love of the (Video) Game
From: Jack D'Isidoro
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An underground--literally--DIY video game tournament in New York City's Chinatown.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WABE


  • Added: Mar 25, 2015
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
The first surfers to brave San Francisco’s Ocean Beach
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Boards rest against the seawall at Ocean Beach, Credit: Angela Johnston
In his backyard in San Francisco’s Outer Richmond neighborhood, Arne Jin An Wong coats a pink and white striped, eight-foot-long surfboard. This bo...

Bought by WXDU


  • Added: May 17, 2014
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Egyptian Roller Derby Players
From: Angus Mackay
Caption: PRX default Piece image
No-Fear-Teti of Egypt's Cairollers discusses Women's Roller Derby in post-revolutionary Egypt.

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 41:06
Horse Companions
From: Andrew Bales
Series: Into It
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When horses need social time they turn to everything from farm animals to spider monkeys.

Bought by KGUA and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 2
"We're All Giants": the story of the SF Giants’ 2010 World Series victory
From: KALW
Caption: Civic Center in orange lights for World Series, Credit: Martina Castro
This is the story of the underdog team that was always pushing the envelope when it came to fashion, to nicknames and to hairstyles … on their face...

Bought by North State Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
  • Purchases: 1
Spontaneous Hooplas
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Tracy Tingley is a hula hooper in Portland, Maine. She found hooping just before leaving her job as a financial advisor.

Bought by PRX Remix, KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 4
Life in Hockey
From: Jonathan Otte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
My friend Phil Theilen brings you through his life of playing hockey.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2009
  • Length: 09:13
Landing a Play by Play Job
From: Joe Clemence
Caption: Target Feild, Credit: http://www.ballparkauthority.com/vertical/Sites/%7BE8AA7B26-2CE3-4538-96DC-DAA228E3A289%7D/uploads/%7BA874DD7D-E681-4F4C-A6F0-70357F192FB8%7D.JPG
The answers to what it takes to grab a great job in the sports world.

  • Added: Oct 07, 2009
  • Length: 04:54
Easy Does It
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Welcome Good Time Lanes. Grab a ball, some shoes, and some friends. Let's bowl!

  • Added: Jan 12, 2006
  • Length: 06:26
Pay to Play
From: Charles Lane
Caption: PRX default Piece image
An investigation into the different women's professional football leagues.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WJAB, WEKU, and WSCS-FM


  • Added: Mar 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 4