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Sport Shooting Olympian Gabby Franco was Venezuela's first Female Shooter to represent at the Olympics. Gabby Franco was also History Channel's To...
- Added: Feb 25, 2021
- Length: 28:09
- Purchases: 2
Memorabilia is about a grown man reconnecting with rituals and memories from his childhood. It's about some good old sports collectibles. And my an...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 01, 2019
- Length: 07:19
- Purchases: 1
John Torres Jr. talks to his friend, Abraham Guzman, about his dad’s career as a wrestler, and his legacy in and outside of the ring.
- Added: Oct 11, 2018
- Length: 02:28
- Purchases: 2
After breaking his back, doctors told Gary Havener he would never walk again. So…he decided to run.
Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KUER, and KRZA
- Added: May 12, 2017
- Length: 16:09
- Purchases: 3
Like a lot of high school juniors, Ricky Rijos, Jr. of Flower Mound High is facing uncertainty. Ricky had dreams of playing basketball after high s...
- Added: Jun 07, 2016
- Length: 05:02
Most of us know the Kentucky Derby from the front side of the track: the fancy Derby hats, the mint juleps, the thrill of the race. But there’s a w...
- Added: Apr 23, 2015
- Length: 24:10
- Purchases: 4
One Sunday afternoon in August 1965, on a day when baseball’s most storied rivals, the Giants and Dodgers, vied for the pennant, the national pasti...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 21, 2015
- Length: 21:01
- Purchases: 1
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
Series: Stories from Deep in the Vault: 2011 Travis High Edition
In this short piece, Miguel reminisces about watching the 2010 soccer world cup on a day that his mom was off from work-something that doesn't happ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 02:21
Fresh grass. Freedom. Success. That was the sensation Edward Munoz experienced every time he walked onto a soccer field. But in school, he felt lik...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Sep 25, 2014
- Length: 07:35
- Purchases: 1
Nicaraguan author Sergio Ramirez has written a poignant and bittersweet baseball story with sporting, political and historical allusions- and the a...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Sep 17, 2014
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 1
The great nation of Brazil’s ignominious 7-1 defeat by Germany at the World Cup semi-finals in July of 2014 in front of their home crowd was a thun...
- Added: Aug 11, 2014
- Length: 02:33
Cuba has a great baseball tradition going back 150 years - Luque, Dihigo, Minoso, Perez, El Duque, Canseco and many current stars hail from the sto...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Jul 18, 2014
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 1
Four very different Crises appear at four very different scales in this episode, affecting a person, a species, a city, and a human body.
Bought by WMUU-LP and CHSR-FM 97.9
- Added: Jun 25, 2014
- Length: 58:24
- Purchases: 2
The fabulous Alou brothers Felipe, Matty and Jesus had more hits that any other brother trio in baseball history (over 5000) and all played in the...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: May 06, 2014
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 1
Red Sox Hall of Famer, Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter in the history of baseball hid his Mexican ancestry for years and was was the fir...
Bought by KSLU and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
- Added: Apr 12, 2014
- Length: 02:34
- Purchases: 2
Wily Argentinian is the first Hispanic to fight for the heavyweight championship and becomes the centerpiece of America's most famous sports painti...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Mar 12, 2014
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
Nicaragua's Alexis Arguello's was one of boxing's great and beloved warriors of the 1970's and 1980's. A champion in the featherweight, jr. lightw...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
Charles Hodgkins and I are walking with several other burrito-eaters through the Mission District. He’s clearly the boss, though. It’s not just the...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 05:03
The first Latino elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame and only the 11th player in baseball history to amass 3000 hits in his career, Roberto Clemente...
Bought by KSLU
- Added: Nov 14, 2013
- Length: 02:35
- Purchases: 1
For its 3 million inhabitants, Uruguay really punches above its weight in footballing terms. How does it achieve such success in international socc...
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 05:37
Frank Barela and Frank Maestas talk to their grandson C.J. Maestas about his gymnastics career.
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Aug 03, 2012
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 1
One year ago, Ben and I wrote a song about Vladimir Guerrero, trumpeting what I viewed to be his inevitable destiny as Savior of the Baltimore Orio...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 13:01
Wild Card Wednesday is here, complete with a snappy sound effect indicating its arrival. Tune in for a song about skeletons fighting aliens, twenty...
- Added: Feb 16, 2012
- Length: 20:07
- Added: Dec 03, 2011
- Length: 10:44
- Purchases: 1
Producer Daniel Meisel on power lifting, being strong, and rapping the truth.
- Added: Nov 11, 2011
- Length: 20:17
