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This week on Art Beat, we visit with Dylan Overhouse, the director of Downhill Skateboarding which was part of the 2016 Frozen River Film Festival ...
- Added: Aug 08, 2017
- Length: 09:33
It's official! The Golden State Warriors are the 2017 NBA Champions! Life of the Law honors the team and each of the players with this special epis...
- Added: Jun 16, 2017
- Length: 19:38
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
Most people think of Pikes Peak as a tourist destination – the Fourteener with a highway and a donut shop on top. But for many local mountaineers, ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2016
- Length: 01:01:02
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
Milt Lee talks with Bill Schweider, fisherman for life, conservationist, and former teacher.
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio
- Added: Jan 19, 2016
- Length: 08:02
- Purchases: 1
Martin Redlicki is a 6'6 collegiate tennis star who is on the verge of going professional. What has he had to sacrifice along the way for the slim ...
- Added: Oct 05, 2015
- Length: 05:33
Being a soccer mom is harder than it looks.
- Added: Jul 05, 2015
- Length: 24:26
- Purchases: 2
Steffi’s passion, dedication, and strength contributed to achieving her goal of playing softball at a collegiate level.
- Added: Feb 04, 2015
- Length: 04:24
Between being the iconic play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodger's baseball team, to being the announcer for countless historic events, V...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Jan 26, 2015
- Length: 04:28
- 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
Cousins Juliana & Jacob explore hunting in this piece. Hunting seems to be a family tradition-stemming from their granddad who killed goats on his ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 07:52
No-Fear-Teti of Egypt's Cairollers discusses Women's Roller Derby in post-revolutionary Egypt.
- Added: May 06, 2014
- Length: 41:06
Is playing basketball worth the sacrifices this high school student he has to make?
- Added: Apr 08, 2014
- Length: 04:45
One day in 1994, Steve Davies lived the dream of every soccer fan. He was plucked from the crowd by Harry Redknapp, the manager of his favorite tea...
- Added: Jan 09, 2014
- Length: 25:12
Training to become a professional hockey player doesn't come without a price for this teenager. Will countless hours of practice and perseverance p...
- Added: Nov 20, 2013
- Length: 05:09
Being passionate about all things Porsche, Magnus Walker is giving a new interpretation to the classic Porsche 911’s of the 60’s and 70’s. Magnus’s...
- Added: Oct 24, 2013
- Length: 05:46
How does a teenage boy handle loss? David must face his father's impending death from lung cancer while also maintaining his studies and athletics.
Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Oct 16, 2012
- Length: 05:42
- Purchases: 2
Rachel, at 16 years old, pushed herself through the rigors of training for and completing a 1/2 Ironman Triathlon to raise money to vaccinate 1,000...
- Added: Sep 01, 2012
- Length: 12:13
Tim Eaton is certified by the USBC (United States Bowling Congress) to inspect bowling lanes. Behind the pins at his home alley in Falmouth, MA he ...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 26, 2012
- Length: 01:08
- Purchases: 2
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
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 professional wrestling referee talks about the split-second decision to end a match, ruin a show, and go off the script.
- Added: Apr 05, 2011
- Length: 03:00
Four members of Chicago's all female tackle football team describe what it’s like to be a woman in a man’s game.
Bought by KUT
- Added: Jun 15, 2010
- Length: 20:16
- Purchases: 1
The answers to what it takes to grab a great job in the sports world.
- Added: Oct 07, 2009
- Length: 04:54
A celebration of the game of baseball and its place in American Culture.
Bought by Marfa Public Radio and KCUR
- Added: May 07, 2009
- Length: 29:54
- Purchases: 2
