PRX - Pieces for Topic: Sports

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

20 results


The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: The Spirit Of Jim Thorpe
Piece image
Jim Thorpe was one of the greatest athletes the world has ever known. A Native American hero who broke records in three different sports. Today his...

Bought by South Dakota Public Broadcasting - Radio, WILL, KOSU, KAAD-LP, KUT and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 17
Constant Wonder - Float Like a Butterfly, Major Taylor
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
Piece image
The man who changed the course of boxing history.

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Oct 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 2
RDD: The Freedom of Choice
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
Piece image
On this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, we tell the story of Chuck Ealey's long and winding road to the College Football Hall. Especially long ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 07, 2022
  • Length: 06:40
  • Purchases: 1
Football School with Marty Mornhinweg
From: Justin Angle
Series: A New Angle
Piece image
Today’s guest is Marty Mornhinweg, University of Montana Hall of Fame quarterback and a longtime coach in the NFL. During Marty’s career, he coache...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 08, 2021
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 3
Combat and Incarceration, Part Three
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
Piece image
This week’s episode ends our series of conversations with Valrice “Whop” Cooper. Whop is the legendary cornerman who learned his craft training pri...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Combat and Incarceration, Part Two
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
Piece image
This week continues our set 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
Combat and Incarceration, Part One
From: WFHB
Series: Kite Line
Piece image
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
399: Is Anger A Useful Emotion? / 400: Our Invisible Universe, 8/3/2019
From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge
Piece image
HOUR ONE: "Is Anger A Useful Emotion?" - What if being angry made you feel better? We'll see red this hour. HOUR TWO: "Our Invisible Universe" - ...

  • Added: Aug 02, 2019
  • Length: 01:58:59
RDD: Great Black Swamp Frogs
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
Piece image
We're headed to the ball game on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, however this team may look a lil different than your traditional baseball...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2019
  • Length: 06:02
Bicycle Fever at the Turn of the Century (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
Piece image
How bicycles captivated America - A conversation with an animator behind The Simpsons and Spongebob Squarepants - The story of the disappearing lak...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif. and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Sep 01, 2017
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
45: Dr. Amanda Foreman "The Ascent of Woman" & Annie Brown - The Decline of Women Coaches
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Dr. Amanda Foreman
Award-winning historian Dr. Amanda Foreman argues that a history that pushes women to the margins is an untruth that must be challenged. To this en...

Bought by KKRN, KSJD, WMUU-LP, and WRIR


  • Added: Jun 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 4
In New Orleans, Before Baseball, Football Or Soccer, There Was Raquette
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: In 1834, artist George Catlin witnessed Choctaw lacrosse in Indian Territory near present-day Oklahoma., Credit: GEORGE CATLIN / SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
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
The Secret Basketball Game That Desegregated Louisiana High School Sports
From: WWNO
Series: TriPod: New Orleans At 300
Caption: The Purple Knights pose on the court; Harold Sylvester is kneeling next to his coach., Credit: HAROLD SYLVESTER / AMISTAD RESEARCH CENTER
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
Gland Slam, Andropause, Mr. Adequate, Google Gamble, and Happiest Places!
From: 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour
Series: 2 Boomer Babes Radio Hour
Piece image
First, tennis great Pam Shriver talks about her amazing career, family, and the young tennis stars on the horizon. Then, Damon Raskin, an internis...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Sep 09, 2014
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 1
Sports Extremes: Football and Bouts of Mania
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
Piece image
First, football may be Americas favorite sport. If it’s not, it may certainly be the most lucrative and of sports for owners. In his book, Against ...

Bought by WCWP


  • Added: Sep 02, 2014
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
Brow Anxiety (Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Piece image
During the 1910s and 1920s, the question of whether one was “highbrow” or “lowbrow” became a concern in the minds of modernist Americans. Brooks He...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 53:54
  • Purchases: 2
The Future of Presidential Elections
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
Piece image
Dan Balz, uses sources from inside each campaign as well as his own observations of the race for the White House in 2012 to dissect how new strateg...

Bought by WCNY and WCWP


  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Furious Love
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
Piece image
Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century. Plus, a satire of college football. And, a conversation with the son of a scienc...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Sep 24, 2012
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Wonder Girl: Babe Didrikson Zaharias
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
Piece image
Don Van Natta Jr. and David Baldacci, this week on Prime Time Radio.

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Jul 12, 2011
  • Length: 59:55
  • Purchases: 1
The Mayflower // Baseball's Last Hero
From: AARP Radio
Series: Prime Time Radio
Piece image
The truth behind the bloody conflict between the Pilgrims and Native Americans. Then, the passionate life and untimely death of baseball great Robe...

Bought by WCNY and AIFM


  • Added: Jun 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:00:09
  • Purchases: 2