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Moving By Bike
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Moving all your belongings by bike might sound crazy, but if enough people get involved, it can be both fun and efficient.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jack London Got Game
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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American turn-of-the-20th century author Jack London was one of the founders of serious American sport fiction. Stemming from his own love of spor...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jul 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
A Basement in Queens
From: Anne Noyes Saini
Caption: Arkadiy Aronov., Credit: Photo courtesy of Spartak Sports Club, Rego Park, Queens.
Judo olympians train in humble surroundings at Spartak Sport Club in Rego Park, Queens.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
One Step at a Time: Handling Loss
From: Open Orchard Productions
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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
The 1968 World Series Version 2 Times are Changing
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The 1968 World Series featured two of the finest pitchers of the day, The St. Louis Cardinal's Bob Gibson (1.12 ERA) and Detroit Tiger's Denny McLa...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2012
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1
Is Chess Sport? Fischer vs. Spaasky for the Cold War Heavyweight Championship
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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The international chess match of the century that filled up the sports bars and captivated the world in the sizzling summer of '72 - Fischer vs. S...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 02:37
  • Purchases: 1
UnFictional: The Ballad of Dock Ellis
From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
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Dock Ellis is one of the most memorable characters to ever play baseball. He challenged the baseball establishment, but always had impeccable stye.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KMXT, Louisville Public Media, KOSU and more


  • Added: Aug 04, 2012
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 7
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
Mays, Memory and Myth
From: Richard Stull
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A ten-year-old's memory of a day at the ballpark with his dad.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2012
  • Length: 02:36
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
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
Jack Johnson and The Great "Race" Race
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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America’s first African-American heavyweight boxing champion Jack Johnson challenges auto-racing champ Barney Oldfield... on the racetrack in pre-W...

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2012
  • Length: 02:43
  • Purchases: 1
Baumgartner's Got Nothing on Charette
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Wherever you are, Pat Charette is probably swimming.

Bought by KUOW, WMPG, KFAI Minneapolis, and SALTcast Podcast


  • Added: May 27, 2011
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 4
Jack Dunn (Discovered Babe Ruth), October 22, 1928
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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His was a life that nearly didn't happen. He fell under a boxcar, his left arm mangled as a child, yet went on to own and manage one of the greates...

  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
The Women of Roller Derby
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby has exploded across northern MN, with the Babe City Rollers in Bemidji, and the Iron Range Maidens. Derby is a very...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMSU


  • Added: Jan 31, 2011
  • Length: 35:15
  • Purchases: 2
George Raymond Wagner, December 26, 1963
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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The Greeks may have invented wrestling, but it took one man ... Gorgeous George ... to really put the shine on it.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Jack Norworth, September 1, 1959
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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You may not know his name, but chances are good you could sing, hum or whistle one of his tunes.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
Hockey Diaries: Ready To Play
From: mediachameleon
Caption: Brooks Laich takes the ice, Credit: Chris Nelson/mediachameleon
"Hockey Diaries: Ready To Play" explores what it takes to make it in professional hockey. In the 2008-09 season, we thought a rookie and a veteran ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:00:00
Hockey Diaries: The Almost Season
From: mediachameleon
Caption: Tyler Sloan in the Washington Capitals locker room, Credit: Chris Nelson/mediachameleon
"Hockey Diaries: The Almost Season" documents a journey through the 2009-2010 Washington Capitals' NHL season. The story is told through the eyes a...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
Family, Derby and Nothing Else
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maine Roller Derby skated into Portland, Maine and called the city home in 2006. Roller derby is a fast-paced full-contact sport played on skates.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
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
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF SPORTS IN THE UNITED STATES
From: Dred-Scott Keyes
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A look at the developement of Sports in the United States

  • Added: Feb 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:19:32
Nothing To Cheer About
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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A town is divided when presented with the idea of changing the school mascot.

Bought by RadioFreePalmer, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KWIS 88.3 FM, KUOW, KRUA and more


  • Added: Jan 20, 2009
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 6
Mind over Stomach Matter
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Producer Anna Hamilton takes us stage-side of the first ever Burrito Eating Championship.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KFAI Minneapolis, WRVO Public Media, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 01, 2008
  • Length: 07:35
  • Purchases: 4