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Sport Poetry
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Ancient Greek and post-modern verse.

Bought by KSLU and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
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
Indie on Demand Reviews FIGHTVILLE
From: Daniel Persons
Series: The Indie on Demand Movie Review
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A review of the gritty Mixed Martial Arts documentary.

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 01:59
Lynne Cox - Open Water Swimmer: The Greatest Athlete You've Never Heard Of
From: Richard Stull
Series: Doc Stull's Sports Today and in the Day
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Lynne Cox - Open Water Swimmer: - She is an author, advocate, adventurer, motivational speaker, and athlete extraordinaire, Lynn Cox.

Bought by KSLU


  • Added: Feb 03, 2012
  • Length: 02:39
  • 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
Humankind: Rubin Carter's Hurricane
From: Humankind
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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
99% Invisible #38- The Sound of Sport (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Dennis Baxter and Bill Whiston are so good at doing their job, you probably don’t even know that their job exists at all.

Bought by ABC, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 16
Dynamic Ticketing
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Dynamic ticketing, where the price of admission fluctuates, is now gaining popularity among professional sports teams. They’re following the lead o...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ups and Downs of Dynamic Ticketing
From: With Good Reason
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More and more teams like the San Francisco Giants are using dynamic ticket pricing for games, whereby the prices of tickets are determined by the d...

Bought by KMXT and KMXT


  • Added: Dec 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Glenn Cunningham, March 10, 1988
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was a runner, early on. Before it was popular. Before Spandex, before Nike and Gatorade. At one time, he was one of a handful of the fastest hum...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
The Decisions Project - 7 - Ending the Match
From: Aengus Anderson
Series: The Decisions Project
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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
On the trail with his dogs
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It's just you, nature and your sled dog team.

Bought by KSKA, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and YouthCast


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
The Last Word on The Hot Stove League
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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The pickup game.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
Aaron Brown and the Hot Stove League
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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Aaron Brown digresses to trash talk for his essay about sports :)

  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:50
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
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: 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
The Written Word Meets the Dirt Track: Team Weaver Racing
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
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Will Weaver, Bemidji-area author of books like “Sweet Land,” is also deep into the young-adult writing business. His current entry in that field i...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 03:15
  • Purchases: 1
Girls on the Gridiron: Life with the Chicago Force
From: Robin Amer
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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
Jim Thorpe, The World's Greatest Athlete
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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A sports icon of the first half of the 20th century, Jim Thorpe, was a Native American athlete who rose to athletic stardom at the Carlisle Indian ...

Bought by KPIK-LP


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 26:20
  • Purchases: 1
Commentator Guido on Teeth
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Between You and Me
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This week, Guido shares a story of the special relationship hockey players have with their teeth.

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 10, 2010
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
Sweet Science
From: Tom Niemisto
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A new boxing clinic focuses on both physical fitness and philosophical growth.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 11, 2010
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 2

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