PRX - Pieces for Topic: Sports
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Are sports a way to cultivate virtues like loyalty, collaboration, and discipline, or to indulge feelings of rivalry, tribalism, and obsession?
Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KTSW 89.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KNVC Carson City Community Radio and more
- Added: Aug 27, 2018
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 6
I always equated boxing with "manhood" until the boxer Emile Griffith proved that decency is the path to "manhood." Emile had a more dramatic stor...
- Added: Mar 05, 2018
- Length: 02:49:23
When he was first interviewed by Studs Terkel in 1971, jockey Eddie Arroyo had been racing for 6 years. He said it was the hardest and most dangero...
Bought by Troy Public Radio, Prairie Public, and PRX Remix
- Added: May 04, 2017
- Length: 04:10
- Purchases: 3
Examining the heavy New York influence on the Syracuse University lacrosse program, and the deep roots of lacrosse in the state of New York.
- Added: May 09, 2016
- Length: 04:15
In this episode we break down the factors that will influence the fate of football in the United States. Is football doomed or is it immune to the ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: 34:39
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 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
The story of one unregistered Boston Marathon runner contrasted with Race Director, Dave McGillivray's thoughts of breaking the rules.
- Added: Apr 18, 2008
- Length: 09:30
Memories of three members of an elite WW II mountaineering force.
Bought by WTIP, KMXT, NPR Illinois, and Iowa Public Radio
- Added: Oct 01, 2007
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 4
