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Tim Rappleye and Keith Gave talk about their book, "A Miracle of Their Own," with U.S. Olympian Lisa Brown-Miller.
Bought by WNMU-FM
- Added: Apr 24, 2023
- Length: 54:31
- Purchases: 1
The Olympics are about more than feats of athletic glory - they are the multi-billion dollar stage on which politics and sport collide.
Bought by KTSW 89.9, Oregon Public Broadcasting, RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KCPW Salt Lake City and more
- Added: Jan 28, 2022
- Length: 51:34
- Purchases: 9
The Minnesota Twins aren’t short on iconic players who have won the hearts of fans over the years. One of them is Tony Oliva, who overcame obstacle...
- Added: Jan 18, 2022
- Length: 05:42
With Covid-19 shutdowns, people have been taking advantage of quiet highways to drive as fast as they can from New York City to Redondo Beach, Cali...
- Added: Jan 05, 2021
- Length: 32:22
Keith Gave, author of "The Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage" talks with Tim Rappleye.
Bought by WKAR and Michigan Radio
- Added: May 08, 2019
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 2
Kay Johnston Massar tells her husband, Cy Massar, about being the first girl to play Little League baseball.
- Added: Apr 05, 2018
- Length: 02:42
- Purchases: 2
This week on Culture Clique, we take you on a tour of the history of sports in Winona with the Voices From The Past Cemetery Walk. This years theme...
- Added: Oct 20, 2017
- Length: 23:35
Host Bob Kustra interviews Charles Fountain, author of "The Betrayal: the 1919 World Series and the Birth of Modern Baseball."
- Added: Jun 09, 2017
- Length: 30:30
Manipur’s court records talk about a game back in the 1st century AD and what’s different about polo in Manipur is that this not just a game for po...
- Added: Jan 17, 2017
- Length: 06:00
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...
- Added: Jun 09, 2016
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 4
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
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
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
In this episode of TriPod, Laine Kaplan-Levenson brings us back to the days when Algiers was a stomping ground for bullfights and other forms of an...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 10:23
In this episode, producer Laine Kaplan-Levenson tells us how Germans brought gymnastics to New Orleans.
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 10:17
An author says NASCAR reflects our culture, society, and values. Plus: Self driving cars are becoming a reality. And the molecular "fingerprints" o...
Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Jan 21, 2016
- Length: 53:56
- Purchases: 4
Teaser answer: He was a superb athlete but native to another country! Find out who as author Scott Ellsworth reads from The Secret Game: A Wartime ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 01:40
We continue our conversation with Daniel James Brown, author of "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Ber...
- Added: Oct 09, 2015
- Length: 29:50
When horses need social time they turn to everything from farm animals to spider monkeys.
Bought by KGUA and KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.
- Added: May 21, 2013
- Length: 01:47
- Purchases: 2
Host Phalana Tiller talks with Kevin Plank of Under Armour and we hear archival footage of the late Peter Drucker about what marketing means in the...
- Added: Mar 08, 2013
- Length: 58:58
Shirley Muldowney was the first person to win two and then three National Hot Rod Association Top Fuel dragster championships.
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 02:19
In 1993, Julie Krone became the first woman to win the Belmont Stakes.
- Added: Oct 08, 2012
- Length: 02:26
A new book, Road to Valor, by Aili and Andres McConnon is the inspiring, against-the-odds story of Gino Bartali, the cyclist who made the greatest ...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 28:51
- Purchases: 1
Spitball in the Hands of Hostile Hurler is Vicious and Baffling.
From the July 18, 1912 edition of The Washington Herald.
- Added: Jul 18, 2012
- Length: 02:09
James Thorpe Wins Decathlon, and America Lands the 1,600-Meter Event.
FIVE STRAIGHT VICTORIES
From the July 16, 1912 edition of The Washington He...
- Added: Jul 15, 2012
- Length: 03:59
