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Fly-fishing programs catch on as therapy for troops and veterans recovering from trauma

Caption: Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some say the experience helps them heal., Credit: Studio Macleod

Around the country, groups are teaching wounded troops and veterans to fly fish. While there's not much research on the therapeutic benefits, some ...

Bought by KJZZ, KPBS, WRFA-LP, KRPS, Texas Public Radio and more

Toronto Business Journal: Why we need a Canada Football Act

From: Ray Samuels

Why we need a Canada Football Act - Christopher Foulds interviewed by Dr. Sam Dubé

Part V: "Who is to Blame?"

From: Jed Alexander
Series: The Whistleblower Project

Caption: Picture of Lance Williams, Credit: Provided by Lance Williams

Interview with investigative journalist, Lance Williams who broke the story on the use of steroids in professional sports. He also co-wrote the boo...

CBC S1 E8: Student Athletes

From: WNIN
Series: COVID Between the Coasts

What's it like when a pandemic crushes your dream of playing a Division One sport?

Quarantine Says "Goodbye" to the Gym Creep

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Caption: <a href="https://uk.ryderwear.com/">Ryderwear UK</a>

While many of us transition to working out at home during COVID-19, others already made the transition- to avoid harassment. Hear the women behind ...

The VA is using video games to help disabled vets recover and reconnect

From: American Homefront Project

Caption: Army veteran Mike Monthervil (left) uses an adaptive controller to play video games as his VA recreational therapist Jamie Kaplan watches., Credit: Stephanie Colombini/American Homefront

Some VA medical centers have realized that helping vets get back in the game can also help with their recovery.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, Colorado Public Radio, and KPBS

Lacrosse's Expansion outside the Northeast

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

In lacrosse's beginning stages, the sport remained largely in the northeast. But, recently, lacrosse has expanded all over the United States and pa...

Gambler's Anonymous --Help Is As Near As My Phone (1-800-gambler)

From: WCWP
Series: Taking Care of Business with Richard Solomon

Gambling is everywhere - but where can the chronic gambler find help?

Boating safety standards tested on Lake Erie

From: Great Lakes Today

Caption: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON /Testing for the National On-Water Standards Project, June 21, 2016., Credit: BY ANGELICA A. MORRISON

To help reduce deaths and injuries on the water, the U.S. Coast Guard has funded the National On-Water Standards Project. The goal: to foster a saf...

Bought by WBFO, WCPN, WXXI Rochester, and WCMU Michigan

Ultimate Frisbee Is Challenging Traditional Sportsmanship

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2

Caption: From left to right, Chris McGlynn, Billy Sickles, Matt Weintraub, Jibran Meiser, Dan Wickens, Tyler Finkler all played high school Ultimate under Ryan Belline. Now all of them play professionally. (c) 2016 Tricia McGlynn, Credit: Tricia McGlynn

This is a personal story of how a lack of officials has come to define the sport of Ultimate Frisbee and how the sport is evolving now that it has ...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Episode 14: Shorty - The Life and Disappearance of Mike "The Bike" Rust

From: KRCC-FM
Series: Wish We Were Here

On this special episode of Wish We Were Here: Tales and Investigations from the Shadows of America's Mountain, we worked with Nathan Ward at Grit a...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.

Storelli Sports: Protecting Soccer Players from Career Altering Injuries

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2

This is a story about a startup company called Storelli Sports. They are a small company started in Brooklyn, New York that is engineering a new ty...

The Stadium Star Fans Really Come to See

From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism

Meet Joe Godley, a veteran stadium worker who's been selling programs around the country since 1974. He's worked 30 Super Bowls, six Final Fours an...

Tandem

From: Anna Rose MacArthur

Two skydivers died in a fatal tandem jump. The men’s parachutes didn’t open completely. A month later, what happened to the man who found the parac...

Bought by PRX Remix, HowSound, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

Keep Bowling As Long As You Can

From: Nancy Klingener

Caption: Nellie Kenyon , Credit: Nancy Klingener

Final advice from a bowling teammate has one veteran of a candlepin bowling league reconsidering whether to retire.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WABE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WXDU, New Hampshire Public Radio and more

A New Orleans Skate Park Comes With A Water Management Plan

From: WWNO

Caption: A rendering of the 'Sunny Side' section of Parisite Skate Park, Credit: Emilie Taylor / Tulane City Center

There are many ways to handle neighborhood flooding, beyond pumping stations and sewers. Some cities have realized that skate parks, of all places,...

Sights & Sounds of Bayview: Raquel Miller aims for the Olympics

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents - Sights & Sounds of Bayview

Caption: Bayview's Raquel Miller in the ring, Credit: Malaika Kambon

At first glance, Raquel Miller has more than a few things in common with a Hollywood heiress. She wears her hair in long, soft curls or braids and ...

Billionaires’ sailboat race may leave San Francisco in debt

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: America's Cup on the San Francisco Bay

If you walked along the San Francisco waterfront recently, you may have noticed giant catamarans -- specialized, 72-foot long sailboats that whizz ...

Knocked Out

From: American Student Radio

This award-winning story profiles one student athlete who suffered a sports-related concussion, and it follows the physical, emotional, & mental tr...

Latitude News Podcast #6 — The Shady Trade in American Horsemeat

From: Latitude News

Caption: This racehorse never should have been eaten. , Credit: Ken Terpenning

Are Europeans eating drugged-up American horses?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and Louisville Public Media

Overview

From: Y-Press
Series: Youth and legal uses of guns

Caption: Dillon Paul with Smith & Wesson semi-automatic shotgun, Credit: submitted photo

While news stories about youth and guns usually involve death or injury, some Hoosiers believe that when young people learn to use firearms safely...

Sochi 2014 Olympic Building Boom

From: Julia Barton

Caption: Alexei Kravets is trying to save his home in Sochi., Credit: Julia Barton

Russia's southern-most city of Sochi is gearing up to host the Winter Olympics in 2014. Russian president Vladimir Putin says hosting the Games is ...

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