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Crushed
From: ROS: Crushed
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A special presentation of Crushed, a new podcast from PRX and Religion of Sports that challenges our ideas about baseball, performance-enhancing dr...

Bought by KZYX, KFCF FM, WWNO, KOSU, KUNM and more


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 32
Presidential Football
From: Michael Jackson
Series: The Game Before the Money
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American presidents and their connections with the game.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2020
  • Length: 25:20
180303 Emile Griffith, Music From Boston and Music About The Back Door
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: Searching For The First Rock And Roll Song
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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
The Golden Age of Black Baseball (feature)
From: With Good Reason
Series: news features
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Before Jackie Robinson, there were the Negro Leagues -- home to some of the greatest untold stories in baseball.

Bought by KENW, New Hampshire Public Radio, Radio Newark, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 4
Season 1 Ep. 5: Stake Your Claim
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Outside/In
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There used to be a time when you could strike out into the vast unexplored wilderness and stake your claim – but not anymore. Today, the story of ...

  • Added: Oct 17, 2016
  • Length: 56:27
Introduction to the 2015 Heisman Trophy Winner
From: New Jersey Radio Exchange Network
Series: North Jersey Radio Series
Caption: Derrick Henry
Derrick Henry of Alabama Football

  • Added: Dec 13, 2015
  • Length: 10:50
Tackling the Market
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Kevin Plank
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
Acoustic Stories : Robert Jevne - "Hot Stove"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Acoustic Stories
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Robert Jevne discusses his former love of the Chicago Cubs in a lighthearted tone and how their incessant losing seasons defeated his passion for b...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 24, 2013
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Road to Valor
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: Gino Bartali
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
HV Special: Home Team (Baseball)
From: Hearing Voices
Series: Hearing Voices
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Baseball Stories from Public Radio's Hall of Fame

Bought by Troy Public Radio, WNIJ, KQED, KSUT, KERA and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2012
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 13
William Devine Golf Course Audio Postcard
From: Mason Sand
Caption: Mr. Jones on the course, Credit: Mason Sand
A collection of sounds and voices from William Devine Golf course, one of America's oldest public courses, located in inner-city Boston in the hear...

  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 01:55
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
Baseball: Great American Pastime
From: Loyola Productions, Inc.
Series: Kaleidoscope
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“Whoever would understand the heart and mind of America had better learn the game of baseball...” As this quotation sums up our attitude toward the...

Bought by KZYX and KREV-LP


  • Added: Apr 06, 2011
  • Length: 58:48
  • Purchases: 2
Big Time Baseball in a Small Texas Town
From: Marfa Public Radio
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The real life version of "Field Of Dreams" takes place in Alpine, Texas in the 1940s and 50s. This is a story about a man, his baseball field and ...

Bought by KMXT, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WNMU-FM, KMXT, and KUT


  • Added: Nov 08, 2010
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Inside the Capoeiristas' Circle
From: Aaron Henkin
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A profile of a centuries-old martial art with roots that go back to Angola, Africa

  • Added: Apr 03, 2008
  • Length: 18:30
Alaskan WW II 10th Mtn.Veterans Remember
From: Katie Bausler
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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
Nebraska's first Heisman Trophy winner honors another pioneer black Nebraska athlete.
From: Deborah Van Fleet
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Johnny, "The Jet" Rodgers, Heisman '72, honors another pioneer Nebraska athlete, Marion Hudson, and talks about the importance of black communities...

Bought by WTIP and KRCC-FM


  • Added: Feb 14, 2007
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 2
'The Mad Russian': Reflections of a Cold War Wrestling Villain
From: Aaron Henkin
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Pro wrestler Nikolai Volkoff used to infuriate Cold War crowds with his singing of the Soviet National Anthem --- now he's a 55-year-old grandfathe...

Bought by WXDU and WMPG


  • Added: Mar 29, 2006
  • Length: 15:28
  • Purchases: 2
Chasing After the Hurricane: A Personal Look Into the Life of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - After the Movie.
From: N Lorde
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A personal insight into the life of former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter - his life after the blockbuster hit movie.

Bought by KSFR, KSJD, KZYX, 90.5 WSNC, and KSFR


  • Added: Jan 08, 2006
  • Length: 14:07
  • Purchases: 5