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Little League Haiku {format} 3:25 Scott Carrier

For this weeks' SuperBowl, a junior high haiku.

Broadcast: Jan 29 2007 on HV PODCAST Subjects: Youth, Sports


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Avalanche {format} 19:29 Scott Carrier

The story of back-country skiers caught in an avalanche, told by the survivors.

Broadcast: Jan 14 2007 on HV PODCAST Subjects: Sports, Environment, Health


Women with golliwog dolls

Camel in the Outback {format} {format} 5:10 Larry Massett & Jake Warga

Competing and eating wild camels in the Northern Australia Territories. [transcript]

Broadcast: Dec 8 2006 on NPR All Things Considered Subjects: International, Travel, Food, Environment, Sports


Lions in the Flash {format} Barrett Golding

A flash photo-audio slideshow from a Penn State home football game.

Broadcast: Nov 14 2006 on HV WebworkSeries: Hearing Voices- Webworks Subjects: Sports, Education


Brass band and baton twirlers in the Halftime football show.

Lions in the Field {format} 8:30 Barrett Golding

Penn State University's Beaver Stadium holds 107,000, the second largest stadium in the world. It's used only for the seven home football games -- on those days the stadium houses Pennsylvania's third largest city. Kickoff time is Saturday afternoon, so you'll want to get there early, like, say, Thursday, when the tailgaters start the party.

Broadcast: Nov 11 2006 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Education, Sports


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Australian Football {format} 2:30 Jake Warga

The Australian Football League reached its finale with the Sydney Swans take on the West Coast Eagles in the Grand Final. It was played in Melbourne's cricket grounds. Aussie football, or footie, originated around 1858. But some say it evolved from an earlier Aboriginal game called Marn Grook. Aboriginal sports commentator Grant Hansen highlights a few of the finer points of this very rough sport

Broadcast: Sep 29 2006 on PRI/WGBH/BBC The World Subjects: Sports, International


Boxers glare at each other in ring before fight

Fight Night in Chicago {format} {format} 4:10 Chris Booker

A sound portrait of fight night at Chicago's United Center: Fighters in training, punch bags, jump ropes and talk about their chosen profession. Fans tell what draws them into the arena to see the fighters. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jul 6 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Business, Sports


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Spring Skiing in the Wasatch {format} {format} 4:01 Scott Carrier

When most people are headed to the beach, our producer heads for the ski slopes near his home in Utah. Carrier explains that the combination of freezing and thawing in the late spring gives the mountain snow pack a special quality that makes for a unique skiing experience. [transcript]

Broadcast: May 17 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Environment, Sports


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Skiing Alta {format} {format} 5:41 Scott Carrier

This has been a deadly winter for skiers, snowboarders and snowmobilers who have ventured out-of-bounds in Utah's snow-covered Wasatch Range. From Alta, a Mecca for "powder hounds," we get the views of skiers who are sticking to safer, sanctioned slopes. [transcript]

Broadcast: Jan 20 2005 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Sports, Environment


Race car in desert

Flamin’ Betty {format} {format} 4:48 Barrett Golding

263 miles-per-hour is the world land speed record for Class E Supercharged Fuel Competition Coupes, set at the Bonneville Salt Flats ("the fastest place on earth") in the Utah desert. The record holder is Betty Burkland, a 63-year-old grandmother from Great Falls, Montana. Interviews and music from the film "Return to Bonneville." (Music: Jeff Arntsen; Recordings: Jim Kehoe) [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 15 2004 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Technology, Sports





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