Yankees Say Goodbye To Rivera And His Cut Fastball
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: OK, the baseball post-season is not quite settled. The Texas Rangers and Tampa Bay Rays will fight for the final playoff spot in a game tonight. The post-season of the...
View Article'Fetch Clay, Make Man': Ali, Fetchit And The 'Anchor Punch'
---Muhammad Ali's first title defense, a first-round TKO of Sonny Liston in 1965, propelled Ali to the status of icon. In Ali's training camp before the fight was an icon from an earlier era: Lincoln...
View ArticleWhat To Watch For In The World Series
David Greene talks to NPR's Mike Pesca about this year's World Series, which starts Wednesday night in Boston.
View ArticleRed Sox Take One-Game Lead In World Series
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The Boston Red Sox have taken a one game to none lead over St. Louis in the World Series, beating the Cardinals eight to one last night at Fenway Park. The evening...
View ArticleReversed Call Gives Sox Opening To Win World Series Game One
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The St. Louis Cardinals hope to come back against the Boston Red Sox in game two of the World Series tonight. In game one, well, just about nothing went right with the...
View ArticleAn Inside Look That Strips The Face Paint Off The NFL
Nicholas Dawidoff's Collision Low Crossers: A Year Inside the Turbulent World of NFL Football may be the best book I've ever read about football. It is certainly the most detailed account of the...
View ArticleNFL Thursday Matchup: 2 Losing Teams Will Still Get Ratings
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It must be said the NFL game between the Houston Texans and the Jacksonville Jaguars tomorrow night, is not a marquee matchup. The Texans are two-and-10, the Jaguars...
View ArticleTwo Long-Time Braves And A Slugger Go To The Hall Of Fame
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel.Pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux were Atlanta Braves...
View ArticleCold Super Bowl Could Lead To More Turnovers
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This Sunday's Super Bowl features the number one defense, the Seattle Seahawks, against the number one offense, the Denver Broncos and Peyton Manning. That is a...
View Article5 Points To Help Simplify Sunday's Super Bowl
The chatter, hype and jargon in the weeks leading up to Sunday's Super Bowl XLVIII is more impenetrable than the Seahawk's secondary.Perhaps you've heard the Seattle Seahawks have a running back who...
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