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Caption: Knocked Out, Credit: Daniel Brown
This award-winning story profiles one student athlete who suffered a sports-related concussion, and it follows the physical, emotional, & mental tr...

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:21
Caption: Brian Gelletly training for the 2013 Barista Championship, Credit: Alex Lewis
Brian Gelletly is really good at making coffee. In fact, his coffee is so good that he competed at the 2013 United States Barista Championship in B...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 2
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In Washington, D.C., just about every recreational activity manages to get turned into a team sport — wiffleball, shuffleboard, even karaoke. Distr...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2013
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Lisa Smith and Tad Wagner skate at the Metrodome in Minneapolis, MN., Credit: Noel Clark
Built in 1982, the Hubert H Humphrey Metrodome has seen it’s share of sporting events. Baseball, football, soccer. But off the field, a community o...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The February 1985 cover featuring McGill unveiling the McTwist, Credit: Transworld Skateboarding
After almost 30 years, the McTwist still perplexes skaters—and sends them to the hospital. Tony Hawk and other skaters recount the history of the t...

Bought by Public Radio Remix


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
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The annual Army-Navy football game is one of the few opportunities for civilian types to have a front row seat to military culture. War News Radio’...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2012
  • Length: 08:40
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...

  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 03:09
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Lyons, Colorado is far removed from the Olympic Games in London. But the inspiration for the 300-meter, manmade whitewater slalom course that’s fro...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
Caption: Tim “T-Mike” Eaton and his Dad, Tim Eaton bowling together at the Trade Center Bowl in Falmouth, MA. , Credit: Andrew Norton
In bowling, a “perfect game” is three hundred points. Lots of good bowlers never get one. But Tim Eaton and his son have over a dozen between them...

Bought by Public Radio Remix, KUT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KUOW, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 29, 2012
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 5
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 ...

Bought by KUT, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WAMC, Public Radio Remix, and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Apr 14, 2012
  • Length: 05:24
  • Purchases: 5
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A new schedule for the nation's most competitive youth soccer league requires its male players to miss out on the high school soccer season. The US...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:58
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In the world of adventure women are busting out on their own. They’re leaving husbands, boyfriends and children at home to discover their strengths...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 10:38
Caption: Fried fish at Fish and Game fish fry, Credit: Guy Hand
The nation lost around 5 million anglers from 1996 to 2006. Idaho fishing dropped by 28% during that same decade. That's why Idaho Fish and Game i...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KISU


  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Olive the cat
NHPR Producer Rebecca Lavoie interviews a computer scientist on his mathmatical model for choosing NCAA bracket picks...and also talks to a fan who...

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Mar 16, 2011
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A Steelers fan tries to toss a recycling bag through a hole in an oversized version of cornhole., Credit: Pennsylvania Resource Council
Tailgating at football games is a tradition for thousands of fans and part of that ritual is drinking plenty of beverages - and that leaves plenty ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:33
  • Purchases: 1
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You think driving to work in your town is a mess? Try navigating the streets of India’s major cities. It’s chaos and confusion of the first order...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
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The history of the football Fight Song

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 08, 2010
  • Length: 12:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Soft feature on growth in popularity of triathlon. Good to hook on Hawaii Ironman 10/9/10. 4:50

  • Added: Oct 06, 2010
  • Length: 04:50

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 29:15
Caption: Curltv.com, Credit: Curl TV
The Winter Olympics only comes around every four years, but fans of the peculiar sport of curling can find curling content online all year round. T...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:46
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It will take a decade and three billion dollars to fix Haiti. That’s the assessment of a number of international donors as they examine the long r...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2010
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Smith  Spirit Squad, Credit: Smith College
A new cheerleading squad at one of the country's pre-eminent women's colleges -- alma mater of Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan -- is raising eyebr...

Bought by KUOW, KUT, and WILL


  • Added: Nov 20, 2009
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 3
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Bruce Pearl's efforts at team-building extend beyond the court, where he tries to bridge religious and cultural differences among his players.

  • Added: Aug 17, 2009
  • Length: 04:07
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In 1936, Margaret Lambert was poised to win a medal at the Berlin Olympic Games. Just one month before the Olympics began, Lambert was informed by ...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2009
  • Length: 07:45
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An audio postcard from Aspen on the 13th annual ESPN Winter X-Games.

  • Added: Jan 28, 2009
  • Length: 05:32