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Sports History This Week brings to life moments in competition that redefined sports and our culture. Every week, host Kaelen Jones will unpack one sporting event that occurred within that calendar week sometime in the past. Through gripping narratives, illustrative archival and interviews with athletes and experts, Jones will guide listeners through the pivotal triumphs, failures and turning points that shaped today’s sports world and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
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Each episode explores the rich history of Minnesota sports and considers its impact on the current cultural zeitgeist. The Minnesota Sports History Show strives to entertain as well as inform, tickle the sense of nostalgia, and share the joy and hardships of triumph and heartbreak. Episodes will range from musings about the Dome Dog era to interviews with athletes and sports personalities.
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Your daily sports podcasts, covering events from every day in history. We’ll dive deep into every sport and amazing event that’s transpired in sports history. Inaugural episode airing September 1, 2021. Look for Today Day in Sports History wherever you get podcasts.
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Pagbibigay Pugay sa Atletang Pilipino. Philippine Sports History - Ang natatanging Pinoy podcast para sa kasaysayan ng Philippine Sports. Support our Podcast: https://anchor.fm/philippine-sports-history/support Follow us on Our Social Media Accounts: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhilippineSportsHistory/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/philippinesportshistory Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philippinesportshistory/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhSportsHistory Website: https://phsp ...
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Suiting Up Varsity: Nebraska High School Sports History
Time-traveling through the history of Nebraska high school sports, exploring the great stories, intriguing personalities, and exciting contests from the Cornhusker state history books.
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Ryan Dyrud (the Don from Bleav In LA Football) gives you history lessons on spirits and sports history.
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Supposition. We live in a golden age of sports. I mean this not in the sense of athletes becoming stronger, speedier, savvier and smarter than ever before, nor in terms of the amazing access to live streams and stat feeds, the instant insights and opinionating, the quirks and personalities of celebrity heroes. This, rather, is a golden age of sports in humanistic, historical terms. The truth is that the great majority of people today, willingly or not, have a direct and regular connection to ...
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Ranked: The Most Iconic Years in Sports History
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Ranked: The Most Iconic Years in Sports History
Nicholas Norris
Join us as we travel through time, in search for the most iconic year in sports history! Every week, hosts Nick Norris and Justin Knight explore a different year from sports past, and uncover what historic moments and athletes made it so memorable. If you like sports, history and humorous conversations, give us a listen!
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Welcome to Drunk Sports History. Shea in Irving is gonna have a few drinks and discuss the degenerates of sports. The gamblers, the addicts, the womanizers. The type of guys that drinks beer and smokes weed til they get to the stadium and then leveled off with some uppers, coffee, and a cigarette to do their job. Will look at the players, teams, and games throughout history that make it all worth watching and gamble on. Subscribe. Get it In. Y’all.
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The Sport in History Podcast brings you the latest in cutting edge research with interviews and talks with leading sports historians and up and coming researchers into Sports History. The podcast is a British Society of Sports History production from the UK's leading scholarly society for the history of sport. Click through to our website for further information on our events and to find out how to join the Society.
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Join celebrated history professor Matthew Andrews for discussions about sports from their earliest days in the colonies all the way to their present status as culture defining billion dollar industries. Sports are more than a collection of games, much more. From Jackie Robinson to the 1968 Olympics to Mia Hamm, sports have provided a stage for important conversations about equality and justice, and helped push the American experiment forward one generation after the next. Check back for new ...
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A podcast about important events & topics in sports law history with particular relevance today that is more classy than a sorority semi-formal (IYKYK). Hosted by Jaime Miettinen, aka Sports Law Blonde. Cheers! *The contents of this podcast are for entertainment purposes only and do not constitute legal advice.
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A Brief History of Triangle Sports
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The Triangle region of North Carolina is one of the most unique sports markets in the country thanks to a confluence of multiple universities with rabid fanbases: Duke, NC State and UNC, a lone pro sports franchise with the Carolina Hurricanes, and transplants who still care about their hometown teams. As more people move to the area or as young fans enter adulthood, they might lack the context as to why certain things still matter or the impact of certain events to their favorite teams. "A ...
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Sports science and history. A coach and a a para swimmer chat about a sports science topic
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The Amazing History of Sports explores topics that explain the history & evolution of all sports. Our shows range from 15-45 minutes long, and topics range from the reasoning behind the tennis scoring system to why Americans call the sport soccer, not football. Join Don Darouse & a co-host as they unveil lesser-known incredible sports topics. We strive to bring you topics that even a casual sports fan will enjoy.
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The Greatest Podcast in the History of Our Sport
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The Greatest Podcast in the History of Our Sport
The Greatest Podcast in the History of Our Sport
Traverse the triple decker steel cage full of rare white bengal tigers and fingerpoke the ghost of WCW with DoubleCakes and Doc Destructo. We pathologize, eulogize, and yapapize a bygone era of Big Boys. Get thrown from dizzying heights and buried under big, bald sons o'bitches. Put your butt in the seat for The Greatest Podcast in the History of Our Sport.
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May 29, 2003. Every year, a little island off the English coast is home to the world’s most dangerous race: the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy. Motorcyclists zip through the course going more than 200 miles per hour, navigating hairpin turns — all on public roads. Today, one of the greatest racers in Isle of Man TT history passes away, when nine-time c…
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John Quincy Adams finally defeats the Gag rule, but his feud with Andrew Jackson lasts until the bitter end. And Congressman Abraham Lincoln witnesses from the House floor the dramatic final hours of Adams' life. Founding Son is a Curiosity Podcast and is a co-production of iHeartPodcasts and School of Humans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privac…
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Roger Domeneghetti is Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Northumbria University while maintaining a career as a freelance journalist where he has worked for Associated Press, Sporting Life and the Morning Star among others.In 2015 Roger’s book, From the Back Page to the Front Room, a history of England’s football media, was short-listed for the BSSH’…
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May 23, 2003. Chris Moneymaker is the last amateur standing. The 28-year-old Tennessee accountant has defied the odds and outlasted over 800 of the best players on the planet at the World Series of Poker, but that’s not enough. He finds himself at the Final Table, going for poker immortality. Today, Chris Moneymaker wins the $2.5 million prize at t…
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May 16, 2023. If you were watching TV last night, you may have seen NBA history being made. A few ping-pong balls bounced around a lottery machine, and suddenly, the San Antonio Spurs won the first pick at the 2023 NBA Draft, which they’ll almost certainly use to draft a potential superstar from France named Victor Wembanyama. Today, a look back at…
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Sport in History Podcast
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Conor Heffernan on US Women's Weightlifting in the 80s
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Conor Heffernan on US Women's Weightlifting in the 80s by British Society of Sports HistoryBritish Society of Sports History
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May 11th, 1997. The eyes of the world are focused on a chessboard. It's the decisive game of one of the most highly anticipated chess matches of the 20th century. The reigning world champion, Garry Kasparov, is agitated, furrowing his brow and clutching his face while he considers his next move. His opponent—unphased by the pressure—hums loudly fro…
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When the fates of the enslaved captives of the Amistad are put into the hands of the Supreme Court, John Quincy Adams feels it's his duty to represent them. Adams’ son and wife would have preferred he stayed away from the case altogether. Founding Son is a Curiosity Podcast and is a co-production of iHeart Podcasts and School of Humans. See omnystu…
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May 3rd, 2007. Oracle Arena is rocking. In Oakland, 20,000 fans, all wearing mustard-yellow t-shirts with the slogan “We Believe,” are amped. It’s so loud that the opposing players can’t even hear each other in the huddle. That’s because the 2007 Golden State Warriors are on the verge of pulling off the greatest upset in the history of the NBA play…
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April 29, 1980. An upstart media company has proposed a strange idea to the NFL: broadcast the pro football draft live on TV. Nobody really paid much attention to the NFL Draft before, but with the young ESPN still finding its voice, it was a perfect opportunity. Today, ESPN broadcasts the NFL Draft for the first time. How did a guy reading a list …
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Two years after retiring, former North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams opens up about his views on the current state of the game, his potential return to coaching, and some of his fondest memories from his illustrious coaching career.
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April 21, 1980. The Boston Marathon, the oldest and arguably most prestigious marathon in the world, attracts the sport’s top professional runners. So, when a completely unknown woman named Rosie Ruiz, with barely any marathoning experience, crosses the finish line first, many in the media and racing community are shocked… and more than a little su…
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April 13, 1986. In honor of the Masters Invitational Tournament, we revisit two of its most famous finishes. First, an aging Jack Nicklaus attempts to become the Masters' oldest champion. Then, 11 years later to the day, Tiger Woods seeks to become the youngest ever to win the Masters' coveted green jacket. Today, two of the greatest golfers ever a…
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On April 1st, 2021, Roy Williams said he wasn’t the right man to lead North Carolina any longer. Seemingly the last time we might hear from Williams, it turns out he got the proper retirement tour he deserved after a legendary career. Between visiting friends and former players, to witnessing an incredible Final Four run by the ’21-’22 North Caroli…
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Favorite ACC official? The one Duke player he wanted to coach? Did the Dream Team purposely lose to a college squad ahead of the ’92 Olympics? In the final episode of “That Dadgum Legend”, Roy Williams answers a series of rapid fire questions. Originally published October 2021.
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April 10, 1971. A team of ping pong players leaves Hong Kong to step across a border and become the first group of Americans welcomed to China in over 20 years. These competitors find themselves becoming unlikely diplomats at the center of a media frenzy, and at the heart of one of the 20th century’s major geopolitical shifts. How did table tennis …
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Roy Williams is the last connection to a time that was on Tobacco Road. Despite modern rivalry dynamics, where North Carolina and Duke dominate the discussion, Williams never lost his passion for beating NC State. However, as much as he enjoyed winning, Williams has always cherished the camaraderie of his coaching peers.…
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Dadgum. Frick. Frip. Doggone. Blankety-blank. Roy Williams has made a conscious effort not to curse and has famously incorporated substitute words that FCC censors would approve. But when Williams does use an actual “bad word"? He makes it count, including the time he cursed in response to a question about taking the North Carolina job following a …
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The easiest way to pick a fight with former North Carolina head basketball coach Roy Williams is to simply say “Roy knew.” That was a go-to insult for “Anybody But Carolina” fans during an NCAA investigation into a nearly two decade academic irregularity within UNC’s AFAM department. Ultimately, North Carolina avoided any serious punishments for th…
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How do you know when it’s over? There are signs, but they aren’t always easy to decipher. Coaches, even the best, get pushed out all the time before they actually want to go. North Carolina head basketball coach Dean Smith was able to leave on his terms, and later admitted he probably had a few more years left in him. The decision for Roy Williams …
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When North Carolina head basketball coach Roy Williams retired on April 1st, 2021, with the third most victories in NCAA history, three NCAA Championships, and nine Final Four trips, he described his career as “OK.” Williams should’ve used a thesaurus when he retired because he did a little more than “OK” in his 33 years as a head coach. Ol’ Roy co…
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This is the second of five installments in a CSLH special series called "WOMEN LIVING IN A SPORTS LAW WORLD". Jaime Miettinen (aka Sports Law Blonde) discusses a unique consideration for collegiate women athletes as they take advantage of their Name, Image, & Likeness. NIL's impact shows a flaw in the college sports structure, & as women's sports f…
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March 27, 1986. Decades before pitch clocks and bigger bases, Peter Ueberroth, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, has to make a decision. He knows he’s going to upset players and fans, but something has to change. The World Series, the biggest baseball stage, should be fair for both sides. They need to play by the same rules. With all the M…
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Sport in History Podcast
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Ben Duncan-Jones on Boxing
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The geographies and finances of bare-knuckle prize-fighting in Britain, 1860-1880From the mid-nineteenth century bare-knuckle prize-fighting in Britain was reported as being in retreat. Yet, despite opposition and condemnation prize-fighting retained a ubiquitous social and cultural presence, both inside and outside the ring. Large crowds made up o…
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When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW Welcome to Fantasy Football Origin Stories, a weekly show here on the Sports History Network, where each episode is a journey back in time to explore some unique experiences from some of the coolest and most influential people …
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Unpopular Essays on Sports History
When Football Is Football is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW Welcome to Fantasy Football Origin Stories, a weekly show here on the Sports History Network, where each episode is a journey back in time to explore some unique experiences from some of the coolest and most influential people …
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Sports History This Week
March 26, 1979. Magic Johnson. Larry Bird. The pair of basketball superstars have reached the biggest moment in their young careers: the NCAA Tournament championship. Magic goes to greet Bird with a pre-game hug… but he’s not having it. “It’s on now,” says Johnson. Today, two of the greatest basketball players ever face off for college hoops’ crown…
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The Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks only lasted one season, but the World League of American Football carried on until 2007. At the end, it was known as NFL Europa. Though newly elected NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was quick to shut it down, the European league was a great incubator for football coaches and talent. In this episode we hear from former Car…
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Another unpopular essay on sports history... On this episode of Unpopular Essays on Sports History, host Os Davis looks to answer the question, "What is the greatest sport ever invented?" Make your guess and run through a thorough process of elimination to arrive at a logical, objective answer. You may be surprised at how easy this question really …
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Sport in History Podcast
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Andy Carter - Victorians and sport in the classical world
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Andy Carter - Victorians and sport in the classical world by British Society of Sports HistoryBritish Society of Sports History
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March 17, 2001. Serena Williams is getting booed. She’s trying to prepare to face Kim Clijsters in the finals of the prestigious annual tennis tournament at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden, but when her name is announced before the match, 14,000-plus audience members begin loudly jeering her every move. This angry mob mentality continues throughout …
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Michael Kennedy was the equipment manager for the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks. Not a glamourous role, but there wasn't much that was glamourous about the World League of American Football. Kennedy, like the players and head coach Roman Gabriel, simply wanted to be part of this sports world. He had a front row seat for the one and only season of the Sky…
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Sports History This Week
March 12, 1996. The Denver Nugget's leading scorer, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, is shooting around before the big game tonight. Strangely, a large crowd of reporters is gathering. It turns out, they’re here to ask him one big question: what do you think about the American Flag? Today, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf faces consequences for not standing during the nation…
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Until a few years ago, alcohol at college sporting events was a delicate dance in hypocrisy. Back in 1991 without a special exemption, the sale of alcohol was not allowed at public university facilities. You could always tailgate with your own booze before the game and universities would hold private events where alcohol was available, but there wa…
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This is the first of five installments in a CSLH special series called "WOMEN LIVING IN A SPORTS LAW WORLD". Jaime Miettinen (aka Sports Law Blonde) discusses what - if any - relationship exists between Title IX & Name, Image, & Likeness in the sports world. To find out, we start by covering Title IX's history & interpretation before going over the…
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A new History Channel podcast, American Football is the untold tale of the rough-and-tumble origins of the National Football League. Produced and presented by Michael Strahan and narrated by actress and pro football enthusiast Kate Mara, this podcast reaches back into the past to explain the dirty, bloody, and tumultuous beginnings of America's mos…
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Another Unpopular Essay on Sports History... Question: Who invented baseball? On April 2, 1908, Chicago Cubs president Albert Spalding made an announcement of earth-shattering importance to the game of baseball. Spalding was a huge name in the game, having played for over a decade before helping form the National League, and then player/managed his…
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This episode features a paper given by Katie Holmes at the IHR on women's running.Until October 1975, women in the UK did not compete in marathons, nor were they allowed run in any other long-distance road races. Women’s Amateur Athletic Association rules prohibited them from racing further than 6000m. Road racing was an almost entirely male preser…
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Another Unpopular Essay on Sports History. Question: Who was William Webb Ellis? Answer: William Webb Ellis, were we to rely solely on tradition, is the guy who, in a split-second decision, triggered the creation of not only the organized rugby for which he is credited, but also soccer, American football and all their cousins. Webb Ellis got his ea…
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March 2, 1962. Wilt Chamberlain, the NBA’s biggest star, makes the long drive out to Hershey, PA. There’s no pro basketball team in Hershey, but tonight, the town made famous for its chocolate is hosting a matchup between the Philadelphia Warriors and the New York Knicks. Chamberlain is Philly’s biggest star and he’s having a great season, but he p…
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Losing ain't easy. Losing for a whole season, well that's another level of pain. It wasn't just hard on players and coaches. As a broadcaster, Tony Haynes had a front row seat to the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks' losing season. Tony talks with Joe Ovies about the challenge of covering a team with an 0-10 record, and the toll of the season on everyone in…
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Another Unpopular Essay on Sports History. Question: Why can’t Major League Baseball players hit .400 anymore? The simplest possible answer: Because Major League baseball players never hit .400 – not in any un-asteriskable sense, anyway. “What?” those protesting may cry. “Since formation of the National League in 1876, 30 players have hit .400 or b…
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Minnesota Sports History Show
Unpopular Essays on Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW Unpopular Essays on Sports History Supposition. We live in a golden age of sports. I mean this not in the sense of athletes becoming stronger, speedier, savvier and smarter than ever before, nor in terms of the amazing…
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Unpopular Essays on Sports History
Unpopular Essays on Sports History is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW Unpopular Essays on Sports History Supposition. We live in a golden age of sports. I mean this not in the sense of athletes becoming stronger, speedier, savvier and smarter than ever before, nor in terms of the amazing…
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February 20, 1951 (or July 1951). Emmett Ashford is waiting inside the ballpark of the Mexicali Eagles. At 36 years old, he's toiled around the United States, working toward his goal of becoming a professional umpire. Finally, he lands a tryout just south of the border to make it happen. But there's a problem: the other umpires needed to play the g…
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For one disappointing season, the Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks didn't give fans much to cheer for. But the team did give hope to the men on the field. For Wilson Hoyle (former kicker from Wake Forest) and Mark Maye (former UNC QB), being part of the Skyhawks gave them the chance to keep their football careers alive for one more season. Hoyle and Maye lo…
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Another Unpopular Essay on Sports History. Some time before yours truly enters that great podcast production booth in the sky, there is one feat in sports I'd like to see accomplished: Namely, for an offensive lineman to be named Super Bowl Most Valuable Player. Unfortunately, as Super Bowl LVII quickly retreating in the collective metaphorical rea…
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Brother Walfrid (Andrew Kerins) is best known for founding Celtic F.C. in 1888. While his name is known well within the club's history, biographical details of Walfrid are often lacking. Listen as Conor speaks with Dr. Michael Connolly from Sterling University concerning Michael's new book,Walfrid: A Life of Faith Community and Football. The book c…
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Alec Hurley - Sport and microhistory in Rochester, NY
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This episode features a paper given by Alec Hurley at the British Society of Sport History's Sport & Leisure History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research in London.Though sport clubs are universal, there exists – as nineteenth century French diplomat Alexis DeTocqueville claimed – a uniquely American disposition toward the formation of a…
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Minnesota Sports History Show
Talkin' Two Tone is part of the Sports History Network - The Headquarters For Sports Yesteryear. HIGHLIGHTED SHOW Please join me in welcoming Asher and Tyler to the Sports History Network. They bring to us their podcast, "Talkin' Two Tone: A Titans Podcast," where they talk all things revolving around their beloved Tennessee Titans. You'll of cours…
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