To Get A College Scholarship: Forget The Field, Hit The Books
Think playing on sports' travel team will help your kids get a college scholarship? Think again. Commentator John U. Bacon advises that they hit the books instead.
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Jamaican Bobsled Team Stranded After Van Breaks Down
David Schnerch came across the stranded team in Alberta, Canada, while he was running errands. He drove the team to Canada Olympic Park. The 1988 debut of the team inspired the movie Cool Runnings.
Not My Job: Sportscaster Joe Buck Gets Quizzed On Kittens And Rainbows
When the Cubs won the World Series (remember that?) Joe Buck was the person who told the world it had happened. This week we could use a break from the news, so we'll quiz him on cute, happy things.
Slovakian Brothers Named Fastest Gravediggers In Central Europe
The two winners beat out stiff competition at this week's International Exhibition of Funeral, Burial, and Cremation Services.
2016: An Election Year That Pervaded Sports
At the end of election week, NPR's Tom Goldman joins Scott Simon to reflect on a year in which politics seeped into every aspect of America life, including sports.
Second-Generation Sportscaster Joe Buck: 'I Hear My Dad More In Me Now'
"I will forever be known to some people as Jack Buck's son," the announcer says. "And thank God he and I were best friends or that would drive me nuts." His new book is called Lucky Bastard.
Cleveland Browns Aim To Win This Season's First NFL Game
2016 is the year the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA title, and it's the year the Indians made it into World Series action. Now, the Browns would like to win just one game. The NFL team is 0-9.
Political Smackdown: 'Candidates' Wrestle For A Good Cause
It's 15 minutes til showtime, and the basement level theatre of Geeksboro Coffeehouse Cinema is teeming with pre-bout excitement.
A First In Gaza: A Female Treats Injured Male Soccer Players
Hanan Abu Qassem is one of a handful of female emergency medical technicians working at Palestinian soccer games. Stares and jeers don't faze her. "I'm anxious to be a very famous EMT," she says.
Keitany And McFadden Extend Winning Streaks In NYC Marathon
Mary Keitany has won the women's race three years in a row. Tatyana McFadden won her fourth consecutive title in the women's wheelchair race. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie became the youngest man ever to win.