Derrick Brown Sports Report 06.16.14 on DrAlvin.com: Chuck Noll-Spurs NBA Champions

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Derrick Brown Sports Report 06.12.14 on DrAlvin.com: Spurs Win-NHL Stanley Cup-World Cup

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Derrick Brown Sports Report 06.12.14 on DrAlvin.com: NBA Finals-NHL Stanley Cup-World Cup

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Derrick Brown Sports Report 06.11.14 on DrAlvin.com: Spurs-Calipari-Fisher

D Brown Sports 061114 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. NBA Championship. Derek Fisher. John Calipari.  

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Denali’s Howl By Andy Hall chats with Dr. Alvin

Andy Hall Click Here To Listen In 1967, twelve young men attempted to climb Alaska’s Mount McKinley—known to the locals as Denali—one of the most popular and deadly mountaineering destinations in the world. Only five survived. Journalist Andy Hall, son of the park superintendent at the time, investigates the tragedy. He spent years tracking down survivors, lost documents, and recordings of radio communications. In Denali’s Howl, Hall reveals the full story of an expedition facing conditions conclusively established here for the first time: At an elevation of nearly 20,000 feet, these young men endured an “arctic super blizzard,” with howling winds of up to 300 miles an hour and wind chill that freezes flesh solid [...]

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Tiger, Meet My Sister…: And Other Things I Probably Shouldn’t Have Said By Rick Reilly chats with Dr. Alvin

Rick Reilly Click Here To Listen   Rick Reilly has been called “one of the funni­est humans on the planet—an indescribable amalgam of Dave Barry, Jim Murray, and Lewis Grizzard, with the timing of Jay Leno and the wit of Johnny Carson” (Publishers Weekly). In Tiger, Meet My Sister, Reilly com­piles the best of his columns from his last five years with ESPN, columns that will make you laugh, cry—and quite a few that may make you want to throw this book across the room. Rick Reilly tends to get under people’s skin like that. He has no compunction telling readers, in his singular quick-witted style, how he really feels about some of the most [...]

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The Yankee Way: Playing, Coaching And My Life In Baseball By Willie Randolph chats with Dr. Alvin

Willie Randolph Click Here To Listen From a dusty diamond in Brooklyn to the hallowed grounds of Yankee Stadium, Willie Randolph has always loved the game of baseball, and over the course of his storied career, he has amassed a remarkable list of accomplishments—All-Star second baseman, World Series champion, manager—but, above all, he has been a Yankee. For almost thirty years, Randolph was a part of Yankee lore and mythology, whether playing with the legends Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson and witnessing the infamous Bronx Zoo at its rowdiest, or coaching as the Core Four of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Andy Pettitte, and Jorge Posada rose to fame and ushered in a new era of [...]

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