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Who Invented The Bicycle Kick? Soccer’s Greatest Legends And Lore By Uli Heese chats with Dr. Alvin

Uli Hesse Click Here To Listen Live The ultimate collection of soccer's greatest lore and legends, by two of the world's most knowledgeable soccer journalists Who Invented the Bicycle Kick? is a rollicking run through 100 years of global soccer history that will surprise and delight fans old and new. Veteran soccer journalists Paul Simpson and Uli Hesse bring together the sublime feats, legendary personalities, neglected heroes, bizarre twists of fate, and fascinating mysteries that have shaped the world's most popular game, including: •Who invented the bicycle kick? •Why does a football match last 90 minutes? •Who scored the fastest goal ever? •Which match produced the largest number of red cards? •Why are seven dead [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|African Americans, History, Science, Sports|Comments Off on Who Invented The Bicycle Kick? Soccer’s Greatest Legends And Lore By Uli Heese chats with Dr. Alvin
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No Summit Out Of Sight By Jordan Romero chats with Dr. Alvin

Jordan Romero Click Here To Listen Jordan Romero climbed Mount Everest at age thirteen—and he didn’t stop there. In this inspiring young adult memoir, he tells how he achieved such great heights. On May 22, 2010, at the age of thirteen, American teenager Jordan Romero became the youngest person to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. At fifteen, he became the youngest person to reach the summits of the tallest mountains on each of the seven continents. In this energizing memoir for young adults, Jordan, now seventeen, recounts his experience, which started as a spark of an idea at the age of nine and, many years of training and hard work later, turned into [...]

By |May 30th, 2014|Biography, Sports, Youth|Comments Off on No Summit Out Of Sight By Jordan Romero chats with Dr. Alvin
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Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.29.14 on DrAlvin.com: Johnny-Pacers-Glazer-NHL

D Brown Sports 052914 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. Malcolm Glazer. Pacers Win. Johnny Football. Donald Sterling. NHL Playoffs. MLB.

By |May 29th, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.29.14 on DrAlvin.com: Johnny-Pacers-Glazer-NHL
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Incredible And True Fishing Stories By Shaun Morey chats with Dr. Alvin

Shaun Morey Click Here To Listen Over 33 million people fish in this country. They went on over 455 million fishing trips and spent more than $41 billion on fishing expenses. And what’s almost as good as going fishing? Hearing, telling, and swapping great fish stories. Shaun Morey is a fisherman, a connoisseur of fish stories, and a journalist with a novelist’s eye (and vice versa) whose first collection, Incredible Fishing Stories, has 471,000 copies in print. In the years since that book’s publication, Morey has continued to reel in jaw-dropping tales, and the result is a new collection of over 100 even more incredible fishing stories. Here are Remarkable Catches—like the time Billy Sandifer [...]

By |May 28th, 2014|Animals, Sports|Comments Off on Incredible And True Fishing Stories By Shaun Morey chats with Dr. Alvin
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Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.28.14 on DrAlvin.com: Lee-OKC-Sterling-NHL

D Brown Sports 052814 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. Spurs vs. Thunder. Sean Lee. Donald Sterling. World Cup. NHL. NFL.

By |May 28th, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.28.14 on DrAlvin.com: Lee-OKC-Sterling-NHL
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Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.27.14 on DrAlvin.com: OKC-Rice-Irsay-Bosch

D Brown Sports 052714 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. Chris Bosch. Jim Irsay. Ray Rice. OKC. Dodgers. and more.

By |May 27th, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.27.14 on DrAlvin.com: OKC-Rice-Irsay-Bosch
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Big Red: Baseball, Fatherhood, And My Life In The Big Red Machine By Ken Griffey, Sr. chats with Dr. Alvin

Ken Griffey Click Here To Listen Reflecting on an outstanding 19-year major-league career, this autobiography chronicles baseball great Ken Griffey, beginning with his days just out of high school. The account relates Griffey’s decision to venture into the baseball business, documenting his time as a scout, coach, and manager along with his accomplishments as a father, raising two other major league ballplayers: Craig, who played briefly for the Seattle Mariners, and future Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr. Capturing the subject’s time with the Big Red Machine, this record details his days playing alongside Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, and Pete Rose, highlighting the Reds' two consecutive world championships in 1975 and 1976. Finally, the ultimate [...]

By |May 26th, 2014|Biography, Parenting, Sports|Comments Off on Big Red: Baseball, Fatherhood, And My Life In The Big Red Machine By Ken Griffey, Sr. chats with Dr. Alvin
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Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.23.14 on DrAlvin.com: Cuban-Fielder-Rangers-Donovan-Aldon

D Brown Sports 052314 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. Paul George. Prince Felder. Landon Donovan. Mark Cuban. NY Rangers. Aldon Smith.

By |May 23rd, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.23.14 on DrAlvin.com: Cuban-Fielder-Rangers-Donovan-Aldon
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First African American NASCAR Hall Of Famer Wendell Scott: Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.22.14 on DrAlvin.com

D Brown Sports 052214 Click Here To Listen Get the latest in sports, news and commentary. Wendell Scott. Spurs. NHL Playoffs. Seattle Seahawks at White House.

By |May 22nd, 2014|Sports|Comments Off on First African American NASCAR Hall Of Famer Wendell Scott: Derrick Brown Sports Report 05.22.14 on DrAlvin.com
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