“Sport Poetry – from Ancient Greece to Post- Modern” on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, 7:55 AM, June 30 – July 4, 2014
Competition, victory and defeat, the “moment,” the skill, the physics – all timeless themes in sport poetry for 2500 years.
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Radio Appearance
Doc appears on KMUD’s Monday Morning Magazine with host Dennis Huber, 88.1 FM, Eureka, 91.1 FM Garberville, Monday, 7:30 AM June 23, 2014
Doc and Dennis will talk about the need for encouraging entrepreneurial innovation for young people in Humboldt County, how a combination of skills training, critical thinking and historical/cultural contexts needs to be taught in higher education, adult re-invention and life-time learning skills, how entrepreneur CEO’s like Elan Musk and Howard Schwartz and trying to alter the zero-sum marketplace “winner take all mentality” by acknowledging and shouldering social responsibility in the marketplace, World Cup Drama, an original “What’s it all about?” short story and more…the usual eclectic mix.
Tune in and check it out or stream it at:
Doc’s Sports Today and in the Day
“Luis Angel “Wild Bull of the Pampas” Firpo!” on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, 7:55 AM, June 23 – June 27, 2014
Wily Argentinian fighter in the 1920’s is the first Hispanic to fight for the heavyweight championship and becomes the centerpiece of America’s most famous sports painting in one of the greatest fights of the 20th century.
To stream Doc’s piece, go the PRX link below:
https://www.prx.org/pieces/113125-luis-wild-bull-of-the-pampas-firpo
Doc’s Sports Today and in the Day
“Jr. Johnson” on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, 7:55 AM, June 16- June 20, 2014
Race-car driver Jr. Johnson sets the tone for racing in the 1960’s and embodies the term “good ‘ol boy”
To stream Doc’s piece, go the PRX link below:
http://www.prx.org/pieces/84656-jr-johnson-the-last-american-hero
Radio Appearance
Listen to Doc on Radio El Sol on KMEC 105.1 FM live at 5:00 PM, Monday, June 9, 2014
Doc and radio host Josephina Duenas about Doc’s upcoming piece on El Sol Bilingue piece on Latin and Central American literary magical realism in short stories…dealing with sport – a small but imaginative genre that will surprise listeners as to its powerful personal, political and historical content. Included are stories by Jorge Amado and Sergio Ramirez.
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Radio Appearance
Doc appears on KMUD’s Monday Morning Magazine with host Dennis Huber, 88.1 FM, Eureka, 91.1 FM Garberville, Monday, 8:30 AM June 9, 2014
Doc and Dennis will talk discuss a potpourri of topics – popular culture and politics, the current climate of athlete branding, from Pele to Michael Jordan to Fantex and buying stocks in the 49’er’s Vernon Davis to how ” the more things change, the more they stay the same” going back to 5th Century BC Ancient Greece the professionalization and marketing of athletes “back in the day.”
Tune in and check it out or stream it at:
Doc’s Sports Today and in the Day
“Zidane: The Head-butt heard ’round the World” on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, 7:55 AM, June 9 – June 13, 2014
One of the true superstars in the world sport of soccer, Zinedine Zidane’s technical artistry carried France to its first World Cup in 1998; and almost again in 2006 until his red card due to a deliberate head-butt in overtime became a cultural phenomenon over-shadowing France’s eventual loss to Italy by penalty-kicks.
To stream Doc’s piece, go the PRX link below:
https://www.prx.org/pieces/100768-zidane-french-football-sensation
