Category Archives: ESPN Sports Today and in the Day

Doc Stull‘s Sports Today and in the Day is a series of seventy 2 1/2 minute radio shows that have run consecutively since Sept, 2010 on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, Eureka, CA. The show features dramatic and inspirational stories about sport and sport personalities in American history and popular culture as well as ancient sport. 22 sports are represented as well as pieces on sport in art, cinema, music and literature. Also included are selected book, documentary and movie reviews and original stories and reflections. Upbeat, highly entertaining, provocative and informative, each segment is written and narrated by Doc Stull and features original music compositions by jazz composer/performer Tim Randles.

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day

“The Hustler” on  ESPN  Sports Radio 1340 AM Eureka, CA  Nov. 14 – Nov 18, 2016 at 7:55 AM and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday.

 

 hustler

The poolroom and the cruel physics of the green felt serves as metaphor for sport, good and evil and life itself in Robert Rossen’s 1961 classic film starring Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason and George C. Scott.


 To stream Doc’s piece, Click Here

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day

“Joe Gans”  on ESPN  Humboldt Sports Radio 1340 AM/92.7 FM Eureka, CA, Nov. 7- 11,  2016 at 7:55 AM and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday.

joegans-2

The first African-American boxing champion (1902), Joe Gans is unknown to many but his legacy lives large in American popular culture history.

 

 To stream Doc’s piece, Click Here

Doc’s Sports Today and in the Day

“Fosbury’s Futuristic Flop” on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, 7:55 AM, Oct 31 – Nov. 4, 2016 and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday

fosburyjump

A shy adolescent in the early 1960’s from Oregon combines desperation and innovation and changes the biomechanics of the sport of high-jumping for all time and becomes an Olympic Games icon.

To stream Doc’s piece, go the PRX link below:

http://www.prx.org/pieces/81884-dick-fosbury

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day

“Eight Men Out” on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM, Oct. 24 – Oct. 28,  2016  7:55 AM, and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday

 

8 Men Out Movie pic

 John Sayles’ classic 1988 film about the Black Sox gambling scandal, the 1919 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and the Cincinnati Reds and Shoeless Joe Jackson, the greatest player of his era, captures an America caught between innocence and greed.

 To stream Doc’s piece, Click Here

Doc’s Sports Today and in the Day

“Three-Finger Brown” on ESPN Sports Radio 1340 AM/92.7 FM, 7:55 AM, Oct. 10 – Oct. 14, 2016 and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday

Mordecai Brown Of The Chicago Cubs

Will it happen again  finally this year?

Turn-of-the-century 20th Century Cubs Hall of Famer Mordecai “Three-Finger” Brown puts jazz on the ball in one of baseball’s and Chicago Cubs’ most treasured and inspirational stories.

To stream Doc’s piece, go the PRX link below:

http://www.prx.org/pieces/84346-three-finger-brown

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day – Hispanic Heritage Month

Doc and Tag Wotherspoon host ESPN  Humboldt Sports Radio Northcoast Game Night 1340 AM/92.7 FM Eureka, CA  Sept. 1,  2016 at 4:00 – 5:30 PM

 

espn1340

Join Doc and Tag as they cover the local, national and world sports scene with a special hello to Doc’s Latin American listeners in Sucre and Tarija, Bolivia.


 To stream Doc’s piece, Click Here

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day – Hispanic Heritage Month

“Luis Firpo”  on ESPN  Humboldt Sports Radio 1340 AM/92.7 FM Eureka, CA  Oct. 2 – 6, 2016 at 7:55 AM and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday

barra_dempseypainting_post

Wily Argentinian 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, Click Here

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day – Hispanic Heritage Month

“Bernie Williams and the Rhythms of the Game”  on ESPN  Humboldt Sports Radio 1340 AM/92.7 FM Eureka, CA  Sept. 26 -30, 2016 at 7:55 AM and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday

Rhythms Picture

Bernie Williams, native of Puerto Rico and graduate of a performing arts high-school, retired Yankee five- time all-star center-fielder and now professional jazz guitarist co-authors a unique book about “the link between music and athletic performance” with percussionist and professor. Dave Gluck and Emmy-nominated music producer Dr. Bob Thompson.


 To stream Doc’s piece, Click Here

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day – Hispanic Heritage Month

“Ted Williams”  on ESPN  Humboldt Sports Radio 1340 AM/92.7 FM Eureka, CA  Sept. 19 – 23, 2016 at 7:55 AM and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday

Ted Williams

Red Sox Hall of Famer, Ted Williams, arguably the greatest hitter in the history of baseball hid his Mexican ancestry for years and was was the first inductee into The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame in 2002 just months before his death.


 To stream Doc’s piece, Click Here

Doc Stull’s Sports Today and in the Day – Hispanic Heritage Month

“Roberto Duran”  on ESPN  Humboldt Sports Radio 1340 AM/92.7 FM Eureka, CA  Sept. 12 – 16, 2016 at 7:55 AM and KGOE News Talk Radio 1480 AM Eureka at 4:30 AM and 10:30 PM Monday – Friday

Duran

One of the greatest fighters in history – pound for pound, Panamanian Roberto Duran rivaled Sugar Ray Robinson as one of the finest puncher-boxer combinations in the sport of boxing. Fighting in five decades, Duran’s smoldering intensity was legendary – but his famous “no mas” championship fight with another “Sugar Man,” Sugar Ray Leonard in 1980 also indelibly stamped his legacy.


 To stream Doc’s piece, Click Here