Author Richard King joined Downtown to talk about his book “Redskins”. King spoke about his decision to write the book and talked about the problem America still has with having Native American mascots. He talked about the situation in Washington DC and told us whether or not a solution to the problem would ever occur […]
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Richard King on offensive team nicknames and Washington DC football
James Walker on “expert” prognostication of sports
Author James Walker joined Downtown for Sports Lit 101 on Wednesday afternoon to talk about sports predictions by experts which often go awry. Walker went into some of the analytics for the predictions by the so called experts and said that it would almost be better to just do a random selection because the odds […]
Author Richard King on his book “Meeting Tom Brady”
Author Richard King joined Downtown on Wednesday as part of Sports Lit 101 where he talked about his book, “Meeting Tom Brady”. King talked about how the thought of writing this book came to be and his ultimate goal of meeting the New England Patriots quarterback. He told the story of how he took fan […]
Poet Jesse Graves on his piece “AM Radio”
Poet Jesse Graves joined Downtown on Wednesday to talk about his work and recited his poem, “AM Radio”. Graves talked about how listening to radio growing up and why that made an impact on him in his youth. He also spoke of how the poem came to be and what exactly went into the […]
Sports Lit 101 with Bruce Pratt: “Playing with Tigers”
Bruce Pratt was back on Downtown on Wednesday for Sports Lit 101 to talk about another book, this time with Playing With Tigers by George Gmelch. Pratt went into the plot of the book and the background of the author who played minor league baseball in the Detroit Tigers organization. The story details the minor […]
Author Kevin Hayes on his book “The Two Wheeled World of George B. Thayer”
Author Kevin Hayes joined Downtown for another edition of Sports Lit 101 to talk about his book “The Two Wheeled World of George B. Thayer”. Hayes talked about what inspired him to write this book and talked about the plight of Thayer in his quest. He spoke about some of the problems that Thayer had […]
Greg Allen on the Syracuse 8 and the Missouri football boycott
Greg Allen joined Downtown to talk about the Syracuse 8 and the parallels from his group to the Missouri football team of this season. Allen spoke on his time with Syracuse and what predicated the boycott all those years ago. He talked about the players’ demands and tried to compare his situation with what the […]
Author David Davis on his book “Waterman”
Author David Davis joined Downtown on Wednesday to elaborate on his book, “Waterman: The Life And Times of Duke Kahanamoku”. Rich and Bruce previously spoke about “Waterman” in an earlier edition of Sports Lit 101, but Davis elaborated on the book and spoke on the impact and legacy of Kahanamoku.
Joe Bathanti talks about his book “East Liberty”
Joe Bathanti came on Downtown as a part on Sports Lit 101 with Bruce Pratt. Bathanti talked with Rich and Bruce about his book “East Liberty” and his connection to the sports world in the city of Pittsburgh. Rich and Joe talked about connections to the city and discussed the book at length. They also […]
Bill Littlefield of NPR’s “Only A Game” talks about W.C. Heinz
Bill Littlefield of “Only A Game” joined Downtown for Sports Lit 101 to discuss the new book “The Top of His Game”, a collection of the writings of legendary sportswriter W.C. Heinz, edited by Littlefield. He talked about working with Heinz late in his life and the influence the writing of Heinz had on the […]
Author James R. Walker on baseball radio broadcasts
Author James R. Walker joined Downtown to talk about baseball on the radio and his book Crack of the Bat. Walker spoke about some of the greats in the business and what makes baseball the best sport to listen to on the radio.
Sue Eisenfeld on her book “Shenandoah”
Sue Eisenfeld, the author of the book Shenandoah, joined Downtown for Sports Lit 101 to talk about work and how a proposed new national park in Maine could impact the area. She detailed what exactly the construction of the park did for the Shenandoah area and also how it was perceived by the people who […]
Jay Smith on his book “Cheated”
Author Jay Smith came on Downtown to talk about his recent book Cheated which detailed some of the academic problems within the UNC athletic departments. Smith talked about what he uncovered along the way and the classes that were in place by athletic and academic officials to keep certain athletes on the field or court.