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Sports History This Week

Sports History This Week


Sports History This Week

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Length:
64 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Sports History This Week brings to life moments in competition that redefined sports and our culture. Every week, host Kaelen Jones will unpack one sporting event that occurred within that calendar week sometime in the past. Through gripping narratives, illustrative archival and interviews with athletes and experts, Jones will guide listeners through the pivotal triumphs, failures and turning points that shaped today’s sports world and beyond. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 64 episodes

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Looking Back at Sports History

August 16th, 2023. Over the past 16 months, Sports History This Week has covered sporti...

21 minutes
Aug 16, 2023

“The Great One” Becomes a King

August 9, 1988: Coming off their fourth Stanley Cup win in the last five seasons, the E...

33 minutes
Aug 09, 2023

Special Announcement

We’ll be back next week with a regular episode, but please listen to this for an import...

0 minutes
Aug 04, 2023

Street Fighter’s EVO Moment #37 (ft. Justin Wong & Daigo Umehara)

August 1, 2004. Before esports became a billion-dollar industry, a few college halls in...

30 minutes
Aug 02, 2023

Barry Sanders Retires in His Prime

July 27, 1999. Barry Sanders, star running back of the Detroit Lions, writes a letter a...

29 minutes
Jul 26, 2023

Seattle Loses the Supersonics (ft. Damien Wilkins)

July 18, 2006. The owner of the Seattle SuperSonics, Howard Schultz, calls a press conf...

32 minutes
Jul 19, 2023

Chastain’s World Cup Winner (ft. Kristine Lilly & Briana Scurry)

July 10, 1999. It’s 107 degrees on the soccer field in Pasadena, California, at third-e...

28 minutes
Jul 12, 2023

Kobayashi Arrested at the Hot Dog Eating Contest (ft. Takeru Kobayashi & Joey Chestnut)

July 4, 2010. Nathan’s Famous is holding its annual hot dog eating competition on Coney...

33 minutes
Jul 05, 2023

Maddux Throws a Maddux (ft. Greg Maddux)

July 2, 1997. Atlanta Braves ace Greg Maddux takes the mound for a regular-season start...

24 minutes
Jun 28, 2023

F1 Wrecks Its Chance in America

June 19, 2005. Formula 1 is hosting its U.S. Grand Prix at the famous Indianapolis Moto...

26 minutes
Jun 21, 2023