Hour 1 Following two days of public viewings attended by students, alumni, sports icons, government officials, dignitaries and fans, former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno was buried on Wednesday. His death on January 22 came just two months after the University's trustees dismissed him as head coach amid criticism that he failed to respond [...]

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Hour 1 This fall in an article in the Atlantic, civil rights historian Taylor Branch made a compelling case for paying college athletes, calling the current system "the shame of college sports." The National College Athletic Association responded: "Student-athletes are students first and athletes second. They are not university employees who are paid for their [...]

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Hour 2 A number of hazing-related deaths have made headlines in recent months. Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion died within an hour of a hazing ritual, according to the state medical examiner, that involved “multiple blunt trauma blows to the body.” And eight soldiers in Afghanistan have been charged with involvement in the [...]

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Hour 2 Over the years , in what he called the Grand Experiment, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno set out to prove that it was possible to build and field a championship caliber football team without sacrificing the academic integrity of its program.  Paterno, though oftentimes cantankerous, was one of the most respected college [...]

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Hour 1 In a disturbing and graphic grand jury report (pdf), the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office has provided details of the child sex abuse case against former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky. The report alleges that while he was a defensive coach at Penn State and after his retirement in 1999,  Sandusky used the [...]

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Hour 1 Philadelphia boxing legend Smokin' Joe Frazier died yesterday.  We'll get reaction from Philadelphia boxing promoter RUSSELL PELTZ.  Then… Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter ELLEN SCHULTZ analyzed internal corporate documents and confidential memos, and conducted interviews with retirees and government filings to reveal how employers have misrepresented the status of their employees’ pensions and company [...]

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Hour 1 BOB DELANEY’s life has already brought him deep inside worlds most of us can only dream about. In his first act, he spent three years infiltrating the Mafia as a young New Jersey state trooper. Then he spent 25 years running up and down professional basketball courts as a referee in the NBA. [...]

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Hour 2 In this hour of Radio Times, we’ll talk sports, specifically the Phillies and the Eagles, with a pair of Philadelphia sportswriters. The Eagles season, following a preseason full of “Dream Team” hype, took a worrying turn Sunday night when Eagles quarterback Michael Vick was knocked out of the game, an eventual loss to [...]

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Hour 2 Our guest ZACK HAMPLE catches Major League baseballs. Not just an errant foul or fly ball at a game – he’s worked at this art for a long time and has created a career for himself. Hample’s expertise in working the balls in 48 Major League stadiums produced his 1999 book, “How to [...]

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Hour 1 Gay Americans are living and competing openly in the workplace, in politics and elsewhere. But what about the playing field and sports arena? Are they safe spaces for athletes to come out of the closet? Recent events in the NBA, with the president of the Phoenix Suns coming out as gay as an [...]

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