Sports

Battle Of The Nations

Virginia Prescott — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:58:09 +0000

Battle of the Nations is an international event held annually since 2009 – this year in the medieval walled city of Aigues-Mortes in the south of France. About five-hundred men from twenty-two countries competed in what is part historic re-enactment, and part full contact sport. Wearing full medieval armor and using blunted period weaponry, participants hack, slash, and wrestle opponents to the ground in events ranging from one-on-on, to dueling groups of twenty-one each. Our next guest, Jaye Brooks was there – he’s executive officer for team USA and the Armored Combat League, and he came in at 10^th place in the one-on-one competition.

"Hungry" UNH Wildcats In NCAA Men's Hockey Tournament

Brady Carlson — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:22:48 +0000

The UNH Wildcats are taking on Denver University in the first round of the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament.

Allen Lessels covers the Wildcats for the New Hampshire Union Leader. He talks with All Things Considered host Brady Carlson about the team's turnaround season and how it matches up against its first-round opponent.

One Granite State Doctor “Calls Foul” Against Football (Rebroadcast)

Laura Knoy — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000

Paul Butler is a former football player himself, but says the evidence now shows the game is too dangerous for young people and their developing brains. Butler called for a ban on the sport in his hometown. But many say his concerns go overboard and that it’s a hard sell to interfere with America’s second favorite pastime. We'll hear from both sides of this debate.

Ice Fishing Angles Toward Innovation

Sam Evans-Brown — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:11:45 +0000

NHPR’s Sam Evans-Brown found that the traditional ice-fishing bob-houses that pop up each winter may be on their way out. Earlier this month, Sam caught up with Dave Genz—the man credited as the “Godfather of modern ice fishing” and the only ice-angler to be named to America’s fresh water fishing hall of fame—as he fished and demonstrated and some of the newer innovations to the winter sport.

Lost & Found: The Ski Hills Of N.H.

Rick Ganley — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:00:00 +0000

Years ago while chasing my then- toddler around a small hillside park in Derry, I found a large chunk of iron; It was an odd site, this hulking engine block in the brush and undergrowth at the top of the hill. Then I noticed the telephone poles. They were several feet back in the woods. Two of the poles had wheel hubs displaying just a hint of the yellow they were once painted. A thin wire bowed between two of them.

This was a rope tow.

Of Hockey and Gender: Why a Female Player Wants to Keep Playing With the Males

Brady Carlson — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 23:56:48 +0000

Bishop Brady High School in Concord kicked off its boys’ hockey season last night with an 8 to 1 loss to Manchester’s Trinity High School.

Zach Frament scored Bishop Brady’s lone goal, with an assist by Shelby Herrington, who happens to be the only female player on Bishop Brady’s boys’ hockey team.

Whether she remains on that team for the rest of the season remains to be seen.

UNH Football Looking To Make Playoff Run

Todd Bookman — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:48:34 +0000

On Saturday, UNH’s football team will travel to Spartanburg, South Carolina to take on the Wofford College Terriers in a second-round playoff game.

It’s the ninth straight year the Wildcats have made the FCS (formerly called Division 1-AA) playoffs, the longest active streak in the nation.

Head Coach Sean McDonnell says it’s the character of his players, as much as their talent, that keeps the Wildcats winning.

One Granite State Doctor “Calls Foul” Against Football

Laura Knoy — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:00:00 +0000

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A Profile of Kathrine Switzer

Keith Shields — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 21:00:00 +0000

NHPR's Keith Shields, sat down with Kathrine Switzer, the first woman 'officially' run the Boston Marathon and gives a profile of her and explains how it started a revolution in women's running and women's sports.

Pedaling off the Pounds

Sam Evans-Brown — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:04:57 +0000

A lot of Americans are struggling to lose a whole lot of weight, and they try all kinds of crazy things.

Ernest Gagnon — a man from Billerica, Mass. — decided to shed pounds by getting into the often intense, high-adrenaline sport of cyclocross: racing road bikes on obstacle courses.

Two years ago, Gagnon tipped the scales at 570 pounds. He was depressed and embarrassed to leave the house.

The World Cup of Sandwich, NH

Sean Hurley — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:00:00 +0000

I Choose To Run: When Politics and Athletes Intersect

Brady Carlson and Keith Shields — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:31:41 +0000

This past weekend in New Hampshire was full of two things that NHPR's Keith Shields follows very closely: politics and marathons.

Shields is executive producer of The Exchange and a 27 time marathoner. He joins All Things Considered host Brady Carlson to – pardon the pun – run through the intersection of marathon culture and political culture, up to and including this election.

A Step by Step on Racewalking

Keith Shields — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Race-walking may be considered the Rodney Dangerfield of Track and Field, it’s been around for a long time, looks funny and gets no respect. But the competition has been an Olympic event for over a century and in certain areas of the world, taken very seriously. In New Hampshire, several former elite athletes are among the few hoping to re-popularize the sport. NHPR’s Keith Shields learns more about race-walking and what we should know about the sport as we watch this weekend’s Olympic competitions.

NHPR's In-House Marathoner Weighs In On Olympic Track and Field

Brady Carlson and Keith Shields — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:15:50 +0000

Millions of Americans have been following the Olympics in London, and NHPR staffers are no exception. But one of our colleagues is watching with a more seasoned eye – Keith Shields is executive producer of The Exchange, but he’s also a 27-time marathoner who's currently training for an Iron Man triathlon in Quebec.

He tells All Things Considered host Brady Carlson about the races he's been following, London's history in shaping the modern marathon, and whether athletes watch Olympic competition any differently than the rest of us.

The Mile Still Matters To Track & Field

Todd Bookman — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:00:00 +0000

Track and field has a numbers problem. As in, there are just too many of them. The 60, 26.2, 4-by-8, 2-oh-3, 5, 8, 10k…

Back in the 1950s, there was one number that mattered.

"I think there are only a handful of achievements like breaking 4 minutes for the first time, in any sport, that comes close to what Roger Bannister has done."