This year's NFL Draft holds the promise of teams licking their chops at mining a wealth of quarterback prospects. No matter how deep that list runs, one 6'6", 250-pound monster-armed talent stands head and shoulders above the rest. Auburn's qua

Ladies Day

Feb 25th, 2011 3m 30s

Let's call this Ladies Day here on The Score. First, in Iowa, where wrestling is to the state as football is to Texas, a high school girl last week became the first in the 86-year history of the State tournament to win a match. The downside to

Shrovetide Football

Feb 18th, 2011 3m 31s

With the end of the NFL season comes a collective American depression. Millions of us are football junkies and the withdrawal, post Super Bowl, can be cruel.

Aguilera’s Anthem Flub

Feb 11th, 2011 3m 26s

Christina Aguilera’s flubbing of the National Anthem has drawn equal billing to any football news, post Super Bowl. OK, “the twilight’s last ‘reaming’” was perhaps egregious botching, compared to other Anthem gaffes, such as Robert Goulet, befo

Women Love Football

Jan 21st, 2011 3m 29s

To paraphrase a feminist concept of male resistance to the growing power of women in our society, it has been said "the stronger women get, the more men love football." This to be interpreted that men love football, revere football, because it'

Ted Williams: Homeless to Famous

Jan 7th, 2011 3m 16s

This is the quintessential story that proves the enormous muscle of today's Social Media. O.K. Maybe Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg being named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, for influencing the lives of more than half a billion people, is th

Bud Greenspan: Artist of Sports

Dec 31st, 2010 3m 41s

Bud Greenspan, the award-winning Olympic filmmaker, died on Christmas Day. The eulogies and obituaries have poured forth. High praise for his many, beautiful works of art. Bud…I affectionately called him by his birth name, Jonah…was my long-tim

Hashim Khan Streak

Dec 24th, 2010 3m 31s

The women's basketball team at the University of Connecticut now holds the longest streak of consecutive games won in the history of the sport. On Tuesday, the Huskies took their record to 89, passing the long-standing, historic record of 88 st

Philly Fans Rudest

Dec 17th, 2010 3m 24s

Pitcher Cliff Lee created headlines this week with his surprise choice of the Philadelphia Phillies as home for ostensibly the rest of his already stellar career. None other than the Yankees, used to getting pretty much every star they pursue w

Monday Nights

Dec 10th, 2010 3m 30s

Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback and Monday Night Football personality Don Meredith passed away this week. In remembering the likeable Dandy Don, his Texas twang, his snakeskin cowboy boots and his irreverence in literally drinking and smoking

Transgender Territory

Dec 3rd, 2010 3m 31s

Editor’s note: This commentary published by KCRW includes arguments to exclude transgender athletes from participating in competition in accordance with their gender identity. As a matter of general practice and in the name of transparency, KCR

Pacquiao Power

Nov 19th, 2010 3m 30s

I admit I'm not the boxing fan I used to be. Maybe you can relate. There was a time when I wouldn't miss a big fight. That was back in the day of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, early Mike Tyson. One development that drove me a

Vick a Wonder

Nov 12th, 2010 3m 30s

It was a mere three years ago that I promised myself I would never again be a Michael Vick fan, should he return to football after his prison sentence in Leavenworth. It was the reprehensible nature of his particular crime, killing innocent dog

Cuba Heartache

Nov 5th, 2010 3m 24s

Hello, everybody. It's been a while. While I was down in Key West over the summer and into the fall, pursuing my lifelong Extreme Dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida, my buddies here at KCRW not only graciously gave me some time off from my

Diana Nyad's Dream: A Dream Postponed

Oct 22nd, 2010 5m 40s

Diana Nyad joins Matt Holzman back in the KCRW studios for a look at her big dream and her hopes for the future...

Diana Nyad's Dream, Part 12

Oct 15th, 2010 1m 43s

Will Paula keep Diana from her dream?

Diana Nyad's Dream, Part 11

Oct 8th, 2010 2m 4s

Will uncooperative temperatures throw cold water on Diana's dream?

Diana Nyad's Dream, Part 10

Oct 1st, 2010 3m 53s

After a year of preparation and arrangements, is the dream fading? With the weather and temperature uncooperative, is today the calm before the storm?

Diana Nyad's Dream, Part 9

Sep 10th, 2010 3m 32s

Diana learns patience as she waits out the weather and Cuban bureaucracy in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Diana Nyad's Dream, Part 8

Sep 3rd, 2010 5m 16s

Weather and bureaucracy continue to frustrate Diana, who has celebrated her 61st birthday with her crew. Must an alternate plan – a swim of an equal distance – replace her dream of swimming from Havana to Key West?