Showing results by publisher "Listen & Live Audio, Inc." in Sports & Outdoors

This riveting collection of adventure writing includes the work of The Perfect Storm author, Sebastian Junger. Listen as men and women battle the elements, and often each other, to stay alive, confronting sharks, savage storms, rogue waves, mountainous icebergs, starvation, and their own fear and suffering.

"Epic" is a mountaineering term that evokes a sense of treacherous disaster. The climb that went wrong: fighting blinding snowstorms and horrific avalanches; days spent tentbound running low on food, water, and oxygen; surviving broken bones and shattered spirits. This program offers a collection of the most memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks, often in the worst possible conditions.

For those who dare, things often go wrong on the sea. Deep Blue offers some of literature's greatest stories about the ocean and the people who risk its wrath. Castaways, pirates, and victims of shipwreck all fight to survive in far-flung places and under harrowing circumstances. Together, these works offer a convincing reminder of the sea's dangers and mysteries.

If you think a gang of real-life geeks can't take on the world and win big...think again. And whatever you do, don't sit down across a gaming table from Jon Finkel, better known as Jonny Magic. Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids is his amazing true story: the jaw-dropping, zero-to-hero chronicle of a fat, friendless boy from New Jersey who found his edge in a game of cards and turned it into a fortune!

Year after year, climbers return to the world's most difficult mountains. At these places, even the most cautious climber is vulnerable to mistakes, bad weather, and bad luck, which often leads to death. This collection offers harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and its potentially fatal consequences.

In this dynamic one-hour program, Yoga Stretch For Fitness, yoga expert Beth Shaw guides the listener through a variety of basic stretching, toning, and strengthening movements. She encourages participants of any age, size, or body type to follow this program while traveling or in the comfort of home. Music tracks, which accompany Beth's vocal directions, are provided by Steven Halpern, a world-renowned New Age musician.

On October 3, 1951, the New York Giants' Bobby Thompson hit a dramatic ninth-inning, game-winning home run off the Brooklyn Dodgers' Ralpha Branca at the Polo Grounds in the decisive third game of a three-game playoff to win the National League pennant. It would be known in baseball lore as the "Shot Heard Round the World".

Hear the voices of old-time boxing greats, including Jack Dempsey, Luis Firpo, Al Mayer, Nat Fleisher, Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Tony Galento, Benny Leonard, and Bill Corum.

Hear the voices of all-time tennis greats, including Althea Gibson, Don Budge, and Bill Tilden.

During its six-game NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Championship run, number three-seeded Michigan defeated 14th-seeded Xavier, 92-87, 6th-seeded South Alabama, 91-82, 2nd-seed North Carolina, 92-87, 5th-seeded Virginia, 102-65, 1st-seeded Illinois, 83-81, and 3rd-seeded Seton Hall, 80-79, in overtime.The team, coached by Bill Fisher in the NCAA Tournmanet, featured the following future NBA players: Glen Rice, Rumeal Robinson, Loy Vaught, Terry Mills, and Sean Higgins.Go Blue!

Play It Again!, with the voice of the Blue Devils, Bob Harris, and color commentator Mike Waters, features radio highlights from Duke University's 1991 MCAA Men's Basketball National Championship run that saw the team defeat Louisiana-Monroe, Iowa, UConn, St. John's, and exact revenge on UNLV, before beating the University of Kansas, 72-65, on April 1, 1991, in the title game. Three players from the 1991 squad (Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, and Grant Hill) had their jerseys retired by Duke. Go Blue Devils!

Play It Again II, with the voice of the Blue Devils Bob Harris and color commentator Mike Waters, features radio highlights from Duke University's 1992 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship run that saw the team defeat Campbell, Iowa, Seton Hall, and edge Kentucky in what is widely considered one of the greatest college basketball games ever played, before beating Indiana and the University of Michigan's Fab Five in the title game.

Rescue offers riveting stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places: Himalayan peaks, African plains, vast oceans, remote Arctic wilderness. The result is a collection of first-rate prose read by masterful narrators that makes for compulsive listening.

Knute Rockne (March 4, 1888 - March 31, 1931) was an American football player and coach, both at the University of Notre Dame. He is regarded as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. Rockne popularized the forward pass and made Notre Dame a major factor in collegiate football. This recording is a famous pre-game lockerroom pep talk he gave to his players.

Hear the voices of Olympic Track Greats, including Jesse Owens, winner of 4 Gold Medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics; Josy Barthel, a Luxembougish runner who won the men's 1500 meters at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics; and Roger Bannister, an English athlete best known for breaking the four-minute mile.

Join Mick Hubert, voice of the Gators, as he relives through radio highlights the 1993-1994 Gator football and basketball seasons - a year which saw the University of Florida climb to the top of collegiate athletic programs! Capturing a second consecutive SEC Eastern Division title, the Florida Gators avenged a loss to Alabama the year before by beating the Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship game and earning a berth in the Sugar Bowl.

Welcome to the 1993-94 University of Wisconsin football season - led by head coach Barry Alvarez, quarterback Darell Bevell, a devastating running tandem of Brent Moss and Terrell Fletcher, and a nationally ranked defense - a season which once again placeed Badger football among the elite college programs!

Welcome to the 1989-1990 University of Southern California football season: a regular season which saw the Trojans stand tall among their Pac-10 conference rivals, registering 9 wins including exciting victories against Washington, Arizona, and a dramatic, last-second triumph over Washington State. Led by quarterback Todd Marinovich, Junior Seau, Mark Carrier, and Ricky Ervins, the Trojans concluded this fantastic season with a 17-10 victory over Bo Schembechler's Michigan wolverines in the New Year's Day Rose Bowl Classic.