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On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island of Hawaii, Cook was killed in a conflict with native Hawaiians. How did Cook, who was unique among captains for his respect for Indigenous peoples and cultures, come to that fatal moment? Hampton Sides’ bravura account of Cook’s last journey both wrestles with Cook’s legacy and provides a thrilling narrative of the titanic efforts and continual danger that characterized exploration.

James “Jimmy” Marshall is a man of many talents, with an unreal work ethic.After an epic rugby career that included winning a super rugby title with the Hurricanes then captaining Taranaki to an ITM cup title. He has turned to coaching and last year joined the Crusaders coaching crew after being shoulder tapped by Razor Robertson.Off the field, he has built the incredible “What A Lad” podcast. This conversation covers some of the very rich Jimmy Marshall story. Hope you like it.Shout out to the sponsors of this episode- Radix and Generate.Radix are one of the most innovative ...

Voice of the Warriors James Gallo joins us to talk about their intense playoff series with Saskatoon!

The Insiders' & 1320 Kings Insider, James Ham joined the show to talk NBA playoffs and Kings.

We’re back with Season 2, Episode 63 of Club 520 where Jeff Teague and the guys are joined by Rajon Rondo to discuss playing for Kentucky, winning a championship alongside Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Ray Allen with the Boston Celtics, winning a another NBA Finals with LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers during the pandemic, and much more! 00:00 Introduction02:00 - Best NBA Draft Class ever05:00 - Rajon Rondo would have left Kentucky09:00 - Declining offer with Louisville10:10 - Rondo's Oak Hill Top 511:15 - Oak Hill vs. Montverde18:00 - Coaching AAU + AAU parents23:20 - NBA Draft ...

The 2024 NFL Draft has come and gone but there’s already some way too early buzz on the 2025 Draft out there to consume. Pro Football focus has Tennessee edge rusher James Pearce at the top of their Big Board. James Pearce highlights several sports books as well with the best easy odds to be the No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. How does all this attention affect Tennessee football and Josh Heupel? Who are some other Tennessee Vols who could be drafted in 2025 along with Pearce? And which state provided the most draft picks last week? Where does the state of Tennessee rank in terms ...

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We talk with James Venne of the Melfort Mustangs about his stellar performance in the SJHL final.

The Insiders' & 1320 Kings Insider, James Ham joined the show to talk all things Kings.

James Rapien joins Overtime with Jonathan Peterlin to discuss the Browns and Bengals following the NFL Draft. He talks about Tee Higgins future in Cincinnati, the expectations surrounding the Bengals heading into next season, and more.

James Capen Adams roamed the Sierra Nevada when California was wild. He slept on the ground, ate what he could kill, mended his own wounds, and made friends with the Native Americans he encountered. Adams captured animals in elaborate traps he built by hand and delivered his prey to zoos, museums, and certain famous exhibitions. Many of his stories became the inspiration for a popular TV show in the 1980s, featuring a mountain man and his pet bear. This is the true story behind the legend, as told by Adams to respected California historian Theodore Hittell.

Presented by Uninterrupted and ThreeFourTwo Productions, Mind The Game is an entry into the heralded basketball minds of LeBron James and JJ Redick. The two sit down weekly to discuss the state of the game, dissect X’s and O’s, and wax poetic about the game they love.

In this New York Times best-seller, get the inside scoop into LeBron James's return - and ultimate triumph - in Cleveland. What really happened when LeBron James stunned the NBA by leaving a potential dynasty in Miami to come home to play with the Cleveland Cavaliers? How did the Cavs use secret meetings to put together the deal to add star Kevin Love? Who really made the controversial decision to fire coach David Blatt when the team was in first place? Where did the greatest comeback in NBA history truly begin-and end?

He was a college All-American who became the youngest player in the NFL and later a Super Bowl veteran. He was a star tight end on the league-dominant New England Patriots, who extended his contract for a record $40 million. Aaron Hernandez's every move as a professional athlete played out in the headlines, yet he led a secret life-one that ended in a maximum security prison. What drove him to go so wrong, so fast?

LeBron James is the hero in two very American tales: one, a success story the nation loves; the other, the latest installment in an ongoing chronicle of American antiblackness. James has lived in the public eye ever since high school when his extraordinary athletic skills subjected his every action, every statement, every fashion choice to intense public scrutiny that tells us less about James himself and more about a nation still wrestling with many social inequities.

Lost in the annals of boxing is the sport's true Cinderella story. James J. Braddock, dubbed "Cinderella Man" by Damon Runyon, was a once promising light heavyweight for whom a string of losses in the ring and a broken right hand happened to coincide with the Great Crash of 1929.

Captain James Cook is one of the greatest maritime explorers of all time. Over three remarkable voyages of discovery into the Pacific in the latter part of the 18th century, Cook unravelled the oldest mystery surrounding the existence of Terra Australis Incognita - the Great South Land. He became the first explorer to circumnavigate New Zealand and establish that it was two main islands; discover the Hawaiian Islands for the British Empire; and left an enduring legacy. 

This is the KINDLE eBook "Editor's Edition" with extra chapters and extra pictures not available in the print version of "Kamala Speaks." It is the life story of a WWE pro-wrestler who overcame very real obstacles like murder, racism and losing both legs to diabetes. Kamala "The Ugandan Giant" was a tribal, monster-like character that wrestling fans feared everywhere in the 80s & 90s. Never speaking once during his 30 year career, we finally hear what it was like for James Harris to wrestle headline matches in every major promotion, against Hulk Hogan, Andre The Giant, The Undertaker, Jake ...

June 19, 2016: the greatest moment in Cleveland sports history, when the Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA Finals and broke the Cleveland Curse. It was the triumph fans had been waiting 52 years for, and it wasn't easy to get there - but thanks to LeBron James, an audacious plan to build a winning team, a couple of maverick GMs, and an incredible community of fans, it happened, and 2016 saw the birth of a new Cavaliers dynasty.